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Sisters in the Wind

Boulley, Angeline


Lucy Smith spent her teen years in Michigan’s foster care system, an experience that made her (understandably) wary of others. Now a runaway, Lucy is on high alert when a mysterious man approaches her and reveals that not only does she still have family but also she’s Ojibwe and should have been protected by ICWA (the Indian Child Welfare Act). After danger from her past gets a step too close, Lucy reluctantly accepts the stranger’s help.
Date Published:2025

Lucy Smith spent her teen years in Michigan’s foster care system, an experience that made her (understandably) wary of others. Now a runaway, Lucy is on high alert when a mysterious man approaches her and reveals that not only does she still have family but also she’s Ojibwe and should have been protected by ICWA (the Indian Child Welfare Act). After danger from her past gets a step too close, Lucy reluctantly accepts the stranger’s help.

Date Published:2025

Have You Seen a Flower

Harris, Shawn


A blue-eyed child, tan with flowing blond hair, escapes the dreary, black-and-gray city for a trip to the country, which bursts with blended layers of neon greens, pinks, yellows, and blues.
Date Published:2021

All the Noise at Once

Davis, DeAndra


Aiden Wright, a Black and autistic teenager, wants nothing more than to play football like his older brother Brandon, a quarterback, and to be on a team with Brandon before he leaves for college. Despite some challenges with the sensory experience and ableist discrimination, Aiden makes it onto the team. Unfortunately, one of Aiden’s bullies starts a fight, and the police are called. When Brandon tries to shield his brother from police violence, he gets arrested and wrongly accused of assaulting a police officer. As Brandon’s resulting trial edges closer, Aiden must figure out a way to uncover what exactly happened that day—and help clear Brandon’s name in time.
Date Published:2025

Aiden Wright, a Black and autistic teenager, wants nothing more than to play football like his older brother Brandon, a quarterback, and to be on a team with Brandon before he leaves for college. Despite some challenges with the sensory experience and ableist discrimination, Aiden makes it onto the team. Unfortunately, one of Aiden’s bullies starts a fight, and the police are called. When Brandon tries to shield his brother from police violence, he gets arrested and wrongly accused of assaulting a police officer. As Brandon’s resulting trial edges closer, Aiden must figure out a way to uncover what exactly happened that day—and help clear Brandon’s name in time.

Date Published:2025

A Different Mirror for Young People : A History of Multicultural America.

Stefoff, Rebecca


Drawing on Takaki's vast array of primary sources, and staying true to his own words whenever possible, A Different Mirror for Young People brings ethnic history alive through the words of people, including teenagers, who recorded their experiences in letters, diaries, and poems. Like Zinn's A People's History, Takaki's A Different Mirror offers a rich and rewarding "people's view" perspective on the American story.
Date Published:2012

Drawing on Takaki's vast array of primary sources, and staying true to his own words whenever possible, A Different Mirror for Young People brings ethnic history alive through the words of people, including teenagers, who recorded their experiences in letters, diaries, and poems. Like Zinn's A People's History, Takaki's A Different Mirror offers a rich and rewarding "people's view" perspective on the American story.

Date Published:2012

Innovative Octopuses, Half-brained Birds, and More Animals with Magnificent Minds

Couch Christina


At first glance, this offering might seem to be a simple overview of the comparative cognitive abilities of various animals. In reality, this is an inviting and accessible introduction to neuroscience and brain function. There are six chapters, each dedicated to one type of critter. Interviews with researchers and animal handlers, as well as profiles of individual animals, effectively demonstrate various aspects of intelligence, incorporating multiple examples and kid-friendly facts (herrings communicate through farts).
Date Published:2025

At first glance, this offering might seem to be a simple overview of the comparative cognitive abilities of various animals. In reality, this is an inviting and accessible introduction to neuroscience and brain function. There are six chapters, each dedicated to one type of critter. Interviews with researchers and animal handlers, as well as profiles of individual animals, effectively demonstrate various aspects of intelligence, incorporating multiple examples and kid-friendly facts (herrings communicate through farts).

Date Published:2025

A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee

Van Dusen, Chris


In this story full of slapstick humor, a bumbling bear, noses around a campsite and accidentally unhitches Mr. Magee's camper from his Rambler, sending it careening into the river. It becomes lodged above a fifty-foot waterfall with Mr. Magee and his dog stuck inside.
Date Published:2003

Skippyjon Jones Snow What

Schachner, Judith Byron


Skippyjon Jones, the Siamese cat that thinks he is a Chihuahua dog, stars in a fairy tale set in the winter wonderland of his imagination.
Date Published:2014

Strictly No Elephants

Mantchev, Lisa


Forlorn, the boy and little elephant stumble on, the boy’s warm-toned shirt popping against the background of people in dark blues, blacks, and teal. They find another outcast, a little girl with a skunk, and they decide to start their own club. Soon, owners with other unusual pets join them: a girl with a giraffe, a boy with a hedgehog, even a kid with a tiny narwhal in a glass bowl! Eagle-eyed little ones will notice new friends before they make their way to the pet parade.
Date Published:2015

Forlorn, the boy and little elephant stumble on, the boy’s warm-toned shirt popping against the background of people in dark blues, blacks, and teal. They find another outcast, a little girl with a skunk, and they decide to start their own club. Soon, owners with other unusual pets join them: a girl with a giraffe, a boy with a hedgehog, even a kid with a tiny narwhal in a glass bowl! Eagle-eyed little ones will notice new friends before they make their way to the pet parade.

