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BOOKLISTS FOR CHILDREN

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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
    • Snakes on the Job
    • 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
    • Sleepy Sheepy
    • Bedtime for Frances
    • Gustav is Missing!
    • When Cloud Became a Cloud
    • The Big Honey Hunt
    • Ferry Boat
    • Ready, Set, Go-Cart!
    • Shell Quest
    • A Magic Spark
    • Pug Blasts Off
    • Who's the Best?
    • Sir Ladybug
2nd Grade Booklist
  • 2nd Grade Booklist
    • Rick the Rock of Room 214
    • Cornbread & Poppy
    • Charlie & Mouse
    • Willa the Wisp
    • Monster and Boy
    • The Story of Us
    • The Hundred Dresses
    • Game Over, Super Rabbit Boy!
    • The Used-to-Be Best Friend
    • Super Detectives
    • Your Pal Fred
    • To Change a Planet
3rd Grade Booklist
  • 3rd Grade Booklist
    • Babble! And How Punctuation Saved It
    • Home Sweet Forever Home
    • Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom
    • The Astronomically Grand Plan
    • A Spoonful of Time
    • The Best of Iggy
    • The Great Pet Heist
    • Skunk and Badger
    • The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza
    • The Flower Garden
    • Coldfire Curse
    • Love Your Amazing Self
4th Grade Booklist
  • 4th Grade Booklist
    • The Maze of Bones
    • Curse of the Night Witch
    • The Lemonade War
    • The Land of Roar
    • Halfway to Harmony
    • Stuntboy, in the Meantime
    • Nightbooks
    • The Magical Reality of Nadia
    • Merci Suarez Changes Gears
    • Hooky
    • Choosing Brave
    • The Right Word
5th Grade Booklist
  • 5th Grade Booklist
    • The Next Great Paulie Fink
    • Nowhere Better Than Here
    • Virtually Me
    • The Boys in the Back Row
    • The Witch, the Sword, and the Cursed Knights
    • The Bad Beginning
    • Healer of the Water Monster
    • Freewater
    • When Stars Are Scattered
    • How Do Meerkats Order Pizza?
    • The First Dinosaur
    • This Is Your Time
6th Grade Booklist
  • 6th Grade Booklist
    • The Door of No Return
    • The Book that No One Wanted to Read
    • The Wishing Spell
    • The Patron Thief of Bread
    • The Lost Year
    • Pony
    • Ancestor Approved
    • Healer and Witch
    • The Last Cuentista
    • Marshmallow & Jordan
    • My Aunt is a Monster
    • Agents Most Wanted

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.

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Seasonal Booklists
Audio Booklist
  • Audio Booklist
    • The Terrible Two
    • The Superteacher Project
    • Stuntboy, in the Meantime
    • Falling Short
    • Those Kids from Fawn Creek
    • The Dragonet Prophecy
    • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    • Echo
    • The War that Saved My Life
    • The Ruins of Gorlan
    • Finally Seen
    • The Mysterious Howling
Sports Stories for Younger Booklist
  • Sports Stories for Sprouts
    • John's Turn
    • Jabari Jumps
    • She's Got This
    • Take Me Out to the Takyu
    • Cheetah Can't Lose
    • Spike It, Mo!
    • I Like My Bike
    • My First Book of Hockey
    • She Persisted in Sports
    • Sakamoto's Swim Club
    • Above the Rim
    • Sarah and the Big Wave
Sports Stories for Older Booklist
  • Sports Stories for Older
    • Tales of Bunjitsu Bunny
    • Hockey Night in Kenya
    • One Last Shot
    • Elle of the Ball
    • Rivals
    • Much Ado About Baseball
    • Becoming Muhammad Ali
    • Three Strike Summer
    • Defying Hitler
    • Play Like a Girl
    • More than Just a Game
    • Florence Griffith Joyner
Summer Booklist
  • Summer Booklist
    • Summer Color!
    • Summer
    • The Last Peach
    • Summer Song
    • Dusk Explorers
    • The Watermelon Seed
    • It Began with Lemonade
    • A Perfect Day
    • Let's Go Swimming!
    • Chicken on Vacation
    • Summertime Sleepers
    • The Night Flower
Books for Older Children
Action & Adventure
  • Action & Adventure
    • Extreme Ice Adventure
    • Big Foot and Little Foot
    • Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire
    • Take Me to the River
    • Voyage of the Frostheart
    • Race to the Sun
    • Storm Runners
    • Amelia Erroway
    • Race to the Bottom of the Earth
    • Lost in the Antarctic
Animal Stories
  • Animal Stories
    • Our Friend Hedgehog
    • Yours Sincerely, Giraffe
    • The Secret Explorers and the Lost Whales
    • The One and Only Bob
    • Chomp
    • Wish
    • Brave Like That
    • Allergic
    • Baloney and Friends
    • Katie the Catsitter
Dragons for Older
  • Dragons for Older
    • Rise of the Earth Dragon
    • The Cave of Aaaaaah! Doom!
    • Casper Tock and the Everdark Wings
    • Girl Giant and the Monkey King
    • Dragon Ops
    • Anya and the Dragon
    • The Coldfire Curse
    • The Dragon Path
    • Dragons
    • Forge Your Dragon World
Great Nonfiction - Older
  • Great Nonfiction - Older
    • The Big Book of Monsters
    • The Poison Eaters
    • Sky Wolf's Call
    • Kakapo Rescue
    • We Must Not Forget
    • African Icons
    • The Elephant Scientist
    • How to Build a Human
    • Bomb
    • Black Heroes of the Wild West
Books for Younger Children
Bedtime Booklist
  • Bedtime Booklist
    • Night-Night, Little Pookie
    • Babies Can Sleep Anywhere
    • Tiny T. Rex and the Very Dark Dark
    • Goodnight Moon
    • Brown Baby Lullaby
    • The Nice Dream Truck
    • No More Naps!
    • Sloth Wasn't Sleepy
    • Bedtime for Yeti
    • Don't Blink!
Dragons for Younger
  • Dragons for Younger
    • Fire Truck vs. Dragon
    • My Dragon Boat Festival
    • Dear Komodo Dragon
    • The One-Stop Story Shop
    • Dragon Night
    • I Will Not Eat You
    • Don't Wake the Dragon
    • Dragon's Pancake Party!
    • Kitty and Dragon
    • Dragon Gets By
Great Nonfiction - Younger
  • Great Nonfiction - Younger
    • Instructions Not Included
    • Separate is Never Equal
    • A History of Underwear
    • The Tide Pool Waits
    • The Beetle Book
    • Symphony for a Broken Orchestra
    • Napoleon vs. the Bunnies
    • Her Right Foot
    • Killer Underwear Invasion!
    • Jop and Blip Wanna Know
Mythical Creatures
  • Mythical Creatures
    • Oona
    • Coral
    • The Little Mermaid
    • Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn
    • Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great
    • Not Quite Narwhal
    • Don't Let the Beasties Escape this Book!
    • Dear Yeti
    • I Love My Fur!
    • Giant Tess