The 2024 Dad Suggests Picture Book Bracket
Are you ready for picture book madness folks? It’s time for the 4th Annual Dad Suggests Picture Book Bracket! It’s the picture book event you’ve all been waiting for!
This is the second year of the Dad Suggests Picture Book Bracket since we’ve opened our bookstore in Fayetteville, AR, and we’re going to stick with the same alternative prize if you are a local winner! If the bracket winner this year is local to Fayetteville, they can come in and choose any 4 picture books under $19.99 straight from our shop.
On the other hand, if the winner is somewhere else in the US and chooses to have their prize shipped, they can choose any 4 picture books from this year’s bracket as their prize - just like usual. Keep in mind that you’re welcome to fill out a bracket and even officially enter your picks even if you aren’t in the US, but the giveaway will only go to the top finisher that has a US address for shipping.
This year’s bracket features 32 amazing picture books published within the last 6 years. We took the top 5 from the first 5 years of the Dad Suggests Picture Book Awards - and we used the winners from this year’s awards to fill out the rest of the top 32. For reference, here are the winners of the past 6 years:
2023 Dad Suggests Picture Book Awards
2022 Dad Suggests Picture Book Awards
2021 Dad Suggests Picture Book Awards
2020 Dad Suggests Picture Book Awards
2019 Dad Suggests Picture Book Awards
2018 Dad Suggests Picture Book Awards
As the years go by, the competition only gets harder as books that finished lower in their respective years are dropped from the tournament! It won’t be long until we’ll have a tournament featuring only picture books that finished in the top 3 of their respective year!
How to Enter the Dad Suggests Picture Book Bracket
Scroll down to the image of the 2024 Dad Suggests Picture Book Bracket and click on the image to save it, print it out, and fill out your picks. After you have your picks in hand (trust me this makes it much easier!), head to the following link to access the Google form for the competition:
Remember! The Google form is the most important step! Completing the online form is how you enter the competition. Make sure to enter your email correctly and don’t forget to hit SUBMIT at the end!
Complete the form by choosing the winner of each match-up. The game numbers for each match-up are in parentheses on your bracket. (Note: it’s much easier to fill out your picks if you have a completed paper bracket filled out in front of you.)
Each round grows in value by one point, beginning with 1 point per correct pick in round 1 match-ups and ending with 5 points for choosing the correct overall champion. Winners of each matchup are chosen by vote in our Instagram stories. So make sure to pay attention to our Instagram stories beginning on March 25th, and vote for your picks! (You can also refer to the full schedule below.)
Keep in mind that the winner must have a US address to ship the books to, and that only 1 entry per person is allowed. You can also refer to the google form and our contest rules for more details. Entries will close shortly before the first round begins.
Click to download and print!
Which picture book will be crowned champion of the 2024 Dad Suggests Picture Book Bracket? It’s up to you! Voting will begin in our Instagram stories on Monday, March 25th. Simply visit our stories on the day of voting, and vote for your favorite in each matchup.
2024 Dad Suggests Picture Book Bracket Schedule
Monday March 25th - Games 1-8
Tuesday March 26th - Games 9-16
Wednesday March 27th - Games 17-20
Thursday March 28th - Games 21-24
Friday March 29th - Games 25 - 26
Saturday March 30th - Games 27 - 28
Sunday March 31st - Games 29-30
Monday April 1st - Game 31 - 2024 Championship Round!
What Can You Win?
The person with the winning bracket can choose:
4 free picture books from this year’s bracket to be shipped to their US address
OR
The chance to pick 4 free picture books (priced under $19.99 each) from our store in Fayetteville, AR for local pickup
Round 1 Update
The tournament is off to a great start. I think it’s fair to say the favorites won in just about every single first round match-up. But the closest competition was definitely between Julia’s House Goes Home and Small in the City - which actually ended in a tie. We had to go to our tie-breaker bracket which is the bracket I filled out and entered into the contest before the tournament started. If you’re wondering how your bracket is doing - I’ll tell you that there is currently a 3 WAY TIE for first place at 12 points. No perfect brackets this year!
After Round 2 Update
We’ve narrowed down this year’s field to the elite 8! The big stories this year are the Cinderella runs of Carmela Full of Wishes and The Midnight Fair all the way to the 3rd round. Did anyone have that in their bracket?
And the big news is: we are definitely going to have a new champion this year! 2021’s champion was Extra Yarn, 2022 was Milo Imagines the World, and last year the champion was The Rabbit Listened. And with Milo and the rabbit getting knocked out - we’re officially guaranteed a new champion.
The leader in the bracket competition is sitting ALONE in first place - with 18 points. But there are quite a few people tied for a close 2nd! Make sure to vote in round 3 today and tomorrow!
Pre-Championship Update
There’s only one vote left. Today we vote for the champion of the 2024 Dad Suggests Picture Book Bracket. Three - count them, THREE - picture books from The Fan Brothers made it into the final 4 this year. And one of them advanced to the championship. The final pairing is The Barnabus Project by The Fan Brothers vs The Skull by Jon Klassen. Great work, voters. Amazing books both of them!
The leader in the bracket competition is sitting pretty with 31 total points, but anything can happen with the championship round being worth the most! Make sure to get your votes in until about 3:00 p.m. of April 2nd.
Good luck in this year’s tournament everyone - and I hope you have fun filling out your picks. If you fill out a paper bracket to play along, I’d love to see them! Tag us in the photos and use the hashtags #dadsuggests and #picturebookbracket so we can see who’s competing this year!
