Lists for Children, Parents & Caregivers in the BPL online catalog

 

Book Lists - School Summer Reading

Please visit our summer reading site for links to Boston Public Schools summer reading lists.

Book Lists - By Subject

• All Aboard: Picture Books About Trains
• Americanos - English Version
• Americanos - Spanish Version
• Asian New Year Celebrations
• Books for Brand-New Readers
• Books for Toddlers
• Botolph's Town, From Boston, England to Boston, Massachusetts
• Celebrating Earth: Environmental Books for Children
• City Life: A Booklist for Children
• Civil War Books for Children
• Countdown to Kindergarten – Summer 2011
• Countdown to Kindergarten – Summer 2002
• Dance Fever: Books to Get You Dancing
• Detectives: A Reading List for Children
• Dragons: A Selected Bibliography for Children
• Folktales Around The World
• Game Time: Sports Stories for Children
• Good Books for Older Boys
• Good Books for Younger Boys
• Good Series for Older Boys
• Good Series for Younger Boys
• Great Stories for Sports Fans
• I Can Make... Craft Books for Children
• If You Like Harry Potter... Try These Books...
• If You Like Goosebumps by R.L. Stine Try This Frightening Reading
• If You Like R.L. Stine & Christopher Pike Try This Horrific Reading
• If You Like Where's Waldo? Try These Books
• Is There Life After Easy Readers?
• Literary Lights for Children
• Mapping Boston: A Booklist for Children
• Mapping My World
• New Babies in the Household - Picture Books
• Name Calling Week – Picture Books | Grades 3-5 | Middle School
• October is Italian Heritage Month: A Selected Reading List for Children
• Poetry Books for Children
• Songs and Fingerplays for Toddlers
• Stories You Just Can't Put Down
• Talk to the Animals
• Tearjerkers for Children: Read Them When You Need a Good Cry
• Times Gone By: Historical Fiction for Children
• Times of Grief and Sadness
• Travel to Ireland Through Books
• Turtle Island Tales: Native American Folktales, Myths, and Legends

Internet Sites for Book Lovers!

• Seussville Calling all Dr. Seuss fans!
• Little House Books  For readers who love the Laura Ingalls Wilder books.
• Author and Illustrator Pages Biographies and links about children's authors and illustrators--from Avi to Lois Lowry to Chris Van Allsburg!
• Magic School Bus Fun Place Ride the Magic School Bus at this wacky site all about those magical field trips with Ms. Frizzle.
• Arthur Marc Brown's character has his own web site from WGBH Boston.
• Jan Brett's Home Page Learn more about the author/illustrator and her books.

Magazines to Read Online

• American Girl Magazine
• Dragonfly
• MidLink Magazine
• National Geographic World
• OWLkids Online
• Ranger Rick
• Sports Illustrated for Kids
• Time Magazine for Kids
• Weekly Reader