The Harvey Award for Best Children's or Young Adult Book was an annual American award for comics and graphic novels geared toward children and young adults. Established in 2018, the award was split into the awards for Best Young Adult Book and Best Children's Book in 2024.
Recipients +Best Child or Young Adult Book nominees, 2018–2023 Year Title Author Publisher Result 2018 First SecondWinner Oni PressBraveJYFinalistReal Friends and LeUyeun PhamFirst SecondSpinningFirst Second2019 Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell First SecondWinnerHey KiddoScholastic GraphixFinalistMr. Wolf's Class #2: Mystery ClubScholastic GraphixNew KidHarperCollins Children’s BooksOn a SunbeamFirst Second2020 Superman Smashes the Klan and Gurihiru DC ComicsWinnerAlmost American Girl: An Illustrated MemoirHarperCollins / Balzer + BrayFinalistDragon HoopsFirst SecondGutsScholastic GraphixStargazingFirst Second2021 Random HouseWinnerAllergic and Michelle Mee NutterScholastic GraphixFinalistClass ActQuill Tree BooksNubia: Real One and Robyn SmithDC ComicsTwins and Shannon WrightScholastic Graphix2022 Squire and Sara Alfageeh HarperAlleyWinnerScholastic GraphixFinalistLightfall Book 2: Shadow of the BirdHarperAlleyMessy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese-AmericanHarperAlleySwim TeamHarperAlley2023 Hungry Ghost First Second BooksWinnerClementine Fox and the Great Island AdventureGraphix/ScholasticFinalistDungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Club: Roll Call and Xanthe BoumaHarperAlleyFrizzy and Rose BousamraFirst SecondIn Limbo: A Graphic MemoirFirst SecondNorthranger and Bre IndigoHarperAlley
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