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• NoveList Plus is the premiere database of reading recommendations that can be searched by genre, age, read-alikes and a multitude of categories, from Heartwarming and Likeable to Menacing and Intensifying 
• Look in our catalog for a pulldown menu featuring our new books and bestsellers
• Let our professional librarians choose books for you with Book Connection
• Scroll down to find a variety of curated booklists from our librarians to help you select appropriate materials

Grade Level Booklists

Specialty Booklists

Award Winners

• Caldecott Medal Winners: Complete List of Winners
  The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. 
• Coretta Scott King Book Awards
  Given annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values.
• Newbery Medal Winners: Complete List of Winners
  The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
• Pura Belpré Medal
  The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.
• Schneider Family Book Award
  The Schneider Family Book Awards honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences.
• Stonewall Book Award – Mike Morgan and Larry Romans Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award
  The first and most enduring award for LGBTQIA+ books is the Stonewall Book Awards, sponsored by the American Library Association's Rainbow Round Table.

Also...

• Accelerated Reader books can be found by searching our catalog and at www.arbookfind.com
• California Department of Education Lists and describes recommended books for kids from Kindergarten through grade 12. A unique feature allows titles to be found by grade level, language, culture, genre, and awards.