BOARD BOOKS
CINDY – I thought I saw Bear! By Lydia Nichols –ADVISABLE
and I thought I saw Elephant! By Lydia Nichols – ADVISABLE
Bizzy Bear: Spooky House by Benji Davies
LISA This Little Piggy by Jarvis – ESSENTIAL
PICTURE BOOKS
CINDY – Fly! By Mark Teague – ESSENTIAL
How Do Dinosaurs Learn to Read? by Jane Yolen
LISA Snowmen at Halloween by Caralyn Buehner – ESSENTIAL
Reading with your Kids interview with Caralyn Buehner
CINDY – One Wild Christmas by Nicholas Oldland – ESSENTIAL
LISA – If I Built a School by Chris Van Dussen – ESSENTIAL
CINDY – Duck & Penguin are NOT friends by Julia Woolf – ESSENTIAL
Croc & Turtle: The Bestest Friends Ever! by Mike Wohnoutka
LISA – Motor Mouse by Rylant and Howard – ESSENTIAL
CINDY – Little Robin’s Christmas by Jan Fearnley – HIGH
Just Right for Christmas by Black and Beardshaw – ESSENTIAL
CINDY – Snow White: An Islamic Tale by Fawzia Gilani and Shireen Adams – ESSENTIAL
Cinderella: An Islamic Tale by Fawzia Gilani and Shireen Adams
NON-FICTION
LISA Disaster Strikes! by Jeffrey Kluger – ESSENTIAL
CINDY – Monstrous by Carlyn Beccia – ESSENTIAL
They Lost Their Heads! by Carlyn Beccia
Here There Be Monsters: The Legendary Kraken and the Giant Squid
LISA Her Own Two Feet by Davis and Uwitonze – ESSENTIAL
LISA Countdown 2979 Days to the Moon by Susanne Slade – ESSENTIAL
ELEMENTARY
CINDY – How Winston Delivered Christmas by Alex T. Smith – ESSENTIAL
Claude at the Beach by Alex T. Smith
GRAPHIC NOVELS
LISA Best Friends by Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham – ESSENTIAL
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MIDDLE GRADE
CINDY – Wildfire by Rodman Philbrick – ESSENTIAL
The Big Dark by Rodman Philbrick
LISA Kat Wolfe Investigates by Lauren St John – ESSENTIAL
CINDY – Strike Zone by Mike Lupica – ESSENTIAL
LISA Tunnel of Bones by Victoria Schwab – ESSENTIAL
Schwab talks about her book at the national book festival in DC
CINDY – Legends of the Sky by Liz Flanagan – ESSENTIAL
Nicki Pau Preto Crown of Feathers
Firebreathers and Friends book list
LISA The Polar Bear Explorers’ Club by Alex Bell – ESSENTIAL
CINDY – All the Colors of Magic by Valija Zinck – ESSENTIAL
The Collectors by Jacqueline West
The Rose Legacy by Jessica Day George
Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire by John August
LISA Guardians of the Wild Unicorns by Lindsay Littleson – ADVISABLE
YA
CINDY – Sky Without Stars by Jessica Brody and Joanne Rendell – ESSENTIAL
Shelf Queens Interview on Kiss the Book Podcast Shelf
Defy the Stars by Claudia Gray
Shadow Run by Strickland and Miller
Space and Aliens Pinterest Board
LISA Tweet Cute by Emma Lord – HIGH
CINDY – The Wild Lands by Paul Greci – HIGH
One Second After by William Forstchen
The Rule Of Thre3 by Eric Walters
LISA I’m Not Dying With You Tonight by Gilly Segal and Kimberly Jones – HIGH
CINDY – Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor – HIGH
Tamora Pierce: Circle of Magic series
Kiss the Book 