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        • Allergies
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        • Concussions
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        • Head Lice
        • Other Health Topics
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      • Immunizations
      • 504 Accommodations
      • Mental Health
      • School-Based Health Centers
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        • CHAMPS
        • Public Schools Athletic League
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          • Moises Jimenez et at v New York City Department of Education (Sports Equity Case): Notice of Proposed Class Action Settlement
      • Condom Availability Program
      • Menstrual Products for Students
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        • Food Service for Parents and Students
        • Food Service for School Principal and Charter Schools
        • Plant Powered Friday
        • Food Education Roadmap
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What We're Reading Archive

Published May 1, 2025

Here on The Morning Bell, we share reading recommendations for students of all ages to enjoy. While these books often fit a particular theme, they're great to enjoy throughout the whole year. Check out these books—and thousands more—on Sora, our citywide Digital Library which provides free access to hundreds of digital e-books and audiobooks for our students.

May 2025

Jewish American Heritage Month

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • Amazing Abe: How Abraham Cahan’s Newspaper Gave a Voice to Jewish Immigrants, by Norman H. Finkelstein; illustrated by Vesper Stamper
  • Bubbie and Rivka’s Best-Ever Challah (So Far!), by Sarah Lynne Ruel
  • Hannah’s Way, by Linda Glaser; illustrated by Adam Gustavson
  • The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs, by Chana Stiefel; illustrated by Susan Gal 

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come, by Sue Macy; illustrated by Stacy Innerst
  • Dear Mr. Dickens, by Nancy Churnin; illustrated by Bethany Stancliffe
  • Hedy’s Journey: The True Story of a Hungarian Girl Fleeing the Holocaust, by Michelle Bisson; illustrated by El Primo Ramon
  • Shira and Esther's Double Dream Debut, by Anna E. Jordan

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • Almost Flying, by Jake Maia Arlow
  • Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword, by Barry Deutsch
  • Linked, by Gordon Korman
  • Music Was IT: Young Leonard Bernstein, by Susan Goldman Rubin

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • 28 Days: A Novel of Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto, by David Safier
  • The City Beautiful, by Aden Polydoros
  • It’s A Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories, edited by Katherine Locke and Laura Silverman
  • The Judgement of Yoyo Gold, by Isaac Blum

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • Cannonball, by Sacha Cotter; illustrated by Josh Morgan 
  • Love in the Library, by Maggie Tokuda-Hall; illustrated by Yas Imamura
  • Meena Can't Wait, by Farida Zaman
  • The Most Beautiful Thing, by Kao Kalia Yang; illustrated by Khoa Le
  • The Ocean Calls: A Haenyeo Mermaid Story, by Tina Cho; illustrated by Jess X. Snow
  • Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom, by Teresa Robeson; illustrated by Rebecca Huang

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • Dara Palmer's Major Drama, by Emma Shevah
  • Fred Korematsu Speaks Up, by Laura Atkins and Stan Yogi; illustrated by Yutaka Houlette
  • Front Desk, by Kelly Yang
  • Lei and the Fire Goddess, by Malia Maunakea
  • Samira Surfs, by Rukhsanna Guidroz; illustrated by Fahmida Azim
  • A Thousand Questions, by Saadia Faruqi

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • Amina’s Voice, by Hena Khan
  • The Best at It, by Maulik Pancholy
  • Dear America: The Story of an Undocumented Citizen (Young Readers’ Edition), by Jose Antonio Vargas
  • The Legend of Auntie Po, by Shing Yin Khor
  • Troublemaker, by John Cho
  • When You Trap a Tiger, by Tae Keller

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • After the Shot Drops, by Randy Ribay
  • Dragonfruit, Makiia Lucier
  • Himawari House, by Harmony Becker
  • Last Night at the Telegraph Club, by Malinda Lo
  • The Magic Fish, by Trung Le Nguyen
  • The Weight of Our Sky, by Hanna Alkaf 

April 2025

Arab American Heritage Month

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • Egyptian Lullaby, by Zeena M. Pliska; illustrated by Hatem Aly
  • Lailah’s Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story, by Reem Faruqi; illustrated by Lea Lyon
  • Loujain Dreams of Sunflowers, by Lina al-Hathloul and Uma Mishra-Newbery; illustrated by Rebecca Green
  • Salma the Syrian Chef, by Danny Ramadan; illustrated by Anna Bron
  • These Olive Trees, by Aya Ghanameh 

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • Farah Rocks Fifth Grade, by Susan Muaddi Darraj; illustrated by Ruaida Mannaa
  • Nour’s Secret Library, by Wafa’ Tarnowska; illustrated by Vali Mintzi
  • Shad Hadid and the Alchemists of Alexandria, by George Jreije
  • Silverworld, by Diana Abu-Jaber
  • The Turtle of Oman, by Naomi Shihab Nye

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • Escape from Aleppo, by N.H. Senzai
  • The Green Bicycle, by Haifaa al Mansour
  • Habibi, by Naomi Shihab Nye
  • Listen, Layla, by Yassmin Abdel-Magied
  • Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria, by Muhammad Najem and Nora Neus; illustrated by Julie Robine

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow, by Zoulfa Katouh
  • Balcony on the Moon: Coming of Age in Palestine, by Ibtisam Barakat
  • A Game for Swallows: To Die, To Leave, to Return, by Zeina Abirached
  • Here We Are Now, by Jasmine Warga
  • Huda F Are You?, by Huda Fahmy

National Deaf History Month

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion, by Shannon Stocker; illustrated by Devon Holzwarth
  • The Sound of Silence: Growing Up Hearing with Deaf Parents, by Myron Uhlberg
  • Unbound: The Life and Art of Judith Scott, by Joyce Scott and Brie Spangler; illustrated by Melissa Sweet
  • The William Hoy Story, by Nancy Churnin; illustrated by Jez Tuya 

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • Deaf Child Crossing, by Marlee Matlin
  • El Deafo, by Cece Bell; illustrated by David Lasky
  • Wonderstruck, by Brian Selznick
  • You Don’t Know Everything, Jilly P!, by Alex Gino 

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • Feathers, by Jacqueline Woodson
  • Hear Me, by Kerry O’Malley Cerra
  • Show Me a Sign, by Ann Clare LeZotte
  • Song for a Whale, by Lynne Kelly 

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • Give Me a Sign, by Anna Sortino
  • A Quiet Kind of Thunder, Sara Barnard
  • The Words in My Hands, by Asphyxia
  • You’re Welcome, Universe, by Whitney Gardner

