Recommended Reading for Kids

Babies & Toddler

Here are some great board books that we recommend for Babies & Toddlers:

First Words and Pictures: Animals by Margot Channing

Yummy, Yucky by Leslie Patricelli (This author also has several more board books that kids love!)

Yawn by Sally Symes

Llama Llama Yum Yum Yum! by Anna Dewdney

From Head to Toe by Eric Carle (Additionally, any other Eric Carle book! You can't go wrong.)

Beginning Readers (K-2nd Grade)

Bob Books by Bobby Lynn Maslyn and Lynn Maslyn Kertell (This is a great series of books that gradually build a child's reading skills!)

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

Amelia Bedelia Makes a Friend by Herman Parish

Days With Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel

A Pig, A Fox, and a Box by Jonathan Fenske

Caldecott Awards

2018 Caldecott Award Winner:

Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell

2018 Caldecott Honor Books: 

Big Cat, Little Cat by Elisha Cooper

Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes

A Different Pond by Bao Phi

Grand Canyon by Jason Chin

To view past year's winners click here!

Coretta Scott King Award

The 2018 Coretta Scott King Award -- Illustrator book:

Out of Wonder by Kwame Alexander, Ekua Holmes (Illustrator), Chris Colderley, and Marjory Wentworth

The 2018 Coretta Scott King Award -- Illustrator Honor books:

Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransom

Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes

The 2018 Coretta Scott King Author Award book:

Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson

The 2018 Coretta Scott King Award -- Author Honor books: 

Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

To see past winners of this award, click here!

Elementary Readers (3rd-5th Grade)

The Dog Man Series by Dav Pilkey

Newbery Awards

The winner of the 2018 John Newbury Medal:

Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly

The 2018 John Newbury Honor books: 

Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson

For a list of previous year's winners, click here!

Preschoolers

Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty (If you like this book, there are two more in the series! Check out Rosie Revere, Engineer and Ada Twist, Scientist.)

Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert (We also have several other books by this author, and they're all very engaging!)

The Pete the Cat series by Eric Litwin (Any and all of them... kids love them!)

Mixed by Arree Chung

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