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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The Doorbell Rang

By Pat Hutchins

Recommended Age: 3 — 8
Type: Classic Books, Counting Books, Diversity & Inclusion, Friends Books, STEM

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The Dot

By Peter Reynolds

Recommended Age: 1 — 5
Type: General Picture Books, School Books

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The Family Book

By Todd Parr

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

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The Feel Good Book

By Todd Parr

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

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The First Day of Winter

By Denise Fleming

Recommended Age: 3 — 5
Type: Diversity & Inclusion, General Picture Books, Holiday Books

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The Fox and the Feather

By Kendall Lanning

Recommended Age: 3 — 7
Type: Feelings Books, Grief/Loss

Recommended by Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)

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The Ghost of Donley Farm

By Jaime Gardner Johnson

Recommended Age: 5 — 8
Type: Animal Books, STEM

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The Gingerbread Man

By Catherine McCafferty

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

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The Girl Who Could Fix Anything: Beatrice Shilling, World War II Engineer

By Mara Rockliff

Recommended Age: 5 — 9
Type: Biography/Autobiography, Diversity & Inclusion, History, STEM

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The Hallo-Wiener

By Dav Pilkey

Recommended Age: 4 — 8
Type: Classic Books, General Picture Books, Holiday Books

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The Hundred Dresses

By Eleanor Estes

Recommended Age: 6 — 9
Type: App Ebook, Chapter Books, Feelings Books, School Books

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The Iliad: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

By Gareth Hinds

Recommended Age: 12 — 14+
Type: Chapter Books, Graphic Novel, Juvenile Fiction, Reluctant Readers Books

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The Invisible String

By Patrice Karst

Recommended Age: 3 — 7
Type: Deployment Books, Feelings Books

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The King of Kindergarten

By Derrick Barnes

Recommended Age: 3 — 5
Type: Back to School Books, School Books

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The Kissing Hand

By Audrey Penn

Recommended Age: 4 — 9
Type: Animal Books, Back to School Books, Deployment Books, Feelings Books, School Books

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The Little Red Hen

By Diane Muldrow and JP Miller

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

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The Magnificent Makers #2: Brain Trouble

By Theanne Griffith

Recommended Age: 7 — 10
Type: Chapter Books, Diversity & Inclusion, Juvenile Fiction, Part of a Series, STEM

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The Mitten

By Jan Brett

Recommended Age: 1 — 4
Type: Classic Books, Holiday Books

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The Monster at the End of This Book

By Jon Stone

Recommended Age: 3 — 9
Type: Bedtime Books, Classic Books, General Picture Books, Pop Culture

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The Mouse and the Motorcycle

By Beverly Cleary and Jacqueline Rogers

Recommended Age: 8 — 12
Type: Animal Books, Chapter Books, Reluctant Readers Books

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