Virginia State Reading Lists
2023 - 2024 Virginia Reader's Choice Award List
It Fell from the Sky
From the creators of the critically acclaimed The Night Gardener and Ocean Meets Sky comes a whimsical and elegantly illustrated picture book about...
The Library Fish Learns to Read
Library Fish returns in this charming picture book about the unusually literary fish learning to do what everyone around her loves—read!Library Fis...
2021 - 2022 Virginia Reader's Choice Award List
Inky's Amazing Escape
How a Very Smart Octopus Found His Way Home
“Montgomery’s expertise and the gorgeous illustrations make this a fine purchase for libraries serving early elementary students.” —School Library ...
2021 - 2022 Virginia Readers' Choice Award List
Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao
A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of 2019 Meet the funny, fierce, and fearless Amy Wu, who is determined to make a perfect bao bun today. Can she ...
2021 - 2022 Virginia Readers' Choice Reading List
Charlie Hernández & the League of Shadows
“This is a perfect pick for kids who love Rick Riordan’s many series, particularly for those eager for mythologies beyond Greek and Roman stories.”...
Maybe He Just Likes You
A 2020 ALA Notable Children’s Book A Washington Post Best Children’s Book of 2019 Barbara Dee explores the subject of #MeToo for the middle grade a...