Book List

All children benefit from someone they love reading aloud to them, from a child in the womb to a young adult graduating from high school. Below is a list of books we have carefully curated with the advice of our literary and child development expert volunteers.

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1-2-3 Dinosaurs Bite: A Prehistoric Counting Book

By American Museum of Natural History

Recommended Age: 3 — 7
Type: Counting Books, Dinosaur Books, STEM

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A Birthday for Cow

By Jan Thomas

Recommended Age: 4 — 7
Type: Birthday Books

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A Boy Called Bat

By Elana K. Arnold

Recommended Age: 6 — 10
Type: Chapter Books, Diversity & Inclusion, Juvenile Fiction, STEM

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A Christmas Carol

By Charles Dickens

Recommended Age: 8 — 14+
Type: Chapter Books, Holiday Books

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A Color of His Own

By Leo Lionni

Recommended Age: 2 — 5
Type: Color & Shape Books, Diversity & Inclusion, General Picture Books, STEM

Recommended by American Academy of Pediatrics

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A Day for Rememberin’

By Leah Henderson

Recommended Age: 6 — 9
Type: Chapter Books, Civics, History

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A Day in a Forested Wetland

By Kevin Kurtz

Recommended Age: 8 — 11
Type: Animal Books, General Picture Books, STEM

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A Dollar for Penny

By Julie Glass and Joy Allen

Recommended Age: 4 — 6
Type: Money/Finances, STEM

Recommended by Navy Federal Credit Union

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A Letter to Amy

By Ezra Jack Keats

Recommended Age: 3 — 7
Type: Classic Books, Diversity & Inclusion

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A Long Walk to Water

By Linda Sue Park

Recommended Age: 10 — 12
Type: Chapter Books, Diversity & Inclusion

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A Positive Power Story: I Am Thankful

By Suzy Capozzi

Recommended Age: 4 — 6
Type: Holiday Books, Juvenile Fiction

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A Stone for Sascha

By Aaron Becker

Recommended Age: 5 — 9
Type: Feelings Books, Grief/Loss

Recommended by Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)

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A Turkey for Thanksgiving

By Eve Bunting

Recommended Age: 4 — 7
Type: Holiday Books

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A Wrinkle in Time

By Madeleine L'Engle

Recommended Age: 8 — 12
Type: Chapter Books, Classic Books, Juvenile Fiction

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Ada Twist, Scientist

By Andrea Beaty

Recommended Age: 5 — 7
Type: Diversity & Inclusion, Part of a Series, School Books, STEM

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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

By Judith Viorst and Ray Cruz

Recommended Age: 5 — 8
Type: Classic Books, Feelings Books

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Alexander, Who’s Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move

By Judith Viorst, Ray Cruz, and Robin Preiss Glasser

Recommended Age: 5 — 8
Type: Feelings Books, General Picture Books, New Home/ Moving Books

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All Because You Matter

By Tami Charles

Recommended Age: 3 — 8
Type: Diversity & Inclusion, General Picture Books

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All of the Above

By Shelley Pearsall

Recommended Age: 8 — 12
Type: Chapter Books, Diversity & Inclusion, School Books, STEM

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Alma and How She Got Her Name

By Juana Martinez-Neal

Recommended Age: 4 — 8
Type: Diversity & Inclusion, General Picture Books

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