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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
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
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
Feelings
Grandpa's Stories: A Book of Remembering by Joseph Coelho
My Heart Fills With Happiness by Monique Gray Smith
Tiny T-Rex and the Impossible Hug by Jonathan Stutzman
Funny
Click, Clack, Moo by Doreen Cronin
Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin
The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt
Duck! Rabbit! By Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise by David Ezra Stein
Individuality
A Friend for Henry by Jenn Bailey
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
Multicultural
All Because You Matter by Tami Charles
Fry Bread by Kevin Noble Maillard
Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o
Vamos! Let's Go to the Market by Raul the Third
Watercress by Andrea Wang
Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas by Natash Yim
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
Fire Truck Vs. Dragon by Chris Barton
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
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
A Book About Anxiety by Holly Duhig
Let’s Get Along: Resolving Conflict by Alyssa Krekelberg
Compassion by Katie Marsico
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
Transportation
Helicopters by Amy McDonald
Motocross Racing by K. A. Hale
Sports Cars by Emma Huddleston
Trucks by Amy Johnson
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
Fred’s Big Feelings by Laura Renauld
I Am Anne Frank by Brad Meltzer
Who Are Venus and Serena Williams? by James Buckley Jr.
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 Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, illus. by Jules Feiffer
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo, illus. by Timothy Basil Ering
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
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
Stuntboy, in the Meantime by Jason Reynolds
Mystery
Belly Up by Stuart Gibbs
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
Mr. and Mrs. Bunny - Detective Extraordinaire by Polly Horvath
The Great Cake Mystery by Alexander McCall Smith
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
Space Case by Stuart Gibbs
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Classics
The Cat in the Hat and other Dr. Seuss Favorites by Dr. Seuss, read by Kelsey Grammer et al.
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
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
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
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 Mercy Watson Collection, Volume 1 by Kate DiCamillo, read by Ron McLarty
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall, read by Susan Denaker