The Invention Of Hugo Cabret
Selznick, Brian.
When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.
Check AvailabilityThe Wall
Sis, Peter
I was born at the beginning of it all, on the Red side - the Communist side - of the Iron Curtain. Through annotated illustrations, journals, maps, and dreamscapes, Peter Sis shows what life was like for a child who loved to draw, proudly wore the red scarf of a Young Pioneer, stood guard at the giant statue of Stalin, and believed whatever he was told to believe. But adolescence brought questions. Cracks began to appear in the Iron Curtain, and news from the West slowly filtered into the country. Sis learned about beat poetry, rock 'n' roll, blue jeans, and Coca-Cola. He let his hair grow long, secretly read banned books, and joined a rock band. Then came the Prague Spring of 1968, and for a teenager who wanted to see the world and meet the Beatles, this was a magical time. It was short-lived, however, brought to a sudden and brutal end by the Soviet-led invasion. But this brief flowering had provided a glimpse of new possibilities - creativity could be discouraged but not easily killed.
Check AvailabilityKnuffle Bunny Too
Willems, Mo.
Her daddy in tow, Trixie hurries to school to show off her one-of-a-kind Knuffle Bunny. But an awful surprise awaits her: someone else has the exact same bunny!
Check AvailabilityFirst The Egg
Seeger, Laura Vaccaro.
A picture book about transformations, told in simple language for the very young.
Check AvailabilityHow I Learned Geography
Shulevitz, Uri
As he spends hours studying his father's world map, a young boy escapes the hunger and misery of refugee life. Based on the author's childhood in Kazakhstan, where he lived as a Polish refugee during World War II.
Check AvailabilityThe House In The Night
Swanson, Susan Marie.
Illustrations and easy-to-read text explore the light that makes a house in the night a home filled with light.
Check AvailabilityA Couple Of Boys Have The Best Week Ever
Frazee, Marla.
Friends James and Eamon enjoy a wonderful week at the home of Eamon's grandparents during summer vacation.
Check AvailabilityA River Of Words
Bryant, Jennifer.
This picture book biography of William Carlos Williams traces childhood events that led him to become a doctor and a poet.
Check AvailabilityRed Sings From Treetops
Sidman, Joyce.
The names of colors are woven into unrhymed poems that celebrate the seasons.
Check AvailabilityThe Lion & The Mouse
Pinkney, Jerry.
In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when he rescues the King of the Jungle.
Check AvailabilityAll The World
Scanlon, Elizabeth Garton.
Pictures and rhyming text celebrate a family's day spent going to the beach, shopping at the market, eating at a restaurant and spending the evening with the rest of the extended family.
Check AvailabilityA Sick Day For Amos McGee
Stead, Philip Christian.
Amos McGee, a friendly zookeeper, always made time to visit his good friends: the elephant, the tortoise, the penguin, the rhinoceros, and the owl. But one day--'Ah-choo!'--he woke with the sniffles and the sneezes. Though he didn't make it into the zoo that day, he did receive some unexpected guests."--Dust jacket.
Check AvailabilityInterrupting Chicken
Stein, David Ezra.
Little Red Chicken wants Papa to read her a bedtime story, but interrupts him almost as soon as he begins each tale.
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Hill, Laban Carrick.
Chronicles the life of Dave, a nineteenth-century slave who went on to become an influential poet, artist, and potter.
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McDonnell, Patrick
Holding her stuffed toy chimpanzee, young Jane Goodall observes nature, reads Tarzan books, and dreams of living in Africa and helping animals. Includes biographical information on the prominent zoologist.
Check AvailabilityBlackout
Rocco, John.
When a busy family's activities come to a halt because of a blackout, they find they enjoy spending time together and not being too busy for once.
Check AvailabilityGrandpa Green
Smith, Lane.
A child explores the ordinary life of his extraordinary great-grandfather, as expressed in his topiary garden.
Check AvailabilityA Ball For Daisy
Raschka, Christopher.
A wordless picture book showing the fun a dog has with her ball, and what happens when it is lost.
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Seeger, Laura Vaccaro.
Illustrations and simple, rhyming text explore the many shades of the color green.
Check AvailabilityOne Cool Friend
Buzzeo, Toni.
Elliot, a very proper young man, feels a kinship with the penguins at the aquarium and wants to take one home with him.
Check AvailabilityCreepy Carrots!
Reynolds, Aaron
The carrots that grow in Crackenhopper Field are the fattest and crispiest around and Jasper Rabbit cannot resist pulling some to eat each time he passes by, until he begins hearing and seeing creepy carrots wherever he goes.
Check AvailabilityThis Is Not My Hat
Klassen, J.
A tiny minnow wearing a pale blue bowler hat has a thing or two up his fins in this underwater light-on-dark chase scene.
Check AvailabilitySleep Like A Tiger
Logue, Mary.
At bedtime a young girl asks "Does everything in the world go to sleep?
Check AvailabilityFlora And The Flamingo
Idle, Molly Schaar.
In this wordless book, a friendship develops between a girl named Flora and a graceful flamingo, as they learn to dance together.
Check AvailabilityJourney
Becker, Aaron
Using a red marker, a young girl draws a door on her bedroom wall and through it enters another world where she experiences many adventures, including being captured by an evil emperor.
