Books for Two’s
The following books are in the Picture Book section in alphabetical order by the author’s last name:
E/Baek
Five Little Ducks
When her five little ducks disappear one by one, Mother Duck sets out to find them.
E/Barton
My Car
In loving detail Sam describes his car and tells exactly how he drives it.
E/Bornstein
Little Gorilla
Little Gorilla’s family and friends try to help him overcome his special growing pains as he grows from little to big.
E/Burton (123)
One Gray Mouse
This counting book has a variety of animals, each in a different color, with a rhyming text.
E/Cabrera
Ten in the Bed
In this charming and colorful book, when the little one says “Move over,” sleepers fall, leap, bounce, and wobble out of bed dressed as cooks, ballerinas, pilots, doctors, and even pirates.
E/Carle
From Head to Toe
This book, presented in a question-and-answer format, encourages the reader to exercise by following the movements of various animals.
E/Cimarust
Peek-a-Moo!
Young readers must lift the flaps to find out which animals are playing peek-a-boo in the barnyard.
E/Martin
Here Are My Hands
Parts of the body are proudly introduced as the reader is told what each can do, from “hands for catching and throwing” to the “skin that bundles me in.”
E/Martin
We’ve All Got Bellybuttons!
Various animals invite the reader to experience what their different body parts can do, including their tickly belly buttons.
E/Peek
Mary Wore Her Red Dress
Each of her animal friends wears a different color of clothing to Katy Bear’s birthday party.
Books for Three’s and Four’s
The following books are in the Picture Book section in alphabetical order by the author’s last name:
E/Dunbar
Dog Blue
Bertie, who loves the color blue and really wants a dog, finally gets his wish even though the dog he meets is white with black spots
E/Gorbachev
Chicken Chickens Go To School
Two little chickens are worried about their first day of school and hope they will make new friends.
E/Henkes
Kitten’s First Full Moon
When Kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk, she ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to reach it.
E/LaRochelle
Best Pet of All
In this comical and appealing story, a boy’s mother won’t let him have a dog because they’re too messy and loud; however, she says he can have a dragon for a pet, if he can find one (which, of course, he does!)
E/Milan
Annie’s Chair
Little Annie gets upset when the dog sleeps on her chair.
E/Rathmann
Good Night, Gorilla
An unobservant zookeeper is followed home by all the animals he thinks he has left behind in the zoo.
E/Smee
Clip Clop
When Mr. Horse gives a ride to his friends, Cat, Dog, Pig, and Duck, they urge him to go faster and faster.
E/Ziefert
Buzzy Had a Little Lamb
Buzzy is not allowed to take his toy lamb with him on the first day of school, but he makes new friends who happily play and pretend to be with him.
E/Zimmerman
Digger Man
A young boy imagines how he will use his digger to make a park where he and his little brother can play.
E/Usui
The Fantastic Mr. Wani
When Mr. Wani, a crocodile, hurries to get to a party, he quite literally runs into a number of other animals headed in the same direction.
These books are in the Easy Readers section alphabetical order by the author’s last name.
E*/Dean
Pete the Cat’s Not So Groovy Day by Kimberly & James Dean
Pete the Cat is having a bad day: his best shirt is dirty, he left his crayons at home, and he’s
late for school. What will it take for Pete to turn his not so groovy day into a cool one after all?
E*/Hale
Clark the Shark Friends Forever by Bruce Hale
Clark the Shark is super excited about the drawing contest. The winner gets Captain
Suckermouth comics, signed by Captain Suckermouth!
E*/Hamilton
The Cats and the Cake by Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss
When a cake falls off a cart at the bakery, two cats claim it. A clever fox offers to help them
share, but bit by bit eats the cake all up himself!
E*/Hills
Rocket Finds an Egg by Tad Hills
Finding an egg, Rocket and his friend Bella search for its owner, to no avail, and wonder if they will ever find out where its nest is and who it belongs to.
E*/Holabird
Angelina Ballerina Cupcake Day! by Katharine Holabird & Helen Craig
Angelina sees a baking contest flyer and decides to enter the contest. She loves baking with her mom. Do you think she will win?
E*/Lego
Lego City Birthday Helpers!
Handyman Harl Hubbs is always helping everyone. Now they are planning something special
for his birthday!
E*/Lyons
Ty’s Travels: Lab Magic by Kelly Starling Lyons
Ty and Corey love to visit the museum. When they step through the doors, they become
scientists. They study bugs and hunt for fossils. They catch the wind. When Ty can’t participate in a lab activity because of his age, he uses his big imagination at home.
E*/Ransom
Red Truck Monsters Race for First Place by Candice Ransom
A family of monsters enters its red truck into a monster truck race, but will it win first place?
E*/Sharmat
Nate the Great and the Missing Tomatoes by Andrew Sharmat
A friendly competition to grow the best organic garden is underway. The prize is tempting–a
ribbon, a photo and article in the newspaper, and some all-you-can eat favorites from Ned’s
Diner!
BRD Bullard
Marvelous Me
BRD Verdick
Messy Time
BRD Isadora
Say Hello!
BRD Sesame
Monster Meditation: Time for school, Rosita!
BRD Shapiro
An ABC of Democracy
BRD Magsamen
ABCs of Florida
BRD Kleinman
Little Feminist: Activist
BRD Kleinman
Little Feminist: Artists
BRD Kleinman
Little Feminist: Pioneers
(Series) J Amelia
Amelia Bedelia Hops to It
Young Amelia Bedelia, her friends and family get ready to celebrate Easter with plenty of hilarious mishaps and misunderstandings along the way.
J Kelly E
Surely surely Marisol Rainey
Fans of Clementine, Billy Miller Makes a Wish, and Ramona the Pest will find a new friend in Marisol. Marisol Rainey’s two least-favorite things are radishes and gym class. She avoids radishes with very little trouble, but gym is another story—especially when Coach Decker announces that they will be learning to play kickball.
J Press Start
Super Rabbit Boy World
King Viking has come up with a new way to cause trouble in Super World. He has a Multi-plan Plan! Instead of one evil plan, King Viking is doing a lot of evil plans all at once.
(Series) J Magic Tree
Sunlight on the Snow Leopard
The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to Nepal with a mission to find. . . a ghost! As frightening as it sounds, the mission is clear: find the ghost and save the world. But what does all this have to do with a mountain, an old man, and a snow leopard? The journey is dangerous and the path uncertain, but Jack and Annie can do this — they’re the only ones who can!
(Series) J My Weird
Mr. Ott is a Crackpot
Batter up! A.J.’s class is going head-to-head against Dirk School in a charity softball game. The losing team must clean one of the toilets in the winning school with a toothbrush! Retired baseball pro Mr. Ott is here to lead Ella Mentry School to victory. But will his weird coaching tactics be a home run, or a swing and a miss?
(Series) J Dragon Masters
Bloom of the Flower Dragon
A Flower Dragon named Wildroot has come to Bracken! He needs help because his home is in danger. The Dragon Masters must find this small dragon, his own Dragon Master.
(Series) J Dragon Masters
Guarding the Invisible Dragons
A nest of invisible baby dragons has been discovered in Queen Sofia’s castle so Drake, Worm, and Val, Carlos’s cousin, must journey to the dangerous Dove Island to find the parents and the fruit that keeps the dragons’ invisible powers.
(Series) J Owl
Kick, Pass, and Run
In this latest installment of the new chapter book series Little Animal Rescue, what starts out as a day at a carnival and a ride on the flying swings for Callie and her friend Gabriel ends up becoming an adventure for Callie when she is magically whisked away to Texas, where she finds an abandoned barn owlet.
(Bridge) J Lee, L
Mindy Kim and the Fairy-Tale Wedding
It’s time for a big celebration in Mindy Kim’s family: Dad and Julie are getting married! Mindy can’t wait to be the flower girl, wear her new hanbok, and officially welcome Julie into the family.
J Otheguy
Sofia Acosta Makes a Scene
Sofía Acosta, a fifth grader trying to fit into her ballet-obsessed Cuban American family and her affluent suburban New York Community, learns to speak up for herself and others when she mistakenly reveals a visiting dancer’s plan to defect to the United States.
J McMann
Map of Flames: The Forgotten Fives
Fifteen years ago, eight supernatural criminals fled Estero City to make a new life in an isolated tropical hideout. Over time, seven of them disappeared without a trace, presumed captured or killed. And now, the remaining one has died.
J Rhuday-Perkovich
Operation Sisterhood
Fans of the Netflix reboot of The Babysitters Club will be delighted as four new sisters band together in the heart of New York City. Discover this jubilant novel about the difficulties of change, the loyalty of sisters, and the love of family from a prolific award-winning author.
J Woods
When Winter Robeson Came
When Eden’s cousin Winter comes for a visit, it turns out he’s not just there to sightsee. He wants to figure out what happened to his dad, who disappeared ten years earlier from the Watts area of L.A. So the cousins set out to investigate together, and what they discover brings them joy—and heartache.
