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Love Your Pet Day With Poetry
By:
IndyPL_ShaiS
IndyPL_ShaiS
Created on:
Jan 21, 2026
11 items
Friday, February 20th is National Love Your Pet Day! Whether they're furry, fluffy, feathery, fishy, or festooned with scales, ...
General Recommendations
Kids' Sports Fiction
By:
IndyPL_RyanL
IndyPL_RyanL
Created on:
Dec 13, 2025
18 items
Here are some excellent sports novels for kids, perfect for the young sports enthusiast. #IndyPLKids
1 like
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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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Stuck in Time! Middle Grade Reads for Groundhog Day
By:
IndyPL_RobinB
IndyPL_RobinB
Created on:
Dec 12, 2025
15 items
A time-twisting reading list full of loops, leaps, and second chances.
Whether repeating the same day over and over or traveli...
1 like
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IndyPL Staff Picks 2025 - Best of Picture Books
Created on:
Nov 25, 2025
40 items
Our overwhelming favorite vote getter from 2025 is the very sly and funny Don't Trust Fish by Neil Sharpson followed closely by...
3 likes
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"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
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Cozy Picture Books for Bedtime Snuggles
By:
IndyPL_GlynnisK
IndyPL_GlynnisK
Created on:
Aug 29, 2025
17 items
Charming picture books perfect for settling in for a cozy evening. Picked for stories that feel like a well-loved blankie and a...
1 like
General Recommendations
Picture Books and Juvenile Nonfiction About Mental Health and Illness
By:
IndyPL_JaredW
IndyPL_JaredW
Created on:
Jul 21, 2025
20 items
Each year has a Mental Health Awareness Month and a Suicide Prevention Month, but mental health is important all year long! If ...
3 likes
Top Picks
National Relaxation Day
By:
IndyPL_ShaiS
IndyPL_ShaiS
Created on:
Jul 08, 2025
11 items
What to do when you're bored out of your gourd? Have you ever been so lost in the doldrums that you can't find your way back? D...
3 likes
General Recommendations
Set sail, tiny sailors!
By:
IndyPL_FloS
IndyPL_FloS
Created on:
Jun 16, 2025
19 items
For children looking for nautical reads this summer, add these picture books featuring boats or lighthouses to your holds list....
3 likes
General Recommendations
Fiction Featuring Type 1 Diabetics
Created on:
May 28, 2025
15 items
In the US alone there are an estimated 2 million people living with type 1 diabetes.
This list goes out to all the fellow type...
7 likes
General Recommendations
Numbers Tell a Story
By:
IndyPL_CarrieS
IndyPL_CarrieS
Created on:
May 23, 2025
12 items
Help little kids become familiar with numbers by reading them books with numbers in the spotlight. Some of these books come fr...
2 likes
Topic Guide
Yoga for a Day
By:
IndyPL_TaylorM
IndyPL_TaylorM
Created on:
May 19, 2025
10 items
Celebrate Yoga Day on June 21st with a whole day of yoga books and other materials for kids! This list begins in the morning an...
2 likes
General Recommendations
Picture Books Which Celebrate America's Rich Cultural Diversity
By:
IndyPL_JaredW
IndyPL_JaredW
Created on:
May 01, 2025
29 items
Here are some books that touch on America as a Nation of Immigrants. These are picture books, but many are inspired by real peo...
3 likes
General Recommendations
Cookies for Storytime
By:
IndyPL_CarrieS
IndyPL_CarrieS
Created on:
Apr 23, 2025
16 items
Fun cookie stories to read with your littles!
#IndyPLKids
General Recommendations
Mysteries, Puzzles, and Escape Rooms
By:
IndyPL_JaredW
IndyPL_JaredW
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
Bedtime Little Dinosaur
By:
IndyPL_FloS
IndyPL_FloS
Created on:
Apr 18, 2025
13 items
Books to read to your dino-obsessed little one before bedtime.
#IndyPLKids #SummerReading2025 #Dinosaurs
2 likes
General Recommendations
Rocks and Minerals!
By:
IndyPL_joplynr
IndyPL_joplynr
Created on:
Apr 15, 2025
11 items
Rocks and minerals are all around us, especially in Indiana! Have you ever been fossil hunting at Turkey Run State Park, or geo...
4 likes
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Twisters
By:
IndyPL_CarrieS
IndyPL_CarrieS
Created on:
Apr 11, 2025
21 items
2025 is the 100th anniversary of the Tri-state tornado that hit southern Indiana, Illinois and Missouri on March 19th, 1925 and...
4 likes
General Recommendations
Black girls at magic school
By:
IndyPL_SarahS
IndyPL_SarahS
Created on:
Apr 04, 2025
11 items
I'm defining "school" somewhat loosely, but all of these girls have awesome powers, lessons to learn, and missions to...
3 likes
General Recommendations
Winter/Spring Storytime 2025
By:
IndyPL_RyanL
IndyPL_RyanL
Created on:
Apr 03, 2025
22 items
Here are some of our selections from Irvington's Winter/Spring Storytime in 2025. #IndyPLKids
5 likes
General Recommendations
2025 Pajama Storytime in Irvington
By:
IndyPL_KatieW
IndyPL_KatieW
Created on:
Mar 08, 2025
20 items
These are the books we shared in evening storytime this year at the Irvington Branch. From soothing lullabies to hilarious adve...
2 likes
Topic Guide
Community Gardening For Kids
By:
IndyPL_SarahW
IndyPL_SarahW
Created on:
Feb 28, 2025
9 items
Spring is the perfect time to get your hands dirty and help your favorite grown-up work in your local neighborhood or community...
1 like
General Recommendations
The Revolution Will Be Type-written
By:
IndyPL_KaseyP
IndyPL_KaseyP
Created on:
Feb 25, 2025
32 items
A collection of odes to the Typewriter. Green Machine. Anti-AI. Object d'Art. Write your novel! Type a letter! Bang the keys! T...
7 likes
General Recommendations
The Prankster's Playbook: Fun and Mischief in Children's Literature
By:
IndyPL_RobinB
IndyPL_RobinB
Created on:
Feb 18, 2025
12 items
This list celebrates the joy and excitement that mischievous characters bring to children's stories. These characters often cha...
1 like
