Reading Suggestions for Kids


NoveList K-8 Plus

Contains information on over 260,000 fiction and readable nonfiction titles. Features lists of award-winning books, book discussion guides, Read-a-Like recommendations, and complete series information. Also includes reader ratings and reviews, and you can create your own reading wish list.


Alex’s Recommendations

Picture Books

Papa Doesn't Do Anything! (But Love You) by Jimmy Fallon (Author) , Miguel Ordóñez, (Illustrator)
This Book Is Dangerous! by Ben Clanton
When You Go to Dragon School by Chelsea M. Campbell (Author), Charlene Chua (Illustrator)
The Wild Robot on the Island by Peter Brown

Kids

2025 Newbery Medal & Honor Books

2025 Caldecott Medal & Honor Books

2025 Coretta Scott King Award & Honor Books

My Daddy Is a Cowboy by Stephanie Seales (text) & illus. by C.G. Esperanza
Black Star by Kwame Alexander
Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King by Coretta Scott King. illus. by Ekua Holmes
Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller by Breanna J McDaniel. illus. by April Harrison
Kwame Crashes the Underworld by Craig Kofi Farmer
One Big Open Sky by Lesa Cline-Ransome

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