Jessie Elliot Is a Big Chicken

Author

Vera Brosgol

A gripping and hilarious middle-grade summer camp memoir from the author of Anya's Ghost.

All Vera wants to do is fit in—but that’s not easy for a Russian girl in the suburbs. Her friends live in fancy houses and their parents can afford to send them to the best summer camps. Vera’s single...

Author

Jennifer L. Holm

Summer's over and it's time for Sunny Lewin to enter the strange and unfriendly hallways of . . . middle school. When her Gramps calls her from Florida to ask how she's doing, she always tells him she's fine. But the truth? Sunny is NOT having the best time.
Not only is the whole middle school thing confusing...

Author

Manon Desveaux

Coline, 22 ans vit en France et souffre de troubles  anxieux qui l'ont isolée du monde. Hébergée à la campagne chez ses grands-parents, elle rêve de  devenir illustratrice. Ses recherches d'inspiration la  conduisent à contacter Marley, une photographe installée à Montréal. De...

Author

Liniers

A Junior Library Guild Selection.

Reading books is fun . . . but what about making them? Armed with new colored pencils, Henrietta's ready to try. Peek over her shoulder as she draws the story of a brave young girl, a three-headed monster, and an impossibly wide world of adventure. Whether read...

Author	Jean Jullien
ISBN	0714871125

A playfully deceptive format that encourages young readers to see things differently. Selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the Best Books of 2016, Picture Books category

This is not a book - it's a laptop, a pair of hands to clap, a toolbox! Each spread of this book is actually something else...

Author	Ben Clanton
ISBN	1101918713

if i'm being honest, this doesn't really stand up to my other five star ratings, even my five star ratings specific to other children's picture books.

but sometimes it's just about what you need at a particular time, and this book brought a goofy smile to my face when i really really...

Author	Adam Rex
ISBN	1484704975

This was so much fun! Just what does scare Darth Vader?! Nothing has the power to scare him, or so he thinks. He’s not afraid of a wolfman’s bite as he’s wearing armour. He’s not afraid of a vampire, a ghost (no, it’s not the ghost of Obi-Wan Kenobi), or a witch. I loved his deadpan responses, especially...

Author

Micol Ostow

"The truth is, if you really want to understand Riverdale and what kind of place it is, I have to tell you about the shadows. The town beneath the town."

I love Riverdale!

When I found out this novelisation was available I ordered it from the library immediately, and I thoroughly enjoyed...

Author	Kyo Maclear
ISBN	1554989728

Somewhere in the universe, there is the perfect tune for you.

It’s almost the end of middle school, and Charlie has to find her perfect song for a music class assignment. The class learns about a different style of music each day, from hip-hop to metal to disco, but it’s hard for Charlie to...