We asked Mid-Michigan Moms around the area to help us compile a list of books we’d recommend from our own home libraries, so you can keep yours stocked with good stories too!
From the youngest littles through the pre-teen years and even adults, the list below holds something for everyone. Click on a category to see our suggestions by age/grade level.
We hope you’re inspired to try something new… happy reading!
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- Little Blue Truck series by Alice Schertle
- The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
- We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
- Bunny Roo, I Love You by Melissa Marr
- Time for Bed by Mem Fox
- Bake a Rainbow Cake! by Amirah Kassem
- Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr. & John Archambault
- Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night? by Brianna Caplan Sayres
- The Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton
- The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen
- Baby Beluga by Raffi
- Tractor Mac series by Billy Steers
- Click, Clack, Moo by Doreen Cronin
- Disney Storybook Collections
- 5 Minute Bedtime Stories
- Author: Eric Carle
- Author: Joyce Wan
- A Narwhal and Jelly series by Ben Clanton
- The Book with No Pictures by B. J. Novak
- Owl Diaries series by Rebecca Elliott
- Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun: Having the Courage To Be Who You Are by Maria Dismondy
- The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
- On the Construction Site {A Shine-A-Light Book} by Carron Brown
- Dinosaurs: Shine-A-Light by Carron Brown and Sara Hurst
- Secrets of the Seashore {A Shine-A-Light Book} by Carron Brown
- Unicorn Diaries series by Rebecca Elliott
- Dragon Masters series by Tracey West
- Uni the Unicorn by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
- Lift-the-Flap Computers and Coding by Rosie Dickins
- Lift-the-Flap Questions and Answers about our World by Katie Daynes
- As an Oak Tree Grows by G. Brian Karas
- Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Love is You & Me by Monica Sheehan
- Bear’s New Friend {and others in the series} by Karma Wilson
- Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater
- Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin
- The LEGO Movie: Junior Novel by Kate Howard
- Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne
- Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
- Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park
- Horrible Harry series by Suzy Kline
- I Spy series by Jean Marzollo and Walter Wick
- Who Would Win? series by Jerry Pallotta
- American Girl books
- Harry Potter series {books 1-3 can be read by younger kids} by J. K. Rowling
- Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
- The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
- Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
- Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
- Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales series {OK for advanced 2nd/3rd graders} by Nathan Hale
- Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
- A Series of Unfortunate Events series by Lemony Snicket
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
- Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
- I Survived series by Lauren Tarshis and Scott Dawson
- Dear America series
- Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate
- Author: Roald Dahl
- The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
- Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
- 5 Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott, Mikki Daughtry, and Tobias Iaconis
- The Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis
- The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
- The Selection by Kiera Cass
- Entwined by Heather Dixon
- The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
- Twelve Dancing Princesses by Jessica Day George
- The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead
- The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
- The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
- Author: Jane Austen
- Author: Carl Hiaasen
- Author: Brian Jacques
- Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
- Belgravia by Julian Fellowes
- The Siren by Kiera Cass
- Red, White & Royal Blue: A Novel by Casey McQuiston
- Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon
- Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
- The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
- The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman {he has teen & children versions too}
- Chase the Lion: If Your Dream Doesn’t Scare You, It’s Too Small by Matt Batterson
- Greater by Steven Furtick
- The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
- The Scent Keeper: A Novel by Erica Bauermeister
- Lancaster County Secrets series By Suzanne Woods Fisher
- The Girls with No Names by Serena Burdick
- Before and After by Judy Christie and Lisa Wingate
- The Secret Orphan by Glynis Peters
- Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living by Shauna Niequist
- Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
- Girl, Stop Apologizing by Rachel Hollis
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- Author: Mitch Albom