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Reading Lists
| The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge | Anderson, M.T., and Eugene Yelchin |
| Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster | Auxier, Jonathan |
| March Forward, Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine | Beals, Melba Pattillo |
| Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World | Blake, Ashley Herring |
| The Benefits of Being an Octopus | Braden, Ann |
| Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish | Cartaya, Pablo |
| Like Vanessa | Charles, Tami |
| The War Outside | Hesse, Monica |
| Nowhere Boy | Marsh, Katherine |
| The Flight of Swans | McGuire, Sarah |
| Until Tomorrow, Mr. Marsworth | O'Conner, Sheila |
| Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam | Partridge, Elizabeth |
| After the Shot Drops | Ribay, Randy |
| Amal Unbound | Saeed, Aisha |
| Front Desk | Yang, Kelly |
| 2019 | Refugee | Gratz, Alan M. |
| 2018 | The War That Saved My Life | Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker |
| 2017 | The Crossover | Alexander, Kwame |
| 2016 | Goodbye, Rebel Blue | Coriell, Shelley |
| 2015 | The False Prince | Nielsen, Jennifer A. |
| 2014 | Michael Vey: The Prisoner Of Cell 25 Book 1 | Evans, Richard Paul |
| 2013 | After Ever After | Sonnenblick, Jordan |
| 2012 | Positively | Sheinmel, Courtney |
| 2011 | The Hunger Games: Book 1 | Collins, Suzanne. |
| 2010 | Unwind | Shusterman, Neal |
| The Art of the Swap | Asselin, Kristine, and Jen Malone |
| Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster | Auxier, Jonathan |
| The Extraordianry Colors of Auden Dare | Bethell, Zillah |
| The Rhino in Right Field | Dekeyser, Stacy |
| Journey of the Pale Bear | Fletcher, Susan |
| Winterhouse | Guterson, Ben |
| Lifeboat 12 | Hood, Susan |
| The Doughnut Fix | Janowitz, Jessie |
| The Unforgettable Guinevere St. Clair | Makechnie, Amy |
| Bob | Mass, Wendy and Rebecca Stead |
| The Spirit of Cattail County | Piontek, Victoria |
| Grump: The (Fairly) True Tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves | Shurtliff, Liesl |
| Spindrift and the Orchid | Trevayne, Emma |
| The Story Collector: A New York Public Library Book | Tubb, Kristin O'Donnell |
| Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery | Wallace, Sandra Neil |
| 2019 | A Dog Like Daisy | Tubb, Kristin O'Donnell |
| 2018 | Roller Girl | Jamieson, Victoria |
| 2017 | The Doll Graveyard | Ruby, Lois |
| 2016 | Chews Your Destiny: The Gumazing Gum Girl! | Montijo, Rhode |
| 2015 | The One And Only Ivan | Applegate, Katherine |
| 2014 | Sidekicks | Santat, Dan, |
| 2013 | The Strange Case Of Origami Yoda: Book 1 | Angleberger, Tom. |
| 2012 | Dragonbreath: Book 1 | Vernon, Ursula |
| 2011 | All The Lovely Bad Ones | Hahn, Mary Downing |
| 2010 | Lawn Boy | Paulsen, Gary |
| 2009 | Clementine | Pennypacker, Sara |
| 2008 | Angus And Sadie | Voigt, Cynthia |
| 2007 | The World According To Humphrey | Birney, Betty G |
| 2006 | The Tale Of Despereaux | DiCamillo, Kate |
| 2005 | The Stranger Next Door | Kehret, Peg |
| 2004 | Skeleton Man | Bruchac, Joseph |
| 2003 | Because Of Winn-Dixie | DiCamillo, Kate |
| 2002 | Dork In Disguise | Gorman, Carol |
| 2001 | Holes | Sachar, Louis |
| 2000 | The Million Dollar Shot | Gutman, Dan |
