Archives: Books
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
YIKES! Kevin did it again! The beloved sequel to Home Alone is now an adorable picture book for the whole family. It’s the holidays and Kevin doesn’t want to go …
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Arm in Arm
In Arm in Arm, Remy Charlip, the great children’s book author and illustrator, is at his most playful, his zaniest, funniest, and cleverest. He rewrites the rules of riddles, tongue …
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Speed of Falling Objects
If you hitch a ride on someone else’s star, you’ll never shine as bright… Danielle “Danny” Warren lost her eye and her father when she was seven—the eye to an …
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Pokko and the Drum
A Publishers Weekly Most Anticipated Book for Fall 2019 “In embracing one’s own beat, Pokko discovers, extraordinary things can happen.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Forsythe’s coy, playful writing is a …
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Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents Kwame Mbalia’s epic fantasy, a middle grade American Gods set in a richly-imagined world populated with African American folk heroes and West African gods. Rick …
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CROC & TURLTE: SNOW FUN!
Croc & Turtle may be different, but they’re the best of friends! This adorable winter-themed story will warm your heart, and is perfect for fans of Penguin and Pinecone. Croc …
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Parker Looks Up
A visit to Washington, DC’s National Portrait Gallery forever alters Parker Curry’s young life when she views First Lady Michelle Obama’s portrait. When Parker Curry came face-to-face with Amy Sherald’s …
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Jughead’s Food Hunt
This fun board book is perfect for little hands! Help Jughead Jones find the food hidden throughout this board book by lifting the flaps and finding tasty treats hidden underneath …
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Eclipse: How the 1919 Solar Eclipse Proved Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity
In 1915, British astronomer Arthur Stanley Eddington was fascinated with Einstein’s new theory of general relativity. The theory talks about how forces push and pull objects in space. Einstein said …
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Sunny Day: A Celebration of the Sesame Street Theme Song
Superstar illustrators celebrate the iconic Sesame Street theme song with stunning original art in this one-of-a-kind picture book!
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Panthera Tigris
While reading an encyclopedia, a highly educated scientist realizes that he doesn’t know anything about tigers! He begins studying them until he can rattle off every tiger fact imaginable, including …
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Morning in America
It’s 1983, and when mysterious monsters start overtaking a small town in Ohio, it’s up to a teenage girl gang to save the day in this new story for fans …
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Just in Case You Want to Fly
Funny and sweet, told with lyrical text and bright, unexpected illustrations, Just in Case You Want to Fly is a celebration of heading off on new adventures–and of knowing your …
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The Power Book
With this inspiring and brightly illustrated guide to power, learn about the different types of power, what it means to have power and what you can do with your own …
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Before You Were Born
What child isn’t curious about those first days of life? In Before You Were Born, Nancy White Carlstrom expertly portrays the sense of wonder new parents feel and reveals the …
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The Disaster Days
Hatchet meets The Babysitters Club in this epic and thrilling survival story about pushing oneself to the limit in the face of a crisis.
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The Forty Thieves
This retelling of the One Thousand and One Nights tale “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,” set in tenth-century Baghdad, is told from the perspective of Marjana, the girl who …
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Brave with Beauty: A Story of Afghanistan
This is the extraordinary story of Queen Goharshad, a 15th-century monarch, who many historians now believe was the one of the most powerful women in world history. Ruling from the …
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The Shortest Day
So the shortest day came, and the year died . . . As the sun set on the shortest day of the year, early people would gather to prepare for …
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Surprise Lily
Growing up on the farm it was always just Rose and grandma, working the land that had been in the Lovell family for generations. She doesn’t miss her mother, Iris, …
