Indiana State Reading Lists

Holding On

A young girl in the Philippines uses music to connect with her grandmother as her memory fades in this warm and moving picture book perfect for fan...

Yetis Are the Worst!

In this hilarious follow-up to Unicorns Are the Worst! and Dragons Are the Worst!, Gilbert the Goblin’s next adventure takes him to the frozen tund...

Rick the Rock of Room 214

Even rocks have big dreams in this sweet and wacky picture book for fans of Aaron Reynolds and Mac Barnett about a display rock who longs to explor...

Piglet Comes Home

How a Deaf Blind Pink Puppy Found His Family

Real-life Instagram sensation Piglet the Pink Puppy inspired this sweet and compassionate picture book about the deaf and blind pup finding his for...

My Pet Feet

When the letter R suddenly vanishes, a whole town goes upside-down in this side-splitting picture book of alphabet chaos that’s Can I Be Your Dog? ...

Best Brother Ever!

Ready-to-Read Graphics Level 1

Two friends, a young rat and mouse, discover how close they really are in this first book in the Level 1 Ready-to-Read Graphics series Figgy & ...

Zara's Rules for Record-Breaking Fun

From the beloved author of Amina’s Voice comes the first book in a humor-filled middle grade series starring a young Muslim girl with an endless li...

Lia Park and the Missing Jewel

Perfect for fans of the Storm Runner and Aru Shah series, this “intriguing, fast-paced” (Kirkus Reviews) middle grade fantasy follows a young girl ...

Grounded for All Eternity

A group of kids from hell come to Earth on one of the craziest nights of the year—Halloween—in this “entertaining, high-octane” (Kirkus Reviews) mi...

When the World Was Ours

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Emily Windsnap series, Liz Kessler, comes a “brutally honest and totally believable” (Booklist, s...

Queen of the Tiles

They Wish They Were Us meets The Queen’s Gambit in this “stunning…unforgettable” (Publishers Weekly) thriller set in the world of competitive Scrab...

The Clackity

Finalist for the Bram Stoker Award | Cybils Award Selection of the New York Public Library Best Books for Kids | Pacific Northwest Young Reader’s C...

Ain't Burned All the Bright

A Caldecott Honor winner! Prepare yourself for something unlike anything: A smash-up of art and text for teens that viscerally captures what it is ...

These Violent Delights

An Instant New York Times Bestseller! A BuzzFeed Best Young Adult Book of 2020 Perfect for fans of The Last Magician and Serpent & Dove, this h...