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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Planting a Rainbow

By Lois Ehlert

Recommended Age: 3 — 5
Type: Classic Books, Color & Shape Books, General Picture Books, STEM

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Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré

By Anika Aldamuy Denise

Recommended Age: 4 — 7

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Poe: Stories and Poems: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

By Gareth Hinds

Recommended Age: 10 — 14+
Type: Chapter Books, Graphic Novel, Juvenile Fiction

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Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?

By Bill Martin, Jr. and Eric Carle

Recommended Age: 0m — 6
Type: Classic Books, STEM, The Five Senses Books

Recommended by American Academy of Pediatrics

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Potty

By Leslie Patricelli

Recommended Age: 0m — 3
Type: Classic Books, General Picture Books, Hygiene, Toilet Training Books

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Prairie Lotus

By Linda Sue Park

Recommended Age: 10 — 12
Type: Belonging, Chapter Books

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Pumpkin Day!

By Candice Ransom

Recommended Age: 4 — 6
Type: Belonging, Holiday Books, Reluctant Readers Books

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Rainforest

By Julia Groves

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

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Reaching for the Moon: The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson

By Katherine Johnson

Recommended Age: 10 — 14+
Type: Belonging, Biography/Autobiography, Chapter Books, Juvenile Non-Fiction, STEM

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Ready to Fly: How Sylvia Townsend Became the Bookmobile Ballerina

By Lea Lyon and Alexandria LaFaye

Recommended Age: 5 — 8
Type: Belonging, Biography/Autobiography

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Red: A Crayon’s Story

By Michael Hall

Recommended Age: 0m — 4
Type: Belonging, General Picture Books

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Rescue and Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship

By Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes

Recommended Age: 4 — 8
Type: Belonging, Friends Books, General Picture Books

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Rocket-Bye Baby: A Spaceflight Lullaby

By Danna Smith

Recommended Age: 0m — 3
Type: Bedtime Books, General Picture Books, STEM

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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

By Mildred D. Taylor

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

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Romeo and Juliet (Graphic Novel)

By Gareth Hinds

Recommended Age: 12 — 14+
Type: Belonging, Chapter Books, Classic Books, Graphic Novel

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Rosa Pionera, Ingeniera

By Andrea Beaty

Recommended Age: 4 — 12
Type: Belonging, Bilingual, Juvenile Fiction, School Books, Spanish, STEM

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Rosie Revere, Engineer

By Andrea Beaty

Recommended Age: 4 — 12
Type: Belonging, Juvenile Fiction, School Books, STEM

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Round is a Mooncake: A Book of Shapes

By Roseanne Thong

Recommended Age: 4 — 6
Type: Belonging, School Books, STEM

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Ryan Hart #1: Ways to Make Sunshine

By Renée Watson

Recommended Age: 7 — 10
Type: Belonging, Chapter Books, Feelings Books, Juvenile Fiction, Part of a Series

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Salt in His Shoes: Michael Jordan in Pursuit of a Dream

By Deloris Jordan and Roslyn M. Jordan

Recommended Age: 5 — 10
Type: Belonging, Biography/Autobiography, General Picture Books, Sports

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