Reading Lists
Adventure Tales

Bring exciting tales to life in the pages of these books for preschoolers and early readers. From animal friends to robots, explorers to secret agents, these adventu ...
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ALSC 2021 Summer Reading Booklist Birth-Preschool

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ALSC 2021 Summer Reading Grades 3-5

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ALSC 2021 Summer Reading Grades 6-8

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ALSC 2021 Summer Reading Grades K-2

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Animal Tales

Some memorable books from your childhood often feature special relationships between humans and animals, which taught some very important lessons about love, friends ...
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Community Matters

We’re all in this together! These books explore adult friendships and how kindness and compassion can leave a lasting impression on individuals and their community.


Fun with Friends

Young readers can join in on the fun with books that teach the importance of working together toward a common goal and the power of friendship.


Nature Seekers

Introduce young readers to the natural world, travel, conservation, and other adventures while they engage with these exciting stories told by a fun cast of characters.


Sharing and Caring

Engage preschoolers with picture books that feature characters playing, sharing, and celebrating diversity while building a strong foundation for reading.


Tales of Tails

Do your favorite animals have tails? Travel to the jungle, the sea, the forest, and more to meet all sorts of animals!


Tall Tales

These stories mix fact and fiction together to create an exaggerated story of an actual event. Can you see the truth in these tall tales?


Timeless Mythology

Mythology forms the backbone of all the cultures in the world. They are also fun and highly entertaining, and their continuing relevance is evident in the fact that ...
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Travel, Intrigue, & Adventure

These books will capture the imagination of adult readers, with a mix of genres and voices.


Wild and Free

A diverse range of stories about friendship, acceptance, adventure, and nature geared toward the YA reader.


Birth to 12 Months

Start early and raise a book lover by reading to newborns. These hand-selected books are designed for babies birth to 12 months including durable board books and colorful pictures.


It's a Fantasy

Image a world of dragons and talking animals. Take your little ones on an adventure with these must-read fairytales and Imagine Your Story!


Shine Bright

Explore space with your little ones as you read about the stars and our universe. These books shine as bright as the sun!


Stage Dreams

There's nothing like being on a stage! These books include the highs and lows of being on stage, performing and overcoming your fears for early readers.


12 to 24 Months

Help young children develop a love for reading that will last a lifetime.  Read these fun books about animals and rhymes to your young one and watch their imagination grow.


Believe in the Impossible

Take a trip to lands of incredible creatures and never-ending adventures. These books will take you to faraway places and beyond! Imagine Your Story and believe in the impossible.


Book to Film

It is always a blessing and a curse to see a great book turned into a movie. Here are just some books adapted into movies —just read the books before you watch them!


Out of This World

Travel as far as the sun and as close as the moon, these children's books will take you around the universe. From nonfiction to fiction, these space books are out of this world!


2 to 3 Year Olds

Encourage your toddler to read with exciting books that span from simple picture books to more elaborate stories. Watch your child grow into a lifetime book lover.


Life's an Adventure

Books have been transporting people to other places and times for hundreds of years. There's something about stories that continue to captivate us. Imagine Your Story through this adventurous list.


Showtime Showdown

Between Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming services, new movies are more available than ever! Check out these hot YA novels before watching their critically-acclaimed movie adaptations.


Space Out

Houston, we have a problem! What if space was the only place you knew? Space out with these (inter)stellar YA books, taking place all over the universe.


4 to 5 Year Olds

Prepare your child for school by exposing them to reading at a young age. This book list is designed for 4 to 5 year olds as they prepare to enter kindergarten.


Among the Stars

What if there is life on another planet? There are infinite possibilities of what the universe holds. You never know what you'll find, as you read these books among the stars!


Broadway Bookshelf

From The Color Purple to Curious Incident, many Broadway favorites started out as a book. This list includes many Broadway plays and musicals that began as a book an ...
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Imagination Train

Fairytales and fantasy books aren't just for kids. Are you looking to discover new worlds and exciting characters to fall in love with? Check out these books and Imagine Your Story.