Kids & Teens Booklists | Rochester (MN) Public Library

Featured Booklists

Featured Book Lists

Booklists By Grade

Find books for your grade level and favorite genre!

Preschool & Kindergarten

Grades 1 & 2

Grades 3 & 4

Grades 5 & 6

Grades 7 & 8

Middle/High School

Teen Genre

Teen Read Alikes

Heartstopper Readalikes (Digital Books and Audiobooks)

Inheritance Games Read Alikes (Teen Digital Books and Audiobooks)

Novels in Verse

The Summer I Turned Pretty Readalikes (Digital Books and Audiobooks)

Wednesday Read Alikes (Digital Books and Audiobooks)

Teen Creators and Stories

Celebrate Disability Pride Month (Digital Books and Audiobooks)

Jewish Experience (Digital Books and Audio)

All Ages Booklists

Antiracisim

LGBTQIA+

Be Who You Are (Gender Expression for Young Children)
Print | Digital

Rainbow Family Reads (Books for LGBTQIA+ Families)
Print | Digital

Read Out Proud (LGBTQIA + Reads for Teens)
Print | Digital

Aromantic & Asexual Representation (For Teens)
Print | Digital

Bisexual & Pansexual Experience (For Teens)
Print | Digital

Transgender & Nonbinary Experience (For Teens)
Print | Digital

Parents Empowering Pride (for Grownups with LGBTQIA+ Kids)
Print | Digital

Stonewall Children's and Young Adult Literature Award
Winner | Honor

Creators & Stories

American Indian & Indigenous Heritage
Print | Digital

Arab American Heritage Print Books & Audio

Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage
Print | Digital

Autism Experience Print Books

Black History
Print | Digital

Black Teen Authors Digital Books & Audio

Celebrate Black Lives!
Print | Digital

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage!
Print | Digital

Celebrate Juneteenth!

Celebrate Women's History
Kids | Teens

Jewish Experience Digital Books and Audio for Teens

Award Winners

Minnesota Youth Reading Award Nominees 2023
Maud Hart Lovelace Nominees Division I
Maud Hart Lovelace Nominees Division II
Star of the North Nominees

Coretta Scott King Author Award
Winner | Honor

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
Winner | Honor

John Newbery Medal
Winner | Honor

Printz Award
Winner | Honor

Pura Belpre Author Award
Winner | Honor

Pura Belpre Illustrator Award
Winner | Honor

Randolph Caldecott Medal
Winner | Honor

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal
Winner | Honor

Schneider Family Book Award
Winner | Honor

Stonewall Book Children's and Young Adult Literature Award
Winner | Honor

Theodore Seuss Geisel Award
Winner | Honor

YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults
Winner | Finalist

Digital Books & Digital Audio

Books for Families