n The Wild Robot by Peter Brown and its sequel, The Wild Robot Escapes
n The Dog Man graphic novel series by Dav Pilkey
n Secret Sisters of the Salty Sea by Lynne Rae Perkins
n Ban This Book by Alan Gratz
n Family Game Night and Other Catastrophes by Mary E. Lambert
n Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
n The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor
n Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
n Bees: A Honeyed History by Piotr Socha
n Minecraft video game-inspired books, including The Island by Max Brooks and the Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior series by Cube Kid
Younger Readers
n The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors by Drew Daywalt
n Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin
n On a Magical Do-Nothing Day by Beatrice Alemagna
n Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty
n After The Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again by Dan Santat
n Baby Monkey, Private Eye by Brian Selznick
n The Princess in Black by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale
n The Elephant & Piggie series by Mo Willems
n Beach Day by Karen Roosa
n Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
(And of course, the Harry Potter books, the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan and the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books by Jeff Kinney remain at the top of everyone’s reading lists.)
— Courtesy of Upper Valley librarians interviewed for this story. Compiled by Eleanor Kohlsaat.