Books for Preschoolers (age 4-7)
- A House is a House for Me by Mary Ann Hobermann
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? by Bill Martin, Jr.
- The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
- Corduroy by Don Freeman
- The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
- Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
- Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne
- The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
- Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
- The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
- Love You Forever by Robert N. Munsch
- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
- The Mitten by Jan Brett
- Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
- Oh, The Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss
- Strega Nona by Tomie De Paola
- The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
- The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by John Archambault
- If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff
- The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
- Math Curse by Jon Scieszka
- Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
- The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
- Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss
- The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
- Curious George by Hans Augusto Rey
- Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
- The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
- Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
- Clifford, the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell
Books for Children Ages 9-12
- Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
- Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
- Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
- Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
- Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
- Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
- The BFG by Roald Dahl
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
- Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
- Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
- Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O’Brien
- The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
- Matilda by Roald Dahl
- Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
- The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White
- The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
- Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
- Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
- A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
- Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater
- My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
- Stuart Little by E. B. White
- Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
- The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
- The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
Books for Children Ages 13-17
- Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
- The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls
- The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
- Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
- Emily of New Moon by Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Harry Potter (series) by J. K. Rowling
- Holes by Louis Sachar
- I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
- Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens (non-fiction) by Sean Covey
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
- The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
- The Diary of a Young Girl (non-fiction) by Anne Frank
- The Hunger Games (trilogy) by Suzanne Collins
- Twilight by Stephenie Meyers
- Watership Down by Richard Adams
- Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman
- Forever by Judy Blume
- The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
- Junk by Melvin Burgess
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
- Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
- The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
- Life: An Exploded Diagram by Mal Peet
- Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
- The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman
- Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve
- Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
- How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
- The Fellowship of The Ring
- The Agony and the Ecstasy — by Irving Stone
- Both Sides of Time — by Caroline Cooney
- Franny and Zooey — by J.D. Salinger
- Friday Night Lights — by H.G. Bissinger
- The Good Earth — by Pearl S. Buck
- The Old Man and the Sea — by Ernest Hemingway
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn — by Betty Smith