Personalized Reading Recommendations 

Our library staff loves to help you find books according to your interests! Fill out our Reading Recommendations form online, and you will receive a list of titles curated to your preferences.

Novelist

In a hurry? Check out NoveList Plus, the premiere database of reading recommendations, available through libraries around the world presenting fiction, nonfiction and audiobooks and includes expert recommendations, reviews, articles, lists and more. Access to NoveList Plus is available with your library card or Chatham PASS account.

Brightly

Brightly provides passionate parents, educators, and caregivers with the tools they need — such as tips and advice, book recommendations, Brightly Storytime, which features read-aloud and flip along videos, and more — to keep kids connected to books through every age & stage of life. Click here to visit the resources at Brightly.

Reading Beyond

Reading Beyond: Advanced Reader List - from the American Library Association and Children's Book Council, this list provides reading recommendations for young readers who read above grade level, while remaining age- and interest-appropriate.

Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets is a national public media literacy initiative offering information and resources on how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help. View themed booklists, author interviews, read alouds, and more. Click here to visit the resources at Reading Rockets.

Award Winners

Caldecott Medal Winners - awarded annually to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. 

Newbery Medal Winners - awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

Coretta Scott King Award Winners - given annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values. 

Pura Belpré Award Winners - presented annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal - awarded annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published in the United States in English during the preceding year.

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Winners - given annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English in the United States during the preceding year.