Oldham County Public Library
Children's Book Suggestions
While the library is opened in a limited capacity for the public , we are still committed to providing services that will easily help you find new books you will love.
Each week we will be providing book suggestions to help you select great books your children will love! This week we are featuring Picture Books about Dogs and Read-a-likes for the popular series Harry Potter!
Books can be placed on hold and staff will gather them and you can pick them up at our drive-thru at the Main branch in LaGrange or curbside at South Oldham and Mahan M-Thur 1-7 PM and Fridays 1-5 PM.

Found Dogs Counts up ten dogs who are waiting in a shelter, then counts back down to one as each dog is adopted. | Dog Loves Drawing Dog loves drawing so much that he draws his very own adventure. | Dogs and Their People As a girl walks home from school, she enjoys watching people with their dogs, knowing that while some seem mismatched, all are best friends. |
Found Dogs
Counts up ten dogs who are waiting in a shelter, then counts back down to one as each dog is adopted.
A Greyhound A Groundhog A tongue twister featuring a little round greyhound and a little round groundhog who work themselves into a frenzy as they whirl around and around one another. | Enzo Races in the Rain! Enzo's only excitement consists of chasing the cars that pass the farm where he lives, until he meets Zoë and her father. | We Love You, Rosie! Rosie is a very busy little dog. Sometimes she's good, and sometimes she's bad. Sometimes she wants to go out, and other times she wants to stay in. But no matter what, Rosie's family loves her. |
A Greyhound A Groundhog
A tongue twister featuring a little round greyhound and a little round groundhog who work themselves into a frenzy as they whirl around and around one another.
Enzo Races in the Rain!
Enzo's only excitement consists of chasing the cars that pass the farm where he lives, until he meets Zoë and her father.
Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy Nancy wants to adopt a special puppy so that she is no longer the only fancy member of her family. But after a day of puppy sitting a papillon, Nancy realizes that being fancy is not always the most important thing. | Love is My Favorite Thing Plum the dog loves everything, and his enthusiasm knows no bounds--sometimes getting him in trouble. | My Dog Laughs A diverse group of young children explore all the joys of having a dog. |
Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy
Nancy wants to adopt a special puppy so that she is no longer the only fancy member of her family. But after a day of puppy sitting a papillon, Nancy realizes that being fancy is not always the most important thing.
Love is My Favorite Thing
Plum the dog loves everything, and his enthusiasm knows no bounds--sometimes getting him in trouble.
Homer Homer the dog is content to watch from the porch as his family goes out to enjoy the day. | Scooter in the Outside Every day, when Lucy takes Scooter for a walk, he hopes to go around the corner to see what is there, but when he finally gets his chance to explore on his own, he learns that he is not ready to go around the corner alone. | Such a Good Boy Buzz is a very good boy who lives in a fancy house, eats well, and has equally well-behaved (boring) friends--but sometimes he would really like to break free, run fast, dig holes, and play with the other dogs. |
Scooter in the Outside
Every day, when Lucy takes Scooter for a walk, he hopes to go around the corner to see what is there, but when he finally gets his chance to explore on his own, he learns that he is not ready to go around the corner alone.
Norton and Alpha Norton and his robot dog like to collect objects that they use to create new inventions, but they think there is no possible use for the flower they find on one of their walks. | Oh No, George! Harboring the best of intentions and trusted by his owner to be a well-behaved dog while alone during the day, George resists the temptation to chase cats and dig up flowers but finds his resolve wavering when he spies a mouthwatering cake on the table | Stay: A Girl, A Dog, A Bucket List Eli the dog has been with Astrid since she was a baby, and now that Eli is getting older and slowing down, Astrid wants to make fun memories with him, but knows what is most important to Eli is the time he spends with Astrid |
Norton and Alpha
Norton and his robot dog like to collect objects that they use to create new inventions, but they think there is no possible use for the flower they find on one of their walks.
Oh No, George!
