The Little Red Fish

Author	Dotti Enderle
ISBN	1602130485

The Gingerbread Man ran into a crowd at 920, the biography section. Abraham Lincoln, Harriet Tubman, and Amelia Earhart tried to stop him. "Stop! Stop, Gingerbread Man! You're a long way from home."

The Gingerbread Man sped around them. "Run, run, as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm the...

Author

Carmen Agra Deedy

When Sunrise Elementary advertised for a thick-skinned librarian with a burning love of books, Miss Lotta Scales knew she was perfect for the job. Who could guard books better than a REAL dragon?

"She kept a fiery eye out to make sure no one removed any books from the shelves...
The very thought...

Author	Maurie J. Manning
ISBN	0618991107

A little girl wakes in the night to mysterious, inviting noises. She rouses her brother, and they sneak downstairs and peek into the kitchen. To their amazement and delight, their parents are dancing and singing---"?Como te quiero! Oh, how I love you!" ---as they clean up and put food away. Mama and Papa...

Author	Nikki McClure
ISBN	0810984687

Young children see the passage of time through the seasonal changes to the world around them in this charming book, illustrated with Nikki McClure’s extraordinary cut-paper art. A little boy who can’t wait for summer keeps asking his mama, “Is it summer yet?” Mama says, “Not yet, little...

Author	Mordicai Gerstein
ISBN	1596432519

A CHILD IN SEARCH OF HER STORY Caldecott medalist Mordicai Gerstein looks at books from a whole new angle.

Once upon a time there was a family who lived in a book. All but the youngest had stories they belonged to--fighting fires, exploring space, entertaining in the circus--but she didn't have...

Author	Eric Rohmann
ISBN	1596430311

In Clara and Asha -- as in Eric Rohmann's Caldecott Medal-winning My Friend Rabbit--a simple storyline becomes the basis for fun and sophistication. Clara's friend Asha is an enormous fish, which means that hide-and-seek, Halloween, snow days, and afternoons in the park offer surprising opportunities...

Author	John Rocco
ISBN	1423100115

Young Eli Trebuckle is the "fixer of all things fixable." He fixes the vacuum cleaner, the fan, and even the radio, hoping to catch some news of his father who is away at war. But there's one thing that Eli simply can't fix-his bad dreams. It's the same one over and over again: a mountain of junk, a prize...

Author

Helen Ward

I picked this one up in 2008 and have been meaning to read it again for a while now. It's an amazing picture book, very mature in subject matter, a book that you'll need to revisit again and again and ponder endlessly. It's also the type of book I would have absolutely loved as a small child (I love it now, too,...

Author	David Lucas
ISBN	0374363307

"Let me carry you," said the Robot.

"I'll carry you in my heart, and shelter you from the cold and storms."

High atop a pile of rubbish sits a lonely Robot with a broken heart. Then one winter's day, a Bluebird appears, fighting against the freezing wind. When the Robot offers her a home...

Author	Jeanne Willis
ISBN	0141500301

The Bog Baby is a magical story by Jeanne Willis and Gwen Millward


When two small sisters go fishing to the magic pond, they find something much better than a frog or a newt. They find a bog baby. Small and blue with wings like a dragon, the girls decide to make him their secret. I won't tell if...

Author	Dori Chaconas
ISBN	0763637092

Slamming the screen door sets off a comical chain of cause-and-effect in this rollicking tale of a rambunctious family.

A slamming door may not seem like a big deal, but in this escalating tale, it can have far-reaching (and very funny) consequences — including a limping, yelping Pa; a scared,...

Author

Margaret Wild

When the enemy bombed the library, everything burned.

As war rages, Peter and his father feel their home, taking with them a treasure box that holds something more precious than jewels. They journey through ud and rain and long cold nights, and soon their survival becomes more important than...

Author	Mary Jane Auch
ISBN	0823420876

We really enjoyed this story! It shows a chicken going to the library for both pleasure reading as well as research; it offers tips on writing a story; and it's a funny story about a chicken. What more could you ask for?!?

The humor was often subtle, but our girls got most of the jokes without me having...

Author	Ferida Wolff
ISBN	1561454664

Babba Zarrah lives in a tiny village in the snow-covered mountains. The children love to visit her. They settle down on her big, old story blanket and listen to her imaginative tales.
One day Babba Zarrah notices that Nikolai needs new socks, but she has no yarn. "Every question has an answer," Babba...

Author

Richard Michelson

A New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book
A New York Times Book Review Notable Children’s Book

Brewster is excited about starting first grade . . . until Mama announces that he'll be attending Central—a school in the white part of town. Mama says they have art and music and...

Author	Brianne Farley
ISBN	0763662968

Ike wants to write a story. An incredible story. But he's not sure what to write about. Maybe he should clean his room first. Or find his favorite pen. And, oh! He'll need the right ink!

Ike's journey to find the perfect ink becomes his very own unique story to tell. Ike's Incredible Ink is the perfect...

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	Lauren Child
ISBN	0803730969

Charlie and Lola have already won the hearts of readers in three winning books, including I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed. And now they re quickly gathering more fans as an animated series on the Disney Channel.Adorably true-to-childhood and laugh-out-loud funny, Charlie and Lola chronicles...

Author	Peter McCarty
ISBN	0805069348

Alone in his room, Jeremy draws amonster. But then themonster wants lunch! As his creation takes over, Jeremy begins to wonder how he will ever get rid of themonstrous nuisance.He entertains his unwanted guest all day, but enough is enough. Jeremy finally draws him a bus ticket out of town!

With...

Author	Julianne Moore
ISBN	1599903164

Freckleface Strawberry loves the Early Bird program at school because it means extra time on the playground-except when it rains. Rain means indoor playtime...and facing the school bully Windy Pants Patrick in a bruising game of dodgeball. Ignoring him seems the safest thing, but what's our freckled...

Author	Katie Smith Milway
ISBN	1554534887

Eleven-year-old María Luz and her family live on a small farm. This year their crop is poor, and they may not have enough to eat or to sell for other essentials, such as health care, school uniforms and books.

When María's father must leave home to find work, she is left in charge of their garden....

Author	Susan Hood
ISBN	1554535654

In this charming picture book written by Susan Hood, the Tooth Mouse (who replaces the Tooth Fairy in French-speaking countries) has called a meeting to announce her retirement. ?I am not as spry as I used to be ... I have decided it is time to name my successor!? she tells the surprised crowd. Sophie, an...

Author	Sam Lloyd
ISBN	1416957960

Ahh, how I love Mr. Pusskins! He is sooo adorable and funny and full of character. One of my favorite picture book portrayals of cats ;-) Little Whiskers is really cute, too, in a bit more of a princess kitty sort of way, and I found their interactions quite humorous. Though, I'm not sure why Little Whiskers...

Author	Eileen Spinelli
ISBN	0803729413

Someday I am going to be

a great artist.

Today

I am off to help my dad

paint the shed.

It’s hard to be content with the present moment when you are little. The future has infinitely more possibilities!

Here, the prolific and poetic Eileen Spinelli...