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125 books, each with verified catalog details, an editorial summary and suggested age range. Grouped by the youngest age a book suits; for filters, use the Book Finder.

Ages 0–2

  • Dear Zoo

    Rod Campbell · 1982

    • Ages 0–3
    • Board book
    • Fiction

  • Freight Train

    Donald Crews · 1978

    • Ages 0–4
    • Board book
    • Fiction
    • Caldecott Honor

  • Global Babies

    Global Fund for Children · 2007

    • Ages 0–2
    • Board book
    • Nonfiction

  • Goodnight Moon

    Margaret Wise Brown; illustrated by Clement Hurd · 1947

    • Ages 0–3
    • Board book
    • Fiction

  • Guess How Much I Love You

    Sam McBratney; illustrated by Anita Jeram · 1994

    • Ages 0–5
    • Picture book
    • Fiction

  • Jamberry

    Bruce Degen · 1983

    • Ages 0–4
    • Board book
    • Fiction

  • Knuffle Bunny

    Mo Willems · 2004

    • Ages 2–6
    • Picture book
    • Fiction
    • Caldecott Honor

  • Little Blue Truck

    Alice Schertle; illustrated by Jill McElmurry · 2008

    • Ages 1–5
    • Picture book
    • Fiction

  • Pat the Bunny

    Dorothy Kunhardt · 1940

    • Ages 0–2
    • Board book
    • Fiction

  • Peekaboo Morning

    Rachel Isadora · 2002

    • Ages 0–3
    • Board book
    • Fiction

  • Press Here

    Hervé Tullet · 2010

    • Ages 2–6
    • Picture book
    • Fiction

  • The Snowy Day

    Ezra Jack Keats · 1962

    • Ages 2–6
    • Picture book
    • Fiction
    • Caldecott Medal

  • Twenty Yawns

    Jane Smiley; illustrated by Lauren Castillo · 2016

    • Ages 2–6
    • Picture book
    • Fiction

  • Where's Spot?

    Eric Hill · 1980

    • Ages 0–3
    • Board book
    • Fiction

  • Whose Toes Are Those?

    Jabari Asim; illustrated by LeUyen Pham · 2006

    • Ages 0–2
    • Board book
    • Fiction

Ages 3–5

  • Across the Bay

    Carlos Aponte · 2019

    • Ages 4–8
    • Picture book
    • Fiction
    • ["Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor (2020)"]

  • Ada Twist, Scientist

    Andrea Beaty; illustrated by David Roberts · 2016

    • Ages 4–8
    • Picture book
    • Fiction

  • Be a King

    Carole Boston Weatherford; illustrated by James E. Ransome · 2018

    • Ages 5–9
    • Picture book
    • Nonfiction

  • Blueberries for Sal

    Robert McCloskey · 1948

    • Ages 3–6
    • Picture book
    • Fiction
    • Caldecott Honor

  • A Chair for My Mother

    Vera B. Williams · 1982

    • Ages 4–8
    • Picture book
    • Fiction
    • Caldecott Honor

  • Chrysanthemum

    Kevin Henkes · 1991

    • Ages 4–8
    • Picture book
    • Fiction

  • Corduroy

    Don Freeman · 1968

    • Ages 3–6
    • Picture book
    • Fiction

  • The Day the Crayons Quit

    Drew Daywalt; illustrated by Oliver Jeffers · 2013

    • Ages 4–8
    • Picture book
    • Fiction

  • Dreamers

    Yuyi Morales · 2018

    • Ages 4–8
    • Picture book
    • Nonfiction
    • Pura Belpré Illustrator Award

  • Each Kindness

    Jacqueline Woodson; illustrated by E. B. Lewis · 2012

    • Ages 5–9
    • Picture book
    • Fiction
    • ["Coretta Scott King Author Honor (2013)"]

