What Should I Read?

Check out some of the library's great new picks for kids Grades Pre-K - 3 or Grades 4 - 6.

Grades Pre-K - 3

E-mergency! by Tom Lichtenheld
The letter “E” falls and hurts herself.  Uproar ensues when the other letters like “O” must fill in for her in this humorous tale.


My Bear Griz
by Suzanne McGinness
A great read-aloud about Billy and his great big grizzly bear companion.




Sea of Dreams by Dennis Nolan
A wonderfully illustrated wordless picture book about an imaginary world of sandcastles.



Mouse & Lion by Rand Bukert
An engaging retelling of the classic Aesop fable where a tiny mouse comes to the rescue of a mighty lion.



 

A Green, Green Garden
by Mercer Mayer
Follow Little Critter in his new adventure as he and his family go green and plant a bountiful garden.






 
Super Amoeba by Jennifer Holm
A funny graphic novel series about a Squish, a grade school Amoeba, who dreams of being a comic book superhero.   




 
Emmaline and the Bunny by Katherine Hannigan
Emmaline doesn’t fit it and is different than the others in her orderly town who are always neat and tidy.  She wants to adopt a bunny and finds the perfect friend in the wild.


 

Grades 4 - 6

Junonia by Kevin Henkes 
Alice makes her annual trip to vacation in Florida with her parents but this year things are not the same.  Alice faces the changes and takes comfort in her hunt for a rare seashell.



 
Oddfellow's Orphanage by Emily Winfield Martin
A young mute girl finds family and adventure at an unusual orphanage that is headed by Bluebeard’s distant relation, is home to a dancing bear and has fairy tale classes.



The Zombie Chasers by John Kloepfer
Everything is normal for 7th grader Zach that is until almost everyone he knows in his Phoenix neighborhood are turned into zombies.




The Apothecary by Maile Meloy
A fourteen-year-old American girl's life is unexpectedly transformed when she moves to London in 1952 and gets swept up in a race to save the world from nuclear war.



Ghetto Cowboy by Greg Neri
Cole’s mother can no longer handle him so she drives him and leaves him in Philadelphia with a father he has never known.  There he becomes a part of small group of urban cowboys.  This story is inspired by real life events.



Can You Survive the Titanic? by Allison Lassieur
You are a passenger on the impressive Titanic, what would you do when the ship hits an iceberg and begins to sink? Find out in this interactive survival adventure.





Inside Out & Back Again by Thannha Lai
An award winning novel written in verse following ten year old Kim’s adjustment to life in a new country when she is forced to flee her home in Vietnam and move to Alabama in 1975.