School Libraries Month

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, and Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore, by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
  • Dear Librarian, by Lydia M. Sigwarth; illustrated by Romina Galotta
  • Digging for Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built, by Angela Burke Kunkel; illustrated by Paola Escobar
  • A Library, by Nikki Giovanni; illustrated by Erin K. Robinson
  • Library Lion, by Michelle Knudsen; illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
  • Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré, by Anika Aldamuy Denise; illustrated by Paola Escobar

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • Ban This Book, by Alan Gratz
  • Behind My Doors: The Story of the World's Oldest Library, by Hena Khan; illustrated by Nabila Adani
  • Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller, by Breanna J. McDaniel; illustrated by April Harrison
  • Jella Lepman and Her Library of Dreams, by Katherine Paterson; illustrated by Sally Deng
  • Keeper of Stories, by Caroline Kusin Pritchard; illustrated by Selina Alko
  • Library on Wheels, by Sharlee Glenn 

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • Answers in the Pages, by David Levithan
  • Attack of the Black Rectangles, by Amy Sarig King
  • Finally Seen, by Kelly Yang
  • The Library of Ever, by Zeno Alexander
  • The Lost Library, by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass
  • The Secret Library, by Kekla Magoon

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • Banned Together, edited by Ashley Hope Pérez; illustrated by Debbie Fong
  • The Book That Made Me, edited by Judith Ridge
  • Ink Girls, by Marieke Nijkamp; illustrated by Sylvia Bi
  • The Library of Lost Things, by Laura Taylor Namey
  • This Book Won’t Burn, by Samira Ahmed
  • Where the Library Hides, by Isabel Ibañez

National Poetry Month

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • The Ghostly Carousel: Delightfully Frightful Poems, by Calef Brown
  • How to Write a Poem, by Kwame Alexander and Deanna Nikaido; illustrated by Melissa Sweet
  • Poetree, by Shauna LaVoy Reynolds; illustrated by Shahrzad Maydani
  • Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook, by Shel Silverstein

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • The Color of My Words, by Lynn Joseph
  • Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks, by Suzanne Slade; illustrated by Cozbi A. Cabrera
  • Rhyme Schemer, by K.A. Holt
  • Words with Wings, by Nikki Grimes

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • A Maze Me, by Naomi Shihab Nye
  • Land of the Cranes, by Aida Salazar
  • Turtle Under Ice, by Juleah del Rosario
  • When Clouds Touch Us, by Thanhhà Lại

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • The Black Flamingo, by Dean Atta
  • Forever is Now, by Mariama J. Lockington
  • When We Make It, by Elisabet Velasquez
  • Wings in the Wild, by Margarita Engle

March 2025

Book-to-Movie Adaptations

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • A Bear Called Paddington, by Michael Bond; illustrated by Peggy Fortnum 
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox, by Roald Dahl; illustrated by Quentin Blake
  • Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak
  • The Velveteen Rabbit, by Margery Williams; illustrated by William Nicholson  

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • How to Train Your Dragon, by Cressida Cowell
  • Mary Poppins, by P.L. Travers  
  • The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate DiCamillo; illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering
  • The Wild Robot, by Peter Brown

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • Holes, by Louis Sachar
  • The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick
  • Out of My Mind, by Sharon M. Draper
  • Wonder, by R.J. Palacio 

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
  • The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas
  • The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Turtles all the Way Down, by John Green 

Civics Week 2025

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots, by Michael Rex
  • Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down, by Andrea Davis Pinkney; illustrated by Brian Pinkney
  • Sofia Valdez, Future Prez, by Andrea Beaty; illustrated by David Roberts
  • V is for Voting, by Kate Farrell; illustrated by Caitlin Kuhwald
  • What Do You Do with A Voice Like That? The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, by Chris Barton; illustrated by Ekua Holmes

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • All the Way to the Top: How One Girl’s Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything, by Annette Bay Pimentel; illustrated by Nabi H. Ali
  • Free for You and Me; What Our First Amendment Means, by Christy Mihaly; illustrated by Manu Montoya
  • No Voice Too Small: Fourteen Young Americans Making History, edited by Lindsay H. Metcalf, Keila V. Dawson, and Jeanette Bradley; illustrated by Jeanette Bradley
  • A Small History of Disagreement, by Claudio Fuentes; illustrated by Gabriela Lyon
  • Without Separation: Prejudice, Segregation, and the Case of Roberto Alvarez, by Larry Dane Brimner; illustrated by Maya Gonzalez 

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • A Good Kind of Trouble, by Lisa Moore Ramée
  • March Forward, Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine, by Melba Pattillo Beals; illustrated by Frank Morrison
  • Roses and Radicals: The Epic Story of How American Women Won the Right to Vote, by Susan Zimet and Todd Hasak-Lowy
  • The Constitution Decoded: A Guide to the Document that Shapes Our Nation, by Katie Kennedy; illustrated by Ben Kirchner
  • Together We March: 25 Protest Movements that Marched into History, by Leah Henderson; illustrated by Tyler Feder 

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir, by Malaka Gharib
  • Run (Book 1), by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin; illustrated by L. Fury and Nate Powell
  • Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance, edited by Bethany C. Morrow
  • Vote! Women’s Fight for Access to the Ballot Box, by Coral Celeste Frazer
  • Votes of Confidence: A Young Person’s Guide to American Elections, by Jeff Fleischer 

Irish American Heritage Month

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • Fiona’s Lace, by Patricia Polacco
  • How to Catch a Leprechaun, by Adam Wallace; illustrated by Andy Elkerton
  • The Indestructible Tom Crean: Heroic Explorer of the Antarctic, by Jennifer Thermes
  • Mother Jones and Her Army of Mill Children, by Jonah Winter; illustrated by Nancy Carpenter

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • Leprechaun in Late Winter, by Mary Pope Osborne
  • My Journey to the Stars, by Scott Kelly; illustrated by André Ceolin
  • The Storm Keeper’s Island, by Catherine Doyle
  • Ten Days a Madwoman, by Deborah Noyes 

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • Far Side of the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11’s Third Man, by Alex Irvine; illustrated by Ben Bishop
  • The Monsters of Rookhaven, by Pádraig Kenny; illustrated by Edward Bettison
  • The Night Gardener, by Jonathan Auxier
  • A Slip of a Girl, by Patricia Reilly Giff

