Sample Books and Book Topic Ideas

Stumped for subjects? Don’t stress. You’ve come to the right place. We’ve rounded up some of the best books that have come off of our publishing press (including a book turned into a movie!) to provide you with inspiring sample books and book topic ideas to get your creative juices flowing as you make your own book. Take a look!

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I Am Me And That Is Awesome
What Would You Be?
Kindness – Mrs. Carlson
When I Grow Up – Mrs. Weikal
Turkeys In Disguise
Super Rhyming Queen
Our New Orleans Alphabet
Adventures On The CFA Bus
Springing Out of School
Up Up and Away
We Love Animals
Our ABC Book
Little Tales by Little Kids
Kindergarten Memories
Kindergarten Life
Kindergarten-Kindergarten
It’s On My List
Handprint Animals A-Z
Future Plans of the Ballard Kindergarteners
Animal Wishes
Animals A-Z
Animal Homes
Turkey Trouble
Fall
We Love Fall Mrs Wilfong
What Was Your Life Like
When I Grow Up Miss Kawamoto
The Trolls of Room 13
Our Imaginary Friends
Kinderdays
The Adventures Of Oreo The Cow
Poetry By Mrs. Haskins’ Class
The Alphabet Train
Kindergarten 2016-17
Our Animal Book Mrs. Nickle
Our Adventures Pre-K
Don’t Touch The Button
Animals Ms. Walker
Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See?
Alphabet Roller Coaster
Froggy Friends
When I Grow Up Mrs. Lawrence
Turkey Talk
A Day at the Zoo
What’s On Papa Bill’s Farm
AnimalLifeMothersandTheirBabiesMrsOLeary
All In This Together
A Walk Through The Rainforest
Squiggly
These Are The Seasons We Love Them All
Our Alphabet Mi Alfabeto
The Zany Zoo
La Mejor Parte de Mi
If You Take First Graders To The Zoo
If I Were An Elf
I Live In Lowcountry Who Am I?
Twas-The-First-Day-Of-School
Wild
Under The Ocean
The How To Book – Mrs. Copa
The ABC’s Of Kindness
Ms. Lee’s 1st Grade Class And The New Student
If I Were – Mrs. Crews
Hooray For The 100th Day Of School
Big Dreams And Determined Hearts
Best Pets
Around The World With Grade One
Amazing Animals Of The World
Self Portraits Poems About Us
This was Once a Heart
Thankful Little First Graders
Signs
Wildlife of New Mexico
Yellowstone National Park Wildlife
Our all About Animals Book
My First Grade Me
My 3 Wishes
Journey Through Space
I Am Thankful Mrs. Newcomb
How to be a Good Reader
Gracias
Fun Times of First Grade
Fall is Here We Love it
Down By Our Bay
Dinosaurs
Animals Mrs. Austermiller
Believe in Yourself and Follow Your Dreams
A World Of Math
Amazing Animals Mrs Dobbins
How to Carve a Jack o Lantern
We Love Fall Mrs Zgraggen
When We Grow Up Mrs. Klein
Along My Way Math Everyday
The Great Turkey Escape
Snowy Couplets
Thankful Little First Graders
The Monsters Of Room 8
Down In The Deep Blue Sea
Things That Fly
Smores About Us
Rockeshelter Zoo
Trailblazers and World Changers
I Am ME
What Makes ME Special
OS Is For Outer Space
Heros – Mrs. Green
This Is Me
