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BUILDING BLOCK AWARD
We're excited to announce the winner
of the 2025 Missouri Building Block
Picture Book Award.
Mr. Fox's Game of No! written by David LaRochelle and illustrated by Mike Wohnoutka
The Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award, sponsored and selected by the Youth Services Community of Interest (YSCI), is presented annually to the author and illustrator of the picture book voted most popular by preschool children in Missouri's public libraries and is designed to encourage reading aloud to children from birth through kindergarten age.
Designed to encourage reading aloud to children from birth through kindergarten age, the award was first given in 1996. Parents and other caregivers are encouraged to read aloud to children from a list of ten titles selected annually by a group of Missouri children's librarians. Colorful posters, bookmarks, activity sheets, and a manual of great ideas add to the fun.
See the Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award Procedures and the Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award Committee Handbook in Appendix G of the MLA Handbook for details.
Awards Chair: Erin Hood (erin@ucitylibrary.org)
Members of the Building Block Award subgroup of YSCI are listed on the YSCI page.
2026 Nominees
Voting for the 2026 building block aWARD IS NOW OPEN - CLICK HERE FOR vOTING fORM
Click on the Titles below for activity sheets
TITLE AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR EVERY MONDAY MABEL AWAN, JASHaR AWAN, JASHER POP! Goes the Nursery Rhyme Bird, Betsy Tsurumi, Andrea Broken Fang, X. Fang, X. Let's Be Bees Harris, Shawn Harris, Shawn I Hate Everything! Henn, Sophy Henn, Sophy Go Go Dodo! Jones, Huw Lewis Blunt, Fred Schmool McKinnon, Heidi McKinnon, Heidi Rory the Remarkable Dragon Rammell, Kathryn Rammell, Kathryn The Man Who Didn't Like Animals Underwood, Deborah Pham, LeUyen E-I-UFO Von Zonk, Zach Chaud, Benjamin
2027 Nominations Now Open
Nominations for the 2027 Building Block Award are now being accepted! Have you found an excellent read-aloud book for young children birth-kindergarten? Both fiction and non-fiction titles can be nominated. We are looking for books with the qualities of a great read-aloud, such as rich vocabulary, flowing language, and engaging illustrations.
All nominations must be published within the last two years (December 2024 - November 2026).Holiday books do not qualify.
CLICK HERE FOR NOMINATION FORM
PREVIOUS AWARD WINNERS AND NOMINEES
PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS (FREE DOWNLOAD FILES)
- Spine labels for Building Block Nominees and Winners
- Clip Art
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- Alphabet of building blocks: A-M, N-Z
- Other teddy bear logo clipart
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