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Babies

• Animals Go by Emily Bolam
• The Baby Chicks Are Singing/ Los pollitos dicen by / por Ashley Wolff
• The Baby Goes Beep by Rebecca O’Connell and Ken Wilson-Max (illus.)
• Baby Happy, Baby Sad by Leslie Patricelli
• Beddy-bye, Baby by Karen Katz
• 5 Busy Ducklings by Children’s Press
• Look at the Animals! by Peter Linenthal
• My City / Mi ciudad by / por Rebecca Emberley
• Pretty Brown Face by Andrea and Brian Pinkney
• Smile! by Roberta Grobel Intrater
• Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox and Helen Oxenbury (illus.)

Toddlers

• Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton
• Bye-bye, Mommy by Emily Bolam
• Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling by Tracey Campbell Pearson
• Eating the Rainbow by Rena D. Grossman
• Everywhere a Moo, Moo by Children’s Press
• Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree / En un árbol están los cinco monitos by / por Eileen Christelow
• A Good Day by Kevin Henkes
• Higher! Higher! by Leslie Patricelli
• Hooray for Fish! by Lucy Cousins
• I Like Bugs by Lorena Siminovich
• The Noisy Counting Book by Susan Schade and Jon Buller
• Perfect Pets / Mascotas maravillosas by / por Mandy Stanley
• Spot Bakes a Cake by Eric Hill
• Toddler Two / Dos años by / por Anastasia Suen and Winnie Cheon (illus.)
• We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and Helen

Pre–K - K

• Dim Sum for Everyone by Grace Lin
• From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
• The House on East 88th Street by Bernard Waber
• I Love Trucks! by Philemon Sturges and Shari Halpern (illus.)
• King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood and Don Wood (illus.)
• Lola Loves Stories by Anna McQuinn and Rosalind Beardshaw (illus.)
• Mama Cat Has Three Kittens by Denise Fleming
• Market Day: A Story Told with Folk Art by Lois Ehlert
• Owl Babies by Martin Waddell and Patrick Benson (illus.)
• Punk Farm by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
• Scaredy Squirrel by Mélanie Watt
• What Can You Do with a Rebozo? / ¿Qué puedes hacer con un rebozo? by / por Carmen Tafolla and Amy Córdova (illus.)
• Whoever You Are by Mem Fox and Leslie Staub (illus.)
• The Wicked Big Toddlah by Kevin Hawkes
• Zomo the Rabbit: A Trickster Tale from West Africa by Gerald McDermott

Grades 1-2

• Abracadabra! Magic with Mouse and Mole by Wong Herbert Yee
• Bones and the Roller Coaster Mystery by David A. Adler and Barbara Johansen Newman (illus.)
• Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella by Robert D. San Souci and Brian Pinkney (illus.)
• Cork and Fuzz: Short and Tall by Dori Chaconas and Lisa McCue (illus.)
• Dodsworth in Paris by Tim Egan
• Doña Flor: A Tall Tale about a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart by Pat Mora and Raul Colón (illus.)
• Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa by Andrea Davis Pinkney with Scat Cat Monroe and Brian Pinkney (illus.)
• The Flight of the Dodo by Peter Brown
• Honey in a Hive by Anne F. Rockwell and S.D. Schindler (illus.)
• How My Parents Learned to Eat by Ina Friedman and Allen Say (illus.)
• Jabutí the Tortoise: A Trickster Tale from the Amazon by Gerald McDermott
• Mr. Putter & Tabby Spill the Beans by Cynthia Rylant and Arthur Howard (illus.)
• Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky
• Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
• The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith (illus.)
• Turtle’s Race with Beaver: A Traditional Seneca Story by Joseph Bruchac, James Bruchac, Jose Aruego (illus.), and Ariane Dewey (illus.)
• Where Do Chicks Come From? by Amy E. Sklansky and Pamela Paparone (illus.)
• Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky by Elphinstone Dayrell and Blair Lent (illus.)
• You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You: Very Short Scary Tales to Read Together by Mary Ann Hoberman and Michael Emberley (illus.)
• Zelda and Ivy, the Runaways by Laura McGee Kvasnosky

Grades 3-4

• Alvin Ho: Allergic to Camping, Hiking, and Other Natural Disasters by Lenore Look and LeUyen Pham (illus.)
• Bobby Vs. Girls (Accidentally) by Lisa Yee and Dan Santat (illus.)
• The Boy on Fairfield Street: How Ted Geisel Grew Up to Become Dr. Seuss by Kathleen Krull, Steve Johnson (illus.), Lou Fancher (illus.), and Dr. Seuss (illus.)
• Calvin Coconut: Trouble Magnet by Graham Salisbury and Jacqueline Rogers (illus.)
• The Champ: The Story of Muhammad Ali by Tonya Bolden and Gregory Christie (illus.)
• The Dangerous Alphabet by Neil Gaiman and Gris Grimly (illus.)
• The Dragon in the Sock Drawer by Kate Klimo and John Shroades (illus.)
• The Dragons Are Singing Tonight by Jack Prelutsky and Peter Sís (illus.)
• Frankly, Frannie by A. J. Stern and Doreen Mulryan Marts (illus.)
• Frogs! by Elizabeth Carney
• Grown-Ups Are Dumb (No Offense) by Alexa Kitchen
• It’s Disgusting and We Ate It! True Food Facts from Around the World and Throughout History by James Solheim and Eric Brace (illus.)
• Keena Ford and the Field Trip Mix-Up by Melissa Thomson and Frank Morrison (illus.)
• Liberty Porter, First Daughter by Julia DeVillers and Paige Pooler (illus.)
• Lunch Lady and the Summer Camp Shakedown by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
• Mercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillo and Chris Van Dusen (illus.)
• Never Walk in Shoes That Talk by Katherine Applegate and Brian Biggs (illus.)
• Ramona and Her Father by Beverly Cleary and Alan Tiegreen (illus.)
• The Runaway Dolls by Ann M. Martin, Laura Godwin, and Brian Selznick (illus.)
• Sassy: The Birthday Storm by Sharon M. Draper

Grades 5-6

• Baseball Great by Tim Green
• City of Fire by Laurence Yep
• Confetti Girl by Diana López
• Gorilla Doctors: Saving Endangered Great Apes by Pamela S. Turner
• Houdini: The Handcuff King by Jason Lutes and Nick Bertozzi
• Keeping Score by Linda Sue Park
• Luv Ya Bunches by Lauren Myracle
• The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by W.R. Philbrick
• Peace, Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
• Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez
• The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
• Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
• Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion by Loree Griffin Burns
• The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
• When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead