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Early Chapter Books
Chapter books for the burgeoning reader
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- Cam Jansen Series by David A. Adler
- Cakes in space by Philip Reeve
- Ellie McDoodle : have pen, will travel by Ruth Mcnally Barshaw
- Ivy + Bean Series by Annie Barrows
- Pigsticks and Harold and the incredible journey by Alex Milway
- Minnie & Moo : hooves of fire by Denys Cazet
- The trouble with chickens by Doreen Cronin
- Magic Bone Series by Nancy Krulik
- The story of Diva and Flea by Mo Willems
- Emma and the blue genie by Cornelia Caroline Funke
- Bad Kitty; drawn to trouble by Nick Bruel
- Dory Fantasmagory by Abby Hanlon
- Supercat Series by Jeanne Willis
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Popular Series for Grades 1 and 2
You'll want to read them all
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- Biscuitby Alyssa Capucilli
- The Adventures of Ottoby David Milgrim
- Fancy Nancy (Easy readers)by Jane O'Connor
- Elephant and Piggieby Mo Willems
- Young Cam Jansenby David Adler
- Mercy Watsonby Kate DiCamillo
- The Princess in Blackby Shannon Hale
- Pinkie and Rexby James Howe
- Frog and Toadby Arthur lobel
- Fly Guyby Tedd Arnold
- Amelia Bedeliaby Peggy Parish
- Nate the Greatby Marjorie Sharmat
- Good Knight (Easy Readers)by Shelley Moore Thomas
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Babies and Toddlers
Books for the youngest listeners
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- Big fat hen by Keith Baker
- Choo chooby Petr Horacek
- Diggers go by Steve Light
- Global Babies
- Goodnight moon by Margaret Wise Brown
- Here is the baby by Polly Kanevsky
- I kissed the baby! by Mary Murphy
- Llama Llama hoppity-hop by Anna Dewdney
- Leo loves baby time by Anna McQuinn
- My car by Byron Barton
- My very first Mother Gooser
- Ten little fingers and ten little toes by Mem Fox
- This little piggy : lap songs, finger plays, clapping games, and pantomime rhymesby Jane Yolen
- Time for bed by Mem Fox
- Where's Spot? by Eric Hill
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Ages 3 and 4
Books for the preschool set
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- Ah ha! by Jeff Mack
- Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
- Bear wants more by Karma Wilson
- Caps for saleby Esphyr Slobodkina
- Chalk by Bill Thomson
- Creepy carrots! by Aaron Reynolds
- I ain't gonna paint no more! by Karen Beaumont
- If you give a moose a muffin by Laura Joffe Numeroff
- Knuffle Bunny : a cautionary tale by Mo Willems
- Mr. Tiger goes wild by Peter Brown
- Mr. Wuffles! by David Wiesner
- No, David! by David Shannon
- Pete the cat by Eric Litwin
- The seven silly eaters by Mary Ann Hoberman
- The snowy dayby Ezra Jack Keats
- There was an old monster by Rebecca Emberley
- Where the wild things are by Maurice Sendak
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Orbus Pictus Award and Honor Books
Outstanding Non-Fiction titles chosen by English Teachers
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- Mr. Ferris and his wheel by Kathryn Gibbs Davis
- The right word : Roget and his thesaurus by Jennifer Bryant
- Separate is never equal : Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh
- Star stuff : Carl Sagan and the mysteries of the cosmos by Stephanie Roth Sisson
- A splash of red by Jennifer Bryant
- Locomotive by Brian Floca
- The boy who loved math by Deborah Heiligman
- Brave girl by Michelle Markel
- Parrots over Puerto Rico by Susan L Roth
- Electric Ben by Robert Byrd
- Balloons over Broadway by Melissa Sweet
- Amelia lost : the life and disappearance of Amelia Earhart by Candace Fleming
- The mangrove tree by Susan L Roth
- Ballet for Martha by Jan Greenberg
- Mammoths and mastodons by Cheryl Bardoe
- The frog scientist by Pamela S Turner
- How many baby pandas? by Sandra Markle
- Amelia Earhart by Shelley Tanaka
- George Washington Carver by Tonya Bolden
- The Lincolns by Candace Fleming
- We are the ship by Kadir Nelson
- M.L.K. by Tonya Bolden
- Nic Bishop spiders by Nic Bishop