  • Frederick

    Leo Lionni · 1967

    • Ages 3–7
    • Picture book
    • Fiction
    • Caldecott Honor

  • Henry and Mudge

    Cynthia Rylant; illustrated by Suçie Stevenson · 1987

    • Ages 4–8
    • Early reader
    • Fiction

  • I Dissent

    Debbie Levy; illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley · 2016

    • Ages 5–9
    • Picture book
    • Nonfiction

  • I Have a Dream

    Martin Luther King Jr.; illustrated by Kadir Nelson · 2012

    • Ages 5–10
    • Picture book
    • Nonfiction
    • ["Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor (2013)"]

  • The Invisible String

    Patrice Karst; illustrated by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff · 2000

    • Ages 3–8
    • Picture book
    • Fiction

  • Islandborn

    Junot Díaz; illustrated by Leo Espinosa · 2018

    • Ages 4–8
    • Picture book
    • Fiction
    • ["Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor (2019)"]

  • The Kissing Hand

    Audrey Penn; illustrated by Ruth E. Harper, Nancy M. Leak · 1993

    • Ages 3–6
    • Picture book
    • Fiction

  • Last Stop on Market Street

    Matt de la Peña; illustrated by Christian Robinson · 2015

    • Ages 3–8
    • Picture book
    • Fiction
    • ["Newbery Medal (2016)"

  • A Likkle Miss Lou

    Nadia L. Hohn; illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes · 2019

    • Ages 4–8
    • Picture book
    • Nonfiction

  • Little Melba and Her Big Trombone

    Katheryn Russell-Brown; illustrated by Frank Morrison · 2014

    • Ages 5–9
    • Picture book
    • Nonfiction
    • ["Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor (2015)"]

  • The Lonely Phone Booth

    Peter Ackerman; illustrated by Max Dalton · 2010

    • Ages 4–8
    • Picture book
    • Fiction

  • Make Way for Ducklings

    Robert McCloskey · 1941

    • Ages 3–7
    • Picture book
    • Fiction
    • Caldecott Medal

  • Mango, Abuela, and Me

    Meg Medina; illustrated by Angela Dominguez · 2015

    • Ages 4–8
    • Picture book
    • Fiction
    • ["Pura Belpré Author Honor (2016)"

  • Martin's Big Words

    Doreen Rappaport; illustrated by Bryan Collier · 2001

    • Ages 5–9
    • Picture book
    • Nonfiction
    • ["Caldecott Honor (2002)"

  • Mercy Watson to the Rescue

    Kate DiCamillo; illustrated by Chris Van Dusen · 2005

    • Ages 5–8
    • Chapter book
    • Fiction

  • My Friend Is Sad

    Mo Willems · 2007

    • Ages 4–7
    • Early reader
    • Fiction

  • The Name Jar

    Yangsook Choi · 2001

    • Ages 5–8
    • Picture book
    • Fiction

  • Over and Under the Snow

    Kate Messner; illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal · 2011

    • Ages 4–8
    • Picture book
    • Nonfiction

  • Owl Moon

    Jane Yolen; illustrated by John Schoenherr · 1987

    • Ages 4–8
    • Picture book
    • Fiction
    • Caldecott Medal

  • Planting Stories

    Anika Aldamuy Denise; illustrated by Paola Escobar · 2019

    • Ages 4–8
    • Picture book
    • Nonfiction
    • ["Pura Belpré Author Honor (2020)"]

  • The Rabbit Listened

    Cori Doerrfeld · 2018

    • Ages 3–7
    • Picture book
    • Fiction

  • Rosie Revere, Engineer

    Andrea Beaty; illustrated by David Roberts · 2013

    • Ages 4–8
    • Picture book
    • Fiction

  • Snowflake Bentley

    Jacqueline Briggs Martin; illustrated by Mary Azarian · 1998

    • Ages 5–9
    • Picture book
    • Nonfiction
    • Caldecott Medal

  • Swimmy

    Leo Lionni · 1963

    • Ages 3–7
    • Picture book
    • Fiction
    • Caldecott Honor

  • Too Many Tamales

    Gary Soto; illustrated by Ed Martinez · 1993

    • Ages 4–8
    • Picture book
    • Fiction

  • The Watcher

    Jeanette Winter · 2011

    • Ages 5–9
    • Picture book
    • Nonfiction

  • We Are in a Book!

