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BREW Children’s Book Excellence Awardees

The BREW Children’s Book Excellence Award honours books whose writers weave magic into the pages, attracting young readers with delightful and immersive experiences. It celebrates the magic of children’s literature. The prize celebrates the diversity and inventiveness in children’s literature, encouraging a love of reading at a young age via anything from amusing picture books to captivating middle-grade adventures. Selected judges evaluate the story’s effect on children’s imagination and worldview in addition to its literary value. Being the recipient of this prize is a witness to an author’s extraordinary talent for telling stories that pique readers’ interest, encourage creativity, and impart morals in young readers. It also points parents, teachers, and young readers toward works that add to the wonder of childhood.

2025 Winners

  • Best Middle Grade Novel for Healing and Resilience: Jar of Tears by Kathleen Templeton
  • Best Interactive Read-Aloud Picture Book: Nate’s Noisy Nose by Frances Mackay
  • Best Inspirational Picture Book on Identity and Belonging: The Puzzle Piece by Andrea Mendoza-Vasconez
  • Best Rhyming Fantasy Picture Book on Quiet Strength: Doris the Dragon by Tom Morency

2024 Winners

  • Overall Book of the Year: Nature Ninja Saves the Natural World by Tania Moloney
  • Nature Book of the Year: Nature Ninja Saves the Natural World by Tania Moloney
  • Inspirational Book of the Year: The First Unicorn by Kathleen J. Shields
  • Teamwork Book of the Year: Building a Team: Baseball Buddies Book 1 by Aaron Derr
  • Technology Book of the Year: AI… Meets… AI by Amber Ivey
  • Kindness Book of the Year: May I Come to Your Party? by Grace A. Wolf
  • Family Book of the Year: Belle And Chloe: Reflections In The Mirror by Isabela Sardas, Ph.D.
  • Empathy Book of the Year: A Different Lens by Sheila Eve Arad
  • Self-Confidence Book of the Year: I’m Beautiful Because I Am by Azizi Tuere
  • Diversity Book of the Year: The Soul Sistas Go To School by Newton Vanriel
  • Friendship Book of the Year: Thomas the Terrible Tomcat Needs a Friend by Zivile Cecilia Brubeck
  • Adventure Book of the Year: Bunky and the Summer Wish by Aleksandra Tryniecka
  • Illustrated Book of the Year: A New Family for Tate by Erika L Turner

2023 Winners

Book of the Year

  • Winners:
    • “The Love Tank: A Book About Empathy, Kindness, and Self-Awareness for Children Ages 4-8” by Andrea Mendoza-Vasconez
    • “The Adventures of Angel: A Kitten’s Story” by Ross Alan Hahn

Action and Adventure

  • Winner:
    • “The Sea Turtle Spy Project: Putney Hicks Inventor Adventures-Book 4” by Marsha Klopmeier Tufft
  • Finalists:
    • “Botheration: Part One: The Missing Link” by Vito DiBarone
    • “Diary of a Martian: The Discovery” by Stephen Haunts
    • “Magic, Mystery and the Multiverse: The Marvelous Multiverse App” by Aurora M. Winter

Christian

  • Winner:
    • “The Planet Blue: The Adventures of Harry Lee and Bingo” by Johnny Walker
  • Finalist:
    • “Do You Need a Hug” by Johanna A Ferket

Comedy

  • Winner:
    • “The Vampire’s Missing Cape” by Steve Stables

Diversity and Inclusion

  • Winner:
    • “CLUB X: Vampire in the Closet” by S.P. Somtow
  • Finalist:
    • “Chato, the Puppy-Cat” by Anita Haas

Entrepreneurship

  • Winner:
    • “You Have to Live, Why Not Win?” by Dave Ketchen & Larry Thornton

Fantasy

  • Winner:
    • “What? No Easter Eggs?” by Janet Stuart
  • Finalists:
    • “The Road to Nowhere” by LaRae L Ivy

Illustrated

  • Winners:
    • “The Love Tank: A Book About Empathy, Kindness, and Self-Awareness for Children Ages 4-8” by Andrea Mendoza-Vasconez
    • “The Adventures of Angel: A Kitten’s Story” by Ross Alan Hahn

Inspirational

  • Winner:
    • “The Little Bird That Wanted to Fly to the Moon” by Svetlana Kitik
  • Finalists:
    • “Edgar Allan Know and His BIg Busy Brain” by Rahni varieur-Davies
    • “Cristobal Bull” by Chris Corbett
    • “The Sparkly Bun” by Keith Stoeckeler
    • “A Story of Whoa” by Chris Corbett
    • “The Little Healer” by Garz Chan

Multicultural

  • Winner:
    • “Mahalo Does Not Mean Trash” by Aura Perkins

New Book

  • Winner:
    • “What I See is Love” by Gabriella Fiorletta

Sports

  • Winner:
    • “Harris Hawk and the Golden Golf Ball” by Carmen Harris & Ross Harris

2022 Winners

None

2021 Winners

None

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