Three friends interrogate, investigate, and draw conclusions based on their own creative ideas in the children’s mystery novel "The Case of the Missing Cheese". In Lisa C. Mitchell’s cozy children’s mystery novel "The Case of the... Read More

"Don’t Call Me That!" is an inspirational novel in which a bullied boy learns to stand up for himself—and others. In MaryAnn Milton Butterfield’s novel "Don’t Call Me That!", a Korean American student endures harassment rather... Read More

"Asha and Baz Meet Elizebeth Friedman" is an intriguing novel that centers an underlauded woman pioneer in the sciences. In Caroline Fernandez’s adventure novel "Asha and Baz Meet Elizebeth Friedman", best friends travel through time... Read More

Four friends navigate a vibrant, magic-filled world and decide where their priorities lie in the fantasy novel "The Caves of Wonder". Kirsten Marion’s Lucy and Dee fantasy novel "The Caves of Wonder" follows an eclectic group’s quest... Read More

In Tim Collins’s fun puzzle quest novel "Sherlock Bones and the Mystery of the Vanishing Magician", a detective dog and his Watsonesque cat companion are embroiled in an epic caper involving hypnosis, a passel of animals, and a series... Read More

In Tory Christie’s novel "A Touch of Blue", a mysterious new neighbor changes how a girl sees the world and its unusual people. Celie, the only girl in her fourth-grade class, has only one friend, Junior. But Junior betrays her by... Read More

In Jaclyn Moriarty’s kaleidoscopic fantasy novel "The Secret of Lillian Velvet", a girl armed with a pickle jar full of coins contends with loneliness and otherworldly derring-do. Ten-year-old Lillian lives in Australia with her... Read More

A father’s balding inspires far-flung, humorous adventures in Jörg Mϋhle’s winsome chapter book When Dad’s Hair Took Off. A child narrates this vibrant story about the fate of their father’s hair: wanting “a life of its... Read More