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Books for Young Children
- Books for Preschoolers: Classics [pdf] • New Favorites [pdf]
- Off to School: for young children getting ready to start school [pdf]
- Read to Me: Early Chapter Books [pdf]
Booklists for Grades K - 8
Kindergarten [pdf] • 1st grade [pdf] • 2nd grade [pdf] • 3rd grade [pdf] • 4th grade [pdf] • 5th grade [pdf] • 6th grade [pdf] • 7th grade [pdf] • 8th grade [pdf]
What's New for 2nd Grade Fall 2016 2017 2018 2019
Orca Two Read books - phonics stories for ages 6-9, with additional resources
Targeted Phonics books
Orca Currents: short, high-interest novels with contemporary themes written specifically for middle-school students reading below grade level. Reading levels from grade 2.0 to 5.0. Interest level ages 10–14.
Summer reads 2016 2017 grK-1 2017 gr2-3 2017 gr 4-5 2018 2019
Berkeley Unified School District lists
- BUSD Mock Newbery nominees for the 2021 Newbery Award • 2020 Mock Newbery books
- Winter Reads 2020
- 2020 Summer Reading List (grade at the end of the just finished school year)
Award Winners
- Complete list of American Library Association (ALA) awards
- Newbery Medal --ALA award for literature for children
- Caldecott Medal -- ALA award for picture books for children
- Sibert Medal -- ALA award for informational books for children
- Coretta Scott King Book Award -- ALA award for outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values
- Rainbow Book List -- ALA list of books with significant and authentic GLBTQ content
- Pura Belpré Award -- ALA award to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience.
Novelist Lists*
- African American Girls' Lives: Books for readers age 9-13
- African American Boys' Lives: Books for readers age 9-13
- Latinx Kids' Lives: Books for readers age 9-13
- Asian American Kids' Lives: Books for readers age 9-13
- Muslim Kids' Lives: Books for readers age 9-13
*Berkeley Public Library card needed to access Novelist from home