| 1999 | One Hundred And One Ways To Bug Your Parents | Wardlaw, Lee |
| 1998 | Titanic Crossing | Williams, Barbara |
| 1997 | Nasty, Stinky Sneakers | Bunting, Eve |
| 1996 | The Ghost Of Mercy Manor. | Wright, Betty Ren |
| 1995 | Horror At The Haunted House | Kehret, Peg |
| 1994 | Shiloh | Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds |
| 1993 | Weasel | DeFelice, Cynthia C. |
| 1992 | The Doll In The Garden: A Ghost Story | Hahn, Mary Downing |
| 1991 | Beauty | Wallace, Bill |
| 1990 | Fudge | Graeber, Charlotte Towner |
| 1989 | The Sixth-Grade Sleepover | Bunting, Eve |
| 1988 | Christina's Ghost | Wright, Betty Ren |
| 1987 | Night Of The Twisters | Ruckman, Ivy |
| 1986 | Dear Mr. Henshaw | Cleary, Beverly |
| Just Tell Me When We're Dead! | Clifford, Eth | |
| 1985 | Thirteen Ways To Sink A Sub | Gilson, Jamie |
| 1984 | The Cybil War | Byars, Betsy Cromer |
| 1983 | A Dog Called Kitty | Wallace, Bill |
| 1982 | Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale Of Mystery | Howe, Deborah And James |
| 1981 | Get-Away Car | Clymer, Eleanor |
| 1980 | Kid Power | Pfeffer, Susan Beth |
| 1979 | Summer of the Monkeys | Rawls, Wilson |
| 1978 | Shoeshine Girl | Bulla, Clyde Robert |
| 1977 | The Toothpaste Millionaire | Merrill, Jean |
| 1976 | How To Eat Fried Worms | Rockwell, Thomas |
| 1975 | Tales Of A Fourth Grade Nothing | Blume, Judy |
| 1974 | Flight Of The White Wolf | Ellis, Mel |
| 1973 | The Trumpet of the Swan | White, E.B. |
| 1972 | The Man In The Box: A Novel Of Vietnam | Dunn, Mary Lois. |
| 1971 | Ramona The Pest: Book 2 | Cleary, Beverly |
| 1970 | Mustang | Henry, Marguerite |
| 1969 | Blackbeard's Ghost, | Stahl, Ben F |
| 1968 | Gentle Ben | Morey, Walt |
| 1967 | Harriet The Spy | Fitzhugh, Louise |
| 1966 | Rascal | North, Sterling |
| 1965 | A Wrinkle in Time: Time Quartet Book 1 | L'Engle, Madeleine |
| 1964 | Where the Panther Screams | Robinson, William Powell |
| 1963 | Mystery Of The Haunted Pool | Whitney, Phyllis A. |
| 1962 | The Helen Keller Story | Peare, Catherine Owens |
| 1961 | Have Space Suit, Will Travel | Heinlein, Robert |
| 1960 | Black Gold | Henry, Marguerite |
| 1959 | Old Yeller | Gipson, Fred |
| 2019 | Merci Suarez Changes Gears | Medina, Meg |
| 2018 | Hello, Universe | Kelly, Erin Entrada |
| 2017 | The Girl who Drank the Moon | Barnhill, Kelly Regan |
| 2016 | Last Stop on Market Street | Pena, Matt de la |
| 2015 | The Crossover | Alexander, Kwame |
| 2014 | Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures | DiCamillo, Kate |
| 2013 | The One And Only Ivan | Applegate, Katherine |
| 2012 | Dead End In Norvelt | Gantos, Jack |
| 2011 | Moon Over Manifest | Vanderpool, Clare |
| 2010 | When You Reach Me | Stead, Rebecca |
| 2009 | The Graveyard Book | Gaiman, Neil |
| 2008 | Good Masters! Sweet Ladies: Voices From A Medieval Village | Schlitz, Laura Amy |
| 2007 | The Higher Power Of Lucky | Patron, Susan |
| 2006 | Criss Cross | Perkins, Lynne Rae |
| 2005 | Kira-Kira | Kadohata, Cynthia |
| 2004 | The Tale Of Despereaux | DiCamillo, Kate |
| 2003 | Crispin: The Cross Of Lead | Avi |
| 2002 | A Single Shard | Park, Linda Sue |
| 2001 | A Year Down Yonder | Peck, Richard |
| 2000 | Bud, Not Buddy | Curtis, Christopher Paul |
| 1999 | Holes | Sachar, Louis |
