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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  Bear Stays Up for Christmas

  By Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman

  Recommended Age: 4 — 9
  Type: Animal Books, Holiday Books

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  Bee-Bim Bop!

  By Linda Sue Park

  Recommended Age: 4 — 7
  Type: Diversity & Inclusion, General Picture Books

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  Beezus and Ramona

  By Beverly Cleary

  Recommended Age: 8 — 12
  Type: Chapter Books, Classic Books, Juvenile Fiction, Part of a Series

  Recommended by Newbery Honor Books

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  Beloved and the Pepper Tree

  By Ann Gonzales

  Recommended Age: 4 — 8
  Type: App Ebook, Diversity & Inclusion, Friends Books, General Picture Books

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  Besos for Baby: A Little Book of Kisses

  By Jen Arena

  Recommended Age: 0m — 3
  Type: Bedtime Books, Bilingual, Diversity & Inclusion, General Picture Books

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  Best Friends (Step into Reading)

  By Margery Cuyler

  Recommended Age: 4 — 6
  Type: Back to School Books, Diversity & Inclusion, Friends Books

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  Best Friends for Frances

  By Russell Hoban and Lillian Hoban

  Recommended Age: 4 — 8
  Type: Friends Books, Reluctant Readers Books

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  Big Sister and Little Sister

  By Charlotte Zolotow and Martha Alexander

  Recommended Age: 5 — 8
  Type: Siblings Books

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  Birthday Bling (Dollars to Doughnuts Book 1)

  By Catherine Daly

  Recommended Age: 5 — 8
  Type: Money/Finances, STEM

  Recommended by Navy Federal Credit Union

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  Black Panther: The Junior Novel

  By Jim McCann

  Recommended Age: 8 — 12
  Type: Chapter Books, Diversity & Inclusion, Pop Culture, Super Heroes

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  Black Panther: The Young Prince

  By Ronald L. Smith

  Recommended Age: 7 — 12
  Type: Chapter Books, Diversity & Inclusion, Super Heroes

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  Black Panther: This is Black Panther (World of Reading, Level 1)

  By Alexandra West

  Recommended Age: 3 — 5
  Type: Diversity & Inclusion, Pop Culture, Reluctant Readers Books, Super Heroes

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  Black Panther: Warriors of Wakanda (Little Golden Book)

  By Frank Berrios

  Recommended Age: 2 — 5
  Type: Diversity & Inclusion, Pop Culture, Super Heroes

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  Blackout

  By John Rocco

  Recommended Age: 4 — 7
  Type: Diversity & Inclusion, General Picture Books, Reluctant Readers Books

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  Blankie!

  By Leslie Patricelli

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

  Recommended by American Academy of Pediatrics

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  Blueberries for Sal

  By Robert McCloskey

  Recommended Age: 3 — 7
  Type: Classic Books

  Recommended by American Academy of Pediatrics

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  Bomb: The Race to Build-and Steal-the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon

  By Steve Sheinkin

  Recommended Age: 10 — 14+
  Type: Chapter Books, Juvenile Non-Fiction, STEM

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  Boyogi: How a Wounded Family Learned to Heal

  By David Barclay Moore

  Recommended Age: 5 — 9
  Type: App Ebook, Diversity & Inclusion, Feelings Books

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  Brave Clara Barton

  By Frank Murphy

  Recommended Age: 5 — 8
  Type: Chapter Books, Juvenile Non-Fiction, STEM

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  Bread and Jam for Frances

  By Russell Hoban and Lillian Hoban

  Recommended Age: 4 — 8
  Type: Good Nutrition Books, STEM

  Recommended by American Academy of Pediatrics

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