Summer Wonder at KDL

See you in Summer 2026!

Discover New Summer Reads

Books for Young Children

Food, Wonderful Food!

Learn about growing food and healthy eating habits with this list provided by Kids' Food Basket!

Lucky Reads: A St. Patrick’s Day Kids Booklist.

St. Patrick’s Day books share leprechauns, rainbows, and Irish legends, bringing March 17 to life with lucky, festive fun for young readers.

What We Celebrate: Lunar New Year

Lunar New Year is February 17th! Check out these great titles for kids.

Books for School Age

What We Celebrate: Ramadan for Kids

Get ready for Ramadan by checking out these great books!

What We Celebrate: World Down Syndrome Day

Explore powerful titles that feature characters or real-life people with Down syndrome.

Staff Picks for Phonics and Fluency Improvement

A curation of books for beginning readers to practice sounding out words and building up speed.

Books for Tweens

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Fred Rogers passed away in 2003, but his example of caring for your neighbors is timeless. These books celebrate neighborly love, too.

Write Michigan Teen Poetry Contest

Get inspiration below from today's poets and poets from the past, then click the link at the end of the list to submit your poems now!

2026 ALA Youth Media Award Winners

The top books for children and young adults chosen annually by an independent panel of librarians. Here are some of the major award winners!

Books for Teens

There's a First Time for Everything!

Check out these top-rated debut authors of 2025.

Write Michigan Teen Poetry Contest

Get inspiration below from today's poets and poets from the past, then click the link at the end of the list to submit your poems now!

Spring Break Reads for Teens

Whether you're sleeping in at home, soaking up some sun on a beach, or on an endless family road trip, try one of these for an escape.

Books for Adults

Fresh Starts

Novels of upheaval and renewal, where endings become the ground for something new.

What We Celebrate: World Down Syndrome Day

Explore powerful titles that feature characters or real-life people with Down syndrome.

Heart the Lover

these novels capture the lives of flawed adults in academic settings becoming entangled in complicated relationships.

Illustrations by Anthony Carpenter | Sketchman66@gmail.com

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