1000 Books Before Kindergarten
Recommended books, but not required, for the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program.
General Booklists
Looking for your next favorite book? Check out our booklists, created by Youth Services staff just for you!
Pre-Reader PicksPopular Subjects for ReadersAward WinnersOur Diverse WorldParenting TopicsDecodable BooksTough TopicsGraphic Novels
- Activities, Crafts and Experiments
- Adventure Books for Elementary School Kids
- Autobiographies
- Banned Children's Books
- Beginning Chapter Books
- Classics
- Colorado Authors
- Dragons
- Fantasy Chapter Books
- Fractured Fairy Tales
- Friendship
- Funny Chapter Books
- Mermaids
- Murder Mysteries for Upper Elementary and Middle Schoolers
- Mystery Chapter Books
- Princesses
- Rebus Books
- Robots
- Scary Chapter Books
- Series Chapter Books
- Superheroes
- True Crime for Kids

- African-American Voices
- Asian-American/Pacific Islander/Polynesian Voices
- Celebrating Diversity
- Christian Voices
- Diverse Abilities
- Girl Supehero Books
- Immigrants and Refugees
- Inclusive Picture Books
- Jewish Voices
- Latin-American Voices
- LGBTQ+ Voices
- Middle Eastern Voices
- Muslim Voices
- Native American Voices
- Neurodiversity
- People Experiencing Poverty or Homelessness
- Social Justice
- Women's (and Girls') Voice