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General Recommendations
Stories Woven from Wonder: Juvenile Fiction That Feels Like Folktales
By:
IndyPL_RobinB
IndyPL_RobinB
Created on:
Dec 12, 2025
12 items
These books capture the heart of world folktales and fables—stories filled with magic, talking creatures, impossible tasks, bra...
5 likes
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IndyPL Staff Picks 2025 - Best of Fiction for Kids
Created on:
Nov 22, 2025
11 items
We had eight different staff members send some of their favorite "J Fiction" titles. The list includes the newly nam...
6 likes
General Recommendations
"My Kid Wants to Read Wicked, What Do I Give Them?"
By:
IndyPL_TaylorVT
IndyPL_TaylorVT
Created on:
Oct 02, 2025
16 items
"Wicked: For Good" is coming to theaters on November 21st, the second part of the movie adaptation of the hit Broadwa...
6 likes
General Recommendations
Mysteries, Puzzles, and Escape Rooms
Created on:
Apr 23, 2025
20 items
If you love escape rooms and solving puzzles to figure out mysteries, then you should check out these books!
On this list, yo...
1 like
General Recommendations
IndyPL Staff Picks 2024 - Best of Fiction for Kids
Created on:
Nov 25, 2024
16 items
Some of our favorite new fiction titles published for kids. At the very bottom of the list, enjoy older bonus material: st...
2 likes
If You Liked...
Little Women
By:
IndyPL_RobinB
IndyPL_RobinB
Created on:
Sep 03, 2024
15 items
These books offer rich, character-driven stories with strong female protagonists, similar to Little Women. They explore themes ...
1 like
General Recommendations
Spooky Middle Grade Reads for Any Time of The Year
By:
IndyPL_RyanL
IndyPL_RyanL
Created on:
Jan 23, 2024
21 items
Who doesn't love a good spooky story? Winter (or any season) is an excellent time to cozy up with a spooky book. These books wi...
7 likes
If You Liked...
I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919
By:
IndyPL_SarahS
IndyPL_SarahS
Created on:
Dec 28, 2023
24 items
Looking for thrilling adventures of survival by realistic kids like in the I Survived books? This list has you covered. #IndyPL...
1 like
General Recommendations
The Game is AFoot: Middle Grade Mysteries
By:
IndyPL_RyanL
IndyPL_RyanL
Created on:
Sep 13, 2023
21 items
Enjoy these middle grade mysteries that will delight readers of all ages! #IndyPLKids
4 likes
General Recommendations
Axis & Allies: World War II Stories for 4-8th Graders
By:
IndyPL_CarrieS
IndyPL_CarrieS
Created on:
May 12, 2023
47 items
WW2 is a topic we come back to again and again in stories. Acts of heroism stir us. We look for answers to the big question o...
1 like
General Recommendations
Books About the Holocaust for Kids
Created on:
Apr 12, 2023
25 items
The events surrounding the Holocaust in WWII have always been a fascination for readers of all ages. There have always been and...
1 like
General Recommendations
The Hundred Acre Wood
By:
IndyPL_BarbaraOL
IndyPL_BarbaraOL
Created on:
Dec 21, 2022
23 items
Winnie-the-Pooh, Christopher Robin, Piglet, Eeyore, Owl, Rabbit, Kanga and Roo, Tigger and all the friends of the forest contin...
3 likes
General Recommendations
IndyPL Staff Picks 2022- Tween and Teen Reads
Created on:
Dec 06, 2022
18 items
Tweens and teens will enjoy these reads, which include some of our favorite nonfiction and fiction reads this year. #indyplkids...
4 likes
General Recommendations
West Indianapolis Staff Faves
By:
IndyPL_MeganS
IndyPL_MeganS
Created on:
Dec 02, 2022
6 items
Each month, every staff member at West Indianapolis picks a "fave" -- a book they finished recently and enjoyed, a mo...
If You Liked...
The Adventures of Captain Underpants
By:
IndyPL_GipsonS
IndyPL_GipsonS
Created on:
Jan 15, 2022
14 items
These wacky (and sometimes gross) book series are full of goofy characters, wild plots, and comic book style illustrations. Fan...
Genre Guide
Cozy Mysteries for Kids
By:
IndyPL_GipsonS
IndyPL_GipsonS
Created on:
Dec 15, 2021
15 items
When the weather gets cold, all I want to do is curl up by the fire with a cup of hot cocoa and dive into a good mystery! This ...
5 likes
Top Picks
2022 Read Aloud Indiana: Middle Grades
By:
IndyPL_SarahB
IndyPL_SarahB
Created on:
Dec 10, 2021
27 items
Each year, a committee of the Indiana Library Federation looks at hundereds of books published in the prior three years. They l...
1 like
Top Picks
2022 Read Aloud Indiana: Upper Elementary Grades
By:
IndyPL_SarahB
IndyPL_SarahB
Created on:
Dec 10, 2021
29 items
Each year, a committee of the Indiana Library Federation looks at hundereds of books published in the prior three years. They l...
1 like
General Recommendations
Mystery and Murder...for kids
By:
IndyPL_KathleenS
IndyPL_KathleenS
Created on:
Sep 22, 2021
10 items
For young sleuths who don't want anything too scary or gory but love a good mystery #indyplkids
1 like
General Recommendations
Hispanic Heritage Month
Created on:
Aug 27, 2021
22 items
This #IndyPLKids edition of Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates Hispanic authors for youth ages 0-12. Visit your branch and chec...
3 likes
General Recommendations
Rick Riordan Readalikes
By:
IndyPL_SarahS
IndyPL_SarahS
Created on:
Mar 18, 2021
19 items
If you love stories of modern kids fighting the biggest bad guys from mythology all around the world, you should totally read e...
2 likes
General Recommendations
Great Read-Alouds for Grades 4-6
By:
IndyPL_BambiP
IndyPL_BambiP
Created on:
Feb 29, 2020
51 items
Reading aloud to your children is not something you should stop just because they have learned to read on their own. These are ...
5 likes
Genre Guide
Biographies for kids
By:
IndyPL_BethP
IndyPL_BethP
Created on:
Jan 06, 2020
18 items
Great biographies for elementary and middle schoolers! #indyplkids
3 likes
General Recommendations
IndyPL's 100 Favorite books for kids & teens
By:
IndyPL_TamiE
IndyPL_TamiE
Created on:
Apr 22, 2019
100 items
Check out the 100 favorites submitted by kids, the community, as well as Library staff. Classics, new titles, and a few by Hoos...
5 likes
General Recommendations
2019 Summer Reading Bonus Books
By:
IndyPL_KatieB
IndyPL_KatieB
Created on:
Apr 12, 2019
52 items
#indyplkids #indyplsrp100
5 likes
