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Animals and Nature
Wonder Walkers by Micha Archer
It's a Tiger! by David LaRochelle
Outside In by Deborah Underwood
A Stone Sat Still by Brendan Wenzel
Hike by Pete Oswald
Frederick by Leo Lionni
Hot Dog by Doug Salati
Classics
Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? / Oso Pado, Oso Pardo, Que Ves Asi? by Bill Martin
Curious George by H.A. Rey
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle and Kevin R. Free
The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Paul Galdone
Concepts
Circle by Mac Barnett
Crescent Moons and Pointed Minarets by Hena Khan
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow
Green is a Chile Pepper by Roseanne Greenfield Thong
Stack the Cats by Susie Ghahremani
Feelings
Grandpa's Stories: A Book of Remembering by Joseph Coelho
My Heart Fills With Happiness by Monique Gray Smith
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael Lopez
Llama Llama Mad at Mama by Anna Dewdney
Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall
Funny
Click, Clack, Moo by Doreen Cronin
Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin
The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt
The Couch Potato by Jory John and Pete Oswald
Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds and Peter Brown
On Account of the Gum by Adam Rex
Individuality
A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni
A Friend for Henry by Jenn Bailey
Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
Be You! by Peter H. Reynolds
Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o
Vamos! Let's Go to the Market by Raul the Third
Watercress by Andrea Wang
Reading
Give Me Back My Book by Travis Foster
Lola at the Library by Anna McQuinn
Reading Makes You Feel Good by Todd Parr
Toddler Tools
Potty Patrol by Nickelodeon Publishing
Richard Scarry's Best Little Word Book Ever by Richard Scarry
Transportation
Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton
Diggers Go by Steve Light
Good Night, Little Blue Truck by Alice Shertle
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site by Sherry Dusky Rinker
Thomas and the Jet Engine by Rev W. Awdry and Richard Courtney
Toddler Tools
Calm-down time by Elizabeth Verdick
Germs are not for sharing by Elizabeth Verdick
Animals and Nature
A Nest is Noisy by Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long
Snakes by Emily Green
Living Fossils by Rebecca Hirsch
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner
Extreme Animal Rumble by Jerry Pallota
Bears by National Geographic Kids
Arctic Animals: Cold Feet by Speedy Publishing
Social Emotional Learning
The Red Book: What to Do When You’re Angry by William Anthony
Tell Me Why I Cry by Katie Marsico
Work it Out: How to Resolve Conflict by Sloane Hughes
I Messed Up: How to Own Your Mistakes by Sloane Hughes
My Friend Won’t Talk to Me by Connie Colwell Miller
STEAM
The Complete baking book for young chefs from America's Test Kitchen
Rosie Revere’s Big Project Book for Bold Engineers by Andrea Beaty
Triangles by David A. Adler
Drones for Fun by Jason Brainard
The LEGO Adventure Book, Volume 1 by Megan H. Rothrock
Awesome Rocks by Katy Lennon
Transportation
Helicopters by Amy McDonald
Motocross Racing by K. A. Hale
Sports Cars by Emma Huddleston
Trucks by Amy Johnson
Garbage Trucks by Amy McDonald
History
Her right foot by Dave Eggers
Kid presidents; by David Stabler
Little leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison
Stamped (For Kids) by Jason Reynolds
We are the change: Words of Inspiration from Civil Rights Leaders with introduction by Harry Belafonte
The Chumash by Danielle Smith Llera
Cold War Correspondent: A Korean War Tale by Nathan Hale
What Was the Titanic? by Stephanie Sabol
Biography
On a Beam of Light; A Story of Albert Einstein by Jennifer Berne
Shark lady by Jess Keating
Soldier for Equality by Duncan Tonatiuh
The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps by Jeanette Winter
I Am Anne Frank by Brad Meltzer
Who Was Kobe Bryant? by Ellen Labrecque
Classics
Holes by Louis Sachar
The Little Prince by Atoine de Saint-Exupéry
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Fantasy
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone by J. K. Rowling
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, illus. by Jules Feiffer
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo, illus. by Timothy Basil Ering
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
The Dragonet Prophecy by Tui T. Sutherland
Historical Fiction
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
P. S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Spears
Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson
The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic by Lauren Tarshis
Humor
The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey
The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus by Barbara Park
The 13 Story Treehouse by Andy Griffiths
Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life by Rachel Renée Russell
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Mystery
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
The Great Cake Mystery by Alexander McCall Smith
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer
Murder is Bad Manners by Robin Stevens
Realistic Fiction
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Cartaya
Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri
Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
Wonder by R. J. Palacio
The Year of the Book by Andrea Cheng, illus Abigail Halpin
The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin
Science Fiction
The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. Holm
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
Pi in the Sky by Wendy Mass
The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera
Classics
Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White, read by the author
The Collected Stories of Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne, read by Stephen Fry et al.
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald, read by Karen White
The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary, read by B.D. Wong
The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden, read by Vikas Adam
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery, read by Shelly Frasier
Fantasy
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill, read by Christina Moore
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling, read by Jim Dale
The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien, read by Anthony Jackson et al.
How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell, read by David Tennant
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, read by Jesse Bernstein
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo, read by Graeme Malcolm
Historical Fiction
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis, read by James Avery
Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan, read by Trini Alvarado
Magic Tree House Collection, Books 1-8, by Mary Pope Osborne, read by the author
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia, read by Sisi Aisha Johnson
We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly, read by Ramon de Ocampo
Mystery
Belly-Up by Stuart Gibbs, read by Gibson Frazier
A to Z Mysteries, Books A-C by Ron Roy, read by David Pittu
Bunnicula Collection, Books 1-3 by Deborah and James Howe, read by Victor Garber
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner, read by Aimee Lilly
Half-Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer, read by Sean Patrick Reilly
Realistic Fiction
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo, read by Cherry Jones
Frindle by Andrew Clements, read by Keith Nobbs
Junie B. Jones Collection, Books 1-4 by Barbara Park, read by Lana Quintal
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall, read by Susan Denaker
Wonder by R. J. Palacio, read by Kaya McLean et al.