Children's
Book Recommendations
Please enjoy Reach Out and Read Colorado’s book recommendations for the “littles” in your life.
We’ll be refreshing these titles every quarter, so be sure to check back!
BIRTH - 2 YEARS
BOARD BOOKS
Where’s Spot
by Eric Hill
Pajama Time!
by Sandra Boynton
Everywhere Babies
by Susan Meyers
2 - 5 YEARS
PICTURE BOOKS
Peter’s Chair
by Ezra Jack Keats
What Would You Do In a Book About You?
by Jean Reidy
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
by Mo Wilems
6 - 9 YEARS
Picture Books + Early Chapter Books
Owl Moon
by Jane Yolen
Ish
by Peter H Reynolds
Stella Diaz Has Something to Say
by Angela Dominguez
BIRTH - 2 YEARS
BOARD BOOKS
The Snowy Day
by Ezra Jack Keats
Pajama Time
by Sandra Boynton
Dear Zoo
by Rod Campbell
2 - 5 YEARS
PICTURE BOOKS
Perfectly Norman
by Tom Percival
Carmella Full of Wishes
by Matt de la Peña
Corduroy
by Don Freeman
Potato on a Bike
by Elise Gravel 6
6 - 9 YEARS
Picture BOOKS
Junkyard Wonders
by Patricia Polacco
Encounter
by Jane Yolen
The Book of Mistakes
by Corinna Luyken
9 - 12 YEARS
EARLY CHAPTER BOOKS
Sisters
by Raina Telgemeier
Because of Mr. Terupt
by Rob Buyea (series)
Odder
by Katherine Applegate
12 - 15 YEARS
NOVELS
The Crossover
by Kwame Alexander
The Night Diary
by Veera Hiranandani
The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell
by Chris Colfer (series)
16+ YEARS
YOUNG ADULT
Furia
by Yamile Saied Mendez
The Wide Starlight
by Nicole Lesperance
Rez Ball
by Byron Graves
9 - 12 YEARS
EARLY CHAPTER BOOKS
I Survived series
by Lauren Tarshis
Heat
by Mike Lupica
Wonder
by RJ Palacio
Esperanza Rising
by Pam Muñoz Ryan
12 - 15 YEARS
NOVELS
Hatchet
by Gary Paulson
See You in the Cosmos
by Jack Cheng
One Crazy Summer
by Rita Williams-Garcia
16+ YEARS
YOUNG ADULT
The Outsiders
by S.E. Hinton
A Man Called Ove
by Fredrik Backman
Stargirl
by Jerry Spinelli
If any of these titles make it to your gift list this holiday season, please consider purchasing from your local bookstore,
such as Tattered Cover, Matter, Second Star to the Right or Bookies Bookstore.