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • Black & Irish: Legends, Trailblazers, and Everyday Heroes, by Leon Diop and Briana Fitzsimons; illustrated by Jessica Louis  
  • Hunger: A Tale of Courage, by Donna Jo Napoli
  • The Incredible Nellie Bly: Journalist, Investigator, Feminist, and Philanthropist, by Luciana Cimino; illustrated by Sergio Algozzino  
  • Love and Luck, Jenna Evans Welch 

Women's History Month

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13, by Helaine Becker; illustrated by Dow Phumiruk
  • Cubs in the Tub: The True Story of the Bronx Zoo’s First Woman Zookeeper, by Candace Fleming; illustrated by Julie Downing
  • Fall Down Seven Times, Stand Up Eight: Patsy Takemoto Mink and the Fight for Title IX, by Jen Bryant; illustrated by Toshiki Nakamura
  • Secret Engineer: How Emily Roebling Built the Brooklyn Bridge, by Rachel Dougherty

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909, by Michelle Markel; illustrated by Melissa Sweet
  • Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story, by Paula Yoo; illustrated by Lin Wang
  • A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie “Peanut” Johnson, by Michelle Y. Green
  • Yours for Justice, Ida B. Wells, by Philip Dray; illustrated by Stephen Alcorn

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • Fly Girls: The Daring American Women Pilots Who Helped Win World War II, by P. O’Connell Pearson
  • Go With the Flow, by Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann
  • Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX, the Law that Changed the Future of Girls in America, by Karen Blumenthal
  • Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box, by Evette Dionne

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women’s Fight for Their Rights, by Mikki Kendall; illustrated by A. D’Amico
  • Fighter in Velvet Gloves: Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich, by Annie Boochever and Roy Peratrovich, Jr.
  • Girls Save The World in This One, by Ash Parsons
  • Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts, by Rebecca Hall; illustrated by Hugo Martínez

February 2025

Climate Action Day: Energy

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • Iqbal and His Ingenious Idea: How a Science Project Helps One Family and the Planet, by Elizabeth Suneby; illustrated by Rebecca Green
  • Our Green City, by Tanya Lloyd Kyi; illustrated by Colleen Larmour
  • Solar Story: How One Community Lives Alongside the World’s Biggest Solar Plant, by Allan Drummond

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • Buried Sunlight: How Fossil Fuels Have Changed the Earth, by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm
  • Earth Hour: A Lights-Out Event for Our Planet, by Nanette Heffernan; illustrated by Bao Luu
  • Planet Power: Explore the World’s Renewable Energy, by Stacy P. Clark; illustrated by Annalisa Beghelli

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers Edition, by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
  • Forest World, by Margarita Engle
  • Nowhere Better than Here, by Sarah Guillory

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • Black Gold: The Story of Oil in Our Lives, by Albert Martin
  • Hothouse Earth: The Climate Crisis and the Importance of Carbon Neutrality, by Stephanie Sammartino McPherson
  • The Twenty-One: The True Story of the Youth Who Sued the US Government Over Climate Change, by Elizabeth Rusch

Presidents' Day

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • Ballots for Belva: The True Story of a Woman’s Race for the Presidency, by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen
  • Ellie May on Presidents’ Day, by Hillary Homzie; illustrated by Jeffrey Ebbeler
  • Revolutionary Friends: General George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette, by Selene Castrovilla; illustrated by Drazen Jozjan
  • The Superlative A. Lincoln: Poems About Our 16th President, by Eileen R. Meyer; illustrated by Dave Szalay 

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • Mr. Lincoln Sits for His Portrait: The Story of a Photograph That Became an American Icon, by Leonard S. Marcus
  • The Next President, by Kate Messner and Adam Rex
  • President of the Whole Fifth Grade, by Sherri Winston
  • Speaking of America, by Jared Cohen; illustrated by Vivian Shih

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • Exploring the White House, by Kate Andersen Brower
  • Foundations of Our Nation: George Washington and the American Presidency, by Michael Regan
  • The Making of America: Abraham Lincoln, by Teri Kanefield
  • Thomas Jefferson: President and Philosopher, by Jon Meacham

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln and the Dawn of Liberty, by Tonya Bolden
  • FDR and the American Crisis, by Albert Marrin
  • The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington (Young Reader's'Edition), by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch
  • Running, by Natalia Sylvester 

Black History Month

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage, by Selina Alko; illustrated by Sean Qualls and Selina Alko
  • Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13, by Helaine Becker; illustrated by Dow Phumiruk
  • Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams, by Lesa Cline-Ransome; illustrated by James E. Ransome
  • When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop, by Laban Carrick Hill; illustrated by Theodore Taylor III
  • The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, A Young Civil Rights Activist, by Cynthia Levinson; illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton 

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • 28 Days: Moments in Black History that Changed the World, by Charles R. Smith, Jr.; illustrated by Shane W. Evans
  • My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle’s Journey to Alvin Ailey, by Lesa Cline-Ransom; illustrated by James Ransome
  • Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library, by Carole Boston Weatherford; illustrated by Eric Velasquez
  • Stitch By Stitch: Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly Sews Her Way to Freedom, by Connie Schofield-Morrison; illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon
  • Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas, by Gwendolyn Hooks; illustrated by Colin Bootman 

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • Passenger on the Pearl: The True Story of Emily Edmonson’s Flight from Slavery, by Winifred Conkling
  • Pauli Murray: The Life of a Pioneering Feminist & Civil Rights Activist, by Rosita Stevens-Holsey and Terry Catasús Jennings
  • Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler, by Ibi Zoboi
  • Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York, by Amy Hill Hearth
  • This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality, by Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the Tulsa Race Massacre, by Brandy Colbert
  • Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, A Monumental American Man, by Tonya Bolden
  • The Many Faces of Josephine Baker: Dancer, Singer Activist, Spy, by Peggy Caravantes
  • March, by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin; illustrated by Nate Powell
  • Showtime at the Apollo: The Epic Tale of Harlem’s Legendary Theater, by Ted Fox; illustrated by James Otis Smith

January 2025

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • Be A King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream and You, by Carole Boston Weatherford; illustrated by James E. Ransome  
  • Coretta, by Coretta Scott King; illustrated by Ekua Holmes
  • Let the Children March, by Monica Clark-Robinson; illustrated by Frank Morrison  
  • March On! The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World, by Christine King Darris; illustrated by London Ladd
  • Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., by Doreen Rappaport; illustrated by Bryan Collier  

