For Board Consideration on December 4, 2025.
Elementary
- Wish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
- Aggie and the Ghost by Matthew Forsythe
- Don’t Trust Fish by Neil Sharpson
- Birdy by West Moss
- The Hole by Lindsay Bonilla
- Eight Sweet Nights: A Festival of Lights by Charlotte Offsay (Print/Braille from NBP)
- I’m Sorry You Got Mad by Kyle Lukoff
- Mistaco: A Tale of Tragedy and Tortillas by Eliza Kinkz
- Fangsgiving by Ethan Long
- Millie Fleur’s Poison Garden by Christy Mandin
- The Bully Goat Grim: A Maynard Moose Tale by Willy Claflin
- The Ogre Bully by Aaron Hoffmire
- Grumpycorn by Sarah McIntyre
- Goodby Summer, Hello Autumn by Kenard Pak
- The Skull by Jon Klassen
- Flat Cat by Tara Lazar
- The Candy Gobbler by Greg Webb
- Bear Says Thanks by Karma Wilson
- Gustavo the Shy Ghost by Flavia Drago
- Turkey Trick or Treat by Wendi Silvano
- Chester Van Chime Who Forgot How to Rhyme by Avery Monsen
- Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson
- Pete the Cat Firefighter Pete by James and Kimberly Dean
- What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night by Refe and Susan Tuma
- The Humble Pie by Jory John
Elementary Nonfiction
- The True and Lucky Life of a Turtle by Sy Montgomery
- We Carry the Sun by Tae Keller
- Courageous First Ladies Who Changed the World by Heidi Poelman
- She Leads: The Elephant Matriarch by June Smalls
- Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner
- This Very Tree by Sean Rubin
- Twenty-One Steps by Jeff Gottesfield
- Sisters and Champions by Howard Bryant
- Inventors Who Changed the World by Heidi Poelman
- Ghosts in Cemeteries by Lisa Owings
- Ghosts at Sea by Lisa Owings
- Ghosts in Mansions by Lisa Owings
- Ghosts in Hotels by Lisa Owings
- Ghost Prisoners by Leah Kaminski
- Ghosts in Palaces by Lisa Owings
- Flattened by an Earthquake by Harriet McGregor
Elementary Spanish Language
- Mistaco: Un requento de tragedias y tortillas de Eliza Kinkz
Middle Grade
- Faker by Gordon Korman
- The Experiment by Rebecca Stead
- Pocket Bear by Katherine Applegate
- The Last Hope School for Magical Delinquents by Nicki Pau Preto
- The Forbidden Room by Nicki Pau Preto
- One for the Murpheys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
- J vs. K by Kwame Alexander and Jerry Craft
- War Games by Alan Gratz
- On Again, Awkward Again by Erin Entrada Kelly and Kwame Mbalia
- Meet Me on Love Street by Farah Heron
- Where the Woods End by Charlotte Salter
- Nightbooks by J.A. White
- Spark by Chris Barton
- The Secrets of Lovelace Academy by Marie Benedict and Courtney Scheinmel
- Candle Island by Lauren Wolk
- Maeve Mulvaney Has Had Enough by Kelly Mangan
- At Last She Stood by Erin Entrada Kelly
- A Field Guide to Broken Promises by Leah Stecher
- The Things We Miss by Leah Stecher
- El Nino by Pam Munoz Ryan
- Geo’s Fortune by Amy B. Mucha
- Going Overboard by Caroline Huntoon
- The Unforgettable Leta “Lightning” Laurel by R.L Toalson
- The Midwatch Institute for Wayward Girls by Judith Rossell
- Middle Grade Graphic Novels
- Very Bad at Math by Hope Larson
- Refugee by Alan Gratz
Middle to High School Nonfiction
- The Six–Young Reader’s Edition: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts by Loren Grush
- The Daughter of Auschwitz: The Girl Who Lived to Tell Her Story by Tova Friedman
- The Doomsday Detectives: How Walter and Luis Alvarez Solved the Mystery of Dinosaur Extinction by Cindy Jensen-Elliott
- An Immense World (Young Reader’s Edition): How Animals Sense Earth’s Amazing Secrets by Ed Yong
Young Adult
- Heartsick by Kristina Forest
- Lemons and Lies by Alexis Castellanos
- Tear This Down by Barbara Dee
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
- Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
- The Silver Eyes: Five Nights at Freddy’s Book 1
- The Twisted Ones: Five Nights at Freddy’s Book 2
- The Fourth Closet: Five Nights at Freddy’s Book 3
- They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran
- The Scarlet Veil by Shelby Mahurin
- The Shadow Bride by Shelby Mahurin
- One Step Forward by Marcie Flinchum Atkins
- Nobody in Particular by Sophie Gonzales
- The Premonitions Club by Gwendolyn Womack
- The Scorpion and the Night Blossom by Amelie Wen Zhao
- Dead Happy by Josh Silver
- Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid
- Kill Creatures by Rory Power
- Deadstream by Mar Romasco-Moore
- A Door in the Dark by Scott Reintgen
- A Whisper in the Walls by Scott Reintgen
- A Burning in the Bones by Scott Reintgen