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DavenportReads Literacy Resources: Recommended Reads

Recommended Reads

Board Books

Best Baby Board Books

By Ages

Age-Appropriate Reads: 0-4

Age-Appropriate Reads: 3-7

Age-Appropriate Reads: 6-10

Age-Appropriate Reads: 9-13

Chapter Books

2015 Iowa Children's Choice Award Nominees

2015 National Readers' Choice Award Summer Reading List

Anti-Bullying Books

Disabilities: Chapter Books

DPL Staff Favorites: Kids' Fiction

Early Chapter Books

Fantasy Chapter Books

Funny Chapter Books

Green Books: Books about Conservation and the Environment

If You Liked Diary of a Wimpy Kid....

If You Liked Harry Potter....

If You Liked Percy Jackson....

Scary Chapter Boooooks

Early Readers

DPL Staff Favorites: Picture Books & Early Readers

Picture Books

Alphabet Picture Books

Animal Picture Books

Anti-Bullying Books

Bedtime Story Picture Books

Coping with Death & Dying

Counting and Number Picture Books

Disabilities: Picture Books

DPL Staff Favorites: Picture Books & Early Readers

Great Picture Books

Great Read Alouds for All Ages: Picture Books

Green Books: Books about Conservation and the Environment

Moods, Manners, & Getting Along

Picture Books about Colors

Safely Scary: Monster Picture Books

Winter: Picture Books

Winter Holidays: Picture Books

Wordless Picture Books