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The Book that Never Ends
The Book That Never Ends finds a clever new way to extend silly read aloud fun. Similar to a “choose your own adventure” book, readers’ choices will bring them to different pages throughout the book, and they’ll need to work together to puzzle out the correct path that brings them to…
The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest
Clare is the undead fox of Deadwood Forest. Long ago, he was struck by a car, and, hovering between life and death, he was given the choice to either cross into the Afterlife or become an Usher of wandering souls. Clare chose the latter: a solitary life of guiding souls…
The Beat I Drum
Part of “The Life of a Cactus” series, Connor Bradley is dreading the first day of high school. Not just because he is new, or because he misses his best friends, but because he knows the other kids won’t understand his barking and tics. Connor has Tourette Syndrome, and every…
In-Between Places
Sometimes you know just where you are going. Sometimes you don’t. Sometimes you find yourself in an in-between place. A place that is neither here nor there. A place where you can go up or down, left or right. So how do you know which way to go? Poetic and…
Nat a Chance
Nat doesn’t think she’s an athlete, but after a series of painfully embarrassing moments, she’s determined to build her confidence and signs up for a triathlon with her best friend, Zoe. As training begins, Nat realizes she’s in way over her head, facing so many setbacks and challenges that she…
Radiant
As fifth grade begins in 1963, Cooper Dale’s biggest worries are an extra strict teacher and Wade Carter, the child of a well-to-do white family, whose home Cooper’s mother cleans for extra income. How can she shine when her teacher is the Queen of Darkness, and her mother has to…
Fierce Aunties
Who do you go to for advice and support? Or when you want an adventure and a little extra courage? Or when you need to find that warrior spirit inside you? Fierce aunties! Aunties come in different shapes, sizes, and ages. They all have different laughs, skills, and stories. They…
Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids
Edited by award-winning and bestselling author Cynthia Leitich Smith, this collection of intersecting stories by both new and veteran Native writers bursts with hope, joy, resilience, the strength of community, and Native pride.
We still Belong
Wesley is proud of the poem she wrote for Indigenous Peoples’ Day—but the reaction from a teacher makes her wonder if expressing herself is important enough. And due to the specific tribal laws of her family’s Nation, Wesley is unable to enroll in the Upper Skagit tribe and is left…
This is Not My Lunch Box!
Open the lunch box and see what yummy food you have to eat! Spiders and snails – yuck! Who could possibly want to eat that? A wood frog!
Fish Farts: And Other Amazing Ways Animals Adapt
Animals survive and thrive in astounding ways: some can fry predators and others feed on poop! This fact-filled book explores the surprising, exciting, and sometimes hilarious ways that animals adapt.
Boy 2.0
Coal, a foster child just sent to a new family, turns invisible during a traumatic event. Now he has to figure it how, control it, and learn if he is some kind of superhero, mutantor a science experiment. Coal’s research into genes, camouflage and chameleons enhance this powerful story.
José and El Perro
José loves his family- his Papi, Mami, and little sister, Sofi. But something is missing-he dreams of having a dog, un perro of his own. Finally Jose gets to pick el perro perfecto, the perfect dog, from a shelter. But when he tries out commands like “¡Siéntate!” (sit) and “¡Échate!”…
Speak Up, Santiago!: a Hillside Valley graphic novel
Santi is excited to spend the summer in Hillside Valley, meeting the local kids, eating his Abuela’s delicious food, exploring! There’s just one problem-Santi doesn’t speak Spanish that well and it feels like everyone he meets in Hillside does. There’s Sol (she’s a soccer player who really loves books), Willie,…
Efrén Divided: a novel
Efrén Nava’s Amá is his Superwoman–or Soperwoman, named after the delicious Mexican sopes his mother often prepares. Both Amá and Apá work hard all day to provide for the family, making sure Efrén and his younger siblings Max and Mía feel safe and loved. But Efrén worries about his parents;…
The Brilliant Ms. Bangle
It’s a new school year, and something is different. The students’ beloved librarian, Ms. Stack, has retired. The new librarian, Ms. Bangle, is not the same! She has different ways of doing, well, everything! How will the students ever adjust? Change isn’t easy, but it can be a positive experience….
