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
Sweet Dreams Little One
by Sandra Magsamen
I Love You Like No Otter
by Rose Rossner
Peek-a-Boo Baby
by Sebastien Braun
2 - 5 YEARS
PICTURE BOOKS
How Rocket Learned to Read
by Tad Hills
Press Here
by Herve Tullet
Stella Keeps the Sun Up
by Clothilde Ewing
6 - 9 YEARS
Picture Books + Early Chapter Books
Between Words
by Saki Tanaka
Ways to Make Sunshine
by Renée Watson
Beatrice Zinker Upside Down Thinker
by Shelley Johannes
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
El Deafo
by Cece Bell
DogTown
by Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko
The Enchanted Life of Valentina Mejia
by Alexandra Alessandri
12 - 15 YEARS
NOVELS
A Night Divided
by Jennifer A. Neilsen
New Kid
by Jerry Craft
The First Rule of Punk
by Celia C. Pérez
16+ YEARS
YOUNG ADULT
Clap When You Land
by Elizabeth Acevedo
Artifice
by Sharon Cameron
Warrior Girl Unearthed
by Angeline Boulley
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.
