Beehive Book Awards
The Beehive Book Award is Utah’s children’s choice award administered by the Utah Library Association (ULA) and the Utah School Library Association (USLA). The award is given yearly to encourage Utah children and teens to become better acquainted with quality books and to have an opportunity to honor their favorite books and authors. The award is given in four divisions: Primary – K-3 (Kindergarten through 3rd grade; Readers age 5-8); Intermediate – 4-6 (Grades 4 through 6; Readers age 9-11); Middle School – 6-9 (Grades 6 through 9; Readers age 12-14); High School – Grades 9-12 (Readers age 15-18). The award is announced in May and celebrated in individual schools and libraries as well as at the respective annual conferences of both of the associations.
Beehive Book Award Committee Information
And The Winners Are …
The Utah Library Association and the Utah School Library Association are pleased to announce the winners of the 2026 Beehive Book Awards
2026 Winners Beehive Book Award
Beehive Book Award Winners 2026
Children’s Fiction
Faker by Gordon Korman
Runner Up: Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell & Ashley Mackenzie
Nonfiction
One Day This Tree Will Fall by Leslie Barnard Booth & Stephanie Fizer Coleman
Runner Up: Great Carrier Reef by Jessica Stremer
Kids Graphic Novel
Duck and Moose: Duck Moves In by Kirk Redstrom
Runner Up: Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol
Picture Book
The Quacken by Justin Colon & Pablo Pino
Runner Up: Dog vs. Strawberry by Nelly Buchet & Andrea Zuill
Poetry
Mysterious Marvelous Octopus by Paige Towler
Runner Up: Skating Wild on an Inland Sea by Jean Pendziwol & Todd Stewart
Young Adult
Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce
Runner Up: Thieves Gambit by Kayvion Lewis
Young Adult Graphic Novel
The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival by Estelle Nadel, Sammy & Bethany Savos
Runner Up: Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang & Leuyen Pham
Special thanks to the members of the Children’s Literature Association of Utah who facilitated the nominations and vetting of the books for the 2026 awards.
Let’s Get Reading
The Utah Library Association and the Utah School Library Association are pleased to announce the nominations for the 2027 Beehive Book Awards.
2026-2027 Beehive Book Award Nominations
Award Nominations and Feedback
Nominations and feedback are now closed for the 2027 Beehive Book Award. Keep reading for next year nominations for the 2028 Awards will open January 1, 2027.