Prairie Bud (JK-first grades)
Winner: Madeline Finn and the Library Dog by Lisa Papp
Runner Up: Quit Calling Me a Monster! by Jory John

Prairie Bloom (second-third grades)
Winner: Best Frints in the Whole Universe by Antoinette Portis
Runner Up: The Great Pet Escape by Victoria Jamieson

Prairie Pasque (fourth-fifth grades)
Winner: Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness by Donna Janell Bowman
Runner Up: Armstrong: The Adventurous Journey of a Mouse to the Moon by Torben Kuhlmann

For more information and a complete list of nominees, visit the State Library’s South Dakota Children's Book Awards webpage.