Great Fiction & Nonfiction Books
Age Level: 3-6 years old


¡Pío Peep!: Traditional Spanish Nursery Rhymes
By: Alma Flor Ada, Isabel Campoy
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Rhymes from Spanish speaking countries are presented in Spanish and recreated in English to form...

A Stick Is an Excellent Thing: Poems Celebrating Outdoor Play
By: Marilyn Singer
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Bright illustrations accompany lively poems that celebrate children's imaginations and...

Animal Ark: Celebrating our Wild World in Poetry and Pictures
By: Kwame Alexander
Age Level: 3-6 years old
A howling wolf, a stalking tiger, a playful panda, a dancing bird — pairing the beautiful...

Around the World on Eighty Legs
By: Amy Gibson
Age Level: 3-6 years old

Arroz con Leche
By: Lulu Delacre
Age Level: 3-6 years old
These traditional rhymes and songs from Latin America are presented in both English and Spanish...

Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems
By: Paul Janeczko
Age Level: 3-6 years old

Guess Who, Haiku
By: Deanna Caswell
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Short, evocative poems – haiku – present clues about familiar animals. With a turn of the page...

Have You Heard the Nesting Bird?
By: Rita Gray
Age Level: 3-6 years old
As two children take a walk, they observe and listen to the call of familiar birds – a mourning...

Hi, Koo! A Year of Seasons
By: Jon Muth
Age Level: 3-6 years old
A series of 26 poems, all haiku, mark each of the four seasons starting with autumn while...

How Far Do You Love Me?
By: Lulu Delacre
Age Level: 3-6 years old

Jumping Off Library Shelves
By: Lee Bennett Hopkins
Age Level: 3-6 years old
What do books and libraries mean to readers young or old? Fifteen poems pay tribute to just that...

Max & Ruby's Treasure Hunt
By: Rosemary Wells
Age Level: 3-6 years old

Over the Hills and Far Away: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes
By: Elizabeth Hammill
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Poetry
Nursery rhymes from around the globe are collected here with illustrations by more than 70...

Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People
By: Monica Brown
Age Level: 3-6 years old

Rhymes Round the World
By: Kay Chorao
Age Level: 3-6 years old

Round Is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes
By: Roseanne Thong
Age Level: 3-6 years old

Sing a Song of Popcorn: Every Child's Book of Poems
By: Beatrice Shenk De Regniers
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Illustrations by nine Caldecott Medal artists are as varied in style and tone as the poems in...

Sports! Sports! Sports! A Poetry Collection
By: Lee Bennett Hopkins
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Can a poem capture the excitement, exhilaration, or anguish of defeat when playing sports? The...

Stripes of All Types
By: Susan Stockdale
Age Level: 3-6 years old

There Was a Tree
By: Rachel Isadora
Age Level: 3-6 years old

Toasting Marshmallows: Camping Poems
By: Kristine George
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Share the sights, sounds, smells, and humor of a family camping trip through this collection of...

We March
By: Shane Evans
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Fiction
Two children aroused by their parents join a march for equal rights. Short sentences and semi-...

Weather: Poems for All Seasons
By: Lee Bennett Hopkins
Age Level: 3-6 years old

You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Stories to Read Together
By: Mary Ann Hoberman
Age Level: 3-6 years old
Age Level: 6-9 years old


A Likkle Miss Lou: How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett Coverley Found Her Voice
By: Nadia Hohn
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Nonfiction
Louise Bennett Coverley, better known as Miss Lou, was a Jamaican poet and entertainer who used...

A Place Inside of Me: A Poem to Heal the Heart
By: Zetta Elliot
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Poetry
In this powerful, affirming poem, a Black child explores his shifting emotions throughout the...

A Round of Robins
By: Katie Hesterman
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Poetry
Sixteen fresh and funny poems welcome a new batch of robins to the world! We follow a pair of...

