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 Catcall
Catcall
Linda Newbery
Ages 7–10
Cover of The Dolls' House
The Dolls #1
The Dolls' House
Rumer Godden
Ages 4–11
Cover of The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen
Ages 4–11
Cover of Disney Pixar Inside Out The Essential Guide
Disney Pixar Inside Out The Essential Guide
Steve Bynghall
Ages 4–11
Cover of The Wolves Of Willoughby Chase
The Wolves Chronicles #1
The Wolves Of Willoughby Chase
Joan Aiken
Ages 8–12
Cover of Dessert Island
Dessert Island
Ben Zhu
Ages 4–11
Cover of Every Living Thing
Every Living Thing
Cynthia Rylant
Ages 4–11
Cover of Lost and Found Three Dog Stories
Lost and Found Three Dog Stories
Jim LaMarche
Ages 4–11
Cover of Orpheline: a Mermaid Lost and Found Story
Orpheline: a Mermaid Lost and Found Story
Katelyn Aronson
Ages 4–11
Cover of Belly of the Beast
the Fabled Stables Book #3
Belly of the Beast
Jonathan Auxier
Ages 4–11
Cover of Toot Toot Zoom!
Toot Toot Zoom!
Phyllis Root, Matthew Cordell
Ages 4–11
Cover of Clash
Click #3
Clash
Kayla Miller
Ages 9–12
Cover of Parzival The Quest of the Grail Knight
Parzival The Quest of the Grail Knight
Katherine Paterson
Ages 8–12
Cover of A Best Friend for Bear
A Best Friend for Bear
Petr Horacek
Ages 4–11
Cover of One Sweet Song
One Sweet Song
Jyoti Rajan Gopal
Ages 4–11
Cover of The Apprentices
The Apprentices
Leon Garfield
Ages 4–11
Cover of Sona Sharma, Wish Me Luck
Sona Sharma #2
Sona Sharma, Wish Me Luck
Chitra Soundar
Ages 4–11
Cover of The New Girl
Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls #1
The New Girl
Meg Cabot
Ages 4–11
Cover of Pigs and a Blanket
Pigs and a Blanket #1
Pigs and a Blanket
James Burks
Ages 4–11
Cover of Kitty Goes to School
Kitty Goes to School
Jerry Smath
Ages 4–11
Cover of Enrico Starts School
Enrico Starts School
Charlotte Middleton
Ages 4–11
Cover of Ebb and Flo and the New Friend
Ebb and Flo #3
Ebb and Flo and the New Friend
Jane Simmons
Ages 4–11
Cover of A Place to Claim As Home
A Place to Claim As Home
Patricia Willis
Ages 9–13
Cover of Kevin and the Blackbirds
Kevin and the Blackbirds
David Almond
Ages 4–11