- Quest for the tree kangaroo by Sy Montgomery
- Gregor Mendel by Cheryl Bardoe
- Freedom walkers by Russell Freedman
- Something out of nothing by Carla Killough McClafferty
- Team Moon by Catherine Thimmesh
- Children of the Great Depression by Russell Freedman
- ER vets by Donna M. Jackson
- Genius by Marfe Ferguson Delano
- Mosquito bite by Alexandra Siy
- Actual size by Steve Jenkins
- The race to save the Lord God bird by Phillip M. Hoose
- Secrets of the Sphinx by James Giblin
- Leonardo, beautiful dreamer by Robert Byrd
- Shutting out the sky by Debora Hopkinson
- When Marian sang by Pam Muñoz. Ryan
- Confucius by Russell Freedman
- The emperor's silent army by Jane O'Connor
- Tenement by Raymond Bial
- To fly : the story of the Wright brothers by Wendie C Old
- The cod's tale by Mark Kurlansky
- The dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley
- Martin's Big words by Doreen Rappaport
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Adoption
Show the beauty of adoption to your young child
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- Jin Woo by Eve Bunting
- How I was adopted by Joanna Cole
- Tell me again about the night I was born by Jamie Lee Curtis
- Star of the Week by Darlene Friedman
- You're not my real mother! by Molly Friedrich
- I love you like crazy cakes by Rose A Lewis
- My real family by Emily Arnold McCully
- Happy Adoption Day! by John McCutcheon
- Goyangi means cat by Christine McDonnell
- Mommy far, Mommy near by Carol Antoinette Peacock
- I wished for you by Marianne R Richmond
- We wanted you by Liz Rosenberg
- Allison by Allen Say
- The red blanket by Eliza Thomas
- My Mei Mei by Ed Young
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Historical Fiction
Step back in time
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- Sophia's war by Avi
- The war that saved my life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- Stella by starlight by Sharon M Draper
- Dear Hank Williams by Kimberly Willis Holt
- The evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
- Listen, slowly by Thanhha Lai
- The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel
- The invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
- My brother's secret by Dan Smith
- Into the killing seas by Michael P. Spradlin
- One came home by Amy Timberlake
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Scary Stories
When you are ready for a fright.
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- The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier
- Doll bones by Holly Black
- Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman
- The graveyard book by Neil Gaiman
- The ghost of Crutchfield Hall by Mary Downing Hahn
- The girl behind the glass by Jan Kelley
- Haunted houses by Robert D San Souci
- Thirteen chairs by Dave Shelton
- Nightmares! by Jason Segel
- Behind the bookcase by Mark Steensland
- The accidental afterlife of Thomas Marsden by Emma Trevayne
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Science Fiction
Journey out of this world.
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- Gabby Duran and the Unsittables by Elise Allen
- No passengers beyond this point by Gennifer Choldenko
- What we found in the sofa and how it saved the world by Henry Clark
- Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
- The fourteenth goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm
- The mark of the dragonfly by Jaleigh Johnson
- Cold cereal by Adam Rex
- Tesla's attic by Neal Shusterman
- The emerald atlas by John Stephens
- The boy at the end of the world by Greg Van Eekhout
- You'll like it here (everybody does) by Ruth White
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Going to School
Get ready for the first day of school.
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- First day jitters /by Danneberg, Julie,
- Bernard goes to school /by Goodman, Joan E.
- Splat the cat /by Scotton, Rob.
- Will I have a friend? /by Cohen, Miriam,
- Foxy /by Dodd, Emma,
- Tom goes to kindergarten /by Wild, Margaret,
- Don't go! /by Zalben, Jane Breskin.
