Read Across American History: 1700s
Journey across American history in a special program series for kids, teens and their caregivers. For September, we suggest novels set in the 1700s. During our book club meeting on 9/30, we will discuss the books and their historical context.
Felicity Learns a Lesson
Valerie Tripp
Rebellion 1776
Laurie Halse Anderson
I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 (I Survived #15)
Lauren Tarshis
Trouble at Fort La Pointe
Kathleen Ernst
Enemy in the Fort
Sarah Masters Buckey
Meet Kaya
Janet Beeler Shaw
The Sign of the Beaver
Elizabeth George Speare
Chains
Laurie Halse Anderson
(untitled)
(none)
Revolutionary War on Wednesday
Mary Pope Osborne
Sophia's War
Avi
The Redcoats are Coming!
Marianne Hering, Nancy I. Sanders
Woods Runner
Gary Paulsen
[J] Back to Middle School
Whether you are starting 6th grade or returning for 7th or 8th, middle school is a busy time for everyone. Take a break by hanging out with these characters who understand what you're going through.
Project Middle School
Alyssa Milano, Debbie Rigaud
Invisible: A Graphic Novel
Christina Diaz Gonzalez
Middle School Bites
Steven Banks
(untitled)
(none)
Middle School Mischief (the Magical Reality of Nadia #2)
Bassem Youssef, Catherine R. Daly
Eowulf: Of Monsters & Middle School
Mike Cavallaro
How to Navigate Middle School: Kid Confident Book 4
Anna Pozzatti, Bonnie Massimino
All's Faire in Middle School
Victoria Jamieson
Middle School
James Patterson
Awkward
Svetlana Chmakova
Sunny Rolls the Dice
Jennifer L. Holm
The Startup Squad
Brian Weisfeld, Nicole C. Kear
Mwikali and the Forbidden Mask
Shiko Nguru
Club Kick Out!: Into the Ring
Steph Mided
The Next Great Paulie Fink
Ali Benjamin
The Love Report
BeKa
Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone
Tae Keller
The Real Riley Mayes
Rachel Elliott
Turn the Tide
Elaine Dimopoulos
Homerooms and Hall Passes
Tom O'Donnell
Swim Team
Johnnie Christmas
The Trouble with Robots
Michelle Mohrweis
Oliver's Great Big Universe
Jorge Cham
Pizza My Heart: A Wish Novel
Rhiannon Richardson
Everything Sad Is Untrue
Daniel Nayeri
Make a Move, Sunny Park!
Jessica Kim
Things Seen from Above
Shelley Pearsall
It Wasn't Me
Dana Alison Levy
The Perfect Score
Rob Buyea
Confessions of a Class Clown
Arianne Costner
One Kid's Trash
Jamie Sumner
Shine!
J.J. Grabenstein, Chris Grabenstein
Be Real, Macy Weaver
Lakita Wilson
TBH #3: TBH, Too Much Drama
Lisa Greenwald
Dead Wednesday
Jerry Spinelli
The Superteacher Project
Gordon Korman
7 Good Reasons Not to Grow Up
Jimmy Gownley
Ahmed Aziz's Epic Year
Nina Hamza
Arcade and the Triple T Token
Rashad Jennings
How to Win a Slime War
Mae Respicio
The Boy Who Failed Dodgeball
Jordan Sonnenblick
You Go First
Erin Entrada Kelly
The Science of Breakable Things
Tae Keller
Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero
Saadia Faruqi
The Chance to Fly
Ali Stroker, Stacy Davidowitz
Fighting Words
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
50 Books to Read Before Kindergarten
Here is our list of 50 Books to Read Before starting Kindergarten!! This list was lovingly made by our librarians to share books that are fun to read and developmentally appropriate for those about to start Kindergarten.
Beneath
Cori Doerrfeld
Between Words: A Friendship Tale
Saki Tanaka
Boxitects
Kim Smith
The Boy Who Loved Maps
Kari Allen
Color Zoo
Lois Ehlert
Dad Bakes
Katie Yamasaki
Daniel's Good Day
Micha Archer
Dinothesaurus
Douglas Florian
The Dot
Peter Reynolds
Fern and Otto
Stephanie Graegin
Fresh-Picked Poetry
Michelle Schaub
Good Night, Baddies
Deborah Underwood
Grilled Cheese? Yes, Please!