J Korman
Operation Do-over
Mason and Ty were once the very best of friends, like two nerdy sides of the same coin . . . until seventh grade, when Ava Petrakis came along. Now Mason can trace everything bad in his life to that terrible fight they had over the new girl.
J Saeed
Omar Rising
Omar knows his scholarship to Ghalib Academy Boarding School is a game changer, providing him—the son of a servant—with an opportunity to improve his station in life. He can’t wait to experience all the school has to offer, especially the science club and hopefully the soccer team; but when he arrives, his hopes are dashed.
J Swartz
Dear Student
A girl with social anxiety becomes the secret voice of the advice column in her middle school newspaper.
J Zarr
A Song Called Home
Lou and her family don’t have much, but for Lou it’s enough. Mom. Her sister, Casey. Their apartment in the city. Her best friend, Beth. It would be better if Dad could stop drinking and be there for her and Casey, and if they didn’t have to worry about money all the time. But Lou doesn’t need better—she only needs enough.
(Tweens) J Moreno
Join the Club, Maggie Diaz
Maggie Diaz of Miami is excited to start seventh-grade with her best friends, Zoey and Julian, and finally getting a cellphone of her own; but after school her friends are wrapped up in their various clubs, her mother is attending college, and her older sister Caro has her sports and tutoring, so Maggie decides that she will find a club to join as well–but trying out ALL the different clubs while still juggling school work is exhausting and confusing–and soon it seems like everybody is mad at her, and the cellphone of her dreams is getting further and further away.
J Yang
New From Here
When the coronavirus hits Hong Kong, ten-year-old Knox Wei-Evans’s mom makes the last-minute decision to move him and his siblings back to California, where they think they will be safe. Suddenly, Knox has two days to prepare for an international move—and for leaving his dad, who has to stay for work.
J Cisneros
Falling Short
Isaac and Marco already know sixth grade is going to change their lives. But it won’t change things at home—not without each other’s help. This year, star basketball player Isaac plans on finally keeping up with his schoolwork. Better grades will surely stop Isaac’s parents from arguing all the time. Meanwhile, straight-A Marco vows on finally winning his father’s approval by earning a spot on the school’s basketball team.
J Calabrese
Wild Ride
7th grader Charley Decker is thrilled when her parents are out-of-town for a weekend. This means she gets to hang out with her college-bound brother for some movie marathons. When Greg ditches her sister, however, for a date night downtown–and gets her mother’s boyfriends’ super-expensive Mustang towed. What are they going to do to get the car back?
J De la Cruz
The Stolen Slippers
This is a fractured Cinderella fairy tale story with an unexpected twist– she is not as innocent as we thought she is!
J Kagawa
Shinji Takehashi and the Mark of the Coatl
Shinji thought he was just an ordinary homeschooled, smart-alecky kid who lives with his aunt Yui. Until a magical guardian uses him as a conduit to awaken its power his life takes a turn for anything-but-ordinary…
[Series] J Puppy Place
Zig & Zag by Ellen Miles (ages 7-10)
Welcome to the Puppy Place! Where every puppy finds a home. Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. When their mom sits the family down for a talk, Charles and Lizzie are excited to hear that they’ll be fostering Zig and Zag, twin Brittany puppies! Double the puppies should mean double the fun, but the twins are very hyper and need a lot of attention. In order to find this adorable duo their forever home, Lizzie will need all the help she can get to train Zig and Zag!
[Series] J Bad Kitty
Bad Kitty gets a phone by Nick Bruel (grades 2-3)
Kitty has almost everything a cat could want, everything… except for a phone! To get a device of such magic and beauty, Kitty must do extra chores around the house for three whole months without complaining. Desperate times call for desperate measures, after all! Is Kitty up for such a Herculean task?
PIC John
Summer camp critter jitter by Jory John (ages 4-8)
Animals have different anxieties about going off to summer camp.
PIC Dean
Pete the Cat parent’s day surprise by James Dean (ages 4-8)
Pete the Cat and his friends are all excited about Parents’ Day—all except for Gustavo. Turns out his mom can’t make it to Parents’ Day because she’s stationed far away. But that gives Pete and his pals an idea. Can the gang help Gus show his mother how important she is to him, no matter the distance? Kids will love this brand-new Pete the Cat picture book that retells groovy moments from the popular show!
PIC Dean
Pete the Cat making new friends by James Dean (ages 4-8)
Secret Agent Meow, also known as Pete the Cat, is ready to crack the case! Join Pete and Squirrel as they go on a mission to make new friends. Pete the Cat: Making New Friends is a Level One I Can Read Comic, which means it will introduce children into the world of graphic novel storytelling and encourage visual literacy in emerging readers.
PIC Dean
Pete the Cat’s groovy imagination by Kim Dean (ages 4-8)
When a cloudy gray sky cancels Pete the Cat’s beach day plans, a big box is all he needs to beat the rainy-day blues
PIC Yolen
How do dinosaurs say goodbye? by Jane Yolen (ages 3-5)
Saying goodbye can be hard, but in rhyming text dinosaurs teach readers how to say goodbye and deal with separation in a wide variety of situations.
E* Cronin
A backyard pet by Doreen Cronin (ages 5-7)
Sugar sees all her siblings have different pets in the backyard. She wants to join in the fun and find a backyard pet too! Sweetie help find her missing house.
[Graphic] J Angleberger
Two-headed chicken by Tom Angleberger (ages 7-10)
Anything is possible in the multiverse, including a madcap adventure starring a plucky two-headed chicken. But look out–there’s a chicken-hungry moose in pursuit! In this fourth wall-breaking graphic novel, our double-headed hero is chased through dozens of bizarre universes, from an ocean planet with a disturbing mermoose (that you can never unsee) to a world where chickens drive cars, and even to a land covered with … pizza sauce? With each BZOOP! of the universe-hopping Astrocap, the only thing to expect is the unexpected.
PIC Stead
Every dog in the neighborhood by Stead, Philip Christian Stead (ages 4-8)
Louis and his eccentric Grandmother set out to count every dog in the neighborhood when they find out about city hall’s woefully inadequate record keeping
Miss Lazar is bizarre!
Braille/J/Fic/Gutman
A.J. and his friends find out what amazing things Miss Lazar, the Super Custodian at their school, can do, Series My Weird School #9
Roller hockey radicals
Braille/J/Fic/Christopher
Newcomer Kirby Childs overcomes obstacles to find his spot on a new roller hockey team. (Vols 1 and 2)
Abel’s island
Braille/J/Fic/Stein
Castaway on an uninhabited island, Abel, a very civilized mouse, finds his resourcefulness and endurance tested to the limit as he struggles to survive and return to his home.
Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day
Braille/E/Viorst
On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the thought that other people have bad days too.
Anastasia Krupnik
Braille/J/Fic/Lowry
Anastasia’s 10th year has some good things like falling in love and really getting to know her grandmother and some bad things like finding out about an impending baby brother.
Attack of the 50ft Cupid
Braille/J/Fic/Benton
Family tried to prevent chaos when her new lab assistant Igor, a dog of many breeds, accidentally let loose a giant, fifty-foot, arrow-shooting cupid. This is part of the Franny K. Stein series #2
Beezus and Ramona
Braille/J/Fic/Cleary
Beezus’ biggest problem was her 4-year-old sister Ramona. Even though Beezus knew sisters were supposed to love each other, a sister like Ramona, it seemed impossible.
Brailways 2002 Volume 4
The bear that wasn’t / by Frank Tashlin — The tiger and the engineer / by Bruce Holland Rogers — Uninvited ghosts / by Penelope Lively — Ignis / by Gina Wilson — Love is a family / by Roma Downey — The dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins / b Barbara Kerley — A boy of unusual vision / by Alice Steinbach
Because of Winn-Dixie
Braille/J/Fic/DiCami
Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.
Bridge to Terabithia
Braille/J/Fic/Paterson
Jess and Leslie reign as King and Queen in their imaginary secret land. Their friendship changes Jess forever, and helps him to cope with an unexpected tragedy.
Bunnicula : a rabbit-tale of mystery
Braille/J/Fic/Howe
Though scoffed at by Harold the dog, Chester the cat tries to warn his human family that their foundling baby bunny must be a vampire.
Cam Jansen and the mystery of the stolen corn popper
Braille/J/Fic/Adler
Cam Jansen and the mystery of the television dog
Braille/J/Fic/Adler
Fifth-grader Cam uses her photographic memory, with help from her friend Eric and his twin sisters, to solve the mystery of Poochie, a famous canine television star.
The case of the frog-jumping contest
Braille/j/Fic/Preller
Jigsaw Jones investigates when the champion frog in a frog-jumping contest mysteriously disappears.
The cay
Braille/j/Fic/Taylor
When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, an adolescent white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old black man are strand on a tiny Caribbean island where the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old companion.
A chair for my mother
Braille/E/Williams
A child, her waitress mother, and her grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable armchair after all their furniture is lost in a fire.
Charlie and the chocolate factory
Braille/J/Fic/Dahl
Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka’s mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way.
