Literature for Youth in Public Libraries Spring Reading List

Here is a list of the 15 titles I plan on reading this semester for you Literature for Youth in Public Libraries course for graduate school! Some of these titles are subject to change. Happy Reading!

Pre-K thru 6th grade Titles

• Sergeant Reckless: the True Story of the Little Horse Who Became a Hero by Patricia McCormick
• What About Worms?! By Ryan Higgins
• Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson
• ¡Vamos! Let’s Cross the Bridge by Raul III
• Watercress by Andrea Wang
• Tomfoolery: Randolph Caldecott and the Rambunctious Coming-of-age of Children's Books by Michelle Markel
• I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 by Lauren Tarshis
• El Deafo by Cece Bell
• Alone by Megan Freeman
• The Baby Tree by Sophie Blackall(originally And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson)

7th thru 12th grade Titles

• Agent Most Wanted: the Never-before-told Story of the Most Dangerous Spy of World War II by Sonia Purnell
• Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
• The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat (originally The Secret Box by Whitaker Ringwald)
• Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
• Surfside Girls: The Mystery at the Old Rancho by Kim Dwinelle (originally M is for Monster by Talia Dutton)

Check out each Page for a little more quick information on each book!