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General Recommendations
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
Top Picks
Rat-a-tat-tat!
By:
IndyPL_ShaiS
IndyPL_ShaiS
Created on:
Apr 04, 2025
15 items
Turns out, I like a lot of movies with rats and mice in them!
Original Publish Date: April 4th, 2025 which is World Rat Day!
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4 likes
General Recommendations
Twins FTW!
By:
IndyPL_SarahS
IndyPL_SarahS
Created on:
Nov 12, 2024
25 items
A highly random smattering of novels and graphic novels published in the last few years featuring twins for National Twin Day. ...
1 like
General Recommendations
Monstrous March
By:
IndyPL_RyanL
IndyPL_RyanL
Created on:
Mar 09, 2024
13 items
This is a collection of fiction titles that include monsters, which are written for tweens, teens, and young adults. #IndyPLK...
4 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
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
Thankful for Books - Martindale-Brightwood November Display
By:
IndyPL_SarahT
IndyPL_SarahT
Created on:
Nov 08, 2022
52 items
Come see our November display and check out some of the featured books! We have old favorites and brand new books featuring div...
1 like
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
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
Spies, Thrillers and Heists for Middle Grades
By:
IndyPL_CarrieS
IndyPL_CarrieS
Created on:
Oct 14, 2020
25 items
Page turning action, mysterious disappearing parents, top secret schools for exceptional boys and girls, bad guys out for world...
9 likes
General Recommendations
Classics for Children
By:
IndyPL_ShelbyG
IndyPL_ShelbyG
Created on:
Jun 07, 2020
19 items
A list of classics and books to introduce children to more advanced reading. For ages 9-12. #IndyPLKids
1 like
Topic Guide
The Best Literary Moms
By:
IndyPL_AngieL
IndyPL_AngieL
Created on:
May 07, 2020
27 items
“To the world, you are a mother, but to your family, you are the world.” —Unknown
Literature is filled with mothers and mother...
1 like
General Recommendations
Paper & Ebooks: Middle-grade Fantasy & Adventure
By:
IndyPL_CarrieS
IndyPL_CarrieS
Created on:
May 02, 2020
68 items
Exciting stories for fans of fantasy! These are just right for late grade school and middle school readers. We've listed both ...
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
Top Picks
Retail Didn't Crush My Holiday Spirit
By:
IndyPL_ShaiS
IndyPL_ShaiS
Created on:
Dec 25, 2019
43 items
It's called compartmentalizing. But anywho, these are some of my favorite films, books, music, and links related to winter chee...
4 likes
Topic Guide
Favorite Teachers in Chapter Books
Created on:
Dec 12, 2019
18 items
We love teachers! Can you name your very favorite teachers? Do you have anybody that is Professor McGonagall good? What are the...
1 like
Genre Guide
A Multitude of Multicultural Christmas Books for Kids
Created on:
Nov 19, 2019
56 items
December is a time of year that brings people together. The happiness, generosity, and spirit of good will provides a great opp...
9 likes
Topic Guide
National Chocolate Day
By:
IndyPL_KatieK
IndyPL_KatieK
Created on:
Oct 16, 2019
18 items
October 28th is National Chocolate Day, just in time for trick-or-treating and cookie baking! Here are all kind of mysteries an...
2 likes
If You Liked...
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
By:
IndyPL_CarrieS
IndyPL_CarrieS
Created on:
Sep 09, 2019
36 items
these books offer the same kind of suspense and thrills. This is a list of middle grade books for future Stephen King fans. I...
2 likes
General Recommendations
Something Mysterious for Middle Grade Readers
By:
IndyPL_CarrieS
IndyPL_CarrieS
Created on:
Jun 19, 2019
30 items
Go beyond Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys... These books will keep you guessing! #indyplkids
4 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
Top Picks
Ms. Sarah's Favorite Books for Children/Teens
By:
IndyPL_SarahL
IndyPL_SarahL
Created on:
Dec 19, 2018
23 items
A list of my all-time favorite books (that I might have read more than once) #indyplkids
2 likes
