Maud Hart Lovelace Award

Maud Hart Lovelace 2025-2026

The Maud Hart Lovelace Award is a Minnesota student choice award.  Students in grades 4-5 who read three or more of the 10 nominated books are eligible to vote for the winner in the spring.  For additional information about MHL, please visit their website.  

Here is the list of books nominated for the 2025-2026 school year.  The Meadowvale Media Center will have multiple copies of these titles, but they may also be found at the public library.

Division I 

• Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? by Leslie Connor
• Honestly Elliott by Gillian McDunn
• Just Keep Walking by Erin Soderberg Downing
• Just Right Jillian by Nicole D. Collier
• Legends of Lotus Island: The Guardian Test by Christina Soontervat, ill. Kevin Hong
• The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass
• The Unforgettable Logan Foster by Shawn Peters
• Wayward Creatures by Dayna Lorentz
• Hoops by Matt Tavares
• A Royal Conundrum: The Misfits by Lisa Yee, ill. Dan Santat