Kids
Reading Recommendations for Kids & Families
From picture books to graphic novels, fantasy to family fun, these must-read books are bound to spark kids' imagination and keep the pages turning. We update this page with fresh recommendations every month.
Staff Picks for Kids
February 2023
Evergreen
Matthew Cordell
Milo's Monster
Tom Percival
Sometimes It's Nice to Be Alone
Amy Hest
Once Upon a Book
Grace Lin
A Crown for Corina
Laekan Zea Kemp
Whale Done
Stuart Gibbs
Graphic Novels for Kids
February 2023
Investigators: Agents of S.U.I.T.
John Patrick Green
Gina and the Last City on Earth
Judd Winick
Reported Missing
Geronimo Stilton
Big Nate Nailed It!
Lincoln Peirce
Disney Strange World
Random House
Nat for Nothing
Maria Scrivan
Spotlight on Black History Month
Celebrate Black stories and the people behind them with these titles for Black History Month.
A Is for Aretha: 28 Trailblazing Black Women Who Changed Music From A - Z
Leslie Kwan
I Am Born to Be Awesome
Renee Mechal Roe
Justice Rising: 12 Amazing Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement
Katheryn Russell-Brown
Love Is Loud: How Diane Nash Led the Civil Rights Movement
Sandra Neil Wallace
My Selma: True Stories of a Southern Childhood at the Height of the Civil Rights Movement
Willie Mae Brown
We Are Here
Tami Charles
Spotlight on 1,000 Books to Read Before Kindergarten
Read to your child daily and meet the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten challenge! Learn more and register.
Llama Llama Shapes
Anna Dewdney
The Library Fish Learns to Read
Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Hey Otter! Hey Beaver!
Brian Pinkney
Sunny and Oswaldo
Nicole Melleby
One Little Seed
Becky Davies
I Am Not an Octopus
Eoin Mclaughlin
Spotlight on Cozy Winter Reads
There's no better way to pass these cold winter days than by snuggling up with your little ones and enjoying these titles!
Baby Loves Winter!
Karen Katz
Snow Bugs
David A. Carter
William's Winter Nap
Linda Ashman
Winter Is Here
Kevin Henkes
Cozy
Jan Brett
Go, Sled! Go!
James Yang
Spotlight on the Newbery at 100
In honor of the Newbery Award's 100th anniversary, let's celebrate a century of excellence in children's literature.
The Giver
Lois Lowry
Holes
Louis Sachar
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
E. L. Konigsburg
Number the Stars
Lois Lowry
A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle
The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman
Spotlight on Birthday Reads for Kids
Here are some books to help you celebrate CCPL's 100th birthday in 2022!
Ten Rules of the Birthday Wish
Beth Ferry
Starla Jean Takes the Cake
Elana K Arnold
Best Cake Ever
Sam Garton
Happy Birthday, Hedgehog!
Norm Feuti
Maisy's Surprise Birthday Party
Lucy Cousins
Slappy Birthday to You
R. L. Stine
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