Big List of Books for Littles

In March we celebrated National Reading Month! We asked you what books you’ve found to be the most supportive, exciting, and knowledgeable for our Littles to read and share with their Bigs, families, and classmates.

Through your recommendations, and some top choices from Scholastic, NPR, and New York Times book-lists, below you’ll find  some reads that offer an entire universe of knowledge, adventure, insight, and entertainment. Reading is an exciting way that our Bigs and Littles live into BBBS’s mission. When Big/Little matches read together, they grow a Little’s potential, and build a deeper connection. Sharing stories encourages reflection and personal growth.

Use the lists below (which link to Bookbug, local bookseller) with your Little to explore new subjects, expand your knowledge of a historical figure or event, and share your love of reading:

AGES 6-8:

• You Matter: Christian Robinson
• A Story about Afiya: James Berry
• We are Water Protectors: Carole Lindstrom
• If You Come to Earth: Sophie Blackall
• Magic Tree House Series: Mary Pope Osborne
• Seeds and Trees: Brandon Walden
• My Maddy: Gayle E. Pittman

AGES 8-10:

• Half a Chance: Cynthia Lord
• Ways to Make Sunshine: Renee Watson
• Mary and the Trail of Tears: A Cherokee Removal Survival Story: Andrea L. Rogers
• The Little Prince: Antoine de Saint-Exupery
• The Birchbark House: Louise Erdrich
• The Anti-Book: Raphael Simon
• The Midwinter Witch: Molly Knox Ostertag

AGES 10-12:

• Flora and Ulysses: Kate DiCamillo
• Chance: Escape from the Holocaust: Memories of a Refugee Childhood: Uri Shulevitz
• Mananaland: Pam Munoz Ryan
• Cicada: Shaun Tan
• Echo Mountain: Lauren Wolk
• The List of Things That Will Not Change: Rebecca Stead
• New Kid: Jerry Craft

Ages 13-16:

• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: William Kamkwamba
• The Freedom Summer Murders: Don Mitchell
• The Talk: Conversations about Race, Love & Truth: Wade Hudson
• Unbecoming: Jenny Downham
• The Summer Prince: Alaya Dawn Johnson
• Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America: Nora Shalaway Carpenter
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower: Stephen Chbosky
• The Hate U Give: Angie Thomas

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