2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Emily Scheinman (25 Lists)



Emmanuel's Dream by Laurie Ann ThompsonSix Dots by Jen Bryant
Picture Books About Physical Challenges
134 books — 18 voters
Piecing Me Together by Renée WatsonLong Way Down by Jason ReynoldsThe Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Mock Printz 2018
35 books — 100 voters

The Way to Bea by Kat YehWishtree by Katherine ApplegateMatylda, Bright and Tender by Holly M. McGhee
2018 Mock Newbery
100 books — 335 voters
Matylda, Bright and Tender by Holly M. McGheeThe First Rule of Punk by Celia C. PérezSuspect Red by L.M. ElliottThe Losers Club by Andrew ClementsA Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold
Middle Grade Novels of 2017
552 books — 778 voters

When the Sea Turned to Silver by Grace LinFull of Beans by Jennifer L. HolmThe Inquisitor's Tale by Adam Gidwitz
2017 Mock Newbery
90 books — 365 voters
Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
Middle Grade Novels of 2016
607 books — 948 voters

The Night Gardener by Terry FanWhen Green Becomes Tomatoes by Julie FoglianoBe a Friend by Salina Yoon1 Big Salad by Juana MedinaA Hungry Lion, or A Dwindling Assortment of Animals by Lucy Ruth Cummins
Picture Books of 2016
306 books — 144 voters
Underwater by Marisa ReichardtThe Smell of Other People's Houses by Bonnie-Sue HitchcockTell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum
YA Debuts 2016
255 books — 1,366 voters

A Hungry Lion, or A Dwindling Assortment of Animals by Lucy Ruth Cummins1 Big Salad by Juana MedinaOld MacDonald Had a Truck by Steve GoetzThe Night Gardener by Terry FanSnappsy the Alligator by Julie Falatko
Best Debut Picture Books of 2016
41 books — 42 voters
Salt to the Sea by Ruta SepetysA Torch Against the Night by Sabaa TahirThe Rose & the Dagger by Renée AhdiehTell Me Three Things by Julie BuxbaumThe Smell of Other People's Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
Can't Wait Books of 2016
1,359 books — 6,389 voters

Home by Carson EllisSwan by Laurel SnyderThe Day the Crayons Came Home by Drew DaywaltMummy Cat by Marcus EwertLeo by Mac Barnett
Most Anticipated Picture Books of 2015
49 books — 42 voters
The Terrible Two by Mac BarnettGoodbye Stranger by Rebecca SteadThe Island of Dr. Libris by Chris GrabensteinThe War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker BradleyListen, Slowly by Thanhhà Lại
Middle Grade Novels of 2015
587 books — 1,120 voters

Home by Carson EllisWolfie the Bunny by Ame DyckmanSwan by Laurel SnyderLast Stop on Market Street by Matt de la PeñaSidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson
Picture Books of 2015
289 books — 159 voters
Finding Winnie by Lindsay MattickLast Stop on Market Street by Matt de la PeñaHome by Carson EllisIt's Only Stanley by Jon AgeeWolfie the Bunny by Ame Dyckman
2016 Mock Caldecott
94 books — 181 voters

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa TahirRed Queen by Victoria AveyardSix of Crows by Leigh BardugoAll the Bright Places by Jennifer NivenThe Wrath and the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh
YA Novels of 2015
1,430 books — 8,310 voters
Nana in the City by Lauren CastilloEl Deafo by Cece BellEmily's Blue Period by Cathleen DalyThe Right Word by Jen BryantViva Frida by Yuyi Morales
THE BEST 2014 WOMEN-ILLUSTRATED PICTURE BOOKS
51 books — 39 voters

Abuelo by Arthur DorrosElizabeth, Queen of the Seas by Lynne CoxHug Machine by Scott CampbellLittle Elliot, Big City by Mike CuratoThe Right Word by Jen Bryant
2015 Mock Caldecott
83 books — 256 voters
Half a World Away by Cynthia KadohataBrown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
2014 YA/MG Books With POC Leads
179 books — 129 voters

The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. HolmThe Crossover by Kwame AlexanderBrown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline WoodsonAbsolutely Almost by Lisa GraffI Kill the Mockingbird by Paul Acampora
Newbery 2015
140 books — 586 voters
A Snicker of Magic by Natalie LloydThe Shadow Throne by Jennifer A. NielsenKnightley & Son by Rohan GavinThe Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. HolmThe Thickety by J.A. White
Middle Grade Novels of 2014
521 books — 1,155 voters

The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew DaywaltJourney by Aaron BeckerBuilding Our House by Jonathan BeanRibbit! by Rodrigo FolgueiraTo Dare Mighty Things by Doreen Rappaport
2014 Mock Caldecott
81 books — 237 voters
Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg SloanFlora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamilloThe Center of Everything by Linda UrbanNavigating Early by Clare Vanderpool
Newbery 2014
121 books — 472 voters

Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great by Bob SheaRibbit! by Rodrigo FolgueiraBluebird by Bob StaakeA Splash of Red by Jen BryantExclamation Mark by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Most Anticipated Picture Books of 2013
99 books — 111 voters
Wonder by R.J. PalacioStarry River of the Sky by Grace LinOne for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly HuntAbraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass by Russell FreedmanThe Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine
Newbery 2013
131 books — 1,296 voters

Extra Yarn by Mac BarnettBoy + Bot by Ame DyckmanOtto the Book Bear by Katie CleminsonI Have a Dream by Martin Luther King Jr.Unspoken by Henry Cole
2013 Mock Caldecott
97 books — 246 voters