Picture Books
Picture Books
We Are Water Protectors
Child picture book, e-book, and e-audiobook. Illustrations by Michaela Goade. Water is the first medicine. It affects and connects us all... When a black snake threatens to destroy the Earth and poison her people's water, one young water protector takes a stand to defend Earth's most sacred resource.
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Picture Books
The Panda Problem
Child picture book. A narrator's story is disrupted by the main character (Panda) who refuses to play the part.
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Graphic Novel
Graphic Novel
When Stars Are Scattered
Child graphic novel, e-book, and e-audiobook. Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in a refugee camp, and when an opportunity for Omar to get an education comes along, he must decide between going to school every day or caring for his nonverbal brother in this intimate and touching portrayal of family and daily life in a refugee camp.
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Graphic Novel
Dog Man: Grime and Punishment
Child graphic novel in English and Spanish, and e-book. The Supa Buddies bamboozled the baddies, but all's not right in the world. Dog Man has a new problem to pound, and he's going to need his entire pack to help him. Will he go barking up the wrong tree? Book 9 in the Dog Man series.
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Spanish Language
Spanish Language
Dog Man: Grime and Punishment
Child graphic novel in English and Spanish, and e-book. The Supa Buddies bamboozled the baddies, but all's not right in the world. Dog Man has a new problem to pound, and he's going to need his entire pack to help him. Will he go barking up the wrong tree? Book 9 in the Dog Man series.
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Fiction
Fiction
Kickoff!
Child fiction book. NFL superstars and bestselling authors Tiki and Ronde Barber kick off a new, semi-autobiographical, middle-grade series with a story of teamwork, perseverance, family, and friendship.
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Fiction
The Wild Robot Escapes
Child fiction book, e-book and e-audiobook. After being captured by the Recons and returned to civilization for reprogramming, Roz is sent to Hilltop Farm where she befriends her owner's family and animals, but pines for her son, Brightbill.
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Fiction
Stella Diaz Has Something to Say
Child fiction book. Stella Diaz wants to be friends with the new boy in class, but sometimes she accidentally speaks Spanish instead of English and pronounces words wrong, which makes her turn roja. In addition, she has to get over her fear of speaking in front of the class.
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Fiction
Dragons in a Bag
Child fiction book, e-book, and e-audiobook. In Brooklyn, nine-year-old Jax joins Ma, a curmudgeonly witch who lives in his building, on a quest to deliver three baby dragons to a magical world, and along the way discovers his true calling.
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Fiction
The Smartest Kid in the Universe
Child fiction book. When seventh-grader Jake McQuade mistakes the world's first ingestible knowledge pills for jelly beans, he suddenly knows all about physics and geometry and can speak Swahili (though Spanish would be a lot more useful)--but his sort-of girlfriend Grace thinks they can use his new found brilliance to save their middle school from the new principal, who is conspiring to get it shut down.
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Fiction
Song for a Whale
Child fiction book, e-book, and e-audiobook. Twelve-year-old Iris and her grandmother, both deaf, drive from Texas to Alaska armed with Iris's plan to help Blue-55, a whale unable to communicate with other whales.
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Fiction
Inside Out & Back Again
Child fiction book, e-book, and e-audiobook. Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama.
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Fiction
A Dog’s Life: The Autobiography of a Stray
Child fiction book, e-book, and e-audiobook. Squirrel, a stray puppy, tells her life story, from her nurturing mother and brother to making her own way in the world, facing busy highways, changing seasons, and humans both gentle and brutal.
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Fiction
Framed! : a T.O.A.S.T. Mystery
Child fiction book, e-book, and e-audiobook. In Washington, D.C., twelve-year-old Florian Bates, a consulting detective for the FBI, and his best friend Margaret help thwart the biggest art heist in United States history. Book 1 in the series.
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Fiction
Llama Destroys the World
Child picture book and e-audiobook. Eating too much pie causes Llama to rip his dancing pants, opening a black hole and threatening the entire universe.
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Fiction
I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018
Child fiction book, e-book, and e-audiobook. Traces the story of a boy who moves across the country to rural northern California, where his efforts to adjust are challenged by a fast-moving firestorm that places family homes and lives at risk. Part of the I Survived series.
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Fiction
Ways to Make Sunshine
Child fiction book. The Hart family of Portland, Oregon, faces many setbacks after Ryan's father loses his job, but no matter what, Ryan tries to bring sunshine to her loved ones.
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Fiction
Three Keys : A Front Desk Novel
Child fiction book, e-book, and e-audiobook. Mia Tang thinks she's going to have the best year ever. She and her parents are the proud owners of the Calivista Motel, Mia gets to run the front desk with her best friend, Lupe, and she's finally getting somewhere with her writing! But as it turns out, sixth grade is no picnic.
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Nonfiction
Nonfiction
From an Idea to LEGO: The Building Bricks Behind the World’s Largest Toy Company
Child nonfiction book. Today, LEGO is one of the biggest toy companies in the world, but a long time ago, a Danish carpenter, Ole Kirk Christiansen, started with just an idea. Find out more about LEGO's origins, those famous bricks, and their other inventive toys and movie ventures in this illustrated nonfiction book!
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Nonfiction
The Teachers March! : How Selma's Teachers Changed History
Child nonfiction book, audiobook on CD, and e-audiobook. Reverend F.D. Reese was a leader of the Voting Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama. As a teacher and principal, he recognized that his colleagues were viewed with great respect in the city. Could he convince them to risk their jobs--and perhaps their lives--by organizing a teachers-only march to the county courthouse to demand their right to vote? On January 22, 1965, the Black teachers left their classrooms and did just that, with Reverend Reese leading the way.
