Books for Gifted Students
Picture Books (for all ages)
The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
Ish by Peter H. Reynolds
Name Jar by Yangsook Choi
Count on Me by Miguel Tanco
The Very Last Castle by Travis Jonker
Reading Beauty by Deborah Underwood
Izzy Gizmo by Pip Jones
Izzy Gizmo and the Invention Convention by Pip Jones
My Brother Charlie by Ryan Elizabeth Peete, Holly Robinson Peete, and Denene Miller
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
My Three Best Friends and me, Zulay by Cari Best
Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty (and the series, project books, chapter books)
Ruby Finds a Worry by Tom Percival
More-igami by Dori Kleber
Elementary (ages 6-10)
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison
Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History by Vashti Harrison
Little Dreamers: Visionary Women Around the World by Vashti Harrison
Freedom Soup by Tami Charles
Vera Vance, Comics Star by Claudia Mills (and the series)
The Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope Osborne
The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Guts by Raina Telgemeier (series)
Last last-day-of-summer by Lamar Giles (series)
Hero Next Door edited by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
Mysterious Benedict Society series by Trenton Lee Stewart
Millicent Min, Girl Genius by Lisa Yee (series)
Savvy by Ingrid Law
My Seventh-Grade Life in Tights by Brooks Benjamin
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
Sahara Special by Esme Raji Codell
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
Middle School (ages 11-12)
Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker
The False Prince by Jennifer A Nielsen (series)
New Kid by Jerry Craft
The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
You Should See My Crown by Leah Johnson
Half a King by Joe Abercrombie
The Magicians' Guild by Trudi Canavan
High School (ages 13+)
The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (and the series)
Dragon Bones by Patricia Brigg
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (series)
Dragonfly Girl by Marti Leimbach
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America
Charming is a Verb by Ben Philippe
Yolonda's Genius by Carol Fenner
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Websites for booklists for Gifted Students
fantasticfiction.com (I like this to see the order of a series and other books by an author)
hub.lexile.com/find-a-book (find reading level and description of a book)
What can bibliotherapy look like for gifted children (NAGC: National Association for Gifted Children)