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • Martin Rising: Requiem for a King, by Andrea Davis Pinkney; illustrated by Brian Pinkney
  • Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968, by Alice Faye Duncan; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
  • More Than a Dream: The Radical March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, by Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long
  • My Selma: True Stories of a Southern Childhood at the Height of the Civil Rights Movement, by Willie Mae Brown
  • A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech that Inspired a Nation, by Barry Wittenstein; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round: My Story of the Making of Martin Luther King Day, by Kathlyn J. Kirkwood; illustrated by Steffi Whitehall  
  • Marching to the Mountaintop: How Poverty, Labor Fights, and Civil Rights Set the Stage for Martin Luther King Jr.’s Final Hours, by Ann Bausum
  • Threads of Peace, by Uma Krishnaswami
  • Troublemaker for Justice, by Jacqueline Houtman, Walter Naegle, and Michael G. Long
  • We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963, by Shelia P. Moses

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • And We Rise, by Erica Martin
  • Dear Martin, by Nic Stone
  • Into the Streets: A Young Person’s Visual History of Protest in the United States, by Marke Bieschke
  • March: Book One, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
  • Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March, by Lynda Blackmon Lowery, Elspeth Leacock, and Susan Buckley 

Lunar New Year

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • The Lunar New Year Surprise, by Jade Wang; illustrated by Tammy Do
  • Ruby’s Chinese New Year, by Vickie Lee; illustrated by Joey Chou
  • Tomorrow is New Year’s Day, by Aram Kim
  • Two New Years, by Richard Ho; illustrated by Lynn Scurfield

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • Boys Don’t Fry, by Kimberly Lee; illustrated by Charlene Chua
  • Dragon Noodle Party: A Story of Chinese Zodiac Animals, by Ying Chang Compestine; illustrated by Paula Pang
  • Friends are Friends, Forever, by Dane Liu; illustrated by Lynn Scurfield 
  • Nian, the Chinese New Year Dragon, by Virginia Loh-Hagan; Timothy Banks

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • Paper Dragons, by Siobhan McDermott
  • The Year of the Dog, by Grace Lin
  • When You Trap a Tiger, by Tae Keller 
  • Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, by Grace Lin

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • Lunar New Year Love Story, by Gene Luen Yang; illustrated by LeUyen Pham
  • Six Crimson Cranes, by Elizabeth Lim
  • The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea, by Axie Oh
  • The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan 

December 2024

New York State of Mind 

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • Boogie Boogie, Y’all, by C. G. Esperanza
  • Feivel’s Flying Horses, by Heidi Smith Hyde; illustrated by Joanna van der Sterre
  • Lost in the Library, by Josh Funk; illustrated by Stevie Lewis
  • Our Subway Baby, by Peter Mercurio; illustrated by Leo Espinosa 
  • Sugar Hill: Harlem’s Historic Neighborhood, by Carole Boston Weatherford; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie 

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • Bolivar, by Sean Rubin
  • Dragons in a Bag, by Zetta Elliot
  • From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. Konigsburg
  • Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph, by Roxanne Orgill; illustrated by Francis Vallejo
  • Lost in NYC: A Subway Adventure, by Nadja Spiegelman; illustrated by Sergio García Sánchez

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • The Long Ride, by Marina Budhos
  • Remember Us, by Jacqueline Woodson
  • Some Places More Than Others, by Renée Watson
  • The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street, by Karina Yan Glaser
  • When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead 

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • 145th Street: Short Stories, by Walter Dean Myers
  • Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim, by Patricia Park
  • The Making of Yolanda la Bruja, by Lorraine Avila
  • They Both Die at the End, by Adam Silvera
  • Vinyl Moon, by Mahogany L. Browne

Computer Science Education Week 2024

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer, by Traci Sorell; illustrated by Natasha Donovan
  • Coding Capers: Luci and the Missing Robot, by Angela Cleveland and Tamara Zentic; illustrated by Juan Manuel Moreno
  • A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon, by Suzanne Slade; illustrated by Veronica Miller Jamison 

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • Dreaming in Code: Ada Byron Lovelace, Computer Pioneer, by Emily Arnold McCully
  • Grace Hopper, Queen of Computer Code, by Laurie Wallmark; illustrated by Katy Wu
  • Lauren Ipsum, by Carlos Bueno

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • Emmy in the Key of Code, by Aimee Lucido
  • Jinxed, by Amy McCulloch
  • Secret Coders, by Gene Luen Yang and Mike Holmes

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • Girl Code, by Andrea Gonzales and Sophie Houser
  • Google It, A History of Google: How Two Students’ Mission to Organize the Internet Changed the World, by Anna Crowley Redding
  • Warcross, by Marie Lu

Winter Reads

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • Charlotte and the Nutcracker: The True Story of a Girl Who Made Ballet History, by Charlotte Nebres; illustrated by Alea Marley
  • Ice Cycle: Poems About the Life of Ice, by Maria Gianferrari; illustrated by Jieting Chen
  • My Footprints, by Bao Phi; illustrated by Basia Tran
  • The People Remember, by Ibi Zoboi; illustrated by Loveis Wise
  • Winter Walk in the City, by Cathy Goldberg Fishman; illustrated by Melanie Hall

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • Escape from Aurora, by Jamie Littler
  • The Forgotten Girl, by India Hill Brown
  • The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis
  • The Lost Frost Girl, by Amy Wilson
  • The Storyteller’s Candle, by Lucía González; illustrated by Lulu Delacre

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • The Grace of Wild Things, by Heather Fawcett
  • Greenglass House, by Kate Milford; illustrated by Jaime Zollars
  • One Way or Another, by Kara McDowell
  • The Stars Beneath Our Feet, by David Barclay Moore
  • Tilly and the Bookwanderers, by Anna James

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • The Enchanted Sonata, by Heather Dixon Wallwork
  • Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott
  • Recommended for You, by Laura Silverman
  • Stealing Snow, by Danielle Paige
  • Whiteout, by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon

November 2024

Election Day 2024

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • Fight of the Century: Alice Paul Battles Woodrow Wilson for the Vote, by Barb Rosenstock; illustrated by Sarah Green
  • I Voted: Making a Choice Makes a Difference, by Mark Shulman; illustrated by Serge Bloch
  • Vote for Our Future, by Margaret McNamara; illustrated by Micah Player

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • Ballots for Belva: The True Story of a Woman’s Race for the Presidency, by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen; illustrated by Courtney A. Martin
  • Grace for President! By Kelly S. DiPucchio; illustrated by LeUyen Pham
  • When You Grow Up to Vote: How Our Government Works for YOU, by Eleanor Roosevelt with Michelle Markel; illustrated by Grace Lin