A Whiff of Pine, a Hint of Skunk: A Forest of Poems
By: Deborah Ruddell
Age Level: 6-9 years old

All the World a Poem
By: Gilles Tibo
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Poetry comes in many forms; some rhymes, some doesn’t. Inspiration comes from many places, too...

And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon
By: Janet Stevens, Susan Stevens Crummel
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Fiction
What would happen if the dish and the spoon (of "hey diddle diddle" fame) ran away and...

At the Sea Floor Cafe: Odd Ocean Critter Poems
By: Leslie Bulion
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Poems introduce sea creatures and their habitats using different poetic forms (e.g., concrete,...

BookSpeak! Poems about Books
By: Laura Salas
Age Level: 6-9 years old

Bronzeville Boys and Girls
By: Gwendolyn Brooks
Age Level: 6-9 years old
This collection of poems, first published in 1956, reveals the heroes we see in our everyday...

Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings
By: Douglas Florian
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Poetry
Short poems in various forms will inform and engage as they swirl across the pages of this...

Cricket in the Thicket: Poems about Bugs
By: Carol Murray
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Short poems present a range of familiar insects from crickets to Monarch butterflies. Each is...

Dear Hot Dog
By: Mordicai Gerstein
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Engaging poems combine with lighthearted illustrations to celebrate the stuff of which a child...

Every Month Is a New Year
By: Marilyn Singer
Age Level: 6-9 years old
A new year starts every month somewhere in the world. Join the celebrations from Russia to Spain...

Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks
By: Suzanne Slade
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Nonfiction
A picture-book biography of celebrated poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black person to win the...

Flutter and Hum: Animal Poems/Aleteo y Zumbido: Poemas de Animales
By: Julie Paschkis
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Short poems about animals appear in English and Spanish accompanied by textured illustrations...

Fly With Me: A Celebration of Birds through Pictures, Poems, and Stories
By: Jane Yolen
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Poetry
Through poems, stories, scientific facts and beautiful art and photography, this book highlights...

Foot in the Mouth: Poems to Speak, Sing, and Shout
By: Paul Janeczko
Age Level: 6-9 years old

Fresh Picked Poetry: A Day at the Farmers’ Market
By: Michelle Schaub
Age Level: 6-9 years old
As the weather warms farmers’ markets begin to open. Celebrate the start of the season through...

From the Bellybutton of the Moon and other Summer Poems/Del ombligo de la luna y otros poemas de verano
By: Francisco Alarcón
Age Level: 6-9 years old
The poet remembers summers growing up in Mexico in poems presented in both English and Spanish....

Guyku: A Year of Haiku for Boys
By: Bob Raczka
Age Level: 6-9 years old
If you thought that haiku was a staid poetic form, then you haven't come across this...

Hailstones and Halibut Bones: Adventures in Color
By: Mary O'Neill
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Evocative poems explore a rainbow of color and emotion in vivid language, satisfying rhythm, and...

Harlem
By: Walter Dean Myers
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Nonfiction
Experienced readers will enjoy this stunning and sophisticated visit to Harlem in word and image...

Hawks Kettle, Puffins Wheel: And Other Poems of Birds in Flight
By: Susan Vande Griek
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Poetry
For each of 12 from around the world, poem describes the animal's distinctive movement and the...

I Know the River Loves Me / Yo se que el rio me ama
By: Maya Christina Gonzalez
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Fiction
Whenever Maya visits the river, the river jumps up to greet her. It cools her when the summer...

I've Lost My Hippopotamus
By: Jack Prelutsky
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Humorous, sometimes slightly gross, always kid-friendly poems are accompanied by lighthearted...

Knock on Wood: Poems about Superstitions
By: Janet Wong
Age Level: 6-9 years old

Lemonade and Other Poems Squeezed from a Single Word
By: Bob Raczka
Age Level: 6-9 years old
A short poem made from the word "Lemonade," is difficult to read with letters dropped...

Lend a Hand: Poems About Giving
By: John Frank
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Poetry
A collection of original poems centered on giving and spontaneous acts of kindness, which also...

