Colorado State Reading Lists
Award Lists
2018 Colorado Book Award
Can an Aardvark Bark?
From award-winning author Melissa Stewart and Caldecott honoree Steve Jenkins comes a noisy nonfiction exploration of the many sounds animals make.Can...
When Dimple Met Rishi
The inspiration for the Netflix original series Mismatched! A New York Times bestseller An NPR Best Book of 2017 A Buzzfeed Best YA Book of 2017 A...
2020 Colorado Book Award Finalist
The Fisherman & the Whale
Jessica Lanan’s dreamy and dramatic watercolor paintings bring to life a wordless story about wonder in the natural world.A fisherman takes his son for...
Truman
An NPR Favorite Book of 2019 A New York Times Best Children’s book of 2019 A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of 2019 A School Library Journal Best...
There's Something about Sweetie
An NPR Favorite Book of 2019 “Adorable, joyous.” —BuzzFeed “I’m head-over-heels for this charming, funny, romantic, life-affirming book.” —Becky...
2019 Colorado Blue Spruce YA Award
Scythe
Two teens must learn the “art of killing” in this Printz Honor–winning book, the first in a chilling new series from Neal Shusterman, author of the New...
2019 Colorado Book Award
500 Words or Less
A YALSA 2020 Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers “Compelling.” —School Library Journal “Moving.” —Publishers Weekly “Poignant.” —Kirkus...
2020 CLEL Bell Picture Book Award Shortlist
Nighttime Symphony
The sounds of the city at night create a lively lullaby in this melodious bedtime story from superstar producer and musician Timbaland, Caldecott...