2025 Exemplary Book Selections

 

Exemplary Fiction K-6

Puppy Love

Danielle Moses
Central Elementary
Central Unified School District

Honorable Mentions

The Glass Slipper

Naomi Shafer
Harvest Elementary
Central Unified School District

The Legacy of the Potatoes!

Edison Vo, Grayson Vaughn, Noah Neyland
Liddell Elementary
Central Unified School District



Exemplary Non-Fiction K-6

The Wilderness Survival Guide

Andrea Barrera Ibal
Goldenrod Elementary
Kerman Unified School District

Honorable Mentions

Baile Folklorico

Andrea Garcia
S. Ben Benavidez Elementary
Parlier Unified School District

Book of Life's Sorrows

Aleena Flores
Steinbeck Elementary
Central Unified School District



Exemplary Class Book K-6

Clothesline Clues to the Jobs People Do

Mrs. Vickie Jimenez's First Grade Class
Central Elementary
Central Unified School District

Honorable Mentions

Give it a Try, Who am I?

Mrs. Patricia Torres' Class
Sun Empire Elementary
Kerman Unified School District

Kindness Shines in the Dark

Mrs. Marisela Mendoza's Class
Sun Empire Elementary
Kerman Unified School District



Exemplary Health & Wellness K-6

5th Grade Something

Miss Sydney Ruth's Fifth Grade Class
Sunset Elementary
Coalinga-Huron Unified School District

Honorable Mentions

Can We Start Over?

Michelle Alonzo's Class
Huron Elementary
Coalinga-Huron Unified School District

Whispers of Calm: Peace Through The Senses

Monica Robarge, Mrs. Harvinder Brar's Class
Teague Elementary
Central Unified School District



Exemplary Illustrator Individual K-12

Fires

Eileen Anguiano
McKinley Elementary
Central Unified School District

Honorable Mentions

A Fox's Last Song

Valerie Vargas
Brletic, Mathew J. Elementary
Parlier Unified School District

Yokai and Folklores

Eva Su
McKinley Elementary
Central Unified School District



Exemplary Poem 7-12

The Shift

Forest Heavenly Davila
Central High School
Central Unified School District

Honorable Mentions

Adding Up

Olivia Pepper
Rio Vista Middle School
Central Unified School District

Fears

Jazlyn Chavez
Caruthers High School
Caruthers Unified School District



Exemplary Narrative 7-12

People Like Us

Finch Damian
Central East High School
Central Unified School District

Honorable Mentions

Malakar's Curse

Cayden Medford
Abraham Lincoln Middle School
Selma Unified School District
 



Exemplary Health & Wellness 7-12

Eldest Influence, Never Myself

Catherine Baez
Selma High School
Selma Unified School District

Honorable Mentions

Dyslexia

Harlow Nino
Rio Vista Middle School
Central Unified School District



FCOE Foundation Honor Book Selection

We Are All SUPERHEROES

Mrs. Kary Garcia's Class
Sun Empire Elementary
Kerman Unified School District