2024-2025 Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Nominated Books
Picture Books
- A New Day by Brad Meltzer, illustrated by Dan Santat
- Acorn was a Little Wild by Jen Arena, illustrated by Jessica Gibson
- Beneath by Cori Doerrfeld
- Counting in Dog Years and Other Sassy Math Poems by Betsy Franco, illustrated by Priscilla Tey
- Her Name was Mary Katharine: The Only Woman Whose Name is on The Declaration of Independence by Ella Schwartz, illustrated by Dow Phumiruk
- I am a Tornado by Drew Beckmeyer
- I Can’t Draw by Stephen W. Martin, illustrated by Brian Biggs
- I Want 100 Dogs by Stacy McAnulty, illustrated by Claire Keane
- Love in the Library by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, illustrated by Yas Imamura
- Once Upon a Book by Grace Lin and Kate Messner , illustrated by Grace Lin
- The Sweetest Scoop: Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Revolution by Lisa Robinson, illustrated by Stacy Innerst
- What Happened to You? By James Catchpole, illustrated by Karen George
- When the Stars Came Home by Brittany Luby, illustrated by Natasha Donovan
- The Witness Trees by Ryan G. Van Cleave, illustrated by Dom Dom
- Yoshi and the Ocean: A Sea Turtle’s Incredible Journey Home by Lindsay Moore
Novels: Grades 3-5
- The Curious Vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby by G.Z. Schmidt
- Dogtown by Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko, illustrated by Wallace West
- Finally Seen by Kelly Yang
- Home Away from Home by Cynthia Lord
- The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass
- Minerva Keen’s Detective Club by James Patterson and Keir Graff
- Montgomery and the Case of the Golden Key by Tracy Occomy Crowder
- The Superteacher Project by Gordon Korman
- The Way I Say It by Nancy Tandon
- You are Here: Connecting Flights edited by Ellen Oh
Graphic Novels: Grades 3-5
- Batcat by Meggie Ramm
- The Dog Knight by Jeremy Whitley, illustrated by Bre Indigo
- Enlighten Me by Minh Lê, illustrated by Chan Chau
- Killer Underwear Invasion: How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation & Lies by Elise Gravel
- Meesh the Bad Demon, Book 1 by Michelle Lam
- Paws: Gabby Gets it Together, Book 1 by Nathan Fairbairn, illustrated by Michele Assarasakorn
- Prunella and the Cursed Skull Ring by Matthew Loux
- Saving Sunshine by Saadia Faruqi, illustrated by Shazleen Khan
- Squire & Knight, Book 1 by Scott Chantler
- Things in the Basement by Ben Hatke