ILA Teachers' Choices Reading List, 2015-2020
Resources for a selection of titles recognized by this list since 2015 -- recognizing books evaluated and recommended by teachers to encourage young people to read
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- 3,267 Resources including
- 366 Videos
- 190 Book Readings
- 344 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
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Last Stop on Market Street
by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson
(Selection, 2016)
64 Resources15 Awards





Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
(Selection, 2015)
46 Resources16 Awards

Rescue & Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship
by Jessica Kensky, Patrick Downes, and Scott Magoon
(Selection, 2019)
46 Resources4 Awards

The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet
(Selection, 2015)
44 Resources14 Awards




Before She Was Harriet
by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome
(Selection, 2018)
41 Resources13 Awards



The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
(Selection, 2015)
39 Resources14 Awards

Stella by Starlight
by Sharon M. Draper and Sarah Jane Coleman
(Selection, 2016)
37 Resources11 Awards


Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph
by Roxane Orgill and Francis Vallejo
(Selection, 2017)
37 Resources13 Awards

Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You
by Sonia Sotomayor and Rafael López
(Selection, 2020)
35 Resources4 Awards



The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
(Selection, 2015)
32 Resources12 Awards

Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13
by Helaine Becker and Dow Phumiruk
(Selection, 2019)
32 Resources9 Awards








Otis and Will Discover the Deep: The Record-Setting Dive of the Bathysphere
by Barb Rosenstock and Katherine Roy
(Selection, 2019)
28 Resources10 Awards

The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky's Abstract Art
by Barb Rosenstock and Mary GrandPre
(Selection, 2015)
27 Resources6 Awards

A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat
by Emily Jenkins and Sophie Blackall
(Selection, 2016)
26 Resources2 Awards

The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
(Selection, 2016)
26 Resources8 Awards



The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist
by Cynthia Y. Levinson and Vanessa Brantley-Newton
(Selection, 2018)
26 Resources4 Awards



Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla
by Katherine Applegate and G. Brian Karas
(Selection, 2015)
24 Resources6 Awards

I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World
by Malala Yousafzai and Patricia McCormick
(Selection, 2015)
24 Resources5 Awards


All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom
by Angela Johnson and E.B. Lewis
(Selection, 2015)
23 Resources4 Awards


The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World's Coral Reefs
by Kate Messner and Matthew Forsythe
(Selection, 2019)
23 Resources8 Awards