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State Reading Lists for Kids

Every state, via their library or educational associations, selects reading lists each year, highlighting the best of the best in children’s book publishing. The chosen titles are shared in schools and libraries, and then voted on by students at the end of the year. We are beyond thrilled to have fourteen titles across sixteen states on these reading lists this school year! Learn a little more about them below.

This is Me by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell

  • Alabama Camellia Children’s Choice Book Award, 2017-2018 list

Learn more about the book here.

Mary Bowser and the Civil War Spy Ring by Enigma Alberti and Tony Cliff

  • Alabama Camellia Children’s Choice Book Award, 2017-2018 list

Learn more about the book here.

The One Safe Place by Tania Unsworth

  • Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award List, 2017-2018
  • Iowa Teen Reading List, 2017-2018

Learn more about the book here.

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

  • Texas Library Association’s Bluebonnet list, 2017
  • Vermont Dorothy Canfield Award list, 2017-2018
  • Wisconsin’s WSRA Just One More Page, 2017 list
  • Florida Sunshine State Young Reader’s Award list, 2017-2018
  • North Carolina YA Book Award, Middle School list, 2017-2018
  • Hawaii Nēnē Award list, 2018

Learn more about the book here.

Choosing Courage by Peter Collier

  • Texas Library Association Lone Star Reading List, 2017
  • Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award List, 2017-2018
  • Texas Library Association Topaz Reading List, 2017

Learn more about the book here.

The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste

  • Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award, 2017-2018 list
  • Massachusetts Children’s Book Award list, 2018

Learn more about the book here.

The Girl in the Well is Me by Karen Rivers

  • Florida Sunshine State Young Reader’s Award list, 2017-2018

Learn more about the book here.

Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods by Hal Johnson

  • South Dakota Children’s Book Award Prairie Pasque list, 2017-2018
  • Alabama Camellia Children’s Choice Book Award, 2017-2018 list

Learn more about the book here.

Who Wins? by Clay Schwartz

  • Texas Library Association Topaz Reading List, 2017

Learn more about the book here.

Jackaby by William Ritter

  • Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award List, 2018 

Learn more about the book here.

The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma

  • Louisiana Teen Readers’ Choice List, 2018
  • New Jersey Garden State Teen Book Award List, 2018

Learn more about the book here.

Hit Count by Chris Lynch

  • Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award List, 2018

Learn more about the book here.

A Fierce and Subtle Poison by Samantha Mabry

  • Texas Library Association Tayshas Reading List, 2017
  • Texas Library Association Spirit of Texas High School Program, 2017
  • Oklahoma Sequoyah High School, 2018 list

Learn more about the book here.

Wrecked by Maria Padian

  • Vermont Dorothy Green Mountain Book Award list, 2017-2018

Learn more about the book here.

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