Land of Enchantment Book Award

Land of Enchantment Book Award references 72 books assigned across applicable K-12 grade levels in US schools.

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The Land of Enchantment Book Award is New Mexico's statewide children's-choice book award, administered by the New Mexico State Library and New Mexico Library Association since 1981. Each cycle, students across New Mexico read from official picture-book, children's, and young-adult nominee lists and vote for their favorite titles. Its lists are read in New Mexico classrooms and libraries statewide and include widely loved middle-grade reading such as The Giver, Wonder, Out of My Mind, The Tale of Despereaux, The City of Ember, Maniac Magee, and Shiloh.

Primary source: nmstatelibrary.org

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Love That Dog · Sharon Creech
Maniac Magee · Jerry Spinelli
Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse · Marilyn Singer
Mother Bruce · Ryan T. Higgins
Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade · Barthe DeClements
Orbiting Jupiter · Gary D. Schmidt
Out of My Mind · Sharon M. Draper
Pecos Bill · Steven Kellogg
Poppy · Avi
Ramona and Her Father · Beverly Cleary
Raymond and Graham Rule the School · Mike Knudson
Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates · Jonah Winter
Ruby Holler · Sharon Creech
Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter · Diane Stanley
Scythe · Neal Shusterman
Shiloh · Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You · Barthe DeClements
So B. It · Sarah Weeks
Stink and the Incredible Super-Galactic Jawbreaker · Megan McDonald
Stolen Children · Peg Kehret
Storm Runner · J.C. Cervantes
Summer of Fear · Lois Duncan
Super Manny Stands Up! · Kelly DiPucchio
Superfudge · Judy Blume
Terror at the Zoo · Peg Kehret
The Best School Year Ever · Barbara Robinson
The Book of Mistakes · Corinna Luyken
The City of Ember · Jeanne DuPrau
The Dollhouse Murders · Betty Ren Wright
The Giver · Lois Lowry
The Hunger Games · Suzanne Collins
The Iron Trial · Holly Black
The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors · Drew Daywalt
The Lions of Little Rock · Kristin Levine
The Red Pyramid · Rick Riordan
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda · Tom Angleberger
The Tale of Despereaux · Kate DiCamillo
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 · Christopher Paul Curtis
The Wild Robot · Peter Brown
There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom · Louis Sachar
Thieves' Gambit · Kayvion Lewis
Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub · Jamie Gilson
Togo · Robert J. Blake
Wayside School Is Falling Down · Louis Sachar
What Really Happened to Humpty? · Jeanie Franz Ransom
Wonder · R.J. Palacio
You are (not) Small · Anna Kang
Zucchini · Barbara Dana

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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 Land of Enchantment Book Award reading list

The book list above represents titles ReadingList has confirmed as referenced by Land of Enchantment 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. Land of Enchantment 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.

Frequently asked questions

What books does Land of Enchantment Book Award include?

72 books are referenced by Land of Enchantment 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 Land of Enchantment Book Award cover?

Land of Enchantment 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 Land of Enchantment Book Award data come from?

Primary source: nmstatelibrary.org/land-of-enchantment-book-awards-40th-anniversary/. Cross-referenced with Common Core exemplars at achievethecore.org. Every book page on ReadingList.school cites the standards origin for that assignment.

Is Land of Enchantment Book Award required reading?

Land of Enchantment 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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