2026 Children’s Fiction Recommended Reading Awards

Green Jolene and the Neighborhood Swap

by Wendy Mass, illustrated by Billy Yong
Disney-Hyperion

Outfoxed:  A Wish Novel 

by Elise McMullen-Ciotti
Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.

Project Share Table

by Carol Kim, illustrated by Flavia Zuncheddu
Picture Book Window Books, a Capstone Imprint

The Burning Season

by Caroline Starr Rose, cover by David Dean
Penguin Random House, Penguin Young Readers