Reading Beyond
Lists curated by librarians and designed to help adults recommend age-appropriate titles that will challenge advanced readers. Click here to see the downloadable lists.
Ada Twist, Scientist
By: Andrea Beaty
Illustrated by:
David Roberts
David Roberts
ISBN: 9781419721373
Fiction, Science, , K-1 Grade
Anna Hibiscus
By: Atinuke
Illustrated by:
Lauren Tobia
Lauren Tobia
ISBN: 9781610677073
Fiction, Picture Book, K-1 Grade
Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix
By: Jacqueline Briggs Martin and June Jo Lee
Illustrated by:
Man One
Man One
ISBN: 9780983661597
Fiction, Picture Book, K-1 Grade
Detective Gordon
By: Ulf Nilsson
Illustrated by:
Gitte Spee
Gitte Spee
ISBN: 9781927271506
Fiction, Mystery / Thriller, K-1 Grade
Do Not Lick This Book
By: Idan Ben-Barak
Illustrated by:
Julian Frost
Julian Frost
ISBN: 9781250175366
Nonfiction, Science, K-1 Grade
Echo Echo
By: Marilyn Singer
Illustrated by:
Josée Masse
Josée Masse
ISBN: 9780803739925
Fiction, Poetry, K-1 Grade
Firebird
By: Misty Copeland
Illustrated by:
Christopher Myers
Christopher Myers
ISBN: 9780399166150
Fiction, Action / Adventure, K-1 Grade
Flora and Ulysses
By: Kate DiCamillo
Illustrated by:
K. G. Campbell
K. G. Campbell
ISBN: 9780763660406
Fiction, Action / Adventure, K-1 Grade
I Dissent
By: Debbie Levy
Illustrated by:
Elizabeth Baddeley
Elizabeth Baddeley
ISBN: 9781481465595
Nonfiction, Biography, K-1 Grade
Insect Superpowers
By: Kate Messner
Illustrated by:
Jillian Nickell
Jillian Nickell
ISBN: 9781452139104
Nonfiction, Science, K-1 Grade
National Geographic Book of Nature Poetry
By: J. Patrick Lewis
Illustrated by:
n/a
n/a
ISBN: 9781426320941
Nonfiction, Poetry, K-1 Grade
One Proud Penny
By: Randy Siegel
Illustrated by:
Serge Bloch
Serge Bloch
ISBN: 9781626722354
Nonfiction, History, K-1 Grade
Pugs of the Frozen North
By: Philip Reeve
Illustrated by:
Sarah McIntyre
Sarah McIntyre
ISBN: 9780385387972
Fiction, Action / Adventure, K-1 Grade
Sam Wu is Not Afraid of Ghosts
By: Katie Tsang, Kevin Tsang
Illustrated by:
Nathan Reed
Nathan Reed
ISBN: 9781454932550
Fiction, Action / Adventure, K-1 Grade
Snowman – Cold = Puddle
By: Laura Purdie Salas
Illustrated by:
Micha Archer
Micha Archer
ISBN: 9781580897983
Nonfiction, Science, K-1 Grade
The Day the Universe Exploded My Head
By: Allan Wolf
Illustrated by:
Anna Raff
Anna Raff
ISBN: 9780763680251
Fiction, Science, K-1 Grade
The Princess in Black
By: Shannon and Dean Hale
Illustrated by:
LeUyen Pham
LeUyen Pham
ISBN: 9780763665104
Fiction, Action / Adventure, K-1 Grade
The Roots of Rap
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by:
Frank Morrison
Frank Morrison
ISBN: 9781499804119
Nonfiction, Picture Book, K-1 Grade
The Stuff of Stars
By: Marion Bauer
Illustrated by:
Ekua Holmes
Ekua Holmes
ISBN: 9780763678838
Nonfiction, Science, K-1 Grade
Trombone Shorty
By: Troy Andrews
Illustrated by:
Bryan Collier
Bryan Collier
ISBN: 9781419714658
Nonfiction, Biography, K-1 Grade
Weekends with Max and His Dad
By: Linda Urban
Illustrated by:
Katie Kath
Katie Kath
ISBN: 9781328900197
Fiction, Action / Adventure, K-1 Grade
A Place to Belong
By: Cynthia Kadohata
Illustrated by:
Julia Kuo
Julia Kuo
ISBN: 9781481446655
Fiction, Historical Fiction, 2-3 Grade
Her Own Two Feet
By: Meredith Davis & Rebeka Uwitonze
ISBN: 9781338356373
Nonfiction, Biography, 2-3 Grade
Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond #1
By: Sayantani DasGupta
ISBN: 9781338185706
Fiction, 7-12, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Migrations
By: ICPBS (various authors)
Illustrated by:
various illustrators
various illustrators
ISBN: 9781536209617
Nonfiction, Novel, 2-3 Grade
Mountain Dog
By: Margarita Engle
Illustrated by:
Aleksey and Olga Ivanov
Aleksey and Olga Ivanov
ISBN: 9781250044242
Fiction, 7-12, Animals
Random Body Parts
By: Leslie Bulion
Illustrated by:
Mike Lowery
Mike Lowery
ISBN: 9781561457373
Nonfiction, Science, 2-3 Grade
Secret Coders
By: Gene Luen Yang
Illustrated by:
Mike Holmes
Mike Holmes
ISBN: 9781626720756
Fiction, Action / Adventure, 2-3 Grade
The One and Only Ivan
By: Katherine Applegate
Illustrated by:
Patricia Castelao
Patricia Castelao
ISBN: 9780062641946
Nonfiction, Biography, 2-3 Grade
The Parker Inheritance
By: Varian Johnson
ISBN: 9780545946179
Fiction, Mystery / Thriller, 2-3 Grade
The Right Word
By: Jen Bryant
Illustrated by:
Melissa Sweet
Melissa Sweet
ISBN: 9780802853851
Nonfiction, History, 2-3 Grade
What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?
