Lists and Suggestions for Kids
List: Picture Books For Older Readers
Abe's Fish
Bryant, Jennifer.
Young Abe Lincoln learns the meaning of selflessness and freedom when he encounters a soldier on a c... More
I Didn't Do My Homework Because...
Cali, Davide
A humorous story about the absurd excuses for not doing homework. ... More
Heroes of the Surf : a Rescue Story Based on True Events
Carbone, Elisa Lynn.
When the huge steamship on which they are traveling runs aground off the New Jersey coast in 1882, t... More
Odd Duck
Castellucci, Cecil.
"Theodora is a perfectly normal duck. She may swim with a teacup balanced on her head and stay ... More
Whale Trails, Before and Now
Cline-Ransome.
A young girl helps her father, the captain of a whale boat, on a whale-watching trip and relates how... More
Unspoken : a Story from the Underground Railroad
Cole, Henry.
In this wordless picture book, a young Southern farm girl discovers a runaway slave hiding behind th... More
Wall
Cole, Tom Clohosy.
Follows a small boy and his family as they try to reunite with his father after the Berlin Wall is b... More
Africa is My Home : a Child of the Amistad
Edinger, Monica.
Presents a tale of a child who arrives in America on the slave ship Amistad describing her capture, ... More
The Whispering Town
Elvgren, Jennifer Riesmeyer.
In Denmark during World War II, young Annet, her parents, and their neighbors help a Jewish family h... More
The Dunderheads
Fleischman, Paul.
Junkyard, Einstein, Wheels, Pencil, Spider, Hollywood, Spitball, Clips, and Google-Eyes team up to t... More
Shooting at the Stars : the Christmas Truce of 1914
Hendrix, John.
Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. In 1914 France, a British soldier writes to his mother about... More
The Mischievians
Joyce, William.
Dr. Zooper answers questions about life's ordinary puzzles, such as why homework disappears or ... More
Lindbergh : the Tale of a Flying Mouse
Kuhlmann, Torben.
In a country far away, a new invention--the mechanical mousetrap--has caused all the mice but one to... More
Ol' Clip-Clop
McKissack, Patricia C.
One October night in 1745, John Leep, a mean and stingy lawyer, sets out to evict a widow from one o... More
H.O.R.S.E. : a Game of Basketball and Imagination
Myers, Christopher.
Also available in Hoopla. "Two friends try to outdo each other on the basketball court in an ou... More
The Kite that Bridged Two Nations
O'Neill, Alexis
Based on actual events, tells the story of Homan Walsh, who dreamed of flying his kite across the wi... More
Night Sky Dragons
Peet, Mal.
Young Yazul's love for making kites with his grandfather meets with disapproval from his father... More
Bully
Polacco, Patricia.
Sixth-grade friends Lyla and Jamie, both new to their school, stand up for each other when a clique ... More
Aviary Wonders Inc. Spring Catalog and Instruction Manual
Samworth, Kate.
Also available in Hoopla. In a future when deforestation and other environmental factors have caused... More
It's a Book
Smith, Lane.
Two readers compare print to digital media, and learn books are still valuable. ... More
The Memory of an Elephant
Strady, Sophie.
Marcel, an old elephant who is writing an encyclopedia, reminisces about his memorable world travels... More
My Name is Blessing
Walters, Eric.
Based on a true story about a young Kenyan boy whose mother left him but had named him Muthini which... More
Sugar Hill : Harlem
Weatherford, Carole Boston.
Also available in Hoopla. Rhyming text celebrates the Harlem neighborhood that successful African Am... More
Stone Angel
Yolen, Jane.
While trying to escape with her family from the Nazis, a young Jewish French girl feels protected by... More