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Recommended Board Books
- Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang
- Sandra Boyton books– whichever float your boat on this one
- Julie Flett (Cree-Metis) board books such as Little You, We All Count, We Sang You Home
- Celebrate My Hopi Corn by Anita Poleahla (Salina Bookshelf board books)
- Fruits in Suits and Vegetables in Underwear by Jared Chapman
- Stanley Board Books by William Bee- these are great concept books for parents who like aesthetics
- Wordless stories such as Good Dog, Carl
Recommended Picture Books
- The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin (really anything by Grace Lin)
- Milo’s Museum by Zetta Elliott
- Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall
- The Princess and the Pony by Kate Beaton
- Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina
- Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith
- The Last Stop On Market Street by Matt de la Pena, illustrated by Christian Robinson
- The Frances books by the Russel and Lilian Hoban
- Chirri & Chirra books by Kaya Doi
- Sunday Shopping by Sally Derby Miller, illustrated by Shadra Strickland
- Cherries and Cherry Pits by Vera B. Williams
- Bodies Are Cool by Tyler Feder
Recommended Easy Readers
- The Silly Tilly books by Lilian Hoban
- Get the Giggles: A First Joke Book
- Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel
- You Should Meet series (for older readers)
- Holiday House I Like to Read series (I don’t know why this is the Kindle editions, but you can use it to find the paperbacks; see here for the reading levels of each title- remember A, B, and C are the absolute easiest)
- Katie Fry, Private Eye by Katherine Cox
- Ling and Ting by Grace Lin
- Benny and Penny books by Geoffrey Hayes
- King and Kayla series by Dori Hillestad Butler
Recommended Chapter Books
- Lola Levine series by Monica Brown
- Zoey and Sassafras series by Asia Citro
- Ruby Lu series by Lenore Look
- Museum Mysteries series by Sheila Connolly
- The Infamous Ratsos series by Kara LaReau
- City Kids series by Zetta Elliott
- Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake (excellent themes of friendship)
- The Stories Julian Tells by Ann Cameron (there are more of these books than listed in the series, be sure to look at your library for all of them)
- Juana and Lucas by Juana Medina
- The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bell Mathis
Recommended Middle Grade
- One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams Garcia (I clearly didn’t remember this book as well as I thought. My description is generally correct, but the details I shared aren’t totally accurate.)
- The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
- When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
- Mr. and Mrs. Bunny Detectives Extraordinaire by Polly Horvath
- X: A Novel by Ilyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoon
- Lumberjanes by ND Stevenson (although you might find them under Noelle Stevenson)
- The Gauntlet by Karuna Riazi
- Dactyl Hill Squad by Daniel Jose Older
- The Greenglass House by Kate Milford
- The Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag
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