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Early Literacy and Pre-K
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Get your kids on the fast track with bedtime stories, alphabet stories, and more. Want to request a title? Get your West Caldwell Public Library Card ready and click on the title of the book to reserve your copy today.
[/vc_column_text][vc_toggle title=”Alphabets and Concepts” el_id=”1486611643172-9121c7dc-1239″]A B C: A Child’s First Alphabet Book – Alison Jay (JJ JAY)
Bear Sees Colors – Karma Wilson (JJ WILSON)
Big Bug – Henry Cole (JJ COLE)
Cheers for a Dozen Ears: A Summer Crop of Counting – Felicia Sanzari Chernesky (JJ CHERNESKY)
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom! – Bill Martin (JJ MARTIN)
Chicken Soup with Rice – Maurice Sendak (JJ SENDAK)
The Feelings Book – Todd Parr (JJ PARR)
Higher! Higher! – Leslie Patricelli (JJ PATRICELLI)
Hop On Pop – Dr. Seuss (JER SEUSS)
L M N O Peas – Keith Baker (JJ BAKER)
The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses (J 612.8 COL)
Max Counts His Chickens – Rosemary Wells (JJ WELLS)
Miss Spider’s ABC – David Kirk (JJ KIRK)
Mouse Paint – Ellen Stoll Walsh (JJ WALSH)
Mouse Shapes – Ellen Stoll Walsh (JJ WALSH)
Pinkalicious – Victoria Kann (JJ KANN)
Planting a Rainbow – Lois Ehlert (JJ EHLERT)
Red, Green and Blue – Alison Jay (JJ JAY)
Super Hero ABC – Bob McLeod (JJ MCLEOD)
Ten Apples on Top! – Dr. Seuss (J ER SEUSS)
Ten Hungry Rabbits – Anita Lobel (JJ LOBEL)
Ten in the Bed – Jane Cabrera (JJ CABRERA)
White Rabbit’s Color Book – Alan Baker (JJPB BAKER)
Wow! Said the Owl: A Book About Colors – Tim Hopgood (JJ HOPGOOD)[/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”Family Read-Alouds” el_id=”1486611643186-0eb6b6e3-b749″]Family Huddle – Peyton Manning
Imogene’s Antlers – David Small
Anansi and the Magic Stick – Eric A Kimmel (J398.2 KIM)
Armadilly Chili – Helen Ketteman J398.2 KET
The Best Pet of All – David LaRochelle
The Chicken Sisters – Laura Numeroff
Chopsticks – Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Crazy Hair Day – Barney Saltzberg
The Day the Crayons Quit – Drew Daywalt
Dragons Love Tacos – Adam Rubin
Dream Big , Little Pig – Kristi Yamaguchi
Edward and the Pirates – David McPhail
Falling for Rapunzel – Leah Wilcox
Home-field Advantage – Justin Tuck
Little Green Witch – Barbara McGrath (J398.2 MCG)
Miss Brooks Loves Books! (And I Don’t ) – Barbara Bottner
Miss Rumphius – Barbara Cooney
Rude Cakes – Rowboat Watkins
The Scrambled States of America – Laurie Keller
Snowmen All Year – Caralyn Buehner
Sophie’s Squash – Pat Zietlow Miller
Three Cheers for Tacky the Penguin – Helen Lester
Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly – Alan Madison
The Web Files – Margie Palatini
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Good Night, Sleep Tight – Mem Fox
Goodnight Moon – Margaret Wise Brown
How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? – Jane Yolen
I am Not Sleepy, and I Will Not Go to Bed – Lauren Child
Little Owl’s Night – Divya Srinivasan
Llama Llama Red Pajama – Anna Dewdney
Olivia – Ian Falconer
One Starry Night – M. Christina Butler
Nightsong – Ari Berk
Sleep Like a Tiger – Mary Logue
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Grades K-2
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Check out our selection of best books for Grades K-2 below. Want to request a title? Get your West Caldwell Public Library Card ready and click on the title of the book to reserve your copy today.
[/vc_column_text][vc_toggle title=”Fiction” el_id=”1486611643236-2eaf4e8c-33d7″]Amy Namey in Ace Reporter by Megan McDonald JFF MCDONALD
Babymouse: Mad Scientist by Jennifer L. Holm J Graphic HOLM
Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet JJ SWEET
Bink and Gollie by Kate DiCamillo J DICAMILLO
The Boy Who Loved Math by Deborah Heiligman J BIO ERDOS
Chester’s Way by Kevin Henkes JJ HENKES
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett JJ BARRETT
Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne JPB OSBORNE
The Dog That Called the Pitch by Matt Christopher JFF CHRISTOPHER
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Soccer Scheme by Donald J. Sobol JPB SOBOL
Field Day from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler JFF THALER
First Grade, Here I Come by Nancy Carlson JJ CARLSON
Frog and Friends by Eve Bunting JFF BUNTING
Get Ready for Second Grade, Amber Brown by Paula Danziger J ER PB DANZIGER
Heidi Heckelbeck Goes to Camp! by Wanda Coven JFF COVEN
Horrible Harry Moves Up to Third Grade by Suzy Kline JPB KLINE
Humphrey’s Creepy-Crawly Camping Adventure by Betty G. Birney JFF BIRNEY
I Can Read With My Eyes Shut by Dr. Seuss J ER SEUSS
January Joker by Ron Roy JPB ROY
Ling and Ting: Twice as Silly by Grace Lin JFF LIN
The Mad, Mad, Mad Treasure Hunt by Megan McDonald JFF MCDONALD
Mercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillo JFF DICAMILLO
Mouse Scouts by Sarah Dillard JFF DILLARD
Nancy Clancy Super Sleuth by Jane O’Connor JFF O’CONNOR
On a Beam of Light by Jennifer Berne J BIO EINSTEIN
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren J LINDGREN
Pop! The Invention of Bubble Gum by Meghan McCarthy JJ MCCARTHY
Stink and the Incredible Super Galactic Jawbreaker by Megan McDonald JFF MCDONALD
Stuart Little by E.B. White J WHITE[/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”Humorous Fiction” el_id=”1486611643248-82bb4324-0c5d”]Elephant and Piggie Series – Mo Willems
Bad Kitty – Nick Bruel
Leroy Ninker Saddles Up – Kate DiCamillo
Clementine – Sara Pennypacker
Horrible Harry – Suzy Kline
Flat Stanley – Jeff Brown
After Happily Ever After – Tony Bradman
Sideways Stories – Louis Sachar
Babymouse – Jennifer L. Holm
Ricky Ricotta – Dav Pilkey
Stick Dog – Tom Watson
Amelia Bedelia – Herman Parish
Ivy and Bean – Annie Barrows
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Grades 3-5
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Check out our selection of best books for Grades 3-5 below. Want to request a title? Get your West Caldwell Public Library Card ready and click on the title of the book to reserve your copy today.