Let's Celebrate: Festival Poems from Around the World
By: Debjani Chatterjee , Brian D'Arcy
Age Level: 6-9 years old

Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse
By: Marilyn Singer
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Everyone knows that there are two sides to every story. Read a cleverly illustrated poem one way...

Monumental Verses
By: J. Patrick Lewis
Age Level: 6-9 years old

My Name Is Gabriela / Me llamo Gabriela
By: Monica Brown
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Nonfiction
"My name is Gabriela Mistral. It is a name I chose myself because I like the sound of it." With...

Ocean Soup: Tide-Pool Poems
By: Stephen Swinburne
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Meet a sea anemone, sea urchin, a sculpin and other inhabitants of a tide pool through poems (in...

Out of This World: Poems and Facts About Space
By: Amy Sklansky
Age Level: 6-9 years old

Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton
By: Don Tate
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Nonfiction
Horton, an inspirational poet, was the first Black author in the South to ever be published....

Poetree
By: Shauna LaVoy Reynolds
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Poetry
The snow has melted, the buttercups are blooming, and Sylvia celebrates winter's end by writing...

Princess Tales: Once Upon a Time in Rhyme with Seek-and-Find Pictures
By: Grace Maccarone
Age Level: 6-9 years old

Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World
By: Susan Hood
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Nonfiction
This book of poems introduces fourteen revolutionary young women—each paired with a noteworthy...

Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems
By: Joyce Sidman
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Nonfiction
From spring’s first thaw to autumn’s chill, the world of the pond is a dramatic place. Though...

Summersaults
By: Douglas Florian
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Short poems and child-like illustrations framed on brilliantly white pages capture the splendor...

Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo
By: Linda Sue Park
Age Level: 6-9 years old

Thank You, Earth: A Love Letter to Our Planet
By: April Pulley Sayre
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Nonfiction
This love letter to Earth is an exploration of the beauty and complexity of the world around us...

The Cuckoo's Haiku: and Other Birding Poems
By: Michael J. Rosen
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Poetry
A joyful primer on the pleasures of bird-watching merges haiku, notes for identifying species,...

The Dream Keeper and Other Poems
By: Langston Hughes, Brian Pinkney
Age Level: 6-9 years old
The great American poet Langston Hughes chose the poems in this classic collection, originally...

The Great Migration: Journey to the North
By: Eloise Greenfield
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Between 1915 and 1930, more than a million African Americans moved to the North including the...

The Year Comes Round: Haiku through the Seasons
By: Sid Farrar
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Poetry

Today at the Bluebird Cafe: A Branchful of Birds
By: Deborah Ruddell
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Poetry
A world of birds unfolds in 22 vivid poems that capture the unique personalities of birds from...

Under the Sunday Tree
By: Eloise Greenfield
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Poetry and vibrant paintings in the primitive style by a recognized Bahamian artist create...

Water Rolls, Water Rises/El agua rueda, el agua sube
By: Pat Mora
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Poetry
Evocative watercolors and short, lyrical poems take readers on a trip, “Around our round world”...

Water Sings Blue: Ocean Poems
By: Kate Coombs
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Translucent watercolors and short, varied poems take readers on a trip to the sea. There they...

When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons
By: Julie Fogliano
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Short poems and gentle illustrations present seasons almost as a journal. Each entry captures...

Wing Nuts: Screwy Haiku
By: Paul Janeczko , J. Patrick Lewis
Age Level: 6-9 years old

With My Hands: Poems about Making Things
By: Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
Age Level: 6-9 years old
What is a maker? “A maker starts with/empty space/ideas/hope/and stuff.” With those things, one...

Won Ton and Chopstick: A Cat and Dog Tale Told in Haiku
By: Lee Wardlaw
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Won Ton the cat is back with a new arrival: a puppy! How the adult cat and small dog get on – or...

Words with Wings: A Treasury of African-American Poetry and Art
By: Belinda Rochelle
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Poetry
African-American poetry and art take wing and soar in this collection compiled by Belinda...

