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What Is the Story Of?
What Is the Story of the Mummy?
Sheila Keenan
The discovery of King Tut’s tomb in 1922 sparked a global obsession that eventually brought one of Hollywood's most famo
Ages 8–12
Mulroy's Magic
Marjorie-Ann Watts
Nanny Mulroy recalls her days as a nursery maid when she had a peculiar knack for bumping into magical characters and fa
Ages 7–10
A Land of Books: Dreams of Young Mexihcah Word Painters
Duncan Tonatiuh
Centuries of history, science, and ritual come to life through the intricate painted codices and artistic traditions of
Ages 4–9
Edward and the Pirates
David McPhail
Reading makes Edward’s imagination so vivid that he wakes up to find a crew of real pirates surrounding his bed and dema
Ages 4–8
Game Changer #2
Rivals
Tommy Greenwald
Scandals and intense pressure collide for two rival basketball stars as their middle school season is caught in the cros
Ages 8–12
Putnam and Pennyroyal
Patrick Jennings
Nine-year-old Cora Lee listens to her uncle's stories about water birds and realizes he is actually telling her about hi
Ages 8–12
Frankly, Frannie #7
Rocking Out!
A. J. Stern
Frannie and her friends trade their quiet desks for a rockstar lifestyle to organize a massive concert and save their lo
Ages 6–9
The Bookworm's Feast: A Potluck of Poems
J. Patrick Lewis
A playful literary banquet that serves up a variety of poems as courses in a meal, perfect for sparking a love of langua
Ages 6–10
A Song About Myself
John Keats
John Keats dances through playful rhymes and silly caricatures in this lighthearted poem originally written to cheer up
Ages 4–8
A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog #2
Frog, Where Are You?
Mercer Mayer
When a pet frog escapes in the middle of the night, a boy and his loyal dog set off on a messy, adventurous search to br
Ages 2–7
Call Me Alastair
Cory Leonardo
An anxious African grey parrot plots a daring escape to find his sister in this heartfelt story about finding your voice
Ages 8–12
My Story
Blitz The Diary of Edie Benson, London 1940-1941
Vince Cross
Air-raid sirens and falling bombs shatter Edie’s London summer, forcing a sudden evacuation to the Welsh countryside in
Ages 9–12
Speechless
Adam P. Schmitt
Thirteen-year-old Jimmy is stuck in tight dress pants and forced to give a eulogy for a cousin who ruined everything. Ho
Ages 10–14
Starlight Adventures #4
Danger on the Air
Elizabeth Steel
Step into the shoes of a young radio reporter where every choice you make determines if you can uncover a massive scanda
Ages 10–14
My Story
A Tale of Two Families: The Diary of Jan Packard
Jenny Pausacker
Jan starts a diary to escape her boredom in 1974 Melbourne, only to find herself swept up in the surprising changes of h
Ages 10–14
The Bluebell Gadsby #2
Following Flora
Natasha Farrant
Fourteen-year-old Bluebell uses her camera lens to navigate her sister's new romance and the beautiful complications of
Ages 10–14
Fulvio Testa's Concepts #1
If You Take a Pencil
Fulvio Testa
A single pencil transforms a blank page into a whimsical world where you can count everything from playful cats to golde
Ages 3–7
Terrible Horses
Raymond Antrobus
Frustrated by constant fighting with his sister, a young boy uses his sketchbook to process his big feelings and find a
Ages 4–8
Grandpa #5
Worse Than Willy!
James Stevenson
For children struggling to connect with a boring new baby brother, this tall tale uses humor to show that even the tinie
Ages 4–8
Hidden Histories
Nobody's Secret
Michaela MacColl
A mysterious stranger found dead in her family pond sends fifteen-year-old Emily Dickinson on a dangerous quest to uncov
Ages 12–17
I Scream! Ice Cream!
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Sounds can be deceiving in this playful look at language where common phrases hide surprising new meanings just behind a
Ages 5–9
Library of Doom #33
Shifting Shelves
Michael Dahl
A librarian enters a maze of moving shelves to save a boy cursed by a glowing red book in a library built by an evil wiz
Ages 8–12
A Million Miles Away
Lara Avery
For the teen navigating the heavy shadow of loss, this story explores the messy, complicated ways we try to hold on to t
Ages 14–18
At the End of Words
Miriam Stone
These raw and honest poems capture the difficult transition of losing a mother to cancer and the complex emotions that c
Ages 14–18
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