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • Drawing the Vote: A Graphic Novel History for Future Voters, by Tommy Jenkins; illustrated by Kati Lacker
  • Lifting As We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box, by Evette Dionne
  • Roses and Radicals: The Epic Story of How American Women Won the Right to Vote, by Susan Zimet and Todd Hasak-Lowy

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women’s Fight for their Rights, by Mikki Kendall; A. D’Amico
  • One Person, No Vote: How Not All Voters Are Treated Equally (A Young Adult Adaptation), by Carole Anderson and Tonya Bolden
  • Turning 15 On the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March, by Lynda Blackmon-Lowery

Puerto Rican Heritage Month

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • Coquí in the City, by Nomar Perez
  • ¡Mambo Mucho Mambo!: The Dance That Crossed Color Lines, by Dean Robbins; illustrated by Eric Velásquez 
  • Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates, by Jonah Winter; illustrated by Raúl Colón
  • Where Are You From, by Yamile Saied Méndez; illustrated by Jamie Kim 

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • The Grip, by Marcus Stroman
  • Parrots Over Puerto Rico, by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore
  • Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library, by Carole Boston Weatherford; illustrated by Eric Velásquez 
  • Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and her Family’s Fight for Desegregation, by Duncan Tonatiuh

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • Iveliz Explains It All, by Andrea Beatriz Arango
  • Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish, by Pablo Cartaya
  • Silver Meadows Summer, by Emma Otheguy
  • Tight, by Torrey Maldonado

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • Juliet Takes a Breath, Gabby Rivera
  • Never Look Back, by Lilliam Rivera
  • The Moonlit Vine, by Elizabeth Santiago
  • When I Was Puerto Rican, by Esmerelda Santiago

Native American Heritage Month

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • Fry Bread, by Kevin Noble Maillard; illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal
  • On the Trapline, by David Alexander Robertson; illustrated by Julie Flett
  • Powwow Day, by Traci Sorell; illustrated by Madelyn Goodnight
  • We Are Water Protectors, by Carole Lindstrom; illustrated by Michaela Goade 

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • The Birchbark House, by Louise Erdrich
  • JoJo Makoons: The Use-To-Be Best Friend, by Dawn Quigley; illustrated by Tara Audibert
  • Sisters of the Neversea, by Cynthia Leitich Smith
  • We Are Still Here! Native American Truths Everyone Should Know, by Traci Sorell; illustrated by Frané Lessac 

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids, edited by Cynthia Leitich Smtih
  • Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask (Young Readers Edition), by Anton Trueur
  • The Sea in Winter, by Christine Day
  • The Sea-Ringed World, by María García Esperón; illustrated by Amanda Mijangos; translated by David Bowles

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • An Indigenous People’s History of the United States for Young People, by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz; adapted by Debbie Reese and Jean Mendoza
  • Elatsoe, by Darcie Little Badger; illustrated by Rovina Cai
  • Firekeeper’s Daughter, by Angeline Boulley
  • Rez Ball, by Byron Graves

October 2024

Hispanic Heritage Month

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • Areli is a Dreamer, by Areli Morales; illustrated by Luisa Aribe
  • The Cot in the Living Room, by Hilda Eunice Burgos; illustrated by Gaby D'Alessandro
  • If Your Babysitter is a Bruja, by Ana Siqueira; illustrated by Irena Freitas
  • Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People, by Monica Brown; illustrated by Julie Paschkis

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • Frizzy, by Claribel A. Ortega
  • Latinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers, by Juliet Menendez
  • Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and her Family's Fight for Desegregation, by Duncan Tonatiuh
  • The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez, by Adrianna Cuevas

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • Isla to Island, by Alexis Castellanos
  • Iveliz Explains It All, by Andrea Beatriz Arango
  • The Last Cuentista, by Donna Barba Higuera
  • The Other Half of Happy, by Rebecca Balcárcel

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • Cemetery Boys, by Aiden Thomas
  • Clap When you Land, by Elizabeth Acevedo
  • The Distance Between Us, by Reyna Grande
  • Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora, edited by Saraciea J. Fennel

Italian American Heritage Month

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • All the Way to America: The Story of a Big Italian Family and a Little Shovel, by Dan Yaccarino
  • The Music of Life: Bartolomeo Cristofori & the Invention of the Piano, by Elizabeth Rusch; illustrated by Marjorie Priceman

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • Francesco Tirelli’s Ice Cream Shop, by Tamar Meir; illustrated by Yael Albert
  • The Streak: How Joe DiMaggio Became America’s Hero, by Barb Rosenstock; illustrated by Terry Widener

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • Granny Torrelli Makes Soup, by Sharon Creech
  • Penny From Heaven, by Jennifer L. Holm

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • Blood Water Paint, by Joy McCullough
  • The Long Run, by James Acker

Happy Halloween!

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • 10 Spooky Pumpkins, by Gris Grimley
  • The Ghostly Carousel, by Calef Brown
  • Gustavo, the Shy Ghost, by Flavia Z. Drago
  • Zombelina, by Kristyn Crow; illustrated by Molly Idle

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • The Ghoul Next Door, by Cullen Bunn and Cat Farris
  • Scritch Scratch, by Lindsay Currie
  • The Sleepover, by Michael Regina
  • Witches of Brooklyn, by Sophie Escabasse

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • Hoodoo, by Ronald L. Smith
  • Spirit Hunters, by Ellen Oh
  • Thirteens, by Kate Alice Marshall
  • The Witch Boy, by Molly Knox Ostertag 

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • Burn Down, Rise Up, by Vincent Tirado
  • Cemetery Boys, Aiden Thomas
  • The Taking of Jake Livingston, by Ryan Douglass
  • These Witches Don’t Burn, by Isabel Sterling

September 2024

Back to School

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • The Day You Begin, by Jacqueline Woodson; illustrated by Rafael López
  • First Day Jitters, by Julie Danneberg; illustrated by Judy Love
  • Harry Versus the First 100 Days of School, by Emily Jenkins; illustrated by Pete Oswald 

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • The Boy at the Back of the Class, by Onjali Q. Raúf
  • The Unteachables, by Gordon Korman
  • Welcome Back, Maple Mehta-Cohen, by Kate McGovern

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • The 47 People You'll Meet in Middle School, by Kristin Mahoney
  • Free Lunch, by Rex Ogle
  • Muddle School, by Dave Whamond 

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • Pretty in Punxatawney, by Laurie Boyle Crompton
  • The Silence Between Us, by Alison Gervais
  • Where You See Yourself, by Clair Forrest

