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YOUTH ROOM BOOK COLLECTION

Whether you’re reading for fun or doing work for school, the Youth Room has many great books for you! Search the catalog to find what you’re looking for or ask a Librarian for help. And, each time you visit, make sure to stop by our "Baldwin Staff Picks" display to check out our favorites, old and new. You just might find a new favorite of your own!

Attention Battle of the Books participants: we have multiple copies of this year's Battle books, available for a one-week checkout. Click here for the 2006-2007 titles.

What are YOU reading? Check out Baldwin's new blog!

Go to www.bplkidsread.blogspot.com.

YOUTH BOOK CLUBS

Youth Services has something for everyone, Kindergarten through 6th grade. Go to our Events page to see dates and details for upcoming sessions.

If you're in Kindergarten or first grade, come to our monthly K-1 Book Party! Share after-school stories, games, crafts, and snacks. Register by phone, online, or at the Youth Desk.

We offer monthly book clubs for kids in second through sixth grade. You can register at the Youth Desk, over the phone, or online.

Books Plus for 2nd-3rd-graders and their loving adults

New! Baldwin BookEnds: a writing club for 4th-6th-graders

Guys Only Book Club for 4th-6th-grade boys and their dads, grandfathers, uncles, brothers, and friends

Mother-Daughter Book Club for 4th-6th-grade girls and their moms

READING LISTS

Click to download the PDF file. More bibliographies are available in the Youth Room.

100 Picture Books

Adoption

Amazing American History

Animals -- Wild and Tame and In-Between!

Asia

Autobiographies

Best Books for Kids -- Summer 2006

Cats -- Picture Books

Dogs -- Picture Books

Dragons & Unicorns

Dragons & Unicorns Picture Books

Fabulous Females

Fabulous Fiction for 3rd- and 4th-Graders

Famous Canine & Feline Friends

Fascinating Field Scientists

Fantasy for 4th-8th-Graders

Feathers, Fins, & Furballs

Folktales to Read Aloud

Good Reading for 5th- and 6th-Graders

Great Books For 7th- and 8th-Graders

Hello! Hola! -- Bilingual Books in English and Spanish

Horse Stories for 3rd-8th-Graders

Imagine That!

Knights & Castles

Lemony Snicket Read-Alikes

Losing a Loved One

Magical Mayhem

Medieval Life and Times

Michigan's the Place

Mysteries

A New Baby in the Family

Next-Step Chapter Books for 2nd- and 3rd-Graders

Pets in Picture Books

Sad Stories for 4th-6th-Graders

Share a Hobby

Tales for Tots

What a Pet! -- Stories of unusual and incredible pets

AWARD-WINNING BOOKS

Caldecott Medal

Newbery Medal

Coretta Scott King Award

Printz Award

Mitten Award

Boston Globe-Horn Book Award

The Christopher Award

Giverny Book Award

Golden Kite Award

Hans Christian Andersen Medal

Jane Addams Children’s Book Award

Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal

Mildred L. Batchelder Award

Orbis Pictus Award

Phoenix Award

Pura Belpre Award

Robert F. Sibert Information Book Award

Scott O’Dell Historical Fiction Award

Sydney Taylor Award

NEW ARRIVALS

The Youth Room regularly receives new books and other materials. New books are always on display and available for checkout. The new book area is located on the first set of shelves when you enter the Youth Room.

In January 2008, the 2008 Caldecott and Newbery Medal Winner and Honor books were announced. You can find them in the Youth Room! See the list of winners below. (Baldwin patrons had a Mock Caldecott Election on January 11th and chose Knuffle Bunny Too as their winner.)

2008 CALDECOTT MEDAL

Caldecott Medal Winner:

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

Caldecott Honors:

Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Ellen Levine
First the Egg illustrated and written by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain illustrated and written by Peter Sís
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity illustrated and written by Mo Willems

2008 NEWBERY MEDAL

Newbery Medal Winner:

Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village written by Laura Amy Schlitz

Newbery Honors:

Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson

YOUR FAVORITES

TELL US ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE BOOK

Have you read a really great book that you would like to tell others about? See a Librarian in the Youth Room for a form to fill out. We will be posting your suggestions on the Youth Page in the future.