Borrowing & More
Reading Recommendations for Early Readers
Mystery reader for a classroom? Check out these great read-alouds for the classroom!
Read alouds for PreK to Kindergarten
Read alouds for 1st and 2nd Graders
Read alouds for 3rd to 5th Graders
Visit Read Aloud America for lists of recommended books, by grade, to read aloud. Read Aloud America is a nonprofit organization that promotes literacy and encourages a love of reading.
Award Winning Books
Caldecott Medal & Honor Awards
The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
Coretta Scott King Award for Illustrator
The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values.
Pura Belpré Award for Illustrator
The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.
