For Board Consideration on October 2, 2026.
Elementary Fiction
- The Bakery Dragon by Devin Elle Kurtz
- Broken by X. Fang
- The Man Who Didn’t Like Animals by Deborah Underwood
- The Squirrels Who Squabbled by Rachel Bright
- Grizzly Itch by Victoria Cassanell
- Fearless Mirabelle by Katie Haworth
- The Smartest Giant in Town by Julia Donaldson and Alex Scheffler
- Penguin’s Egg by Anna Kemp
- Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers
- The Hospital Dog by Julia Donaldson
- The Odd Fish by Naomi Jones
- One Snowy Night by Nick Butterworth
- The Amazing Augustus by Tammi Sauer
- Worm on the Job by Maureen Fergus
- Sheep & Goat Climb the World by A. C. Paolini and Monica Arnaldo
- A Day off School by Oliver Jeffers
- The Crown: An Epic Tale of Fools, Fate and Fish Butts by Lauren Stohler
- Unexpected Guests by Mariajo Ilustrajo
- Nuts About Nuts by Bia Melo
- Pretend by Jennifer Plecas
- Bears Don’t Share by Lorna Scobie
- Problem Solved by Jan Thomas
- The Book That Jake Borrowed by Susan Kralovansky
- The Bakery Dragon by Devin Elle Kurtz
- Shibu’s Tail by Tess Thomas
- The Witch in the Tower by Julia Sarda
- Ambitious Girl by Meena Harris
- Ruby Finds a Worry by Tom Percival
- Indigo Hands by Sita Singh
- Night Treasure by Allison Wortche
- The Path by Pamela Paul
- Daisy Comes Home by Jan Brett
- Faraway Family by Padma Venkatraman
- The Brunch Shift by Adrienne Thurman
- Hugo’s Hair by James Alfie
- It’s My Bird-Day! by Mo Willems
- A Hug for Punch by Caroline Perry
- A Fish Like Me by Jamie Sumner
- I Have Ants in My Pants by Julia Cook
- Story Rug by Sophie Blackall
- The Future Book by Mac Barnett
- The Pumpkin Thief by Alice Hemming
- The Sun Thief by Alice Hemming
Elementary Nonfiction
- The Gallaudet Eleven: The Story of NASA’s Deaf Bioastronauts by Kerry O’Malley Cerra
- Ocean Superheroes by Gabrielle Raymond McGee
Middle Grade
- The Secret to Belonging by Megan E. Freeman
- The Free State of Jax by Jennifer A. Nielsen
- The Unlikely Tale of Chase Finnegan by Jasmine Warga
- The Ink Witch by Steph Cherrywell
- Please Pay Attention by Jamie Sumner
- The Strange Disappearance of Imogen Good
- Styx and Stones by Gary D. Schmidt & Ron Koertge
Middle Grade Graphic Novels
- Ask the Doctor: Real Answers to 60 of Your Weirdest, Wackiest Health Questions by Betty Choi
Middle to High School Nonfiction
- Explore the Far Side of the Moon by Jenny Jacoby
Young Adult Fiction
- The Sixth Faction by Veronica Roth
- A Drop of Color by Elizabeth Ese
- Gleanings: Stories from the Arc of a Scythe by Neil Shusterman
- Rising Thunder by Neil Shusterman
- The Toll by Neil Shusterman
- The Secret World of Briar Rose by Cindy Pham