Our Influential African American Leaders
Roald Dahl Friendly Letters & Character Poems
People of the Past
Our Animal Book Mr. Gomez
Turkey Goes to School
There was an Old Cowboy
The Power of Yet
The Pigs Who Wanted Everything
Thanksgiving Turkeys
Thankful Little Second Graders
Superheroes
Silly Snowmen At Night
We are Experts Mrs. Goebel
We are Experts Mrs. Manuel
No Bullyfrogs Allowed
Important Things to Know if You’re an Alien
If I Were an Animal
Falling For Autumn
Facts About Famous Artists
Diary of a Turtle
Diary of a Second Grader
Captivating Classroom Cultures
2B’s Focus on Famous Americans
Turkeys Disguise
When We Grow Up Mrs. Kuo
Dear President
Wonderful Thoughts
Winter In Wisconsin
Ninos de el Mundo Children of the World
Kindness Matters to Kids
Adjective Monsters
Proud To Be An American
Broom’s Story
The Book Of Latin Animals
Thankful Third Grade Turkeys
Fables Of The Southwest
Sweet Treats
Solar Eclipse Science and Folklore
Self Reflections and Poems
Save the Turkey
President Fun Facts
Poetic Picassos
Places Around the World
Our Thankful Turkeys
Turkey Trickery
The Secret Life of Little Blue
Sweetie and the Big Butterfly Chase
I Wanna Pet
How I Feel
Fall Poems
Can You Guess Our Animals?
Astros Adventures
Super Science
Old People
Ocean Animals
Math Power
All About Us Mrs. Smith
Short!
Room 20’s I Am Poems
Mrs. Klasna’s 4th Grade Poems
Mauka To Makai Native Hawaiian Animals
Folktales And Traditions Around The World
Presidential Pets
Christmas Around the World
Animals 101
Animal Haikus
Team Watson Recipe Book
Take a Journey Down the Road of Vertebrates and Invertebrates
Super Power
Mythology With a Lil Cajun Spice
23 Historical Letters
Who Are We?
Timmy The Turtles Tummy Trouble
Gifts From The Heart Room 214
Science Rules Mrs. Perez
Veterans Day
Wild in Hollywood
Sabias Que
Fractured Fairytales
Are You as Thankful as a 5th Grader
What A Wonderful World
Our Inventions
The Crazy Creations of Room 21
Kansas Animal Poetry
A Little Octopus
A Journey Through the Jungle
5th Grade Selfies
Migration Stories
The Merry Adventures Of The Sixth Grade Class
If We Were In Charge Of The World
Winter The Wolf
Countries Of The World
Seedfolks-Stories
To Love A Leaf
The Adventures Of Jerky Turkey
Meine Reise Zum
Julians Horn
I Am Poem
Hide Seek
Dreaming In Color
Children Of The Sun
Jack and Bill
Gary Gets Glasses
The Adventures Of Amy The Butterfly
Grace Words
Gabby Not Gabriella
The Last Christmas
Polly Pigs Pastries
Millions of Bugs
Meet the Zoo Animals
Her Very Own Prince
Her Hair
Flash The Fish
Feel the Love Share the Happiness
Dragons First Flight
Ashton the Astronaut
Halloween Redemption Story
Family Is Family
The Apple Tree
Lets Go on an Adventure
A Case of the Prickles
Owen The Penguin
Momo’s Dream Around The World
Mr. Bruce’s Reading Friends
12 And Autistic
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And…The Winners Are!

