We're here to help young readers find books that will engage them and make reading an enjoyable experience. Talk to a Youth Services librarian for suggestions. We've also compiled some helpful websites for young readers.
Guided Reading (Fountas & Pinnell) Leveled Booklists
Does your school use the Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading system? Find booklists covering Levels A-Z here.
Illinois Children’s Choice Book Award Nominees. Click here for the current titles!
Monarch (Grades K-3), Bluestem (Grades 3-5), Rebecca Caudill (Grades 4-8)
Websites to Help You Find a Book
Don’t have an Algonquin Area Public Library card? Click here.
- Book Finder | Book Adventure
Enter grade level, reading level, and what kind of book you'd like to read and you get some great suggestions!
- BookFlix
Designed for PreK-3 literacy development. A wonderful collection of fiction and nonfiction books to read and have fun with online!
- EBSCO eBooks 6-8 Collection
This e-book collection supports a quality learning experience for K-8 students across all subject areas taught in elementary and middle schools.
- EBSCO eBooks Cricket Media Collection
Build strong literacy skills in students from pre-K to 8th grade with digital access to award-winning, short-form fiction and nonfiction titles.
- EBSCO eBooks K-5 Collection
This e-book collection supports a quality learning experience for K-8 students across all subject areas taught in elementary and middle schools.
- Lexile Framework for Reading | Find a Book
If you are looking for a book at a certain Lexile level or want to know the Lexile level of a book you want to read, search this site or ask a librarian for help.
- LOTE4Kids
LOTE4Kids is our new database of digital books in World Languages, created for children to enjoy books and learn language through storytelling. The platform provides over 4500+ digital books in 70+ languages together with English translations. New books and languages are released each month, so stay tuned!
- Novelist Plus for Children K-8
Find children's fiction and nonfiction by matching similar authors, titles, and subjects. Includes plot summaries.
- TumbleBooks Library
Enjoy storytime on your own time! The TumbleBooks Library is an online collection of animated, talking picture books. Books are available in English as well as in Spanish and Russian. Puzzles and games associated with many of the books are also available!
- What’s Next? Books in Series
Kent County District Library provides What's Next™: Books in Series database to help you search series fiction. A series is two or more books linked by character(s), settings, or other common traits.