Charlotte’s web
Braille/j/Fic/White
This book is about pigs, spiders and cows.
The courage of Sarah Noble
Braille/J/Fic/Dalghiesh
Remembering her mother’s words, and eight-year-old girl finds courage to go with her father to build a new home in the wilderness and to stay with the Indians when her father must go back to bring the rest of the family.
Dale Earnhardt Sr.
Braille/J/Fic Stout
Biography of the NASCAR driver who died in an accident at the 2001 Daytona 500.
Dear Mr. Henshaw
Braille/J/Fic/Cleary
In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents’ divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world.
The Egypt game
Braille/J/Fic/Snyder
A group of children, entranced with the study of Egypt, play their own Egypt game, are visited by a secret oracle, become involved in a murder, and befriend the Professor before they move on to new interests, such as Gypsies.
Encyclopedia Brown, boy detective
Braille/j/M/Sobol
Fifth-grader “Encyclopedia” Leroy Brown solves ten mysteries and, by putting the solutions at the back of the book, challenges the reader to do the same.
Expectations : a gift for blind children from Braille Institute
Braille/j/808.8/E
Stories written in Braille.
The Fran that Time Forgot
Braillle/J/Fic/Benton
When her embarrassing middle name is revealed at school, mad scientist Franny K. Stein experients with time in order to return to the past and give herself a more dignified name. This is part of the Franny K. Stein series #4.
Frantastic Voyage
Braille/J/Fic Benton
Reduced to miniature size, Franny travels through her pet dog’s nostril and into his stomach. This is part of the Franny K Stein series #5.
Hailstones and halibut bones : adventures in color
Braille/J/811/ O’Neill
Twelve poems reflect the author’s feelings about various colors.
Henry and Mudge
Braille/J/E*/Rylant
Henry, feeling lonely on a street without any other children, finds companionship and love in a big dog named Mudge.
Henry and Ribsy
Braille/J/Fic/Cleary
Humpty Dumpty and other touching rhymes
Braille/j/398.8/M
The Indian in the cupboard
Braille/J/Fic/Reid B
A nine-year-old boy receives a plastic Indian, a cupboard, and a little key for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life in the cupboard and befriends him.
Just enough to know better: a braille primer
Braille/Par.Col./ 371.911/ Curran
In Braille and English.
Let’s Learn Shapes with Shapely-CAL
Braille/E/ Keller
Form perception in children.
Lily’s crossing
Braille/J/Fic/Giff
During a summer spent at Rockaway Beach in 1944, Lily’s friendship with a young Hungarian refugee causes her to see the war and her own world differently.
The little engine that could
Braille/E/P
When the other engines refuse, the Little Blue Engine tries to pull a stranded train full of dolls, toys, and good food over the mountain.
Little house in the big woods
Braille/J/Fic/Wilder
A year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as the help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father’s stories and singing, and share special occasions when they get together with relatives or neighbors.
Little house on Rocky Ridge
Braille/J/Fic/MacBride
In 1894 Laura Ingalls Wilder, her husband, and her seven-year-old daughter Rose leave the Ingalls family in Dakota and make the long and difficult journey to Missouri to start a new life.
A long way from Chicago
Braille/J/Fic/Peck
A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.
Miss Nelson is missing!
Braille/E/Allard
The kids in Room 207 take advantage of their teacher’s good nature until she disappears and they are faced with a vile substitute.
Mr. Lincoln’s whiskers
Braille/j/Fic/Winnick
The true story of Grace Bedell, who suggested that Abraham Lincoln grow a beard.
Ms. Todd is Odd
Braille/J/Fic Gutman
Mr Docker, a new science teacher, is a crazy inventor who blows things up, uses potatoes for power, and has A.J. and his friends wondering whether science is for nerds or is the coolest subjest ever. Series My Weird School #12
Number the stars
Braille/j/Fic/Lowry
In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.
A picture book of Davy Crockett
Braille/JB-Crockett/A
Pioneers — Tennessee — Biography
Redbird
Braille/E/ Fort, Patrick
Red Bird, a small airplane, encounters numerous hazards as it attempts to land at the airport. Text is in Braille and in clear black type and raised pictures can be both felt and seen.
The SENSEsational Alphabet
Braille/E/Rofe
Each child can benefit from seeing words and pictures, smelling scented patches, feeling Braille and tactile elements, and hearing recorded letters and words.
Where the red fern grows
Braille/j/Fic/Rawls
Billy trains his two dogs in the dark hills and river bottoms of Cherokee country to be the finest hunting team in the valley, proving loyalty and bravery in the face of danger.
J Fic Alcott, Louisa May Little Women; (gr. 5-8)
Jo, Beth, Meg and Amy March grow up in Civil War-era New England.
J Fic Alcott, Louisa May Little Men (gr. 5-8)
Grown-up Jo, her husband and two sons run a school for twelve orphaned boys.
J Fic Andersen, Hans C. Tales (gr. 3-6)
Contains some of the most well-known of Hans Christian Andersen’s tales, including the Little Mermaid.
J Fic Barrie, James M. Peter Pan (gr. 5-8)
The three Darling children fly away from their nursery with Peter Pan and travel to Never-Never Land.
E Baum, Frank L. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (gr. 5-8)
Down the Yellow Brick Road go Dorothy and her dog Toto, trying to get back to Kansas.
J Fic Burnett, Frances Little Lord Fauntleroy (gr. 4-6)
An American boy goes to England to be with his grandfather.
J Fic Burnett, Frances The Little Princess (gr. 5-8)
Sara Crewe is treated badly in her private school when her father disappears in war and she is left penniless.
J Fic Burnett, Frances The Secret Garden (gr. 4-7)
Two lonely children find healing magic in a secret garden that had been closed for many years.
J Fic Carroll, Lewis; Alice in Wonderland (gr. 5-8)
Alice falls down the rabbit hole into a wonderland where she grows smaller and meets all manner of strange creatures.
J Fic Collodi, Carlo; The Adventures of Pinocchio (gr. 4-7
A wooden puppet’s struggle through many perils on his way to becoming a real boy.
J Fic; Milne, A.A. Winnie-the-Pooh (gr. 2-6)
The adventures of Christopher Robin and friends in which Pooh Bear uses a balloon to get honey and Eyeore has a birthday.
J Fic; Nesbit, E. Five Children and It (gr. 4-6)
English siblings come upon a Psammead, a fat, furry sand fairy, who can make wishes come true.
J Fic; Porter, Eleanor; Polyanna (gr. 4-7)
The “glad girl” cheers the life of her strict and glum aunt with whom she goes to live.
J Fic; Sewell, Anna Black Beauty (gr. 4-6)
One handsome, strong-spirited horse is the center of on of the best loved animal stories.
J Fic; Sidney, Margaret Five Little Peppers (gr. 4-7)
The story of the Pepper family through the years.
J Fic; Spyri, Johanna; Heidi (gr. 4-8)
Heidi must leave her Swiss mountain home, her beloved grandfather and her friend Peter, to go to the city to school.
J Fic; St.Exupery, Antoine The Little Prince (gr. 2-5)
A tiny prince from a tiny planet pauses for a few days on earth with an aviator whose plane has crashed in the desert.
J Fic; Stevenson, Robert Louis Kidnapped (gr. 5-8)
David Balfour survives kidnapping, imprisonment, dangerous journeys and enemies in this exciting advenuture.
J Fic; Stevenson, Robert Louis Treasure Island; (gr. 5-8)
Jim Hawkins’ exploits in the 18th century involve the Admiral Benbow Inn, a parrot that sings about pieces of eight and a treasure map.
J Fic; Swift, Jonathan Gulliver’s Travels (gr. 5-adult)
Originally written as a political satire, this is now read as an adventure about Gulliver and his meeting with miniature people, giants and other odd creatures.
J Fic; Travers, Pamela; Mary Poppins (gr. 4-7)
Mary Poppins, the most wonderful nursemaid, can slide up banisters and talk to animals, fostering love in the children for whom she cares.
J Fic; Twain, Mark The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (gr. 4-adult)
Huck isn’t really dead as some people think but is caught up in two journeys-one down the Mississippi with fugitive Jim and the other towards growing up.
J Fic; Twain, Mark The Adventures of Tom Sawyer & (gr. 4-adult)
Tom’s Mississippi boyhood adventures involve an island, a graveyard and a cave.
J Fic; Verne, Jules Around the World in 80 Days (gr. 5-adult)
Phineas Fogg bets his friends he can travel the world in 80 days.
J Fic; Verne, Jules Tweny Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (gr. 5-adult)
Nineteenth century science fiction story of Captain Nemo and his submarine, the Nautilus.
J Fic; Wiggin, Kate Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (gr. 4-6)
Ten-year-old Rebecca lives with her two aunts– one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental.
J Fic; Wyss, Johann; The Swiss Family Robinson (gr. 5-8)
Sole survivors of a shipwreck, a family uses everything to build a home on a wild, tropical island.
