Book Lists

Looking for a particular book? Sometimes we are too! We've compiled lists of our favorite books under topics we've searched for our ourselves. Use our lists to select books for mentor texts, for comp titles, or for classroom reading selections.

Happy Reading!

First Day of School Picture Books

Here is a list of picture books perfect for the first day of school!

1. The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson www.indiebound.org/book/9780399246531
2. A New School Year: Stories in Six Voices by Sally Derby www.indiebound.org/book/9781580897303
3. School's First Day of School by Adam Rex www.indiebound.org/book/9781596439641
4. We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan Higgins www.indiebound.org/book/9781368003551

Our Favorite Bedtime Picture Books

Here is a list of our favorite bedtime picture books!

1. Before You Sleep: A Bedtime Book of Gratitude by Annie Cronin Romano www.indiebound.org/book/9781624145780
2. Night Train: A Journey from Dusk to Dawn by Annie Cronon Romano www.indiebound.org/book/9781624146572
3. Hush Little Dragon by Boni Ashburn www.indiebound.org/book/9780810994911
4. The Night Box by Louise Greig www.indiebound.org/book/9781328850935
5. No More Noisy Nights by Holly L. Niner www.indiebound.org/book/9781936261932

Kindness/ Empathy Picture Books

1. Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller
2. Poe Won't Go by Kelly DiPucchio
3. Each Kindness by Jaqueline Woodson
4. Drawn Together by Mihn Le
5. Me and My Fear by Francesca Sanna
6. The Big Umbrella by Amy June Bates
7. Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell

Overcoming Picture Books

1. After the Fall by Dan Santat
2. I am Enough by Grace Byers

Friendship Picture Books

1. Lost in the Library by Josh Funk
2. I am Sad by Micheal Ian Black

Buddy Picture Books

Buddy stories have two realized protagonists.
1. Stick and Stone by Beth Ferry
2. Snail and Worm by Tina Kugler