Staff Picks

Older Elementary


Gary Paulsen
(Juvenile Fiction - J Paulsen)

After a plane crash, 13-year-old Brian spends 54 days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce. 


Banned Books for Kids

  • Melissa (George)


  • The Family Book


  • Drama


  • New Kid


  • I Am Jazz!


  • Hatchet


  • Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag


  • Prince & Knight


  • The Adventures of Captain Underpants


  • Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry


  • Stamped (For Kids) : Racism, Antiracism, and You


  • The Giver


  • And Tango Makes Three


  • This Day in June


  • A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo


  • The Breakaways


  • Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Injustice


  • When Aidan Became a Brother