Date Published:2015

Waiting

Henkes, Kevin


A pig with an umbrella, a spotted owl, a puppy on a sled, a bear holding a kite, and a rabbit with a long accordion body. These five little toys look out a tall window at nothing much, waiting. Pig waits for rain; Owl, the moon; Bear, the wind; Puppy, the snow; and Rabbit just waits. One day they are joined by a round wobble of a cat. She tumbles over and out come nested cats of decreasing size, who join the friends on the windowsill to wait and watch.
Date Published:2015

A pig with an umbrella, a spotted owl, a puppy on a sled, a bear holding a kite, and a rabbit with a long accordion body. These five little toys look out a tall window at nothing much, waiting. Pig waits for rain; Owl, the moon; Bear, the wind; Puppy, the snow; and Rabbit just waits. One day they are joined by a round wobble of a cat. She tumbles over and out come nested cats of decreasing size, who join the friends on the windowsill to wait and watch.

Date Published:2015

Creepy Carrots

Reynolds, Aaron


Playing on the something-is-stalking-me-but-when-I-turn-around-nothing-is-there fears that have fueled countless scary movies, this goose-pimpler introduces a young bunny named Jasper who “couldn’t get enough carrots . . . until they started following him.” Tired of heart-racing, sleepless nights, Jasper concocts a master plan and builds an alligator-filled moat and sky-high fence around Crackenhopper Field to keep those nasty carrots at bay. Turns out, their plan to keep that nasty rabbit from eating their carrot buddies has a similarly happy ending.
Date Published:2012

Playing on the something-is-stalking-me-but-when-I-turn-around-nothing-is-there fears that have fueled countless scary movies, this goose-pimpler introduces a young bunny named Jasper who “couldn’t get enough carrots . . . until they started following him.” Tired of heart-racing, sleepless nights, Jasper concocts a master plan and builds an alligator-filled moat and sky-high fence around Crackenhopper Field to keep those nasty carrots at bay. Turns out, their plan to keep that nasty rabbit from eating their carrot buddies has a similarly happy ending.

Date Published:2012

Dragons Love Tacos 2 : The Sequel.

Rubin, Adam


Brace yourselves, readers, for this sequel to the best-selling Dragons Love Tacos (2012) begins on a tragic note. There is a taco shortage! The despair is palpable, as dragons sprawl on the ground with tears streaming from their eyes. Moved by the dragons’ plight, Robbie and his canine pal get the idea to travel back in time to the very celebration captured in the first book. Once there, they’ll grab some tacos, return to the present, and plant them for a plentiful taco harvest—this tasty treat grows on trees, don’t you know—so that the dragons will never run out again. As luck would have it, there’s an old time machine in Robbie’s garage, but the mission isn’t as simple as it seems. Miscalculations and machine malfunctions lead to riotous trips through space-time that will leave kids cackling.
Date Published:2017

Brace yourselves, readers, for this sequel to the best-selling Dragons Love Tacos (2012) begins on a tragic note. There is a taco shortage! The despair is palpable, as dragons sprawl on the ground with tears streaming from their eyes. Moved by the dragons’ plight, Robbie and his canine pal get the idea to travel back in time to the very celebration captured in the first book. Once there, they’ll grab some tacos, return to the present, and plant them for a plentiful taco harvest—this tasty treat grows on trees, don’t you know—so that the dragons will never run out again. As luck would have it, there’s an old time machine in Robbie’s garage, but the mission isn’t as simple as it seems. Miscalculations and machine malfunctions lead to riotous trips through space-time that will leave kids cackling.

Date Published:2017

Up, Up, Ever Up : Junko Tabei: a Life ini the Mountains.

Yasuda, Anita


Using simple yet lyrical text, Yasuda chronicles the life of Junko Tabei, a Japanese mountain climber and the first woman to scale Mt. Everest. Junko loved hiking as a child and as an adult joined a mountaineering club in Tokyo. She led a mostly female expedition to Mt. Everest and remained a passionate climber throughout her life, tackling peaks in numerous countries and working to preserve mountain landscapes.
Date Published:2024

Using simple yet lyrical text, Yasuda chronicles the life of Junko Tabei, a Japanese mountain climber and the first woman to scale Mt. Everest. Junko loved hiking as a child and as an adult joined a mountaineering club in Tokyo. She led a mostly female expedition to Mt. Everest and remained a passionate climber throughout her life, tackling peaks in numerous countries and working to preserve mountain landscapes.

