Media specialist, Melissa Judy, has put together a recommended reading list for the month of September. This month we highlight National Beard Day on the September 2 and Mexican Independence Day on the September16 with Mexican authors or books about Mexico. View her suggestions for all ages below.

Age: Birth-6

Book-O-Beards: A Wearable Book by Donald Lemke and, Bob Lentz (Illustrator)

 

The Coolest Beard by Betty Tekle and Nicholas Alexander (Illustrator)

 

Our World: Mexico by Cynthia Harmony and, Claudia Navarro (Illustrator)

 

Age: 5-11

The Lumberjack's Beard by Duncan Beedie 

 

A Day in the Life of Buddy the Bearded Dragon by Greta Garland

 

Off We Go to Mexico by Laurie Krebs and Christopher Corr (Illustrator)

 

Age: 10-14

I Want A Bearded Dragon by Tristan Pulsifer and Jacquelyn Elnor Johnson

 

Who Was Blackbeard? by James Buckley Jr, Who HQ, and Joseph J. M. Qiu (Illustrator)

 

Mexico by Colleen Sexton

 

Age: 13-18

Blackbeard the Pirate by Ross Gillies

 

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

 

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez

 

Age: 18+

Beard Theology: A Holy History of Hairy Faces by Church Mouse,  Dave Walker

 

Song of Dewey Beard: Last Survivor of the Little Bighorn by Philip Burnham 




 

Mexico by James A. Michener and Steve Berry