Arkansas State Reading Lists
2019 - 2020 Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award Reading List
Creepy Pair of Underwear!
From the celebrated team behind Creepy Carrots!, Aaron Reynolds and Caldecott Honor winner Peter Brown, comes a hilarious (and just a little creepy)...
Pocket Full of Colors
The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordinaire
Amy Guglielmo, Jacqueline Tourville, and Brigette Barrager team up to tell the joyful and unique story of the trailblazing Disney artist Mary...
Remembering Vera
From beloved author Patricia Polacco comes the heartwarming and true story of Vera, an amazing dog who was found as a stray by the US Coast Guard,...
2019 Arkansas Teen Book Award
Long Way Down
Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature Parents’ Choice Gold Award Winner An ode to Put the Damn Guns Down, this is...
2020 - 2021 Arkansas Teen Book Award Master List
Becoming RBG
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Journey to Justice
From the New York Times bestselling author of I Dissent comes a biographical graphic novel about celebrated Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader...
2020 - 2021 Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award Nominee
Lifeboat 12
“This page-turning true-life adventure is filled with rich and riveting details and a timeless understanding of the things that matter most.”—Dashka...