Tim Kleyn
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!
Karen Beaumont
I Like This, You Like That
Linda Ashman
I Love You, Stinky Face
Lisa McCourt
I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen
If Frogs Made the Weather
Marion Dane Bauer
If You Give a Moose a Muffin
(none)
Just Because
Mac Barnett
Lena's Shoes Are Nervous
Keith Calabrese
Linus The Little Yellow Pencil
Scott Magoon
Little i
Michael Hall
Little Seasons: Spring Seeds
Mirka Hokkanen
The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza)
Philemon Sturges
Love Waves
Rosemary Wells
The Mochi Makers
Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson
Mommy's Hometown
Hope Lim
Monster Hands
Karen Kane, Jonaz McMillan
Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
Dr. Seuss
My Dog's a Chicken
Susan McElroy Montanari
Outside In
Deborah Underwood
Over and Under the Snow
Kate Messner
Owl Moon
Jane Yolen
Raindrops Roll
April Pulley Sayre
Round Is a Tortilla
Roseanne Thong
The Runaway Pea
Kjartan Poskitt
Spoon
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Thank You, Omu!
Oge Mora
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Jon Scieszka
There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly
Simms Taback
There's a Monster in Your Book
Tom Fletcher
We Don't Eat Our Classmates
Ryan T. Higgins
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
Whose Egg Is That?
Darrin Lunde
Wonder Walkers
Micha Archer
50 Books to Read Before First Grade
Here is our list of 50 Books to Read Before starting First Grade!! This list was lovingly made by our librarians to share books that are fun to read and developmentally appropriate for those about to start First Grade.
The Adventures of Amelia Bedelia
Peggy Parish
All the Water in the World
George Ella Lyon
Awe-Samosas!
Marzieh Abbas
Badger's Perfect Garden
Marsha Diane Arnold
Bean Thirteen
(none)
Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep!
Todd Tarpley
The Big Bike
C. L. Reid
The Boo-Boos of Bluebell Elementary
Chelsea Lin Wallace
The Book with No Pictures
B. J. Novak
Brilliant Bea
Shaina Rudolph, Mary Vukadinovich
Built to Last
Minh Lê
Can Bears Ski?
(none)
Chicken Talk
Patricia MacLachlan
The Day the Crayons Quit
Drew Daywalt
Dessert Island
Ben Zhu
Does a Bulldozer Have a Butt?
Derick Wilder
Empanadas for Everyone
Jackie Azúa Kramer
Ernest, the Moose Who Doesn't Fit
Catherine Rayner
Every Night Is Pizza Night
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, Gianna Ruggiero
Days with Frog and Toad
Arnold Lobel
Gift & Box
Ellen Mayer
The Hidden Forest
Jeannie Baker
I Will Read to You
Gideon Sterer
Julián Is a Mermaid
Jessica Love
The Itchy Book! (Elephant & Piggie Like Reading!)
Mo Willems, LeUyen Pham
Kipper and Roly
(none)
Leave Me Alone!
Vera Brosgol
Malik's Number Thoughts
(none)
Marigold Bakes a Cake
(none)
My Friend Earth
Patricia MacLachlan
Rainbow Hands
Mamta Nainy
The Rainbow Mystery
Fran Manushkin
The Robot and the Bluebird
David Lucas
Saving the Sun
Emma Pearl
Scorch, Hedgehog of Doom
Cate Berry
Secret Pizza Party
Adam Rubin
Something Smells!
Blake Liliane Hellman
Song in the City
Daniel Bernstrom
Square
Mac Barnett
The Squish
Breanna Carzoo
Stellaluna
Janell Cannon
This Table
Alex Killian
Thunder Cake
Patricia Polacco
What Do You Do with an Idea?
Kobi Yamada
When We Gather (Ostadahlisiha): a Cherokee Tribal Feast
Andrea L. Rogers
Where the Sidewalk Ends
(none)
The World's Best Class Plant
Audrey Vernick, Liz Garton Scanlon
Yumbo Gumbo
Keila V. Dawson
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