    Mo Willems · 2010

    • Ages 4–7
    • Early reader
    • Fiction

Ages 6–8

  • Because of Winn-Dixie

    Kate DiCamillo · 2000

    • Ages 8–12
    • Middle-grade novel
    • Fiction
    • Newbery Honor

  • Charlotte's Web

    E. B. White; illustrated by Garth Williams · 1952

    • Ages 7–11
    • Middle-grade novel
    • Fiction
    • Newbery Honor

  • Clementine

    Sara Pennypacker; illustrated by Marla Frazee · 2006

    • Ages 6–9
    • Chapter book
    • Fiction

  • Dinosaurs Before Dark

    Mary Pope Osborne; illustrated by Sal Murdocca · 1992

    • Ages 6–9
    • Chapter book
    • Fiction

  • El Deafo

    Cece Bell · 2014

    • Ages 8–12
    • Graphic novel
    • Nonfiction
    • Newbery Honor

  • Flora & Ulysses

    Kate DiCamillo; illustrated by K. G. Campbell · 2013

    • Ages 8–12
    • Middle-grade novel
    • Fiction
    • Newbery Medal

  • Front Desk

    Kelly Yang · 2018

    • Ages 8–12
    • Middle-grade novel
    • Fiction

  • The Golden Flower

    Nina Jaffe; illustrated by Enrique O. Sánchez · 1996

    • Ages 6–10
    • Picture book
    • Fiction
    • Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor

  • Ivy and Bean

    Annie Barrows; illustrated by Sophie Blackall · 2006

    • Ages 6–9
    • Chapter book
    • Fiction

  • Let the Children March

    Monica Clark-Robinson; illustrated by Frank Morrison · 2018

    • Ages 6–10
    • Picture book
    • Fiction
    • Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor

  • My Brother Martin

    Christine King Farris; illustrated by Chris Soentpiet · 2003

    • Ages 6–10
    • Picture book
    • Nonfiction

  • My Father's Dragon

    Ruth Stiles Gannett; illustrated by Ruth Chrisman Gannett · 1948

    • Ages 6–9
    • Chapter book
    • Fiction
    • Newbery Honor

  • The Phantom Tollbooth

    Norton Juster; illustrated by Jules Feiffer · 1961

    • Ages 8–12
    • Middle-grade novel
    • Fiction

  • Separate Is Never Equal

    Duncan Tonatiuh · 2014

    • Ages 6–10
    • Picture book
    • Nonfiction
    • Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor

  • Smile

    Raina Telgemeier · 2010

    • Ages 8–12
    • Graphic novel
    • Nonfiction

  • The Stories Julian Tells

    Ann Cameron; illustrated by Ann Strugnell · 1981

    • Ages 6–9
    • Chapter book
    • Fiction

  • Ways to Make Sunshine

    Renée Watson; illustrated by Nina Mata · 2020

    • Ages 6–9
    • Chapter book
    • Fiction

  • The Wild Robot

    Peter Brown · 2016

    • Ages 8–12
    • Middle-grade novel
    • Fiction

  • Wonder

    R. J. Palacio · 2012

    • Ages 8–12
    • Middle-grade novel
    • Fiction

Ages 9–12

  • American Born Chinese

    Gene Luen Yang · 2006

    • Ages 12–18
    • Graphic novel
    • Fiction
    • Michael L. Printz Award

  • Bridge to Terabithia

    Katherine Paterson · 1977

    • Ages 9–13
    • Middle-grade novel
    • Fiction
    • Newbery Medal

  • Brown Girl Dreaming

    Jacqueline Woodson · 2014

    • Ages 10–14
    • Middle-grade novel
    • Nonfiction
    • National Book Award for Young People's Literature

