A list of Good Reads by Valerie Koehler, owner of Blue Willow Bookshop
For the Youngest
- Goodnight, Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
- Harold and the Purple Crayon, by Crockett Johnson
- The Snowy Day, by Ezra Jack Keats
- Brown Bear Brown Bear, by Bill Martin Jr
- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, by Bill Martin Jr
- Each Peach Pear Plum, by Allen Ahlberg
- Freight Train, by Donald Crews
For the Toddler and Up
- Where the Wild ThingsAre, by Maurice Sendak
- Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus series, by Mo Willems
- Madeline, by Ludwig Bemelmans
- Fancy Nancy, by Jane O’Conner
- Two Little Trains, by Margaret Wise Brown
- Love, by Matt de la Pena
- Panda Pants, by Jacqueline Davies
- Bark George, by Jules Feiffer
- Owl Moon, by Jane Yolen
Young Literature
- Anne of Green Gables series, by L.M. Montgomery
- Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling
- Ramona series, by Beverly Cleary
- The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis
- Tale of Despereaux, by Kate di Camillo
- The One And Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate
- The Giver, by Lois Lowry
- Holes, by Louis Sachar
- The Lightning Thief, series by Rick Riordan
- Out of My Mind, by Sharon Draper
- The Mixed Up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankwiler, by E.L. Konigsburg
- Charlotte’s Web, by E.B. White
- Wonder, by R.J. Palacio
- Pax, by Sarah Pennypacker
Teen Literature
- Poet X, by Elizabeth Acevedo
- The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas
- Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson
- The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton
- To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
- The House On Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros
Adult Literature and Nonfiction
- Life Of Pi, by Yann Martel
- The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
- Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett
- Friday Night Lights, by H.G. Bissinger
- Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
- The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri
- A Gentleman In Moscow, by Amor Towles
- Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd
- The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot
- The Liar’s Club, by Mary Karr
- Stoner, by John Williams
- City of Thieves, by David Benioff
- Beloved, by Toni Morrison
- Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood
- Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston
- An American Marriag,e by Tayari Jones
- From A Low And Quiet Sea, by Donal Ryan
- A Fine Balance, by Rohinton Mistry
- Just Mercy, by Bryan Stephenson
