Towner Book Awards 2025: Read and Vote for Your Favorite Book

Washington Towner Book Award 2025 Nominees  

Kids! Celebrate non-fiction! Read or listen to at least two titles and vote for your favorite in March at trl.org/kids

The Washington Library Association and Timberland Regional Library encourages your participation in the annual Towner Award voting contest. The Towner Award is the Washington state award for nonfiction picture books written for 2nd-6th grade students. In the spring of 2025, all Washington State students from second through sixth grades are invited to vote for their favorite book if they have listened to or read a minimum of two titles. Students vote via their participating school or public library.  

Nominated titles are listed below. Watch for the opportunity to vote on your favorite at TRL.org/kids beginning in March. The winner will be announced in May.  Read the full WLA press release here, opens a new window. 


2025 Towner Book Award Nominees

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Kids! Read or listen to at least two Towner Award nominees and vote for your favorite at trl.org/kids in March. The winner will be announced in May. The Towner Award is the Washington Library Association (WLA) award for nonfiction picture books written for 2nd-6th grade students. In the spring of 2025, all Washington State students from second through sixth grades are invited to vote for their favorite book if they have listened to or read a minimum of two titles. Students vote via their participating school or public library.











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