2026 CCBC Choices include titles written and/or illus. by Julie Downing, X. Fang, Jashar Awan, Matthew Burgess, Matthew Cordell, Maxwell Eaton III, and James E. Ransome in the picture book category
CCBC Choices 2026, the annual best-of-the-year list of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC), is now available. The list, created by the CCBC professional staff, recommends 231 books published for children and teens from birth through high school age in 2025. The digital publication provides full bibliographic citations, annotations, age recommendations, and cover images for all of the books recommended in CCBC Choices 2026, as well as a link to each book’s entry in the CCBC-Recommended Book Search database.
Stimola clients featured in the Picture Book Category on the 2026 CCBC Choices List:
Elsa’s Chessboard by Jenny Andrus, illustrated by Julie Downing.
Broken by X. Fang
Every Monday Mabel by Jashar Awan.
Fireworks by Matthew Burgess, illustrated by Cátia Chien.
To See an Owl by Matthew Cordell.
A Book of Maps for You by Lourdes Heuer, illustrated by Maxwell Eaton III.
A Place for Us by James E. Ransome.