The 2021 Bluestem Award Nominees 

The Ambrose Deception by Emily Ecton and Gilbert Ford
Animals by the Numbers: a book of infographics by Steve Jenkins
Bob by Wendy Mass, Rebecca Stead, and Nicholas Gannon
Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code: a Navajo talker's story by Joseph Bruchac and Liz Amini-Holmes
Click by Kayla Miller
Curiosity: the Story of the Mars Rover by Markus Motum
A Dash of Trouble by Anna Merians and Mirelle Ortega
Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Hope in the Holler by Lisa Lewis Tyre
Lifeboat 12 by Susan Hood
Max & the Midknights by Lincoln Peirce
Otis and Will Discover the Deep: the record setting dive of teh Bathysphere by Barb Rosenstock and Katherine Roy
Power Forward: Chasing the Dream by Hena Khan and Sally Wern Comport
Sergeant Reckless: the True Story of the Little Horse Who Became a Hero by Patricia McCormick and Iacopo Bruno
Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres
Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen by Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson
The Van Gogh Deception (The Lost Art Mysteries) by Deron R. Hicks
Wedgie & Gizmo by Suzanne Selfors and Barbara Fisinger
A Whole New Ballgame by Phil Bildner and Tim Probert