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The Founding Fathers! Those Horse-Ridin', Fiddle-Playin', Book-Readin', Gun-Totin' Gentlemen Who Started America. By Jonah Winter. Illus. by Barry Blitt. 2015.48p. Atheneum, $17.99 (9781442442740); e-book, $17.99 (9781442442757). 973.3. Gr. 3-6. In [...]

Grandfather Gandhi. By Arun Gandhi and Bethany Hegedus. Illus. by Evan Turk, Mar. 2014.48p.Atheneum, $17.99 (9781442423657). 954.03. Gr. 1-4. Twelve-year-old Arun Gandhi travels with his family from their home in [...]

Eat like a Bear. By April Pulley Sayre. Illus. by Steve Jenkins. 2013.32p. Holt, $16.99 (9780805090390). PreS-Gr. 3. A grizzly bear emerges from hibernation and starts to eat. Month by [...]

The Green Bath. By Margaret Mahy. Illus. by Steven Kellogg. July 2013. 40p. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine, $16.99 (9780545206679). PreS-Gr. 2. Opening endpapers show a man buying an apple green bathtub [...]

The Day the Crayons Quit. By Drew Daywalt. Illus. by Oliver Jeffers. July 2013. 40p. Philomel, $17.99 (9780399255373). K-Gr. 3. Duncan's crayons are on strike. One morning he opens his [...]

Ol' Mama Squirrel. By David Ezra Stein. Illus. by the author. 2013.32p. Penguin/Nancy Paulsen, $16.99 (978039925672 I). PreS-Gr. 2. Ol' Mama Squirrel scolds everyone who comes close to the babies [...]

Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song. By Andrea Davis Pinkney. Illus, by Brian Pinkney. Aug. 2013. 40p. Little. Brown. $17.99 (9780316070133). 323.092. Gr. 2--4. Wife-and-husband team Andrea Davis Pinkney [...]

Desmond and the Very Mean Word. By Desmond Tutu and Douglas Carlton Abrams. Illus. by A. G. Ford. 2013. 32p. Candlewick, $15.99 (9780763652296). 823.914. Gr. 1-4. An actual event from [...]

HD You Only Die Twice. By Dan Gutman. Feb. 2013. 304p. Harper, $16.99 (9780061827709); paper, $9.99 (9780062202840); lib. ed., $17.89 (9780061827716). Gr. 5-8. Intrepid twins Coke and Pep(si) McDonald are [...]

Lucky Luis. By Gary Soto. Illus. by Rhode Montijo. 2012. 32p. Putnam, $16.99 (9780399245046). K-Gr. 3. Little League tryouts weigh heavy on Luis' shoulders. His father was a champion, and [...]

The Haunting of Nathaniel Wolfe. By Brian Keaney. 2012. 240p. IPG/Hodder, paper, $8.99 (9781846165207). Gr. 4-7. Twelve-year-old Nathaniel Wolfe's father, a drunken bully, performs fraudulent seances to sell-out crowds, preying [...]

Master of Deceit: J. Edgar Hoover and America in the Age of Lies. By Marc Aronson. Apr. 2012. 240p. illus. Candlewick, $25.99 (9780763650254). 363.25092. Gr. 9-12. This biography is an [...]

Scooter in the Outside. By Anne Bowen. Illus. by Abby Carter. 2012.32p. Holiday, $16.95 (9780823423262). PreS--Gr. 2. Lucy and Scooter have a routine. Every evening they take a walk in [...]

Magritte's Marvelous Hat. By D. B. Johnson. Illus. by the author. Apr. 2012.32p. Houghton, $16.99 (9780547558646). PreS-Gr. 3. Belgian painter Rene Magritte, cast here as a dog, sees in a [...]

Robbie Forester and the Outlaws of Sherwood Street.By Peter Abrahams.2012. 320p. Philomel, $16.99 (9780399255021). Gr. 5-8.Robyn Forester is a typical girl with typical seventh-grade problems. Her mother works too much, [...]

The Cabinet of Earths.By Anne Nesbet.Jan. 2012. 272p. Harper, $16.99 (9780061963131). Gr. 4-7.When 13-year-old Maya's family relocates to Paris, she finds herself facing expected and unexpected troubles. Given her father's [...]

