2026 CCBC Choices include titles written and/or illus. by Jenn Bailey, Mika Song, Anne Hunter, Amy Alznauer, Barb Rosenstock, Shanda McCloskey, and Renée Watson in various categories
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 on 2026 CCBC Choices List (various categories):
Books for Beginning Readers
Henry’s Picture-Perfect Day by Jenn Bailey, illustrated by Mika Song.
Science, Technology, and the Natural World
The Blue Jays That Grew a Forest by Lynn Street, illustrated by Anne Hunter.
Historical People, Places, and Events
The Five Sides of Marjorie Rice: How to Discover a Shape by Amy Alznauer, illustrated by Anna Bron.
American Spirits: The Famous Fox Sisters and the Mysterious Fad That Haunted a Nation by Barb Rosenstock.
Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir
Smash, Crash, Topple, Roll! The Inventive Rube Goldberg: A Life in Comics, Contraptions, and Six Simple Machines by Catherine Thimmesh, illustrated by Shanda McCloskey.
Fiction for Children
All the Blues in the Sky by Renée Watson.