Top Picks - Books
If you're looking for some great media suggestions for your kids--look no further than our Top Picks! We have a variety of lists in all of our media categories with some wonderful suggestions for kids of all ages. Whether you're looking for great fantasy books for your 8-14 year old or some classic holiday movies, you're sure to find something that your kids will enjoy.
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Best Love Stories for Kids
Esio Trot by Roald Dahl Shy Mr. Hoppy devises a plan to win the heart of his true love by teaching her a spell to make her tortoise grow bigger. |
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The Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt by Patricia MacLachlan Minna grows up with some odd friends and relatives. |
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Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry Anastasia's 10th year has some good things like falling in love and really getting to know her grandmother, and some bad things like finding out about an impending baby brother. |
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The Exiles in Love by Hilary McKay When Big Grandma takes the four Conroy sisters on holiday as a cure for the "family failing," the girls wonder if their grandmother herself is still susceptible to it. |
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Losers, Inc. by Claudia Mills Although he knows that his efforts to impress a beautiful student teacher and outdo his perfect older brother jeopardize his status in the losers' club that he and his best friend have started, 12-year-old Ethan realizes that he no longer wants to be a loser. |
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Every middle schooler should read and discuss this. |
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Philip Hall Likes Me. I Reckon Maybe by Bette Greene Newbery Honor 1975. 11-year-old Beth thinks that Philip Hall likes her, but their on-again, off-again relationship sometimes makes her wonder. |
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Thwonk by Joan Bauer A cupid doll comes to life and offers romantic assistance to A. J., a teenage photographer suffering from unrequited love. |
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Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen Halley's junior year of high school includes the death of her best friend Scarlett's boyfriend, the discovery that Scarlett is pregnant, and Halley's own first serious relationship. |
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If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson After meeting at their private school in New York, fifteen-year-old Jeremiah, who is black and whose parents are separated, and Ellie, who is white and whose mother has twice abandoned her, fall in love and then try to cope with people's reactions. |
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The Adventures of Blue Avenger by Norma Howe Some sexual content and language make this best for teens. |
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- 2008 Award-Winning African-American Reads
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- Best Holiday Books for Tweens
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- Classic Reads for Young Kids
- Halloween Books for Young Kids
- Best Halloween Books for Tweens
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