What to Read Next: A Highlight of Children’s & Young Adult Books

Check out the books discussed by librarians at the virtual program held in September 2022!

Early Elementary (Grades K-3)

Bones series, by David A. Adler

Young Cam Jansen series, by David A. Adler

The Retired Kid, by Jon Agee

Fly Guy series, by Ted Arnold

Madeline series, by Ludwig Bemelmans

From Head to Toe, by Eric Carle

Happy Narwhalidays, by Ben Clanton

Pete the Cat series, by James Dean

A Good Day, by Kevin Henkes

My Garden, by Kevin Henkes

Katie Woo series, by Fran Manushkin

Fancy Nancy series, by Jane O’Connor

Fletcher and the Falling Leaves, by Julia Rawlinson

Goodnight Goon, by Michael Rex

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs, by Jon Sciezka

He Came with the Couch, by David Slonim

Brave Irene, by William Steig

Pete’s a Pizza, by William Steig

The Librarian from the Black Lagoon, by Mike Thaler

Eloise series, by Kay Thompson

Scaredy Squirrel series, by Melanie Watt

Elephant and Piggie series, by Mo Willems 

The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster, by Mo Willems

A Unicorn Named Sparkle, by Amy Young

Middle Grade/Tween (Grades 4-7)

The Prydain Chronicles series, by Lloyd Alexander

The Line Tender, by Kate Allen

Posted, by John David Anderson

Riley’s Ghost, by John David Anderson

Crispin: The Cross of Lead, by Avi

Loyalty, by Avi

Brixton Brothers series, by Mac Barnett

On My Honor, by Marion Dane Bauer

Dream, Annie, Dream, by Waka T. Brown

Because of Mr. Terupt series, by Rob Buyea

Flunked, by Jen Calonita

Swim Team, by Johnnie Christmas

A Perfect Mistake, by Melanie Conklin

Just Roll With It, by Lee Durfey-Lavoie

Taking up Space, by Alyson Gerber

Refugee, by Alan Gratz

Twelfth, by Janet Key

Operation Do-Over, by Gordon Korman

Restart, by Gordon Korman

Deadman’s Castle, by Iain Lawrence

Merci Suarez Changes Gears, by Meg Medina

Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson

Northwind, by Gary Paulsen

Solimar: The Sword of the Monarchs, by Pam Muñoz Ryan

Wayside Stories from Wayside School, by Louis Sachar

Bomb: The Race to Build and Steal the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon, by Steve Sheinkin

Nanny Piggins series, by R.A. Spratt

Babysitters Club graphic novel series, by Raina Telgemeier

The Devil’s Arithmetic, by Jane Yolen

YA/Teens (Grades 8-12)

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, by Becky Albertalli

Scout’s Honor, by Lily Anderson

Waking Romeo, by Kathryn Barker

Three Dark Crowns, by Kendare Blake

The Selection series, by Kiera Cass

We Are Not Free, by Traci Chee

Alex & Eliza: A Love Story, by Melissa De la Cruz

Start Here, by Trish Doller

Poisoned, by Jennifer Donnelly

Stepsister, by Jennifer Donnelly

The Disasters, by M.K. England

The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia, by Candace Fleming

Murder Among Friends: How Leopold and Loeb Tried to Commit the Perfect Crime, by Candace Fleming

Very Bad People, by Kit Frick

These Violent Delights and Our Violent Ends, by Chloe Gong

The Summer I Turned Pretty, by Jenny Han

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, by Jenny Han

The How & the Why, by Cynthia Hand

The Janies series , by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows

The Mary series, by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows

Her Royal Highness, by Rachel Hawkins

Royals, by Rachel Hawkins

Break the Fall, by Jennifer Iacopelli

Survive the Dome, by Kosoko Jackson

The Box in the Woods, by Maureen Johnson

Truly Devious trilogy, by Maureen Johnson

The Aurora Cycle trilogy, by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

A Curse so Dark and Lonely, by Brigid Kemmerer

Family of Liars, by E. Lockhart

We Were Liars, by E. Lockhart

Be not Far from Me, by Mindy McGinnis

Heroine, by Mindy McGinnis

The Initial Insult and The Last Laugh duology, by Mindy McGinnis

Nothing More to Tell, by Karen M. McManus

You’ll Be the Death of Me, by Karen M. McManus

Vampire Academy series, by Richelle Mead

Breathless, by Jennifer Niven

Holding up the Universe, by Jennifer Niven

Merciful Crow, by Margaret Owen

There Will Come a Darkness, by Katy Rose Pool

Skyward, by Brandon Sanderson

Scythe, by Neal Shusterman

The Fountains of Silence, by Ruta Sepetys

I Must Betray You, by Ruta Sepetys

Sadie, by Courtney Summers

All My Rage, by Sabaa Tahir

A Twisted Tale series, by various authors

The 5th Wave, by Richard Yancey

American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang

Instructions for Dancing, by Nicola Yoon

The Sun Is Also a Star, by Nicola Yoon