Arts in Education Week

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln, by Margarita Engle; illustrated by Rafael López
  • Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion, by Shannon Stocker; illustrated by Devon Holzwarth
  • Mary Blair’s Unique Flair: The Girl Who Became One of the Disney Legends, by Amy Novesky; illustrated by Brittney Lee
  • Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, by Javaka Steptoe

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • Draw What You See: The Life and Art of Benny Andrews, by Kathleen Benson; illustrated with paintings by Benny Andrews
  • In Her Hands: The Story of Sculptor Augusta Savage, by Alan Schroeder; illustrated by JaeMe Bereal
  • Irving Berlin: the Immigrant Boy Who Made America Sing, by Nancy Churnin; illustrated by James Rey Sanchez
  • My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle’s Journey to Alvin Ailey, by Lesa Cline-Ransome; illustrated by James E. Ransome

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • Art in Action: Make a Statement, Change Your World, by Matthew “Levee” Chavez
  • Lights, Camera, Disaster, by Erin Dionne
  • Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina (Young Readers’ Edition), by Misty Copeland
  • Music Was IT: Young Leonard Bernstein, by Susan Goldman Rubin

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • Blood Water Paint, by Joy McCullough
  • If I Ever Get Out of Here, by Eric Gansworth
  • On The Come Up, by Angie Thomas
  • This Is What I Know About Art, by Kimberly Drew; illustrated by Ashely Lukashevsky

National Voter Registration Day

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • Lillian’s Right to Vote, by Jonah Winter; illustrated by Shane W. Evans
  • Miss Paul and the President: The Creative Campaign for Women’s Right to Vote, by Dean Robbins; illustrated by Nancy Zhang
  • The President of the Jungle, by Andre Rodrigues, Larissa Ribeiro, Paula Desgualdo, Pedro Markun
  • V is for Voting, by Kate Farrell; illustrated by Caitlin Kuhwald
  • Vote for Our Future, by Margaret McNamara; illustrated by Micah Player

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • Evicted!: The Struggle for the Right to Vote, by Alice Faye Duncan; illustrated by Charly Palmer
  • Finish the Fight: The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote, by Veronica Chambers and the Saff of the New York Times
  • For Which We Stand: How Our Government Works and Why it Matters, by Jeff Foster; illustrated by Julie McLaughlin
  • How Women Won the Vote: Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, and Their Big Idea, by Susan Campbell Bartoletti; illustrated by Ziyue Chen
  • When You Grow Up to Vote: How Our Government Works for YOU, by Elenor Roosevelt with Michelle Markel; illustrated by Grace Lin

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • Drawing the Vote: A Graphic Novel History for Future Voters, by Tommy Jenkins; illustrated by Kati Lacker
  • Lifting As We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box, by Evette Dionne
  • The Woman’s Hour: Our Fight for the Right to Vote (Adapted for Young Readers), by Elaine Weiss
  • This is Our Constitution: What It Is and Why it Matters, by Khizr Khan
  • You Call This Democracy? by Elizabeth Rusch

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • Because They Marched: The People’s Campaign for Voting Rights that Changed America, by Russell Freedman
  • One Person, No Vote: How Not All Voters Are Treated Equally (A Young Adult Adaptation), by Carol Anderson and Tonya Bolden
  • Stolen Justice: The Struggle for African American Voting Rights, by Lawrence Goldstone
  • Votes for Women! American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot, by Winifred Conkling
  • Votes of Confidence: A Young Person’s Guide to American Elections, by Jeff Fleischer 

Banned Books Week

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell; illustrated by Henry Cole
  • I Am Jazz, by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings; illustrated by Shelagh McNicholas
  • The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq, by Jeannette Winter

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • Baseball Saved Us, by Ken Mochizuki; illustrated by Dom Lee
  • Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson
  • Nasreen’s Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan, by Jeannette Winter

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • Drama, by Raina Telgemeier
  • Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor
  • The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • All Boys Aren’t Blue, by George M. Johnson
  • Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank
  • Looking for Alaska, by John Green

July & August 2024

Summer Reading

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • Beach Hair, by Ashley Woodfolk; illustrated by Niña Mata
  • How to Code a Sandcastle, by Josh Funk; illustrated by Sara Palacios
  • Natsumi’s Song of Summer, by Robert Paul Weston; illustrated by Misa Saburi
  • Paletero Man, by Lucky Diaz; illustrated by Micah Player
  • Saffron Ice Cream, by Rashin Kheiriyeh
  • The Summer Nick Taught His Cats to Read, by Curtis Manley; illustrated by Kate Berube

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • The Braid Girls, by Sherri Winston
  • Caterpillar Summer, by Gillian McDunn
  • Much Ado About Baseball, by Rajani LaRocca
  • Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan
  • Silver Meadows Summer, by Emma Otheguy
  • Stand Up, Yumi Chung, by Jessica Kim

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • Camp Famous, by Jennifer Blecher
  • My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich, by Ibi Zoboi
  • Not Starring Zadie Louise, by Joy McCullough
  • Samira’s Worst Best Summer, by Nina Hamza
  • Starfish, by Lisa Fipps
  • The Summer of June, by Jamie Sumner

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • Camp, by L.C. Rosen
  • The Ghosts of Rose Hill, by R.M. Romero
  • Give Me a Sign, by Anna Sortino
  • The Queens of New York, by E.L. Shen
  • The Summer of Bitter and Sweet, by Jen Ferguson
  • Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous, by Suzanne Park

June 2024

Caribbean American Heritage Month

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa, by Veronica Chambers; illustrated by Julie Maren
  • Malaika's Costume, by Nadia L. Hohn; illustrated by Irene Luxbacher
  • Starting Over in Sunset Park, by José Pelaez and Lynn McGee; illustrated by Bianca Diaz

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • Eight Days: A Story of Haiti, by Edwidge Danticat; illustrated by Alix Delinois
  • The Jumbies, by Tracey Baptiste
  • Marti's Song for Freedom, by Emma Otheguy; illustrated by Beatriz Vidal

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • Josephine Against the Sea, by Shakirah Bourne
  • Rooting for Raphael Rosales by Kurtis Scaletta
  • When Life Gives You Mangos, by Kereen Getten

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • A Girl's Guide to Love and Magic, by Debbie Rigaud
  • Hurricane Summer, by Asha Ashanti Bromfield
  • Where the Rhythm Takes You, by Sarah Dass

Climate Action Day and National Oceans Month

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World’s Coral Reefs, by Kate Messner; illustrated by Matthew Forsythe
  • Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle, by Claire A. Nivola
  • Ocean Speaks: How Marie Tharp Revealed the Ocean's Biggest Secret, by Jess Keating; illustrated by Katie Hickey
  • Yoshi, Sea Turtle Genius: A True Story About an Amazing Swimmer, by Lynne Cox; illustrated by Richard Jones

