Lists and Suggestions for Kids
List: 2021 Monarch Award Nominees
Douglas, You're a Genius!
Adamson, Ged.
Nancy and Douglas, determined to learn what is on the other side of a fence, try Nancy's plans...
What If ...
Berger, Samantha.
A child who likes to draw and write stories imagines what would happen if there were no pencils, pa...
Can I Be Your Dog?
Cummings, Troy.
A dog looking for a home sends letters to prospective owners on Butternut Street, with surprising r...
The Good Egg
John, Jory.
E-book and e-audio formats also available as through OverDrive/Libby and Hoopla. When the other egg...
Under My Hijab
Khan, Hena.
As a young girl observes that each of six women in her life wears her hijab and hair in a different...
Drawn Together
Lê, Minh.
E-book format also available through OverDrive/Libby. A boy and his grandfather cross a language and...
Be Kind
Miller, Pat Zietlow.
E-book format also available through OverDrive/Libby.When Tanisha spills grape juice all over her ne...
Thank You, Omu!
Mora, Oge.
Also available on DVD, as a Wonderbook, an OverDrive/Libby e-book, and a Hoopla e-movie. When the a...
My Papi Has A Motorcycle
Quintero, Isabel.
Also available through OverDrive/Libby and Hoopla as an e-book and e-audio in English and Spanish. ...
A Normal Pig
Steele, K-Fai.
Pip is a normal pig who does normal stuff: cooking, painting, and dreaming of what she'll be w...
How to Give Your Cat a Bath In Five Easy Steps
Winstanley, Nicola.
A little girl and her cat make an escalating mess while respectively trying to follow and resist th...
King and Kayla and the Case of the Missing Dog Treats
Butler, Dori Hillestad.
E-book and e-audio formats available through RBdigital, OverDrive/Libby, and Hoopla. King's hu...
What is Chasing Duck?
Thomas, Jan.
E-book format also available through Hoopla. Duck's imagination gets the best of him when he a...
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré
Denise, Anika.
"From the author of MONSTER TRUCK and STARRING CARMEN comes a gorgeous and lyrical story about...
Dreamers
Morales, Yuyi.
E-book and e-audio formats available through OverDrive/Libby and Hoopla. DVD also available. "A...
Let the Children March
Clark-Robinson, Monica.
Also available as a DVD, Wonderbook, and through OverDrive/Libby and Hoopla in e-book, e-audio, and ...
The Sun is Kind of a Big Deal
Seluk, Nick.
"The Sun never stops working to keep things on Earth running smoothly. (That's why it...
Cute as an Axolotl: Discovering the World
Keating, Jess.
The Internet pretty much runs on cute animal photos, but "cute" is so much more than clic...
If Sharks Disappeared
Williams, Lily.
"A nonfiction picture book tracing the repercussions of what would happen if sharks disappeare...
The Undefeated
Alexander, Kwame.
E-book format also available through OverDrive/Libby."The Newbery Award-winning author of The ...