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BOOKLISTS FOR CHILDREN

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    • The Secret of Honeycake
    • Loose Threads
    • Junie B Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus
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    • Fairy Walk
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Children's Booklists by Grade
Toddler Booklist
  • Toddler Booklist
    • My Favorite Color
    • Mad, Mad, Mad
    • Ducks on the Road
    • How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?
    • The Poop Song
    • Big Green Crocodile
    • No More Naps
    • Good Job, George!
    • Outside, Inside
    • I'm Terrified of Bath Time
    • We're Going on a Bear Hunt
    • Off-Limits
Preschool Booklist
  • Preschool Booklist
    • How Many Squirrels Are in the World?
    • Kitties on Dinosaurs
    • SuperJoe Does Not Do Cuddles
    • The Bear in the Book
    • Quiet Time with My Seeya
    • Du Iz Tak?
    • The Littlest Yak
    • The Lost Package
    • Bedtime for Bo
    • Very Good Hats
    • The Pigeon Will Read the Roller Coaster
    • Wings, Waves, & Webs
Kindergarten Booklist
  • Kindergarten Booklist
    • One Sheep, Two Sheep
    • The Old Boat
    • Twenty Questions
    • Blurp's Book of Manners
    • The Worm Family Has Its Picture Taken
    • Dumplings for Lili
    • Bright Star
    • How to Apologize
    • Sparkly New Friends
    • Maxie Wiz and Her Dragon
    • Flubby Will Not Go to Sleep
    • Fox at Night
1st Grade Booklist
  • 1st Grade Booklist
    • Rabbit, Duck, and Big Bear
    • One Chicken Nugget
    • Hamsters Make Terrible Roommates
    • Napoleon vs. the Bunnies
    • Get on the Ice, Mo!
    • The Cozy Home
    • Gigi and Ojiji
    • Fox vs Fox
    • Harriet Hound
    • Eliza and the Flower Fairies
    • The Art of Getting Noticed
    • Unlikely Friends
2nd Grade Booklist
  • 2nd Grade Booklist
    • Charley Mouse Cleans House
    • To See an Owl
    • Ali the Great and the Robot Meltdown
    • Lone Wolf Gets a Pet
    • Mirror Magic
    • Hero Trial
    • The Girl in the Tree
    • Bibsy Cross and the Bad Apple
    • Night Light
    • The Luna Sisters
    • Gifts from the Garbage Truck
    • Are We There Yet?
3rd Grade Booklist
  • 3rd Grade Booklist
    • Bulldozer's Big Rescue
    • Puggleton Park
    • The Apartment House on Poppy Hill
    • Maggie Sparks and the Monster Baby
    • Just Harriet
    • The 13-Story Treehouse
    • Felix Powell, Boy Dog
    • Lola
    • The Mysterious New Girl
    • Gnome and Rat
    • My Presentation Today is About the Anaconda
    • Thomas Jefferson's Battle for Science
4th Grade Booklist
  • 4th Grade Booklist
    • Dogtown
    • Return to Sender
    • Ferris
    • Drawing Deena
    • Keeper of the Lost Cities
    • The Griffin's Boy
    • Jawbreaker
    • Front Desk
    • Mack Moon and the P.E.T.S.
    • The Aquanaut
    • Spooky Lakes
    • My Antarctica
5th Grade Booklist
  • 5th Grade Booklist
    • J vs. K
    • As You Wish
    • Murder at the Museum
    • Dread Detention
    • Slugfest
    • Radiant
    • Impossible Creatures
    • Almost Sunset
    • Oasis
    • Mabuhay!
    • Secrets of the Dead
    • Barracoon
6th Grade Booklist
  • 6th Grade Booklist
    • Rebellion 1776
    • We Still Belong
    • The Ruins of Gorlan
    • Final Word
    • The Secret Library
    • The Labors of Hercules Beal
    • The Forgotten Magic of Zoey Turner
    • Freewater
    • Very Bad at Math
    • Lunar Boy
    • Chinese Menu
    • Spying on Spies

More Booklists?

For more and expanded booklists for kids, please contact the Children's Reference Desk. Need booklists while at home? Click on the Ask a Librarian tab on the right side of the screen.