Squish Rabbit. By Katherine Battersby. Illus. by the author. 2011. 40p. Viking, $12.99 (9780670012671). PreS-Gr. I. Squish is a little rabbit with big problems. He is unnoticed, unattended, and lonely. [...]

My Rhinoceros. By Jon Agee. Illus. by the author. 2011. 32p. Scholastic/Michael di Capua, $16.95 (9780545294416). PreS-Gr. 2. On this picture book's title page, a young boy enters an exotic [...]

An Elephant in the Garden. By Michael Morpurgo. Oct. 2011. 208p. Feiwel and Friends, $16.99 (9780312593698). Gr. 4-8. Alternating narratives tell the story of a family's remarkable survival of the [...]

King Jack and the Dragon. By Peter Bently. Illus. by Helen Oxenbury. 2011. 32p. Dial, $17.99 (9780803736986). PreS-K. Three boys in various stages of diaperdom build a cardboard castle in [...]

The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales. By Chris Van Allsburg and others. Illus. by Chris Van Allsburg. Oct. 2011. 208p. Houghton, $24.99 (9780547548104). Gr. 3-7. [...]

Dream Something Big: The Story of the Watts Towers. By Dianna Hutts Aston. Illus. by Susan Roth. Aug. 2011. 40p. Dial, $16.99 (9780803732452). K-Gr. 4. Simon Rodia, Sam to his [...]

Bumble-Ardy. By Maurice Sendak. Illus. by the author. Sept. 2011. 40p. HarperCollins/Michael di Capua, $17.95 (9780062051981). PreS-Gr. 2. Adapted from a 1972 cartoon he created for Sesame Street, Sendak tells [...]

The Secret of Rover. By Rachel Wildavsky. 2011. 368p.Abrams/Amulet, $16.95 (9780810997103). Gr. 4-7. Twelve-year-old twins David and Katie Bowden live a blissful life in Washington, D.C. The strength of their [...]

Victim Rights. By Norah McClintock. 2011. 290p. Red Deer, paper, $12.95 (9780889954472). Gr. 7-12. Seventeen-year-old Ryan Dooley is trouble. Frequently at odds with authority, he has anger issues that put [...]

Mirror. By Jeannie Baker. Illus. by the author. 2010. 40p. Candlewick, $18.99 (9780763648480). PreS-Gr. 3. This quiet, inventive, mostly wordless picture book follows two boys on opposite sides of the [...]

Edible Numbers. By Jennifer Vogel Bass. 2015. 32p. illus. Roaring Brook, $12.99 (9781626720039). 513.2. PreS-Gr. 2. Elegant photography and simple enumeration combine in an exploration of glorious green grocery. A [...]

Fab Four Friends: The Boys Who Became the Beatles. By Susanna Reich. Illus. by Adam Gustavson. Aug. 2015. 32p. Holt, $17.99 (9780805094589). 782.42166092. Gr. 3-6. This thorough and well-researched collective [...]

Wild Ideas. By Elin Kelsey. Illus. by Soyeon Kim. 2015. 32p. Owlkids, $18.95 (9781771470629). 153.4. K-Gr. 2. Drawing on the activities of animals in nature, Kelsey offers problem-solving strategies for [...]

Ice Cream Summer. By Peter Sis. Illus, by the author. May 2015.40p. Scholastic, $17.99 (9780545731614). PreS-Gr. 2. A young boy answers a letter from his grandfather, detailing his summer studies [...]

Billy's Booger. By William Joyce. Illus. by the author. June 2015.40p. Atheneum, $17.99 (9781442473515). K-Gr. 3. This meta-mash-up of comic books, basal readers, and a more linear narrative tells the [...]

Frank Einstein and the Electro-Finger. By Jon Scieszka. Illus. by Brian Biggs. 2015.176p. Abrams/Amulet, $13.95 (9781419714832). Gr. 3-6. Frank Einstein is back, with his trusted companion Watson, his dutiful robots [...]

Sparrow Girl. By Sara Pennypacker. Illus. by Yoko Tanaka. Feb. 2009.40p. Hyperion, $16.99 (9781423111870). K--Gr. 3. In 1958, Chairman Mao declared war on sparrows. He blamed them for devouring the [...]