- Brand-new pencils, brand-new books /by De Groat, Diane.
- I am too absolutely small for school /by Child, Lauren.
- I don't want to go to school /by Blake, Stephanie.
- Birdie's first day of school /by Rim, Sujean,
- Chu's first day of school /by Gaiman, Neil.
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Picture Books
Every child should know these picture books.
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- A chair for my mother / by Williams, Vera B.
- Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. by Viorst, Judith.
- Bear snores on / by Wilson, Karma.
- Bedtime for Frances / by Hoban, Russell.
- Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see? / by Martin, Bill,
- Caps for sale; by Slobodkina, Esphyr,
- Chicka chicka boom boom / by Martin, Bill,
- Color zoo / by Ehlert, Lois.
- Come along, Daisy! / by Simmons, Jane.
- Corduroy / by Freeman, Don.
- Curious George / by Rey, H. A.
- Don't let the pigeon drive the bus / by Willems, Mo.
- Freight train / by Crews, Donald.
- Froggy gets dressed / by London, Jonathan,
- George and Martha / by Marshall, James,
- Go away, big green monster! / by Emberley, Ed.
- Good night, Gorilla / by Rathmann, Peggy.
- Goodnight moon / by Brown, Margaret Wise,
- Harold and the purple crayon / by Johnson, Crockett,
- Harry, the dirty dog / by Zion, Gene.
- Horton hatches the egg, by Seuss,
- If you give a mouse a cookie / by Numeroff, Laura Joffe.
- Ira sleeps over / by Waber, Bernard.
- Knuffle Bunny : a cautionary tale / by Willems, Mo.
- Lilly's purple plastic purse / by Henkes, Kevin.
- Madeline / by Bemelmans, Ludwig,
- Make way for ducklings, by McCloskey, Robert,
- Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel; by Burton, Virginia Lee,
- Millions of cats, by Gag, Wanda,
- Miss Nelson is missing! / by Allard, Harry,
- Miss Rumphius / by Cooney, Barbara,
- Mr. Gumpy's outing / by Burningham, John.
- Olivia / by Falconer, Ian,
- Puss in boots by Perrault, Charles,
- Rosie's walk / by Hutchins, Pat,
- Rumpelstiltskin / by Zelinsky, Paul O.
- Strega Nona : by De Paola, Tomie.
- Swimmy by Lionni, Leo,
- Sylvester and the magic pebble. by Steig, William,
- Ten, nine, eight / by Bang, Molly.
- The carrot seed / by Krauss, Ruth.
- The lion & the mouse / by Pinkney, Jerry.
- The little engine that could / by Piper, Watty,
- The napping house / by Wood, Audrey.
- The Polar Express / by Van Allsburg, Chris.
- The Random House book of Mother Goose / by
- The snowy day. by Keats, Ezra Jack.
- The story of Babar, the little elephant. by Brunhoff, Jean de,
- The tale of Peter Rabbit. by Potter, Beatrix,
- The three billy goats Gruff / by Galdone, Paul.
- The very hungry caterpillar / by Carle, Eric.
- There was an old lady who swallowed a fly / by Taback, Simms.
- Tikki Tikki Tembo, by Mosel, Arlene.
- We're going on a bear hunt / by Rosen, Michael,
- Where the wild things are / by Sendak, Maurice.
series
If you like “Captain Underpants”
Try a series of books from this list.
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- Am I the princess or the frog? : by Benton, Jim.
- Amelia rules! : The whole world's crazy / by Gownley, Jimmy.
- Big Nate : by Peirce, Lincoln.
- Diary of a wimpy kid : Greg Heffley's journal / by Kinney, Jeff.
- Ellie McDoodle : have pen, will travel / by Barshaw, Ruth Mcnally.
- Lunch walks among us / by Benton, James K.
- NERDS : by Buckley, Michael,
- Never glue your friends to chairs / by Applegate, Katherine.
- Snarf attack, underfoodle, and the secret of life : by Amato, Mary.