| 1998 | Out Of The Dust | Hesse, Karen |
| 1997 | The View from Saturday | Konigsburg, E. L. |
| 1996 | The Midwife's Apprentice | Cushman, Karen |
| 1995 | Walk Two Moons | Creech, Sharon |
| 1994 | The Giver: Giver Quartet Book 1 | Lowry, Lois |
| 1993 | Missing May | Rylant, Cynthia |
| 1992 | Shiloh | Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds |
| 1991 | Maniac Magee | Spinelli, Jerry |
| 1990 | Number The Stars | Lowry, Lois |
| 1989 | Joyful Noise: Poems For Two Voices | Fleischman, Paul |
| 1988 | Lincoln: A Photobiography | Freedman, Russell |
| 1987 | The Whipping Boy | Fleischman, Sid |
| 1986 | Sarah, Plain And Tall | MacLachlan, Patricia |
| 1985 | The Hero And The Crown | McKinley, Robin |
| 1984 | Dear Mr. Henshaw | Cleary, Beverly |
| 1983 | Dicey's Song | Voigt, Cynthia |
| 1982 | A Visit To William Blake's Inn: Poems For Innocent And Experienced Travelers | Willard, Nancy |
| 1981 | Jacob Have I Loved | Paterson, Katherine |
| 1980 | A Gathering Of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32 | Blos, Joan W. |
| 1979 | The Westing Game | Raskin, Ellen |
| 1978 | Bridge To Terabithia | Paterson, Katherine |
| 1977 | Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry: The Logan Family Saga Book #4 | Taylor, Mildred D. |
| 1976 | The Grey King | Cooper, Susan |
| 1975 | M. C. Higgins, The Great | Hamilton, Virginia |
| 1974 | The Slave Dancer | Fox, Paula |
| 1973 | Julie Of The Wolves | George, Jean Craighead |
| 1972 | Mrs. Frisby And The Rats Of NIMH | O'Brien, Robert C |
| 1971 | Summer Of The Swans | Byars, Betsy |
| 1970 | Sounder | Armstrong, William Howard |
| 1969 | The High King: The Chronicles of Prydain Book 5 | Alexander, Lloyd |
| 1968 | From The Mixed-Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler | Konigsburg, E. L |
| 1967 | Up A Road Slowly | Hunt, Irene |
| 1966 | I, Juan de Pareja | Trevino, Elizabeth Borton de |
| 1965 | Shadow Of A Bull | Wojciechowska, Maia |
| 1964 | It's Like This, Cat | Neville, Emily Cheney |
| 1963 | A Wrinkle in Time: Time Quartet Book 1 | L'Engle, Madeleine |
| 1962 | The Bronze Bow | Speare, Elizabeth George |
| 1961 | Island Of The Blue Dolphins | O'Dell, Scott |
| 1960 | Onion John | Krumgold, Joseph |
| 1959 | The Witch Of Blackbird Pond | Speare, Elizabeth George |
| 1958 | Rifles For Watie | Keith, Harold |
| 1957 | Miracles On Maple Hill | Sorensen, Virginia |
| 1956 | Carry On, Mr. Bowditch | Latham, Jean Lee |
| 1955 | The Wheel on the School | DeJong, Meindert |
| 1954 | --and now Miguel | Krumgold, Joseph |
| 1953 | Secret Of The Andes | Clark, Ann Nolan |
| 1952 | Ginger Pye | Estes, Eleanor |
| 1951 | Amos Fortune, Free Man | Yates, Elizabeth |
| 1950 | The Door In The Wall | De Angeli, Marguerite |
| 1949 | King Of The Wind | Henry, Marguerite |
| 1948 | The Twenty-one Balloons | Du Bois, William Pene |
| 1947 | Miss Hickory | Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin |
| 1946 | Strawberry Girl | Lenski, Lois |
| 1945 | Rabbit Hill | Lawson, Robert |
| 1944 | Johnny Tremain | Forbes, Esther |
| 1943 | Adam Of The Road | Gray, Elizabeth Janet |
| 1942 | The Matchlock Gun | Edmonds, Walter Dumaux |
| 1941 | Call It Courage | Sperry, Armstrong |
| 1940 | Daniel Boone | Daugherty, James Henry |
| 1939 | Thimble Summer | Enright, Elizabeth |
