In Shannon Takaoka’s charming novel "The Totally True Story of Gracie Byrne", a struggling girl finds a magical journal that lets her rewrite her own life. In 1987—a period... Read More

Richly pigmented watercolor illustrations make this story of friendship seem plucked from a dream. Molly attempts to teach her friends Olive and Dexter how to play her favorite... Read More

Stylized illustrations and a charming narrator bring this stranger-than-fiction story to life. After Henry Miller, an Englishman who made a fortune mining silver in Idaho,... Read More

Inspired by the season, Stella wants to go caroling, but her friends and neighbors are all too busy—or too grumpy—to join her. Her first caroling companion is an... Read More

Giggle and groan as Rabbi Ruben works to repair his aging synagogue in creative, if not wholly effective, ways—patching leaks with challah dough and creaking loudly through a... Read More

The “wonders [are] infinite” in this surreal early reader. Franca, who’s afflicted with ennui, relates a fairy tale dream to her two sisters. To chase down its queen, they... Read More

A greying man discovers that tea time for one is no match for purring companionship when a strange cat hops into his hat, de facto adopting him. Their days together are bright.... Read More

Fat Angie: Homecoming is the latest installment of e.E. Charlton-Trujillo’s award-winning series. In it, Angie is ready to ask Jamboree to be her girlfriend—until her first... Read More

Melding the language of prophecies with that of fairy tales and whispered dreams, Newbery Medal winner Kate DiCamillo’s latest novel for young readers is both feminist and... Read More

Moose lives in the woods. He’s fortunate to be able to travel into town when he wants a new book; not all of the creatures around him are so lucky. Moose hosts story time, but... Read More

As if being stuck on a broken bit of ship isn’t bad enough: Albertini is lost at sea with George, the most optimistic castaway in history. George is unfazed by mermaids’... Read More

K. Woodman-Maynard adapts F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic into a gorgeous graphic novel. Set in 1922 New York, the story follows Nick Carroway, a young man who’s come to New... Read More