Nutmeg Book Award Information

Voting on the 2021 Nutmeg Book Awards will run from April 1 to April 30

This year we have changed the voting process.

• If you are in grades 2-12, you are now allowed to vote for any of the 4 Nutmeg Book Award Levels even if it is below or above your grade level.
• You may only vote one time in each level and for one book only.
• If you vote through your school’s link, you cannot vote through the library link. If you vote through the library link, you cannot vote through your school’s link. ONLY ONE VOTE!
• If you have any questions about the voting process please email apetrino@westonct.gov.

To vote please click on the button for the level you wish to vote for below and fill out the form.

We are happy to announce the 2021 Nutmeg Nominees.

Please click on the buttons below the nominee lists to access the PDF descriptions for the nominees of each level.  To access the video and learn where you can download a digital copy of the titles, click on the second button below each level to access the Nominee Video.

If you have any questions please e-mail apetrino@westonct.gov

• We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins
• Wedgie and Gizmo by Suzanne Selfors
• Carter Reads the Newspaper by Deborah Hopkinson
• Because Score by Mo Willems (author) Performance by Amber Ren (illustrator)
• The World is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid by Jeanette Winter
• The Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell
• Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuko Ando by Andrea Wang
• Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams by Lesa Cline-Ransome
• Ida, Always by Caron Levis
• Seashells: More than a Home by Melissa Stewart
• Jasmine Toguchi: Mochi Queen by Debbi Michiko Florence
• Rescue & Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship by Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes
• After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again by Dan Santat
• Infamous Ratsos by Kara LaReau
• Borrowing Bunnies: A Surprising True Tale of Fostering Rabbits by Cynthia Lord

• Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess by Shari Green
• The Great Treehouse War by Lisa Graff
• Framed! by James Ponti
• New Kid by Jerry Craft
• The  Peculiar Incident on Shady Street by  Lindsay Currie
• The Nameless City by Faith Erin Hicks
• Front Desk by Kelly Yang
• Restart by Gordon Korman
• I Love You, Michael Collins by Lauren Baratz-Logsted
• We’re Not From Here by Geoff Rodkey

• The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
• The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Cartaya
• Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake
• New Kid by Jerry Craft
• The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
• Nyxia by Scott Reintgen
• The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
• Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
• Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore
• The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor

• After the Shot Drops by Randy Ribay
• American Road Trip by Patrick Flores-Scott
• Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
• Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey by Ngozi Ukazu
• Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
• A Heart In A Body In The World by Deb Caletti
• Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe by Preston Norton
• The Nowhere Girls by Amy Reed
• The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
• Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin