Oldham County Public Library
Children's Book Suggestions
While the library is closed for browsing books, we are still committed to providing services.
Each week we will be providing book suggestions to help you select great books your children will love!
Books can be placed on hold and staff will gather them for you.
You can pick them up at our drive-thru at the Main branch in La Grange, or at the Mahan or South branches, using our curbside service.
Hours are M-Thur 1-7 PM and Fridays 1-5 PM.
A Splendid Friend, Indeed
When a studious polar bear meets an inquisitive goose, they learn to be friends.
Biscuit series
In Biscuit and the Little Pup, Biscuit tries to coax a little puppy to come out and play.
Ollie
Ollie is an egg that does not want to hatch until Gossie and Gertie sit on him and use reverse psychology.
Moby Shinobi series
In this Level 1 reader series, Moby Shinobi is a very helpful ninja. Rhyming text and bright, full-color artwork make this the perfect book for young readers.
Maybe A Bear Ate It!
At bedtime, a young boy who cannot find his favorite book imagines the various creatures that might have taken it from him.
Rocket series
In Rocket's Very Fine Day, Rocket and his friend Bella plan to spend the day outside, but their perfect day is nearly ruined by the rain.
Whose Mouse Are You?
A lonely little mouse has to be resourceful in order to bring his family back together.
My Body Is Tough and Gray
Young children will love showing off their beginning reading skills as they learn about this dazzling collection of wild and wonderful zoo animals--one clue at a time!
The Adventures of Otto series
Look Out A Storm is part of the award-winning, star-reviewed The Adventures of Otto series. This Pre-Level 1 Ready-to-Read with bright illustrations and minimal text is perfect for the true emergent reader.
Brownie and Pearl series
In Brownie and Pearl Take a Dip, it's a hot summer day, and Brownie and Pearl are off to take a dip in their small blue pool.
Sheep in a Jeep
A flock of hapless sheep drive through the country in this rhyming picture book.
Pouch!
A baby kangaroo takes his first tentative hops outside of his mama's pouch, meeting other creatures and growing bolder each time.
The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp
Raccoon brothers, Bingo and J'miah, are the newest recruits of the Official Sugar Man Swamp Scouts. Twelve-year-old, Chap Brayburn, is not a member, but he loves the swamp something fierce and he'll do anything to help protect it.
The Underneath
An old hound that has been chained up at his hateful owner's run-down shack, and two kittens born underneath the house, endure separation, danger, and many other tribulations in their quest to be reunited and free.
The Wild Robot
Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is from or why she is there, and her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants.
The Incredible Journey
Three brave animals cross several hundred kilometers of wild Canadian forests in search of their beloved owners. This famous story of their struggle homewards has been made into several popular movies. A modern classic!
Love That Dog
A young student, who comes to love poetry through a personal understanding of what different famous poems mean to him, surprises himself by writing his own inspired poem.
Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
Rescuing a squirrel after an accident involving a vacuum cleaner, comic-reading cynic Flora Belle Buckman is astonished when the squirrel, Ulysses, demonstrates astonishing powers of strength and flight after being revived.
A Dog's Life
Squirrel, a stray puppy, tells her life story, from her nurturing mother and brother to making her own way in the world, facing busy highways, changing seasons, and humans both gentle and brutal.
Shiloh
When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs.
A Wolf Called Wander
A young wolf cub, separated from his pack, journeys 1000 miles across the Pacific Northwest, dealing with forest fires, hunters, highways, and hunger before finding a new home. Based on the true story.
Pax
A moving story of the extraordinary friendship between a boy and his fox, and their epic journey to be reunited.
The Cricket in Times Square
The adventures of a country cricket who unintentionally arrives in New York and is befriended by Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat.
Charlotte's Web
Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner. But then his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.
Oldham County Public Library
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Phone: 502-222-9713