Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award
Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award references 121 books assigned across applicable K-12 grade levels in US schools.
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The Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award (formerly Emphasis on Reading) is Alabama's statewide children's-choice book award, given by the Alabama State Department of Education, Library Media. Each year a committee selects nominees by grade division; students across Alabama read from the list and vote for their favorite. This list links the award's verified winners that appear in the ReadingList database.
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121 books referenced
11 BirthdaysWendy Mass
42 MilesTracie Vaughn Zimmer
A Pocket for CorduroyDon Freeman- A Tangle of RootsBarbara GirionA Tangle of RootsBarbara Girion
A Week in the WoodsAndrew Clements
A Yellow WatermelonTed M. Dunagan
And the Green Grass Grew All AroundAlvin Schwartz
Anne Frank, Beyond the DiaryRuud van der Rol
Are We There Yet?Nina Laden- Arthur's NoseMarc BrownArthur's NoseMarc Brown
Auntie ClausElise Primavera- BamboozledDavid LeggeBamboozledDavid Legge
Because of Winn-DixieKate DiCamillo · 610L
Boy at WarHarry Mazer
Boy's Best FriendKate Banks
BunniculaDeborah Howe
Bunny MoneyRosemary Wells- Cages of Glass, Flowers of TimeCharlotte CulinCages of Glass, Flowers of TimeCharlotte Culin
Castles: Old Stone PoemsJ. Patrick Lewis
Charlotte's WebE.B. White · 680L
ChristyCatherine Marshall
Circus MirandusCassie Beasley
CousinsVirginia Hamilton
Cracker The Best Dog in VietnamCynthia Kadohata
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- December · Eve Bunting
- Duke · Kirby Larson
- Ella Enchanted · Gail Carson Levine
- Epossumondas · Coleen Salley
- Escaping the Giant Wave · Peg Kehret
- Even Monsters Need Haircuts · Matthew McElligott
- For the Love of Autumn · Patricia Polacco
- Giant Children · Brod Bagert
- Girls Who Code: The Friendship Code · Stacia Deutsch
- Go Away, Big Green Monster · Ed Emberley
- Granny and the Indians · Peggy Parish
- Grendel · John Gardner
- He Has Shot the President! · Don Brown
- How to Babysit a Grandpa · Jean Reagan
- Humpty-Dumpty Egg-Splodes · O'Malley, Kevin
- I Ain't Gonna Paint No More · Karen Beaumont
- I Need My Monster · Amanda Noll
- If You Give a Mouse a Cookie · Laura Numeroff
- Jack B. Ninja · Tim McCanna
- Julius, the Baby of the World · Kevin Henkes
- Katy No-Pocket · Emmy Payne
- Killing Mr. Griffin · Lois Duncan
- Llama Llama Mad at Mama · Anna Dewdney
- Mad Dog McGraw · Myron Uhlberg
- Madeline Finn and the Library Dog · Lisa Papp
- Mary Bowser and the Civil War Spy Ring · Enigma Alberti
- Mayday! Mayday! · Hilary Milton
- Memoirs of a Hamster · Devin Scillian
- Mick Harte Was Here · Barbara Park
- Million-Dollar Throw · Mike Lupica
- More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark · Alvin Schwartz
- My Life as a Stuntboy · Janet Tashjian
- My Teacher Sleeps in School · Leatie Weiss
- No David! · David Shannon
- No Jumping on the Bed! · Tedd Arnold
- Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade · Barthe DeClements
- Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude · O'Malley, Kevin
- One Potato, Two Potato · Cynthia DeFelice
- Pink and Say · Patricia Polacco
- Powwow · George Ancona
- President Taft Is Stuck in the Bath · Mac Barnett
- Pssst! · Adam Rex
- Ralph S. Mouse · Beverly Cleary
- Rats on the Roof and Other Stories · James Marshall
- Red Racer · Audrey Wood
- Revenge of the Nerd · John McNamara
- Seven and a Half Tons of Steel · Janet Nolan
- Spunky Tells All · Ann Cameron
- Stone Fox · John Reynolds Gardiner
- Strange Mysteries from Around the World · Seymour Simon
- Stuart Little · E.B. White
- Sunshine · Norma Klein
- Superfudge · Judy Blume
- Swamp Angel · Anne Isaacs
- Sylvester and the Magic Pebble · William Steig
- Tales from Gold Mountain · Paul Yee
- Thank You, Mr. Falker · Patricia Polacco
- The Acorn People · Ron Jones
- The Adventures of Albert, the Running Bear · Barbara Isenberg
- The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon · Dean Robbins
- The Best Christmas Pageant Ever · Barbara Robinson
- The Boo-Boos That Changed the World · Barry Wittenstein
- The Book of Story Beginnings · Kristin Kladstrup
- The Book with No Pictures · B.J. Novak
- The Boxcar Children · Gertrude Chandler Warner
- The Day the Crayons Came Home · Drew Daywalt
- The Divorce Express · Paula Danziger
