Good Books for Kids
Look here for our favorite books for the early grades. We can show you books that are a lot like your favorite ones. And you can learn about two Illinois book awards where kids get to pick the winners.
African American Children’s Books
(http://champaign.org/justkids/good_books/african_american.html)These are our favorite books by or about African Americans for grades K-3.
100 Books Every Child Should Read
(http://champaign.org/justkids/good_books/100_books.html)These books are our all-time favorites for grades 4 and 5.
Cool Picks
(http://champaign.org/justkids/good_books/cool_picks.html)Meet our children‘s librarians and see what they think is cool today.
CU Children’s Authors
(http://champaign.org/justkids/good_books/cu_childrens_authors.html)Meet the people in your own community who are writing and illustrating children’s books.
Monarch Award
(http://champaign.org/justkids/good_books/monarch_award.html)This annual award goes to the author and illustrator of a book chosen by participating Illinois children in grades K to 3.
Rebecca Caudill Award
(http://champaign.org/justkids/good_books/rebecca_caudill_award.html)Illinois kids in grades 4 to 8 nominate books and pick the winners in this competition named for a children’s author who lived in Urbana, Illinois.
1st Grade
(http://champaign.org/justkids/good_books/first_grade.html)These are our favorite books right now for first graders.
2nd Grade
(http://champaign.org/justkids/good_books/second_grade.html)These are our favorite books right now for second graders.
3rd Grade
(http://champaign.org/justkids/good_books/third_grade.html)These are our favorite books right now for third graders.
4th to 6th Grades
(http://champaign.org/justkids/good_books/fourth_to_sixth_grade.html)These are our favorite books right now for grades 4 to 6.
Read-a-Likes
(http://champaign.org/justkids/good_books/read_a_likes.html)Lots of kids tell us,“I want a book just like….” If you‘re a fan of Lemony Snicket or Chronicles of Narnia, here are other books you might like.
National Award Winners
(http://champaign.org/justkids/good_books/national_award_winners.html)See which books have won the Caldecott, Newbery, Coretta Scott King, and Robert F. Sibert awards.
Storyline
Listen to TV and movie celebrities read picture books on Storyline Online
Tumblebooks
Tumblebooks are animated books
Book Flix
Book Flix combines a fiction and nonfiction book with games; use at the library
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