  • The Crossover

    Kwame Alexander · 2014

    • Ages 9–13
    • Middle-grade novel
    • Fiction
    • Newbery Medal

  • Echo

    Pam Muñoz Ryan · 2015

    • Ages 10–14
    • Middle-grade novel
    • Fiction
    • Newbery Honor

  • Esperanza Rising

    Pam Muñoz Ryan · 2000

    • Ages 9–13
    • Middle-grade novel
    • Fiction
    • Pura Belpré Author Award

  • The Giver

    Lois Lowry · 1993

    • Ages 12–16
    • Middle-grade novel
    • Fiction
    • Newbery Medal

  • Harriet the Spy

    Louise Fitzhugh · 1964

    • Ages 9–12
    • Middle-grade novel
    • Fiction

  • Hatchet

    Gary Paulsen · 1987

    • Ages 10–14
    • Middle-grade novel
    • Fiction
    • Newbery Honor

  • Holes

    Louis Sachar · 1998

    • Ages 9–13
    • Middle-grade novel
    • Fiction
    • Newbery Medal

  • The Iliad

    Gareth Hinds · 2019

    • Ages 12–18
    • Graphic novel
    • Fiction

  • Inside Out & Back Again

    Thanhha Lai · 2011

    • Ages 9–13
    • Middle-grade novel
    • Fiction
    • National Book Award for Young People's Literature

  • The Last Cuentista

    Donna Barba Higuera · 2021

    • Ages 10–14
    • Middle-grade novel
    • Fiction
    • Newbery Medal

  • New Kid

    Jerry Craft · 2019

    • Ages 9–13
    • Graphic novel
    • Fiction
    • Newbery Medal

  • Number the Stars

    Lois Lowry · 1989

    • Ages 9–13
    • Middle-grade novel
    • Fiction
    • Newbery Medal

  • Okay for Now

    Gary D. Schmidt · 2011

    • Ages 10–14
    • Middle-grade novel
    • Fiction

  • One Crazy Summer

    Rita Williams-Garcia · 2010

    • Ages 9–13
    • Middle-grade novel
    • Fiction
    • Newbery Honor

  • The Real Boy

    Anne Ursu · 2013

    • Ages 9–13
    • Middle-grade novel
    • Fiction

  • The Westing Game

    Ellen Raskin · 1978

    • Ages 10–14
    • Middle-grade novel
    • Fiction
    • Newbery Medal

  • When You Reach Me

    Rebecca Stead · 2009

    • Ages 9–13
    • Middle-grade novel
    • Fiction
    • Newbery Medal

  • A Wrinkle in Time

    Madeleine L'Engle · 1962

    • Ages 10–14
    • Middle-grade novel
    • Fiction
    • Newbery Medal

Teens

  • The Book Thief

    Markus Zusak · 2005

    • Ages 14–18
    • Young adult novel
    • Fiction
    • Michael L. Printz Honor

  • The Hate U Give

    Angie Thomas · 2017

    • Ages 14–18
    • Young adult novel
    • Fiction
    • Michael L. Printz Honor

  • Long Way Down

    Jason Reynolds · 2017

    • Ages 13–18
    • Young adult novel
    • Fiction
    • Newbery Honor

  • March: Book One

    John Lewis, Andrew Aydin; illustrated by Nate Powell · 2013

    • Ages 13–18
    • Graphic novel
    • Nonfiction
    • Coretta Scott King Author Honor

  • The Poet X

    Elizabeth Acevedo · 2018

    • Ages 14–18
    • Young adult novel
    • Fiction
    • National Book Award for Young People's Literature

For parents & educators

  • How Toddlers Thrive

    Tovah P. Klein · 2014

    • For adults
    • For adults
    • Nonfiction

  • Wild Things!

    Betsy Bird, Julie Danielson, Peter D. Sieruta · 2014

    • For adults
    • For adults
    • Nonfiction