SEVENTH WARD
ELEMENTARY

2024-2025 LYRC 3 rd -5 th Grade Nominated Title List *These books are available for checkout at our SWE Cougar Library.

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• Anglerfish: The Seadevil of the Deep written by Elaine M. Alexander, illustrated by Fiona Fogg (Candlewick Press)

• Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky written by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, illustrated by Daniel Minter (Knopf Books for Young Readers, Penguin Random House)

• Curve & Flow: The Elegant Vision of L.A. Architect Paul R. Williams written by Andrea J. Loney, illustrated by Keith Mallett (Knopf Books for Young Readers, Penguin Random House)

• Endlessly Ever After: Pick YOUR Path to Countless Fairy Tale Endings! written by Laurel Snyder, illustrated by Dan Santat (Chronicle Books)

• The Gardener of Alcatraz: A True Story written by Emma Bland Smith, illustrated by Jenn Ely (Charlesbridge Publishing)

• Hide and Geek written by T. P. Jagger (Random House Books for Young Readers, Penguin Random House) • Just Right Jillian written by Nicole D. Collier (Versify, HarperCollins)

• Just Wild Enough: Mireya Mayor, Primatologist written by Marta Magellan, illustrated by Clémentine Rocheron (Albert Whitman & Company)

• Killer Underwear Invasion!: How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation & Conspiracy Theories written and illustrated by Elise Gravel (Chronicle Books)

• Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion written by Shannon Stocker, illustrated by Devon Holzwarth (Dial Books, Penguin Random House)

• Maizy Chen’s Last Chance written by Lisa Yee (Random House Books for Young Readers, Penguin Random House) • Nour’s Secret Library written by Wafa’ Tarnowska, illustrated by Vali Mintzi (Barefoot Books)

• The Polter-Ghost Problem written by Betsy Uhrig (Margaret K. McElderry Books, Simon & Schuster)

• Sort of Super written and illustrated by Eric Gapstur (Aladdin, Simon & Schuster)

• Stinetinglers: All New Stories by the Master of Scary Tales written by R. L. Stine, illustrated by David SanAngelo (Feiwel & Friend

 

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