Staff picks

May is AANHPI month. Explore the experiences and contributions of Asian Americans, Native Hawaii'ans and Pacific Islanders in these nonfiction books for elementary and middle school ages. We celebrate Americans who trace their heritage to a vast region: China, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Korea, India, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia, Native Hawaii, Samoa, Tahiti, Guam, Fiji, and Papua New Guinea.

Every May we celebrate Americans who trace their heritage to a vast region: China, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Korea, India, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia, Native Hawaii, Samoa, Tahiti, Guam, Fiji, and Papua New Guinea.

These books and articles provide an introduction how our clothing is made, how advertising affects our choices, and how what we decide to buy can affect workers and the environment. For 4th-8th graders

2025 OBOB books for grades 3, 4, 5

Read a book, then get out your bike and take a ride! Books for preschoolers to 6th graders

Books for ages 5-12 sharing stories and information about transgender people.

Consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words with short vowel sounds, like bat and hop, are the first words students learn to read in their journey to independent reading.

Blends are two or three consonants that blend together, like /st/ in stop or /ck/ in rock. Each letter in the blend makes a sound. Digraphs are two consonants that together make one sound, such as /sh/ in shop or /ch/ in chat.

Silent-e (also known as magic-e) words follow a pattern of vowel + consonant + e, such as the words lake, slide, and hope. The vowel makes its long sound and the e is silent.

Vowel teams are two or more vowels together that make a sound, such as in the words boot or rain. Sometimes they may contain consonants that create a vowel sound like /ow/ in throw. R-controlled vowels have a vowel followed by r. Sometimes this pattern is called the “bossy r” because the “r” takes over and the vowel makes a different sound, such as in the words car or burn. Consonant -le words end with a consonant, followed by le, such as table or purple.

Illustrated biographies for elementary ages about girls and women who have an impact on our world.

Books for preschoolers and early elementary ages about the importance of a name.

Creepy and scary books for upper elementary and middle school ages.

Many picture books show peoples indigenous to North America in a historical context, but Native people aren't a relic of the past, and as these books show they are active members of the modern world. #ownvoices

Books that address teasing, name-calling, excluding, and other hurtful behavior. Books that explore successful responses. Books that promote kindness and empathy.

Books for 4th-6th graders about who you are attracted to, who you love.

Books for 4th-6th graders. Gender identity is how you feel and express yourself with your clothes, hairstyle, pronoun choices and name, and other actions. 

Whether you’re connecting with your little one, a younger sibling, or babysitting for a friend’s child, starting a new project together can be just the thing to bridge generations. These titles are an invitation to your inner child to let your imagination run free right alongside your junior companion’s.

Whimsical picture books full of nature and imagination

Fiction and nonfiction about and by Native American, Native Hawaiian and First Nation peoples for grades 4-6.