Virginia Readers’ Choice
Sponsored by The Virginia State Reading Association in association with The Virginia Educational Media Association, The Virginia Library Association, and The Library of Virginia Youth Services.
The purpose of VRC is to encourage young readers to become better acquainted with contemporary books with outstanding literary appeal, to broaden students’ awareness of literature as a life-long pleasure, to encourage reading aloud in classrooms as a means of introducing reading for pleasure, and to honor favorite books and their authors.
Virginia Readers’ Choice Lists 2026-2027
Primary Titles:
All at Once Upon a Time by Mara Rockliff
I'm Sorry You Got Mad by Kyle Lukoff
Don't Trust Fish by Neil Sharpson
We Are Definitely Human by X. Fang
Mavis the Bravest by Lu Fraser
Who Ate Steve? by Susannah Lloyd
Little Bird Laila by Kelly Yang
Octopus Acrobatics by Sue Fliess
The Spotless Giraffe by Peter Millett
Over and Under the Wetland by Kate Messner
Elementary Titles:
Blue Stars Mission 1: The Vice Principal Problem by Kekla Magoon and Cynthia Leitich Smith Illustrated by Molly Murakami
Sparkle by Lakita Wilson
Invisible Isabel by Sally J. Pla
Mama's Chicken and Dumplings by Dionna Mann
All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson by Carole Boston Weatherford
The Fairy Tale Fan Club: Legendary Letters Collected by C. C. Cecily by Richard Ayoade
The Sherlock Society by James Ponti
Bounce!: A Scientific History of Rubber by Sarah Albee
Haiku Ew! Celebrating the Disgusting Side of Nature by Lynn Brunelle
Emo Rubik and His Magic Cube by Kerry Aradhya