Archives: Books
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Lety Out Loud
Lety Muñoz’s first language is Spanish, and she likes to take her time putting her words together. She loves volunteering at the Furry Friends Animal Shelter because the dogs and …
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The Manic Panic
How can a family survive when the internet goes down? Clearly the parents have no solution. Luckily, their daughter knows exactly what to do!
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The Bone Witch
In the captivating start to a new, darkly lyrical fantasy series for readers of Leigh Bardugo and Sabaa Tahir, Tea can raise the dead, but resurrection comes at a price… …
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Althea Gibson: The Story of Tennis’ Fleet-of-Foot Girl
A spirited picture book biography about Althea Gibson, the first black Wimbledon, French, and U.S. Open tennis champion, from debut author Megan Reid and Coretta Scott King Honor–winning illustrator Laura …
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Princess Princess Ever After
When the heroic princess Amira rescues the kind-hearted princess Sadie from her tower prison, neither expects to find a true friend in the bargain. Yet as they adventure across the …
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Four Feet, Two Sandals
When relief workers bring used clothing to the refugee camp, everyone scrambles to grab whatever they can. Ten-year- old Lina is thrilled when she finds a sandal that fits her …
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The Only Living Girl Volume 1: The Island At The Edge of Infinity
Zandra ‘Zee’ Parfitt is one of the last human survivors of a cosmic disaster that merged hundreds of planets into the mysterious patchwork wasteland of Chimerika. After learning that the …
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Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees
This simply told story begins with Green Belt Movement founder Wangari Maathai’s childhood at the foot of Mount Kenya where, as the oldest child in her family, her responsibility was …
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The Jumbie God’s Revenge
Thunder rumbles, lightning strikes, danger appears . . . When an out-of-season hurricane sweeps through Corinne’s seaside village, Corinne knows it’s not an ordinary storm. At first Corinne believes Mama …
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Labyrinth Lost
The only way to get her family back is to travel to a land in between, as dark as Limbo and as strange as Wonderland… Alex is a bruja, the …
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Beautiful Shades of Brown: The Art of Laura Wheeler Waring
Growing up, Laura didn’t see any paintings of people who looked like her. Now her portraits of prominent African Americans hang in the National Portrait Gallery.
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Birdsong
When a young girl moves to a new home, a place far away from the sea, she feels lonely and out of place. But soon she meets an elderly woman …
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Child of the Dream (A Memoir of 1963)
In January 1963, Sharon Robinson turns thirteen the night before George Wallace declares on national television “segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever” in his inauguration speech as governor of Alabama. …
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Illegal
A powerfully moving graphic novel by New York Times bestselling author Eoin Colfer and the team behind the Artemis Fowl graphic novels that explores the current plight of undocumented immigrants. …
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The Watcher
A poetic story inspired by Psalm 121 Jordan lives in fear of Tanya, the class bully. But Tanya has worries of her own, no matter how much she tries to …
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Rise of the Jumbies
Deep beneath the waves, a great enemy awakens . . . Corinne LaMer defeated the wicked jumbie Severine months ago, but things haven’t exactly gone back to normal in her …
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Sweet Dreams, Sarah
Sarah Goode is born into slavery, but with the end of the Civil War she finds a way to make her dreams come true, becoming one fo the first African-American …
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Shark Lady
This is the story of a woman who dared to dive, defy, discover, and inspire. This is the story of Shark Lady. Eugenie Clark fell in love with sharks from …
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Layla’s Happiness
Seven-year-old Layla loves life! So she keeps a happiness book. What is happiness for her? For you? Spirited and observant, Layla’s a child who’s been given room to grow, making …
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Papa, Daddy, and Riley
Riley is Papa’s princess and Daddy’s dragon. She loves her two fathers! When Riley’s classmate asks her which dad is her real one, Riley is confused. She doesn’t want to …