Harboring the best of intentions and trusted by his owner to be a well-behaved dog while alone during the day, George resists the temptation to chase cats and dig up flowers but finds his resolve wavering when he spies a mouthwatering cake on the table
So Cozy When Dog's bed looks so inviting to his numerous animal friends that a teetering pileup of coziness ensues, a sneeze triggered by Mouse's presence on Elephant's trunk temporarily frightens everyone away. | The Perfect Dog A girl tries to pick the perfect dog for her, but in the end, the right dog picks her. | Dog Parade Dogs of all sizes, shapes, and personalities come together with their humans to don costumes and participate in a parade. |
So Cozy
When Dog's bed looks so inviting to his numerous animal friends that a teetering pileup of coziness ensues, a sneeze triggered by Mouse's presence on Elephant's trunk temporarily frightens everyone away.
The Perfect Dog
A girl tries to pick the perfect dog for her, but in the end, the right dog picks her.
The Best Days are Dog Days From playtime to nap time, a dog and his girl do everything together as they spend the day exploring their neighborhood with the girl's mother and father. | This Book Just Ate My Dog! When her dog disappears into the gutter of the book, Bella calls for help. But when the helpers disappear too, Bella realizes it will take more than a tug on the leash to put things right. | Tiny and the Big Dig Tiny is a small, but very determined dog and right now he smells a big bone buried deep in the earth of the garden--and he is going to get that bone no matter how far down he has to dig. |
The Best Days are Dog Days
From playtime to nap time, a dog and his girl do everything together as they spend the day exploring their neighborhood with the girl's mother and father.
This Book Just Ate My Dog!
When her dog disappears into the gutter of the book, Bella calls for help. But when the helpers disappear too, Bella realizes it will take more than a tug on the leash to put things right.

The Girl Who Drank the Moon A young girl is raised by a witch, a swamp monster, and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon must unlock the dangerous magic buried deep inside. | The Iron Trial Warned away from magic all of his life, Callum endeavors to fail the trials that would admit him to the Magisterium only to be drawn into its ranks against his will and forced to confront dark elements from his past. | Jinx A young boy named Jinx encounters magic and danger as he grows up in the deep, dark forest known as the Urwald and discovers that the world beyond--and within--the Urwald is more complex than he could imagine. |
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
A young girl is raised by a witch, a swamp monster, and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon must unlock the dangerous magic buried deep inside.
The Iron Trial
Warned away from magic all of his life, Callum endeavors to fail the trials that would admit him to the Magisterium only to be drawn into its ranks against his will and forced to confront dark elements from his past.
The Fairy-Tale Detectives Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother whom they have always believed to be dead. | The School for Good and Evil Best friends Sophie (princess wannabe) and Agatha (witchy loner) are headed (via kidnapping) to the School for Good and Evil, but their assumed destinies are reversed. | Artemis Fowl When twelve-year-old evil genius Artemis Fowl tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll. |
The Fairy-Tale Detectives
Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother whom they have always believed to be dead.
The School for Good and Evil
Best friends Sophie (princess wannabe) and Agatha (witchy loner) are headed (via kidnapping) to the School for Good and Evil, but their assumed destinies are reversed.
The Wishing Spell Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, twins Alex and Conner leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about. | The Ruins of Gorlan When fifteen-year-old Will is rejected by battle school, he becomes the reluctant apprentice to the mysterious Ranger Halt, and winds up protecting the kingdom from danger. | Inkheart Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service. |
The Wishing Spell
Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, twins Alex and Conner leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about.
The Ruins of Gorlan
When fifteen-year-old Will is rejected by battle school, he becomes the reluctant apprentice to the mysterious Ranger Halt, and winds up protecting the kingdom from danger.
