The following children’s picture books have been chosen as the ten 2027 Wyoming Reads titles from which each first-grade student in Wyoming will have the opportunity to select. The students will receive their preferred book at their community’s Wyoming Reads event in May.
Here’s a peek at this year’s lineup of literature:
 Axolotl-Ella: A Sort-of Cinderella Story by Kate Messner is clever and humorous fairy tale adaptation starring an entrepreneurial and self-sufficient salamander who enjoys dancing but dislikes shoes. |
 In Goodnight, Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins a grumpy, responsible bear struggles hilariously to put three mice and four geese, who have many other priorities, to bed.
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 In Ross Burach’s How Not to Make a Jelly Sandwich, a little girl with a prolific vocabulary uses her own unique method of sandwich creation with help from a few friends. |
 I Am Not Happy! by Caroline L. Perry introduces readers to an adorable Australian quokka who has a plethora of complex feelings despite its ubiquitous smile. |
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 A dissatisfied cat ventures outside and quickly misses the comforts of home despite having to follow the rules in I Quit by Kristen Tracy. |
 In It’s Taco Knight! by Megan Maynor, an armor-clad member of the Knights of Dinner learns that variety is truly the spice of life (and mealtime!) |
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 Jonty Gentoo: The Adventures of a Penguin by Julia Donaldson is a rhyming tale of a Gentoo penguin searching for the South Pole and others who look like him. |
 Rebecca, the White House Racoon by April Genevieve Tucholke describes the menagerie of unique pets who lived at the White House with the Coolidge family in the late 1920s from the perspective of their pet raccoon, Rebecca. |
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 A rabbit who loves jokes starts school, makes a new friend, and learns that practice is key to becoming better at something in Unfunny Bunny by Kenan Thompson with Bryan Tucker. |
 Readers learn fun facts about whales and otters in The Whale’s Tale and the Otter’s Side of the Story by Kate Messner and Brian Biggs, a book that can be read from front to back or back to front. |
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This year’s titles are currently displayed at the Wyoming State Library.
Every year through Wyoming Reads, the Sue Jorgensen Library Foundation gives thousands of first-graders a book of their very own to keep and cherish. The Wyoming State Library’s Central Acquisitions Program acquires these books at discounts up to 40 percent, stretching precious dollars so more books can be delivered to grateful young readers. Over 100,000 books have been distributed to Wyoming first-graders since the program’s inception. Learn more about Wyoming Reads at wyomingreads.org.