January 2026

Monthly Themed Reading List for Tweens

Themed lists curated by your local librarians. Discover and rediscover books in the local collection based on monthly reading themes!

Start This Year Off with a "New to You" Book

  • Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild

  • Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. Rowling

  • Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

  • Luciana by Erin Teagan

  • Night of the New Magicians by Mary Pope Osborne

  • Small Persons with Wings by Ellen Booraem

  • Thunder and Shadow by Erin Hunter