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The votes have been counted and more 15,000 students from across the state have selected their favorite books as part of the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award program. And the 2025-2026 winners are… Picture Book
Mr. Fox’s Game of “No!”
by David LaRochelle, illustrated by Mike Wohnoutka
Grades 3-5
Gracie Under the Waves
by Linda Sue Park
Graphic Novels Grades 3-5
Lost & Found
by Mei Yu
Grades 6-8
It Came from the Trees
by Ally Russell
Graphic Novels Grades 6-8
Pearl
by Sherri L. Smith, illustrated by Christine Norrie
High School
Killer House Party
by Lily Anderson
Graphic Novels High School
Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy
by Faith Erin Hicks
Congratulations to our winning authors, illustrators, and publishers and to the students, teachers, and librarians who every year make the program such a resounding success.
The Results Wondering how your favorite book did in student voting? The following charts list the books in descending order beginning with the top vote-getter. In deference to our authors, publishers, and especially the student voters whose books did not capture top honors, we do not publish numbers of votes. Picture Books Mr. Fox’s Game of “No!” Frank and Bert Delicious Story The Book That Almost Rhymed The Yellow Bus Stranded! A Mostly True Story from Iceland How to Eat in Space Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider Gifts from the Garbage Truck The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish I’m Sorry You Got Mad Watch Out for the Lion! Every Dog in the Neighborhood Benita and the Night Creatures More Than Words Grades 3-5 Gracie Under the Waves Balto and Togo: Hero Dogs of Alaska The Sherlock Society, Book 1 The Mystery of Locked Rooms Invisible Isabel Max in the House of Spies: Operation Kinderspion A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall Olivetti Magnolia Wu Unfolds it All Tree Table Book Graphic Novels Grades 3-5 Lost & Found Gamerville Ant Story Misfit Mansion AND Unicorn Boy, Book 1 Lost Time Anzu and the Realm of Darkness The Monster and the Maze (Monkey King and the World Myths, Book 1) Table Titans Club, Book 1 Survival Scout: Lost in the Mountains Grades 6-8 It Came from the Trees The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, A Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity Medusa (The Myth of Monsters, Book 1) AND Wrecker The Labors of Hercules Beal Mid-Air The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn AND The Wrong Way Home The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman Aniana Del Mar Jumps In Graphic Novels Grades 6-8 Pearl We Are Big Time Happy Shop Plain Jane and the Mermaid Wildful Maelstrom - A Prince of Evil AND Next Stop AND The Terrifying Tales of Vivian Vance How it All Ends Uprooted High School Killer House Party Another First Chance Love Radio Boys of the Beast Thieves’ Gambit, Book 1 Sky’s End, Book 1 Rez Ball Forever is Now Warrior Girl Unearthed Saints of the Household Graphic Novels High School Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy The Deep Dark Through the Elder Woods (Nothing Special, Book 1) Big Jim and the White Boy: An American Classic Reimagined Karate Prom Insomniacs After School, Volume 1 The Infinity Particle AND Lunar New Year Love Story AND The Worst Ronin Bunt! Striking Out on Financial Aid
Full List of All Nominees (All Years)
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