Best Books for 4th–5th

AIYLA

Red Bird Danced

Dawn Quigley

American Indian Youth Literature Award Honor

Bluebonnet

Tales from Cabin 23: The Boo Hag Flex

Justina Ireland and Hanna Alkaf

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

Too Many Villains!

Max Brallier

Wrath of the Rain God

Karla Arenas Valenti

Bluebonnet

Dogtown

Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

Fantastic Four

Jerry Craft

Schneider Family

Good Different

Meg Eden Kuyatt

Schneider Family Book Award Honor

Grimoire of Grave Fates

Hanna Alkaf

Hamra and the Jungle of Memories

Hanna Alkaf

Bluebonnet

Hannah Sharpe, Cartoon Detective

Janet Tashjian

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

Orbis Pictus

Indigenous Ingenuity: A Celebration of Traditional North American Knowledge

Deidre Havrelock and Edward Kay

Orbis Pictus Award Honor

Last Kids on Earth and the Monster Dimension

Max Brallier

Lotería

Karla Arenas Valenti

Queen of the Tiles

Hanna Alkaf

School Trip

Jerry Craft

Bluebonnet

Stuntboy, In-Between Time

Jason Reynolds

Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

Geisel

Beak & Ally #1: Unlikely Friends

Norm Feuti

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Honor

Orbis Pictus

Fighting for Yes! The Story of Disability Rights Activist Judith Heumann

Maryann Cocca-Leffler

Orbis Pictus Award Honor

Geisel

Fish and Wave

Sergio Ruzzier

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Honor

Geisel

Gigi and Ojiji

Melissa Iwai

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Honor

Hope Wins

Max Brallier

Geisel

I Hop

Joe Cepeda

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Honor

Caldecott

Jovita Wore Pants

Aida Salazar

Caldecott Medal Honor

Last Kids on Earth and the Forbidden Fortress

Max Brallier