Sweet 16 – March Madness Tournament of Books 2024
This year’s march madness tournament of books features 16 picture books. Each bracket sets the stage for lots of laughs and reading fun. Check out each bracket. Read the books. Click the link to vote for your favorite. There’s a matchup for everyone.
Who will win this year? A classic or a new favorite? can this year’s winner beat last year’s favorite, The Legend of Rock, Paper Scissors? There’s only one way to find out…read, vote, stay tuned for all the madness!
Sweet 16
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This book bracket is guaranteed to make you smile!
Be Quiet is a wordless picture book filled with words by author Ryan T. Higgins.
The Book With No Pictures is full of laughs, singing, and silly words.
Relive your childhood and the feelings you had for your favorite stuffed animal with these books.
Knuffle Bunny is a classic tale and Caldecott Honor book by Mo Willems.
Nubby is a book about a stuffy who has had enough of all the “love” he has received from his owner.
These picture perfect books about potatoes are sure to win over any reader.
The Couch Potato is another installment of the popular “Food Group” book series and warns readers about too much screen time.
Rot, a mutant potato, enters a “Cutest in the World” contest. How does he do in a contest with cute bunnies, kittens, and jellyfish?
Who will win in the Bear Bracket?
The Bear Ate Your Sandwich is a tale of a bear lost in a city who stumbles upon an unattended sandwich in the park.
In The Ice Cream Vanishes, Squirrel and Bear partner up to make snacks disappear.
Chickadee Criminal Mastermind is an SSYRA Junior award winner and features a bird plotting to steal a vault of gold.
Nerdy Birdy Tweets is a tale of friendship between Nerdy Birdy and Vulture and the challenges of new friends found on Tweetster.
Which Prickly Porcupine will win this bracket?
In I Need a Hug, a tiny porcupine just wants a hug and can’t figure out why nobody wants to give him one.
Norman Didn’t Do It! is a story about Norman, the porcupine, and his best friend, Mildred, a tree.
For all of you who love sparkly, mythical creatures…this bracket is sure to be your favorite!
Never Let a Unicorn Scribble is about a little girl who finds creative ways to get her unicorn to scribble.
Thelma the Unicorn is about an ordinary pony who dreams of being a glamorous unicorn.
Who will win in this most PUGnacious bracket?
In Noodle Conquers Comfy Mountain, Noodle is on the quest to find the coziest spot to settle in on a lazy, no bones day.
In Pig the Winner, readers find the world’s greediest pug who will do just about anything to win. Will Pig ever learn?