Illinois Reads 2019

Anderson's supports Illinois Reads 2019

A Reading State of Mind

 

Illinois Reads was introduced by the Illinois Reading Council in March 2013. The initiative encourages people to read books by Illinois authors. Each year, the program offers a new list of books at six different age levels. Illinois Reads kicks off in March and concludes in November with “Family Reading Night,” an annual statewide event.

 

Anderson's is a proud partner of Illinois Reads!

Visit the Illinois Reads website to learn more, and discover the book lists for 2019 below.

 

Birth - 4 Years Old

Hope (Wish Series) Cover Image

Hope (Wish Series) (Hardcover)

By Matthew Cordell, Matthew Cordell (Illustrator), Matthew Cordell (Cover design or artwork by)
$16.99
ISBN: 9781484773413
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - February 5th, 2019
The World Never Sleeps (Tilbury House Nature Book) Cover Image

The World Never Sleeps (Tilbury House Nature Book) (Hardcover)

By Natalie Rompella, Carol Schwartz (Illustrator)
$17.95
ISBN: 9780884485612
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Tilbury House Publishers - July 3rd, 2018
What To Do With a Box Cover Image

What To Do With a Box (Hardcover)

By Jane Yolen, Chris Sheban (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9781568462899
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Published: Creative Editions - March 8th, 2016
Kitten and the Night Watchman Cover Image

Kitten and the Night Watchman (Hardcover)

By John Sullivan, Taeeun Yoo (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781481461917
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books - September 25th, 2018
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The Forever Tree Cover Image

The Forever Tree (Hardcover)

By Tereasa Surratt, Donna Lukas, Nicola Slater (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780553523928
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Published: Crown Books for Young Readers - January 23rd, 2018
Ready, Set, Sail! Cover Image

Ready, Set, Sail! (Hardcover)

By Meg Fleming, Luke Flowers (Illustrator)
$16.99
ISBN: 9781499805338
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Published: little bee books - March 6th, 2018


Grades K - 2

Through the Window: Views of Marc Chagall's Life and Art Cover Image

Through the Window: Views of Marc Chagall's Life and Art (Hardcover)

By Barb Rosenstock, Mary GrandPre (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781524717513
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers - September 25th, 2018
What Can a Citizen Do? (Kids Story Books, Cute Children's Books, Kids Picture Books, Citizenship Books for Kids) Cover Image

What Can a Citizen Do? (Kids Story Books, Cute Children's Books, Kids Picture Books, Citizenship Books for Kids) (Hardcover)

By Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781452173139
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Published: Chronicle Books - September 11th, 2018
My Heart Is a Compass Cover Image

My Heart Is a Compass (Hardcover)

By Deborah Marcero
$17.99
ISBN: 9780316561761
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - November 6th, 2018
Hey Black Child Cover Image

Hey Black Child (Hardcover)

By Useni Eugene Perkins, Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316360302
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - November 14th, 2017
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Shark Nate-O (Hardcover)

By Tara Luebbe, Becky Cattie, Daniel Duncan (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781499804966
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Published: little bee books - April 3rd, 2018
Auntie Yang's Great Soybean Picnic Cover Image

Auntie Yang's Great Soybean Picnic (Paperback)

By Ginnie Lo, Beth Lo
$10.95
ISBN: 9781620147931
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Published: Lee & Low Books - October 1st, 2017


Grades 3 - 5

Earth Verse: Haiku from the Ground Up Cover Image

Earth Verse: Haiku from the Ground Up (Hardcover)

By Sally M. Walker, William Grill (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780763675127
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Published: Candlewick - February 13th, 2018
Dangerous Jane Cover Image

Dangerous Jane (Hardcover)

By Suzanne Slade, Alice Ratterree (Illustrator)
$17.95
ISBN: 9781561459131
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Peachtree Publishing Company - October 1st, 2017
Stick Cat: A Tail of Two Kitties Cover Image

Stick Cat: A Tail of Two Kitties (Hardcover)

By Tom Watson
$12.99
ISBN: 9780062411006
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: HarperCollins - May 3rd, 2016
The Mortification of Fovea Munson Cover Image

The Mortification of Fovea Munson (Hardcover)

By Mary Winn Heider, Chi Birmingham (Illustrator)
$16.99
ISBN: 9781484780541
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - June 5th, 2018
Field Tripped Cover Image

Field Tripped (Hardcover)

By Allan Woodrow
$16.99
ISBN: 9781338116915
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Scholastic Press - August 28th, 2018
The Cardboard Kingdom Cover Image

The Cardboard Kingdom (Paperback)

By Chad Sell
$12.99
ISBN: 9781524719388
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers - June 5th, 2018


Grades 6 - 8

Out of the Wild Night Cover Image

Out of the Wild Night (Hardcover)

By Blue Balliett
$17.99
ISBN: 9780545867566
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Published: Scholastic Press - March 27th, 2018
The Unsinkable Walker Bean and the Knights of the Waxing Moon Cover Image

