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Books for young children

Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band by Tim Bowers (illus.), written by Kwame Alexander
The Art Collector by Jan Wahl, illustrated by Rosalinde Bonnet
B is for Buckeye: An Ohio Alphabet by Marcia Schonberg, illustrated by Bruce Langton
The First Day of Winter by Denise Fleming
The Giant of Seville: A "Tall" Tale Based on a True Story by Dan Andreasen
Library Mouse by Daniel Kirk
Little Man by Fred Willingham (illus.), written by Dionne Warwick and David Freeman Wooley
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Otis by Loren Long
The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Stephen Gammell
Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep! by Will Hillenbrand (illus.), written by Maureen Wright

Books for tweens/middle grades

The Brothers' War: Civil War Poems in Verse by J. Patrick Lewis
Colo's Story: The Life of One Grand Gorilla by Nancy Roe Pimm
Firegirl by Tony Abbott
Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Journey that Saved Curious George by Louise Borden
Our Farm: Four Seasons with Five Kids on One Family's Farm by Michael J. Rosen
Peaceful Pieces: Poems and Quilts about Peace by Anna Grossnickle Hines
The People Could Fly by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
Roots and Blues: A Celebration by Arnold Adoff, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
The Sisters Grimm: The Fairy-Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley
Sweethearts of Rhythm: The Story of the Greatest All-Girl Swing Band in the World by Marilyn Nelson, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
Trouble Don't Last by Shelley Pearsall
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Where the Steps Were by Andrea Cheng

Books for teens & young adults

After Tupac & D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson
Beneath My Mother's Feet by Amjed Qamar
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
Bone #1: Out from Boneville by Jeff Smith
Copper Sun by Sharon M. Draper
Deadline by Chris Crutcher
The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima
The Death of Jayson Porter by Jaime Adoff
Good Behavior: A Memoir by Nathan L. Henry
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan
Sweet, Hereafter by Angela Johnson
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
Two Girls of Gettysburg by Lisa Klein
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

Books for adults

All the Way Home: Building a Family in a Falling-Down House by David Giffels
The Annotated Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Hollis Robbins
Beyond the River by Ann Hagedorn
The Blessings of the Animals by Katrina Kittle
Blood of the Prodigal: An Amish-Country Mystery by P. L. Gaus
Coal Black Horse by Robert Olmstead
Favorite Sons by Robin Yocum
The Lost Quilter by Jennifer Chiaverini
A Mercy by Toni Morrison
Mistress Shakespeare by Karen Harper
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
River of Heaven by Lee Martin
A Secret Gift: How One Man's Kindness - and a Trove of Letters - Revealed the Hidden History of the Great Depression by Ted Gup
The Wife of His Youth: and Other Stories of the Color Line by Charles Chesnutt
You Remind Me of Me by Dan Chaon