Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award, 2026-2027, Grades 4-6

Created by Arkansas Department of Education (ADE), the Arkansas State Library, and the Arkansas Literacy Association (ALA)

248 Resources including
24 Videos
18 Book Readings
23 Lesson Plans
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One Big Open Sky

by Lesa Cline-Ransome

30+ Resources9 Awards

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Ferris

by Kate DiCamillo

25+ Resources4 Awards

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Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall

by Lynn Brunelle and Jason Chin

20+ Resources10 Awards

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Next Scientist, The: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of the World's Great Scientists

The Next Scientist: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of the World's Great Scientists

by Kate Messner and Julia Kuo

20+ Resources2 Awards

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And Then, Boom!

by Lisa Fipps

20+ Resources8 Awards

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Plain Jane and the Mermaid

by Vera Brosgol

20+ Resources7 Awards

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Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall, A

A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall

by Jasmine Warga

20+ Resources2 Awards

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Medusa

by Katherine Marsh

15+ Resources1 Awards

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Tree. Table. Book.

by Lois Lowry

15+ Resources2 Awards

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(Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle, The

The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle

by Dan Gutman

15+ Resources2 Awards

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Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody

by Patrick Ness and Tim Miller

15+ Resources3 Awards

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All the Best Dogs

by Emily Jenkins and Manuel Preitano

15+ Resources2 Awards

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Olivetti

by Allie Millington

15+ Resources2 Awards

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Table Titans Club

by Scott Kurtz

15+ Resources3 Awards

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Slugfest

by Gordon Korman

10+ Resources1 Awards

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Spooky Lakes

by Geo Rutherford

10+ Resources3 Awards

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The Legend of the Last Library

by Frank L. Cole

10+ Resources

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Power to the Parasites!

by Chelsea L. Wood and Dave Mottram

10+ Resources2 Awards

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Wander Lost

by Laura Martin

5+ Resources

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