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
March 2023
Iceberg
Jennifer A. Nielsen
A Unicorn, a Dinosaur, and a Shark Walk into a Book
Jonathan Fenske
We Don't Lose Our Class Goldfish
Ryan Higgins
Pete the Kitty's Outdoor Art Project
James Dean
Eb & Flow
Kelly J. Baptist
Jacky Ha-ha Gets the Last Laugh
James Patterson
Graphic Novels for Kids
March 2023
Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea
Dav Pilkey
Bruce Wayne: Not Super
Stuart Gibbs
Squished
Megan Wagner Lloyd
The Ojja-wojja
Magdalene Visaggio
Failure to Lunch
Drew Brockington
Faulty Fables
Paul Tobin
Spotlight on Women's History Month
Help your children learn about the important contributions made by women throughout history.
Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar
Charnelle Pinkney Barlow
Jovita Wore Pants: The Story of a Mexican Freedom Fighter
Aida Salazar
Cut!: How Lotte Reiniger and a air of Scissors Revolutionized Animation
C. E. Winters
The Girl Who Built an Ocean: An Artist, an Argonaut, and the True Story of the World's First Aquarium
Jess Keating
Dressing Up the Stars: The Story of Movie Costume Designer Edith Head
Jeanne Walker Harvey
Maya's Song
Bryan Collier
Spotlight on 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten
Here are more titles to help you (and your littles) read 1,000 books before kindergarten. Learn more about the program.
The World and Everything in It
Kevin Henkes
The Daily Sniff
Jane Cabrera
The Umbrella
Beth Ferry
Zap! Clap! Boom!: The Story of a Thunderstorm
Laura Purdie Salas
Jack the Library Cat
Marietta Apollonio
Quiet Time With My Seeya
Dinalie Dabarera
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 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
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