Illinois Reads 2022

 

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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 2022 below.

 

Babies Around the World: Dancing Cover Image

Babies Around the World: Dancing (Board book)

By Tamara Barker, Violet Lemay (Illustrator)
$7.95
ISBN: 9781947458789
Availability: In Stock
Published: duopress - September 17th, 2019
Bodies Are Cool Cover Image

Bodies Are Cool (Hardcover)

By Tyler Feder, Tyler Feder (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780593112625
Availability: In Stock
Published: Rocky Pond Books - June 1st, 2021
It's So Quiet: A Not-Quite-Going-to-Bed Book Cover Image

It's So Quiet: A Not-Quite-Going-to-Bed Book (Hardcover)

By Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tony Fucile (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781452145440
Availability: In Stock
Published: Chronicle Books - February 23rd, 2021
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Three Squeezes (Hardcover)

By Jason Pratt, Chris Sheban (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250313454
Availability: Temporarily Out Of Stock - Can Be Ordered For You, Takes Extra Time.
Published: Roaring Brook Press - August 4th, 2020
Time to Recharge, Harper! Cover Image

Time to Recharge, Harper! (Hardcover)

By Kelly Leigh Miller, Kelly Leigh Miller (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780525553304
Availability: In Stock
Published: Dial Books - August 31st, 2021
Yo! Yes? Cover Image

Yo! Yes? (Board book)

By Chris Raschka, Chris Raschka (Illustrator)
$7.99
ISBN: 9781338583854
Availability: Temporarily Out Of Stock - Can Be Ordered For You, Takes Extra Time.
Published: Cartwheel Books - April 21st, 2020
Bear Island Cover Image

Bear Island (Hardcover)

By Matthew Cordell
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250317162
Availability: In Stock
Published: Feiwel & Friends - January 26th, 2021
Hair Love Cover Image

Hair Love (Hardcover)

By Matthew A. Cherry, Vashti Harrison (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780525553366
Availability: In Stock
Published: Kokila - May 14th, 2019
June Almeida, Virus Detective!: The Woman Who Discovered the First Human Coronavirus Cover Image

June Almeida, Virus Detective!: The Woman Who Discovered the First Human Coronavirus (Hardcover)

By Suzanne Slade, Elisa Paganelli (Illustrator)
$16.99
ISBN: 9781534111325
Availability: Temporarily Out Of Stock - Can Be Ordered For You, Takes Extra Time.
Published: Sleeping Bear Press - March 15th, 2021
Kindness is a Kite String: The Uplifting Power of Empathy Cover Image

Kindness is a Kite String: The Uplifting Power of Empathy (Hardcover)

By Michelle Schaub, Claire LaForte (Illustrator)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781733035989
Availability: In Stock
Published: Cardinal Rule Press - April 1st, 2021
Secret, Secret Agent Guy Cover Image

Secret, Secret Agent Guy (Hardcover)

By Kira Bigwood, Celia Krampien (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781534469211
Availability: In Stock
Published: Atheneum Books for Young Readers - May 11th, 2021
Ship in a Bottle Cover Image

Ship in a Bottle (Hardcover)

By Andrew Prahin, Andrew Prahin (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781984815811
Availability: In Stock
Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers - June 1st, 2021
Ada Twist and the Perilous Pants: The Questioneers Book #2 Cover Image

Ada Twist and the Perilous Pants: The Questioneers Book #2 (Hardcover)

By Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illustrator)
$12.99
ISBN: 9781419734229
Availability: In Stock
Published: Harry N. Abrams - April 16th, 2019
Fart Quest: A Silent But Deadly Adventure Cover Image

Fart Quest: A Silent But Deadly Adventure (Hardcover)

By Aaron Reynolds, Cam Kendell (Illustrator)
$13.99
ISBN: 9781250206367
Availability: Temporarily Out Of Stock - Can Be Ordered For You, Takes Extra Time.
Published: Roaring Brook Press - September 15th, 2020
Fiery Night: A Boy, His Goat, and the Great Chicago Fire Cover Image

Fiery Night: A Boy, His Goat, and the Great Chicago Fire (Hardcover)

By Sally M. Walker, Kayla Harren (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9781684460861
Availability: In Stock
Published: Capstone Editions - August 1st, 2020
Maya and the Robot Cover Image

Maya and the Robot (Hardcover)

By Eve L. Ewing, Christine Almeda (Illustrator)
$16.99
ISBN: 9781984814630
Availability: In Stock
Published: Kokila - July 13th, 2021
Simon B. Rhymin' (Simon B. Rhymin’ #1) Cover Image

Simon B. Rhymin' (Simon B. Rhymin’ #1) (Paperback)

By Dwayne Reed
$7.99
ISBN: 9780316538961
Availability: In Stock
Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - January 18th, 2022
The Water Lady: How Darlene Arviso Helps a Thirsty Navajo Nation Cover Image

The Water Lady: How Darlene Arviso Helps a Thirsty Navajo Nation (Hardcover)

