Virginia Readers' Choice Primary 2025-2026

Nominees for the Virginia Readers' Choice awards for the 2025-2026 school year.

Updated April 24, 2025
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BUFFALO FLUFFALO
KALB, BESS.
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Introducing a sweet and silly buffalo who tries to bluff and fluff his way into being bigger than he really is. This laugh-out-loud story by an Emmy-nominated comedy writer shows it's okay to be yourself. I'm the Buffalo Fluffalo ...
How dinosaurs went extinct : a safety guide
Dyckman, Ame
Paper Book
From author Ame Dyckman and illustrator Jenn Harney comes a hilarious faux-cautionary tale featuring dad jokes and tantrum-throwing dinosaurs!   In this outrageous "safety guide," a child in a museum asks their parents how the dinosaurs all became extinct. Well,...
How this book got red
Greanias, Margaret Chiu
Paper Book
None of the panda books are ever about red pandas! Red is going to do something about that. When Red discovers a new book about pandas, she can't wait to read it! Except it's about only one kind of panda, and red pandas are completely left out. Red never gets to read stories about...
Night in the city
Downing, Julie
Paper Book
An ingenious account of the jobs people do all through the night, when kids are fast asleep. In Night in the City, author and illustrator Julie Downing cleverly uses multiple panels to follow eight people throughout the course of their busy evening, from waking up just as...
Wild blue : taming a big-kid bike
Slater, Dashka
Paper Book
In a charming take on a milestone moment, a young girl summons a cowpoke's courage to tame her intimidating new bicycle. Kayla loves riding her pink pony, a three-wheeled bike, up and down the street, day after day. But then Daddy announces that it's time for a big-kid bike, one...

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