We have a lot of popular best sellers at the Waban Library Center – books that typically have long waiting lists at other libraries. We are also happy to take recommendations for books from our patrons. We also have a collection of Playaways – all in one devices for you to listen to a favorite book. Please fill out the form online or call us during our open hours. We are not able to take book requests by email or by filling out the ask the librarian form.
- Moo, Baa, La-La-La by Sandra Boynton
- Play With Me: A Playdate Book by Kat Chen
- You're My Little Lucky Charm by Nicola Edwards
- Spider in the Well by Jess Hannigan
- Little Kids First Board Book: Frogs by Ruth Musgrave
- Can I Sit in the Middle? by Susanne Strasserf
- Every Monday Mabel by Jashar Awan
- This Baby, That Baby by Cari Best
- Ahoy! by Sophie Blackall
- Alice in Winter Wonderland by Jan Brett
- The Puppy Bus by Drew Brockington
- Just Like Millie by Lauren Castillo
- To See An Owl by Matthew Cordell
- Dalmartian: A Mars Rover's Story by Lucy Cummins
- Little Freddie Two Pants by Drew Daywalt
- The Wrong Book by Drew Daywalt
- Show Up and Vote by Ani DeFranco
- Knight Owl and Early Bird by Christopher Denise
- Bert the Bowerbird by Julia Donaldson
- Duckie & Snaps: We Cannot Be Friends by Ame Dyckman
- We are Definitely Human by X Fang
- The World Needs the Wonder You See by Joanna Gaines
- Snow is by Laura Gehl
- Duck, Duck, Goose by John Hare
- Finding Things by Kevin Henkes
- Bunny Should Be Sleeping by Amy Hest
- When Rosie Walks George by Amy Hest
- A Book of Maps by Lourdes Heuer
- How We Share Cake by Kim Hyo-eun
- Where To Hide a Star by Oliver Jeffers
- What Can a Mess Make by Bee Johnson
- Caboose by Travis Jonker
- Bakery Dragon by Devin Elle Kurtz
- Noodles on a Bicycle by Kyo Laclear
- Built To Last by Minh & Dan Lee and Santa
- Itty Bitty Betty Blog by Constance Lombardo
- The Yellow Bus by Loren Long
- Touch the Sky by Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic
- Home in a Lunchbox by Cherry Mo
- A Map for Falasteen by Maysa Odeh
- Don't Lose Mr. Cuddles: Life Lessons from Chip the Dog by Dev Petty
- Victor, the wolf with worries by Catherine Rayner
- Construction Site: Garbage Crew to the Rescue by Sherri Rinker
- The Zebra's Great Escape by Katherine Rundell
- Being Home by Traci Sorell
- The Good Little Mermaid's Guide to Bedtime by Eija Sumner
- Baby Dunks-A-Lot by Jason Tatum
- Bear's Lost Glasses by Leo Timmers
- The man who didn't like animals by Deborah Underwood
- Five Stories by Ellen Weinstein
- Two Together by Brendan Wentzel
- Towed by Toad by Jashan Awan
- Stell & Marigold by Annie Barros
- The Best Worse Campout Ever by Joe Cepeda
- Orris and Timble: The Beginning by Kate DiCamillo
- Vacation by Ame Dyckman
- Fluffie Bunnies: Buns Gone Bad by Annie Humphrey
- Bear and Bird: The Picnic and Other Stories by N/A Jarvis
- Puggleton Park by Deanna Kizis
- Grumpy Monkey Too Many Bugs by Suzanne Lang
- Welcome to Scare School by Jarrett Lerner
- Little Shrew by Akiko Miyakoshi
- Earl & Worm: The Bad Idea and Other Stories by Greg Pizzoli
- Unicornia: Learning to Fly by Ana Punset
- I Survived the Black Death by Lauren Tarshis
- Lone Wolf Goes to School by Kiah Thomas
- Elf Dog and Owl Head by M.T. Anderson
- Boy 2.0 by Tracey Baptiste
- The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko
- the Frindle files by Andrew Clements
- And then Boom by Lisa Fipps
- Not Nothing by Gayle Forman
- Liars Society by Alyson Gerber
- Rebellion 1776 by Laurie Halse Anderson
- First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly
- Phillips Fisher and the Dream-Maker's Daughter by Liz Kessler
- Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan
- Benny on the Case by Wesley King
- Westfallen by Ann Kinney
- Quagmire Tiarello Couldn't Be Better by Mylisa Larsen
- Tree. Table. Book by Lois Lowry
- Painting the Game by Patricia MacLanchlan
- Medusa: The Myth of Monsters, Book One by Katherine Marsh
- The Trouble with Heroes by Kate Messner
- Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All by Chanel Miller
- El Nino by Pam Munoz Ryan
- Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody by Patrick Ness
- Gracie Under the Waves by Linda Sue Park
- Hope in the Valley by Mitali Perkins
- Sherlock Society by James Ponti
- Percy Jackson: Wrath of the Triple Goddess by Rick Riordan
- Impossible Creatures by Katherine Runsell
- Kareem Between by Shifa Saltagi Safadi
- The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys
- Take it From the Top by Claire Swinarski
- A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall by Jasmine Warga
- Mid Air by Alicia Williams
- Finally Heard by Kelly Yang
- Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall by Lynn Brunelle
- Hurricane by Jason Chin
- How do You Spell Unfair? by MacNolia Cox
- Timelines from Black History by DK
- The Enigma Girls by Candace Fleming
- Narwhal: Unicorn of the Arctic by Candace Fleming
- A Dangerous Idea: the Scopes Trial by Debbie Levy
- Sea Legs by Jules Bakes
- Creaky Acres by Calista & Nilah Bill & MacGruder
- J vs. K by Calista & Jerry Brill & Nilah Macgruder
- New Girl by Cassandra Calin
- Uprooted: A Memoir by Ruth Chan
- Tiger vs, Nightmare by Emily Easter
- Taxi Ghost by Sophie Escabasse
- Mixed-Up by Kami Garcia
- Sunny Makes Her Case by Jennifer Holm
- How It All Ends by Emma Hunsinger
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess by Jeff Kinney
- Chickenpox by Remy Lai
- Stuck by Kayla Miller
- Big Nate: Attack of the Cheez Funk Breath by Lincoln Peirce
- Dog Man: Big Jim Begins by Dav Pilkey
- Bog Myrtle by Sid Sharp
- Pearl by Sherri Smith
- The Squad by christina Soontornvat
- The Cartoonists Club by Raina Telgemeier
- Camp Prodigy by Emily Tetri
- Timid by Jonathan Todd
- Ash's Cabin by Jen Wang
- Death in the Jungle by Candace Fleming
Board Books
Picture Books
Easy Readers/Beginning Chapter
Junior Fiction
Non-Fiction
Junior Graphic Novels
Teen Non-Fiction
Teens
- Our Shouts Echo by Jade Adia
- The Last Bookstore on Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold
- Under the Same Stars by Libba Bray
- Death in the Jungle by Candace Fleming
- Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth
- On Again, Awkward Again by Erin & Kwame Kelly & Mbalia
- Twenty-Four Seconds: A Love Story by Jason Reynolds