Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Resources for a selection of titles recognized by this award since 2015 -- recognizing books teachers read and voted as the best (renamed with new sponsorship in 2023)

- 8,740 Resources including
- 850 Videos
- 525 Book Readings
- 766 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 717 book results

Last Stop on Market Street
by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson
(Selection, 2016)
60+ Resources16 Awards



Ain't Burned All the Bright
by Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin
(Selection, 2023)
55+ Resources17 Awards




Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
(Selection, 2015)
50+ Resources16 Awards



The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet
(Selection, 2015)
45+ Resources15 Awards




The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
(Selection, 2015)
40+ Resources15 Awards


Before She Was Harriet
by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome
(Selection, 2018)
40+ Resources13 Awards

Rescue & Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship
by Jessica Kensky, Patrick Downes, and Scott Magoon
(Selection, 2019)
40+ Resources4 Awards


Stella by Starlight
by Sharon M. Draper and Sarah Jane Coleman
(Selection, 2016)
40+ Resources11 Awards


Lunar New Year Love Story
by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham
(Grades 9-12 Selection, 2025)
40+ Resources10 Awards

Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph
by Roxane Orgill and Francis Vallejo
(Selection, 2017)
40+ Resources14 Awards











Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You
by Sonia Sotomayor and Rafael López
(Selection, 2020)
35+ Resources4 Awards


How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Frank Morrison
(Selection, 2024)
35+ Resources14 Awards



The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
(Selection, 2015)
35+ Resources13 Awards


Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13
by Helaine Becker and Dow Phumiruk
(Selection, 2019)
35+ Resources9 Awards

The Collectors
by A.S. King, Randy Ribay, Cory McCarthy, and David Levithan
(Selection, 2024)
30+ Resources3 Awards



