Book Suggestions for Youth

Books for You: Kids & Teens

We can help you find books (and music, movies, and more) for your kids and teens!

Simply fill out this form to let us know what your child, teen, or class would like, and we’ll handpick items we think they’ll love. You can also call us at 425-257-8030 to speak to a librarian.

Looking for ideas for an adult reader, fill out the form on this page!

Reading Suggestions

Try one of these booklists created by the Everett Public Library’s Youth Services Librarians! Each list will link you to our catalog. We have provided the lists in a printable PDF format as well.

Featured Book Menus

Indigenous Reads
Big Feelings
Mindfulness For Kids
If You Like Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Mysteries for Independent Readers
Young Adult Romantasy

Printable Lists (PDF)

  1. 1 Bunnies in a Boat; Big Fat Hen; I Am Every Good Thing; Soul Food Sunday
  2. 2 Woo Hoo! You're Doing Great!; I Am Enough; Maybe Something Beautiful; What Will My Story Be?
  3. 3 Ploof; Nope. Never. Not For Me!; Can I Be Your Dog?; Becoming Charley
  4. 4 Oona in the Artic; The Rabbit Listened; Peaceful Me; Bodies Are Cool
  5. 5 We All Play; Calvin; American Desi; Something, Someday
  6. 6 Frog on a Log?; Remember; Big; One Day
  7. 7 Catside Up, Catside Down; Some Bodies; Let's Do Everything and Nothing; Real to Me
  8. 8 Scroll; Once Upon a Book; We Are Water Protectors; 'Ohana Means Family
  9. 9 Julian is a Mermaid; Fry Bread; Alma and How She Got Her Name; Bathe the Cat
  10. 10 I Am!; Anni Dreams of Biryani; Saturday; Dreamers
  11. 11 Bear Came Along; Saturday at the Food Pantry; Hike; Mister Kitty is Lost!
  12. 12 Truman; There Was a Party for Langston; Nubby; You Matter
  13. 13 Who Wet My Pants?; Dadaji's Paintbrush; Tiny T. Rex and the Very Dark Dark; My Love For You Is Al
  14. 14 Boo Hoo Bird; Ramen for Everyone, Vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge; Is That Wise, Pig?
  15. 15 Tap! Tap! Tap!; A Gift for Nai Nai; I Love You Because I Love You; Gibberish
  16. 16 Ode to a Bad Day; Jazz Baby; Zora, The Story Keeper; Hooray for Books!
  17. 17 Grandad's Camper; I Want to Be Spaghetti!; Maybe; Stop! Bot!; Amy Wu and the Warm Welcome
  1. 1 Flubby, What Makes Things Go, Fish and Worm
  2. 2 Fox has a Problem, Speed to the Reef, Wet Pet
  3. 3 Unicorn and Yeti, King & Kayla, Ali the Great
  4. 4 I Can Help, Gigi and Ojiji, Jeet and Fudge
  5. 5 Baking with Mi Abuelita, All Are Welcome, Emma Every Day, Camila
  6. 6 I Help, I Will Not Lose in Super Shoes, Dog Can Hide
  7. 7 Tow and Go, Ty's Travels, With Love from Daniel
  1. 1 Aven Green, The Last Firehawk, Layla and the Bots
  2. 2 Marya Khan, Wendy Wilson, Mindy Kim
  3. 3 Ivy Lost and Found, Jada Jones Rockstar, Dragon Girls
  4. 4 Tapwe and the Magic Hat, Kwame's Magic Quest, Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol
  5. 5 Sona Sharma Very Best Big Sister, Dinosaur Club, Pets Rule!
  6. 6 The Secret of the Jade Bangle, Trouble at Table 5, Dragon Masters
  1. 1 Not a Monster, Animal Defenses, Who Would Win Fiercest Feuds
  2. 2 One Tiny Treefrog, Animal Doctors, Fauja Singh Keeps Going
  3. 3 Fly Guy Presents Dogs, Haiku Ew, Nonfiction Sight Word Readers
  4. 4 Curious Comparisons, Jungle Animals, Ablaze with Color
  5. 5 Bears are Best, What's Inside a Caterpillar Cocoon, What if You Had an Animal Tongue
  1. 1 Elf Dog and Owl Head, Odder, Shine One Luz Veliz
  2. 2 Eb & Flow, The Marvellers, We Still Belong
  3. 3 Ferris, The Eyes and the Impossible, Step
  4. 4 Green, The Lion of Mars, The First State of Being
  5. 5 The Bellwood Game, Onyeka, Stuntboy, The Labor of Hercules Beal
  6. 6 The Lost Library, Clean Getaway, Not Quite a Ghost, Finally Seen
  1. 1 Maria Tallchief, Size Wise, Let's Explore the Beach
  2. 2 Survival Scout, Secrets of the Mummies, Barracoon
  3. 3 Jane’s Endangered Animal Guide, 100 Artists Who Shaped World History, The Book of Mysteries, Magic a
  4. 4 Get Outside!, Jason and the Argonauts, Lonely Planet Kids, Journey Through Ellis Island
  5. 5 Space Activity, Timelines of Everything, Weird But True
  6. 6 Big Ideas That Changed the World, We Need To Talk About Death, The Ghostly Tales of Snohomish
  1. 1 Buzzing, Pizza and Taco, Mabuhay, Hooky
  2. 2 Duel, The First Cat In Space Ate Pizza, Two Tribes
  3. 3 Tasty, Camp Whatever, Hazardous Tales
  4. 4 Things in the Basement, Squished, Silverwing
  5. 5 Dungeon Club, Baloney and Friends, Tegan and Sara Junior High
  6. 6 Batcat, Bounce Back, A First Time for Everything
  1. 1 Sona and the Golden Beasts; The Last Bloodcarver; Ultra Violet
  2. 2 Louder Than Hunger; Mid-Air; Shark Teeth
  3. 3 Across So Many Seas; The Boy Lost in the Maze; Ferris
  4. 4 The Atlas of Us; A Game of Noctis; The Partitian Project
  5. 5 Warrior on the Mound; Lucy Landry; Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice
  1. 1 The Moth Keeper; Family Style; Just Another Story; Victory. Stand!
  2. 2 Ay, Mija!; Firebird; The Ojja-Wojja; Lunar New Year Love Story
  3. 3 Belle of the Ball; Messy Roots; Fox Maidens
  4. 4 Mexikid; Monstrous; Tiger, Tiger
  1. 1 Bright Red Fruit; Wander in the Dark; Wings in the Wild; The Black Girl Survives in This
  2. 2 A Tempest of Tea; Those Pink Mountain Nights; A Place for Vanishing; Canto Contigo
  3. 3 Gay Club!; Sky's End; Even if it Breaks Your Heart; Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute
  4. 4 Spice Road; Shut Up, This is Serious; The Isles of the Gods; The Breakup Lists
  5. 5 The Collectors; Forever is Now; Conditions of a Heart; Under This Red Rock
  6. 6 Escaping Mr. Rochester; Different For Boys; Painted Devils; I Am Not Alone
  7. 7 The Invocations; Into the Sunken City; Chronically Dolores
  8. 8 Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned In School; Sunshine; Bless the Blood; The 21
  9. 9 Just Another Story; Impossible Escape; Accountable; Black Girl You Are Atlas
  10. 10 Imogen Obviously; All You Have To Do; Icarus; The Making of Yolanda La Bruja
  11. 11 Warrior Girl Unearthed; Gather; Plan A; Infinity Alchemist
  12. 12 Kindling; So Let Them Burn; This Delicious Death; The Atlas of Us