Great Books!
New books, staff picks, award winning books, fun reading lists and more!
Reading Lists
100 Great Picture Books
Fresh, fun books just right for sharing with children ages birth to 5 years!
Swoop's Pick of the Day
Swoop picks a new favorite book, movie or CD everyday. What is his pick today?
Books by Age/Grade Level
Looking for some new reads? Try these book recommendations.
New Books, Movies, & Music
Want to see and reserve new stuff the library has on order? Take a look at this list.
If You Like...
Did you like a book so much that you want to read more like it? You're sure to find something on these lists!
Genres
Do you have required reading each month in school? Need to find different types of books? Want to find more of your favorite type? Try these books from different genres.
Award Winning Books
Caldecott Winners
Newbery Winners
Geisel Winners
Colorado Children's Book Award
More award winning books
Visit Children and Teens Literature Awards for information about other awards and their winners.
Childrens and Teen Literature Awards
There are dozens of national awards that can direct you to some of the best books and materials produced for children and teens today, celebrating a wide variety of audiences, themes, topics, genres, and formats.
Animals
Are you into books about animals? We've got pigs, frogs, penguins, and more!
Dinosaurs
Be a prehistoric explorer and read up on dinosaurs! Want to learn more? Explore on the web.
Funny Books
Need a good laugh? Check out one of these books and put a smile on your face.
Graphic Novels
Take a peek at these cool GN!
Great Series!
What's next?!
Historical Fiction
Like stories set in the past? Historical fiction is made up stories but often has true history in the book also.
Mysteries
Are you an amateur sleuth? Solve a good mystery with these books! Visit our catalog for even more mysteries.
Nonfiction
Nonfiction books contain information about real people, places, and events. They may explain, inform, or persuade. Search in the catalog for your topic or try some great nonfiction here.
Pirates
Ahoy, Matey! In the mood for pirates and adventures on the high seas?
Poetry
Here are some great poetry books for all ages. Click here for even more poetry books.
Riveting Realism
These books are realistic fiction--they read like real stories about real kids.
Science Fiction
Aliens, time travel, and robots--science fiction books may seem too fantastic to be true today, but might be possible in the future.
Sports
Get active and read!
Survival Books
Shipwrecks, plane crashes, earthquakes, plagues--can you survive these books?
Fantastic First Lines
Don't judge a book by its cover! Do these first lines make you want to read more?
Extra! Extra!
TumbleBooks
Great animated stories and fairy tales! Try out the puzzles and games that go along with them. If you see a login screen, enter the username arapahoe and the password libra.
ages preschool (with help) - 10
Find School Reading Lists
Looking for a good book? Need to find your school reading list? This includes Accelerated Reader (AR lists) and Reading Counts! Go to Readthebooks and find lots of ideas. For book lovers preschool to eighth grade.
Read the Books
Looking for a good book? Need to find your school's reading list? These include Accelerated Reader (AR) and Reading Counts! Go to Readthebooks and find lots of ideas. For book lovers preschool to eighth grade.
Bestsellers
What books are most popular right now? - Go to BarnesandNoble.com for a list of bestselling children and teens books.
Juvenile Series and Sequels
by Mid-Continent Public Library
Go to the website
Find out what comes next in a series. Search over 22,000 children's and young adult books in series.
More Lists
Looking for more great reads by topic?
NoveList K-8
NoveList K-8 provides a database of young adult, children's and easy titles designed for children in pre-K, elementary or middle schools.
Important tip: You will need your library card handy to search this database from home.