J Fic; Milne, A.A. Winnie-the-Pooh (gr. 2-6)
The adventures of Christopher Robin and friends in which Pooh Bear uses a balloon to get honey and Eyeore has a birthday.
J Fic; Nesbit, E. Five Children and It (gr. 4-6)
English siblings come upon a Psammead, a fat, furry sand fairy, who can make wishes come true.
J Fic; Porter, Eleanor; Polyanna (gr. 4-7)
The “glad girl” cheers the life of her strict and glum aunt with whom she goes to live.
J Fic; Sewell, Anna; Black Beauty (gr. 4-6)
One handsome, strong-spirited horse is the center of on of the best loved animal stories.
J Fic; Sidney, Margaret Five Little Peppers (gr. 4-7)
The story of the Pepper family through the years.
J Fic; Spyri, Johanna; Heidi; (gr. 4-8)
Heidi must leave her Swiss mountain home, her beloved grandfather and her friend Peter, to go to the city to school.
J Fic; St.Exupery, Antoine The Little Prince; (gr. 2-5)
A tiny prince from a tiny planet pauses for a few days on earth with an aviator whose plane has crashed in the desert.
J Fic; Stevenson, Robert Louis Kidnapped (gr. 5-8)
David Balfour survives kidnapping, imprisonment, dangerous journeys and enemies in this exciting advenuture.
J Fic; Stevenson, Robert Louis Treasure Island; (gr. 5-8)
Jim Hawkins’ exploits in the 18th century involve the Admiral Benbow Inn, a parrot that sings about pieces of eight and a treasure map.
J Fic; Swift, Jonathan Gulliver’s Travels (gr. 5-adult)
Originally written as a political satire, this is now read as an adventure about Gulliver and his meeting with miniature people, giants and other odd creatures.
J Fic; Travers, Pamela; Mary Poppins (gr. 4-7)
Mary Poppins, the most wonderful nursemaid, can slide up banisters and talk to animals, fostering love in the children for whom she cares.
J Fic; Twain, Mark The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (gr. 4-adult)
J Fic; Twain, Mark The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (gr. 4-adult)
Tom’s Mississippi boyhood adventures involve an island, a graveyard and a cave.
J Fic; Verne, Jules Around the World in 80 Days (gr. 5-adult)
Phineas Fogg bets his friends he can travel the world in 80 days.
J Fic; Verne, Jules Tweny Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (gr. 5-adult)
Nineteenth century science fiction story of Captain Nemo and his submarine, the Nautilus.
J Fic; Wiggin, Kate; Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (gr. 4-6)
Ten-year-old Rebecca lives with her two aunts– one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental.
J Fic; Wyss, Johann; The Swiss Family Robinson; (gr. 5-8)
Sole survivors of a shipwreck, a family uses everything to build a home on a wild, tropical island.
J 398.21 A Aesop Aesop’s Fables (gr. 2-5)
Various classic stories and morals passed down since the time of Aesop, a slave in ancient Greece.
J 398.2 A Alderson, Brian The Arabian Nights (gr. K+)
An illustrated collection of stories from the “Arabian Nights”, including those of Sinbad, Ali Baba and Aladdin.
J 398.2 A Andersen, Hans Christian Dulac’s Snow Queen and Other Stories (gr. )
Contains some of the famous Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales, with beautiful illustrations by Edmund Dulac.
J 398.2 A Andersen, Hans Christian The Little Mermaid (all grades)
For years the world has delighted in the story of the mermaid who loves her prince so well that she is willing to give up life beneath the sea.
J 398.2 A Andersen, Hans Christian The Princess and the Pea (gr. K-4)
The lion that is looking for a real princess finds her when she complains about sleeping on a pea, felt through dozens of mattresses.
J 398.2 A Andersen, Hans Christian The Ugly Duckling (gr. K-3)
An ugly ducking spends an unhappy year ostracized by other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan.
J 398.0943 G Galdone, Paul The Frog Prince (gr. K-3)
The much-beloved tale of the beautiful princess who lost her plaything and the ugly frog who made her keep her promise.
J 398 G Grimm, Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm’s Fairy Tales (all grades)
Two German brothers wrote many of these tales of witches, fairies, dwarfs and dragons, including the “Musicians of Bremen.”
J 398.0943 G Grimm, Jakob and Wilhelm Sleeping Beauty (gr. K-4)
Enraged at not being invited to the princess’s chistening, the wicked fairy casts the spell that puts the princess to sleep for one hundred years.
J 398.0943 G Grimm, Jakob and Wilhelm Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
A princess takes refuge from her wicked step-mother in the home of the seven dwarfs.
J 292 H Hawthorne, Nathaniel A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales (gr. 3+)
Adaptations of the classic Greek myths of Hercules, King Midas, Pandora and other legendary figures.
J 398.22 K Malory, Thomas, Sir. King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
The great English hero tale of “once and future” king, his knights and their fabulous adventures in Camelot.
J 398.0943 M Mayer, Mercer Pied Piper of Hamlin (gr. K-3)
The story of the pied piper of Hamlin who rids the town of rats and then takes revenge on the townspeople.
J 398.0944 M Montresory, Beni Little Red Riding Hood (gr. K-3)
The classic story of the little girl who visits her grandmother but meets the big, bad wolf instead.
J 398.0944 P Perrault, Charles Cinderella (all ages)
The classic tale of the poor step-sister who, with the help of her fairy godmother, wins the hand of the prince.
J 398.0944 P Perrault, Charles Puss in Boots (gr. K-3)
A cunning cat wins his master a castle, a fortune and the hand of the princess.
J 398.0943 Z Zelinsky, Paul Rapunzel (gr. K-4)
Raised in solitude in a tower, lovely Rapunzel is rescued by her handsome prince and lives happily ever after.
J Fic Alter, Stephen. The Phantom Isles (gr. 4-6)
Three friends and the librarian in a Massachusetts town must help each other to free the ghosts that have been imprisoned in books by a professor on a fantastical island many years ago.
J Fic Anderson, Jodi Lynn. May Bird: And the Ever After (gr. 4-6) Bk. 1
Lonely and shy, ten-year-old May Ellen Bird has no idea what awaits her when she falls into the lake and enters The Ever After, home of ghosts and the Bogeyman.
J Fic Bath, K.P Escape From Castle Cant (gr. 4-6) Sequel to The Secret of Castle Cant
Having escaped from Castle Cant during the Chewing Gum Rebellion, Lucy and Pauline try to elude their pursuers, and one of the girls discovers a surprising truth about her parentage.
J Fic Bell, Ted. Nick of Time (gr. 4-6)
Nick McIver is no ordinary boy, fighting pirates, beating Nazis at their own game, and traveling through time.
J Fic Buckley, Michael. The Fairy-Tale Detectives: The Sisters Grimm Bk. 1 (gr. 4-6)
Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother that they have always believed to be dead. Part of the Sisters Grimm Series. Look for other titles in this series.
J Fic Carman, Patrick. Into the Mist. Bk. 1 (gr. 4-6)
Captain Roland Warvold tells Alexa and Yipes about the adventures he shared with his brother Thomas in Elyon, before the wall went up and divided the world in two. Bk. 2: Beyond the Valley of Thorns
J Fic Catanese, P.W. Happenstance Found (gr. 4-6) Bk. 1 in the Series, The Book of Umber
A boy awakens, blindfolded, with no memory of even his name, but soon meets Lord Umber, an adventurer and inventor, who calls him Happenstance and tells him that he has a very important destiny- and a powerful enemy.
J Fic Colfer, Eoin. Artemis Fowl: The Time paradox. Bk. 6 (gr. 4-7)
Artemis’s mother has contracted a deadly disease-and the only cure lies in the brain fluid of African lemurs. Unfortunately, Artemis himself was responsible for making the lemurs extinct five years ago. Now he must enlist the aid of his fairy friends to travel back in time and save them.
J Fic Drake, Salamanda. Dragonsdale (gr. 4-7)
Cara yearns to ride her beloved Skydancer, a rare Goldenbrow dragon, but her father refuses to permit her to fly and she must be content with cleaning out the stalls and helping raise young dragons at the famed training farm known as Dragonsdale.
J Fic Funke, Cornelia. Igraine the Brave (gr. 4-6)
The daughter of two magicians, twelve-year-old Igraine wants nothing more than to be a knight, and when their castle is attacked by a treacherous neighbor bent on stealing their singing magic books, Igraine has an opportunity to demonstrate her bravery.
J Fic George, Jessica. Dragon Flight (gr. 4-6) Bk. 2
Young seamstress Creel finds herself strategizing with the dragon king Shardas once again when a renegade dragon in a distant country launches a war against their country, bringing an entire army of dragons into the mix.
J Fic> George, Jessica. Dragon Slippers (gr. 4-6)
Orphaned after a fever epidemic, Creel befriends a dragon and unknowingly inherits an object that can either save or destroy her kingdom.
