by Mona Kerby
1 volume
Albany, New York; 1888. Owney, a
stray dog, is adopted by the workers at
a U.S. post office. First Owney guards
mail pouches, then he travels by train
with the mail and collects depot tags,
which he wears proudly. Based on a
true story. PRINT/BRAILLE. For
grades K-3. 2008.
by Mac Barnett
1 volume
Twelve-year-old Steve Brixton, a fan of Bailey Brothers mysteries, is
mistaken for a real detective. Steve eludes librarians, police, and the
mysterious Mr. E as he seeks a missing quilt containing coded
information--and solves his first case. For grades 4-7. 2009.
by Leo Politi
1 volume
California. Old gardener Julian and
young schoolboy Juan watch the swallows
that nest in the mission gardens
fly away for the winter. When the
swallows return in the spring, Juan
and Julian ring the mission bells to
welcome the birds back to Capistrano.
PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3.
Caldecott Medal. 1948.
by Anita Lobel
1 volume
A pet cat named Nini slips out of the
house and enjoys an outdoor adventure—until darkness falls. Large animal
shapes and noises frighten her, but
then Nini hears human voices calling
her home. PRINT/BRAILLE. For preschool-grade 2. 2010.
retold by AnnMarie Anderson
1 volume
After Clara rescues her soldier nutcracker—a Christmas gift—from the
Mouse King's spell, the nutcracker
turns into a prince who whisks Clara
away to the Land of Sweets. Clara and
the nutcracker feast as dancers and
acrobats entertain them. A retelling
of E.T.A. Hoffmann's tale. PRINT/
BRAILLE. For grades K-3. 2010.
by Allen Say
1 volume
The bronze statue of a tall bird in a
garden reminds young Jiro of the
Japanese folktale his mother told him
about a grateful crane. Entering an
empty cottage, Jiro encounters his own
version of that tale. PRINT/BRAILLE.
For grades K-3. 2010.
by Beverly Cleary
1 volume
Four-year-old Ramona likes to do things her own way and usually winds up
upsetting her nine-year-old sister Beezus. Like the time Ramona scribbles
in a library book checked out to Beezus, or when she puts a witch--her
rubber doll--in the oven, spoiling Beezus's birthday cake. For grades 2-4.
1955.
by Lewis B. Montgomery
1 volume
The Amazing Zelda claims to be able to read pets' minds, but Milo and Jazz
think she's a fraud and set out to prove it. For grades 2-4. 2009.
by Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon
1 volume
A fictionalized account of the childhood of African American writer Zora
Neale Hurston and her best friend Carrie in Eatonville, Florida, as they
learn about life, death, truth, lies, and pretending. Includes a brief
biography of Hurston's life. For grades 4-7. Coretta Scott King Award.
2010.
by B.B. Wurge
1 volume
Ten-year-old Jeremy's father Carl, a genius inventor, turns himself into a
giant talking orangutan whose appearance frightens people. When their
landlord evicts them from their no-pets-allowed apartment, father and son
set out to find the last resting place of Leonardo da Vinci--Carl's hero.
For grades 3-6. 2010.
by Else Holmelund Minarik
1 volume
While helping clean the attic, Little Bear tries on his grandfather's
sea-captain cap and jacket. And even more special, Grandfather takes
Little Bear to visit Grandfather's ship, the Marco Polo. An I Can
Read Book, Level 1. For grades K-3. 2010.
by Deb Loughead
1 volume
Dylan thinks throwing snowballs at cars with his friends is harmless--until
one rock-filled projectile causes an accident. When Dylan goes to the
driver's aid, he is mistaken for a hero. His fear of exposure grows as
lies pile up. High interest, low vocabulary. For grades 6-9 and older
readers. 2010.
by Rita Williams-Garcia
2 volumes
Oakland, California; 1968. Eleven-year-old Delphine and her younger sisters
Vonetta and Fern arrive from Brooklyn to spend the summer with their poet
mother Cecile, who abandoned them years ago. Cecile resents their
presence--and sends them to a Black Panther summer camp. For grades 4-7.
Coretta Scott King Award; Newbery Honor Book. 2010.
by Janet Shaw
1 volume
1765. The arrival of a stranger from another tribe--a woman with burned
hands who doesn't speak--arouses the suspicion of Kaya's Nez Perce
village, but its tradition of kindness prevails. Only Kaya's dog Tatlo
gains the stranger's trust. For grades 3-6. Children's Choice Award.
2005.
by Bill Doyle
1 volume
To earn money for new bicycles, nine-year-old cousins Keats and Henry take
a job at a very strange house where doors disappear, carpets bite, and a
zombie shark comes after them. Beginning chapter book. For grades 2-4.
2011.
by Bonnie Pryor
1 volume
1866. Twelve-year-old Lee Chin arrives in California to work as a cook's
helper on the transcontinental railroad. By age fifteen he speaks English
and, defying his father, saves enough money to free his younger sister
from slavery in China and bring her to America. For grades 4-7. 2011.
by Jack Gantos
2 volumes
Hyperactive Joey tries to hold things together as he is homeschooled with a
hostile blind girl, his feisty grandmother copes with emphysema, and his
father shows up on a motorcycle to taunt his mother. For grades 5-8.
2003.
by Jack Gantos
2 volumes
Joey's mother welcomes back his estranged father, who swears he changed his
ways after winning the lottery. They beg Joey to join them in adopting new
identities, moving to the country, and opening a diner. But that threatens
routines Joey developed to deal with his ADHD. For grades 5-8. 2007.
by Marion Dane Bauer
1 volume
Jenna finds an old doll in a red velvet dress and bonnet at a neighbor's
garage sale--the perfect present for her sister Quinn's fifth birthday.
But the doll gives Jenna an odd feeling, her cat hisses at it, and Quinn
won't take it. For grades 2-4. 2008.
by Marion Dane Bauer
1 volume
Nine-year-old Kaye and her parents are driving to her grandmother's house
on Christmas Eve during a bad snowstorm. When their car spins off the
road, they take refuge in a warm house in the woods--where Kaye meets a
ghost in a green cloak. For grades 2-4. 2008.
by Mary Pope Osborne
1 volume
The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to India during the Mogul Empire
in the 1600s to search for an emerald rose needed to break a magic spell.
They encounter a rogue elephant, a king cobra, and the ruler who built the
Taj Mahal. For grades 2-4. 2010.
by David Klass
2 volumes
Space alien Ketchvar III, on a secret mission to evaluate whether humans
should be annihilated, inhabits the body of fourteen-year-old Tom Filber.
Tom is bullied at school and miserable at home--but finds his next-door
neighbor Michelle lovely. Some violence. For grades 6-9. 2010.
by Dan Greenburg
1 volume
Zack opens his medicine cabinet one morning and sees a boy who could be his
double staring back at him. Soon Zack enters a parallel universe, where
his look-alike Zeke lives. For grades 2-4. 1996.
by Tom Angleberger
1 volume
Sixth grader Tommy and his friends describe their interactions with a paper
finger puppet of the Star Wars character Yoda--created, worn, and
voiced by their weird classmate Dwight--as they try to figure out whether
it can really predict the future. For grades 4-7. 2010.
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