Recommended Reads 

Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems

My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero

Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry

The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi

Henry and Mudge: The First Book by Cynthia Rylant

Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed

Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold

We’re All Wonders by R.J. Palacio

All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold

What If You Had Animal Eyes? by Sandra Markle

Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall

The Word Collector by Peter H. Reynolds

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. & Eric Carle

Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson

Elephant & Piggie by Mo Willems

Biscuit by Alyssa Satin Capucilli

Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff

From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. & John Archambault

Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik & Maurice Sendak

The Family Book by Todd Parr

Eyes That Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho

The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad & S.K. Ali

Big by Vashti Harrison

Monkey and Cake by Drew Daywalt 

We Are Growing by Laurie Keller

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña

The Bad Seed by Jory John

The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi

Henry and Mudge: The First Book by Cynthia Rylant

Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel

Nate the Great by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog! by Mo Willems

Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed

I Am biography series by Brad Meltzer

Camilla by Alicia Salzar

Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora

King & Kayla and the Case of the Missing Dog Treats by Dori Hillestad Butler

Mr. Putter & Tabby Pour the Tea by Cynthia Rylant

Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold

Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea by Ben Clanton

Baloney and Friends by Greg Pizzoli

We’re All Wonders by R.J. Palacio

All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold

The Chicken Squad: The First Misadventure by Doreen Cronin

Heidi Hecklebeck by Wanda Coven

Ivy and Bean by Annie Barrows

Juana & Lucas by Juana Medina

Sofia Martinez by Jacqueline Jules

Yasmin by Saadia Faruqi

My Weird School by Dan Gutman

Notebook of Doom by Troy Cummings

Owl Diaries by Rebecca Elliott

Diary of a Pug by Kyla May

Press Start by Thomas Flintham

Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne 

The Princess in Black by Shannon Hale & Dean Hale

Mercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillo

Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio

What If You Had Animal Eyes? by Sandra Markle

Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall

The Word Collector by Peter H. Reynolds

EllRay Jakes Is Not a Chicken! by Sally Warner

Henry Heckelbeck Gets a Dragon by Wanda Coven 

Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid by Megan McDonald

Judy Moody Was in a Mood by Megan McDonald

Zoey and Sassafras: Dragons and Marshmallows by Asia Citro

Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look

Who Was series various authors 

Juana & Lucas by Juana Medina

The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin

Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds by David A. Adler

The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner

Judy Moody Was in a Mood by Megan McDonald

EllRay Jakes Is Not a Chicken by Sally Warner

Jake Maddox books

Mac B Kid Spy by Mac Barnett

Dork Diaries by Nikki Russell

I Survived Series by Lauren Tarshis 

Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters by Andrea Beaty 

If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution By Kay Moore

Who Was Sacagawea? By Judith Bloom Fradin and Dennis Brindell Fradin

Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros

If You Lived in Colonial Times By Ann McGovern

What is a Governor? By Nancy Harris

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume

Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet by Zanib Mian

Stuntboy, in the Meantime by Jason Reynolds

What Was the Great Depression? by Janet Pascal

The Wild Robot by Peter Brown 

El Deafo by Cece Bell

Snapdragon by Kat Leyh

Twins by Varian Johnson & Shannon Wright

You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Sumerian Slave! by Jacqueline Morley

Mummies and Pyramids by Mary Pope Osborne & Will Osborne

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Olympians Series by George O’Connor

You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Greek Athlete! by Michael Ford

Ancient Rome and Pompeii by Mary Pope Osborne & Natalie Pope Boyce

Wonder by R.J. Palacio

Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai

The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett

Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

Who Was Harriet Tubman? By Yona Zeldis McDonough

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

Becoming Naomi León by Pam Muñoz Ryan

A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein

Short & Shivery: Thirty Chilling Tales by Robert D. San Souci

If You Lived With the Iroquois by Ellen Levine

Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson

What is the Constitution? By Patricia Brennan Demuth

Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis

The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt

Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper

Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai

Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan

Front Desk by Kelly Yang

Refugee by Alan Gratz

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

Loser by Jerry Spinelli

Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks & Gita Varadarajan

Enola Holmes by Serena Blasco 

Best Friends by Shannon Hale 

History Smashers series by Kate Messner.

When Stars Are Scattered by Omar Mohamed and Victoria Jamieson

Blended by Sharon M. Draper

All’s Faire in Middle School by Victoria Jamieson 

When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller

The Giver by Lois Lowry

History Smashers series by Kate Messner

When Stars Are Scattered by Omar Mohamed and Victoria Jamieson

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

Reconstruction: The Rebuilding of the United States After the Civil War by Judy Dodge Cummings

Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom by Lynda Blackmon Lowery

Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Esperanza Rising by  Pam Muñoz Ryan

The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Soldier's Heart by Gary Paulsen

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

I Am Malala (Young Readers Edition) by Malala Yousafzai

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Readers Edition) by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer

Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass

Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

Total Garbage: A Messy Dive into Trash, Waste, and Our World By Rebecca Donnelly

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai

Hidden Figures (Young Readers Edition) by Margot Lee Shetterly

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri

Flying Lessons & Other Stories Edited by Ellen Oh

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin

Animal Farm by George Orwell

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

 Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (Verse novel)

 I Am Malala (Young Readers Edition) by Malala Yousafzai

American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson 

I Survived series by Lauren Tarshis 

All Summer Long By Hope Larson 

Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer

Nimona by ND Stevenson

Flying Lessons & Other Stories edited by Ellen Oh

The Unteachables by Gordon Korman

Warcross by Marie Lu

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

Hidden Figures (young readers edition) by Margot Lee Shetterly

When Stars Are Scattered by Omar Mohamed and Victoria Jamieson

Bomb by Steve Sheinkin 

Night by Elie Wiesel

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely

This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki

Monster by Walter Dean Meyers 

March by John Lewis

We Are Not Free by Traci Chee

Abandon ship! by Michael Tougias

Race against death : the greatest POW rescue of World War II by Deborah Hopkinson

Unbreakable : the spies who cracked the Nazis' secret code by Rebecca E.F. Barone

The librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe adapted by Salva Rubio 

Almost American Girl by Robin Ha

America redux by Ariel Aberg-Riger

Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk

The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley

Walls and welcome mats : immigration and the American dream by Lars Krogstad Ortiz

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Refugee by Alan Gratz

Only This Beautiful Moment by Abdi Nazemian

Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals

Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson

March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin & Nate Powell

Fences by August Wilson

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Fault in Our Stars by John Green

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou

Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Abdi Khorram

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett 

 Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai 

Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Homegoing Yaa Gyasi

The Little Liar by Mitch Albom

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin 

Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

Money Out Loud by Berna Anat

The Mona Lisa Vanishes by Nicholas Day

The Blood Years by Elana K. Arnold

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi 

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

Monster by Walter Dean Myers

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

I Am Malala (Young Readers Edition) by Malala Yousafzai

Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai

I Must Betray You By Ruta Sepetys