Presenting the 2021 Book Blast Awards!

Hooray! It’s book awards season! The fine people at 2021 Book Blast believe that all children’s book creators should be recognized for their hard work and dedication to the craft, not to mention their advancement of children’s literacy. To that end, we present the first and only 2021 Book Blast Awards! 

​Please check out and review our winners’ titles. And feel free to add your own 2021 award for kidlit in the comments. We are ALL winners!

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Picture Book with the Longest Subtitle
LET LIBERTY RISE: HOW AMERICA’S SCHOOLCHILDREN HELPED SAVE THE STATUE OF LIBERTY by Chana Stiefel, illustrated by Chuck Groenink, Scholastic Press.

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Picture Book with Most Incorporeal Protagonist
​I AM SMOKE by Henry Herz, illustrated by Merce Lopez, Tilbury House

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STEAM Picture Book with the Most Whimsical Wordplay
​THE THINGITY-JIG by Kathleen Doherty, illustrated by Kristyna Litten, Peachtree

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Best Book about a Homeless Amphibian
​ELLIOT THE HEART-SHAPED FROG by Matt Forrest Esenwine, illustrated by Anna Kubaszewska, Rainstorm Publishing

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Most Gluten-Free Picture Book
​I AM A GLUTEN-SNIFFING SERVICE DOG by Michal Babay, illustrated by Ela Smietanka, Albert Whitman

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Picture Book With An Epic Explosion
CAPTAIN GREEN AND THE TREE MACHINE by Evelyn Bookless, illustrated by Danny Deeptown, Marshall Cavendish

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Best Picture Book For Feeling Huggable
​HOME FOR A WHILE by Lauren H. Kerstein, illustrated by Natalia Moore, Magination Press.

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Best Picture Book to Read on a Rainy Sunday
​SUNDAY RAIN by Rosie J. Pova, illustrated by Amariah Rauscher, Lantana Publishing

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Best Picture Book About What the World Was Like Before We Screwed It Up
ONCE UPON ANOTHER TIME by Matt Forrest Esenwine, illustrated by Andres Landazabal, Beaming Books

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Picture Book With Most Revised Publication Dates (3 at this point!); ALSO: Best Upside Down Cover
I AM TODAY by Matt Forrest Esenwine, illustrated by Patricia Pessoa, POW! Kids Books

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Best Picture Book to Read With Your Stuffed Animals
HARMONY HUMBOLT: THE PERFECT PETS QUEEN by Jenna Grodzicki, illustrated by Mirka Hokkanen, Clear Fork Publishing.

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Best "LOL" Picture Book for Coming Out of Your Shell
BUCKINGHAM GETS A NEW SHELL by Michele McAvoy, illustrated by Pauline Reeves, Pigman Books.

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Share your own favorite book of 2021 in the comments! Congrats!