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A selection of book lists for kids and teens:

Award Winning Books

• The Caldecott Medal winners
• The Newbery Medal winners
• Notable Children's Books
• Connecticut Nutmeg Book Award
• ALA lists of additional book and audiobook award winners
• 2012 Children's Literary Award Winners

Other Recommended Books

• Blue Ribbon Books
• NYPL's "100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know"
• New York Times "Best Illustrated Children's Books"
• Classic List Of Must-Read Children's Books from NPR
• ReadKiddoRead
• The Horn Book
• Child Book Council Reading Lists
• Cary Memorial Library Children's booklists Themed bibliographies
• Expanding the classics
• Favorite Children's Stories
• Author's and Illustrators
• Connecticut Library Consortium A List for Holiday Giving
  • Annual lists of the Best Books for Babies and Toddlers (0-3), Best Books for Young Readers and Listeners (ages 3-8), and the Best Books for Junior Readers (ages 8-12)

School Reading Lists

Greenwich Public Schools

• Elementary School Summer Reading
• Middle School Summer Reading
• GHS Summer Reading
• GHS Media Center

Brunswick School

• Lower School
• Middle School
• Upper School

Convent of the Sacred Heart

• Lower School PreK-4th
• Middle School 5th-8th
• Upper School 9th-12th

Greenwich Academy

• Lower School
• Upper School

Greenwich Catholic School

Greenwich Country Day School

• Lower School
• Upper School & Middle School

The Whitby School

Staff Booklists for Children & Parents

• Books for Beginning Readers: Kindergarten, First and Second Grades
• Early Chapter Books and Series: Second and Third Grades
• Staff Picks for Children