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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Who Moved My Cheese? For Kids
Recommended Age: 4 — 10
Type: Feelings Books, Grief/LossRecommended by Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)
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Who Was John Lewis?
Recommended Age: 8 — 12
Type: Civics, Diversity & Inclusion, Part of a Series -
Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen?
Recommended Age: 8 — 12
Type: Biography/Autobiography, Chapter Books, Diversity & Inclusion, STEM -
Why Do I Feel So Sad? A Grief Book for Children
Recommended Age: 5 — 9
Type: Feelings Books, Grief/LossRecommended by Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)
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Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
Recommended Age: 2 — 8
Type: Feelings Books, Grief/LossRecommended by Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)
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Winter According to Humphrey
Recommended Age: 6 — 10
Type: Chapter Books, Holiday Books, Juvenile Fiction -
Wishtree
Recommended Age: 9 — 12
Type: Feelings Books, Grief/LossRecommended by Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)
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Wonder Woman Saves the Trees!
Recommended Age: 4 — 7
Type: Juvenile Fiction, Pop Culture, Reluctant Readers Books, STEM, Super Heroes -
Worm Weather
Recommended Age: 2 — 4
Type: General Picture Books, STEM -
You Can’t Bring a Sandwich to the Moon . . . and Other Stories about Space!: Space Age
Recommended Age: 6 — 8
Type: Chapter Books, Juvenile Non-Fiction, STEM -
You Should Meet Mae Jemison
Recommended Age: 6 — 9
Type: Biography/Autobiography, Diversity & Inclusion, Juvenile Non-Fiction, Part of a Series, STEM -
You’re Here for a Reason
Recommended Age: 0m — 6
Type: Feelings Books, Grief/LossRecommended by Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)
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Zoey and Sassafras #1: Dragons and Marshmallows
Recommended Age: 6 — 10
Type: Animal Books, Chapter Books, Diversity & Inclusion, Part of a Series, STEM -
Zoey and Sassafras #2: Monsters and Mold
Recommended Age: 6 — 10
Type: Chapter Books, Diversity & Inclusion, Juvenile Fiction, STEM -
Zoey and Sassafras #3: Merhorses and Bubbles
Recommended Age: 5 — 8
Type: Chapter Books, Diversity & Inclusion, Part of a Series, STEM -
Zoey and Sassafras #4: Caterflies and Ice
Recommended Age: 6 — 9
Type: Chapter Books, Diversity & Inclusion, Part of a Series, STEM -
Zoom
Recommended Age: 2 — 13
Type: Feelings Books, Grief/LossRecommended by Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)