~ 2023-2024 National Book Challenge

Nationally Recognized Finalists! Each year the National Book Challenge honors 3 winners and 50 finalists from the hundreds of thousands of submissions we get from classrooms just like yours. Get inspiration for your book by checking out the 2023-2024 winners and finalists and get the creative juices flowing. We can’t wait to see your #ProudAuthors entry into the #NationalBookChallenge!

Looking for inspiration? Browse our most popular book ideas.

POPULAR TITLES

  • Adventures of Thankful Turkey
  • All About Math
  • All About Me
  • Dinosaurs
  • Fables
  • Heroes
  • Holidays Around The World
  • If I Were President
  • My Favorite State
  • Our Community
  • Our Family Traditions
  • Our Hands Can Make
  • Our Number Book
  • Our Pets
  • Our Solar System
  • Our Thankful Book
  • Seasons
  • Sports Facts
  • The Best Day Ever
  • We Believe

FEELINGS/EMOTION

  • What Is Love?
  • We Love You
  • Stories From The Heart
  • People We Love
  • Name Poems
  • Making The World A Better Place
  • Love Letters
  • Love Is…
  • Kindness Counts
  • I Love…
  • Helping Hands
  • Happiness Is…
  • Dream Big
  • Character Counts
  • Who Am I?
  • We Can!
  • Poems From The Heart

FUTURE

  • All Grown Up
  • Class Of 20??
  • If I Were In Charge Of The World
  • If We Were In Charge Of The World
  • In The Year 2030
  • In Twenty Years…
  • Our Dreams
  • Our Future Careers
  • Someday…
  • We Are The Future
  • What I Want To Be When I Grow Up
  • Our Dreams For The Future
  • Future Famous Americans
  • Oh, The Places We Will Go!

ANIMALS/INSECTS

  • All About Butterflies
  • Amazing Creatures
  • Animal Antics
  • Animal Facts
  • Animals Around the World
  • Animals At The Zoo
  • Animals In The Wild
  • Bugs
  • Diary Of A Turtle
  • Down On The Farm
  • Endangered Animals
  • If I Could Be Any Animal
  • Ocean Animals
  • Our Favorite Animals
  • Rainforest Riddles
  • What Animal Am I?
  • Wild About Animals
  • Our Animal Reports
  • Animal Poetry

WINTER

  • All I Want For Christmas
  • Christmas Around The World
  • Happy Holidays
  • Traditions Around the Globe
  • Dear Santa
  • The ABCs of Christmas
  • Happy Hannukah!
  • Kwanzaa Customs
  • I Have A Dream

FALL

  • We Are Thankful…
  • Our Thankful Book
  • Thankful Hearts
  • Thanksgiving
  • How To Cook A Turkey
  • Our Favorite Holidays
  • Turkey Tales
  • We Give Thanks
  • What Are You Thankful For?
  • The History of Labor Day

SUMMER

  • Independence Day

SPRING

  • Letters To Mom
  • Our Super Hero Dads
  • A Recipe For Mom
  • Happy Mother’s Day
  • Lucky Leprechauns
  • Earth Day
  • Special Moments
  • Special People

ABOUT THE STUDENTS

  • A Day In The Life Of A First Grader
  • All About 4th Grade
  • All About Me
  • Bits Of Wisdom From the 2nd Grade
  • Kindergarten Favorites
  • I Believe
  • I Like Me
  • If I Were…
  • If You Give A Third Grader A…
  • Our Many Colored Days
  • Our Pets
  • Our Special Talents
  • Our Stories
  • Pieces Of Our Lives…
  • Special Memories
  • The Best Part Of Me
  • The Important Book
  • Things We Like
  • We Are Unique
  • What Do You Like
  • What’s In A Name?
  • When I Was Little
  • Where We’re From

FAMILY/FRIENDS/CLASSMATES

  • 1st Grade Friends
  • 3rd Grade Memories
  • Fabulous First Graders
  • Families
  • Letters To Our Parents/Mentors
  • Meet Our Class Family
  • Our Class Book
  • Our Family Traditions
  • Our Friendship Book
  • Our School
  • Our Special People
  • Our Super Hero Parents
  • People We Admire
  • School Days
  • School Is Cool
  • Superheroes of…
  • We Love Kindergarten

LEARNING TOPICS

  • A Day In The Life..
  • Change
  • Colors
  • Community Helpers
  • Did You Know…
  • Down By The Bay…
  • Everyday Heroes
  • Figurative Language
  • Guess Who?
  • How To Be…
  • How To…
  • I Am The One Who…
  • I Spy
  • Mnemonics
  • Kids In The Kitchen
  • Rhyme Time
  • Silly Sentences
  • Sports
  • Cooking with Kindergarten
  • The Important Thing…
  • Transportation
  • What Am I?
  • Who Do You See

