Elementary Grades 2-3

2023 Elementary Nutmeg Winner
Past Elementary (Grades 2-4) Winners
2023: The Floating Field: How a Group of Thai Boys
Built Their Own Soccer Field by Scott Riley
2022: InvestiGATORS by John Patrick Green
2021: We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins
2020: A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold
2019: The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey
2018: Finding Winnie by Lindsay Mattick
2017: Hilo: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth by Judd Winnick
2016: Jedi Academy by Jeffrey Brown
2015: The Day The Crayons Quit by Drew Dawalt
Elementary Grades 2-3 Past Nominees and Resources
For Elementary nominee selection criteria, see our FAQs page.
Book Discussion Guides for the elementary nominees
Request Nutmeg Book Sets from the CT State Library here
Developing Your Nutmeg Elementary Toolkit (a CASL/CECA presentation)
Padlet for 2024 Elementary Nominees
Created by Christina O'Neill