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
Alma Head to Toe
by Juana Martinez-Neal
Let's Go Outside!
by Amy Pixton and Ekaterina Trukhan
You're My Little Baby
by Eric Carle
2 - 5 YEARS
PICTURE BOOKS
Nimbus Plays Alone
by Saki Tanaka
Giraffes Can't Dance
by Giles Andreae
Perfectly Imperfect Mira
by Faith Pray
6 - 9 YEARS
Picture Books + Early Chapter Books
Moon Song
Michaela Goade
Henry and Ribsy
by Beverly Cleary
Narwahl: Unicorn of the Sea!
by Ben Clanton
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
MIDDLE GRADE CHAPTER BOOKS
Maya and the Robot
by Eve L. Ewing
The Vanderbeekers on 141st Street
by Karina Yan Glaser
Hello Universe
by Erin Entrada Kelly
12 - 15 YEARS
NOVELS
Lasagna Means I Love You
by Kate O'Shaugnessy
Falling Short
by Ernesto Cisneros
Other Words for Home
by Jasmine Warga
16+ YEARS
YOUNG ADULT
Legendary Frybread Drive-In
Edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Words on Fire
by Jennifer Nielsen
Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline
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
Check these titles out from your local library, or if you plan to purchase them, please consider shopping at your local bookstore, such as Tattered Cover, Matter, Second Star to the Right or Bookies Bookstore.
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.