Bluestem Award List 2023-24
Illinois Grades 3-5 Readers’ Choice Award. Suggested ages and summaries are from the publisher or each item’s library catalog record.
Book Lists: Kids
Caudill Award List 2023-24
Illinois Grades 4-8 Readers’ Choice Award. Suggested ages and summaries are from the publisher or each item’s library catalog record.
District 65 Summer Reading BINGO for K to 2
These books are on District 65’s Summer Reading BINGO list. Enjoy! Book descriptions are from the publisher and/or online catalog.
District 65 Summer Reading BINGO for Grades 3 to 5
These books are on District 65’s Summer Reading BINGO list. Enjoy! Book descriptions are from the publisher and/or online catalog.
Arab American Heritage Month Booklist!
In March 2023, President Joe Biden formally declared that Arab American Heritage Month is April! Check out this booklist to read books about and written by Arab Americans! Fun Facts: The largest Arab American population is in the Midwest, in Dearborn, Michigan. Most Arab Americans are Christian, with the largest group being Catholic. PS We have only included books here about and written by people whose ethnicity is Arab, not Persian or Turkish or Pakistani or African American Muslim.
Compost Books for Kids!
Join the fun and create the best soil with compost! Help kids understand the science, the ecology and the fun of composting food scraps and yard waste to make BLACK GOLD. Celebrate International Compost Awareness Week this May 7-13, 2023!
Have Your Pi(e) And Read It, Too!
Children’s books about pie (including pizza!) for Pi(e) Day! Suggested ages are from the publisher or each item’s library catalog record.
The 2022 Blueberry Award Winner, Honors and Changemakers!
Kids deserve the very best books to learn more about nature and to start some action for the planet! The Blueberry Awards, begun by Evanston Public Library in 2021, annually showcase the best in kids’ literature about the earth and its protectors.
2023 Award Winners and Honor Titles
Enjoy these titles that received recent awards attention from various committees: Newbery, Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Pura Belpré, Geisel, Sibert, Asian/Pacific Award for Literature, Schneider, the Sydney Taylor Award, Stonewall, Batchelder, the Children’s Literature Legacy Award and Children’s Literature Lecture Award. Age recommendations are from the catalog or publisher’s website.