By: Chris Barton
Illustrated by:
Ekua Holmes
Ekua Holmes
ISBN: 9781481465618
Nonfiction, Biography, 2-3 Grade
When the Sea Turned to Silver
By: Grace Lin
Illustrated by:
Grace Lin
Grace Lin
ISBN: 9780316125925
Fiction, Action / Adventure, 2-3 Grade
Wings of Fire (novel or graphic novel)
By: Tui Sutherland
Illustrated by:
Mike Holmes
Mike Holmes
ISBN: 9780545349185
Fiction, 7-12, Action / Adventure
Illegal
By: Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin
Illustrated by:
Giovanni Rigano
Giovanni Rigano
ISBN: 9781492662143
Fiction, Historical Fiction, 4-5 Grade
Legends, Icons & Rebels
By: Robbie Robertson et al.
ISBN: 9781101918685
Nonfiction, Biography, 4-5 Grade
Lincoln’s Grave Robbers
By: Steve Sheinkin
ISBN: 9780545405720
Nonfiction, Mystery / Thriller, 4-5 Grade
Samurai Rising
By: Pamela S. Turner
Illustrated by:
Gareth Hinds
Gareth Hinds
ISBN: 9781580895842
Nonfiction, Biography, 4-5 Grade
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
By: William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
Illustrated by:
Anna Hymas
Anna Hymas
ISBN: 9781984816122
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
The Inquisitor’s Tale
By: Adam Gidwitz
Illustrated by:
Hatem Aly
Hatem Aly
ISBN: 9780142427378
Fiction, Action / Adventure, 4-5 Grade
The Journey of Little Charlie
By: Christopher Paul Curtis
ISBN: 9780545156660
Fiction, Historical Fiction, 4-5 Grade
This Promise of Change
By: Jo Ann Allen Boyce
Illustrated by:
Debbie Levy
Debbie Levy
ISBN: 9781681198521
Nonfiction, History, 4-5 Grade
Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine
By: Laurie Wallmark
Illustrated by:
April Chu
April Chu
ISBN: 9781939547200
Nonfiction, Science, K-1 Grade
Ada Twist Scientist
By: Andrea Beaty
Illustrated by:
David Roberts
David Roberts
ISBN: 1419721372
Nonfiction, Science, K-1 Grade
Anna Hibiscus
By: Atnuke
Illustrated by:
Lauren Tobia
Lauren Tobia
ISBN: 9781610677073
Fiction, Picture Book, K-1 Grade
The Boy Who Loved Math
By: Deborah Heiligman
Illustrated by:
LeUyen Pham
LeUyen Pham
ISBN: 9780147510426
Fiction, Action / Adventure, K-1 Grade
Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars
By: Douglas Florian
ISBN: 9780152053727
Nonfiction, Science, K-1 Grade
Detective Gordon
By: Ulf Nilsson
Illustrated by:
Gitte Spee
Gitte Spee
ISBN: 9781927271506
Fiction, Action / Adventure, K-1 Grade
Echo Echo
By: Marilyn Singer
Illustrated by:
Josee Masse
Josee Masse
ISBN: 9780803739925
Fiction, Poetry, K-1 Grade
Frank and Lucky Get Schooled
By: Lynne Rae Perkins
Illustrated by:
Lynne Rae Perkins
Lynne Rae Perkins
ISBN: 9780062373458
Fiction, Action / Adventure, K-1 Grade
How We Are Smart
By: W. Nikola-Lisa
Illustrated by:
Sean Qualls
Sean Qualls
ISBN: 9781600604447
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science
I Dissent
By: Debbie Levy
Illustrated by:
Elizabeth Baddeley
Elizabeth Baddeley
ISBN: 9781481465595
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Mathematickles!
