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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  We Belong Together

  By Todd Parr

  Recommended Age: 2 — 5
  Type: Adoption Books, General Picture Books

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  What Will Fit? / ¿Que llenara canasta?

  By Grace Lin

  Recommended Age: 0m — 3
  Type: Belonging, Counting Books, STEM

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  When Dinosaurs Die

  By Laurie Krasny Brown

  Recommended Age: 3 — 8
  Type: Feelings Books, Grief/Loss

  Recommended by Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)

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  When Sophie Gets Angry — Really, Really Angry…

  By Molly Bang

  Recommended Age: 1 — 4
  Type: Classic Books, Feelings Books, General Picture Books

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  When Stars Are Scattered

  By Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed

  Recommended Age: 9 — 12
  Type: Belonging, Biography/Autobiography, Chapter Books, Graphic Novel

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  Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

  By Grace Lin

  Recommended Age: 8 — 12

  Recommended by Military Homeschoolers Association

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  Where the Wild Things Are

  By Maurice Sendak

  Recommended Age: 4 — 9
  Type: Bedtime Books, Classic Books, General Picture Books

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  Wherever You Are: My Love Will Find You

  By Nancy Tillman

  Recommended Age: 4 — 9
  Type: Feelings Books, General Picture Books

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  Who is Jane Goodall (Board Book)

  By Lisbeth Kaiser

  Recommended Age: 0m — 4
  Type: Biography/Autobiography, Part of a Series, STEM

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  Who is Malala Yousafzai?

  By Dinah Brown

  Recommended Age: 7 — 12
  Type: Belonging, Chapter Books, Juvenile Non-Fiction, Part of a Series

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  Who Moved My Cheese? For Kids

  By Spencer Johnson and Christian Johnson

  Recommended Age: 4 — 10
  Type: Feelings Books, Grief/Loss

  Recommended by Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)

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  Who Was John Lewis?

  By Crystal Hubbard

  Recommended Age: 8 — 12
  Type: Belonging, Civics, Part of a Series

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  Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen?

  By Sherri L. Smith

  Recommended Age: 8 — 12
  Type: Belonging, Biography/Autobiography, Chapter Books, STEM

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  Why Do I Feel So Sad? A Grief Book for Children

  By Tracy Lambert LPC

  Recommended Age: 5 — 9
  Type: Feelings Books, Grief/Loss

  Recommended by Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)

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  Why I Love Australia

  By Bronwyn Bancroft

  Recommended Age: 5 — 9
  Type: General Picture Books

  Recommended by Military Homeschoolers Association

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  Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge

  By Mem Fox

  Recommended Age: 2 — 8
  Type: Feelings Books, Grief/Loss

  Recommended by Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)

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  Winter According to Humphrey

  By Betty G. Birney

  Recommended Age: 6 — 10
  Type: Chapter Books, Holiday Books, Juvenile Fiction

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  Wishtree

  By Katherine Applegate

  Recommended Age: 9 — 12
  Type: Feelings Books, Grief/Loss

  Recommended by Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)

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  Wonder Woman Saves the Trees!

  By Christy Webster

  Recommended Age: 4 — 7
  Type: Juvenile Fiction, Pop Culture, Reluctant Readers Books, STEM, Super Heroes

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  Worm Weather

  By Jean Taft

  Recommended Age: 2 — 4
  Type: General Picture Books, STEM

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