By Grade (updated May 2013)

Kindergarten [1]
1st Grade [2]
2nd Grade [3]
3rd Grade [4]
4th Grade [5]
5th Grade [6]
6th Grade [7]
7th Grade [8]

By Subject

Black History Month, Fiction [9]
Black History Month, Nonfiction [10]
Chapter Book Read-Alouds (for younger kids) [11]
Chapter Book Read-Alouds (for older kids) [12]
Historical Fiction [13]
Like Harry Potter [14]
Like The Lightning Thief (Mythology) [15]
Native American Stories [16]
Non-Traditional Gender Roles [17]
Raise a Reader: Great Books for 2s & 3s [18]
Scary Stories [19]
Science Fiction [20]
Growing Up Is Hard To Do: Books About Difficult Feelings [21]
Your Librarians' Favorite Picture Books [22]

Reading Olympics

Reading Olympics is a battle of the books sponsored by School Districts 90 and 97, Oak Park Public Library, and River Forest Public Library, as well as several private schools. All 5th grade students are invited to participate in Reading Olympics. Students read the books on a list and compete with each other answering questions about the books. For more information, please contact your school media specialist.

Fall 2012

Children of the Fire [23] by Harriet Robinet
Heat [24]by Michael Lupica
Honus and Me [25] by Dan Gutman
Long Way from Chicago [26] by Richard Peck
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH [27] by Robert C. O'Brien
Silverwing [28]by Kenneth Oppel
The Skull of Truth [29] by Bruce Coville
Strange Case of Origami Yoda [30]by Tom Angleberger
Time for Andrew [31]by Mary Downing Hahn

Spring 2013

Among the Hidden [32] by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Because of Mr. Terupt [33]by Rob Buyea
Born to Fly [34]by Michael Ferrari
Out of My Mind [35] by Sharon Draper
Swindle [36]by Gordon Korman
The Thing about Georgie [37]by Lisa Graff
Behind the Bedroom Wall [38] by Laura E. Williams
The View from Saturday [39] E. L.  Konigsburg
When the Tripods Came [40] by John Christopher

Award Winners

• Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award [41]: Illinois' Children's Choice Award (4th through 8th grade)
• The Monarch Award [42]: Illinois' Children's Choice Award (K through 3rd grade)
• Bluestem Award [43]: Illinois' Readers' Choice Award (3rd through 5th grade)
• The Caldecott Medal: [44]given annually to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children
• The Newbery Medal [45]: given annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children
• Other National Children's Books Awards [46]