North Carolina State Reading Lists
2018 - 2019 North Carolina Children's Book Award Nominee
Super Manny Stands Up!
New York Times bestselling author Kelly DiPucchio and illustrator Stephanie Graegin bring a lionhearted new hero to life in this tender, sparkling...
2017 - 2018 North Carolina Children's Book Award Nominee
Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science
The First Computer Programmer
ALA NOTABLE BOOK AMELIA BLOOMER TOP TEN BOOK “Stanley has been delighting and informing readers with her biographies for years, and here, her...
2017 North Carolina Children's Book Award Nominee
The Blackthorn Key
Following a series of murders, an apothecary’s apprentice must solve puzzles and decipher codes in pursuit of a secret that could destroy the world in...
The Boy in the Black Suit
A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor book. Just when seventeen-year-old Matt thinks he can’t handle one more piece of terrible news, he meets a girl...
Space Case
It’s a murder mystery on the moon in this humorous and suspenseful space adventure from the author of Belly Up and Spy School.Like his fellow...
2016 North Carolina Children's Book Award Winner
Gaston
A bulldog and a poodle learn that family is about love, not appearances in this adorable doggy tale from New York Times bestselling author Kelly...
2016 North Carolina Children's Book Award Nominee
Poached
Teddy Fitzroy’s back for another zoo mystery—this time it’s a koala caper—in this action-packed follow-up to Belly Up, which Kirkus Reviews called...
Blue on Blue
Discover the joys of a wild rainstorm in this poetic picture book, illustrated by a Caldecott Medalist.Join a farming family as they experience the...
Some Bugs
Get the buzz on bugs in this picture book from Angela DiTerlizzi!Grab your magnifying glass!Find your field guide!And come hop, hide, swim, and...
Anybody Shining
Can one mistake destroy the chance of a lifetime? A girl discovers there are many ways of being true in this magnificent ode to handwritten letters and...
The Flame of Olympus
A young girl, a winged horse, and a war of epic proportions make for an adventurous start to an exciting new trilogy.When Pegasus crashes onto a...
The Troubles of Johnny Cannon
“A boy with a highly original voice winces his way into the bewildering world of adults during a neglected moment in American history” (Newbery...
2018 - 2019 North Carolina Young Adult Book Award Nominee
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...