BOARD BOOK
LISA – I thought I Saw A Dinosaur! By Lydia Nichols- ESSENTIAL
PICTURE BOOK
CINDY – The Princess and the Packet of Frozen Peas by Tony Wilson – ESSENTIAL
CINDY – Sign Off by Stephen Savage – ESSENTIAL
What to do With a Box – Jane Yolen
The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken
LISA – Nobody Hugs a Cactus by Carter Goodrich – ESSENTIAL
CINDY – Fergal and the Bad Temper by Robert Starling – ESSENTIAL
Barnacle is Bored by Jonathan Fenske
My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood by Tameka Fryer Brown
CINDY – Rescuing Rialto by Lynda V. Mapes – ESSENTIAL
Pup 681: A Sea Otter Rescue Story by Jean Reidy
Shedd Aquarium and Luna (Pup 681)
The Ugly Five by Julia Donaldson
Borrowing Bunnies by Cynthia Lord
LISA – Wish by Chris Saunders – ESSENTIAL
CINDY – We are the Gardeners by Joanna Gaines and kids
LISA – A Giant Man from a Tiny Town: A Story of Angus Macaskill by Tom Ryan
Angus Macaskill Museum in Scotland
CINDY – Karate Kakapo by Loredana Cunti and Stacy Curtis – ESSENTIAL
Rubber-Legged Ducky by John G. Keller
LISA – Ocean: Secrets of the Deep by Sabrina Weiss – ESSENTIAL
CINDY – The Wall: A Timeless Tale by Macri and Zanotti – ESSENTIAL
CINDY – The Brain is Kind of a Big Deal by Nick Seluk- ESSENTIAL
The Sun is Kind of a Big Deal by Nick Seluk
Sun! One in a Billion by Stacy McAnulty
GRAPHIC NOVEL
LISA – Sunny Rolls the Dice by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm – ESSENTIAL
LISA – Guts by Raina Telgemeier – ESSENTIAL
MIDDLE GRADE NOVEL
LISA – The True History of Lyndie B. Hawkins by Gail Shepherd – ESSENTIAL
The Not so Boring Letters of Private Nobody by Matthew Landis
CINDY – Not If I Can Help It by Carolyn Mackler – ESSENTIAL
Sunny Side Up by Jennifer and Matthew Holm – ADVISABLE
LISA – The Truth About Martians by Melissa Savage – ESSENTIAL
CINDY – Seventh Grade Vs. The Galaxy by Joshua Levy –ESSENTIAL
Game of Flames by Robin Wasserman – ADVISABLE
Bounders by Monica Tesler – ADVISABLE
LISA – The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman – ADVISABLE
CINDY – Batting Order by Mike Lupica – ESSENTIAL
LISA – A Drop of Hope by Keith Calabrese – ESSENTIAL
NON-FICTION –
CINDY – It’s Trevor Noah: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah – ESSENTIAL
Hidden Girl by Shyima Hall Modern Slavery in America
Balcony on the Moon – (Palestine 1967)
LISA – Nowhere Boy by Katherine Marsh
NON-FICTION –
CINDY – Killer Style by McMahon and David
How They Croaked by Georgia Bragg
They Lost Their Heads! by Carlyn Beccia
YA
LISA – Warrior of the Wild by Tricia Levenseller – ESSENTIAL
Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller
The Valiant by Lesley Livingston – ADVISABLE
CINDY – The Lovely and the Lost by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Not If I Save You First by Ally Carter
I am Still Alive by Kate Marshall