Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award 2022-2023 Reading List Children in grades K-3 should vote on these titles by April, 2023. Children must have read or heard at least three of the books from this list in order to be eligible to vote. 1.Lizzie Demands a Seat!: Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights by Beth Anderson 3.7 2.On Wings of Words: The Extraordinary Life of Emily Dickinson by Jennifer Berne 3.Kaia and the Bees byMaribeth Boelts 2.7 4. Overground Railroad by Jmaes Ransome 4.2 5. Swashby and the Sea by Beth Ferry 3.4 6. The Oldest Student: How Many Walker Learned to Read by Rita Hubbard 4.6 7. The Couch Potato by Jory John 2.8 8. All the Way to the Top: How One Girl’s Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything by Annette Bay Pimentel 3.9 9. Sticks and Stones by Patricia Polacco 4.1 10.A New Green Day by Antoinette Portis 2.0
CHARLIE MAY SIMON READING LIST 2022-2023 1.Beginners Welcome by Cindy Baldwin 5.7 10 points 2.The Brave by James Bird 4.2 13 points 3. Woke: A Young Poet’s Call to Justice by Mahogany L. Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo, Olivia Gatwood 4.Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros 4.5 6 points 5. The Only Black Girls in Town by Brandy Colbert 4.4 9 points 6. The Amelia Six by Kristin L. Gray 4.2 7 points 7. The Silver Arrow by Lev Grossman 4.9 5 points 8. When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed 3.7 4 points 9.Worse Than Weird by Jody J. Little 4.3 7 points 10. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 4.4 8 points 11. City Spies 5.6 10 points 12. A Bow Full of Peace: A True Story 3.6 .5 points 13. Clean Getaway 5.0 5 points 14. Turtle Boy 4.4 11 points |