- Stink : by McDonald, Megan.
- The curse of the bologna sandwich / by Trine, Greg.
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New Baby
If you've a new baby in the house, try these books.
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- Angel coming / by Henson, Heather.
- Benny and beautiful baby Delilah / by Van Leeuwen, Jean.
- Bittle / by MacLachlan, Patricia.
- Brand-new baby blues / by Appelt, Kathi,
- Little Rabbit's new baby / by Horse, Harry.
- Sophie and the new baby / by Anholt, Laurence.
- That new animal / by Jenkins, Emily,
- The new small person / by Child, Lauren,
- Vera's baby sister / by Rosenberry, Vera.
- Will it be a baby brother? / by Bunting, Eve,
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Graphic Novels
Try these Graphic Novels.
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- El deafo /by Bell, Cece,
- Jedi Academy /by Brown, Jeffrey,
- Lost trail :by Fendler, Donn,
- Coraline /by Gaiman, Neil.
- Zita the space girl.by Hatke, Ben.
- Salt water Taffy :by Loux, Matthew.
- The storm in the barn /by Phelan, Matt.
- The lost boy /by Ruth, Greg,
- To dance :by Siegel, Siena Cherson.
- Cardboard /by TenNapel, Doug.
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Bilingual - Spanish
Put your bilingual hat on for these books.
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- Arrorro mi nino : by
- Cinderella = by Boada, Francesc.
- Fernando's gift = by Keister, Douglas.
- Goldilocks and the three bears = by Mata i Garriga, Marta.
- Jack and the beanstalk = by Bofill, Francesc.
- Just a minute : by Morales, Yuyi,
- Little Red Riding Hood = by Grimm, Jacob,
- Mediopollito = by Ada, Alma Flor.
- Rubia and the three osos / by Elya, Susan Middleton,
- Spicy hot colors = by Shahan, Sherry.
- The little mermaid = by Izquierdo, Oriol.
- The princess and the pea = by Boada, Francesc.
- The woman who outshone the sun : by Cruz, Alejandro Martinez.
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Fantasy Books
Escape to another world.
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- Dealing with dragons / by Wrede, Patricia C.,
- Dragon's egg / by Thomson, Sarah L.
- Magyk / by Sage, Angie.
- Midnight for Charlie Bone / by Nimmo, Jenny.
- The golden compass / by Pullman, Philip,
- The hobbit / by Tolkien, J. R. R.
- The lightning thief / by Riordan, Rick.
- The magic thief. Book one / by Prineas, Sarah.
- The ruins of Gorlan / by Flanagan, John
- The squire's tale / by Morris, Gerald,
- The tail of Emily Windsnap / by Kessler, Liz.
series
If you like “Diary of a Wimpy Kid”
try a series of books from this list.
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- Big Nate : by Peirce, Lincoln,
- Cheesie Mack is running like crazy! / by
- Clueless McGee / by Mack, Jeff,
- My life as a joke / by Tashjian, Janet.
- NERDS : by Buckley, Michael,
- Never walk in shoes that talk by Applegate, Katherine
- Save Rafe! / by Patterson, James,
- The terrible two / by Barnett, Mac,
- Timmy Failure : Mistakes were made / by Pastis, Stephan.
- You can bet on that / by Benton, Jim.
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Counting Books
One, Two, Three - Go!.
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- 1 2 3 : by Jay, Alison.
- 1, 2, buckle my shoe / by Hines, Anna Grossnickle.
- Blast-off! : by Cole, Norma.
- Chicka chicka 1, 2, 3 / by Martin, Bill,
- Fish eyes : by Ehlert, Lois.
- Let's count it out, Jesse Bear / by Carlstrom, Nancy White.
- Mouse count / by Walsh, Ellen Stoll.
- One gorilla : by Browne, Anthony,
- Ten black dots / by Crews, Donald.
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Classic Science Fiction
These books are out of this world!
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- 20,000 leagues under the sea. by Verne, Jules,
- A wrinkle in time / by L'Engle, Madeleine.
