Soldier Bear

Author	Jack Gantos
ISBN	0374379939

Dead End in Norvelt is the winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal for the year's best contribution to children's literature and the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction!
 
Melding the entirely true and the wildly fictional, Dead End in Norvelt is a novel about an incredible two months for a kid...

Author	Michelle Markel
ISBN	0061804428

When Clara Lemlich arrived in America, she couldn't speak English. She didn't know that young women had to go to work, that they traded an education for long hours of labor, that she was expected to grow up fast.

But that did not stop Clara.

She went to night school, spent hours studying...

Author	Barbara Lehman
ISBN	0618581251

I like this wordless picture book tale of a class visit to an art museum, where a boy gets separated from his class and enters a room where there are drawings of mazes. (The art museum itself seems a kind of maze, too.) He enters some of these mazes and successfully traverses them and wins a medal, (for some...

Author	Arthur Geisert
ISBN	1592700985

A gorgeously rendered wordless tale of discovery and adventure that is meticulous in architectural detail and bursts with inventiveness. Arthur Geisert's ingenuity engages the child's imagination as well as the adult's through seamless storytelling and zany wit. Invested as always in his porcine...

Author	Duncan Tonatiuh
ISBN	1419721305

Award-winning author Duncan Tonatiuh reimagines one of Mexico’s cherished legends. Princess Izta had many wealthy suitors but dismissed them all. When a mere warrior, Popoca, promised to be true to her and stay always by her side, Izta fell in love. The emperor promised Popoca if he could defeat...

Author	Faith Ringgold
ISBN	0517709473

A timely and beautiful look at America's rich history of immigration and diversity, from Faith Ringgold, the Coretta Scott King and Caldecot Honor winning creator of Tar Beach

From the Native Americans who first called this land their home, to the millions of people who have flocked to its...

Author	David Jesus Vignolli
ISBN	1684151295

A young girl's presence threatens the peace of a magical sanctuary high in the Himalayas.

Beyond the peaks and valleys of the Himalaya Mountains lies a magical sanctuary. Protected from the chaos of man, it is home to immortal beings and mystical creatures. When Vijaya, a young human girl,...