[/vc_column_text][vc_toggle title=”Fiction” el_id=”1486611643316-2eeb8e38-3373″]The Strange Case of Origami Yoda series – Tom Angleberger (J ANGLEBERGER)
American Girl Series – Various Authors (JPB AMERICAN GIRL)
Ivy & Bean – Annie Barrows (J BARROWS)
Big Nate – Lincoln Peirce (J GRAPHIC PEIRCE)
Justin Case – Rachel Vail (J VAIL)
El Deafo – Cece Bell (J GRAPHIC BELL)
Pax – Sara Pennypacker (J PENNYPACKER)
Smile – Raina Telgemeier (J GRAPHIC TELGEMEIER)
Humphrey – Betty Birney (J BIRNEY)
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key – Jack Gantos (J GANTOS)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid – Jeff Kinney (J KINNEY)
Rain Reign – Ann Martin (J MARTIN)
11 Birthdays – Wendy Mass (J MASS)
Bridge to Terabithia – Katherine Paterson (J PATERSON)
The Penderwicks – Jeanne Birdsall (J BIRDSALL)
Middle School Series – James Patterson (J PATTERSON)
All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook – Leslie Connor (J CONNOR).[/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”Historical Fiction” el_id=”1486611643325-64b68bdb-3717″]Dear Hank Williams – Kimberly Willis Holt (J HOLT)
Number the Stars – Lois Lowry (J LOWRY)
Tru and Nelle – G. Neri (J NERI)
I Survived Series – Lauren Tarshis (JPB TARSHIS)
My Name is America/ Dear America series – Various Authors
Wonderstruck – Brian Selznick (J SELZNICK)
Some Kind of Courage – Dan Gemeinhart (J GEMEINHART)
Chasing Secrets – Gennifer Choldenko (J CHOLDENKO)
Gone Crazy in Alabama – Rita Williams-Garcia (J WILLIAMS-GARCIA)
Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper (J DRAPER)
The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (J BRUBAKER)
The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London the Blue Death, and Boy Called Eel by Deborah Hopkinson (J HOPKINSON)
The Case of the Missing Moonstone by Jordan Stratford (J STRATFORD)[/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”Adventure and Fantasy” el_id=”1486611643334-654a80f4-57b9″]The Princess Academy – Shannon Hale (YA FIC HALE)
Wolf Wilder – Katherine Rundell (J RUNDELL)
Warrior – Erin Hunter (J HUNTER)
A Wrinkle in Time – Madeleine L’Engle (J LENGLE)
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III – Cressida Cowell (J COWELL)
A Series of Unfortunate Events – Lemony Snicket (J SNICKET)
The Spiderwick Chronicles – Tony DiTerlizzi (J DITERLIZZI)
Inside Out and Back Again – Thanhha Lai (J LAI)
Sideways Stories from Wayside School – Louis Sachar (JPB SACHAR)
Harry Potter – JK Rowling (J ROWLING)
Hamster Princess: Harriet the Invincible – Ursula Vernon (J VERNON)
Spirit Animals Series – Various Authors (J SPIRIT)
Firefly Hollow – Alison McGhee (J MCGHEE)[/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”Mystery” el_id=”1486611643345-6c386930-a980″]Chasing Vermeer – Blue Balliett (J BALLIETT)
The Tale of Despereaux – Kate DiCamillo (J DICAMILLO)
The Sisters Grimm – Michael Buckley (J BUCKLEY)
Demon Dentist – David Walliams (J WALLIAMS)
A Tangle of Knots – Lisa Graff (J GRAFF)
Holes – Louis Sachar (JPB SACHAR)
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon – Grace Lin (J LIN)
The Sisters Grimm – Michael Buckley (J BUCKLEY)
The Nest – Kenneth Oppel (J OPPEL)[/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”Classics” el_id=”1486611643355-18228f9c-f8df”]Peter Pan and Wendy – J. M. Barrie (J BARRIE)
Shiloh – Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (JPB NAYLOR)
Redwall – Brian Jacques (YA FIC JACQUES)
The Phantom Tollbooth – Norton Juster (eBook)
The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett (J BURNETT)
The Mouse and the Motorcycle – Beverly Cleary (JPB CLEARY)
The BFG – Roald Dahl (J DAHL)
Little House in the Big Woods – Laura Ingalls Wilder (J WILDER)[/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”Non-Fiction” el_id=”1486611643366-2b173937-ecc4″]
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