Do you want to offer diverse and wonderfully creative books to your loved ones this holiday season? Have you ever heard of the gift giving strategy of “Something they want, something they need, something to wear, and something to read”?
Look no furhter! Literacy Connects has put together this book shopping guide for “something to read”!
We have crafted a list of books that are like dear friends to us— some brand new, and some tried and true. Try them out and let us know what you think!
Picture Books for All Ages:
Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty
The Dot by Peter Reynolds
Feather by Remi Courgeon
It’s Okay to be Different by Todd Parr
La,La,La : A Story of Hope by Kate DiCamillo
The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors by Adam Rex
Lucia the Luchadora by Cynthia Leodor Garza
Malala’s Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai
Maybe Something Beautiful by F. Isabel Campoy
The Mountain That Loved a Bird by Alice McLerran
On a Magical Do Nothing Day by Beatrice Alemagna
Plume by Isabelle Simler
Rufus Niños Horrendous Hermanitas by Yuyi Morales
They All Saw a Cat by B. Wenzel
Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts
Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie
A Very Hairy Christmas by Susan Lowell
Xo, Ox a Love Story by Adam Rex
Middle grade (6-10 years):
Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
The Princess and the Warrior by Duncan Tonatiuh
Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo
Steam Boat School by Deborah Hopkinson
Step Right Up: How Doc & Jim Key Taught the World About Kindness by Donna Janell Bowmen
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Chapter Books (10 years and up):
The Ballad of a Broken Nose by Arne Suingu
The Bitter Side of Sweet by Tara Sullivan
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
Low Riders to the Center of the Earth by Cathy Camper
The Only Road by A. Diaz
Seedfolks by Sid Flieshman
What Elephants Know by Eric Dinerstein
Favorite Series Middle Grade :
I Survived by Lauren Tarshis
Ordinary People Change the World biography series
Rainbow Magic: Magical Animal Fairies by Daisy Meadows
Zapato Power by Jacqueline Jules
Nonfiction:
Giant Squid by Candace Fleming
Grand Canyon by Jason Chin
Keith Haring: the boy who just kept drawing
Maya Lin: artist, architect of light
Muddy: blues legend by Michael Mahin
Out of wonder: poems celebrating poets by Kwame Alexander
Shark Lady by Jess Keating
Wordless Books:
Bee and Me by Alison Jay
Boat of Dreams by Rogerio Coelho
Egg by Kevin Henkes
Fish by Liam Walsh
Mr. Wuffles by David Wiesner
Flashlight by Lizi Boyd
Flora and the Peacock by Molly Idle
Goodnight Gorilla by Peggy Rathman
Owl Bat, Bat Owl by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick
Wave by Suzy Lee
Board Books
Animals Hide and Seek by Bastien Contraire
Baby be Kind by Jane Cowen-Fletcher
Baby’s Big Busy Book by Karen Katz
Baby’s First Words by Christiane Engel
Bear On a Bike by Stella Blackstone
Dance by Matthew Van Fleet
Flora and the Chicks by Molly Idle
I Love You More by Laura Duksta
Making Faces by Molly Magnuson
Rapunzel by Chloe Perkins
