How Can I Get Book Recommendations?
Our team of expert librarians is ready with a variety of ways to help find your next favorite book! If you need help locating a specific title, please see our Can’t Find It page.
Fiction A-Z
Popular Nonfiction
Resources for Readers
An online literacy tool that pairs classic video storybooks with related nonfiction eBooks for children ages 3 to 9.
Boundless lets you place holds and borrow popular eBooks and audiobooks, plus an extensive library of independently published eBooks that can be borrowed instantly with no waiting!
No holds, no waiting! On hoopla, you can instantly borrow not only eBooks and audiobooks, but also movies, music, comics, and TV shows to enjoy on your devices immediately.
Our most popular app for reading eBooks and listening to audiobooks. Use the Libby app to place holds and check out eBooks, audiobooks, and magazines to read (or listen to) on your device.
Find information about literature including thousands of synopses, critical essays, book reviews, and author biographies from all genres and periods. Plus full-text classic novels, short stories, and poems.
Digital books in nearly 70+ World Languages that allow kids to enjoy the magic of books in Languages Other Than English (LOTE).
Award Winners
Readers’ Choice Awards
The Illinois Young Readers’ Choice Awards are titles selected by teachers and librarians each year. The Helen Plum Library offers many copies of each of these titles with voting for favorites in February.
Monarch 2025 (K–Grade 3)
Bluestem 2025 (Grades 3–5)
Caudill 2025 (Grades 4–8)
Lincoln 2025 (High School)