Recommended Reads

Welcome to DPL’s Recommended Reads page. Each month we will select a theme and add new titles with helpful descriptions. Click through to your chosen topic below and, when you find a book you would like to explore, click on the title and be taken directly to our catalog. Happy reading!

Women’s History Month 2023: Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories Children Rosa Parks & Claudette Colvin – Tracey Baptiste This...

Black History Month 2023: Black Resistance Children Rosa Parks & Claudette Colvin – Tracey Baptiste This informative middle-grade graphic novel...

Fairytale Forest Children Endlessly Ever After – Laurel Snyder This book introduces characters from all different fairy tales and fables...

Staff Picks! A collection of DPL staff book recommendations and favorites from 2022 FICTION/HISTORICAL FICTION The Making of Her –...

Get Into the Spirit of Giving! Children Just Help! – Sonia Sotomayor This follow up to Just Ask! by U.S....

Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Month Children Front Desk – Kelly Yang Kelly Yang’s Front Desk is loosely based on her...

If you have any questions or would like to suggest a topic for our monthly Recommended Reads please reach out to Julie Harvey, our Reading Advocate, at jharvey@minlib.net.