J Fic Helgerson, Joseph. Horns and Slippers (gr. 4-6)
Along a magic-saturated stretch of the Mississippi River near Blue Wing, Minnesota, 12 year old Claire and her bullying cousin Duke are drawn into an adventure involving Bodacious Deepthink the Great Rock Troll, a helpful fairy, and a group of trolls searching for their fathers.
J Fic> Hunter, Erin. The Quest Begins: Seekers Bk. 1 (gr. 4-6)
Three young bears of different species-one black, one polar, and one grizzly-travel on a perilous quest to the Northern Lights, escorting a shape-shifting grizzly cub whose destiny will affect them all. Book 2: Great Bear Lake
J Fic Johnston, Tony. The Spoon in the Bathroom Wall (gr. 4-6)
Living in the boiler room of the school where her father is janitor seems normal to fourth grader Martha Snapdragon, until she has experiences with an evil principal, the class bully, and a mysterious giant spoon, all reminiscent of the Arthurian legends.
J Fic Lasky, Kathryn. Exile (gr. 4-6)
When the Band is exiled, old friends, loyal family and allies devise a plan to free young king Coryn and the tree from the hold of Stridge, a former dragon owl from the Middle Kingdom beyond the unnamed Sea.
J Fic Mebus, Michael. Gods of Manhattan (gr. 4-6)
Thirteen-year-old Rory discovers a spirit world that thrives alongside his contemporary New York City, filled with fantastical creatures, and people from the city’s colorful past who have become gods and goddesses, and who have chosen Rory to perform a dangerous mission.
J Fic McCaughrean, Geraldine. Peter Pan in Scarlet (gr. 4-6)
In the 1930’s, all is not well. Nightmares are leaking out of Neverland. Fearing for Peter Pan’s life, Wendy and the Lost Boys go back to Neverland-with the help of the fairy Fireflyer-only to discover their worst nightmares coming true! Peter Pan and his friends eventually restore Neverland to rights.
J Fic Michael, Livi. City of Dogs (gr. 4-6)
Jenny, a mysterious dog, shows up on Sam’s birthday and pulls many of the other dogs in the neighborhood into her quest to prevent the destruction of the world.
J Fic Paolini, Christopher. Brisingr (gr. 4-7) Bk. 3
The further adventures of Eragon and his dragon Saphira as they continue to aid the Varden in the struggle against the evil king, Galbatorix.
J Fic Pemberton, Bonnie. The Cat Master (gr. 4-6)
Buddy and Jett, the two cat brothers (one evil, one good), vie for the title of Cat Master as a retinue of dogs, cats, a possum, a bird, and a lizard help restore a monarch to his rightful throne.
J Fic Rowling, J.K.The Tales of Beedle the Bard: A Wizarding Classic from the World of Harry Potter (gr. 3-6)
Featuring commentary by Albus Dumbledore, a collection of tales from the world of Harry Potter includes “The Wizard and the Hopping Pot,” “Babbitty Rabitty and Her Cackling Stump,” and “The Tale of the Three Brothers.”
J Fic >Sanderson, Brandon. Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (gr. 4-6)
On his thirteenth birthday, foster child Alcatraz Smedry receives a bag of sand which is immediately stolen by the evil Librarians who are trying to take over the world, and Alcatraz is introduced to his grandfather and his own special talent, and told that he must use it to save civilization.
J Fic Stewart, Paul. Fergus Crane (gr. 3-6)
Nine-year-old Fergus Crane’s life is filled with classes on the school ship Betty Jeanne, interesting neighbors, and helping with his mother’s work until a mysterious box flies into his window and leads him toward an adventure.
J Fic Wilson, Nathan D. 100 Cupboards (gr. 4-6)
After his parents are kidnapped, timid 12-year-old Henry York leaves his sheltered Boston life and moves to small-town Kansas, where he and his cousin Henrietta discover and explore hidden doors in his attic room that seem to open onto other worlds.
J Fic Maguire, GregoryThe Dream Stealer (gr. 3-5)
Fleeing an evil wolf, a village of Russian peasants rebuilds their homes on a train.
J Fic Mahy, Margaret Underrunners (gr. 4-6)
A 10-year old girl and a mean stranger discover the Tuck family’s secret of never growing old.
J Fic McGraw, Eloise The Moorchild (gr. 5+)
A “changling” child learns of her true identity and tries to find the human child whose place she had been given.
J Fic Napoli, Donna JoThe Magic Circle (gr. 3-6)
The story of the witch in Hansel and Gretel and how she got that way.
J Fic Norton, Mary The Borrowers (gr. 3-6)
The lives of the little people are in jeopardy from the humans that they “borrow” things from for survival.
J Fic Pearce, PhilippaTom’s Midnight Garden (gr. 4-6)
A boy is sent to his relatives’ house and is unhappy until he enters a fantasy world in the night and helps a young woman from the past.
J Fic Pullman, Philip The Firework-Maker’s Daughter (gr. 3-6)
Chulak and his talking white elephant help Lisa find the secret ingredients from a volcano so she can make fire-works like her father.
J Fic Pullman, Philip I Was a Rat (gr. 4-6)
A little boy turns London upside down when he appears at the home of an elderly couple and declares that he was once a rat.
J Fic Reid-Banks, Lynne The Indian in the Cupboard (gr. 4-6)
A nine-year-old boy receives a plastic Indian, a cupboard and a key for his birthday and has an adventure when the Indian comes alive in the cupboard.
J Fic Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (gr. 4-7);
Harry Potter, an orphaned wizard, goes to Hogwarts to learn all of the tricks of wizardry. This book has several sequels.
J Fic Russell, Barbara Blue Lightning (gr. 3-5)
Hit by lightning, a boy has an “out-of-body” experience, meets the spirit of his dead father and brings a troubled ghost back with him.
J Fic Sciezska, Jon Knights of the Kitchen Table (gr. 3-5)
The boys from the Time Warp trio find themselves back in the days of dragons and knights.
J Fic Sleator, William Among the Dolls (gr. 4-6)
Vicky is disappointed with the gift of a dollhouse but is terrified when she is drawn into it to confront the mean inhabitants.
J Fic Sleator, William Marco’s Millions (gr. 4-7)
Marco’s younger sister’s psychic powers lead him to a journey to other universes.
J Fic Soto, Gary Cat’s Meow (gr. 3-5)
Eight-year-old Graciela is amazed when her cat Pip begins speaking in Spanish.
J Fic Waugh, Sylvia The Mennyms (gr. 4-6)
The Mennyms, life-size rag dolls, live in secret but their existence is challenged when the owner of the house decides to visit.
J Fic Winthop, Elizabeth Castle in the Attic (gr. 4-6)
William is sent on a magical journey when he receives a toy castle.
J Fic Yep, Laurence The Magic Paintbrush (gr. 4-6)
Everything Steve paints with his new paintbrush becomes real.
J Fic Yolen, Jane The Pictish Child (gr. 3-5)
When Peter, Jennifer and Emily visit their grandmother, a retired witch, they find that the coven is involved in some dark magic.
[Series] J My Weird
The leprechaun is finally gone! by Dan Gutman (ages 6-10)
On Saint Patrick’s Day, A.J. spots a real-life leprechaun sneaking around the school and causing havoc. Can he and his friends catch the leprechaun before there’s even more trouble?
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Ballet Bruce by Ryan Higgans (ages 4-6)
Bruce, the ever-grumpy bear, helps the geese prepare for ballet in this book perfect for readers who are ready to stretch their wings. The geese want to do ballet! But first they will need a lot of gear. They will need Bruce’s help to get it. Do Bruce and the geese have what it takes to get ready for ballet? Ryan Higgins’s trademark humor, distinctive art, and lovable characters capture the spirit of the New York Times best-selling Mother Bruce picture book series while helping young readers move from listening to read alouds to reading on their own
[Graphic] J Noodleheads
Noodleheads take it easy by Tedd Arnold (ages 6-9)
Mac and Mac want to take it easy and eat their favorite pie, but making pie isn’t as easy as eating it! Or is it? Along the way their friends and mom give them tricks to make it as easy as…well pie! But the boys’ shenanigans make things harder than they need to be. Will Mac and Mac get to have their pie and eat it too? This seventh book in the Noodleheads graphic novel series is perfect for comic fans and reluctant readers. Short chapters—full of wordplay, jokes, and slapstick humor—follow Mac and Mac through their funny adventures.