Check AvailabilityLocomotive
Floca, Brian.
Learn what it was like to travel on the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s.
Check AvailabilityMr. Wuffles!
Wiesner, David.
Mr. Wuffles ignores all his cat toys but one, which turns out to be a spaceship piloted by small green aliens. When Mr. Wuffles plays rough with the little ship, the aliens must venture into the cat's territory to make emergency repairs" in this nearly wordless picture book.--
Check AvailabilityThis One Summer
Tamaki, Mariko.
Rose and her parents have been going to Awago Beach since she was a little girl. It's her summer getaway, her refuge. Her friend Windy is always there, too, like the little sister she never had, completing her summer family. But this summer is different. Rose's mom and dad won't stop fighting, and Rose and Windy have gotten tangled up in a tragedy-in-the-making in the small town of Awago Beach. It's a summer of secrets and heartache, and it's a good thing Rose and Windy have each other.
Check AvailabilityThe Right Word
Bryant, Jennifer
The story of "shy young Peter Mark Roget, [for whom] books were the best companions--and it wasn't long before Peter began writing his own book. But he didn't write stories; he wrote lists. Peter took his love for words and turned it to organizing ideas and finding exactly the right word to express just what he thought. His lists grew and grew, eventually turning into one of the most important reference books of all time"--Amazon.com.
Check AvailabilityNana In The City
Castillo, Lauren
A young boy is frightened by how busy and noisy the city is when he goes there to visit his Nana, but she makes him a fancy red cape that keeps him from being scared as she shows him how wonderful a place it is.
Check AvailabilitySam & Dave Dig A Hole
Barnett, Mac
Sam and Dave are sure they will discover something exciting if they just keep digging their hole.
Check AvailabilityViva Frida
Morales, Yuyi
Explores the passionate, imaginative life of the incomparable Frida Kahlo." Written in very simple language, the book includes 2 pages of facts (in English and Spanish) about Frida Kahlo at end of book.
Check AvailabilityThe Adventures Of Beekle
Santat, Dan
An imaginary friend waits a long time to be imagined by a child and given a special name, and finally does the unimaginable--he sets out on a quest to find his perfect match in the real world.
Check AvailabilityLast Stop On Market Street
de la Peña, Matt.
A young boy rides the bus across town with his grandmother and learns to appreciate the beauty in everyday things.
Check AvailabilityTrombone Shorty
Andrews, Troy
A Grammy-nominated headliner for the New Orleans Jazz Fest describes his childhood in Tremé and how he came to be a bandleader by age six.
Check AvailabilityWaiting
Henkes, Kevin
An owl, puppy, bear, bunny, and pig wait for marvelous things to happen.
Check AvailabilityFinding Winnie
Mattick, Lindsay.
A woman tells her young son the true story of how his great-great-grandfather, Captain Harry Colebourn, rescued and learned to love a bear cub in 1914 as he was on his way to take care of soldiers' horses during World War I, and the bear became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh.
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Weatherford, Carole Boston
Presents a collage-illustrated treasury of poems and spirituals inspired by the life and work of civil rights advocate Fannie Lou Hamer.
Check AvailabilityFreedom In Congo Square
Weatherford, Carole Boston
Six days a week, slaves labor from sunup to sundown and beyond, but on Sunday afternoons, they gather with free blacks at Congo Square outside New Orleans, free from oppression. Includes foreword about Congo Square by Freddi Williams Evans, glossary, and historical notes.
Check AvailabilityThey All Saw A Cat
Wenzel, Brendan
In simple, rhythmic prose and stylized pictures, a cat walks through the world, and all the other creatures see and acknowledge the cat.
Check AvailabilityLeave Me Alone!
Brosgol, Vera
Grandmother wants so badly to be left alone to finish the knitting for her grandchildren that she leaves her tiny home and her big family to journey to the moon and beyond to find peace and quiet to finish her knitting.
Check AvailabilityDu Iz Tak?
Ellis, Carson
Readers are invited to imagine the dramatic possibilities to be found in the natural world, even the humblest back garden! With exquisitely-detailed illustration that will appeal to children and art-lovers alike, and a wonderfully playful invented language, we soon find ourselves speaking "Bug" ... Du iz tak? What is that?
Check AvailabilityRadiant Child
Steptoe, Javaka
Presents the life of the artist, who was inspired as a child by a book of anatomy given to him by his mother after being injured in a car crash and who went on to become a celebrity in the art world before his early death at twenty-eight.
Check AvailabilityWolf In The Snow
Cordell, Matthew
When a wolf cub and little girl are lost in a snowstorm they must find their way home.
Check AvailabilityGrand Canyon
Chin, Jason
An exploration of the Grand Canyon on a grand scale, as only Jason Chin can illustrate and explain."--
Check AvailabilityBig Cat, Little Cat
Cooper, Elisha
A moving tale about friendship, new beginnings, and cats"--
Check AvailabilityA Different Pond
Phi, Bao
As a young boy, Bao Phi awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. Unlike many other anglers, Bao and his father fished for food, not recreation. Between hope-filled casts, Bao's father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam"--
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Barnes, Derrick D
Celebrates the magnificent feeling that comes from walking out of a barber shop with newly-cut hair.
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