Social Awareness Books for 5th Grade

Fifth graders are ready for genuine perspective-taking across lines of difference, race, class, ability, culture. These books develop that capacity with complexity and nuance.

1,178 books

Cover of Tiny Worlds: A Story about Appreciating the Small Things

Tiny Worlds: A Story about Appreciating the Small Things

Brittany Cicchese

Cover of The Water Horse

The Water Horse

Dick King-Smith

Cover of Curlfriends: New in Town

Curlfriends: New in Town

Cover of Stones in Water

Stones in Water

Donna Jo Napoli

Cover of Thornhill

Cover of Trapped Between the Lash and the Gun

Trapped Between the Lash and the Gun

Arvella Whitmore

Cover of Tropical Terry

Cover of Prairie Evers

Cover of Pond Scum

Alan Silberberg

Cover of Whittington

Cover of The Giver

The Giver Quartet #1

Cover of Kilmeny of the Orchard

Kilmeny of the Orchard

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Cover of Asking for a Friend

Jude Saves the World #2

Asking for a Friend

Cover of Where the World Ends

Where the World Ends

Geraldine McCaughrean

Cover of Making Strides

Chestnut Hill #1

Cover of Box Car Children

Box Car Children

Gertrude Chandler Warner

Cover of The Forest Queen

The Forest Queen

Cover of Why I'm Already Blue

Why I'm Already Blue

Cover of Follow My Leader

Follow My Leader

James B. Garfield

Cover of James Marshall's Cinderella

James Marshall's Cinderella

Barbara Karlin, Marshall, James

Cover of Noonie's Masterpiece

Noonie's Masterpiece

Cover of Nacky Patcher and the Curse of the Dry-land Boats

Nacky Patcher and the Curse of the Dry-land Boats

Cover of Monster High: Monster Rescue: Operation Find Cleo!

Monster High: Monster Rescue #1

Monster High: Monster Rescue: Operation Find Cleo!

Misty von Spooks

Cover of The Middle-child Blues

The Middle-child Blues