[Graphic] J Nugget and Dog
S’more than meets the eye! by Jason Tharp (ages 5-7)
Join a hot dog named Dog and a chicken nugget named Nugget as they go to summer camp in this hilarious third book in the Level 2 Ready-to-Read Graphics series by Jason Tharp! Nugget and Dog are going to summer camp with their friends. Everyone is excited for ghost stories, hiking, and—best of all—s’mores! Especially Dijon. He’s going to see his cousin, Honey Mustard, and he has an evil plan like no other! Will it go his way, or will things get a little bit sticky? Ready-to-Read Graphics books give readers the perfect introduction to the graphic novel format with easy-to-follow panels, speech bubbles with accessible vocabulary, and sequential storytelling that is spot-on for beginning readers. There’s even a how-to guide for reading graphic novels at the beginning of each book
[Series] J Treehouse Adventures
Tales from the treehouse: Too silly to be told…until now! by Andy Griffiths (ages 6-10)
These are some other things that happened to us… Surreal, funny and supremely silly—all with the spirit of the Treehouse—come on up to hear some Tales from the Treehouse
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Have a heart, Geronimo by Geronimo Stilton (ages 7-10)
When you’re with Geronimo Stilton, it’s always a fabumouse adventure! Great Gouda! There were hearts everywhere in New Mouse City. My friend, Creepella, had started a new dating and wedding-planning agency, and she chose me as her assistant! But someone was trying to sabotage the matches. Could I figure out who before hearts are broken?
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Bug boys: adventures and daydreams by Laura Knetzger (ages 7-10)
When two bug friends leave their small hometown, they realize there’s a lot to learn about the outside world and themselves! This middle grade graphic novel series returns filled with friendship and adventure! These two best friends are ready to explore beyond Bug Village and also, try new things together. Between sleepovers, and a cooking contest, these beetles have their hands full of exciting activities! Though they might save the haunted house adventure for last. . . .
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Hilo book 8 Gina and the big secret by Judd Winick (ages 8-12)
“An action-packed page turner with heart!”—Dav Pilkey, author of DOGMAN
Your favorite characters are BACK and on an EPIC quest to save the world in the newest book in the New York Times bestselling graphic novel series that kids and critics love! There’s a NEW Earth! The world’s timeline has been turned upside down, and now magical creatures are EVERYWHERE. Gina has to fix things—FAST! With DJ and HILO’s help, can Gina find the key to turn the world back to what it was? Find out in Hilo 8—a laugh-out-loud, action packed adventure filled with epic battles! True friendship! Good jokes! Bad jokes! Giant (Hilarious) Monsters! Spoiled royals! Prophecies! Good! Evil! And much, much more!
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The disappearing act (Teeny houdini series, book 1) by Katrina Moore (ages 6-10)
Meet Bessie Lee! The Teeny Houdini chapter book series from author Katrina Moore and illustrator Zoe Si begins with a simply magical story. The adventures of Teeny Houdini come in short, easy-to-read chapters full of hilarious illustrations—a favorite series for building confident readers! Bessie Lee might be the teeniest in her first-grade class, but with the tap-tap-tap of her wand, some glitter, and a little magic . . . she’s going to dazzle the crowds to win the school talent show. But when a trick goes disastrously wrong, Rufus, the class hamster, disappears! Can Bessie find a way to bring him back in time? Or is Rufus truly gone forever? Teeny Houdini, also known as Bessie Lee, is an overly excited, mischievous first grader who bounces off the walls—and off the page—with her volume, enthusiasm, and grand ideas, which are just too big for her tiny frame. Bessie’s multigenerational Chinese American family is the warm center of the stories, from exasperated but loving big sister Bailey to the always encouraging and understanding Gramma. Kid-friendly and engaging, the Teeny Houdini series is a good fit for early chapter book readers. And as a bonus, kids learn the real and simple steps to a different magic trick in each book!
J Fic Aiken, Joan Nightbirds of Nantucket (gr. 5-8)
A young English girl is rescued at sea by a whaling ship and ends up on Nantucket Island in Massachusetts, instead of home in England. Full of mystery, adventure, and humor.
J Fic Aiken, Joan Wolves of Willoughby Chase (gr. 4-6)
The misadventures of two little girls in the English countryside, who find wolves outside and a mean governess inside and have only their friend Simon to help them.
J Fic Alexander, Lloyd The Book of Three (gr. 4-7)
The first book in the fantasy adventures of Taran, assistant pig-keeper, who wants to be a hero in the kingdom of Prydain. With elements of Welsh legend.
J Fic Armstrong, William Sounder (gr. 4+)
Powerful story of an African-American family in the rural South. Newbery award winner.
J Fic Babbitt, Natalie Tuck Everlasting (gr. 4-6)
Pioneer family doomed to live forever gets help from a modern child, who must herself make the choice between mortality and everylasting life in this unusual fantasy.
J Fic Blume, Judy Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (gr. 4-6)
A young girl looks for answers to some very real questions in her life. Judy Blume’s first.
J Fic Brink, Carole Ryrie Caddie Woodlawn (gr. 4-6)
The frontier of the American west in the mid-19th Century comes to life in this story of a pioneer girl and her family.
J Fic Burch, Robert Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain (gr. 5-7)
Warm-hearted Appalachian story of a motherless family and the lively, oving, and funny woman who comes to care for them.
J Fic Burnford, Sheila The Incredible Journey (gr. 4-6)
Three household pets (pre-Disney) set out to find their real owner through a series of adventures across the wilds of Canada.
J Fic Byars, Betsy The Midnight Fox (gr. 4-7)
A boy is bored, having to spend a summer with relatives on a farm, until a thrilling encounter with a wild fox.
J Fic Cleary, Beverly Henry Huggins (gr. 3-5)
Henry, his dog, and his friends live a fun-filled life in their small town.
J Fic Cleary, Beverly Ramona the Pest (gr. 4+)
Henry’s friend, Beezus, has a little sister, Ramona, whose high-spirited antics get her in trouble. <
J Fic Cooper, Susan The Dark is Rising (gr. 5-8)
An exciting installment in a fantasy series about a modern boy who is pulled into a darkly thrilling world of magic and danger, in a battle between good and evil.
J Fic Dahl, Roald Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (gr. 3-6)
Charlie and four other children win entry into Willie Wonka’s mysterious chocolate factory.
J Fic Dahl, Roald James and the Giant Peach (gr. 4-6)
James rides a giant peach on an adventure to escape from his mean aunts and live in New York.
J Fic Dahl, Roald The Witches (gr. 3-5)
A boy and his grandmother work together to stop witches from trying to destroy the world’s children by turning them in to mice.
J Fic Eager, Edward Half-Magic (gr. 3+)
Children find a half-magic coin and learn to double their wishes to make them come true.
J Fic Enright, Elizabeth The Saturdays (gr. 3-6)
Each child in a family does something special on Saturdays, as they take turns in a series of adventures.
J Fic Estes, Eleanor The Great Brain (and sequels) (gr. 4-6)
Does a girl who wears the same dress everyday to school really have one hundred dresses at home? The girls in her class learn a hard lesson in this short but powerful book.
J Fic Fitzhugh, Louise Harriet the Spy (gr. 5-7)
Harriet, independent and funny but not always nice or happy, is unforgettable. What happens when her friends find her journal full of bad opinions of them? This is only one part of the action in this fine novel.
E/A Auch, Mary Jane Princess and the Pizza;
When Princess Paulina enters a competition for the hand of Prince Drupert, she inadvertently cooks up a wonderful new delicacy: pizza.
E/ C Child, Lauren The Princess and the Pea
Presents a re-telling of the well-known fairy tale of a young girl who feels a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty featherbeds and proves she is a real princess.
E*/D Weinberger, Jennifer Surprise for a Princess
The fairies Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather make a mess trying to surprise Briar Rose on her birthday, but their magic fixes things in the end.
E/F Funke, Cornelia Princess Knight
Princess Violetta, who has trained as a knight, is angry when her father announces that she will be not a competitor but the prize in a jousting contest. She finds a way to compete anyway.
E/F Funke, Cornelia Princess Pigsty
Tired of being a princess, the youngest of three sisters throws her crown out the window and finds happiness working in the royal kitchen and pigsty.
E/G Grey, Mina The Very Smart Pea and the Princess to be
This skewed fairy tale delivers an entertaining spin and a great deal of visual wit. As you would expect, there’s a prince, his mother the queen, a whole lot of mattresses, and a pea who narrates the story.
E*/H Hall, Kirstin I’m a Princess
Dressed as a princess, a girl expects her family to treat her royally, but that is because Halloween has arrived.
E/H Holabrid, Katherine Angelina and the Princess
Angelina is too sick to dance well during the tryouts for the lead in the “Princess of Mouseland” ballet, but when the leading ballerina sprains her foot, Angelina is ready to prove she is still the best dancer of all.
E/H Holabrid, Katherine Angelina at the Palace
When Angelina Ballerina is recruited to help with the anniversary celebration of the king and queen of Mouseland, she finds herself in charge of preparing the three young princesses for their performance.
E/H Howland, Naomi Princess says goodnight
Rhyming text presents what a princess might do between leaving the ball and saying goodnight.
E/K Katz, Karen Princess Baby, Night-Night
At bedtime, Princess Baby is way too busy to go to sleep.
E/K Kleven, Elisa Paper Princess
A little girl makes a picture of a princess that comes to life and is carried off by the wind.
E/K Kleven, Elisa Paper Princess flies again: with her dog
While looking for a birthday gift for their owner, the paper princess and her dog travel on a kite, a tumbleweed, and a sailboat, and end up in a surprising place.
