2023-2024 Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Nominated Books
Picture Book
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All the Way to the Top: How One Girl’s Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything by Annette Bay Pimentel, illustrated by Nabi H. Ali
- Beautifully Me by Nabela Noor, illustrated by Nabi H. Ali
- Everywhere with You by Carlie Sorosiak, illustrated by Devon Holzwarth
- Finding Fire by Logan S. Kline
- Home by Tonya Lippert, illustrated by Andrea Stegmaier
- Listen to the Language of the Trees: A Story of How Forests Communicate Underground by Tera Kelley, illustrated by Marie Hermansson
- Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, A Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion by Shannon Stocker, illustrated by Devon Holzwarth
- Looking for a Jumbie by Tracey Baptiste, illustrated by Amber Ren
- Lunch from Home by Joshua David Stein, illustrated by Jing Li
- My First Day by Phung Nguyen Quang and Huynh Kim Lien
- Nacho’s Nachos: The Story Behind the World’s Favorite Snack by Sandra Nickel, illustrated by Oliver Dominquez
- The Floating Field: How a Group of Thai Boys Built Their Own Soccer Field by Scott Riley, illustrated by Nguyen Quang and Kim Lien
- The Pig War: How a Porcine Tragedy Taught England and American to Share by Emma Bland Smith, illustrated by Alison Jay
- There’s a Ghost in This House by Oliver Jeffers
- XO, Exoplanet by Deborah Underwood, illustrated by Jorge Lacera
Chapter Book Grades 3-5
- Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? by Leslie Connor
- Chester Keene Cracks the Code by Kekla Magoon
- Cookies & Milk by Shawn Amos, illustrated by Robert Paul
- Honestly Elliott by Gillian McDunn
- How to Win a Slime War by Mae Respicio
- Just Right Jillian by Nicole D. Collier
- Maizy Chen’s Last Chance by Lisa Yee
- The Natural Genius of Ants by Betty Culley
- Odder by Katherine Applegate, illustrated by Charles Santoso
- Once Upon a Tim by Stuart Gibbs, illustrated by Stacy Curtis
Graphic Novels: Grades 3-5
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The Aquanaut by Dan Santat
- Garlic & the Vampire by Bree Paulsen
- Katie the Catsitter by Colleen AF Venable, illustrated by Stephanie Yue
- Miss Quinces by Kat Fajardo
- Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear by Trang Nguyen, illustrated by Jeet Zdung
- The Secret Garden on 81st Street by Ivy Noelle Weir, illustrated by Amber Padilla
- Sort of Super by Eric Gapstur
- Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas
- Wait Till Helen Comes: A ghost story graphic novel by Mary Downing Hahn, illustrated by Meredith Laxton
- Yummy: A History of Desserts by Victoria Grace Elliott
2022 - 2023 Black-Eyed Susan Winners
Picture Book - Norman Didn’t Do It!: (Yes, he did.) by Ryan T. Higgins
Chapter Book Grades 4-6 - Unplugged by Gordon Korman
Graphic Novels: Grades 4-6 - Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd, illustrated by Michelle Mee Nutter