Recommended Books
We have a large selection of books in our library. Here are a few of our favourites.
Nursery – Grade 3

Trombone Shorty
Author: Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews
Reading Age: 4 - 8 years

How Did That Get in My Lunchbox?
Author: Chris Butterworth
Reading Age: 5 - 8 years

Where Did My Clothes Come From?
Author: Chris Butterworth
Reading Age: 5 - 8 years

Beyond the Northern Lights
Author: Lynn Blaikie
Reading Age: 6 - 9 years

Freedom's School
Author: Lesa Cline-Ransome
Reading Age: 4 - 8 years

The Wolf-Birds
Author: Willow Dawson
Reading Age: 5 - 8 years

Drum Dream Girl
Author: Margarita Engle
Reading Age: 4 - 7 years

Hattie and the Fox
Author: Mem Fox
Reading Age: 4 - 8 years

Ookpik: The Travels of a Snowy Owl
Author: Bruce Hiscock
Reading Age: 2 - 5 years

Ada's Violin
Author: Susan Hood
Reading Age: 4 - 8 years

Finding Winnie
Author: Lindsay Mattick
Reading Age: 6 - 9 years

Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt
Author: Kate Messner
Reading Age: 5 - 8 years

The Cardinal and the Crow
Author: Michael Moniz
Reading Age: 4 - 8 years

Red Rubber Boot Day
Author: Mary Lyn Ray
Reading Age: 4 - 7 years

Hiawatha and the Peacemaker
Author: Robbie Robertson
Reading Age: 4 - 8 years

The Noisy Paint Box
Author: Barb Rosenstock
Reading Age: 4 - 8 years

Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
Author: Katheryn Russell-Brown
Reading Age: 6 - 9 years

Brothers of the Wolf
Author: Caroll Simpson
Reading Age: 5 - 8 years

Feathers: Not Just for Flying
Author: Melissa Stewart
Reading Age: 4+

The Night Walker
Author: Richard Thompson
Reading Age: 6 - 9 years

Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin
Author: Chieri Uegaki
Reading Age: 4 - 8 years

Outstanding in the Rain
Author: Frank Viva
Reading Age: 5 - 6 years

The Story of Diva and Flea
Author: Mo Willems
Reading Age: 6 - 8 years

Child of the Civil Rights Movement
Author: Paula Young Shelton
Reading Age: 4 - 8 years
Grade 3 - Grade 6

The Crossover
Author: Kwame Alexander
Reading Age: 8 - 12 years

Nokum is My Teacher
Author: David Bouchard
Reading Age: 8 - 12 years

The Wonder Garden by Jenny Broom
Author: Jenny Broom
Reading Age: 7 - 10 years

The Right Word
Author: Jen Bryant
Reading Age: 7 - 18 years

The Land of Stories
Author: Chris Colfer
Reading Age: 8 - 12 years

The Drop in my Drink
Author: Meredith Hooper
Reading Age: 8 - 12 years

50 Things You Should Know about The First World War
Author: Jim Eldridge
Reading Age: 8 - 13 years

Clover's Luck
Author: Kallie George
Reading Age: 8 - 10 years

The Enchanted Egg
Author: Kallie George
Reading Age: 6 - 10 years

The Year of Billy Miller
Author: Kevin Henkes
Reading Age: 8 - 12 years

Guardians of Ga’hoole (Series)
Author: Kathryn Lasky
Reading Age: 9 - 12 years

Rain Reign
Author: Ann M. Martin
Reading Age: 9 - 12 years

Gracefully Grayson
Author: Ami Polonsky
Reading Age: 8 - 12 years

Echo
Author: Pam Muñoz Ryan
Reading Age: 10 - 14 years

Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer
Author: Carole Boston Weatherford
Reading Age: 9 - 12 years

P.S. Be Eleven
Author: Rita Williams-Garcia
Reading Age: 8 - 12 years