"Wizard for Hire"’s irresistible pages celebrate the irrepressible magic of being authentic and unique. Incidental misfits and intrepid survivors gather for a singularly important quest in Obert Skye’s "Wizard for Hire", a... Read More

Caterpillars Can’t Swim is an encouraging story about what’s possible if teens choose to accept the people around them. The presumably small thinking within a small riverside town may have disastrous consequences in Liane Shaw’s... Read More

When a single cloud rolls by, blocking the warm sun, a determined rabbit and a disgruntled hedgehog ask it, politely, to move. Hilarity ensues as the colorful and comically expressive garden-loving duo use dizzying logic to enlist the... Read More

Delighted when her father gives her a baby seagull to raise, Elisapee learns a valuable lesson about love and letting go when her beloved bird is finally ready to spread its wings and fly away. Vivid pictures show a bright-eyed Elisapee... Read More

Two courageous girls uncover a dangerous scheme in a mystical tale of butterfly queens, fluttering souls, and environmental conservation. In a story translated from its original Spanish and set amid the jewel-toned majesty of the yearly... Read More

Both fantastical and concrete, this historical tale offers an introspective glance at human nature. An intriguing mix of history and fantasy, Kimberley Starr’s "The Book of Whispers" unabashedly interprets the Crusades through a... Read More

Robertson blends Indigenous mythology with First Nation realities in a novel that’s utterly unique and wholly convincing. The first title in the Reckoner series, David A. Robertson’s young adult supernatural thriller "Strangers" is a... Read More

Science and the supernatural collide and commingle in this unique exploration of impossible true things. Spending summers with Pa Charlie’s traveling carnival has always been a highlight of the year for the Trimble sisters, but now a... Read More