A misunderstood girl has a dream that guides her toward acceptance from her peers in the upbeat novel Jane Smith aka Thistle Fabuloso. In Barra Grant’s whimsical novel "Jane Smith aka Thistle Fabuloso", an intelligent nine-year-old... Read More

In Ross Montgomery’s touching novel "Small Wonder", brothers hide from danger and uncover family secrets. Tick and Leaf lead an idyllic life in their late grandfather’s cabin—until the malevolent Drene arrive on Ellia’s shores to... Read More

In Rachael MeyersJones’s stirring novel "King Coyote", a city boy navigates the rugged Vermont wilderness and the even more treacherous landscape of his family’s dissolution. Twelve-year-old King is a “soup-brained zombie” of the... Read More

In Anna Rosner’s bittersweet novel "Last Year with Maddy", a childhood friendship is tested by family challenges. Twelve-year-old Aviva finds it difficult to keep friends other than Maddy. The girls are as close as sisters—best... Read More

Images of young creatures being loved and supported fill the therapeutic picture book "You Are My Home". A therapeutic tool for facilitating open communication between young children and their parents, Julia Swaigen’s lovely picture... Read More

Faced with danger, a teenager fosters her courage and commitment to set situations right in the engaging historical novel Fire, Friendship & Fear. In Nancy Oswald’s immersive historical novel Fire, Friendship & Fear, a girl and... Read More

A gifted boy experiences friendship, vulnerability, and hope while facing down great dangers in the exciting, series-continuing fantasy novel Energy Wars: Metamorphosis. In Jodi Dee’s exciting coming-of-age fantasy novel Energy Wars... Read More

A girl learns about food insecurity in Dian Day and Amanda White’s illuminating graphic novel "Shy Cat and the Stuff-the-Bus Challenge". After school, Mila and her best friend Kit sit down for a snack. Kit eats three bananas. Mila’s... Read More