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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Islandborn

By Junot Díaz

Recommended Age: 5 — 8

Recommended by Military Homeschoolers Association

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It’s Pumpkin Day, Mouse

By Laura Numeroff

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

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It’s Mine!

By Leo Lionni

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

Recommended by American Academy of Pediatrics

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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

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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

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Jada Jones #5: Sky Watcher

By Kelly Starling Lyons

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

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Jingle Dancer

By Cynthia Leitich Smith

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

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Journey to the River Sea

By Eva Ibbotson

Recommended Age: 10 — 14+
Type: Juvenile Fiction

Recommended by Military Homeschoolers Association

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Judy Moody #1: Está de mal humor

By Megan McDonald

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

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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

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Judy Moody #3: Judy Moody Saves the World

By Megan McDonald

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

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Judy Moody and Stink: The Wishbone Wish

By Megan McDonald

Recommended Age: 6 — 9
Type: Chapter Books, Classic Books, Holiday Books, Juvenile Fiction, Part of a Series

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Just Go to Bed

By Mercer Mayer

Recommended Age: 1 — 5
Type: Bedtime Books, Classic Books, General Picture Books

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Just Going to the Dentist

By Mercer Mayer

Recommended Age: 2 — 5
Type: Classic Books, Doctors Books, General Picture Books, STEM

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Just Grace #4: Just Grace Goes Green

By Charise Mericle Harper

Recommended Age: 6 — 9
Type: App Ebook, Chapter Books, Juvenile Fiction, Part of a Series, School Books, STEM

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Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book

By Yuyi Morales

Recommended Age: 4 — 8
Type: ABC Books, Belonging, Bilingual

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Katie in London

By James Mayhew

Recommended Age: 5 — 8

Recommended by Military Homeschoolers Association

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King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub

By Audrey Wood

Recommended Age: 3 — 6
Type: Classic Books, General Picture Books

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Klinger

By Betsy Beard

Recommended Age: 5 — 8
Type: Animal Books, Feelings Books, Grief/Loss

Recommended by Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)

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Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale

By Mo Willems

Recommended Age: 2 — 5
Type: Classic Books, Feelings Books, General Picture Books

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