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 Looking for "Just Right" Books?

  • Virginia Readers' Choice 2025-2026 Book Titles
  • TLC Leveled Book List
  • Scholastic Book Wizard
  • The Best Children's Books Website
  • You can search for books (titles, subjects, and authors) in the ACDS Library Catalog Destiny Discover, and then filter by reading level.
American Library Association Children's Book Recommendations
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Participate in the Alexandria Library Summer Reading Program.
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Scholastic Summer Reading 
The Scholastic Summer Reading program offers kids an exciting, free, and safe summer reading experience, while helping to provide books to kids with limited or no access over the summer, keeping every child reading.  Find out more here




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Like Audio Books? 
​SYNC is a free summer audiobook program for young adults.  From May 5th to August 17th, SYNC gives away two complete audiobook downloads a week-- a current young adult title along with a thematically paired classic or required summer reading title.  Sign up for email and text alerts and be the first to know when new titles are available to download here.   


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The Washington Nationals are partnering with local library programs. Learn about it here.
Like Ebooks? You can read and check out eBooks through the ACDS library catalog, Destiny Discover.  Each book can be checked out by one user at a time and the lending period is 14 days.  Currently, most of these books are fiction, appropriate for fourth grade and up. 
  • Log into Destiny Discover (login: firstnamelastname, password ####Fruit$) 
  • Go to the bottom of the screen and browse the selection of eBooks.  
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