More Heroic Books for Kids

Here are more of our favorite inspirational, hero-themed books for kids. We’ll add a new list each month, February to April 2008.

Animal Heroes (Our February Picks)

For Pre-K

  • Big Al (Picture Books/E/Cle) by Andrew Clements
  • Firebears: The Rescue Team (Picture Books/E/Gre) by Rhonda Gowler Greene
  • Preschool to the Rescue (Picture Book/E/Sierra) by Judy Sierra
  • Supersnouts! (Picture Books/E/Bjo) by Steve Bjorkman

For Grades K to 2

  • Hero Cat (Picture Books/E/Spinelli) by Eileen Spinelli
  • Mercy Watson Fights Crime (First Chapters/J/DiCamillo) by Kate DiCamillo
  • Oliver the Mighty Pig (Easy Readers/E/Van) by Jean Van Leeuwen
  • Superdog: The Heart of a Hero (Picture Books/E/Buehner) by Carolyn Buehner

For Grades 3 to 5

  • Babe: The Gallant Pig (Juvenile Fiction/J/King-Smith) by Dick King-Smith
  • My Dog, My Hero (Juvenile Fiction/J/Byars) by Betsy Byars
  • Panda: A Guide Horse for Ann (Juvenile Nonfiction/J362.4048/Han) by Rosanna Hansen
  • The Tale of Despereaux (Juvenile Fiction/J/DiCamillo) by Kate DiCamillo

Heroes Past & Present (Our March Picks)

For Pre-K

  • Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (Picture Books/E/Bur) by Virginia Lee Burton
  • My Mom is a Firefighter (Picture Books/E/Grambling) by Lois G. Grambling
  • New York's Bravest (Picture Books/E/Osb) by Mary Pope Osborne
  • A Strange Day (Picture Books/E/Heide) by Iris van der Heide

For Grades K to 2

  • Aero and Officer Mike: Police Partners (Juvenile Nonfiction/J363.632/Rus) by Joan Plummer Russell
  • Stone Fox (Juvenile First Chapters/J/Gar) by John R. Gardner
  • Kami and the Yaks (Picture Books/E/Stryer) by Andrea Steen Stryer
  • Davy Crockett Saves the World (Picture Books/E/Sch) by Rosalyn Schanzer

For Grades 3 to 5

  • American Slave, American Hero: York of the Lewis & Clark Expedition (Juvenile Biographies/J917.8042/York) by Lawrence P. Pringle
  • Patriots in Petticoats: Heroines of the American Revolution (Juvenile Nonfiction/J973.3082/Red) by Shirley Raye Redmond
  • Heroes for Civil Rights (Juvenile Nonfiction/J323.0922/Adl) by David A. Adler
  • On the Wings of Heroes (Juvenile Fiction/J/Peck) by Richard Peck
  • American Heroes (Juvenile Biographies/J920.073/Del) by Marfe Ferguson Delano

Super Heroes (Our April Picks)

For Pre-K

  • Super Sam! (Picture Books/E/Reis) by Lori Ries
  • A Box Full of Kittens (Picture Books/E/Manzano) by Sonia Manzano
  • Amazing Adventures of Bathman (Picture Books/E/Pelletier) by Andrew T. Pelletier
  • The Adventures of Sparrowboy (Picture Books/E/Pinkney) by Brian Pinkney

For Grades K to 2

  • Traction Man is Here! (Picture Books/E/Grey) by Mini Grey
  • Another Perfect Day (Picture Books/E/MacDonald) by Ross MacDonald
  • Perfect Man (Juvenile Fiction/J/Wilson) by Troy Wilson
  • Captain Raptor and the Moon Mystery (Picture Books/E/O‘Malley) by Kevin O’Malley

For Grades 3 to 5

  • The Hero Revealed (Juvenile Fiction/J/Boniface) by William Boniface
  • Lucha Libre: The Man in the Silver Mask: A Bilingual Cuento (Spanish Language Juvenile Fiction/Spanish/J/Garza) by Xavier Garza
  • Melvin Beederman, Superhero series (Juvenile Fiction/J/Trine) by Greg Trine
  • Owlboy series (Juvenile Fiction/J/Sniegoski) by Thomas E. Sniegoski