Fiction

Harriet the Spy

Eleven-year-old Harriet keeps a notebook about her classmates & neighbors

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

The first novel in the popular series about wizard Harry Potter

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Left behind by her fleeing tribe, Karana survives alone on an island.

Jackie & Me

A top-choice novel for sports lovers in grades 3 to 5

James and the Giant Peach

A popular adventure story, now with celebrity read-alouds!

Julie of the Wolves

A lost Inuk girl befriends wolves in the Arctic.

Little Bear

An adorable classic! The world’s first “I Can Read” book

Little House In the Big Woods

The first novel in the popular Little House series

Little House on the Prairie

The third novel in a popular series about frontier life

Madeline

A widely beloved rhyming story about a fearless orphan in Paris

Make Way for Ducklings

A sweet tale of two Boston-based ducks & their ducklings

Mr. Popper’s Penguins

The Popper family struggles to live with 12 penguins. 

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

A famous 1971 novel featuring talking animals in a hidden community

New Kid

A graphic novel about being different in middle school

Number the Stars

A family joins the Danish resistance against Nazis during World War II. 

"Prairie Lotus" book cover

Prairie Lotus

A poignant novel with anti-Asian prejudice set in the US, 1880

Shiloh

An 11-year-old boy works to rescue an abused beagle in West Virginia. 

Smile

A graphic novel about awkward life in grades 6 to 12

Sprouting Wings

A biography of the first African-American pilot to fly across the US

Stanford Wong Flunks Big Time

A lighthearted story about a boy’s middle school angst

Stellaluna

Separated from her mother, a baby bat is raised by birds.

Superfudge

Peter copes with his little brother’s antics during a temporary move to New Jersey.

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Nine-year-old Peter deals with the antics of his little brother in this classic chapter book.

"Tar Beach" book cover

Tar Beach

An optimistic storybook starting on a Harlem rooftop 

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