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The OTTER Award

Announcing the 2027 WLA OTTER Award Nominees 

The OTTER Award – Our Time To Enjoy Reading – is sponsored by the Washington Library Association: School Libraries Division. Established in 2015, the committee is pleased to announce the 2026-2027 nominated titles.

Ava Lin, Best Friend! by Vicky Fang (Candlewick Press)

Felix Powell, Boy Dog by Erin Entrada Kelly (Greenwillow / HarperCollins)

How to Save an Otter (Wildlife Rescue #1) by Kate Messner, illustrated by Jennifer Bricking (Bloomsbury)

Murray the Viking (Murray and Bun!) by Adam Stower (Random House Books for Young Readers)

Rise of the Green Flame (Kwame’s Magic Quest #1) by Bernard Mensah, illustrated by Natasha Nayo (Scholastic)

Tuck and Tina and the Lost Fortune (Tuck and Tina 1) by Jess Brallier and Jack Keely, illustrated by Jack Keely (Andrews McMeel Publishing)