| 1938 | The White Stag | Seredy, Kate |
| 1937 | Roller Skates | Sawyer, Ruth |
| 1936 | Caddie Woodlawn | Brink, Carol Ryrie |
| 1935 | Dobry | Shannon, Monica |
| 1934 | Invincible Louisa: the Story of the Author of Little Women | Meigs, Cornelia |
| 1933 | Young Fu Of The Upper Yangtze | Lewis, Elizabeth Foreman |
| 1932 | Waterless Mountain | Armer, Laura Adams |
| 1931 | The Cat Who Went To Heaven | Coatsworth, Elizabeth |
| 1930 | Hitty: Her First Hundred Years | Field, Rachel |
| 1929 | The Trumpeter Of Krakow | Kelly, Eric Philbrook |
| 1928 | Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon | Mukerji, Dhan Gopal |
| 1927 | Smoky, The Cowhorse | James, William |
| 1926 | Shen Of The Sea | Chrisman, Arthur Bowie |
| 1925 | Tales From Silver Lands | Finger, Charles Joseph |
| 1924 | The Dark Frigate | Hawes, Charles Boardman |
| 1923 | The Voyages Of Doctor Dolittle | Lofting, Hugh |
| 1922 | The Story Of Mankind | Van Loon, Hendrik Willem |
| 2019 | Hello Lighthouse | Blackall, Sophie |
| 2018 | Wolf in the Snow | Cordell, Matthew |
| 2017 | Radiant Child: the Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat | Steptoe, Javaka |
| 2016 | Finding Winnie, The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear | Mattick, Lindsay |
| 2015 | The Adventures Of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend | Santat, Dan |
| 2014 | Locomotive | Floca, Brian |
| 2013 | This Is Not My Hat | Klassen, J. |
| 2012 | A Ball For Daisy | Raschka, Christopher |
| 2011 | A Sick Day For Amos McGee | Stead, Philip Christian |
| 2010 | The Lion & The Mouse | Pinkney, Jerry |
| 2009 | The House In The Night | Swanson, Susan Marie |
| 2008 | The Invention of Hugo Cabret | Selznick, Brian |
| 2007 | Flotsam | Wiesner, David |
| 2006 | The Hello, Goodbye Window | Juster, Norton |
| 2005 | Kitten's First Full Moon | Henkes, Kevin |
| 2004 | The Man Who Walked Between The Towers | Gerstein, Mordicai |
| 2003 | My Friend Rabbit | Rohmann, Eric |
| 2002 | The Three Pigs | Wiesner, David |
| 2001 | So You Want To Be President | St. George, Judith |
| 2000 | Joseph Had a Little Overcoat | Taback, Simms |
| 1999 | Snowflake Bentley | Martin, Jacqueline Briggs |
| 1998 | Rapunzel | Zelinsky, Paul O |
| 1997 | Golem | Wisniewski, David |
| 1996 | Officer Buckle and Gloria | Rathmann, Peggy |
| 1995 | Smoky Night | Bunting, Eve |
| 1994 | Grandfather's Journey | Say, Allen |
| 1993 | Mirette On The High Wire | McCully, Emily Arnold |
| 1992 | Tuesday | Wiesner, David |
| 1991 | Black And White | Macaulay, David |
| 1990 | Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story From China | Young, Ed |
| 1989 | Song And Dance Man | Ackerman, Karen |
| 1988 | Owl Moon | Yolen, Jane |
| 1987 | Hey, Al | Yorinks, Arthur |
| 1986 | The Polar Express | Van Allsburg, Chris |
| 1985 | Saint George And The Dragon | Hodges, Margaret |
| 1984 | The Glorious Flight: Across The Channel With Louis Bleriot | Provensen, Alice |
| 1983 | Shadow | Brown, Marcia |
| 1982 | Jumanji | Van Allsburg, Chris |
| 1981 | Fables | Lobel, Arnold |
| 1980 | Ox-Cart Man | Hall, Donald |
| 1979 | The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses | Goble, Paul |
| 1978 | Noah's Ark | Spier, Peter |
| 1977 | Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions | Musgrove, Margaret |