Seasonal Booklists
Summer Booklist
  • Summer Booklist
    • Sari-Sari Summers
    • Our Pool
    • Blueberry Patch
    • Sea Glass Summer
    • Dusk Explorers
    • Dandylion Summer
    • Summer is Here
    • Hot Dog
    • I Dig
    • Sam and the Firefly
    • Mouse Loves Summer
    • When Summer Comes
Pioneer Stories
  • Pioneer Stories
    • Fearless Mary
    • Follow Me Down to Nicodemus Town
    • The Ranger
    • The Many Reflections of Miss Jane Deming
    • The Birchbark House
    • Our Only May Amelia
    • Prairie Lotus
    • One Came Home
    • Donner Dinner Party
    • My Way West
    • Crazy Horse and Custer
    • Women of the American West
Color Our World
  • Color Our World
    • The Rainbow Snail
    • A Rainbow in Brown
    • ARTificial Intelligence
    • Mildred the Gallery Cat
    • Naaahsa is an Artist
    • Radiant Child
    • The Gray Day
    • What is Color?
    • Christo and Jeanne-Claude Wrap the World
    • Everywhere Beauty is Harlem
    • To See Clearly
    • Just Jerry
Picture Books to Read Aloud
  • Picture Books to Read Aloud
    • The Wrong Book
    • Ploof
    • Buffalo Fluffalo
    • Tap the Magic Tree
    • The Book with No Pictures
    • The King Penguin
    • Dragons Love Tacos
    • Unicorns are the Worst!
    • Big
    • Somewhere in the Bayou
Books for Older Children
Biographies for Older
  • Biographies for Older
    • The Woman Who Split the Atom
    • Star Child
    • Guts
    • We're Better Than This
    • Alias Anna
    • The Notorious Benedict Arnold
    • This Promise of Change
    • Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom
    • Agent Most Wanted
    • Some Writer!
Graphic Novels
  • Graphic Novels
    • Two-Headed Chicken
    • Housecat Trouble
    • The Stonekeeper
    • Sloth Sleuth
    • You Wish
    • Stories of the Islands
    • Saving H'Non
    • The Cardboard Kingdom
    • Escape at 10,000 Feet
    • Hooky
Mythology Booklist
  • Mythology
    • The Cassandra Curse
    • City of the Plague God
    • The Widely Unknown Myth of Apple...
    • Medusa
    • Lia Park and the Missing Jewel
    • Rise of the Halfling King
    • The Monster and the Maze
    • Blancaflor
    • The Sea-Ringed World
    • Norse Myths
Sport Stories
  • Sport Stories
    • A High Five for Glenn Burke
    • Lupe Wong Won't Dance
    • Slugfest
    • Air
    • Fast Pitch
    • Maniac Magee
    • Match Point
    • Play Like a Girl
    • More Than Just a Game
    • The Longest Shot
Books for Younger Children
Biographies for Younger
  • Biographies for Younger
    • A Plate of Hope
    • Wild Places
    • A Storm of Horses
    • Pedro's Yo-Yos
    • Remembering Rosalind Franklin
    • The Highest Tribute
    • Fall Down Seven Times, Stand Up Eight
    • Erno Rubik
    • Ablaze with Color
    • The Fossil Whisperer
Monsters Booklist
  • Monsters Booklist
    • Monster's Trucks
    • Monsters in the Briny
    • Zombelina
    • Gustavo, the Shy Ghost
    • Monsters Love Underpants
    • Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance
    • My Monster and Me
    • The Monster's Monster
    • My Monster Friends and Me
    • The Most Terrible of All
Mysteries for Younger
  • Mysteries for Younger
    • The Chickentown Mystery
    • The Powwow Dog
    • A Mischief of Mice
    • How to Catch a Clover Thief
    • The Real Story
    • Agent Lion
    • The Case of the Downstairs Ghost
    • Dot Day
    • Bat and Sloth Solve a Mystery
    • Jewel Hunt
Sports Stories for Sprouts
  • Sports Stories for Sprouts
    • A Feel Better Book for Little Sports
    • She's Got This
    • Cheetah Can't Lose
    • When You Can Swim
    • The Good Game
    • Dodo Dodgeball
    • Tenacious
    • Contenders
    • Call Me Roberto!
    • Wat Takes His Shot