"Wait a minute! Where's Steve?" A picture book about size gets off to a rocky start when the "small" worm disappears. The culprit? Marcel the "big" creature the worm was being compared to. Don't worry, the narrator is there to get Marcel to spit Steve out.
“‘Do you see it?’ Merildun asked quietly, from just behind her. Feather nodded, She was opening her mouth to ask a question when a violent shove in the back knocked the breath out of her. She pitched forward into nothingness, and fell.”
"Grace, grace. Nothing broken to replace." Clovis the bull is an ex-football player with a bad temper… and he just took over his granny's old china shop. With his mantra and a soothing routine, Clovis finds himself calmer than ever until a group of his old rivals start heckling him from the window.
“This is a story about a fox and a mole. In autumn, when darkness comes early, they read aloud together in the evenings. The middle of the story might be a bit spooky. Now we begin…”
“Old Blue doesn’t go as fast as other cars, but together, we go everywhere.” Old Blue is a van that has everything a family needs. A bed to sleep in, books to read, and a safe place to live. Old Blue is home for a little girl and her family experiencing housing insecurity
“Many people go their whole lives without noticing anything that is afoot, amiss, or even untoward - without ever experiencing that toe-tingling, tummy-twisting sensation that a mystery is about to unfold. Bonnie Montgomery noticed things that were afoot all the time because, unlike most ten-year-old girls, she was the world’s finest detective.”
“Studies say babies sleep 12 to 16 hours a day. If only babies could read those studies.” In the light of the moon a little baby lay fast asleep…but not this baby. This baby is going to stay awake - FOREVER!
“The thing is, when you start to explain your eyes, you become a sort of museum specimen. Like a piece of modern art that someone looks at with confusion and disapproval and says, “Is this really art? It comes with an eye contact that stops abruptly at the surface of your face. They’re looking at you. But not into you.”
“The way of nature is our way. Its patterns are bigger, longer, wiser than any of us. Humans make their way in nature as best they can, but sometimes they forget to pay it the respect it is due. As a ranger, you must live between worlds, and learn to advocate wisely and bravely for each.”
“My family only sees me as the big sister. Nothing else. I have all the responsibilities of a big sister….But even though I have big sister responsibilities, my parents still treat me like a kid.” Abby Lai is the oldest sister to four very loud, very annoying siblings and is just trying to get by. But one unfortunate day, Abby and her siblings come down with chicken pox leading to a week long quarantine.
“Sometimes Grandpa goes to places that are familiar only to him. We can’t see them, but they are very real inside his head.” Cassi loves to spend time with her grandpa. Whether it’s blowing bubbles together, playing instruments, or practicing her whistling. But Grandpa seems to be forgetting things more and more, and when he forgets about Cassi during a game of hide and seek she starts to feel confused and worried.
"I do not want to mop your slop. So I will RUN! Run far away! In this fun twist on the Gingerbread Man tale, a much beleaguered mop decides to run away leading many animals on a wild chase.
“How am I gonna learn a whole new language? This is harder than I thought…” Mei is a normal girl from China, excited about the new chapter in her life. Her family is moving to Canada! While she daydreams about her new adventures, it quickly turns to a nightmare due to the new obstacle facing her.
“I used to think that understanding everyone would make me feel like I belonged. And then this change wouldn't be so bad…But maybe that’s not what belonging means.”
“This year would be different for Umami. This year would be an adventure.” For breakfast, lunch, and dinner the penguin village eats cold fish. But Umami is tired of eating cold fish everyday and has an appetite for more.
"Boo the ghost has lost his groove. He has a poo, and it just won't move." This board book tackles constipation for the youngest of listeners in a light-hearted funny way.
“The president of the Rosebud Club was determined to root out Millie Fleur’s garden. ‘This won’t do. According to our rules, your garden is unacceptable. We simply cannot have this poisonous mess in our town.’ ‘But it’s not poisonous!’ Millie Fleur scowled. ‘It’s just not like yours.’” Garden Glen is a very boring place: all the houses and gardens are exactly the same. But when Millie Fleur moves to the edge of town with her mom, she thinks about things differently.
“As an apprentice, she would have a mentor, protection from the liches, and more…” Ada and Safi are adjusting to life after surviving a brutal war that has shaken their city. As Safi’s powers are developing quickly, Ada knows she must find her little sister a mentor that will teach Safi magic and ensure her safety from the looming threat of the liches - or so Ada thinks.
“Leda knew the minute she fell out of bed–gravity was in a bad mood. Again.” Do you sometimes trip over nothing? Spill all your cereal at breakfast? Stumble up the stairs? Maybe this is a case of the clumsies, or maybe gravity is bringing you down!
“At least 75 percent of the handprints analyzed from all Paleolithic caves in France belonged to women or children, overturning the idea that Europe’s first artists were men.” Archeologist Raksha Dave shares histories and misrepresented stories from around the world.
“For more than 25,000 years, maps have been part of human culture. From the Stone Age to the 21st Century , mapmakers have used the technology of their times to represent the world they know.” Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about maps can be found here in a one stop book.
“The wind howls, and the nipa hut sways. The ground shakes, and the nipa hut dances. The lightning flashes, and the nipa hut flinches.” Yelena and Papa live in a nipa hut – a traditional Filipino dwelling. What happens though, when a storm comes through? Will the nipa hut survive?
"There are no bad decisions, just bad intentions." This heartfelt upper elementary & middle-grade novel delves into themes of displacement, identity, and resilience.
“BANG! A volcano in Indonesia blasts hot lava in a spectacular fiery spray. Meanwhile, thousands of miles away, far to the north, an arctic fox admires dancing green rivers of light in the sky. The Earth is a phenomenal planet!”