FAVORITES

  • A Collection Of Our Favorite…
  • My Favorite Place
  • My Favorite Sport
  • Our Favorite Colors
  • Our Favorite Foods
  • Our Favorite Places
  • Our Favorite Recipes
  • Our Favorite Seasons
  • Our Favorite Things
  • Our Favorite Toys
  • Our Favorite Books

ABC BOOKS

  • Animal ABCs
  • Our Alphabet Book
  • Our Class ABC Book
  • The ABCs in my Home
  • The ABCs of 2nd Grade
  • The ABCs of My City
  • The ABCs of our Language
  • The ABCs of Proper Grammar
  • The ABCs of School

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  • All About Me!
  • Biographies
  • Families
  • Friends
  • Getting To Know Us
  • I Am Special
  • I Love My Family
  • My Best Friend
  • Our Autobiographies
  • Our Class Family
  • Our Friendship Book
  • Our School

FICTION

  • A Collection Of Fairy Tales
  • A Haunting In My Town
  • Cinderella Around The World
  • Cloudy With A Chance Of…
  • Danger in the Halls
  • Dream Big
  • Fables
  • Fractured Fairy Tales
  • Happily Ever After
  • If I Had 3 Wishes…
  • If I Were A Superhero…
  • If Kids Ruled The World
  • Once Upon A Time…
  • Our Adventures
  • Our Book Of Stories
  • Tall Tales
  • There Was An Old Lady
  • Pourquoi Tales
  • Short Stories
  • What If…

POETRY

  • Perfect Poems
  • Penguin Poems
  • Our Poetry Book
  • Nature Poems
  • Name Poems
  • Kindergarten Poems
  • I Am Poems
  • Color Poems
  • Cinquain Poems
  • Budding Poets
  • Anthology Of Poetry
  • Animal Riddles
  • Acrostic Poems
  • A Collection Of Poems

GRAMMAR

  • Alliterations
  • Awesome Authors
  • Elements of Writing
  • Figurative Language
  • Journal Journey
  • Letters To Our Parents
  • Mnemonics
  • Our Movie Dialogue
  • Rhyme Time
  • Sentence Structures
  • Silly Sentences
  • Similies & Metaphors
  • What Am I?

MATH TOPICS

  • All About Math
  • Cool Math
  • How To Add
  • I Love Math
  • M Is For Math
  • Math Adventures
  • Math Glossary
  • Math Mania
  • Math Measurement Story
  • Math On The Move
  • Math Poems
  • Math Strategies
  • Math Whiz!
  • Math World
  • Our Number Book
  • Shapes
  • The ABCs Of 5th Grade Math
    The Evil Math Witch
  • The Girl Who Lost Her Math Book
  • The Math Curse
  • The Math Magicians

DINOSAURS

  • All About Dinosaurs
  • Dinosaur World
  • Dinosaurs
  • Flying Dinos
  • How Dinosaurs Became Extinct
  • The Mighty T-Rex

HUMAN BODY

  • A Beating Heart
  • Fun Exercises For Being Healthy
  • Healthy Eating!
  • Parts Of My Brain
  • The Perfect Smile
  • The Skeletal System
  • What Makes My Hair Grow?
  • The Human Body

MISC

  • 6th Grade Science
  • All About Science
  • Amazing Science Experiments
  • A-Z Personal Science
  • Famous Scientists
  • Forensic Science
  • My Science Poems
  • Science And Me
  • Science Camp!
  • Science Is…
  • Science Journal
  • Super Stupendous Science…
  • The Science Project
  • The Way Of Science
  • Math vs Science
  • Recycling
  • What A Wonderful World
  • Mnemonics
  • The Life And Times Of…

NATURE

  • Where Did The Caterpillar Go?
  • What Causes An Earthquake?
  • Volcanos
  • The Food Chain
  • Seasons
  • Making The World a Better Place
  • Life Cycles
  • Hurricane Destruction
  • Ecosystems Of The Earth
  • Earth’s Changing Crust
  • Creation Of A Thunderstorm
  • What A Wonderful World

