05/12/2026
The votes are trickling in! Do you have any guesses which title is currently in the lead? Is it...
🚛 Every Monday Mabel by Jashar Awan
🐯 Don't Think of Tigers by Alex Latimer
🐮 The Man Who Didn't Like Animals by Deborah Underwood & LeUyen Pham
🛒 Oh Dear, Look What I Got by Michael Rosen & Helen Oxenbury
🐰 Bouncing Bunnies! by Fiz Osborne & Tim Budgen
🐝 Let's Be Bees by Shawn Harris
💥 Pop! Goes the Nursery Rhyme by Betsy Bird & Andrea Tsurumi
🐻 Bear's Lost Glasses by Leo Timmers
😋 Can You Do This? (Super Silly Edition) by Megan Roy
🐼 Whoa Panda by C.S. Jennings
Comment below with your prediction!
04/30/2026
Voting for the 2026 Bridge to Reading Picture Book Award opens up TOMORROW, May 1 and goes through July 31! Get ready by visiting iowalibraryyss.org to review this year's nominated titles, download activity guides, and bookmark the link to the voting form. Let us know in the comments if you already have a favorite!
03/17/2026
Announcing this year’s list of titles nominated for the annual Bridge to Reading Picture Book Award! Voting will be open from May 1-July 31, but you can start reading these amazing titles today!
As a reminder, the purpose of the Bridge to Reading Picture Book Award is:
📚 To encourage language development and pre-reading skills through reading aloud.
📚 To provide parents and caregivers with a selection of quality picture books to read aloud to young children.
📚 To introduce children to a variety of authors and illustrators of children’s books.
📚 To celebrate reading as a community.
📚 To offer children ample opportunities to listen and respond to quality literature.
📚 To promote awareness of the importance of reading aloud to children and the early literacy skills gained
05/01/2025
Voting opens today! We are so excited to see which book gets the votes this year! Happy Reading! Cast your vote here: https://forms.gle/C2wmp2Pj5vq7poSg6