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Audiobooks
Audiobooks
The Wild Robot Escapes
Child fiction book, e-book and e-audiobook. After being captured by the Recons and returned to civilization for reprogramming, Roz is sent to Hilltop Farm where she befriends her owner's family and animals, but pines for her son, Brightbill.
Where to Find:
Audiobooks
Dragons in a Bag
Child fiction book, e-book, and e-audiobook. In Brooklyn, nine-year-old Jax joins Ma, a curmudgeonly witch who lives in his building, on a quest to deliver three baby dragons to a magical world, and along the way discovers his true calling.
Where to Find:
Audiobooks
When Stars Are Scattered
Child graphic novel, e-book, and e-audiobook. Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in a refugee camp, and when an opportunity for Omar to get an education comes along, he must decide between going to school every day or caring for his nonverbal brother in this intimate and touching portrayal of family and daily life in a refugee camp.
Where to Find:
Audiobooks
Song for a Whale
Child fiction book, e-book, and e-audiobook. Twelve-year-old Iris and her grandmother, both deaf, drive from Texas to Alaska armed with Iris's plan to help Blue-55, a whale unable to communicate with other whales.
Where to Find:
Audiobooks
Inside Out & Back Again
Child fiction book, e-book, and e-audiobook. Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama.
Where to Find:
Audiobooks
We Are Water Protectors
Child picture book, e-book, and e-audiobook. Illustrations by Michaela Goade. Water is the first medicine. It affects and connects us all... When a black snake threatens to destroy the Earth and poison her people's water, one young water protector takes a stand to defend Earth's most sacred resource.
Where to Find:
Audiobooks
A Dog’s Life: The Autobiography of a Stray
Child fiction book, e-book, and e-audiobook. Squirrel, a stray puppy, tells her life story, from her nurturing mother and brother to making her own way in the world, facing busy highways, changing seasons, and humans both gentle and brutal.
Where to Find:
Audiobooks
Framed! : a T.O.A.S.T. Mystery
Child fiction book, e-book, and e-audiobook. In Washington, D.C., twelve-year-old Florian Bates, a consulting detective for the FBI, and his best friend Margaret help thwart the biggest art heist in United States history. Book 1 in the series.
Where to Find:
Audiobooks
Llama Destroys the World
Child picture book and e-audiobook. Eating too much pie causes Llama to rip his dancing pants, opening a black hole and threatening the entire universe.
Where to Find:
Audiobooks
I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018
Child fiction book, e-book, and e-audiobook. Traces the story of a boy who moves across the country to rural northern California, where his efforts to adjust are challenged by a fast-moving firestorm that places family homes and lives at risk. Part of the I Survived series.
Where to Find:
Audiobooks
The Teachers March! : How Selma's Teachers Changed History
Child nonfiction book, audiobook on CD, and e-audiobook. Reverend F.D. Reese was a leader of the Voting Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama. As a teacher and principal, he recognized that his colleagues were viewed with great respect in the city. Could he convince them to risk their jobs--and perhaps their lives--by organizing a teachers-only march to the county courthouse to demand their right to vote? On January 22, 1965, the Black teachers left their classrooms and did just that, with Reverend Reese leading the way.
Where to Find:
Audiobooks
Three Keys : A Front Desk Novel
Child fiction book, e-book, and e-audiobook. Mia Tang thinks she's going to have the best year ever. She and her parents are the proud owners of the Calivista Motel, Mia gets to run the front desk with her best friend, Lupe, and she's finally getting somewhere with her writing! But as it turns out, sixth grade is no picnic.
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eBooks
eBooks
The Wild Robot Escapes
Child fiction book, e-book and e-audiobook. After being captured by the Recons and returned to civilization for reprogramming, Roz is sent to Hilltop Farm where she befriends her owner's family and animals, but pines for her son, Brightbill.
Where to Find:
eBooks
Dragons in a Bag
Child fiction book, e-book, and e-audiobook. In Brooklyn, nine-year-old Jax joins Ma, a curmudgeonly witch who lives in his building, on a quest to deliver three baby dragons to a magical world, and along the way discovers his true calling.
Where to Find:
eBooks
When Stars Are Scattered
Child graphic novel, e-book, and e-audiobook. Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in a refugee camp, and when an opportunity for Omar to get an education comes along, he must decide between going to school every day or caring for his nonverbal brother in this intimate and touching portrayal of family and daily life in a refugee camp.
Where to Find:
eBooks
Song for a Whale
Child fiction book, e-book, and e-audiobook. Twelve-year-old Iris and her grandmother, both deaf, drive from Texas to Alaska armed with Iris's plan to help Blue-55, a whale unable to communicate with other whales.
Where to Find:
eBooks
Inside Out & Back Again
Child fiction book, e-book, and e-audiobook. Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama.
Where to Find:
eBooks
We Are Water Protectors
Child picture book, e-book, and e-audiobook. Illustrations by Michaela Goade. Water is the first medicine. It affects and connects us all... When a black snake threatens to destroy the Earth and poison her people's water, one young water protector takes a stand to defend Earth's most sacred resource.
Where to Find:
eBooks
A Dog’s Life: The Autobiography of a Stray
Child fiction book, e-book, and e-audiobook. Squirrel, a stray puppy, tells her life story, from her nurturing mother and brother to making her own way in the world, facing busy highways, changing seasons, and humans both gentle and brutal.
Where to Find:
eBooks
Dog Man: Grime and Punishment
Child graphic novel in English and Spanish, and e-book. The Supa Buddies bamboozled the baddies, but all's not right in the world. Dog Man has a new problem to pound, and he's going to need his entire pack to help him. Will he go barking up the wrong tree? Book 9 in the Dog Man series.
Where to Find: