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​                Announcing the 2026-2027 BCCCA Nominees: 

2026-2027 BCCCA Slide Deck, created by Libby Hamler-Dupras 

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Dragon on the Loose by Marty Chan.

When Hailey and her friend Kyle make a wish on a Chinese lion statue, they accidentally bring a dragon to life. Scared at first, the kids soon realize that Zhu the dragon means them no harm, and they show the dragon around their city. It's all fun and games until Animal Control gets wind of a wild creature on the loose. The kids must find a way to send their new friend back home before she’s taken away.

Detective Beans and the Case of the Missing Hat  (Detective Beans #1) by Li Chen.  Graphic Novel

Meet Detective Beans, a young cat sleuth dedicated to doing whatever it takes to solve the case. After a night of mystery movies with his best friend, Biscuit, Detective Beans wakes up to find his detective hat is missing. There’s only one thing to do: hit the streets of Cat Town and find that missing hat! Cat Town is full of suspects and each twist and turn in this journey leads to an interesting new encounter — and to solving a much bigger case than Beans could have imagined.

My Antarctica: True Adventures in the Land of Mummified Seals, Space Robots and So Much More by Gregory Neri.    Non- Fiction

Antarctica is a land of extremes—the coldest, windiest, highest, and driest place on the planet. Join the author on his long-dreamed-of voyage to the ice, where he encounters sea angels, mummified seals, space robots, inquisitive penguins, and so much more!

Murray the Knight (Murray and Bun! #2) by Adam Stower.

Murray is a cat. Murray loves snoozing, fluffy blankets, and peace and quiet. Bun is a bun. Bun loves… EVERYTHING! And together they are unstoppable!

SOMETIMES Murray’s enchanted cat flap leads to the garden… but mostly it leads to ADVENTURE! And when Murray and Bun travel through the cat flap and find themselves in a land of KNIGHTS, they are given a VERY IMPORTANT challenge to defeat Sir Nasty in a jousting competition, rescue Princess Rubytoes… and try not to get lost in the maze.

Poetry Comics by Grant Snider.    Graphic Novel

From the cloud-gazing hours of early spring to the lost bicycles of late autumn, Grant Snider’s poetry will take you climbing, floating, swimming, and tumbling through all the year’s ups, downs, and in-betweens. He proves that absolutely everything, momentous or minuscule, is worthy of attention, whether snail shells, building blocks, the lamented late bus, or the rare joy of unscuffed shoes. These poems explore everything you never thought to write a poem about, and they’re so fun to read you’ll want to write one yourself. Not to worry, there’s a poem for that, too!

Welcome to the Woofmore  (The Woodmore #1) by Donna Gephart and Lori Haskins Houran.

Welcome to the Woofmore, where the water bowls are always full and there’s kibble on every pillow! Rufus and his boss, Ms. Coco, work hard to make every guest feel like a VIP (Very Important Pooch).

It’s the grand opening of the hotel, and Rufus and Ms. Coco want everything to be pawfect. Especially for their VIP guest, movie star Greta Garbark. How can Rufus keep the pup-parazzi from hounding Ms. Garbark?