New York State Reading Lists
2025 NYSRA Charlotte Award Committee Nominee
Lizzy and the Cloud
From the critically acclaimed, award-winning creators of Ocean Meets Sky and The Night Gardener comes a whimsical and sweet tale of a young girl wh...
Shall We Dance?
Nature puts on a dance recital in this beautiful nonfiction picture book from Caldecott Honor author-illustrator Robin Page, exploring how and why ...
Once There Was
A New York Times bestseller! A Morris Award Finalist Impossible Creatures meets Neil Gaiman in this “striking and heartfelt” (Kirkus Reviews) novel...
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 ...
2024 NYPL Best Books for Kids
Deep Water
“Readers will feel every wave of Tully’s emotions as she risks everything to try to get her mom’s attention. A powerful novel in verse.” —Lisa Fipp...
Daughter of the Light-Footed People
The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez
Meet Lorena Ramírez, an Indigenous Rarámuri athlete from Mexico who is internationally known for winning ultramarathons in her traditional skirts a...
Pasta Pasta Lotsa Pasta
A New York Public Library Book for Kids 2024 A Bank Street Book of the Year A family dinner gets out of hand as guest after guest arrives with a di...
Mid-Air
Longlisted for the National Book Award A tender-souled boy reeling from the death of his best friend struggles to fit into a world that wants him t...