Recommended Books 

From the Anderson’s Flyer -- All of them look good!
All the Jory John Books
Pete the Cat’s Groovy Imagination
All the Who Was HQ books
Princess in Black series
Elephant & Piggie Books
Nathan Hale Hazardous Tales series
Friends Forever and all Friends books by Shannon Hale
Scaredy Squirrel books

ALL THE MONARCH & BLUESTEM AWARD NOMINEES FOR 2022

K-1st Grade
Bug In a Vacuum - Melanie Watt
Carmela Full of Wishes - Matt de la Pena
No, David and series - David Shannon
Frank & Bean - Jamie Michalak
Good Dog, Carl  series - Alexandra Day
Izzy Gizmo books - Pip Jones
If I Built a School series - Chris Van Dusen
It Came in the Mail - Ben Clanton
Llama Llama series - Anna Dewdney
This is How We Do It - Matt LaMothe
Truman - Jean Reidy
We Don’t Eat Our Classmates - Ryan T. Higgins
When Grandpa Gives You a Tool Box - Jamie L. Deenihan

2nd & 3rd Grade
A Different Pond - Bao Phi
Douglas, You’re a Genius - Ged Adamson (great for STEM)
Five Minutes (That’s a lot of time!) (No It’s Not!) - Audrey Vernick
Giraffe Problems & Penguin Problems - Jory John
If You Come To Earth - Sophie Blackall
Not Norman: A Goldfish Story - Kelly Bennett     
The Patchwork Bike - Maxine Beneba Clarke
Quiet Please Owen McPhee - Trudy Ludwig
Rot, The Cutest in the World - Ben Clanton
The Bad Guys series - Aaron Blabey
Phoebe & Her Unicorn series - Dana Simpson
Owl Diaries - Rebecca Elliott
Road Trip with Max & His Mom - Linda Urban
Sharks: Nature’s Perfect Hunter - Joe Flood
Rachel Carson & Her Book That Changed the World - Leslie Lawlor

4th & 5th Grade
Because of Winn-Dixie - Kate DiCamillo
Bob - Wendy Mass
Bobby vs. the Girls (accidently) - Lisa Yee
Al Capone Does My Shirts series - Gennifer Choldenko
Artemis Fowl series - Eoin Colfer
City of Ember, The series - Jeanne DuPrau
Gregor the Overlander series - Suzanne Collins