Sasquatch Book Award

The votes are in! The 2025 Sasquatch Book Award winner is Muhammad Najem, War Reporter by Muhammad Najem and Nora Neus, illustrated by Julie Robine (‎Little, Brown Ink).

Thank you to every student who read and voted for this year's winner!

And here are next school year's nominees! We're so excited to see what your students think of these titles. https://www.wla.org/2025-sasquatch-nominees

The Sasquatch Committee met today to decide on our final nominations for the 2025-26 Sasquatch Award. We started with 81 books and somehow narrowed it down to 12. The nominees will be announced at the WLA conference on April 11. Stay tuned!

Voting is open for the 2025 Sasquatch Book Award! Record your votes using the Sasquatch Book Award Form. Voting ends on Friday, May 23 and the winner will be announced on Monday, June 2.

Sasquatch Voting Washington Library AssociationPO Box 33808Seattle, WA 98133(206) 823-1138 | [email protected]Office hours: 9:00 am–5:00 pm (Pacific Time)

Check out the other WLA Book Award winners! The playlist below features video announcements for the OTTER Award, Sasquatch Award, Towner Award, and WCCPBA.

WLA 2024 Book Awards Winners This playlist features all of the individual Book Award Winner Announcement Videos as a compilation!

The 2024 Sasquatch Book Award winner is here! Congratulations to The Great Pet Heist by Emily Ecton. What was your favorite Sasquatch nominee this year?

There's still time to vote for the 2024 Sasquatch Award! Votes are due on May 24.

Students can choose their favorite book from a list of 12 nominees. Students should read at least 2 of the nominees in order to vote. Librarians and teachers can record student votes by filling out the Google Form.

Sasquatch Award Voting Form- Spring 2024 Students choose their favorite book from a list of 12 nominees, selected by a committee comprised of Washington State school and public librarians. Students should read at least 2 of the books in order to vote. Each year the Sasquatch Award is presented to the author of the book that receives the mo...

There's still time to read the 2023-24 nominees! Which title has been your favorite so far?

Voting will open on Friday, April 26 -- stay tuned!

The 2024-2025 Sasquatch Nominees are here! Check out these titles and get ready to share them with students next school year.

Today is selection day! The Sasquatch Book Award Committee is busy selecting the 2024-2025 nominees.