2023 Exemplary Book Selections
Exemplary Fiction K-5
Connor and the Shark
Ruby Tchaparian
Sanger Academy Charter
Sanger Unified School District
Honorable Mention
Pepper and her Naughty Adventure
Summer Modlin
Dawson Elementary
Coalinga-Huron Unified School District
The Four Friends
Gracie Davis
Sunset Elementary
Coalinga-Huron Unified School District
Exemplary Non-Fiction K-5
By Brother's Apert Journey
Analia Hernandez
John C. Martinez Elementary
Parlier Unified School District
Honorable Mention
Amazing Animals
Torres' Fourth Grade Class
Sun Empire Elementary
Kerman Unified School District
Planes
Mateo Pineda
S. Ben Benavidez Elementary
Parlier Unified School District
Exemplary Class Book K-5
What is READING
Ms. Cook's Second Grade Class
Teague Elementary
Central Unified School District
Honorable Mention
Do Frogs Drink Chocolate Milk?
Mrs. Hang's Second Grade Class
Central Elementary
Central Unified School District
Our Positive Affirmations
Mrs. Vasquez's First Grade Class
Mendota Elementary
Mendota Unified School District
Exemplary Illustrator K-8
Home is With You
Amy Trejo
Mendota Elementary
Mendota Unified School District
Honorable Mention
Big Sea, Small Boy
Christopher Garcia
Wilson Elementary
Dinuba Unified School District
Life of the Woman Zeus
Giuliana Diaz
McCabe Elementary
Mendota Unified School District
Exemplary Middle School Poem or Narrative
A Pair
Kaylynne Lenard
Rio Vista Middle School
Central Unified School District
Honorable Mention
Somewhere in the Rain
Haven Renfro
Rio Vista Middle School
Central Unified School District
Dear Future Sixth Grade
Olivia Pepper
Liddell Elementary
Central Unified School District
Pizza Poetry
Mrs. Turner's Fifth & Sixth Grade Combination Class
Biola-Pershing Elementary School
Central Unified School District
FCOE Foundation Book Selection
Animals Strike at the Zoo, It's True!
Mrs. Cardenas' First Grade Class
Mendota Elementary
Mendota Unified School District