By: Betsy Franco
Illustrated by:
Steven Salerno
Steven Salerno
ISBN: 9781416918615
Nonfiction, Science, K-1 Grade
A New Class (Star Wars Jedi Academy #4)
By: Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Illustrated by:
9780545875738
9780545875738
Fiction, Sci-Fi / Fantasy, K-1 Grade
Pugs of the Frozen North
By: Phillip Reeve
Illustrated by:
Sarah McIntyre
Sarah McIntyre
ISBN: 9780385387972
Fiction, Action / Adventure, K-1 Grade
Tiger Boy
By: Mitali Perkins
Illustrated by:
Jamie Hogan
Jamie Hogan
ISBN: 9781580896603
Fiction, Action / Adventure, K-1 Grade
Toys Go Out
By: Emily Jenkins
Illustrated by:
Paul O. Zelinsky
Paul O. Zelinsky
ISBN: 9780385736619
Fiction, Action / Adventure, K-1 Grade
The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk
By: Jan Thornhill
ISBN: 9781554988655
Nonfiction, Science, K-1 Grade
Trombone Shorty
By: Troy Andrews
Illustrated by:
Bryan Collier
Bryan Collier
ISBN: 9781419714658
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
Twenty-Two Cents
By: Paula Yoo
Illustrated by:
Jamel Akib
Jamel Akib
ISBN: 9781600606588
Nonfiction, Biography, K-1 Grade
Weekends with Max and His Dad
By: Linda Urban
Illustrated by:
Katie Kath
Katie Kath
ISBN: 9780544598171
Fiction, Action / Adventure, K-1 Grade
When the Beat Was Born
By: Laban Carrick Hill
Illustrated by:
Theodore Taylor III
Theodore Taylor III
ISBN: 9781596435407
Fiction, Action / Adventure, K-1 Grade
A Black Hole Is Not a Hole
By: Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano
Illustrated by:
Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
ISBN: 9781570917844
Nonfiction, Science, 2-3 Grade
The Dreamer
By: Pam Muñoz Ryan
Illustrated by:
Peter Sís
Peter Sís
ISBN: 978043926998
Fiction, Poetry, 2-3 Grade
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
By: Chris Grabenstein
ISBN: 9780525580379
Fiction, Mystery / Thriller, 2-3 Grade
The Hero Two Doors Down
By: Sharon Robinson
ISBN: 9780545804516
Nonfiction, Biography / Memoir, 2-3 Grade
Mountain Dog
By: Margarita Engle
Illustrated by:
Aleksey and Olga Ivanov
Aleksey and Olga Ivanov
ISBN: 9781250044242
Fiction, Action / Adventure, 2-3 Grade
National Geographic Book of Nature Poetry
By: J. Patrick Lewis
Illustrated by:
National Geographic
National Geographic
ISBN: 1426320949
Nonfiction, Poetry, 2-3 Grade
Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy
By: Karen Foxlee
ISBN: 9780385753562
Fiction, Action / Adventure, 2-3 Grade
Random Body Parts
By: Leslie Bulion
Illustrated by:
Mike Lowery
Mike Lowery
ISBN: 9781561457373
Nonfiction, Poetry, 2-3 Grade
The Right Word
By: Jen Bryant
Illustrated by:
Melissa Sweet
Melissa Sweet
ISBN: 9780802853851
Nonfiction, Biography, 2-3 Grade
Secret Coders
By: Gene Luen Yang
Illustrated by:
Mike Holmes
Mike Holmes
ISBN: 9781626720756
Fiction, Science, 2-3 Grade
Sisters Grimm
By: Michael Bucjley
Illustrated by:
Peter Ferguson
Peter Ferguson
ISBN: 9780810959255
Fiction, Action / Adventure, 2-3 Grade
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
By: Wiliam Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
Illustrated by:
Anna Hymas
Anna Hymas
ISBN: 9780147510426
Fiction, 7-12, Action / Adventure
Earthrise
By: Edgar Mitchell and Ellen Mahoney
Illustrated by:
9781613749012
9781613749012
Nonfiction, History, 4-5 Grade
The Inquisitor’s Tale
By: Adam Gidwitz
Illustrated by:
Hatem Aly
Hatem Aly
ISBN: 9780142427378
Fiction, Action / Adventure, 4-5 Grade
Legends, Icons & Rebels
By: Robbie Robertson, et al.
ISBN: 9781770495715
Nonfiction, Biography, 4-5 Grade
The Ruins of Gorlan (The Ranger’s Apprentice #1)
By: John Flanagan
ISBN: 9780439899673
Fiction, Action / Adventure, 4-5 Grade
Samurai Rising
By: Pamela S. Turner
Illustrated by:
Gareth Hinds
Gareth Hinds
ISBN: 9781580895842
Nonfiction, History, 4-5 Grade
Splendors and Glooms
By: Laura Amy Schlitz
ISBN: 9780763653804
Fiction, Action / Adventure, 4-5 Grade
