Feed Them The Best Books

Book Diet: Choosing the Best Books

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. —Francis Bacon Essays (1625), "Of Studies".

Medal Earners

Caldecott Medal & Honor Books – 1938 to present

Newberry Awards – 1922 to present

Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award Winners – 1988 to present

Other Lists and Resources

Great Books of the Western World – a project which began at the University of Chicago and collaborated with Mortimer Adler to develop a course for the purpose of helping adults fill in the gaps of their education; to render the reader as an intellectually rounded man or woman familiar with the “Great Books” of the Western canon, and knowledgeable of the great ideas developed in the course of three millennia.

NoveList K-8 - Find just the right book by subject, age, awards won, books made into movies, and much more. Read reviews and learn about the author. Create your own reading wish list. Includes tools for teachers such as Lexile levels and Common Core standards.