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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  Economics: Baby’s Big World

  By Alex Fabrizio

  Recommended Age: 1 — 3
  Type: General Picture Books, Money/Finances, STEM

  Recommended by Navy Federal Credit Union

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  Edna

  By Susan Paradis

  Recommended Age: 4 — 7
  Type: Feelings Books, Grief/Loss

  Recommended by Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)

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  El Conjito Knuffle (Knuffle Bunny Spanish Edition)

  By Mo Willems

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

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  El Pinguino Taky (Tacky the Penguin)

  By Helen Lester

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

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  Elephant & Piggie: I Broke My Trunk!

  By Mo Willems

  Recommended Age: 3 — 5
  Type: Feelings Books, Friends Books, Part of a Series

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  Elephant & Piggie: My Friend is Sad

  By Mo Willems

  Recommended Age: 3 — 9
  Type: Feelings Books, Friends Books, Part of a Series

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  Elephant and Piggie: The Thank You Book

  By Mo Willems

  Recommended Age: 6 — 8
  Type: Juvenile Fiction, Part of a Series

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  Elephant and Piggie: Today I Will Fly!

  By Mo Willems

  Recommended Age: 3 — 5
  Type: Feelings Books, Friends Books, Juvenile Fiction, Part of a Series

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  Ellie, Engineer

  By Jackson Pearce

  Recommended Age: 8 — 12
  Type: Chapter Books, Diversity & Inclusion, STEM

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  Elmo’s Little Dreidel (Sesame Street)

  By Naomi Kleinberg and Christopher Moroney

  Recommended Age: 0m — 3
  Type: Classic Books, Diversity & Inclusion, Holiday Books

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  Empathy Is Your Superpower: A Book About Understanding the Feelings of Others

  By Cori Bussolari, PsyD

  
  Type: Feelings Books, Grief/Loss

  Recommended by Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)

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  Escape North!: The Story of Harriet Tubman (Step Into Reading, Level 4)

  By Monica Kulling

  Recommended Age: 7 — 9
  Type: Biography/Autobiography, Chapter Books, Diversity & Inclusion, Juvenile Non-Fiction

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  Evelyn Del Ray is Moving Away

  By Meg Medina

  Recommended Age: 4 — 8
  Type: Diversity & Inclusion, Feelings Books, Friends Books, New Home/ Moving Books

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  Everybody Cooks Rice

  By Norah Dooley and Peter J Thornton

  Recommended Age: 5 — 8
  Type: Diversity & Inclusion, General Picture Books, Good Nutrition Books

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  Everyone Poops

  By Taro Gomi and Amanda Mayer Stinchecum

  Recommended Age: 1 — 4
  Type: Animal Books, Classic Books, Diversity & Inclusion, General Picture Books, STEM, Toilet Training Books

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  Eye Spy Colors (Peephole Books)

  By Debbie MacKinnon and Anthea Sieveking

  Recommended Age: 9m — 4
  Type: Color & Shape Books, General Picture Books, The Five Senses Books

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  Eyes That Kiss in the Corners

  By Joanna Ho

  Recommended Age: 2 — 7
  Type: Diversity & Inclusion, General Picture Books

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  Fancy Nancy: Every Day is Earth Day

  By Jane O’Connor

  Recommended Age: 3 — 8
  Type: Part of a Series, Reluctant Readers Books, STEM

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  Fibonacci Zoo

  By Tom Robinson

  Recommended Age: 5 — 8
  Type: Animal Books, STEM

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  Field Trip to the Ocean Deep

  By John Hare

  Recommended Age: 4 — 8
  Type: Diversity & Inclusion, STEM

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