Date Published:2024

There was a Party for Langston

Reynolds, Jason


Inspired by a photo of Maya Angelou and Amiri Baraka boogeying down at a 1991 gathering at the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center, this high-stepping shoutout to the honoree of that historic “hoopla in Harlem” pays tribute to the “king of letters,” celebrating the man “who wrote Maya and Amiri into the world” with his “wake-up stories / and rise-and-shine rhymes,” who answered would-be “word breakers” and book burners with courage and laughter.
Date Published:2023

Inspired by a photo of Maya Angelou and Amiri Baraka boogeying down at a 1991 gathering at the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center, this high-stepping shoutout to the honoree of that historic “hoopla in Harlem” pays tribute to the “king of letters,” celebrating the man “who wrote Maya and Amiri into the world” with his “wake-up stories / and rise-and-shine rhymes,” who answered would-be “word breakers” and book burners with courage and laughter.

Date Published:2023

Inky the Octopus

Guendelsberger, Erin


This jaunty tale of derring-do imagines Inky the octopus’ real-life escape from the National Aquarium of New Zealand from Inky’s point of view. The golden-hued fellow can see the ocean from his tank and wants nothing more than to explore its waters, though it would mean leaving his aquarium friends behind. One night the lid to his tank isn’t secured, and the crafty critter gets his chance, oozing over its glass wall, down a drain in the floor, and out to the sea.
Date Published:2018

This jaunty tale of derring-do imagines Inky the octopus’ real-life escape from the National Aquarium of New Zealand from Inky’s point of view. The golden-hued fellow can see the ocean from his tank and wants nothing more than to explore its waters, though it would mean leaving his aquarium friends behind. One night the lid to his tank isn’t secured, and the crafty critter gets his chance, oozing over its glass wall, down a drain in the floor, and out to the sea.

Date Published:2018

Chooch Helped

Rogers, Andrea L.


Sissy notices two-year-old Chooch is always interfering and making a mess. Much to her dismay, the adults always say, “He’s just usdi” (baby, young). Chooch “helps” patient family members sew moccasins, paint, and cook—but when his “help” ruins Sissy’s clay pot, she loses her temper! Siblings everywhere will recognize themselves in this universal story of family dynamics.
Date Published:2024

My Daddy is a Cowboy

Seales, Stephanie


Saddle up for the absolute joyride of this exuberant father-daughter adventure, perfect for fans of My Papi Has a Motorcycle (2019) and G. Neri. Dad wakes the young girl long before dawn, the strength of their bond and mutual excitement as palpable as the promise of the day. They cross the city first on a motorcycle, through “a new kind of quiet” while “the sky is midnight black, and the stars are still twinkling,” to reach a ranch where their horses await. “But today we ride together, and today I get to ride on the street, like a cowboy.” .
Date Published:2024

Saddle up for the absolute joyride of this exuberant father-daughter adventure, perfect for fans of My Papi Has a Motorcycle (2019) and G. Neri. Dad wakes the young girl long before dawn, the strength of their bond and mutual excitement as palpable as the promise of the day. They cross the city first on a motorcycle, through “a new kind of quiet” while “the sky is midnight black, and the stars are still twinkling,” to reach a ranch where their horses await. “But today we ride together, and today I get to ride on the street, like a cowboy.” .

Date Published:2024

Dragons Love Tacos

Rubin, Adam


Tacos are high on the list of dragon-friendly foods. Who knew? There is, however, a major qualification: the salsa must be mild (“even a speck of hot pepper makes a dragon snort sparks”). Rubin and Salmieri, the creators of Those Darn Squirrels! (2008), offer up a how-to guide to throwing one heck of a dragons’ taco party. First, you’ll need tacos—“pantloads of tacos”—and mild salsa, of course. Then, throw in a few decorations (taco-shaped balloons will work) and some music and—voilà. Unfortunately, in this tale, someone didn’t read the fine print on the Totally Mild Salsa jar, and the hosts are in for a toasty surprise.
Date Published:2012

Tacos are high on the list of dragon-friendly foods. Who knew? There is, however, a major qualification: the salsa must be mild (“even a speck of hot pepper makes a dragon snort sparks”). Rubin and Salmieri, the creators of Those Darn Squirrels! (2008), offer up a how-to guide to throwing one heck of a dragons’ taco party. First, you’ll need tacos—“pantloads of tacos”—and mild salsa, of course. Then, throw in a few decorations (taco-shaped balloons will work) and some music and—voilà. Unfortunately, in this tale, someone didn’t read the fine print on the Totally Mild Salsa jar, and the hosts are in for a toasty surprise.

Date Published:2012