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 Red Pencil

By Andrea Davis Pinkney

Recommended Age: 10 — 13
Type: Juvenile Fiction

Recommended by Military Homeschoolers Association

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The Red Umbrella

By Christina Gonzalez

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

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The Relatives Came

By Cynthia Rylant

Recommended Age: 3 — 5
Type: Classic Books, General Picture Books

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The Sad Dragon

By Steve Herman

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

Recommended by Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)

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The Seven Chinese Brothers

By Margaret Mahy, Jean Tseng, and Mou-sien Tseng

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

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The Shape of Me and Other Stuff: Dr. Seuss’s Surprising Word Book

By Dr. Seuss

Recommended Age: 2 — 6
Type: Classic Books, General Picture Books

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The Sky at Our Feet

By Nadia Hashimi

Recommended Age: 8 — 12
Type: Belonging, Chapter Books, Friends Books

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The Snowy Day

By Ezra Jack Keats

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

Recommended by American Academy of Pediatrics

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The Testing

By Joelle Charbonneau

Recommended Age: 12 — 14+
Type: App Ebook, Chapter Books

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The Trees of the Dancing Goats

By Patricia Polacco

Recommended Age: 5 — 8
Type: Belonging, General Picture Books, Holiday Books

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The Ugly Vegetables

By Grace Lin

Recommended Age: 2 — 6
Type: General Picture Books, Good Nutrition Books

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar / La Oruga Muy Hambrienta

By Eric Carle

Recommended Age: 0m — 6
Type: Animal Books, Bilingual, Classic Books, General Picture Books, STEM

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The Watsons Go to Birmingham (1963)

By Christopher Paul Curtis

Recommended Age: 10 — 12
Type: Belonging, Chapter Books, Civics, Juvenile Fiction

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The Whole of My World

By Nicole Hayes

Recommended Age: 12 — 14+
Type: Juvenile Fiction

Recommended by Military Homeschoolers Association

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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat

By Lucille Colandro

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

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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

By Simms Taback

Recommended Age: 3 — 7
Type: General Picture Books

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There’s a Wocket in My Pocket!: Dr. Seuss’s Book of Ridiculous Rhymes

By Dr. Seuss

Recommended Age: 2 — 5
Type: Classic Books

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Tiger Boy

By Mitali Perkins

Recommended Age: 11 — 14+
Type: Juvenile Fiction

Recommended by Military Homeschoolers Association

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Time for a Bath

By Phillis Gershator

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

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Time for Bed

By Mem Fox

Recommended Age: 1 — 5
Type: Bedtime Books

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