Teeth,Tails, & Tentacles: An Animal Counting Book -- by Christopher Wormell (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
Far from a simple counting manual, this dramatic picture-book offering places children face-to-face with 20 animals from across the world, one animal at a time, and focuses on a few exciting facts...
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
My Light -- by Molly Bang (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "Though we often take it for granted, the sun provides the energy that powers everything on Earth, from planets and trees to machines and cities. With dazzling paintings and...
Ages 4 years - 8 years.
The Crow-Girl -- by Bodil Bredsdorff (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "A timeless novel about the kindness of strangers. Near a little cove where a brook runs out to the sea live a girl and her grandmother. All alone with no neighbors at all, the...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
The Big House -- by Carolyn Coman (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description: "When the judge declares their parents guilty of embezzlement, sending them to the big house for twenty-five years, Ivy and Ray are sent to live with Marietta and Lionel Noland,...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
Millions -- by Frank Cottrell Boyce (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "Two bothers, Damian and Anthony, are unwittingly caught up in a train robbery during Britain's countdown to join the Euro. Suddenly finding themselves with a vast amount of cash,...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Doodler Doodling -- by Rita Gelman (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "Here is a doodler doodling. And here are her doodles. Here is a book starring twenty-one words, a blank piece of paper, and a train of thought. And you will be amazed. WOW!"
Ages 4 years - 8 years.
Technically, It's Not My Fault: Concrete Poems -- by John Grandits (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
Product Description "An eleven-year-old boy named Robert voices typical—and not so typical—middle-grade concerns in this unique, memorable collection of hilarious poems. His musings cover the usual...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
What Is Goodbye? -- by Nikki Grimes (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "Jerilyn and Jesse have lost their beloved older brother. But each of them deals with Jaron's death differently. Jerilyn tries to keep it in and hold it together; Jesse acts out....
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
The Cats in Krasinski Square -- by Karen Hesse (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
Product Description "When Karen Hesse came upon a short article about cats out-foxing the Gestapo at the train station in Warsaw during WWII, she couldn't get the story out of her mind. The result is...
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
Merlin and the Making of the King -- by Margaret Hodges (Author) (Book - Child)
From School Library Journal:"This is a straightforward, expertly streamlined retelling of three popular Arthurian legends: "The Sword in the Stone," "Excalibur," and "The Lady of the Lake," based on...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.