- The Dollhouse Murders · Betty Ren Wright
- The Glory Girl · Betsy Byars
- The Gruffalo · Julia Donaldson
- The Hobbit · J.R.R. Tolkien
- The New Kid on the Block · Jack Prelutsky
- The Pain and the Great One · Judy Blume
- The Pigman and Me · Paul Zindel
- The Princess Bride · William Goldman
- The Runaway Bunny · Margaret Wise Brown
- The Secret Knowledge of Grown-Ups · David Wisniewski
- The Thrifty Guide to the American Revolution · Jonathan W. Stokes
- The Very Impatient Caterpillar · Ross Burach
- The Walk-On · John Feinstein
- The War with Grandpa · Robert Kimmel Smith
- This Book Is Not About Dragons · Shelley Moore Thomas
- Three-Star Billy · Pat Hutchins
- Thunder Rose · Jerdine Nolen
- Tight · Torrey Maldonado
- Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship and Survival · Kirby Larson
- Unicorns in the Rain · Barbara Cohen
- Voices from the Underground Railroad · Kay Winters
- Walking Across Egypt · Clyde Edgerton
- Wart, Son of Toad · Alden R. Carter
- What Jamie Saw · Carolyn Coman
- When the Wolves Returned · Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
- Widget · Lyn Rossiter McFarland
- Wish You Were Here (And I Wasn't) · Colin McNaughton
- Yeager: An Autobiography · Chuck Yeager
- You Never Can Tell · Ellen Conford
- Zomo the Rabbit · Gerald McDermott
About this curriculum framework
This curriculum is one of dozens of named English Language Arts frameworks tracked across US public-school districts. Frameworks differ in scope (district-level vs state-level vs national), in mandate (required vs recommended vs elective), and in how prescriptive their reading lists are (single fixed text list vs broad reading-pool selection).
The book list below represents titles cited as required, recommended, or commonly assigned within this framework, sourced from the framework's primary documentation (or, where the framework is administered at district level, from public district curriculum pages). Each book's detail page links the specific source document for that citation.
How to use this Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award reading list
The book list above represents titles ReadingList has confirmed as referenced by Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award— either through the framework’s own published documentation, through audited classroom syllabi citing the framework, or through US state and district curriculum guides that map their reading expectations to it. Each book’s detail page links the specific primary source so parents, teachers, and students can verify the citation and locate the official document.
Reading lists evolve. Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award citations on ReadingList are reviewed on a rolling basis as primary sources publish updates. If you teach or learn under this framework and a title on this page is no longer used (or you know of one that should appear), the ReadingList methodology page explains how to submit a correction with a citation.
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Frequently asked questions
What books does Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award include?
121 books are referenced by Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award across applicable K-12 grade levels. Each book page cites the primary source assignment (the official curriculum standard, exemplar list, or syllabus where the title appears).
What grades does Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award cover?
Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award is a reading-program curriculum spanning applicable K-12 grade levels via the standards framework. Browse by grade using the grade-filter links on this page or visit /grade for the full grade index across all curricula.
Where does Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award data come from?
Primary source: sites.google.com/view/camelliaawards/home. Cross-referenced with Common Core exemplars at achievethecore.org. Every book page on ReadingList.school cites the standards origin for that assignment.
Is Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award required reading?
Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award provides recommended exemplars + assignments — adoption varies by district and teacher. Always check with your school's English department for the specific required vs recommended list at your grade level.
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