Check out these websites for great tips and reading lists.

• Reading Rockets for parents
• Scholastic – Three ways to prevent summer slide
• Start with a book

Visit our Pinterest boards for more resources and reading suggestions. Boards include: Toddler Time, Preschool Story hour, kids books about books, favorite dragon books, favorite audios. series we love and more.

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Great Reads & Sites

Preschool

• Seussville
• Denise Fleming
• Sandra Boynton

Picture Books: Preschool-3rd grade

• Jan Brett
• Mo Willems
• Fancy Nancy World
• Laura Numeroff

Early Chapter Books: Kindergarten – 2nd grade

• Junie B. Jones
• Fly Guy

Picture Books (Older Readers): 2nd grade – 4th grade

• Chris Van Allsburg

Popular Series (Older Readers): 3rd grade +

• 39 Clues
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid
• Rick Riordan’s  Percy Jackson
• J.K. Rowling & Harry Potter

Graphic Novels

 

Want to know what to read next?

• Read Kiddo Read

Children’s Book Awards

• Caldecott Medal
• Coretta Scott King Award
• Geisel Award
• Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal
• Newbery Medal
• Nutmeg Book Award
• Odyssey Award
• Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal

Audiobooks

Don’t forget to check out our new kits (children’s books and CDs), Playaways, and audiobooks in the Children’s Department. They are great fun to listen to while driving on family vacations in the summer. Here is a great article on the benefits of listening to audiobooks.

• Reading Rockets