Kids Need to Read donates books from this official list. All of these books are well-reviewed titles for preschool to teenaged children.
Whenever possible, unused returns are bought with the funds raised by Kids Need to Read, rather than first sale books. These are brand new books; however, the authors and publishers do not receive credit for sales on returns. Since royalties are not paid on these books, Kids Need to Read’s donation dollars buy more books for children.
Preschoolers (Ages 0-4)
Someday – by Allison McGhee
Thank You Bear – by Greg Foley
Not A Box – by Antoinette Portis
Peek-A-Boo – by Francesca Ferri
Where is Baby’s Belly Button – by Karen Katz
Children (Ages 5-7)
Zen Shorts – by Jon Muth
My Friend is Sad – by Mo Willems
Lost and Found – by Oliver Jeffers
Diary of a Wombat – by Jackie French
Llama Llama Red Pajama – by Anna Dewdney
Middle Readers (Ages 8-12)
Dear Dumb Diary series (7 books) – by Jim Benton
The Softwire series (2 books) – by PJ Haarsma*
The Actionopolis series (7 books) – by various authors*
Looking Glass Wars series (2 books) (Ages 10 +) – by Frank Beddor
Grey Griffins series (3 books) (Ages 10 +) – by Derek Benz & J.S. Lewis*
Teens (Ages 13+)
Enthusiasm – by Polly Shulman
Dragonhaven – by Robin McKinley
Nobody’s Princess – by Esther Friesner
Top Ten Uses For an Unworn Prom Dress – by Tina Ferraro
Evolution, Me and Other Freaks of Nature – by Robin Brande
The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica series (2 books) – by James Owen
Spanking Shakespeare (Ages 17+) – by Jake Wizner
Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian (Ages 17+) – by Sherman Alexie
*Great for Reluctant Readers and High Interest / Low Level needs.
The KNTR Book List was created by our Book Goddess, Faith Hochhalter. Faith has been the children’s book buyer for Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, Arizona for four years. Changing Hands Bookstore was the winner of Publishers Weekly Best Bookstore of the Year 2007.
KNTR Book List Guides:
Text version
http://static.scribd.com/docs/d4vs63404m8ss.pdf
Graphic version
http://static.scribd.com/docs/3kiqq73wer79.pdf