| 1976 | Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears | Aardema, Verna |
| 1975 | Arrow To The Sun | McDermott, Gerald |
| 1974 | Duffy And The Devil | Zemach, Harve |
| 1973 | The Funny Little Woman | Mosel, Arlene |
| 1972 | One Fine Day | Hogrogian, Nonny |
| 1971 | A Story A Story | Haley, Gail E. |
| 1970 | Sylvester and the Magic Pebble | Steig, William |
| 1969 | The Fool Of The World And The Flying Ship | Ransome, Arthur |
| 1968 | Drummer Hoff | Emberley, Barbara |
| 1967 | Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine | Ness, Evaline |
| 1966 | Always Room For One More | Leodhas, Sorche Nic |
| 1965 | May I Bring A Friend? | De Regniers, Beatrice Schenk |
| 1964 | Where the Wild Things Are | Sendak, Maurice |
| 1963 | The Snowy Day | Keats, Ezra Jack |
| 1962 | Once A Mouse | Brown, Marcia |
| 1961 | Baboushka And The Three Kings | Robbins, Ruth |
| 1960 | Nine Days To Christmas: A Story Of Mexico | Ets, Marie Hall |
| 1959 | Chanticleer And The Fox | Chaucer, Geoffrey |
| 1958 | Time of Wonder | McCloskey, Robert |
| 1957 | A Tree Is Nice | Udry, Janice May |
| 1956 | Frog Went A-courtin' | Langstaff, John M. |
| 1955 | Cinderella | Perrault, Charles |
| 1954 | Madeline's Rescue | Bemelmans, Ludwig |
| 1953 | The Biggest Bear | Ward, Lynd |
| 1952 | Finders Keepers | Will, George F |
| 1951 | The Egg Tree | Milhous, Katherine |
| 1950 | Song Of The Swallows | Politi, Leo |
| 1949 | The Big Snow | Hader, Berta |
| 1948 | White Snow Bright Snow | Tresselt, Alvin |
| 1947 | The Little Island | Brown, Margaret Wise |
| 1946 | The Rooster Crows | Petersham, Maud Fuller |
| 1945 | Prayer For A Child | Field, Rachel |
| 1944 | Many Moons | Thurber, James |
| 1943 | The Little House | Burton, Virginia Lee |
| 1942 | Make Way For Ducklings | McCloskey, Robert |
| 1941 | They Were Strong And Good | Lawson, Robert |
| 1940 | Abraham Lincoln | D'Aulaire, Ingri |
| 1939 | Mei Li | Handforth, Thomas |
| 1938 | Animals Of The Bible | Lathrop, Dorothy P. |
| 2019 | A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 | Hartfield, Claire |
| 2018 | Piecing Me Together | Watson, Renee |
| 2017 | March Book Three: March Series Book 3 | Lewis, John |
| 2016 | Gone Crazy in Alabama | Williams-Garcia, Rita |
| 2015 | Brown Girl Dreaming | Woodson, Jacqueline |
| 2014 | P.S. Be Eleven: Gaither Sisters Book 2 | Williams-Garcia, Rita |
| 2013 | Hand In Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America | Pinkney, Andrea Davis |
| 2012 | Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans | Melson, Kadir |
| 2011 | One Crazy Summer: Gaither Sisters Book 1 | Williams-Garcia, Rita. |
| 2010 | Bad News For Outlaws: The Remarkable Life Of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshall | Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux |
| 2009 | We Are The Ship: The Story Of Negro League Baseball | Nelson, Kadir |
| 2008 | Elijah Of Buxton | Curtis, Christopher Paul |
| 2007 | Copper Sun | Draper, Sharon M |
| 2006 | Day Of Tears: A Novel In Dialogue | Lester, Julius |
| 2005 | Remember: The Journey To School Integration | Morrison, Toni |
| 2004 | The First Part Last | Johnson, Angela |
| 2003 | Bronx Masquerade | Grimes, Nikki |
| 2002 | The Land: The Logan Family Saga Book #1 | Taylor, Mildred D |