| Titlar | Ordning |
| Bear Sees Colors (The Bear Books) av Karma Wilson | Elementary Award, Preschool Level, 2016 |
| Construction av Sally Sutton | Elementary Award, Preschool Level, 2016 |
| Druthers av Matt Phelan | Elementary Award, Preschool Level, 2016 |
| Have You Heard the Nesting Bird? av Rita Gray | Elementary Award, Preschool Level, 2016 |
| Number One Sam av Greg Pizzoli | Elementary Award, Preschool Level, 2016 |
| Shoe Dog av Megan McDonald | Elementary Award, Preschool Level, 2016 |
| Some Bugs av Angela DiTerlizzi | Elementary Award, Preschool Level, 2016 |
| Another Day as Emily av Eileen Spinelli | Elementary Award, Primary Level, 2016 |
| A Baby Elephant in the Wild av Caitlin O'Connell | Elementary Award, Primary Level, 2016 |
| Creature Features: Twenty-Five Animals Explain Why They Look the Way They Do av Steve Jenkins | Elementary Award, Primary Level, 2016 |
| Dozer's Run: A True Story of a Dog and His Race av Debbie Levy | Elementary Award, Primary Level, 2016 |
| The Farmer and the Clown av Marla Frazee | Elementary Award, Primary Level, 2016 |
| Feathers: Not Just for Flying av Melissa Stewart | Elementary Award, Primary Level, 2016 |
| Hi, Koo!: A Year of Seasons av Jon J. Muth | Elementary Award, Primary Level, 2016 |
| Mama Built a Little Nest av Jennifer Ward | Elementary Award, Primary Level, 2016 |
| A Mom For Umande av Maria Faulconer | Elementary Award, Primary Level, 2016 |
| All the Answers av Kate Messner | Elementary Award, Intermediate Level, 2016 |
| Fire Birds av Sneed B. Collard III | Elementary Award, Intermediate Level, 2016 |
| The Fourteenth Goldfish av Jennifer L. Holm | Elementary Award, Intermediate Level, 2016 |
| Lend a Hand: Poems About Giving av John Frank | Elementary Award, Intermediate Level, 2016 |
| Mr. Ferris and His Wheel av Kathryn Gibbs Davis | Elementary Award, Intermediate Level, 2016 |
| Mysterious Patterns: Finding Fractals in Nature av Sarah C. Campbell | Elementary Award, Intermediate Level, 2016 |
| Rags: Hero Dog of WWI: A True Story av Margot Theis Raven | Elementary Award, Intermediate Level, 2016 |
| The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus av Jen Bryant | Elementary Award, Intermediate Level, 2016 |
| A Snicker of Magic av Natalie Lloyd | Elementary Award, Intermediate Level, 2016 |
| Voices from the Oregon Trail av Kay Winters | Elementary Award, Intermediate Level, 2016 |
| Absolutely Almost av Lisa Graff | Secondary Award, Middle School Level, 2016 |
| The Boundless av Kenneth Oppel | Secondary Award, Middle School Level, 2016 |
| Boys of Blur av N. D. Wilson | Secondary Award, Middle School Level, 2016 |
| Brown Girl Dreaming av Jacqueline Woodson | Secondary Award, Middle School Level, 2016 |
| El Deafo av Cece Bell | Secondary Award, Middle School Level, 2016 |
| The Great Greene Heist av Varian Johnson | Secondary Award, Middle School Level, 2016 |
| How the Beatles Changed the World av Martin W. Sandler | Secondary Award, Middle School Level, 2016 |
| The Junction of Sunshine and Lucky av Holly Schindler | Secondary Award, Middle School Level, 2016 |
| The Mark of the Dragonfly av Jaleigh Johnson | Secondary Award, Middle School Level, 2016 |
| A Million Ways Home av Dianna Dorisi Winget | Secondary Award, Middle School Level, 2016 |
| Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood (A World War I Tale) av Nathan Hale | Secondary Award, Middle School Level, 2016 |
| The Night Gardener av Jonathan Auxier | Secondary Award, Middle School Level, 2016 |
