May Reader’s Choice: Youth-Recommended Reads
DBC12356 BRD17792 Favorites – Munsch Love you Forever by Robert, Munsch
Annotation: A young woman holds her newborn son and looks at him lovingly. Softly she sings to him. This is the story of how that little boy goes through the stages of childhood and becomes a man. It is also about the enduring nature of parents’ love and how it crosses generations. A book for children and adults to enjoy. For preschool to grade 2.
DB100041 JBR Wat Ways to Make Sunshine by Watson, Renée
Annotation: Portland, Oregon. After her father starts a new job, money is tight and Ryan has a lot on her mind with all of the changes. But no matter what, Ryan tries to bring sunshine to her loved ones. For grades 3-6.
DB72160 The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester by O’Connor, Barbara
Annotation: Carter, Georgia. Three boys — Owen, Travis, and Stumpy — and Owen’s big frog, Tooley, avoid Viola, one nosy but determined neighbor girl. But they all pitch in when Owen secretly discovers something mysterious and wonderful that fell off a train. And Viola’s help in particular proves invaluable. For grades 3-6.
DB103429 Dog Squad by Grabenstein, Chris
Annotation: Fred, a scrappy and lovable dog, gets cast as a stand-in for the lead role in Dog Squad, a show about crime-fighting dogs, and he soon finds out the action doesn’t always stop on screen. Commercial audiobook. For grades 3-6.
DB107682 Luna Howls at the Moon and Tubb, Kristin O’Donnell
Annotation: Luna has always wanted to be a therapy dog at Therapy Dogs Worldwide. But when her “clients”–the children who visit her–start group therapy, Luna’s routine is upended, and then one child goes missing. Commercial audiobook. For grades 3-6.
DB93592 You Go First by Kelly, Erin Entrada
Annotation: Twelve-year-old Charlotte and eleven-year-old Ben are highly skilled competitors at online Scrabble. Even though they live in different states, the two bond over their family issues and the drama of middle school. Commercial audiobook. For grades 4-7.
DB108629 An Immense World by Yong, Ed
Annotation: “The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every kind of animal, including humans, is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of our immense world. In An Immense World, author and Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist Ed Yong coaxes us beyond the confines of our own senses, allowing us to perceive the skeins of scent, waves of electromagnetism, and pulses of pressure that surround us. We encounter beetles that are drawn to fires, turtles that can track the Earth’s magnetic fields, fish that fill rivers with electrical messages, and even humans who wield sonar like bats. We discover that a crocodile’s scaly face is as sensitive as a lover’s fingertips, that the eyes of a giant squid evolved to see sparkling whales, that plants thrum with the inaudible songs of courting bugs, and that even simple scallops have complex vision. We learn what bees see in flowers, what songbirds hear in their tunes, and what dogs smell on the street. We listen to stories of pivotal discoveries in the field, while looking ahead at the many mysteries that remain unsolved. Funny, rigorous, and suffused with the joy of discovery, An Immense World takes us on what Marcel Proust called “the only true voyage . . . not to visit strange lands, but to possess other eyes.” For grades 4-7.
DB91215 Front Desk by Yang, Kelly
Annotation: Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, Mia Tang’s parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California. Even though the owner, Mr. Yao, is mean and exploits their family, Mia plans on following her dreams. For grades 4-7.
DB81149 The Mother-Daughter Book Club by Frederick, Heather V
Annotation: Features the adventures in a book club of four sixth-grade girls and their mothers. Complete series. Contains: The Mother-Daughter Book Club. Much Ado about Anne. Dear Pen Pal. Pies and Prejudice. Home for the Holidays. Wish You Were Eyre. For grades 4-7
DB102479 DB97796 BR23011 [uncontracted] BR23009 Look Both Ways by Reynolds, Jason
Annotation: A collection of ten short stories that all take place in the same day about kids walking home from school. Read by a full cast. Commercial audiobook. For grades 5-8.
DB123055 Going Wild and McMann, Lisa
Annotation: After reluctantly moving from Chicago to the deserts of Arizona, Charlie Wilde puts on a mysterious bracelet and receives superhuman abilities. Charlie teams up with her friends to try to understand and control her new powers. For grades 5-8.
DB108527 Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism and Friendship (Young Reader’s Edition) by Makos, Adem
Annotation: “A young adult adaptation of the national bestseller that details the true story of two Navy pilots from divergent racial and economic backgrounds who forge a deep friendship during the Korean War as they face extraordinary circumstances.” For Young Adult
