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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

Elmer

by David McKee

Hug Machine

by Scott Campbell

Dinosaur Dance

by Sandra Boynton

Grumpy Monkey

by Suzanne Lang

2 - 5 YEARS

PICTURE BOOKS

Giraffes Can’t Dance

by Giles Andraea

The Color Monster

by Anna Llenas

Spoon

by Amy Rosenthal

All Are Welcome

by Alexandra Penfold

6 - 9 YEARS

Picture BOOKS

Last Stop on Market Street

by Matt de La Peña

The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend

by Dan Santant

The Dot

by Peter H. Reynolds

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

The War That Saved My Life Novel

by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Merci Suarez Changes Gears

by Meg Medina

As Brave As You

by Jason Reynolds

ReStart

by Gordon Korman

12 - 15 YEARS

NOVELS

The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora

by Pablo Cartaya

Fish In a Tree

by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Pax

by Sara Pennypacker

16+ YEARS

YOUNG ADULT

When the Moon Was Ours

by Anna-Marie McLemore

I’ll Give You the Sun

by Jandy Nelson

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

by Bejamin Alire Saenz

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

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