Elementary (Grades 3–5) 

  • Bayou Magic, by Jewell Parker Rhodes
  • Haven Jacobs Saves the Planet, by Barbara Dee
  • Water is Water, by Miranda Paul; illustrated by Jason Chin
  • We are Water Protectors, by Carole Lindstrom; illustrated by Michaela Goade

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • The Line Tender, by Kate Allen
  • Oceans of Plastic: Understanding and Solving a Pollution Problem, by Tracey Gray
  • The Wild Robot Protects, by Peter Brown
  • World Without Fish, by Mark Kurlansky; illustrated by Frank Stockton

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • Don't Call Me A Hurricane, by Ellen Hagan
  • Dry, by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
  • Poisoned Water: How the Citizens of Flint, Michigan Fought for their LIves and Warned the Nation, by Candy J. Cooper with Marc Aronson
  • Whale Quest: Working Together to Save Endangered Species, by Karen Romano Young

National Immigrant Heritage Month and World Refugee Day

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • Areli is a Dreamer: A True Story, by Areli Morales; illustrated by Luisa Aribe
  • The Cot in the Living Room, by Hilda Eunice Burgos; illustrated by Gaby D'Alessandro
  • Dreamers, by Yuyi Morales
  • Gittel's Journey: An Ellis Island Story, by Lesléa Newman; illustrated by Amy June Bates
  • Home is in Between, by Mitali Perkins; illustrated by Lavanya Naidu
  • Maribel's Year, by Michelle Sterling; illustrated by Sarah Gonzales

Elementary (Grades 3–5) 

  • Becoming Kid Quixote: A True Story of Belonging in America (A Young Readers' Companion), by Sarah Sierra and Stephen Haff
  • First Generation: 36 Trailblazing Immigrants and Refugees Who Make America Great, by Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace; illustrated by Agata Nowicka 
  • Front Desk, by Kelly Yang
  • Land of the Cranes, by Aida Salazar
  • Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist, by Julie Leung; illustrated by Chris Sasaki 
  • Sugar in Milk, by Thrity Umrigar; illustrated by Khoa Le 

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • Dear America: The Story of an Undocumented Citizen (Young Readers' Edition), by Jose Antonio Vargas 
  • Efrén Divided, by Ernesto Cisneros 
  • Everything Sad is Untrue, by Daniel Nayeri 
  • In the Beautiful Country, by Jane Kuo 
  • Santiago's Road Home, by Alexandra Diaz
  • When Clouds Touch Us, by Thanhhà Lại

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • Almost American Girl, by Robin Ha
  • Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card, by Sara Saedi
  • Come On In: 15 Stories About Immigration and Finding Home, edited by Adi Alsaid 
  • Dream Country, by Shannon Gibney
  • Sanctuary, by Paola Mendoza and Abby Sher
  • Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything, by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

Pride Month and Stonewall 55th Anniversary 

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • Drawing on Walls: A Story of Keith Haring, by Matthew Burgess; illustrated by Josh Cochran  
  • Kind Like Marsha: Learning from LGBTQ+ Leaders, by Sarah Prager; illustrated by Cheryl Thuesday  
  • Phoenix Gets Greater, by Marty Wilson-Trudeau, with Phoenix Wilson; illustrated by Megan Kyak-Monteith
  • Ritu Weds Chandni, by Ameya Narvankar
  • A Song for the Unsung: Bayard Rustin, The Man Behind the 1963 March on Washington, by Carole Boston Weatherford and Rob Sanders; illustrated by Byron McCray

Elementary (Grades 3–5) 

  • Answers in the Pages, by David Levithan
  • A High Five for Glenn Burke, by Phil Bildner
  • Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World, by Ashley Herring Blake
  • This is Our Rainbow: 16 Stories of Her, Him, Them, and Us, edited by Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby
  • Twelfth, by Janet Key

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • Alice Austen Lived Here, by Alex Gino
  • In the Key of Us, by Mariama J. Lockington
  • The Insiders, by Mark Oshiro
  • Nikhil Out Loud, by Maulik Pancholy
  • A Queer History of the United States for Young People, by Michael Bronski; adapted by Richie Chevat  

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • All Boys Aren’t Blue, by George M. Johnson
  • Felix Ever After, by Kacen Callender
  • Last Night at the Telegraph Club, by Malinda Lo
  • Songs of Irie, by Asha Ashanti Bromfield
  • Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights, by Ann Bausum 

May 2024

Teacher Appreciation Week

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • A Letter to My Teacher, by Deborah Hopkinson; illustrated by Nancy Carpenter
  • Dear Teacher: A Celebration of People Who Inspire Us, by Paris Rosenthal; illustrated by Holly Hatam
  • Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and her Secret School, by Janet Halfmann; illustrated by London Ladd

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • Hoop Genius: How a Desperate Teacher and a Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball, by John Coy; illustrated by Joe Morse
  • The Teacher’s March! How Selma’s Teachers Changed History, by Sandra Neil Wallace, Rich Wallace
  • Thank You, Mr. Falker, by Patricia Polacco

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • Because of Mr. Terupt, by Rob Buyea
  • Love That Dog, by Sharon Creech
  • Sahara Special, by Esme Raji Cordell

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • Between the Lines, by Nikki Grimes
  • Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey, Akiko Higashimura
  • Rolling Warrior: The Incredible, Sometimes Awkward True Story of a Rebel Girl on Wheels who Helped Spark a Revolution, by Judith Heumann with Kristen Joiner

Mental Health Awareness Month

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • Hattie Harmony: Worry Detective, by Elizabeth Olsen and Robbie Arnett; illustrated by Marissa Valdez
  • Out of a Jar, by Deborah Marcero
  • The Princess and the Fog, by Anthony Lloyd Jones
  • The Worry Balloon, by Mónica Mancillas; illustrated by Betty C. Tang
  • When Sadness is At Your Door, by Eva Eland

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • A Mind Like Mine, by Rachael Davis; illustrated by Islenia Mil
  • Five Things About Ava Andrews, by Margaret Dilloway
  • Just Roll with It, by Veronica Agarwal and Lee Durfey-Lavoie
  • Moonflower, by Kacen Callender
  • The Grip, by Marcus Stroman with Samantha Thornhill