Mixed-Up
Stella knows fifth grade will be the best year ever. Her closest friends, Emiko and Latasha, are in her class and they all got the teacher they wanted. Then their favorite television show, Witchlins, announces a new guidebook and an online game! When the classwork starts piling up, Stella struggles…
Barakah Beats
It’s Nimra Sharif’s first time going to public school. Nimra’s nervous, but as long as she has her best friend, Jenna, by her side, she figures she can take on just about anything. Unfortunately, middle school is hard. The teachers are mean, the schedule is confusing, and Jenna starts giving…
Ancestory: The Mystery and Majesty of Ancient Cave Art
This striking nonfiction picture book investigates who created ancient wall art that’s been discovered around the world — the exact answers may be out of reach, but the investigation is half the fun.
Cave Paintings to Picasso: The Inside Scoop on 50 Art Masterpieces
Introduces fifty celebrated works of art, including King Tut’s sarcophagus and Andy Warhol’s paintings of Campbell’s soup cans, with historical and interpretive information for each piece.
How to Draw Epic Fantasy Art by Steve Beaumont
This book offers readers of all skill levels detailed instructions on how to draw, learning specific techniques such as shading, coloring, and storyboarding while developing interesting characters along the way.
Strong
In this autobiography, Rob dreams of becoming a champion strongman. He wants to flip huge tires, lug boulders, and haul trucks — and someday be the strongest man in the world! But he feels like he can’t fit in with his bright leggings, unicorn T-shirts, and rainbow-dyed hair. Will Rob…
Like a Hurricane
In this novel in verse for middle readers, a young teen struggles with revealing who he really is to those he loves. Originally published in French under the title Comme un ouragan.
Tegan and Sara: Junior High
Before Tegan and Sara took the music world by storm, the Quins were just two identical twins trying to find their place in a new home and new school. From first crushes to the perils of puberty, surviving junior high is something the sisters plan to face side by side,…
Danbi’s Favorite Day
Written by Anna Kim, an Asian Pacific American Honor Award winner for children’s literature. Danbi is a Korean/American child who takes on the world with courage, ingenuity and optimism. In this book, Danbi is excited about sharing her favorite holiday, Children’s Day, with her friends, but what she plans for…
Magnolia Wu Unfolds it All
Chanel Miller tells the story of ten-year-old Magnolia Wu, whose Chinese immigrant parents own a laundromat in New York City. She has gathered up all of the lost socks from the laundromat that nobody has claimed, and decides to solve the mystery of each missing sock. While exploring the streets…
A Two-Placed Heart: A Memoir in Verse
Written by Vietnamese/American Doan Phuong Nguyen, this book is a memoir told in verse, written by 12-year-old Bom to her sister, chronicling their long, difficult journey from Vietnam to the United States. Bom is afraid that her younger sister has lost contact with her roots and is completely American, while…
Hurry Up! A Book About Slowing Down
For one busy boy, life is all hurry up, hurry down, hurry round and round and round! That is until he takes a big breath…and a big break…and slows down to see all the wonderful things in the world around him. This playful yet powerful picture book reminds us to…
Poetry Prompts: All Sorts of Ways to Start a Poem
Everybody has a poem inside them! Writing one is not as hard as you think. You just need to know how to get started. Discover all sorts of ways to write and perform your very own poems, from found poems, to haikus, to tanka poems, to tongue-twisters!
The Red Ear Blows Its Nose
This debut poetry collection from award-winning poet, Robert Schechter, is often hilarious and always thoughtful. All ages will enjoy bouncing through the vivacious rhythms and the breadth of surprising, marvelous ideas. These are for reading out loud, to laugh at, to muse on and to grow up with.
The Girl Who Figured it Out
The uplifting true story of Minda Dentler, the first female wheelchair athlete to complete the Ironman World Championship triathlon, showing us all how persistence and determination in the face of setbacks can inspire people to rethink what’s possible!
Hoops
This graphic novel, loosely based on the story of the 1976 Warsaw High School girl’s basketball team, is about the ongoing battle of women striving for equality in sports.
Climate Champions: 15 Women Fighting for Your Future
These 15 women contemporary climate champions are on the frontlines of science working to create a sustainable future on Earth.
Parker Takes a Trip
Parker and her family fly to Portugal to visit her grandparents where they enjoy the local food and take a boat trip.
Because of You, John Lewis: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship
When young Tybre Faw discovers Congressman John Lewis and his heroic march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in the fight for the right to vote, Tybre is determined to meet him. Tybre’s two grandmothers take him on the seven-hour drive to Selma, Alabama, where Lewis invites Tybre to join him…
Black Star
Twelve-year old Charley, who dreams of becoming the first professional female pitcher, must navigate adolescence during the turbulent segregation era and the beginning of the Great Migration.
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