Book Wish List

Family Book Club takes pride in making available quality age-appropriate books for children who have limited access to reading material. We are grateful for any donation of new books. We favor multicultural and award-winning titles found on our Wish List below. These books depict positive themes, and promote healthy development and self-esteem in children. Best of all, they are popular with our audience! Thank you, in advance, for your support!

Books for Babies and Toddlers

  • Brown Bear, Brown Bear
    by Eric Carle
  • Buenos Dias, Baby!
    by Libby Ellis
  • Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom
    by Bill Martin, Jr.
  • Daddy Loves Me
    (DK Publishing)
  • Fruit
    by Sara Anderson
  • Global Babies
    by Mary Ajmera (The Global Fund for Children)
  • Good Night, Gorilla
    by Peggy Rathmann
  • Goodnight Moon
    by Margaret Wise Brown
  • Happy Baby Series
    published by Priddy Books
  • Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
    by Annie Kubler
  • Maisy’s Amazing Big Book of Words
    by Lucy Cousins
  • Moo, Baa, La La La
    by Sandra Boynton
  • Pat the Bunny
    by Dorothy kunhardt
  • Peek-A-Baby
    by Karen Katz
  • Peek-A-Boo! (Baby Faces)
    by Roberta Grobel Intrater
  • Peter’s Chair
    by Ezra Jack Keats
  • Polar Bear, Polar Bear
    by Eric Carle
  • Splash! (Baby Faces)
    by Roberta Grobel Intrater
  • Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
    by Mem Fox and Helen Oxenbury
  • Vegetables
    by Sara Anderson
  • Wheels on the Bus
    by Raffi and Sylvie Wickstrom


    Picture Books and Early Readers

    • All the Colors of the Earth
      by Sheila Hamanaka
    • Are You a Ladybug?
      by Judy Allen
    • Bein’ With You This Way
      by W. Nikola-Lisa
    • Flossie and the Fox
      by Patricia C. McKissack
    • Full, Full, Full of Love
      by Trish Cooke
    • Harlem
      by Walter Dean Myers
    • How the Moon Regained Her Shape
      by Janet Ruth Heller
    • Just the Two of Us
      by Will Smith
    • Little Bill (series)
      by Bill Cosby
    • Little Gorilla
      by Ruth Bornstein
    • Owl Babies
      by Martin Waddell
    • Please Baby, Please
      by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee
    • Rap A Tap Tap
      by Leo and Diane Dillon
    • School Bus
      by Donald Crews
    • Sweet Music in Harlem
      by Debbie Taylor
    • The People Could Fly
      by Virginia Hamilton
    • Who Stole the Cookies
      by Judith Moffat
    • Yo! Yes?
      by Chris Raschka

    Chapter Books Authors

    • Joan Bauer
    • Beverly Cleary
    • Andrew Clements
    • Sharon Creech
    • Christopher Paul Curtis
    • Roald Dahl
    • Series “Dear America” or “My America”
    • Kate DiCamillo
    • Karen English
    • Russell Freedman
    • Virginia Hamilton
    • Walter Dean Myers
    • Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
    • Pam Muñoz Ryan
    • Jeff Smith
    • Jerry Spinelli
    • Mildred Taylor
    • Valerie Wilson Wesley
    • Jacqueline Woodson