STEAM School students nominated nearly 100 books for our second annual Battle of the Books! Wow! We narrowed it down to 36 books and beginning this Tuesday we will begin voting on our favorite picture books, juvenile fiction books, graphic novels, and young adult fiction books.
Nominees for the 1st Round of Voting
| Picture Books | Juvenile Fiction | Graphic Novels | Young/Adult Fic |
| Cookie’s Week vs Pigeon Needs a Bath | Fancy Nancy vs Wonder | Dog Man Series vs Calvin & Hobbes | A Promised Land vs The Hate U Give |
| Dragon’s Love Tacos vs The Very Hungry Caterpillar | Diary of A Wimpy Kid Series vs Wings of Fire Series | Wings of Fire Graphic Novel vs Animal Crossing Series | Norse Mythology vs Aurora Rising |
| There’s a Bear On My Chair vs Pete The Cat | Sisters Ever After vs Holes | My Hero Academia Series vs The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse | The Giver vs Mortal Engines |
| Narwhal Unicorn of the Sea vs Mr Putter and Tabby Walk the Dog | Harry Potter Series vs Percy Jackson series | The Runaway Princess vs Warrior Cats Graphic Novel | Ready Player One vs Hunger Games |
There were so many wonderful books nominated that didn’t make the cut. Below is the full list of STEAM School students favorite books to read.
STEAM Students Recommended Reading
| Picture Books | Graphic Novels | Juvenile Fiction | YA/AF |
| Narwhal Unicorn of the Sea by Ben Clanton | Power Rangers Graphic Novel Series by Kyle Higgins | Xander and the Rainbow Barfing Unicorn series by Matthew Manning | The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien |
| There’s a Bear on my Chair by Ross Collins | Warrior Cats Graphic Novel by Erin Hunter | Aru Shah series by Roshani Chokshi | The Giver by Lois Lowry |
| The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog by Mo Willems | Wings of Fire Graphic Novel by Tui T Sutherland | Green Ember by SD Smith | Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve |
| Fred is that you? By Mavis Smith | The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse by Charlie Mackesey | Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick | The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams |
| Cookie’s Week by Cindy Ward | The Runaway Princess by Johann Troianowski | The Growly series by Erin Ulrich and Phillip Ulrich | World War Z by Max Brooks |
| Bootsie Barker Bites by Barbara Bottner | My Hero Academia Series by Kohei Horikoshi | Minecraft Books | Ready Player One by Ernest Cline |
| Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willem | Dog Man series by Dav Pilkey | Captain Underpants by Dave Pilkey | The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas |
| Let’s Go For A Drive by Mo Willems | Five Worlds by Mark Siegel and Alexis Siegel | Minecraft Woodsword Chronicles by Nick Eliopulus | The Iliad by Homer |
| Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms by Julia Rawlinson | Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke | Dragon Kingdom of Wrenly by Jordan Quinn | A Promised Land by Barack Obama |
| Pigeon Needs a Bath by Mo Willems | Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson | Wild Kratts books | Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman |
| Pete the Cat by James Dean and Kimberly Dean | Foxtrot by Bill Amend | Percy Jackson (series) – The Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan | The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater |
| Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin | Cat Kid Comic Club Series by Dav Pilkey | Barbie Books | Aurora Rising by Amy Kaufman and Jay Kristoff |
| Dino Trux by Chris Gall | Animal Crossing series by Kokonasu Rumba | Fancy Nancy by Jane O’Conner | The Storm Light Archive Series by Brandon Sanderson |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle | Pea, Bee & Jay by Brian Smith | Wings of Fire Series by Tui T Sutherland | Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins |
| The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats | Ella and Owen by Jaden Kent | Ultimate Book of Home Plans by Editors of Creative Homeowner | |
| Monster Trucks (Step Into Reading) by Susan E Goodman | Zoey and Sassafras series by Asia Citro | Pools and Spas by Fran J Donegan | |
| If You Give a Dog a Donut by Laura Numeroff | Dragon Masters by Tracy West | Hot Tubs, Saunas and Steam Baths by Alan Sanderfoot | |
| Mr. Putter and Tabby Walk the Dog by Cynthia Rylant | Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary | Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins | |
| The Perfect Nest by Catherine Friend | The Last Firehawk series by Katrina Charman | ||
| Forgotten Fairy Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls (Illustrated Story Collection by Various Authors) | Harry Potter series by JK Rowling | ||
| A Little Princess by Frances Hodgeson Burnett | |||
| Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly Jones | |||
| Explorer Academy by Trudi Trueit | |||
| The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate | |||
| Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope Osborne | |||
| Peter Pan by JM Barrie | |||
| Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series by Jeff Kinney | |||
| The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill | |||
| The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde | |||
| Big Nate series by Lincoln Pierce | |||
| Warrior Cat Series by Erin Hunter | |||
| The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan | |||
| Fazbear Frights Series by Scott Cawthon | |||
| Junie B Jones by Barbara Park | |||
| Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene | |||
| Car Science by Richard Hammond | |||
| Wonder by RJ Palacio | |||
| Minecraft: The Island by Max Brooks | |||
| A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz | |||
| The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman | |||
| Holes by Louis Sachar | |||
| The Story of Diva and Flea by Mo Willems | |||
| Sisters Ever After seriers by Leah Cypress | |||
| Be Real, Macy Weaver by Lakita Wilson |
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