E/K Kroll, Steven Princess Abigail and the Wonderful Hat
Wishing to control the outcome of her father’s hat contest, because she knows she must marry the winner, Princess Abigail accepts the help of a strange green lizard from the forest.
E/L Lewis, J. Patrick Night of the Goat Children
The brave princess Birgitta, assisted by five children disguised as goats, outsmarts a dangerous band of outlaws threatening to take over the little kingdom of Beda.
E/L Lum, Kate Princesses are not quitters
Three bored princesses decide to become servants for a day and learn what hard work is all about.
E/M Martin, Rafe Storytelling Princess
Having survived a shipwreck, a princess tries to tell a prince a story whose ending he does not know and thus qualify for his hand in marriage.
E/M Muldoon, Kathleen Princess Pooh
Jealous of her invalid sister’s royal treatment as she sits in her wheelchair, Patty Jean tries out the conveyance and discovers life in a wheelchair is no fun at all.
E/O Oram, Hiawyn The Second Princess
The Second Princess tries to get rid of her sister, the First Princess, until she learns that her parents love them both equally.
E/R Ross, Tony I want my dinner
After a little princess learns to say “please” and “thank you,” she teaches the same etiquette to a Beastie.
E/R Roth, Susan Princess
A girl whose mother has called her to get up and go to school imagines all the things she would be free to do if she were a princess.
E/S Shields, Carole I am really a princess
A child imagines herself a princess and contrasts her everyday life with the one she could have in a castle with infinitely permissive parents.
E/W Walsh, Melanie Hide and Sleep
At bedtime Princess Poppy decides that, instead of going to bed, she is going to hide, trying several hiding places before finding the perfect one.
E/W Wilson, Karma Princess Me
A little girl imagines being a princess, with her stuffed animals serving as royal subjects. Make way! Make way! Here comes the princess of the land. She’s sweet and kind. She’s oh-so-grand. And just who is she, this lovely Princess Me? Come inside this book to see! A child’s bedroom is transformed into a magical kingdom in this bright, lively offering from Karma Wilson.
E/Y Young, Amy Belinda and the Glass Slipper
Belinda competes with a very ambitious new dancer for the title role in the ballet “Cinderella.”
E/Z Zemach, Harve Princess and the Froggie
Whenever the princess’s problems seem insoluble, Froggie helps her out of her difficulties.
PRINCESS BOOKS – SERIES
F French, Vivian Tiara Club
The adventures of five different young princesses at a special Princess Academy.
PRINCESS BOOKS – JUVENILE FICTION
J/FIC/Baker The Frog Princess
After reluctantly kissing a frog, an awkward, fourteen-year-old princess suddenly finds herself a frog, too, and sets off with the prince to seek the means–and the self-confidence–to become human again.
J/FIC/Bradley The Lacemaker and the Princess
In 1788, eleven-year-old Isabelle, living with her lacemaker grandmother and mother near the palace of Versailles, becomes close friends with Marie Antoinette’s daughter, Princess Therese, and finds their relationship complicated not only by their different social class but by the growing political unrest and resentment of the French people.
J/Fic/Cabot Princess in Training
High school sophomore Princess Mia records in her diary her struggles with geometry, the expectations of being a college student’s girlfriend, running for president of the student council, and a potential ecological disaster in her native land, Genovia.
J/Fic/Cabot Princess in Love
In a series of humorous diary entries, a New York City ninth grader agonizes over her love life, final exams and future as the Princess of Genovia.
J/Fic/King-Smith Lady Lollipop
A quick-witted swineherd and a pig named Lollipop are royally rewarded after they reform a spoiled princess.
J/Fic/Levine Two Princesses of Bamarre
With her adventurous sister, Meryl, suffering from the the Grey death meek and timid Princess Addie sets out to find a cure.
J/Fic/Levine Ella Enchanted
In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.
J/Fic/Levine Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg
After a hurricane injures the fairies’ godlike Mother Dove, whose magical feathers and precious egg are of powerful importance to both fairies and Neverland itself, it falls to newcomer Prilla and two companions to set things right.
J/Fic/Townly The Great Good Thing
Nothing ever changes inside the storybook kingdom inhabited by twelve-year-old Princess Sylvie, her parents, and many other characters until Sylvie discovers that by allying herself with the Reader she can experience new adventures beyond the confines of the book.
J/Fic/Townly Into the Labrinth : A Novel
Princess Sylvie and the other characters in the book entitled “The Great Good Thing” confront the perils of being uploaded onto the World Wide Web, forcing them to act out their story both in print and in cyberspace.
J/Fic/Townly Constellation of Sylvie
Sequel to: Into the labyrinth
Twelve-year-old Princess Sylvie tries to save her storybook kingdom, which lives within the pages of “The Great Good Thing,” when they find themselves aboard a doomed space ship, despite the interference of the jester, Pingree, who schemes to blackmail her into marrying him.
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Doing it All as a Solo Parent by Daisy Dowling
Doing It All as a Solo Parent offers you the help you need to lighten the load. Drawing on the wisdom of experts and parents alike, it provides practical tips and advice tailored to your unique challenges as a solo parent. Whether you’re single, widowed, or have a partner who is unable to help, you’ll discover how to do it all—with less stress.
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Parenting for the Digital Generation: A Guide to Digital Education and the Online Environment by Jon M. Garon
A practical handbook for parents, grandparents, teachers, and counselors who want to understand both the opportunities and the threats that exist for the generation of digital natives who are more familiar with a smartphone than they are with a paper book. This book provides straightforward, jargon-free information regarding the online environment and the experience in which children and young adults engage both inside and outside the classroom.
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The Emotionally Intelligent Child: Effective Strategies for Parenting Self-Aware, Cooperative, and Well-Balanced Kids by Rachael Katz MS Ed, and Helen Shwe Hadani PhD
Parents often wonder what’s going on in their child’s mind when they throw a temper tantrum, behave badly, or refuse to cooperate. Written by two experts in child development and psychology, The Emotionally Intelligent Child offers a groundbreaking approach for understanding children’s behavior in the context of their development, as well as tips for parenting with patience, and actionable strategies for helping kids cultivate emotional intelligence-an essential character trait for succeeding in our highly social world.
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Building Happier Kids: Stress-busting Tools for Parents by Hansa Bhargava MD FAAP
Kids today are facing unprecedented pressures–and their mental health is suffering. As a parent, you may feel burned out and exhausted yourself–and perhaps overwhelmed by the idea of taking on your child’s stress. But Building Happier Kids offers practical, concrete steps you can take to help your kids and yourself! Dr. Bhargava prescribes taking an intentional pause from modern life’s nonstop pace to focus on ways you can meaningfully impact your family’s emotional well-being. Overscheduling, homework, and ever-present electronic devices may make these seem easier said than done, but Dr. Bhargava offers realistic, balanced advice that will help you prioritize health and restore the happiness of childhood.
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Good inside: a guide to becoming the parent you want to be by Rebecca Kennedy
From Dr. Becky Kennedy, the popular psychologist known as the “Millennial Parenting Whisperer,” comes a groundbreaking guide that offers a new approach to parenting as well as practical solutions
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Work matters: how parents’ jobs shape children’s well-being by Maureen Perry-Jenkins
Maureen Perry-Jenkins examines the workplaces of low-income workers as a critical but often overlooked social setting that shapes family life and child development. Building on years of research and over 1,500 interviews with new mothers, fathers, and their children from the first year of parenthood through six-years postpartum, Perry-Jenkins examines how work conditions help or hinder new parents’ abilities to engage as partners and parents, and the consequences for children. She argues that parents’ job conditions-workplace policies, hours, and schedules, experiences of autonomy and job pressure, and workplace social supports-directly affect the healthy development of infants and children.
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Raising antiracist children: a practical parenting guide by Britt Hawthorne
Raising antiracist children is an essential goal for parents, caregivers, and educators, but it can be hard to know where to start. Let Britt Hawthorne–an acclaimed teacher and advocate–be your guide. Raising Antiracist Children is an interactive road map to incorporating the tools of inclusivity and activism into everyday life.
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How to raise kids who aren’t assholes: science-based strategies for better parenting–from tots to teens by Melinda Wenner Moye
A clear, actionable, sometimes humorous (but always science-based) guide for parents on how to shape their kids into honest, kind, generous, confident, independent, and resilient people…who just might save the world one day.
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Parenting While Working from Home: A Monthly Guide to Help Parents Balance Their Careers, Connect with Their Kids, and Establish Their Inner Strength by Shari Medini & Karissa Tunis
As more parents work from home than ever before, there are unique challenges when it comes to meeting the demands of their job, helping their kids thrive, and finding even five minutes to take care of themselves. Parenting While Working from Home offers tips, strategies, and reflections to help parents balance their careers, connect with their kids, and establish their inner strength over the course of a year.
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High five discipline : positive parenting for happy, healthy, well-behaved kids by Candice W. Jones
This positive parenting guide will help you understand how children develop and how discipline shapes not only your child’s behavior but their overall health and well-being. With your child’s developmental stages in mind, you’ll be empowered to create a family discipline plan that manages misbehavior and encourages positive behavior. High Five Discipline is packed with developmentally appropriate strategies to tame tantrums, stop sibling squabbles, and reward better behavior, to create a calmer, more harmonious home.
