Books in Junior Library Guild - Read Aloud Selection
JLG is a commercial book club devoted to juvenile literature. Selection of a children's book by the editors of the Junior Literary Guild (or latterly the Junior Library Guild) is a distinction used for publicity by publishers and authors of children's books. At present, 492 books are selected each year.
2025
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Top Spot | Frank Weber | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Don't Think of Tigers | Alex Latimer | Selection | Log In To Like |
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I'm Going to Build a Snowman | Jashar Awan | Selection | Log In To Like |
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We Are Definitely Human | X. Fang | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Santa's First Christmas | Mac Barnett | Selection | Log In To Like |
2024
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Parrotfish Has a Superpower | Jill Esbaum | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Lucky Duck | Greg Pizzoli | Selection | Log In To Like |
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A Sundae with Everything on It | Kyle Scheele | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Dog vs. Strawberry | Nelly Buchet | Selection | Log In To Like |
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More Dung!: A Beetle Tale | Frank Weber | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Two Together | Brendan Wenzel | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Is This a House for Hermit Crab? | Megan McDonald | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Round and Round the Year We Go | Carter Higgins | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Crick, Crack, Crow! | Janet Lord | Selection | Log In To Like |
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The Princess and the (Greedy) Pea | Leigh Hodgkinson | Selection | Log In To Like |
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The Boo-Boos of Bluebell Elementary | Chelsea Lin Wallace | Selection | Log In To Like |
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The Book That Almost Rhymed | Omar Abed | Selection | Log In To Like |
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A Friend for Eddy | Ann Kim Ha | Selection | Log In To Like |
2023
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Full Moon Pups | Liz Garton Scanlon | Selection | Log In To Like |
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The Duck Never Blinks | Alex Latimer | Selection | Log In To Like |
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My Dad Is a Tree | Jon Agee | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Who's Afraid of the Light? | Anna McGregor | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Mouse Calls | Anne Marie Pace | Selection | Log In To Like |
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You Go First | Ariel Bernstein | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Mine! | Candace Fleming | Selection | Log In To Like |
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How to Talk Like a Bear | Charlie Grandy | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Stranded!: A Mostly True Story from Iceland | Ævar þór Benediktsson | Selection | Log In To Like |
| Your School Is the Best! | Maggie Hutchings | Selection | Log In To Like | |
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Moving the Millers' Minnie Moore Mine Mansion: A True Story | Dave Eggers | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Ancient Night | David Bowles | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Walter Had a Best Friend | Deborah Underwood | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Dark on Light | Dianne White | Selection | Log In To Like |
2022
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Also | E.B. Goodale | Selection | Log In To Like |
| Your Birthday Was the Best! | Maggie Hutchings | Selection | Log In To Like | |
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There's a Lion in the Forest! | Mônica Carnesi | Selection | Log In To Like |
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The World Belonged to Us | Jacqueline Woodson | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Ear Worm! | Jo Knowles | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Bathe the Cat | Alice B. McGinty | Selection | Log In To Like |
2021
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Room for Everyone | Naaz Khan | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Quiet Down, Loud Town! | Alastair Heim | Selection | Log In To Like |
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If I Were a Tree | Andrea Zimmerman | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Maybe... | Chris Haughton | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Mel Fell | Corey R. Tabor | Selection | Log In To Like |
| Bubbles... Up! | Jacqueline Davies | Selection | Log In To Like | |
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Little Ghoul Goes to School | Jef Czekaj | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Hardly Haunted | Jessie Sima | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Run, Little Chaski!: An Inka Trail Adventure | Mariana Llanos | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Moose, Goose, and Mouse | Mordicai Gerstein | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Wolfboy | Andy Harkness | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Brave as a Mouse | Nicolo Carozzi | Selection | Log In To Like |
2020
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Goldilocks for Dinner: A Funny Book about Manners | Susan Montanari | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Ronan the Librarian | Tara Luebbe | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Alfred's Book of Monsters | Sam Streed | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Mr. Scruff | Simon James | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Snail Crossing | Corey R. Tabor | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Snack Attack! | Terry Border | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Pokko and the Drum | Matthew Forsythe | Selection | Log In To Like |
| The Three Billy Goats Buenos | Susan Middleton Elya | Selection | Log In To Like | |
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The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! | Mo Willems | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Knot Cannot | Tiffany Stone | Selection | Log In To Like |
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The Nest That Wren Built | Randi Sonenshine | Selection | Log In To Like |
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The Serious Goose | Jimmy Kimmel | Selection | Log In To Like |
2019
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Thank You, Omu! | Oge Mora | Selection | Log In To Like |
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The Donkey Egg | Janet Stevens | Selection | Log In To Like |
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There Are No Bears in This Bakery | Julia Sarcone-Roach | Selection | Log In To Like |
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A Stone Sat Still | Brendan Wenzel | Selection | Log In To Like |
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The Cook and the King | Julia Donaldson | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Sun! One in a Billion | Stevie Lewis | Selection | Log In To Like |
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William Wakes Up | Linda Ashman | Selection | Log In To Like |
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I Can Only Draw Worms | Will Mabbitt | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Moon! Earth's Best Friend | Stacy McAnulty | Selection | Log In To Like |
2018
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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| Henry and the Yeti | Russell Ayto | Selection | Log In To Like | |
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A House That Once Was | Julie Fogliano | Selection | Log In To Like |
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How to Find an Elephant | Kate Banks | Selection | Log In To Like |
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There's a Hole in the Log on the Bottom of the Lake | Loren Long | Selection | Log In To Like |
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The Other Ducks | Ellen Yeomans | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Monster and Mouse Go Camping | Deborah Underwood | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Stegothesaurus | Bridget Heos | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Read the Book, Lemmings! | Ame Dyckman | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Don't Blink! | Amy Krouse Rosenthal | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Three Little Monkeys | Quentin Blake | Selection | Log In To Like |
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How to Be a T. Rex | Ryan North | Selection | Log In To Like |
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We Don't Eat Our Classmates | Ryan T. Higgins | Selection | Log In To Like |
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The Wall in the Middle of the Book | Jon Agee | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Rhyme Crime | Jon Burgerman | Selection | Log In To Like |
2017
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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La Princesa and the Pea | Susan Middleton Elya | Selection | Log In To Like |
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William's Winter Nap | Linda Ashman | Selection | Log In To Like |
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The Three Billy Goats Gruff | Mac Barnett | Selection | Log In To Like |
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The Bad Seed | Jory John | Selection | Log In To Like |
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The Giant Jumperee | Julia Donaldson | Selection | Log In To Like |
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Runny Babbit Returns: Another Billy Sook | Shel Silverstein | Selection | Log In To Like |
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This Is a Ball | Beck Stanton | Selection | Log In To Like |