"Once you learn to read, you will forever be free" -Frederick Douglass
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more things that you learn, the more places you'll go -Dr. Seuss
Grades K-2:
Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak
A Bad Case of the Stripes - David Shannon
Dragons in a Bag - Zetta Elliot
The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors - Drew Daywalt
The Book of Mistakes - Corinna Luyken
Don't let the Pigeon Drive the Bus - Mo Willems
Happy to be Nappy - Bell Hooks
The Lorax- Dr. Seuss
Oh the Places You'll Go - Dr. Seuss
When Grandma gives you a Lemon Tree - Jamie L.B. Deenihan
Grades 3-5:
The Secret Garden- Frances Hudgson Burnett
Holes - Louis Sacher
James and the Giant Peach - Roald Dahl
Fantastic Mr. Fox - Roald Dahl
The Tale of Despereaux - Kate DiCamillo
Wonder - R.J. Palacio
Maniac McGhee - Jerry Spinelli
Charlotte's Web - E.B. White
I am Enough - Grace Byers
The Stars Beneath our Feet - David Barclay Moore
Just Ask! - Sonia Sotomayor
Dream Big, Little Leader - Vashti Harrison
Grades 6-8:
Blended - Sharon Draper
Brown Girl Dreaming - Jacqueline Woodson
Bud, Not Buddy - Christopher Paul Curtis
Ghost Boys - Jewell Parker Rhodes
Hurricane Child - Kheryn Callendar
The Giver - Lois Lowry
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain
R.I.P. Eliza Hart - Alyssa Sheinmel
Fat Sam, Cool Clyde and Stuff - Walter Dean Myers
The Neverending Story - Michael Ende
Stargirl - Jerry Spinelli