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YOGA FOR YOUR PREGNANCY
For new and experienced yoga practitioners, this guide will prepare you for prenatal fitness and a healthy birth.
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PARENTING DOESN’T HAVE TO BE ROCKET SCIENCE
With humor, compassion, common sense, and clarity, this video will help parents raise respectful, responsible and fun-loving children.
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BABY SIGNING TIME VOL. 1 and 2
Help your baby from three months to age three get their needs and wants met. Effective in reducing tantrums and building baby’s vocabulary, this is a fun and easy way to learn to communicate before your baby’s speech begins.
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BREASTFEEDING BASICS
As the titles states, this is a primer for the new mother who wants to have a successful and rewarding experience bonding with and feeding her new baby.
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BABYSWIM
Informative and entertaining, this joyful look at swim class for 6 to 18month old babies is a pleasure to watch. Filmed in the beautiful Bahamas, moms and babies splash and paddle their way to fun and exercise.
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Avi Night Journeys (gr. 4+)
Two young indentured servants escape into Pennsylvania in the late 1700’s and receive help from an unexpected source.
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Bulla, Clyde Robert A Lion to Guard Us (gr. 3+)
Left on their own in seventeenth-century London, three impoverished children draw upon all their resources to stay together and make their way to the Virginia colony in search of their father.
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Bulla, Clyde Robert Charlie’s House (gr. 3+)
A poor, friendless English boy, shipped to America as an indentured servant in the early eighteenth century, runs away from a cruel master and dreams of building a house of his own.
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Clapp, Patricia Constance: A Story of Early Plymouth (gr. 5+)
Constance Hopkins, a young girl traveling on the Mayflower to the New World, keeps a journal that records her feelings and observations about the journey and the events in the struggling colony.
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Carbone, Elise Lynn Blood on the River: Jamestown 1607 (gr. 5+)
Traveling to the New World in 1606 as the page to Captain John Smith, twelve-year-old orphan Samuel Collier settles in the new colony of James Town, where he must quickly learn to distinguish between friend and foe.
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Dalgliesh, Alice The Courage of Sarah Noble (gr. 2+)
Eight-year-old Sarah accompanies her father into the Connecticut wilderness in the early 1700’s to help him while he builds a house for the family who will come later.
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Edmonds, Walter The Matchlock Gun (gr. 4+)
A young boy protects his mother and sister from Indian attacks in the Hudson Valley during the French and Indian War in 1756.
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Fritz, Jean The Cabin Faced West (gr. 4+)
Ten-year-old Ann overcomes loneliness and learns to appreciate the importance of her role in settling the wilderness of western Pennsylvania.
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Hermes, Patricia Our Strange New Land (gr. 3+)
Nine-year-old Elizabeth keeps a journal of her experiences in the New World as she encounters Indians, suffers hunger and the death of friends, and helps her father build their first home.
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Kirkpatrick, Katherine Trouble’s Daughter (gr. 4+)
When her family is massacred by Lenape Indians in 1643, nine-year-old Susanna, daughter of Anne Hutchinson, is captured and raised as a Lenape.
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Koller, Jackie French The Primrose Way (gr. 5+)
A recent arrival to the New World in 1633, sixteen-year-old Rebekah, a missionary’s daughter, befriends a Native American woman and begins to question whether these “savages” need saving after all.
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Krensky, Stephen The Printer’s Apprentice (gr. 4+)
A young apprentice learns the importance of freedom of speech when Peter Zenger is arrested and tried for articles criticizing the British governing of the American colonies.
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Nixon, Joan Lowery Caesar’s Story (gr. 4+)
After having been a slave on Carter’s Grove plantation near Williamsburg, Virginia, since childhood, Caesar finally finds a way to plan his own future.
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O’Dell, Scott The Serpent Never Sleeps: A Novel of Jamestown and Pocahontas (gr. 4+)
In the early seventeenth century, Serena Lynn, determined to be with the man she has loved since childhood, travels to the New World and comes to know the hardships of colonial life and the extraordinary Princess Pocahontas.
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Speare, Elizabeth The Sign of the Beaver (5+)
Left alone to guard the family’s wilderness home in eighteenth-century Maine, a boy is hard-pressed to survive until local Indians teach him their skills.
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Speare, Elizabeth The Witch of Blackbird Pond (gr. 5+)
In 1687 in Connecticut, Kit Tyler, feeling out of place in the Puritan household of her aunt, befriends an old woman considered a witch by the community and suddenly finds herself standing trial for witchcraft.
Amelia Bloomer Book List
Amelia Bloomer Book List Web Site
The Amelia Bloomer list is a recommended reading list of feminist books for girls, ranging from beginning readers to teens, that feature strong, independent, female protagonists and that challenge what it means to be a woman, regardless of ethnicity or socioeconomic background.
Batchelder Award
This award, established in Mildred L. Batchelder’s honor in 1966, is a citation awarded to an American publisher for a children’s book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originally published in a world language in another country, and subsequently translated into English and published in the United States.
Belpre Medal
The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.
Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth
Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth Web Site
Committed to providing a broad selection of outstanding books that mixes popular appeal with literary excellence, the Books for Youth editorial staff has chosen the titles below as best-of-the-year fiction, nonfiction, and picture books.
Booklist Editors’ Choice: Media
Booklist Editors’ Choice: Media Web Site
Booklist Editors’ Choice: Reference Sources
Booklist Editors’ Choice: Reference Sources Web Site
Titles were reviewed in RBB from February 2006 through January 2007. All the titles are intended for a general readership at the high-school level and up. For our pick of the crop for students, see “Twenty Best Bets for Student Researchers” in the September 1 issue.
Booklist’s Top of the List
Booklist’s Top of the List Web Site
Every January, Booklist publishes Editors’ Choice: lists of the best books, databases, video/DVDs, and audiobooks of the past year. From these lists, we further select what we call the Top of the List: the single best title in eight categories—adult fiction, adult nonfiction, youth fiction, youth nonfiction, youth picture book, reference source, video/DVD, and audiobook.
Caldecott Medal
The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
Carnegie Medal
The Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children’s Video, supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, was awarded for the first time in 1991 to honor outstanding video productions for children released during the previous year. The annual award is given to the video’s producer by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of ALA, through a Carnegie endowment.
Coretta Scott King Book Awards
Coretta Scott King Book Awards Web Site
Given to African American authors and illustrator for outstanding inspirational and educational contributions, the Coretta Scott King Book Award titles promote understanding and appreciation of the culture of all peoples and their contribution to the realization of the American dream.
Newbery Medal
The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
Notable Children’s Books
Notable Children’s Books Web Site
Each year the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) identifies the best of the best in children’s books, recordings, videos, and computer software.
Notable Children’s Recordings
Notable Children’s Recordings Web Site
Each year the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) identifies the best of the best in children’s books, recordings, videos, and computer software.
Notable Children’s Videos
Notable Children’s Videos Web Site
Each year the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) identifies the best of the best in children’s books, recordings, videos, and computer software.
Notable Computer Software for Children
Notable Computer Software for Children Web Site
Each year the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) identifies the best of the best in children’s books, recordings, videos, and computer software.
Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production
Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production Web Site
This annual award will be given to the producer of the best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States.
Rainbow Project Book List
Rainbow Project Book List Web Site
The Rainbow Projecte Book List is list of recommended books dealing with gay, lesbian, bisexual, trangendered and questioning issues and situations for children up to age 18.
Sponsored by Social Responsibilities Round Table and Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Round Table
Schneider Family Book Award
Schneider Family Book Award Web Site
The Schneider Family Book Awards honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences. Three annual awards each consisting of $5000 and a framed plaque, will be given annually in each of the following categories: birth through grade school (age 0-10), middle school (age 11-13) and teens (age 13-18). (Age groupings are approximations). The book must emphasize the artistic expression of the disability experience for children and or adolescent audiences. The book must portray some aspect of living with a disability or that of a friend or family member, whether the disability is physical, mental or emotional. Donated by Dr. Katherine Schneider. Deadline is December 1st.
Sibert Medal
The Sibert Award honors the most distinguished informational book published in English in the preceding year for its significant contribution to children’s literature.
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Web Site
The Theodor Seuss Geisel Award, established in 2004, is given annually (beginning in 2006) to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished contribution to the body of American children’s literature known as beginning reader books published in the United States during the preceding year.
W.Y. Boyd Literary Award
W.Y. Boyd Literary Award Web Site
An annual award consisting of $5,000 and a 24k gold-framed citation of achievement honoring the best fiction set in a period when the United States was at war. It recognizes the service of American veterans and military personnel and encourages the writing and publishing of outstanding war-related fiction. Donated by William Young Boyd II. Deadline is December 1st.
Wilder Award
The award, a bronze medal, honors an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made, over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.