The Secret of Platform 13 Odge Gribble, a young hag, accompanies an old wizard, a gentle fey, and a giant ogre on their mission through a magical tunnel from their Island to London to rescue their King and Queen's son who had been stolen as an infant. | The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter. | Fablehaven When Kendra and Seth go to stay at their grandparents' estate, they discover that it is a sanctuary for magical creatures and that a battle between good and evil is looming. |
The Secret of Platform 13
Odge Gribble, a young hag, accompanies an old wizard, a gentle fey, and a giant ogre on their mission through a magical tunnel from their Island to London to rescue their King and Queen's son who had been stolen as an infant.
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter.
The Witch Boy In thirteen-year-old Aster's family, all the girls are raised to be witches, while boys grow up to be shape-shifters. Anyone who dares cross those lines is exiled. Unfortunately for Aster, he still hasn't shifted... and he's still fascinated by witchery, no matter how forbidden it might be. When a mysterious danger threatens the other boys, Aster knows he can help -- as a witch. It will take the encouragement of a new friend, the non-magical and non-conforming Charlie, to convince Aster to try practicing his skills. And it will require even more courage to save his family... and be truly himself. | Winterling Spirited young Fer travels through the Way to a magical world in which beings part human and part animal serve an evil ruler known as the Lady, and where she hopes to learn about her long-lost parents and her own identity. | The Lightning Thief After learning he is a demigod, Percy Jackson is sent to a summer camp on Long Island, where he meets the father he never knew--Poseidon, god of the sea. |
The Witch Boy
In thirteen-year-old Aster's family, all the girls are raised to be witches, while boys grow up to be shape-shifters. Anyone who dares cross those lines is exiled. Unfortunately for Aster, he still hasn't shifted... and he's still fascinated by witchery, no matter how forbidden it might be. When a mysterious danger threatens the other boys, Aster knows he can help -- as a witch. It will take the encouragement of a new friend, the non-magical and non-conforming Charlie, to convince Aster to try practicing his skills. And it will require even more courage to save his family... and be truly himself.
Winterling
Spirited young Fer travels through the Way to a magical world in which beings part human and part animal serve an evil ruler known as the Lady, and where she hopes to learn about her long-lost parents and her own identity.
Magyk After learning that she is the Princess, Jenna is whisked from her home and carried toward safety by the Extraordinary Wizard, those she always believed were her father and brother, and a young guard known only as Boy 412--pursued by agents of those who killed her mother ten years earlier. | The Trials of Morrigan Crow A cursed child destined to die on her eleventh birthday is rescued and whisked away to a secret realm called Nevermoor and given the chance to compete for a place in a prestigious organization called the Wundrous Society. | The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making Twelve-year-old September's ordinary life in Omaha turns to adventure when a Green Wind takes her to Fairyland to retrieve a talisman the new and fickle Marquess wants from the enchanted woods. |
Magyk
After learning that she is the Princess, Jenna is whisked from her home and carried toward safety by the Extraordinary Wizard, those she always believed were her father and brother, and a young guard known only as Boy 412--pursued by agents of those who killed her mother ten years earlier.
The Trials of Morrigan Crow
A cursed child destined to die on her eleventh birthday is rescued and whisked away to a secret realm called Nevermoor and given the chance to compete for a place in a prestigious organization called the Wundrous Society.
Aru Shah and the End of Time Twelve-year-old Aru stretches the truth to fit in at her private school. But when she is dared to prove an ancient lamp is cursed, she inadvertently frees an ancient demon. | Midnight for Charlie Bone Charlie Bone's life with his widowed mother and two grandmothers undergoes a dramatic change when he discovers that he can hear people in photographs talking. | The Unwanteds In a society that purges thirteen-year-olds who are creative, identical twins Aaron and Alex are separated, one to attend University while the other, supposedly Eliminated, finds himself in a wondrous place where youths hone their abilities and learn magic. |
Aru Shah and the End of Time
Twelve-year-old Aru stretches the truth to fit in at her private school. But when she is dared to prove an ancient lamp is cursed, she inadvertently frees an ancient demon.
Midnight for Charlie Bone
Charlie Bone's life with his widowed mother and two grandmothers undergoes a dramatic change when he discovers that he can hear people in photographs talking.