SPACE

  • Amazing Planets
  • Asteroids
  • Constellations
  • Galaxies
  • If I Were An Astronaut
  • Our Solar System
  • Space Exploration
  • The Closest Star To The Earth
  • The Man In The Moon
  • The Milky Way
  • The Path Of Comets
  • Our Solar System

WORLD

  • Bodies Of Water
  • Celebrate Earth Day!
  • Children Around The World
  • Christmas Around The World
  • Deserts
  • Different Cultures Of The World
  • Explorers
  • Holidays Around the Globe
  • How Was The World Created?
  • If I Were In Charge Of The World
  • Making The World A Better Place
  • Old World Fables
  • Topography on Earth
  • Traditions Across Cultures
  • What A Wonderful World
  • Where In The World Is…
  • Who Am I?

US

  • America
  • America By Air
  • American Symbols
  • Famous Americans
  • How War Affects Us
  • If I Were President
  • Journal Journey
  • People We Admire
  • Poems Of The United States

HISTORY

  • African American History
  • Awesome Authors
  • Betsy Ross And Our Flag
  • Change
  • Community Helpers
  • Edison’s Light!
  • Famous Speeches
  • Hank Aaron And Baseball
  • Heroes
  • History Of Maps
  • History’s Finest Hour
  • How Money Has Changed
  • I Have A Dream
  • Influential Presidents
  • King Tut
  • My History
  • Native Americans
  • Our Autobiographies
  • Pieces Of Our Lives…

MORE HISTORY

  • Renaissance
  • Revolutionary War
  • Stories From The Heart
  • Stupendous Athletes!
  • The “Flying Finn”
  • The Greatest Team of all Time
  • The Importance of Trade
  • The Life And Times Of…
  • The Middle Ages
  • Time Capsule 2018
  • Timekeeping Through History
  • Transportation
  • What Happened At Pearl Harbor?
  • What Is Slavery?
  • What’s In A Name?
  • Wright Takes Flight
  • Writing History

STATE

  • A To Z States
  • All Around our State
  • Famous Virginians
  • My Favorite State
  • Our Favorite Vacations
  • Our State History
  • Our State Symbols
  • The Sunshine State
  • Where We’re From

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  • All About Me
  • Autobiographies
  • Did You Know?
  • Families
  • Friends
  • I Am The One Who…
  • Mi Familia Y Yo
  • Mi Libro
  • My Name Is…
  • Our Autobiographies
  • Todo Sobre Nosotros
  • Where We’re From
  • Who Am I?
  • Who Do You See?
  • Yo Soy…

FAVORITES

  • ¡El Dia Que El…
  • Colors
  • How To…
  • I Can
  • I Love…
  • I Spy
  • If I Had 3 Wishes
  • Letters To Our Parents
  • People We Admire
  • People We Love
  • Seasons
  • The Four Seasons
  • We are Important
  • We Are Unique
  • We Give Thanks

ANIMALS

  • Animals
    Endangered Animals
  • Mi Animal Favorito
  • We Love Animals
  • Zoo Animals

FUTURE

  • Cuando Sea Grande
  • Cuando Yo Sea Grande…
  • I Want To Be A…
  • Our Future Careers
  • We Are The Future
    When I Grow Up…

LANGUAGE ARTS

  • Budding Poets
  • Color Poems
  • Fabulous Fables
  • Mi Libro De Poemas
  • Rhyme Time
  • The ABCs of my Language
  • The ABCs of Second Grade

SHOW THEIR PROGRESS

  • Journal Journey
  • Las Aventuras De Mi Vida
  • Mis Recuerdos De Tercer Grado
  • My Spanish/English Dictionary
  • What We Learned in Kindergarten
  • Words of Wisdom

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