Kentucky State Reading Lists
Award Lists
2024 - 2025 Kentucky Bluegrass Award Nominee
A Work in Progress
A young boy struggles with body image in this poignant and “perceptive” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) middle grade journey to self-acceptance...
Tell Me About Space
Perfect for curious little minds, this nonfiction board book teaches young readers all about outer space through question-and-answer text! Tell me ...
Once There Was
A New York Times bestseller! A Morris Award Finalist Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them meets Neil Gaiman in this “striking and heartfelt” (Ki...
Bite Risk
The Last Kids on Earth gets a lupine twist by way of Margaret Peterson Haddix in this eerie middle grade adventure set in a small town where all th...
How Do Meerkats Order Pizza?
Wild Facts about Animals and the Scientists Who Study Them
In this “pleasing and informative” (Kirkus Reviews) illustrated nonfiction book for middle grade readers, Brooke Barker of Sad Animal Facts introdu...
Try a Bite, Trilobite!
Ready-to-Read Level 1
A picky eater learns how delicious it can be to try something new in this laugh-out-loud Level 1 Ready-to-Read from two-time Theodor Seuss Geisel H...