2025 Best Illustrated Book

From awkward encounters to quiet epiphanies, Got a Minute? serves up sharp, snack-sized stories for people with short attention spans and deep feelings.

Gump-Gump, a young tummabump, is called Grump-Grump because he never wants to help his mummy, but soon learns that life is a whole let better after turning over a new leaf and becoming kind and considerate.
A mage prodigy attempts to rescue a beloved woman from a beast while navigating the uncharted waters of his new marriage to a fellow young mage.

Jungle Jim takes Fred and his friends camping. They went for walks, learned about mushrooms and berries, tried hang-gliding and white-water rafting. And a cookout. "Having finished all the chores, it's surely time to make S'mors. Marshmallows with chocolate bits taosted by the fire on sticks"

"Polly the Pollinating Bee" follows a curious little bee on her vibrant journey through fields and flowers, teaching children the vital role of pollination and how bees help nature bloom.

With the wind in her hair and the salt tickling her nose, a Captain heads out for a day on the brine. A story within a story, rhythm, rhyme, and repetition introduces life forms found in the Indian Ocean, while the imaging hints at the cycle of life.

This book aims to raise children's awareness of how they can protect the environment. Through a simple story and engaging activities, children will discover how small actions can make a big difference in caring for our planet.

A Yandar ambassador on a human spaceship in uncharted space encounters her ancient enemy, the one with the celestial cannons—but this time, she, too, has the use of big guns.