Sunshine State Readers 2025-2026 - Grades PreK-2nd GradeLike this list

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• The Fastest Tortoise in Town

  Calvert, Howard,

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  Barbara Hendricks, a tortoise, has entered a road race, but what was she thinking? With only a week to go before the big day, she worries that she doesn’t stand a chance against the other animals competing. But Barbara realizes that if she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Penny Lu Porcupine

  Gilstrap, Katie,

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  A cautious porcupine summons the courage to stand up to threats both real and imagined, reassuring readers that they, too, can face their fears.

• The Quacken

  Colón, Justin,

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  Legend says that a fearsome creature lurks at Cucumonga Campground. But all Hector sees are cute, cuddly, quacking ducks. But when he feeds the ducks he releases...the Quacken.

• Squirrel-ish

  Edlund, Bambi,

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  Thinking squirrels have it better, a rat tries to masquerade as a squirrel in a local park.

• We Are Definitely Human

  a Book

  Fang, X.,

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  When their flying saucer crash-lands near Mr. and Mrs. Li’s rural home at midnight, a trio of aliens tries their darndest to convince the couple that “we are DEFINITELY human.”

• How This Book Got Red

  Greanias, Margaret Chiu,

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  Red the red panda notices that all panda books are about giant pandas and decides to write her own book about red pandas.

• Luigi, the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten

  Knudsen, Michelle,

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  When he's mistaken for a kitten by a kindly old lady, Luigi resolves to be as kitten-like as possible.

• The Spotless Giraffe

  Millett, Peter,

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  Even though she's different (she's a giraffe with no spots), Kipekee learns that appearances don't matter among friends.

• Mavis the Bravest

  Fraser, Lu,

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  Timid Mavis the chicken must be brave when someone tries to steal her friend Sandra the sheep.

• The Man Who Didn't Like Animals

  Underwood, Deborah,

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  There once was a man who loved his tidy home and who didn't like animals. Then one day, a cat appeared. The man and the cat both liked napping and watching the rain and eating dinner precisely at six. Well, maybe this one animal could…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Orris and Timble

  the Beginning

  DiCamillo, Kate,

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  Chronicles the unlikely blossoming friendship between a cynical rat and a curious, naive owl.

• Welcome to Scare School

  Lerner, Jarrett,

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  A young ghost tries his best to fit in with the rest of the ghouls in this sweet and spooky chapter book

• Rise of the Green Flame

  Mensah, Bernard (Children's author),

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  The day has finally come for eight-year-old Kwame to start Nkonyaa School and learn magic! Kwame is excited to begin magical training with his new friends at school, but he can't access his magic powers! He starts to worry... what if he…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wildfire Rescue

  Rajan, Rekha S.,

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  The Jackson family help out with natural disasters. In this first adventure, the Jacksons are called to Northern California, where wildfires are raging through the forests and people and animals in danger!

• George the Flybot and the Lost Camera on Mount Everest

  Schwarz, Nessa Bellido,

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  Meet GEORGE the flybot, a one-of-a-kind robotic fly on his first official mission! With instructions from his boss, GEORGE zips off to the Himalayas to search for a camera that went missing during an ill-fated 1924 Mount Everest summit…Read moreRead more of this annotation