Book Lists for Youth

Books for the Youth

Welcome to our selection of hand-picked topics and books made by our very own staff! 

Summer Reading Staff Picks

The Strangest Thing in the Sea

Tidesong

Tidesong

Kraken Me Up

Kraken Me Up

Sadiq and the Gamers

Summer Reading is Killing Me

Summer Reading is Killing Me

The Smartest Kid in the Universe

The Smartest Kid in the Universe

The Genius Files: Mission Unstoppable

The Big Fun Kids Baking Book

Spidernaut: Arabella, the Spider in Space

Beast: Face-to-Face with the Florida Bigfoot

Beast: Face-to-Face with the Florida Bigfoot

The Adventures of Dr. Sloth

The Adventures of Dr. Sloth

Blobfish Book

My Friends Make Me Happy!

My Friends Make Me Happy!

I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916

I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916

Word Travelers

Word Travelers

Mysterious Benedict Society

Clean Getaway

The In-Between

The In-Between

The Bad Seed: Goes to the Library

The Bad Seed: Goes to the Library

Wolfie and Fly

Wolfie and Fly

Newbery Medal

The Last Cuentista

The Last Cuentista

When you trap a tiger

When You Trap a Tiger

new kid

New Kid

Merci Suarez Changes Gears

Merci Suarez Changes Gears

Hello, Universe

Hello, Universe

The Girl Who Drank the Moon

The Girl Who Drank the Moon

book cover Last Stop on Market Street

Last Stop on Market Street

book cover The Crossover

The Crossover

book cover Flora & Ulysses

Flora & Ulysses

The One and Only Ivan

book cover Dead End in Norvelt

Dead End in Norvelt

book cover Moon Over Manifest

Moon Over Manifest

book cover When You Reach Me

When You Reach Me

book cover The Graveyard Book

The Graveyard Book

book cover Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!

Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!

book cover The Higher Power of Lucky

The Higher Power of Lucky

book cover Criss Cross

Criss Cross

book cover Kira-Kira

Kira-Kira

book cover The Tale of Despereaux

The Tale of Despereaux

book cover Crispin: The Cross of Lead

Crispin: The Cross of Lead

A Single Shard

Caldecott Award

watercress

Watercress

water protectors

We Are Water Protectors

The undefeated

The Undefeated

hello lighthouse

Hello Lighthouse

book cover Wolf in the Snow

Wolf in the Snow

Radient Child

Finding Winnie

book cover The Adventures of Beekle

The Adventures of Beekle

book cover locomotive

Locomotive

This is Not My Hat

book cover A Ball for Daisy

A Ball for Daisy

A Sick Day for Amos McGee

The Lion and the Mouse

book cover The House in the Night

The House in the Night

book cover The Invention of Hugo Cabret

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Flotsam

The Hello, Goodbye Window

book cover Kitten's First Full Moon

Kitten's First Full Moon

book cover the man who walked between the towers

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

book cover My Friend Rabbit

My Friend Rabbit

book cover The Three Pigs

The Three Pigs

Sibert Medal

the peoples painter

The People's Painter

honeybee

Honeybee

fry bread

Fry Bread

Girl who drew butterflies

The Girl Who Drew Butterflies

Twelve days in May

Twelve days in May

March : book three

Funny bones

Funny bones

The Right Word

The Right Word

Parrots over Puerto Rico

Parrots over Puerto Rico

Bomb

Balloons over Broadway

Kakapo Rescue

Kakapo Rescue

Almost Astronauts

We are the Ship

We are the Ship

The Wall

Team Moon

Secrets of a Civil War Submarine

The Voice that Challenged a Nation

The Voice that Challenged a Nation

An American Plague

The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler

Black Potatoes

Black Potatoes

Sir Walter Raleigh and the Quest for El Dorado

Mitten Award

If You Come to Earth

If You Come to Earth

The Very Impatient Caterpillar

The Very Impatient Caterpillar

The Rabbit Listened

The Rabbit Listened

Milo Imagines the World

Milo Imagines the World

The Wolf, the Duck & the Mouse

A Dark, Dark Cave

A Dark, Dark Cave

sidwalk flowers

Sidewalk Flowers

Maple

Maple

Mr. Tiger Goes Wild

Dogs on Duty

Dogs on Duty

Breaking Stalin’s Nose

Breaking Stalin’s Nose

City Dog, Country Frog

City Dog, Country Frog

The (Mostly) True Adventures of Homer P. Figg

The (Mostly) True Adventures of Homer P. Figg

Diamond Willow

Diamond Willow

A Crooked Kind of Perfect

A Crooked Kind of Perfect

Rules

Rules

I Ain't Gonna Paint No More

aIda B

Old Cricket

Old Cricket

When My Name Was Keoko

When My Name Was Keoko

Love That Dog

Love That Dog

Because of Winn-Dixie

Because of Winn-Dixie

Bud, Not Buddy

YouPer Award

fighting words

Fighting Words

planet earth is blue

Planet Earth is Blue

front desk

Front Desk

nevermoor

The Trials of Morrigan Crow

Wolf Hollow

Wolf Hollow

The Fog Diver

The Night Gardener

The Night Gardener

The Boy on the Wooden Box

The Boy on the Wooden Box

Dogs on Duty

Dogs on Duty

Breaking Stalin's Nose

Breaking Stalin's Nose