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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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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Santa Kid

By James Patterson

Recommended Age: 3 — 6
Type: Holiday Books

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Saturn For My Birthday

By John McGranaghan

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

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Scaredy Squirrel has a Birthday Party

By Melanie Watt

Recommended Age: 4 — 9
Type: Birthday Books

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Seeds and Trees

By Brandon Walden

Recommended Age: 4 — 8
Type: Feelings Books, Friends Books, Grief/Loss

Recommended by Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)

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Shanti Saves Her Money

By Lisa Bullard

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

Recommended by Navy Federal Credit Union

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Sheep in a Shop

By Nancy E. Shaw

Recommended Age: 0m — 3
Type: Animal Books, App Ebook, General Picture Books

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Sideways Stories from the Wayside School

By Louis Sachar

Recommended Age: 7 — 12
Type: Back to School Books, Chapter Books, Classic Books, Juvenile Fiction, School Books

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Smart Kids: Dinosaurs

By Roger Priddy

Recommended Age: 6 — 12
Type: Dinosaur Books, Juvenile Non-Fiction, STEM

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Snow is Falling

By Franklyn M. Branley

Recommended Age: 4 — 8
Type: Classic Books, Juvenile Non-Fiction, STEM

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