- Among the hidden / by Haddix, Margaret Peterson.
- House of stairs. by Sleator, William.
- Star hatchling / by Bechard, Margaret.
- The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm : by Farmer, Nancy,
- The giver / by Lowry, Lois.
- The time hackers / by Paulsen, Gary.
- Time cat : by Alexander, Lloyd.
awards
Ladybug Picture Book Award
Books nominated for 2015-2016
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- As an oak tree grows / by Karas, G. Brian,
- Blizzard / by Rocco, John,
- Flight school / by Judge, Lita,
- Mama built a little nest / by Ward, Jennifer.
- Maple / by Nichols, Lori,
- Sleepover with Beatrice & Bear / by Carnesi, Monica.
- The day the crayons quit / by Daywalt, Drew.
- The invisible boy / by Ludwig, Trudy.
- This Orq : (he cave boy) / by Elliott, David,
- Three bears in a boat / by Soman, David.
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Cochecho Readers' Award
Books nominated for 2015-2016
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- A fine dessert : four centuries, four families, one delicious treat / by Jenkins, Emily,
- Absolutely almost / by Graff, Lisa
- Alvin Ho : allergic to the Great Wall, the Forbidden Palace, and other tourist attractions / by Look, Lenore.
- Blast off! / by Ball, Nate,
- Completely Clementine / by Pennypacker, Sara,
- Dash / by Larson, Kirby,
- Dory Fantasmagory / by Hanlon, Abby,
- El deafo / by Bell, Cece,
- Emma and the blue genie / by Funke, Cornelia Caroline.
- Gooseberry Park and the Master Plan / by Rylant, Cynthia.
- Hissy Fitz / by Jennings, Patrick,
- Left behind / by Adderson, Caroline,
- Minnie & Moo : hooves of fire / by Cazet, Denys,
- Nuts to you / by Perkins, Lynne Rae.
- Pigsticks and Harold and the incredible journey / by Milway, Alex,
- The map trap / by Clements, Andrew,
- The misadventures of the family Fletcher / by Levy, Dana Alison.
- The right word : Roget and his thesaurus / by Bryant, Jennifer.
- The terrible two / by Barnett, Mac,
- The vanishing coin / by Egan, Kate,
awards
Great Stone Face Book Award
Books nominated for 2015-2016
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- A million ways home / by Dorisi-Winget, Dianna,
- Anton and Cecil : cats at sea / by Martin, Lisa,
- Brown girl dreaming / by Woodson, Jacqueline.
- Dash / by Larson, Kirby,
- El deafo / by Bell, Cece,
- Fish in a tree / by Hunt, Lynda Mullaly,
- Gabriel Finley & the raven's riddle / by Hagen, George,
- Half a chance / by Lord, Cynthia.
- Honey / by Weeks, Sarah,
- Loot : how to steal a fortune / by Watson, Jude,
- Masterminds / by Korman, Gordon,
- Murphy, Gold Rush dog / by Hart, Alison,
- Running out of night / by Lovejoy, Sharon,
- The honest truth / by Gemeinhart, Dan,
- The luck uglies / by Durham, Paul
- The mark of the dragonfly / by Johnson, Jaleigh.
- The terrible two / by Barnett, Mac,
- The war that saved my life / by Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker.
- Where I belong / by Hahn, Mary Downing.
series
If you like “Harry Potter”
try this list of similar titles.
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- Artemis Fowl. by Colfer, Eoin.
- Gabriel Finley & the raven's riddle / by Hagen, George,
- How to catch a bogle / by Jinks, Catherine.
- Magyk / by Sage, Angie.
- Midnight for Charlie Bone / by Nimmo, Jenny.
- The alchemyst : by Scott, Michael.
- The emerald atlas / by Stephens, John.
- The golden compass / by Pullman, Philip,
- The lightning thief / by Riordan, Rick.
- The luck uglies / by Durham, Paul
- The Unwanteds / by McMann, Lisa.