The Unsinkable Walker Bean and the Knights of the Waxing Moon (Paperback)

By Aaron Renier
$18.99
ISBN: 9781596435056
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: First Second - October 23rd, 2018
The First Rule of Punk Cover Image

The First Rule of Punk (Paperback)

By Celia C. Pérez
$8.99
ISBN: 9780425290422
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Puffin Books - July 17th, 2018
Speechless Cover Image

Speechless (Hardcover)

By Adam P. Schmitt
$16.99
ISBN: 9781536200928
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Candlewick - November 6th, 2018
Drum Roll, Please Cover Image

Drum Roll, Please (Hardcover)

By Lisa Jenn Bigelow
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062791146
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: HarperCollins - June 26th, 2018
It's Not Me, It's You Cover Image

It's Not Me, It's You (Paperback)

By Stephanie Kate Strohm
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ISBN: 9781338160666
Availability: Hard to Find
Published: Point - August 29th, 2017


Grades 9 - 12

A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Cover Image

A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 (Hardcover)

By Claire Hartfield
$18.99
ISBN: 9780544785137
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Published: Clarion Books - January 2nd, 2018
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter Cover Image

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (Paperback)

By Erika L. Sánchez
$11.99
ISBN: 9781524700515
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Ember - March 5th, 2019
Love, Hate and Other Filters Cover Image

Love, Hate and Other Filters (Hardcover)

By Samira Ahmed
$18.99
ISBN: 9781616958473
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Published: Soho Teen - January 16th, 2018
How to Be an American: A Field Guide to Citizenship Cover Image

How to Be an American: A Field Guide to Citizenship (Hardcover)

By Silvia Hidalgo
$14.99
ISBN: 9781419730757
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Published: Harry N. Abrams - September 25th, 2018
Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All Cover Image

Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All (Hardcover)

By M.T. Anderson, Candace Fleming, Stephanie Hemphill, Lisa Ann Sandell, Jennifer Donnelly, Linda Sue Park, Deborah Hopkinson
$18.99
ISBN: 9781524716196
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Schwartz & Wade - May 1st, 2018
American Panda Cover Image

American Panda (Hardcover)

By Gloria Chao
$17.99
ISBN: 9781481499101
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Published: Simon Pulse - February 6th, 2018


Adult

The House of Broken Angels Cover Image

The House of Broken Angels (Paperback)

By Luis Alberto Urrea
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316154895
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Back Bay Books - March 5th, 2019
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The Great Believers (Hardcover)

By Rebecca Makkai
$27.00
ISBN: 9780735223523
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Published: Viking - June 19th, 2018
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century Cover Image

The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century (Hardcover)

By Kirk Wallace Johnson
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ISBN: 9781101981610
Availability: Hard to Find
Published: Viking - April 24th, 2018
The Girl from Berlin: A Novel (Liam Taggart and Catherine Lockhart #5) Cover Image

The Girl from Berlin: A Novel (Liam Taggart and Catherine Lockhart #5) (Hardcover)

By Ronald H. Balson
$27.99
ISBN: 9781250195241
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Published: St. Martin's Press - October 9th, 2018
Murder in the News: An Inside Look at How Television Covers Crime Cover Image

Murder in the News: An Inside Look at How Television Covers Crime (Hardcover)

By Robert H. Jordan
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ISBN: 9781633883277
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Published: Prometheus Books - November 14th, 2017
A Word for Love: A Novel Cover Image

A Word for Love: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Emily Robbins
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ISBN: 9781594633584
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Published: Riverhead Books - January 17th, 2017


Bradbury - A Tribute to Ray Bradbury, An Author from Waukegan, Illinois

Something Wicked This Way Comes: A Novel Cover Image

Something Wicked This Way Comes: A Novel (Paperback)

By Ray Bradbury
$16.99
ISBN: 9781501167713
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Simon & Schuster - October 24th, 2017
The Martian Chronicles Cover Image

The Martian Chronicles (Mass Market)

By Ray Bradbury
$7.99
ISBN: 9781451678192
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Simon & Schuster - April 17th, 2012
Dandelion Wine: A Novel Cover Image

Dandelion Wine: A Novel (Mass Market)

By Ray Bradbury
$7.99
ISBN: 9780553277531
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Spectra - March 1st, 1985
The Illustrated Man Cover Image

The Illustrated Man (Mass Market)

By Ray Bradbury
$8.99
ISBN: 9781451678185
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Published: Simon & Schuster - April 17th, 2012
Fahrenheit 451: A Novel Cover Image

Fahrenheit 451: A Novel (Paperback)

By Ray Bradbury
$15.99
ISBN: 9781451673319
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Simon & Schuster - January 10th, 2012
Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales Cover Image

Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales (Paperback)

By Ray Bradbury
$24.99
ISBN: 9780060544881
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - April 5th, 2005