Tsunami! By Kimiko Kajikawa. Illus. by Ed Young. Jan. 2009.32p. Philomel, $16.99 (9780399250064). PreS-Gr. 3. In a coastal village in ancient Japan, Ojisan, a wise and wealthy village elder, and [...]

The Lump of Coal. By Lemony Snicket. Illus. by Brett Helquist. Oct. 2008.40p. HarperCollins, $12.99 (9780061574283); lib. ed., $14.89 (9780061574252). Gr. 1-3. Just in time for the full-on onslaught of [...]

Lazy Little Loafers. By Susan Orlean. Illus. by G. Brian Karas. Oct. 2008. 32p.Abrams, $16.95 (9780810970274). K--Gr. 2. Babies are a shiftless, indolent lot, at least according to our young [...]

Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Mostly True Stories of Growing Up Scieszka. By Jon Scieszka. Oct. 2008. 96p. illus. Viking, $16.99 (9780670011063); paper, $12.99 (9780670011384). 813. Gr. 4-7. In this arch, [...]

Use Your Words, Sophie! By Rosemary Wells. Illus. by the author. Mar. 2015.32p. Viking, $16.99 (9780670016631). PreS-K. Irascible, lovable Sophie returns, this time to welcome a new baby sister. As [...]

Lucky Strike. By Bobbie Pyron. Feb. 2015. 272p. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine, $16.99 (9780545592178); e-book, $16.99 (9780545592192). Gr. 3-6. Nate Harlow figures he is the least lucky kid on the planet. [...]

Last Stop on Market Street. By Matt de la Pena. Illus. by Christian Robinson. 2015.32p. Putnam, $16.99 (9780399257742). PreS-Gr. 2. CJ and his nana depart church and make it to [...]

I Am Jackie Robinson. By Brad Meltzer. Illus. by Christopher Eliopoulos. 2015.40p. Dial, $12.99 (9780803740860). 796.357092. Gr. 1-3. The latest installment in the Ordinary People Change the World series profiles [...]

Wall. By Tom Clohosy Cole. Illus. by the author. Oct. 2014.32p. Candlewick/Templar, $16.99 (9780763675608). Gr. 2-4. An imposing wall, topped with barbed wire and guarded by soldiers, separates a man [...]

Sophie's Terrible Twos. By Rosemary Wells. Illus. by the author. Feb. 2014. 32p. Viking, $16.99 (9780670785124). PreS--Gr. 2. We first met our little mouse protagonist in Time-Out for Sophie (2013) [...]

Founding Mothers: Remembering the Ladies. By Cokie Roberts. Illus. by Diane Goode. Feb. 2014. 40p. Harper, $17.99 (9780060780029). 973.3. Gr. 3-6. Adapting her best-selling adult book Founding Mothers: The Women [...]

Turn Left at the Cow. By Lisa Bullard. 2013.304p. Harcourt, $16.99 (9780544029002). Gr. 4-7. When Travis Stoiska runs away from his lovey-dovey mother and stepfather in California and heads to [...]

* The Tiny King. By Taro Mlura. Illus. by the author. 2013.32p. Candlewick, $14.99 (9780763666873). PreS-Gr. 2. A tiny king (depicted actual size on the cover) lives all alone in [...]

Little Red Writing. By Joan Holub. Illus. by Melissa Sweet. Oct. 2013.36p. Chronicle, $16.99 (9780811878692). K-Gr. 3. In this frothy literary folly, parts of speech, pieces of punctuation, and elements [...]

HD * Year of the Jungle. By Suzanne Collins. Illus. by James Proimos, Sept. 2013.40p. Scholastic, $17.99 (9780545425162). K-Gr. 3. Collins mines her own experience to tell a tender personal [...]

* If I Ever Get Out of Here. By Eric Gansworth. 2013. 368p. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine, $17.99 (9780545417303). Gr. 7-10. Lewis Blake is bright and scrawny and the only kid [...]

HD * Mr. Wuffles! By David Wiesner. Illus. by the author. Oct 2013.32p. Clarion, $17.99 (9780618756612). K-Gr. 3. Once again Wiesner dips into his irrepressible imagination to deliver a mostly [...]