North Carolina Children’s Book Award Picture Book Nominees 2026
100 Mighty Dragons All Named Broccoli
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Buffalo Fluffalo
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Don’t Trust Cats (Life Lessons From Chip the Dog)
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Home in a Lunchbox
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Ice Cream Everywhere: Sweet Stories from Around the World
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The Man Who Didn’t Like Animals
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The Three Billy Goats Gruff
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Two New Years
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Whale Song: The true story of the musician who talked to orcas
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Whirligigs: The Wondrous Windmills of Vollis Simpson’s Imagination
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The Yellow Bus
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Zap! Clap! Boom! The Story of a Thunderstorm
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