2025 Top 10 End-of-Year List

Reading Is Fundamental's Top 10 Books for 2025 includes a mix of classics and today's best books. Popular with educators and families, find vocabulary scaffolds, Frayer model graphic organizers, educator and family guides, and more to help make reading even more fun in the new year!

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The Day the Crayons Quit

Written by Drew Dywalt and Illustrated by Oliver Jeffers

Duncan has a serious problem—his crayons have quit! Read each of the letters from the individual crayons to find out why all Duncan’s colors have run away. Do you think they will come home?

Pre-K - 2nd

The Crossover

Written by Kwame Alexander

"With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. Cuz tonight I’m delivering," announces dread-locked, 12-year old Josh Bell.

5th - 7th

One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale

Long ago in India, there lived a raja who believed that he was wise and fair. But every year he kept nearly all of the people's rice for himself.

Pre-K - 3rd

Balloons over Broadway

Written and Illustrated by Melissa Sweet

This book tells the story of Tony Sarg, the puppeteer behind the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade. Readers will get a behind the scenes look at how Tony came up with his ingenious ideas.

K - 3rd

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Written by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer and Illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon

A boy in a drought-ravaged village in Africa wonders how things work. Teaching himself English from old science books, he builds a windmill for his village. A true story of perseverance, patience, and innovation.

1st - 3rd

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

Written by C. S. Lewis and Illustrated by Pauline Baynes

In book two in the classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia, four children are evacuated to an English country house during wartime. They discover Narnia through a wardrobe in one of the bedrooms.

3rd - 8th

Ish

Written and Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds

Ramon loves to draw until his brother criticizes his work. With the help of his younger sister, Marisol, he learns to see things in a different way.

K - 3rd

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Written by J.K. Rowling and Illustrated by Mary Grandpre

Harry Potter is miserable living with his aunt and uncle, the Dursleys, and his cousin, Dudley.

4th - 8th

Thank You, Omu!

Written by Oge Mora

Everyone in the neighborhood dreams of a taste of Omu's delicious stew! One by one, they follow their noses toward the scrumptious scent.

Pre-K - 3rd

New Kid

Written and Illustrated by Jerry Craft

Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life.

3rd - 7th

The Snowy Day

Written and Illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats

Peter ventures out into the snow and marvels at the tracks he makes, the snowman he builds, and the angels he imprints in the snow. He doesn’t even mind being hit by a snowball!

Pre-K - 1st

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