K-12 Schools
Collection Development: Recommended Reading
Our Digital Content Librarians create recommended lists and catalogs with the best hand-picked titles to optimize your K-12 school library’s collection. Visit OverDrive Marketplace to see more & shop the latest sales and promotions!
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Melinda Helfer
Manager Education Collection Development
Loves to read: Literary fiction, young adult fiction, historical and contemporary romance, and J/YA expository nonfiction. I reread Pride and Prejudice at least once a year.
Rebecca Dluback
Team Lead
Loves to read: All fantasy, adult historical fiction, dystopian, humor, literary fiction, a tiny bit of sci-fi, and anything by Stephen King.
Sarah Wilsman
Digital Content Librarian III
Loves to read: Realistic fiction and romance and will listen to any memoir read by the author
Beth Saxton
Digital Content Librarian II
Loves to read: Realistic fiction and mysteries for kids and teens, romance, career focused memoirs, personal development, and anything crafty.
Erin Emser
Digital Content Librarian II
Loves to read: Young adult realistic fiction, graphic novels, #OwnVoices, and the occasional cute romance.
Beth Sucharzewski
Digital Content Librarian I
Loves to Read: psychological thrillers, historical fiction, cozy mysteries, and picture books
Franklin Markle
Digital Content Librarian I
Loves to read: Paranormal horror (anything with ghosts or haunted houses is the best), magical realism, comics/graphic novels/manga, and books with LGBT characters! Bonus points if it combines any of these and/or is on audio book!
Katherine Assink
Digital Content Librarian I
Loves to read: Graphic Novels, Picture Books, Dystopian, Fantasies, Mysteries, Horror, and Romance. I’ll read across all age levels, but I have a special place in my heart for a good YA novel or anything by Meg Cabot.
Ann McWilliams-Piraino
Digital Content Librarian
Loves to Read: fantasy, science fiction, horror, graphic novels, and silly picture books.
Dawn Woodward
Digital Content Librarian
Loves to read: New picture and board books, popular fiction with a dash of magical whimsy, and BIPOC authors to learn more about other's experiences. My favorite authors are Joshilyn Jackson and Sarah Addison Allen. My two favorite books are The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield and The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. I love anything with strong female leads or an LGBTQ+ meet cute.
Kate Frick
Digital Content Librarian
Loves to Read: Fantasy, science fiction, horror, romance – honestly, a little bit of everything!
Meghan Palik
Digital Content Librarian
Loves to read: Classics, Fantasy, Supernatural, Dystopian, Horror, Historical Fiction, and anything by Stephen King. I also love to learn with non-fiction titles, from plants, animals, games, crafts, puzzle books, astronomy, psychology, mythology, archeology and the ancient world, Juvenile - Adult, 000 - 999; I will read almost anything!