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Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad
by Ellen Levine
A slave's courageous escape to freedom via the Underground Railroad.
A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award-winning author and a Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist. Henry Brown doesn't know how old he is. ... (Barnes & Noble)
Thank You, Mr. Falker
by Patricia Polacco
A young girl struggles with dyslexia until a teacher helps her learn to read, changing her life forever.
The real-life, classic story of a dyslexic girl and the teacher who would not let her fail. A perfect gift for teachers and for reading students of any age. Patricia Polacco is now one of America's ... (Goodreads)
Officer Buckle and Gloria
by Peggy Rathmann
A safety-conscious police officer teams up with a mischievous police dog to teach children about safety.
A rather boring police officer named Officer Buckle is assigned to take a police dog named Gloria to his safety speech at the local school. Until that time, whenever Officer Buckle tried to tell ... (Wikipedia)
Because of Winn-Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo
A girl's journey of self-discovery and healing, as she finds friendship in an unlikely companion.
Kate DiCamillo's beloved, best-selling debut novel is now available in a paperback digest edition. Kate DiCamillo's first published novel, like Winn-Dixie himself, immediately proved to be a keeper—a ... (Goodreads)
The Three Pigs
by David Wiesner
A retelling of the classic tale with a twist, where the pigs take control of their story and create their own destiny.
The story starts with three pigs who decided to build a house. However, two of the three pigs love to play. The other is very responsible and hardworking. He advised the other two pigs to build a ... (Wikipedia)
A Sick Day for Amos McGee
by Philip C. Stead
A zookeeper and his animal friends learn the value of friendship and compassion.
Amos McGee is a punctual man who goes about his day the same way every day. He swings his legs out of bed, puts on a fresh uniform and hops on the #5 bus at 6:00 AM to go to the zoo . While at the ... (Wikipedia)
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale
by Mo Willems
A toddler loses her beloved stuffed animal, Knuffle Bunny, and her parents struggle to understand her gibberish-filled pleas to find it.
Trixie Willems steps lively as she and her father, Mo Willems, walk down the block, through the park, past the school, to the laundromat. For the toddler, loading and putting money into the machine ... (Wikipedia)
Home of the Brave
by Katherine Applegate
A young Sudanese refugee struggles to adapt to life in America after fleeing his war-torn homeland.
Kek comes from Africa. In America he sees snow for the first time, and feels its sting. He's never walked on ice, and he falls. He wonders if the people in this new place will be like the winter – ... (Goodreads)
Frindle
by Andrew Clements
A boy's simple idea revolutionizes the English language, sparking a debate among teachers and students.
Nicholas "Nick" Allen is a class clown who has been formulating creative schemes throughout grade school . At the start of fifth grade in 1987, he is unhappy because his English teacher is the ... (Wikipedia)
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
by Judi Barrett
A whimsical story of a town where food literally falls from the sky.
A grandfather reads a bedtime story, chronicling the lives of the citizens of an imaginary town called Chewandswallow, which is characterized by food raining from the sky. The sky provided the ... (Wikipedia)
A Chair for My Mother
by Vera B. Williams
A young girl's journey to support her mother, by saving coins for a special chair.
After their home is destroyed by a fire, Rosa, her mother and grandmother save their coins to buy a really comfortable chair for all to enjoy. ... (Goodreads)
Flotsam
by David Wiesner
A boy discovers a camera with mysterious photographs, inspiring a journey of exploration.
The book has no words , but is told through pictures. A boy is at the beach and finds an old camera. He takes the film to get it developed, and sees photos of fantastical undersea cities and ... (Wikipedia)
The Crossover
by Kwame Alexander
Two brothers explore the joys and struggles of adolescence through the power of basketball.
New York Times, bestseller ∙ Newbery Medal Winner ∙, Coretta Scott King Honor Award ∙,2015 YALSA 2015 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults,∙, 2015 YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers ... (Barnes & Noble)
The One and Only Ivan
by Katherine Applegate
A gorilla named Ivan, who lives in a mall, finds hope and freedom through his art and the help of his friends.
The story is placed at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall by the Video Arcade. Ivan, the gorilla, has lived in captivity at the Big Top Mall for 9,855 days by his own tally. , He lives in his domain, and is ... (Wikipedia)
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
by Jon Scieszka
A humorous reimagining of the classic fairy tale, as told from the wolf's side of the story.
You thought you knew the story of the “The Three Little Pigs”… You thought wrong. In this hysterical and clever fracture fairy tale picture book that twists point of view and perspective, young ... (Goodreads)
The Rough-Face Girl
by Rafe Martin
A young girl's quest to reclaim her beauty and win the heart of a mysterious man.
