These books will help kids 6-9 years old discover they joy in reading. Keep reading!

children 6-9

My Abuelita
By Tony Johnston; illustrations by Yuvi Morales.
Harcourt,2009. ISBN:9780152163303

Rikka and her magic ring in Iceland
By Hendrikka Waage. Illustrations Inga Maria Brynjarsdottir.
Salka, 2010. ISBN:9789935418111

Willow
By Denise Brennan-Nelson and Rosemarie Brennan;
illustrations by Cyd Moore.
Sleeping Bear, 2008. ISBN: 9781585363421

My People
By Langstron Hughes, photographs by Charles R. Smith, Jr.
Simon & Schuster/Atheneum,2009. ISBN: 9781416935407

The Little Prince
Written and illustrated by Antoine De Saint-Exupery’s.
Wordsworth Editions Ltd. ISBN: 1853261580

children 9-12

When you Reach Me
By Rebecca Stead.
2010 John Newbury Medal Winner.
Wendy Lamb,2009. ISBN: 9780385737425

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
By Grace Lin. 2010 John Newbury Medal Honoree.
Little, Brown, 2009. ISBN: 9780316114271

The invention of Hugo Cabret
2008 Caldecott
Medal Winner. By Brian Selznick.

Hurricanes
Earth’s Mightest Storm. Patricia Lauber

Portraits of African-American Heroes
Written by Tonya Bolden. Portraits by Ansel Pitcairn.

children 12 and up

Serendipity Market
By Penny Blubaugh.
Harper Reen, 2009. ISBN:9780061468759

All The World
By Liz Garton Scanion.
Illustrations by Marla Frazee. A 2010 Caldecott Honor book.

Claudette Coluin: Twice toward Justice
By Philip Hoose. 2010 John Newbury Medal Honoree.
Farrar/Melanie Kroupa, 2009.
ISBN: 9780374313227

Last Night I Sang to The Monster
By Benjamin Alire Siaenz.
Cinco Puntos,2009. ISBN: 9781933693583

Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith
By Deborah Heiligman
Holt,2009. ISBN:9780805087215