Book Recommendation List

These are only recommendations. You are free to get books that aren't on this list.

Pre-K through Kindergarten

• Benita y Las Criaturas Noturnas by Maria Llanos (Spanish and English)
• Give Back by Gina Bellisaro
• Have You Seen My Invisible Dragon? By Helen Yoon
• The Bakery Dragon by Devin Kurtz
• The Big Squeeze by Molly Harris
• Home in a Lunchbox by Cherry Mo
• Jayden’s Impossible Garden by Melina Mengal

Kindergarten through 1st Grade

• Awe-samosas! by Marzieh Abbas
• Cape by Kevin Johnson

Second Grade through Third Grade

• Dancing through Space: Dr. Mae Jemison Soars to New Heights by Lydia Lukidis
• I am Extraordinary by Stephen Curry
• Courageous History Makers: 11 Women from Latin America Who Changed the World by Naibe Reymoso
• Make Your Mark by Jacci Gresham and Sherry Fellores
• Follow Chester by Gloria Respress-Churchwell

Third Grade through Fourth Grade

• Bad Guys (Book Series)
• The Academy Series by T.Z. Layton
• Brave. Black. First. by Cherly Hudson

Fourth Grade through Fifth Grade

• Ruby Lost and Found by Christina Li
• Black Men in Science: A Black History Book for Kids by Bryan Patrick Avery

Fifth Grade through Sixth Grade

• The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels
• Wings of Fire Book Series by Tui T. Sutherland