Babies & Preschoolers
Books Featured at AADL Storytime and Playgroup
Read-Alouds for Family Reading
Early Elementary
AAPS Reading Level Book Lists
Upper Elementary
Middle & High School
HiLo Books
Babies & Preschoolers
Books
- Top 100 Picture Books selected by School Library Journal
- New York Public Library's 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know
- Funny picture books
- Simple super heroes for younger children
- Fun Summer Non-fiction for young children
- Baby Books - 1st books for birth to two years
Books Featured at AADL Storytime and Playgroup
Check out these books hand-picked by some of AADL's storytellers, which they've used at storytime and playgroup events throughout the year!
Read-Alouds for Family Reading
If you’re looking to read classic picture books or longer chapter books aloud you’ve come to the right place! Reading aloud to children has been linked to young children’s emergent literacy ability, which can be defined as the skills or knowledge that children develop before learning the more conventional skills of reading and writing which affect children’s later success in reading. Even after your child can read on their own, reading aloud is still a great way to bond with your child and can help foster their curiosity, creativity and imagination. Library staff has created a variety of “read aloud” lists for various ages and interests.
- Read Alouds for the Whole Family
- Read Alouds for the Beginning Listener
- Read Alouds for Grades K-2
- Best Big Book Read Alouds
- Family Read Alouds with Elementary Schoolers
- Read Alouds for the Kindergarten through Second Grade Classroom
- Folklore and Fairy Tale Read Alouds
- Read Alouds for Bedtime
- Top 100 Picture Books selected by School Library Journal
- New York Public Library's 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know
- Top 100 Children’s Novels by School Library Journal
- Animal Stories - Family Readalouds
- New York Public Library's 100 Top Children's Books of the Last 100 Years
Movies, CDs & Audiobooks
Early Elementary
Books
- First Chapter Books to read in Grades 1-3
- Second Grade Reads
- Simple super heroes for younger children
- Sports stories for Grades 1-3
- Simple super heroes for younger children
- African-American History in Picture books
- Women’s History in Picture books
- Asian-American Historical Picture Books
- Spanish-American History in Picture Books
- Middle-Eastern History in Picture Books
- Nature stories Grades K-2
- Science Fair Help
- Funny, Outgoing Girl Stories for Elementary Schoolers
- Word Play Books for Pre-K & Early Elementary age
- Graphic Novels for Early Readers
- New York Public Library's 100 Top Children's Books of the Last 100 Years
Movies, CDs & Audiobooks
AAPS Reading Level Book Lists
Upper Elementary
Books
- Third Grade Reads
- Fourth Grade Reads
- Fifth Grade Reads
- Good Summer Reading: Fantasy
- Mysteries for 3rd graders
- Mythology for 5th grade and up
- Science Fiction for 5th graders
- Outrageous Adventure for 5th grade and up
- Life in a Castle Books for Grades 3-6
- Gentle reads for 3rd grade and up
- About summer for 3rd grade and up
- Sports Stories for grades 3-5
- Natures Stories for Grades 3-6
- Science Fair Help for Elementary Students
- Funny, Outgoing Girl Stories for Elementary Schoolers
- Books, Stories & Non-Fiction on Horses
- New York Public Library's 100 Top Children's Books of the Last 100 Years
Movies, CDs & Audiobooks
- Family Movies: Grade 3 and Up
- Historical Fiction Audiobooks for Grades 3-8
- Good Audiobooks for Big Kids
Middle School & High School
Books
- Challenging Reads Minus Intense Themes
- Fantasy for Middle Schoolers
- Action-Adventure for Middle Schoolers
- Realistic Fiction for Middle Schoolers
- Mysteries for Middle Schoolers
- Michigan History for Middle Schoolers
- Mysteries for Teens
- Fantasy for Teens
- Historical Fiction for Teens
- Realistic Fiction for Teens
- Great Teen Nonfiction
- Adult Books for Teens
- Gentle Reads for Teens
- Printz Award Winners
HiLo Books
If you know someone who is overwhelmed by reading, AADL can help. A HiLo book refers to a text that has been written on a lower grade reading level, but with a high interest subject matter that would appeal to older students. Interest levels are labeled by age. Just search our catalog with HiLo_level and the appropriate numbered grade reading level (2,3,4,5,6) or follow this link to get a full list of AADL's holdings in each of the different reading levels.
HiLo: Middle School Students
Reading 2nd to 4th grade levels
HiLo: High School Students
Reading 2nd to 4th grade levels
Reading 4th to 6th grade levels
HiLo: Adults
Reading 2nd to 4th grade levels
Reading 4th to 6th grade levels