Reading Suggestions for Kids

What We're Reading: 

CLASSIFIED: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross by Traci Sorell, illustrations by Natasha Donovan.
Listening to the Stars by Jodie Parachini, illustrated by Alexandra Badiu.
The Girl Who Named Pluto: The Story of Venetia Burney by Alice B. McGinty and Elizabeth Haidle.
Annie Jump Cannon, Astronomer by Carole Gerber, illustrated by Christina Wald.
She Caught the Light, Williamina Stevens Fleming: Astronomer by Kathryn Lasky, illustrations by Julianna Swaney.
How to Hear the Universe by Patricia Valdez, illustrations by Sara Palacios.
Margaret and the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Saved the First Lunar Landing by Dean Robbins, illustrations by Lucy Knisley.
Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed, illustrated by Stasia Burrington.
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13 by Helaine Becker, illustrated by Dow Phumiruk.
What Miss Mitchell Saw by Hayley Barret, illustrated by Diana Sudyka.
Mario y el Aqujero en el Cielo (Mario and the Hole in the Sky) by Elizabeth Rusch, illustrated by Teresa Martinez.
Ellen Takes Flight: The Life of Astronaut Ellen Ochoa.
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly, illustrated by Laura Freeman.
The Astronaut Who painted the Moon: The True Story of Alan Bean by Dean Robbins, illustrated by Sean Rubin.
The Boy Who Touched the Stars (El nino que alcanzo las estrellas) by Jose M. Hernandez, illustrations by Steven James Petruccio.
The Fire of Stars: The Life and Brilliance of the Woman Who Discovered What Stars Are Made Of by Kristen W. Larson, illustrated by Kathrine Roy.
Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos by Stephanie Roth Sisson.

WCDPL Children's Place Book Lists

Interested in one of our curated booklists? Contact our Children's Place via email at woodkids@wcdpl.org or by calling (419) 352-8253, and our staff can provide a list of recommended reads or can email a PDF copy for you to explore. Book lists are available in the following categories:

  • 21 Activities Series - Nonfiction
  • Alphabet and Counting Books
  • Animal vs. Animal
  • Apraxia Support
  • Batman
  • Becoming a Big Sibling
  • Choose Your Own Adventure
  • Cinderella
  • Community Helpers
  • Dinosaurs
  • Fairy Tales
  • Fairy Tales - Fractured and Retold
  • Grief (Death and Illness)
  • Potty Training
  • Rick Riordan Presents
  • Robots
  • Search and Find
  • Star Wars
  • Superheroes - DC Universe
  • Superheroes - Marvel Universe
  • WhoHQ Biographies
  • WhoHQ Nonfiction
  • WhoHQ What Do We Know and The Story of

Book Awards and Select Booklist Sites

Book Reviews

Children's Literature Websites

Resources for Children's Books Authors and Illustrators

Important Places of Interest

Book Podcasts

Looking for a good podcast about books and stories for children? Look no further: explore these options!

All the Wonders podcast  April Eight podcast  Book Club for Kids podcast  Buttons and Figs podcast  Circle Round podcast

Little Stories for Tiny People podcast  Pencil surrounded by audio lines logo for Picturebooking Podcast   PW Kidscast podcast   Radio Rookies podcast  Read Aloud Revival podcast

Scholastic Reads podcast  Stories podcast  Storynory podcast   Story Pirates podcast   Story Time podcast  

What If World podcast  What Should I Read Next podcast  The Yarn podcast

Other Recommended Podcasts

For Preschoolers

Ear Snacks podcast

For Kids

But Why podcast  Dream Big podcast    The Past and the Curious podcast  Peace Out podcast  

Short and Curly podcast   Spare the Rock podcast   Wow in the World podcast​

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