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By Age & Grade
For Early Learners
The following booklists are available in the Children’s Library.
Helping Books
- Adoption
- Being Me (books about individuality)
- Bedtime
- Coping with Death
- Dealing with Bullies
- Fear of the Dark
- Feeling Angry
- Feeling Left Out
- Feelings
- Food & Eating
- Honesty
- Kids Like Us (children with special needs)
- Kindness
Fun Books
- Princesses (Preschool-4th Grade)
- Puzzles, Riddles, & Search-and-Finds (for all ages)
- Scary Stories (ages 4-8)
- Stories Without Words (wordless picture books for all ages)
- Superheroes
- Trucks and Other Things That Go
For Readers
The following booklists are available in the Children’s Library.
- Adventures (grades 3 - 5)
- Adventures (grades 5 and up)
- Being Green – Books about protecting our environment
- Cats
- Classics
- Dealing with bullies (all ages)
- Dogs
- Doing the Right Thing
- Dragons
- Dystopian and Speculative Fiction
- Fairy Stories for Older and Younger Readers
- Fairy Tale Retellings
- Family Read-Alouds
- Fantasy Series
- Fantastic Animals (Animal Fantasy)
- Feeling Left Out
- Feisty Females
- Graphic Novels
- Gutsy Guys
- Historical Fiction (grades 5 and up)
- Historical Fiction: The Civil War
- Historical Fiction: The Holocaust
- Historical Fiction: The Middle Ages
- Historical Fiction: World War II
- Honesty (grades 2-4)
- Horses
- If you like Clementine
- If you like Diary of a Wimpy Kid
- If you like Percy Jackson and the Olympians
- If you like the Alex Rider Series
- If You Like Magic Tree House
- If You Like A Series of Unfortunate Events
- If You Like Warriors
- It’s (not) just a game - books about kids who become players in real-life games
- Mermaids & Magic
- Our Favorite Detectives
- Pirates
- Princesses (up to 4th grade)
- Princesses (grades 5 and up)
- Reading Up (for kids who read above their grade level)
- Scary Stories (grades 2-4)
- Scary Stories (grades 4 and up)
- Science Fiction
- Superheroes
- Supernatural Stories
- Time Travel
- Wet & Wild Adventures - Stories of survival, shipwrecks, and the sea
- Yum! Delicious Reads (books featuring food, sweets, and baking)
For Families
The following lists are available in the Children’s Library.
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Films for Families -
If you are looking for a family movie for the weekend try one of our suggestions for families with children ages 10 and up. Are We There Yet? -
Recommended audio books for family listening and enjoyment. Perfect for cartrips!
More Recommendations
- The Bookhive - Find great reading lists and more on this award-winning site from the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.