Recently we surveyed our staff members across branches and departments to hear about their favorite children’s and teen books. Whether we read them in our own childhoods, or love to share them with today’s children, please enjoy some favorites from the BCLS staff!
Picture Books and Nonfiction
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree by Robert E. Barry
There's No Such Thing as a Dragon by Jack Kent
Boom! by Mary Lyn Ray
Night Animals by Gianna Marino
What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins
Ragweed’s Farm Handbook by Anne Kennedy
42 is Not Just a Number: The Odyssey of Jackie Robinson by Doreen Rappaport
Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Brown
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? By Bill Martin
The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt
Eyes that Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho
I Love You, Stinky Face by Lisa McCourt
Go Big or Go Gnome by Kirsten Mayer
Falling for Rapunzel by Leah Wilcox
Seven Silly Eaters by Mary Ann Hoberman
Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
Angelina Ballerina by Katharine Holabird
The Pokey Little Puppy by Janette Sebring Lowrey
Stuck by Oliver Jeffers
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems
After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again by Dan Santat
Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French
Imogene's Antlers by David Small
One-Dog Canoe by Mary Casanova
What the Road Said by Cleo Wade
Shark Lady by Jess Keating
Introducing Teddy by Jessica Walton
Unicorn Day by Diana Murray
Chapter Books and Graphic Novels
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley
Fairy Tale Reform School series by Jen Calonita
The Land of Stories series by Chris Colfer
Matilda by Roald Dahl
The Day my Butt Went Psycho by Andy Griffiths
When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson
Toys Go Out by Emily Jenkins
Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. Montgomery
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Favorite Authors
Beverly Cleary, Judy Blume, Cornelia Funke, Patrick Carman, Tomie dePaola