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • Good Enough, by Jen Petro-Roy
  • How to Become a Planet, by Nicole Melleby
  • Mirror to Mirror, by Rajani LaRocca
  • OCDaniel, by Wesley King
  • The Summer of June, by Jamie Sumner

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • (Don’t) Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation on Mental Health, edited by Kelly Jensen
  • Hungry Ghost, by Victoria Ying
  • The Memory of Light, by Francisco X. Stork
  • Turtles All the Way Down, by John Green
  • Who Put This Song On?, by Morgan Parker

National Physical Fitness Month

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • Billie Jean! How Tennis Star Billie Jean King Changed Women’s Sports, by Mara Rockcliff; illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley
  • Flying High: The Story of Gymnastics Champion Simone Biles, by Michelle Meadows; illustrated by Ebony Glenn
  • Jim Thorpe’s Bright Path, by Joseph Bruchac; illustrated by S.D. Nelson
  • Something to Prove: The Great Satchel Paige vs. Rookie Joe DiMaggio, by Rob Skead; illustrated by Floyd Cooper

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • 42 Is Not Just a Number: The Odyssey of Jackie Robinson, American Hero, by Doreen Rappaport
  • Barbed Wire Baseball: How One Man Brought Hope to the Japanese Internment Camps of WWII, by Marissa Moss; illustrated by Yuko Shimizu
  • Breaking the Ice: The True Story of the First Woman to Play in the National Hockey League, by Angie Bullaro; illustrated by C.F. Payne
  • A Sporting Chance: How Ludwig Guttman Created the Paralympic Games, by Lori Alexander; illustrated by Allan Drummond

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • Becoming Kareem: Growing Up on and Off the Court, by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld
  • Fast Pitch, by Nic Stone
  • Taking Up Space, by Alyson Gerber
  • One Life: Young Reader’s Edition, by Megan Rapinoe

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • Furia, by Yamile Saied Méndez
  • Here to Stay, by Sara Farizan
  • Rez Ball, by Byron Graves
  • Singled Out: The True Story of Glenn Burke, the First Openly Gay MLB Player and Inventor of the High-Five, by Andrew Maraniss

Haitian American Heritage Month

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • Goodnight Goat/Bonnwit Kabrit, by Elizabeth Turnbull; illustrated by Erin Vaganos
  • Haiti A to Z: A Bilingual ABC Book About the Pearl of the Antilles, by M.J. Fievre; illustrated by Anastasia Khmelevska
  • Sélavi, That is Life: A Haitian Story of Hope, by Youme Landowne

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • Auntie Luce’s Talking Paintings, by Francie Latour; illustrated by Ken Daley
  • My Day with the Panye, by Tami Charles; illustrated by Sara Palacios
  • Open the Door to Liberty: A Biography of Toussaint L’Ouverture, by Anne Rockwell; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • Behind the Mountains, by Edwidge Danticat
  • Serafina’s Promise, by Ann E. Burg
  • The Year I Flew Away, by Marie Arnold

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • American Street, by Ibi Zoboi
  • Dear Haiti, Love Alaine, by Maika and Maritza Moulite
  • Hold Tight, Don’t Let Go: A Novel of Haiti, by Laura Rose Wagner

April 2024

Sustainability and Earth Month

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • Hike, by Pete Oswald
  • In the Garden with Dr. Carver, by Susan Grigsby; illustrated by Nicole Tadgell
  • Our Green City, by Tanya Lloyd Kyi; illustrated by Colleen Larmour
  • She Heard the Birds: The Story of Florence Merriam Bailey, Pioneering Nature Activist, by Andrea D’Aquino
  • Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist, by Jess Keating; illustrated by Marta Álvarez Miguéns
  • Zonia's Rainforest, by Juana Martinez-Neal

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • A Green Place to Be: The Creating of Central Park, by Ashley Benham Yazdani
  • Elsie Mae Has Something to Say, by Nancy J. Cavanaugh
  • Greta’s Story: The Schoolgirl Who Went on Strike to Save the Planet, by Valentina Camerini
  • Haven Jacobs Saves the Planet, by Barbara Dee
  • The Last Bear, by Hannah Gold
  • The Last Beekeeper, by Pablo Cartaya

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

  • Force of Nature: A Novel of Rachel Carson, by Ann E. Burg; illustrated by Sophie Blackall 
  • Me and Marvin Gardens, by Amy Sarig King 
  • One Earth: People of Color Protecting Our Planet, by Anuradha Rao
  • Paradise on Fire, by Jewell Parker Rhodes
  • The Story of Seeds, by Nancy F. Castaldo
  • World Without Fish, by Mark Kurlansky; illustrated by Frank Stockton

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • The Carbon Diaries 2015, by Saci Lloyd
  • Don’t Call Me A Hurricane, by Ellen Hagan
  • Girls Who Green the World: Thirty-Four Rebel Women Out to Save the Planet, by Diana Kapp; illustrated by Ana Jarén
  • How to Change Everything: The Young Human’s Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other, by Naomi Klein
  • It’s Getting Hot in Here: The Past, Present, and Future of Climate Change, by Bridget Heos 
  • The Line Tender, by Kate Allen

Financial Literacy Month

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • Spend It!, by Cinders McLeod
  • Little Daymond Learns to Earn, by Daymond John

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • Get To Know: Money,by Kalpana Fitzpatrick
  • Sam the Incredible Inventor, by Alan Trussell-Cullen

Middle School (Grades 6–8) 

  • Bee Fearless: Dream Like a Kid,by Mikaila Ulmer
  • How to Turn $100 Into $1,000,000, by James McKenna and Jeannine Glista; with Matt Fontaine

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • Cash is Queen, by Davinia Tomlinson; illustrated by Andrea Oerter
  • Undecided: Navigating Life and Learning After High School, by Genevieve Morgan

National Poetry Month

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

  • Change Sings: A Children’s Anthem, by Amanda Gorman; illustrated by Loren Long
  • How to Write a Poem, by Kwame Alexander and Deanna Nikaido; illustrated by Melissa Sweet
  • Kiyoshi’s Walk, by Mark Karlins; illustrated by Nicole Wong

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

  • The Color of My Words, by Lynn Joseph
  • Land of the Cranes, by Aida Salazar
  • Words With Wings, by Nikki Grimes

Middle School (Grades 6–8) 

  • All He Knew, by Helen Frost
  • Brown Girl Dreaming, by Jacqueline Woodson
  • Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science, by Jeannine Atkins

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

  • An Appetite for Miracles, by Laekan Zea Kemp
  • The Poet X, by Elizabeth Acevedo
  • Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners, by Naomi Shihab Nye 


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