By Alice B. McGinty, Shonto Begay (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780525645009
Availability: In Stock
Published: Schwartz & Wade - March 30th, 2021
Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds Cover Image

Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds (Hardcover)

By Samira Ahmed
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316540469
Availability: In Stock
Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - September 21st, 2021
Capsized!: The Forgotten Story of the SS Eastland Disaster Cover Image

Capsized!: The Forgotten Story of the SS Eastland Disaster (Paperback)

By Patricia Sutton
$12.99
ISBN: 9781641603126
Availability: In Stock
Published: Chicago Review Press - July 7th, 2020
Scritch Scratch Cover Image

Scritch Scratch (Paperback)

By Lindsay Currie
$7.99
ISBN: 9781728232423
Availability: In Stock
Published: Sourcebooks Young Readers - August 3rd, 2021
The Curse of the Mummy: Uncovering Tutankhamun's Tomb (Scholastic Focus) Cover Image

The Curse of the Mummy: Uncovering Tutankhamun's Tomb (Scholastic Focus) (Hardcover)

By Candace Fleming
$18.99
ISBN: 9781338596618
Availability: In Stock
Published: Scholastic Focus - September 7th, 2021
The Robber Girl Cover Image

The Robber Girl (Hardcover)

By Franny Billingsley
$18.99
ISBN: 9780763669560
Availability: In Stock
Published: Candlewick - September 14th, 2021
The Shape of Thunder Cover Image

The Shape of Thunder (Hardcover)

By Jasmine Warga
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062956675
Availability: In Stock
Published: Balzer + Bray - May 11th, 2021
Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rights Cover Image

Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rights (Paperback)

By Mikki Kendall, A. D'Amico (Illustrator)
$19.99
ISBN: 9780399581793
Availability: Backordered - Not Currently Available.
Published: Ten Speed Press - November 5th, 2019
Come on in: 15 Stories about Immigration and Finding Home Cover Image

Come on in: 15 Stories about Immigration and Finding Home (Paperback)

By Adi Alsaid
$11.99
ISBN: 9781335424365
Availability: In Stock
Published: Inkyard Press - November 2nd, 2021
Girl on the Ferris Wheel Cover Image

Girl on the Ferris Wheel (Hardcover)

By Julie Halpern, Len Vlahos
$18.99
Call for price
ISBN: 9781250169396
Published: Feiwel & Friends - January 12th, 2021
How to Pack for the End of the World Cover Image

How to Pack for the End of the World (Paperback)

By Michelle Falkoff
$10.99
ISBN: 9780062680273
Availability: In Stock
Published: HarperTeen - April 19th, 2022
Kingdom of Souls Cover Image

Kingdom of Souls (Paperback)

By Rena Barron
$10.99
ISBN: 9780062870964
Availability: In Stock
Published: HarperTeen - August 11th, 2020
You Know I'm No Good Cover Image

You Know I'm No Good (Hardcover)

By Jessie Ann Foley
$17.99
Call for price
ISBN: 9780062957085
Published: Quill Tree Books - October 13th, 2020
How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back Cover Image

How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back (Hardcover)

By Jeff Tweedy
$23.00
ISBN: 9780593183526
Availability: In Stock
Published: Dutton - October 13th, 2020
Noor Cover Image

Noor (Hardcover)

By Nnedi Okorafor
$27.00
ISBN: 9780756416096
Availability: In Stock
Published: DAW - November 16th, 2021
Sidelined: Sports, Culture, and Being a Woman in America Cover Image

Sidelined: Sports, Culture, and Being a Woman in America (Paperback)

By Julie DiCaro
$18.00
ISBN: 9781524746124
Availability: In Stock
Published: Dutton - March 15th, 2022
The King of Confidence: A Tale of Utopian Dreamers, Frontier Schemers, True Believers, False Prophets, and the Murder of an American Monarch Cover Image

The King of Confidence: A Tale of Utopian Dreamers, Frontier Schemers, True Believers, False Prophets, and the Murder of an American Monarch (Paperback)

By Miles Harvey
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316463607
Availability: In Stock
Published: Little, Brown and Company - September 21st, 2021
The Lucky One: A Novel Cover Image

The Lucky One: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Lori Rader-Day
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062938060
Availability: Temporarily Out Of Stock - Can Be Ordered For You, Takes Extra Time.
Published: William Morrow - February 18th, 2020
The Talented Miss Farwell: A Novel Cover Image

The Talented Miss Farwell: A Novel (Paperback)

By Emily Gray Tedrowe
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062897718
Availability: In Stock
Published: Custom House - August 24th, 2021
The Vanishing Man: A Charles Lenox Mystery (Charles Lenox Mysteries #12) Cover Image

The Vanishing Man: A Charles Lenox Mystery (Charles Lenox Mysteries #12) (Paperback)

By Charles Finch
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250311375
Availability: In Stock
Published: Minotaur Books - January 14th, 2020
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Verify (Hardcover)

By Joelle Charbonneau
$18.99
ISBN: 9780062803627
Availability: Backordered - Not Currently Available.
Published: HarperTeen - September 24th, 2019