This moving adaptation of the classic children's story Cinderella tells how a disfigured Algonquin girl wins the heart of a mysterious being who lives by the lake near her village. The powerful ... (Goodreads)
Owl Moon
by Jane Yolen
A magical night-time adventure as a father and daughter search for an owl.
The story deals with a father who takes his child owling for the first time on a cold summer night. Along their way, they encounter a great horned owl . While the first-person text does not specify ... (Wikipedia)
Amazing Grace
by Mary Hoffman
A young girl's exploration of religion, gender roles and racial injustice.
Grace loves stories, whether they're from books, movies, or the kind her grandmother tells. When her school decides to perform Peter Pan, Grace longs to play the lead, but her classmates point out ... (Goodreads)
Tuck Everlasting
by Natalie Babbitt
A young girl discovers the secret of a family that has found the key to eternal life.
12-year-old Winifred "Winnie" Foster is frustrated with her family because they keep her cooped up in the house, and considers running away from her home in rural Treegap. One day, while in a wooded ... (Wikipedia)
Stargirl
by Jerry Spinelli
An uplifting story of a unique girl who challenges her classmates to be their true selves.
The book begins with a brief introduction to the main character, Leo, at an early age, which is followed by his move from his home state of Pennsylvania to Arizona when he is 12. Before the move, his ... (Wikipedia)
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
by Brian Selznick
An orphaned boy's journey to unravel the secrets of a mechanical man and find his place in the world.
In 1930s Paris, young Hugo Cabret and his father repair an automaton at the museum where his father works. When Hugo's father dies in a fire, his uncle brings him to live and work at the train ... (Wikipedia)
Bud, Not Buddy
by Christopher Paul Curtis
A young boy searches for his father during the Great Depression, encountering adventure and unexpected kindness along the way.
The story opens with Bud being placed with a new foster family, the Amoses'. Bud soon meets Todd Amos, their 12-year-old son, who teases him mercilessly and calls him Buddy. After a fight with Todd, ... (Wikipedia)
The Rainbow Fish
by Marcus Pfister
A fish learns the importance of friendship and sharing after being gifted a pair of glittering scales.
The story is about The Rainbow Fish , a fish with shiny, multi-coloured scales . He has blue, green, purple, and pink scales. Interspersed with these colorful scales are shiny, holographic scales ... (Wikipedia)
The Book with No Pictures
by B.J. Novak
A children's book filled with silly words and sounds that encourages kids to explore their imaginations.
A book with no pictures? What could be fun about that? After all, if a book has no pictures, there's nothing to look at but the words on the page. Words that might make you say silly sounds... In ... (Goodreads)
Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business
by Esphyr Slobodkina
A humorous tale of a peddler outwitting a band of mischievous monkeys.
Caps for Sale, is a timeless classic beloved by millions...one of the most popular picture books ever published! Children will delight in following the peddler’s efforts to outwit the monkeys and ... (Goodreads)
The Snowy Day
by Ezra Jack Keats
A young boy's joyous exploration of the world on a winter's day.
Peter, The Snowy Day's protagonist, wakes up to the season’s first snowfall. In his bright red snowsuit, he goes outside and makes footprints and trails through the snow. Peter is too young to join a ... (Wikipedia)
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
by Bill Martin Jr.
A playful story of letters competing to climb a coconut tree.
The 26 characters in this rhythmic, rhyming baby book are a lowercase alphabet with attitude. "A told b, and b told c, 'I'll meet you at the top of the coconut tree'"–which probably seemed like a ... (Goodreads)
The Tiger Rising
by Kate DiCamillo
A young boy discovers a caged tiger in the woods and befriends a girl who helps him confront his grief.
The National Book Award finalist from the best-selling author of, Because of Winn-Dixie,—now in paperback Walking through the misty Florida woods one morning, twelve-year-old Rob Horton is stunned to ... (Goodreads)
The Little House
by Virginia Lee Burton
A story about a house that moves to the country and experiences a life of adventure.
The little house first stood in the country, but gradually the city moved closer and closer. ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Tale of Despereaux
by Kate DiCamillo
An epic adventure of an unlikely hero, on a quest to save his kingdom and restore justice.
A noble mouse named Despereaux saves a princess named Princess Pea. Book one tells a story about a small, sickly mouse named Despereaux who was born in a castle with his eyes open. Despereaux, unlike ... (Wikipedia)
