KidBooks

Many of our staff, whether they have children or not, are big fans of children’s books. This list may give you ideas of what to read next with your kids, or great tips for gift giving. Enjoy!

Board Books
Picture Books
Junior Easy (Grades 1 to 3)
Junior Fiction (Grade 4 to 8 )
Junior Non-Fiction

Board Books

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Peepo by Janet Ahlberg
Where’s My Teddy? by Jez Alborough
A - You’re Adorable by Martha Alexander
Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton
Moo, Baa, La, La, La by Sandra Boynton
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in a Ball by Vicki Churchill
The “Carl” series by Alexandra Day
Time for Bed by Mem Fox
Hello Kitty, What Will I Be A - Z? by Higashi Glaser
Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
Sheep in a Shop by Nancy Shaw
Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
So Many Bunnies by Rich Walton
Max’s Bedtime by Rosemary Wells
Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson

Picture Books

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Each Peach, Pear, Plum by Janet Ahlberg
Parts by Ted Arnold
Stanley’s Party by Linda Bailey
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
The “Madeline” series by Ludwig Bemelmans
Mama and Me by Cari Best
Something to Remember Me by Susan Bosak
The Huron Carol by Father Jean de Brebeuf; illustrated by Ian Wallace
Father Christmas by Raymond Briggs
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
Percy the Park Keeper: a classic treasury by Nick Butterworth
The Birdman by Veronica Charles
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Clooney
Toestomper and the Caterpillars by Sharleen Collicott
Diary of a Fly by Doreen Cronin
The Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson
The Smartest Giant in Town by Julia Donaldson
The “Olivia” series by Ian Falconer
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
The “Sam and Stella” series by Marie-Louise Gay
The Balloon Tree by Phoebe Gilman
Something From Nothing by Phoebe Gilman
A Weekend With Wendell by Kevin Henkes
Humphrey’s Christmas by Sally Hunter
Cinder Edna by Ellen Jackson
The Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
Cowboy Small by Lois Lenski
Bats at the Library by Bryan Lies
Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore by David M. McPhail
The Kiss That Missed by David Melling
The Night Before Christmas by Clement Moore; illustrated by Tasha Tudor
Daddy-Care by Allen Morgan
Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
The Paperbag Princess by Robert Munsch
Fancy Nancy by Jane O’Connor
The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
The Tale of Two Bad Mice by Beatrix Potter
So Few of Me by Peter Reynolds
The Emperor of Absurdia by Chris Riddell
The Complete Adventures of the Mole Sisters by Roslyn Schwartz
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
Who Wants a Cheap Rhinosaurus? by Shel Silverstein
The “Miss Bindergarten” series by Joseph Slate
Selina and the Bear Paw Quilt by Barbara Smucker
When Mama Comes Home Tonight by Eileen Spinelli
Rumpelstiltskin’s Daughter by Diane Stanley
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
Red is Best by Kathy Stinson
Mouse’s First Fall by Lauren Thompson
Ben’s Dream by Chris Van Allsburg
Fuzzy Yellow Ducklings by Matthew Van Fleet
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
Mouse Paint by Helen Stoll Walsh
Augustine by Melanie Watt
Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watt
The “McDuff” series by Rosemary Wells
I Went Walking by Sue Williams
Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
Jennifer Jones Won’t Leave Me Alone by Freda Wishinsky
Two Frogs by Christopher Wormell
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen

Junior Easy (Grades 1 to 3)

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The Velvetine Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco
The “Franklin” series by Paulette Bourgeois
Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
Counting on Frank by Rod Clement
Dream Tree by Stephen Cosgrove
Serendipity by Stephen Cosgrove
The Princess Knight by Cornelia Funke
The Market Square Dog by James Herriot
Emma’s Story by Deborah Hodge
The “Mr. Mugs” series by Martha Kambeitz and Denise Burns
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
Marcel the Pastry Chef by Marianna Mayer
Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
Just Plain Fancy by Patricia Polacco
The Slug Who Thought He Was A Snail by Penny Pollock
My Name is Yoon by Helen Recorvits
Mr. Putter and Tabby Feed the Fish by Cynthia Rylant
The Ink Drinker by Eric Sanvoisin
Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You? by Dr. Seuss
Pirate Mom by Deborah Underwood
Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg
Courage by Bernard Waber
The Secret in the Matchbox by Val Willis

Junior Fiction (Grade 4 to 8 )

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Gideon the Cutpurse by Linda Buckley Archer
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Tunnels of Time by Mary Bishop
The Greatest Skating Race: a WWII story from the Netherlands by Louise Borden
The “Beacon Street Girls” series by Annie Bryant
Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima
The “Artemis Fowl” series by Eoin Colfer
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead
The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
The Giggler Treatment by Roddy Doyle
City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Gone Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright
The “Melendy” series by Elizabeth Enright
I, Coriander by Sally Gardner
Pirate’s Passage by William Gilkerson
The “Pure Dead” series by Debi Gliori
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
The Mouse and His Child by Russell Hoban
Mable Riley by Marthe Jocelyn
Mystery of the Tolling Bell by Carolyn Keene
The Contest by Gordon Korman
Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski
Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg by Gail Carson Levine
Fairest by Gail Carson Levine
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The “Anne” series by L.M. Montgomery
The Story Girl by L.M. Montgomery
Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat
Operation Red Jericho by Joshua Mowll
The “Charlie Bone” series by Jenny Nimmo
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
The Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
The Battle of Bubble and Squeak by Philippa Pearce
A Handful of Time by Kit Pearson
Dancer by Shelley Peterson
The “Wayside School” series by Louis Sachar
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Vampirates by Justin Somper
The Library Card by Jerry Spinelli
The All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
To Hang a Rebel by D. Harold Turner
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
The Lost Treasure of Casa Loma by Eric H. Wilson
The Christmas Miracle by Susan Wojciechowski

Junior Non-Fiction

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What If You Met a Pirate by Jan Adkins
The Journey That Saved Curious George by Louise Borden
Crazy for Horses by Karen Briggs
Three Billy Goats Gruff by Stephen Carpenter
Young Adventure’s Guide to Everest by Jonathan Chester
Bagels From Benny by Aubrey Davis
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Secrets of the Sphinx by James Cross Giblin

The Man Who Made Time Travel by Katherine Lasky
Hana’s Suitcase by Karen Levine
Egyptology by Emily Sands
Feathered Dinosaurs by Christopher Sloan
Z is for Zookeeper: a zoo alphabet by Michael Ulmer