World Make Way: New Poems Inspired by Art from the Metropolitan Museum
By: Lee Bennett Hopkins
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Poetry
What does a piece of art make you feel? This is what the poet/editor, Lee Bennett Hopkins, asked...

World Rat Day: Poems About Real Holidays You've Never Heard Of
By: J. Patrick Lewis
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Age Level: 9-12 years old


Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Nonfiction
Henry Brown’s unique method to escape from slavery is presented in lyrical language and rich,...

A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams
By: Jen Bryant
Age Level: 9-12 years old
When he wrote poems, he felt as free as the Passaic River as it rushed to the falls. Willie’s...

Bravo! Poems About Amazing Hispanics
By: Margarita Engle
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Poetry
Lyrical poems introduce a “variety of amazing people …” including Pura Belpre became a New York...

Earth Verse: Haiku from the Ground Up
By: Sally Walker
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Sophisticated haiku and illustrations done with colored pencil explore the Earth inside and out...

Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life
By: Ashley Bryan
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Original documents from an early 19th century Southern estate that appraised enslaved Africans...

Galileo's Universe
By: J. Patrick Lewis
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Nonfiction
Learn about the life of Galileo, the brilliant Italian Renaissance astronomer, physicist, and...

Julie Andrews' Collection of Poems, Songs, and Lullabies
By: Julie Andrews, Emma Walton Hamilton
Age Level: 9-12 years old

Jump Back, Paul: The Life and Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar
By: Sally Derby
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Nonfiction
Experience the breadth and depth of Paul Laurence Dunbar's poetry. From his childhood in poverty...

Least Things: Poems about Small Natures
By: Jane Yolen
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Short poems (haiku) were written in response to but also evoke creatures shown in crisp close-up...

Lives: Poems About Famous Americans
By: Lee Bennett Hopkins
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Well-known figures in American history are presented by diverse poets in a range of styles,...

Miss Emily
By: Burleigh Muten
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Young Mac introduces readers to Miss Emily – better known as Emily Dickenson, poet...

One Last Word
By: Nikki Grimes
Age Level: 9-12 years old
An introduction brings the Harlem Renaissance into focus, followed by a description of a...

Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets
By: Kwame Alexander
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Poetry
“A poem is a small but powerful thing…” Alexander writes in his preface, which is followed by a...

River of Words: Young Poets and Artists on the Nature of Things
By: Pamela Michael
Age Level: 9-12 years old
The California-based River of Words trains teachers, park naturalists, and others to incorporate...

Skywriting: Poems to Fly
By: J. Patrick Lewis
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Poetry
In this picture-book anthology of 13 poems, celebrate the dramatic adventure of flight, from the...

Slickety Quick: Poems About Sharks
By: Skila Brown
Age Level: 9-12 years old
A poem about the well-known Great White begins this handsomely illustrated collection of poems...

Superlative Birds
By: Leslie Bulion
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Poetry
Get to know all about the best and brightest ― and smelliest! ― denizens of the bird world with...

The Day the Universe Exploded My Head
By: Allan Wolf
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Nonfiction
Hang on tight for a raucous bounce through the solar system and back — propelled by funny,...

The Death of the Hat: A Brief History of Poetry in 50 Objects
By: Paul Janeczko
Age Level: 9-12 years old
An introduction presents an overview of the collection’s unique perspective: poetry from...

The Negro Speaks of Rivers
By: Langston Hughes
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Poetry
Dazzling watercolors turn Hughes' short poem into an unforgettable glimpse of African...

Voices from the March on Washington
By: J. Patrick Lewis
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Poetry
An August day on the national Mall has been made famous by the powerful "I Have a Dream" speech...

We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices
By: Wade Hudson Cheryl Willis Hudson
Age Level: 9-12 years old
Nonfiction
Fifty of the foremost diverse children's authors and illustrators — including Jason Reynolds,...

Wet Cement: A Mix of Concrete Poems
By: Bob Raczka
Age Level: 9-12 years old
The author successfully creates a picture in the title of each poem (they are concrete or shape...