Pennsylvania State Reading Lists

All of Those Babies

Come meet babies across the animal kingdom and learn their adorable names in this “joyful, rollicking” (School Library Journal, starred review) rhy...

Tricky Chopsticks

A young Chinese American girl uses creative STEAM-powered problem-solving to master chopsticks so she can pick up her dumplings and eat them, too, ...

Ladybug Launch

Inspired by a True Story of Chinitas in Space

Based on a true story, this out-of-this-world picture book follows the exciting scientific journey of a chica and a chinita with sky-high aspiratio...

The No-Girlfriend Rule

An instant USA TODAY bestseller Four starred reviews! Julie Murphy meets Heartstopper with a D&D twist in this “magical, heartwarming” (Rachael...

Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .

A LOVE Story

A Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner A New York Times Bestseller Seven starred reviews! “Jason Reynolds has done it again!...Fresh from start t...

Bitsy Bat, School Star

Three starred reviews! 2024 Bank Street Best Children’s Book Selection A little bat struggles to fit in only to learn to celebrate differences in t...

You Go First

In the spirit of Mo Willems and Ben Clanton, this “extremely funny and spot-on sensitive” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) picture book shows how a...

Grown with Love

A boy with the greenest of thumbs works to unlock the mystery behind his elderly neighbor’s inability to keep a plant alive and to find her the per...