Maud Hart Lovelace Award

Maud Hart Lovelace 2026-2027

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 2026-2027 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 

• Dogtown Katherine Applegate & Gennifer Choldenko, ill. Wallace West

• J vs. K Kwame Alexander & Jerry Craft
• Link + Hud: Heroes By a Hair Jerome Pumphrey & Jarrett Pumphrey
• Matt Sprouts and the Curse of Ten Broken Toes Matt Eicheldinger
• The Mystery of Locked Rooms Lindsay Currie
• The Sherlock Society James Ponti
• Squire & Knight Scott Chantler
• Lasagna Means I Love You Kate O'Shaughnessy
• The Bellwoods Game Celia Krampien
• The No-Brainer's Guide to Decomposition Adrianna Cuevas