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.

Filter by Category

Filter by Age Group

I’m a Big Sister

By Joanna Cole and Rosalinda Kightley

Recommended Age: 1 — 4
Type: Feelings Books, General Picture Books, Siblings Books

Learn more
Ice-cold Birthday

By Maryann Cocca-Leffler

Recommended Age: 5 — 7
Type: Birthday Books, Feelings Books, Reluctant Readers Books

Learn more
If Animals Kissed Goodnight

By Ann Whitford Paul

Recommended Age: 3 — 6
Type: Animal Books, Bedtime Books, General Picture Books, STEM

Learn more
If I Built a House

By Chris Van Dusen

Recommended Age: 3 — 5
Type: Classic Books, STEM

Learn more
If I Ran for President

By Catherine Stier

Recommended Age: 6 — 9
Type: Civics, Juvenile Non-Fiction

Learn more
Iggy Peck, Architect

By Andrea Beaty

Recommended Age: 5 — 8
Type: General Picture Books, STEM

Learn more
Infandous

By Elana K. Arnold

Recommended Age: 16+
Type: Juvenile Fiction

Recommended by Military Homeschoolers Association

Learn more
Inside Out and Back Again

By Thanhhà Lai

Recommended Age: 9 — 12
Type: Juvenile Fiction

Recommended by Military Homeschoolers Association

Learn more
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus

By Dusti Bowling

Recommended Age: 9 — 12
Type: Belonging, Chapter Books

Learn more
Islandborn

By Junot Díaz

Recommended Age: 5 — 8

Recommended by Military Homeschoolers Association

Learn more
It’s Pumpkin Day, Mouse

By Laura Numeroff

Recommended Age: 6m — 4
Type: Animal Books, Classic Books, Holiday Books

Learn more
It’s Mine!

By Leo Lionni

Recommended Age: 3 — 7
Type: Classic Books, General Picture Books

Recommended by American Academy of Pediatrics

Learn more
Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World

By Ashley Herring Blake

Recommended Age: 8 — 12
Type: Belonging, Chapter Books, Feelings Books

Recommended by Modern Military Association of America

Learn more
Jackie Robinson: He Led the Way (Penguin Young Readers, Level 3)

By April Jones Prince and Robert Casilla

Recommended Age: 6 — 8
Type: Belonging, Biography/Autobiography, Juvenile Non-Fiction, Sports

Learn more
Jada Jones #5: Sky Watcher

By Kelly Starling Lyons

Recommended Age: 6 — 8
Type: Belonging, Chapter Books, Part of a Series, STEM

Learn more
Jingle Dancer

By Cynthia Leitich Smith

Recommended Age: 4 — 8
Type: Classic Books, Feelings Books

Learn more
Journey to the River Sea

By Eva Ibbotson

Recommended Age: 10 — 14+
Type: Juvenile Fiction

Recommended by Military Homeschoolers Association

Learn more
Judy Moody #1: Está de mal humor

By Megan McDonald

Recommended Age: 7 — 12
Type: Chapter Books, Part of a Series, Spanish

Learn more
Judy Moody #1: Judy Moody Was in a Mood

By Megan McDonald

Recommended Age: 7 — 12
Type: Chapter Books, Feelings Books, Part of a Series

Learn more
Judy Moody #3: Judy Moody Saves the World

By Megan McDonald

Recommended Age: 6 — 9
Type: Chapter Books, Part of a Series, STEM

Learn more