Did you know that on average, close to 4,000 books are published for children every year? To help you find the best books for the kids in your life, we read as many as we could and selected our favorite ones. Whether you need a book to read aloud to your class, a graphic novel to make a fifth grader laugh, or a nonfiction book for a kid obsessed with science, we’ll have some books for you. Sponsored by the Mount Prospect Public Library Foundation.

Check out Our Favorite Books in our catalog!:

• More than Peach by Bellen Woodward and Fanny Liem
• Until Someone Listens by Estella Juarez, Lisette Norman, and Teresa Martinez
• I Am Ruby Bridges by Ruby Bridges and Nikkolas Smith
• Choosing Brave by Angela Joy and Janelle Washington
• Nigel and the Moon by Antwan Eady and Gracey Zhang
• Lunch from Home by Joshua David Stein and Jing Li
• Hold Them Close by Jamila Thompkins-Bigelow, Patrick Dougher, and Jamel Shabazz
• Invisible by Christina Diaz Gonzalez and Gabriela Epstein
• A is for Bee by Ellen Heck
• The Story of Ukraine by Olena Kharchenko, Michael Sampson, and Polina Doroshenko
• Ear Worm! by Jo Knowles and Galia Bernstein
• Mina by Mathew Forsyte
• Chester Van Chime Who Forgot How to Rhyme by Avery Monsen and Abby Hanlon
• Kapaemahu by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, Jose Wilson, and Daniel Sousa
• Gold by Jed Alexander
• Paradise Sands by Sarah L. Thompson and Keith Mallett
• Valentina Salazar is NOT a Monster Hunter by Zoraida Cordova
• Wolfstongue by Sam Thompson
• Black Bird, Blue Road by Sofiya Pasternack
• The Lock-Eater by Zach Loran Clark
• The Woman in the Woods and Other North American Stories edited by Kel McDonald
• Your Pal Fred by Michael Rex
• It’s the End of the World and I’m in my Bathing Suit by Justin A. Reynolds
• The Visitors by Greg Howard
• The Nightmare Brigade: The Girl from Deja Vu by Franck Thilliez
• The Moon from Dehradun by Shirin Shamsi and Tarun Lar
• Forever Cousins by Laurel Goodluck and Jonathan Nelson
• My Name is Hamburger by Jacqueline Jules
• Yellow Dog Blues by Alice Faye Duncan and Chris Raschka
• Blue by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond and Daniel Minter
• Action! How Movies Began by Meghan McCarthy
• How to Eat a Book by Mrs. and Mr. Macleod
• A is for Oboe by Lera Auerback, Marilyn Nelson, and Paul Hoppe
• The Ice Cream Machine by Adam Rubin
• Star the Elephant by Remy Lai
• A Rover’s Story by Jasmine Warga
• Wildoak by C.C. Harrington
• The Woman Who Split the Atom by Marissa Moss
• All Through the Night by Polly Faber and Harriet Hobday
• Where Butterflies Fill the Sky by Zahra Marwan
• Morning Sun in Wuhan by Ying Chang Compestine
• Muhammad Najem, War Reporter by Muhammad Najem, Nora Neus, and Julie Robine
• Also by E.B. Goodale
• Berry Song by Michaela Goade
• While We Wait by Judy Ann Sadler and Elodie Duhameau
• Maizy Chen’s Last Chance by Lisa Yee
• Next Door to Happy by Allison Weiser Strout
• Alice Austen Lived Here by Alex Gino
• Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd
• The Language of Seabirds by Will Taylor
• Gotcha! by Clotilde Perrin
• Telling Stories Wrong by Gianni Rodari and Beatrice Alemagna
• Big and Small and In-Between by Carter Higgins and Daniel Miyares
• Adventure Game Comics: Leviathan by Lisa Yee
• Ways to Make Friends by Jairo Buitrago and Mariana Ruiz Johnson
• I Don’t Care by Julie Fogliano, Molly Idle, and Juana Martinez-Neal
• The Talk by Alicia D. Williams and Briana Mukodiri Uchendu
• Judge Kim and the Kids’ Court: The Case of the Missing Bicycles by Milo Stone and Christopher Jordan
• That Egg is Mine! by Liz Goulet Dubois
• Sir Ladybug by Corey R. Tabor
• Crab and Snail: The Invisible Whale by Beth Ferry and Jared Chapman
• Bookstore Bunnies by Eric Seltzer and Tom Disbury
• Linty by Mike Shiell
• Esme’s Birthday Conga Line by Lourdes Heuer and Marissa Valdez
• Tim Possible and the Time-Traveling T. Rex by Axel Maisy
• Quest Kids and Dragon Pants of Gold by Mark Leiknes
• The Mythics: Marina and the Kraken by Lauren Magaziner
• Wild Ride by Keith Calabrese
• Leon the Extraordinary by Jamar Nicholas
• Hot Dog by Doug Salati
• Wednesday and Woof: Catastrophe by Sherri Winston
• Bessie the Motorcycle Queen by Charles R. Smith, Jr. and Charlot Kristensen
• The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza by Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris
• Underground Fire by Sally M. Walker