The BEE Amazing Book List is a compilation of great books recommended by the McKinney ISD elementary library team. Try one of these awesome titles the next time you are looking for an enjoyable read.
Read any 10 books from the list this year and return your completed sheet to vote for your favorite and be added to the Reading Wall of Fame too!
2026-2027 BEE Amazing Reading List
FICTION CHAPTER BOOKS
Amina Banana and the Formula for Friendship by Shifa Saltagi Safadi and Aaliya Jaleel
Liars Society by Alyson Gerber
Pocket Bear by Katherine Applegate
A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall by Jasemine Warga
They Call Me No Sam! by Drew Daywalt and Mike Lowery
Troubling Tonsils! by Aaron Reynolds and Peter Brown
INFORMATIONAL BOOKS
Hello, I'm a Pangolin by Hayley Rocco and John Rocco
Stalactite and Stalagmite: A Big Tale from a Little Cave by Drew Beckmeyer
Stranded!: A Mostly True Story from Iceland by Ævar Þór Benediktsson and Anne Wilson
EVERYBODY PICTURE BOOKS
The Day the Books Disappeared by Joanna Ho, Caroline Kusin Pritchard, and Dan Santat
The Everything Trail by Meg Fleming and Chuck Groenink
Exactly as Planned by Tao Nyeu
Fireworks by Matthew Burgess and Cátia Chien
I am Ingrid: The Adventures of the World's Greatest Guide Dog by Aria Mia Loberti and Vivienne To
I am Not Happy! by Caroline L. Perry and Sydney Hanson
The Interpreter by Olivia Abtahi and Monica Arnaldo
Island Storm by Brian Floca and Sydney Smith
Just One Wave by Travis Jonker
Millie Fleur Saves the Night by Christy Mandin
Ready, Set, Roll! by Alessandro Montagnana