2025/26
Chocolate Lily Awards Shortlist

Novels

Elvis, Me, and the Postcard Winter by Leslie Gentile (DCB Young Readers)

Misadventures in Ghost-Hunting by Melissa Yue (HarperCollins)

Picture a Girl by Jenny Manzer (Orca Book Publishers)

Spotting Dottie by Gail Anderson-Dargatz (Orca Book Publishers)

Team Park by Angela Ahn (Tundra Books)

Teddy vs. the Fuzzy Doom by Braden Hallett (Annick Press)

Chapter Books/ Early Novels

Crystal Cave by Mike Deas and Nancy Deas (Orca Book Publishers)

I Am Wind: An Autobiography by Rachel Poliquin and Rachel Warda (Tundra Books)

Julia on the Go! Swimming into Trouble by Angela Ahn, illustrated by Julie Kim (Tundra Books)

The Peacock by Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod, illustrated by Jaimie MacGibbon (Orca Book Publishers)

Salma Joins the Team by Danny Ramadan, illustrated by Anna Bron (Annick Press)

The Secret Office by Sara Cassidy, illustrated by Alyssa Hutchings (Orca Book Publishers)

Super Frenemies! by Cale Atkinson (Tundra Books)

Super Friends! by Cale Atkinson (Tundra Books)

Picture Books

Adventures in Desolation Sound by Grant Lawrence, illustrated by Ginger Ngo (Harbour Publishing)

The Day Dancer Flew by Tiffany Stone, illustrated by Brittany Lane (Orca Book Publishers)

Fighting Words by Leonarda Carranza, illustrated by Erika Medina (Annick Press)

Mandeep's Cloudy Days by Kuljinder Kaur Brar, illustrated by Samrath Kaur (Annick Press)

Métis Like Me by Tasha Hilderman, illustrated by Risa Hugo (Tundra Books)

Oddbird's Chosen Family by Derek Desierto (Feiwel and Friends/RAI)

The Pie Reports by Hayley Lowe (Orca Book Publishers)

This Land is a Lullaby by Tonya Simpson, illustrated by Delreé Dumont (Orca Book Publishers)