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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  Boyogi: How a Wounded Family Learned to Heal

  By David Barclay Moore

  Recommended Age: 5 — 9
  Type: App Ebook, Belonging, 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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  Brian’s Winter

  By Gary Paulsen

  Recommended Age: 10 — 14+
  Type: Chapter Books

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  Bringing in the New Year

  By Grace Lin

  Recommended Age: 2 — 5
  Type: Belonging, Holiday Books

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  Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

  By Verna Aardema

  Recommended Age: 5 — 8

  Recommended by Military Homeschoolers Association

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  Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

  By Bill Martin, Jr. and Eric Carle

  Recommended Age: 1 — 2
  Type: Animal Books, Classic Books, General Picture Books, STEM, The Five Senses Books

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  Brown Girl Dreaming

  By Jacqueline Woodson

  Recommended Age: 10 — 13
  Type: Juvenile Fiction

  Recommended by Military Homeschoolers Association

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  Caleb & Kate

  By William Steig

  Recommended Age: 4 — 8
  Type: Classic Books, Friends Books

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  Can’t You Sleep Little Bear?

  By Martin Waddell

  Recommended Age: 3 — 7
  Type: Bedtime Books, Classic Books

  Recommended by American Academy of Pediatrics

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  Caps for Sale

  By Esphry Slobodkina

  Recommended Age: 3 — 7
  Type: Classic Books, General Picture Books

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  Captain Marvel: Higher, Further, Faster

  By Liza Palmer

  Recommended Age: 12 — 14+
  Type: Belonging, Chapter Books, STEM, Super Heroes

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  Carry Me (Babies Everywhere)

  By Rena D. Grossman

  Recommended Age: 3m — 3
  Type: General Picture Books

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  Caterpillars Can’t Talk: A Children’s Story About Love, Loss and Transformation

  By Kris Fenton Siwek

  Recommended Age: 4 — 12
  Type: Feelings Books, Grief/Loss

  Recommended by Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)

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  Ceremony

  By Leslie Marmon Silko

  Recommended Age: 13 — 14+
  Type: Belonging, Chapter Books

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  Charlotte’s Web

  By E. B. White

  Recommended Age: 7 — 12
  Type: Chapter Books, Classic Books, Friends Books

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  Chasing Space (Young Readers’ Edition)

  By Leland Melvin

  Recommended Age: 8 — 12
  Type: Belonging, Biography/Autobiography, Chapter Books, Juvenile Non-Fiction, STEM

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  Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

  By Bill Martin, Jr.

  Recommended Age: 0m — 6
  Type: ABC Books, Classic Books, General Picture Books

  Recommended by American Academy of Pediatrics

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  Choices, The True Story of One’s Family Daring Escape to Freedom

  By J.E. Laufer

  Recommended Age: 13 — 14+
  Type: Biography/Autobiography, Chapter Books, Juvenile Non-Fiction

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  Chrysanthemum

  By Kevin Henkes

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

  Recommended by American Library Association

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