Reading Olympics for Children
For middle, junior, and senior high school reading lists, go to Reading Olympics for Teens.
Learn more about the Reading Olympics program.
2026 Elementary Reading List
- Amina’s Voice / Hena Khan
- Dogs on Duty / Dorothy H. Patent
- Elf Dog and Owl Head / M.T. Anderson
- The First State of Being: A Time-Travel Adventure Novel About Friendship and First Love / Erin Entrada Kelly
- Hazardous Tales: The Underground Abductor / Nathan Hale
- Henry’s Freedom Box / Ellen Levine
- The Hero Two Doors Down / Sharon Robinson
- Hoops: A Graphic Novel / Matt Tavares
- How to Steal a Dog / Barbara O’Connor
- I Survived the Japanese Tsunami / Lauren Tarshis
- Lifeboat 12 / Susan Hood
- The Lion of Mars / Jenifer L. Holm
- Ms. Bixby’s Last Day / John David Anderson
- Odder: The Novel / Katherine Applegate
- The One and Only Ivan / Katherine Applegate
- Pie / Sarah Weeks
- Saving H’Non: Chang and the Elephant / Trang Nguyen
- Serafina and the Black Cloak / Robert Beatty
- Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille / Jen Bryant
- Stargazing / Jen Wang
- Sunny Side Up / Jennifer & Matt Holm
- Tale of Desperaux / Kate DiCamillo
- The Universe in You: A Microscopic Journey / Jason Chin
- The Watsons Go to Birmingham / Christopher Paul Curtis
- When You Trap a Tiger / Tae Keller
