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Cover: Tales of the Cryptids: Mysterious Creatures That May or May Not Exist
Starred Review & Award Count 1
Spring 2025

Tales of the Cryptids: Mysterious Creatures That May or May Not Exist

Everyone loves stories of cryptids. These mysterious creatures have been hiding—some of them for centuries—from the seeking eyes and minds of top scientists, cryptozoologists, and everyday… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1160
  • ATOS: 8.0
  • Dewey: 001.944
  • Copyright: 2006
Spring 2025

A Box of Butterflies

"I love that story," said Ruby. "Did you love it too?" "Robot is just a machine. Robot cannot feel love." Robot paused for a moment and said, "What does love feel like?" Ruby teaches her… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2018
Spring 2025

Abuela's Letter

Abuela's Letter is a beautiful story that addresses loss and grief within a Latin family where a young girl is challenged by the death of her grandmother and discovers letter-writing as a way Read More →

  • Copyright: 2025
Cover: All the Pieces: When a Loved One Dies from Substance Use
Starred Review & Award Count 1
Spring 2025

All the Pieces: When a Loved One Dies from Substance Use

Often, children who lose a loved one to overdose are not truthfully told what happened to the person who died because of the stigma associated with this type of death. They often assume that Read More →

  • Copyright: 2024
Cover: Ani's Light
Starred Review & Award Count 1
Spring 2025

Ani's Light

Ani's stuck in a dark cloud. His friends and family try to brighten his mood, but nothing helps. When his mother finally comes home, missing her hair, Ani's light gets brighter and brighter, Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2020
Cover: As Babies Dream
Starred Review & Award Count 1 1
Spring 2025

As Babies Dream

This sweet, rhyming bedtime lullaby is a calming ode to nature. A loving family embraces their child as night falls and dream time begins. From rivers to eagles, to lions and lambs, to… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2021
Spring 2025

Bee Calm: The Buzz of Yoga

In this companion book to Bee Still: An Invitation to Meditation, Bentley Bee loves to fly around and visit his friends in the garden. One day, he notices all of them in unusual poses. What… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2019
Spring 2025

Being Me: A Kid's Guide to Boosting Confidence and Self-Esteem

Do you like being you? Do you have confidence in yourself? Do you believe that there are kids who can like you for who you are and want to hang out with you? If you answered NO to any of… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2010
Spring 2025

Ben's Flying Flowers

I'm never drawing happy pictures again. Day after day Emily draws pictures of dark clouds with rain and houses with tiny windows and doors. She misses Ben so much. When Emily loses her… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2012
Spring 2025

Bernice Sandler and the Fight for Title IX

From the Series Extraordinary Women in Psychology

In 1969, Bernice Sandler was finishing her doctorate in education at the University of Maryland, teaching part-time at the university, and trying to secure a full-time position. Despite her… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: Camilla, Cartographer
Starred Review & Award Count 2
Spring 2025

Camilla, Cartographer

From the Series Camilla the Cartographer

A 2019 Ezra Jack Keats Book Award Nominee Camilla loves maps and has always wondered what it would be like to explore and discover a new path for the first time. When a snowstorm covers the… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2019
Cover: Don't Hug the Quokka!
Starred Review & Award Count 1
Spring 2025

Don't Hug the Quokka!

That quokka may be cute, but does it want a hug? The quokka says "No!" In Don't Hug the Quokka!, young readers get a lighthearted and friendly introduction to the concept of consent,… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2022
Spring 2025

Emily Grace and the What-Ifs: A Story for Children about Nighttime Fears

What if a big rhinoceros charges out through my closet door and pulls all my covers off and I get cold and catch pneumonia? What if I wake up tomorrow and I am a princess far, far away from… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2016
Cover: Evelyn Hooker and the Fairy Project
Starred Review & Award Count 1
Spring 2025

Evelyn Hooker and the Fairy Project

From the Series Extraordinary Women in Psychology

"She's another Eleanor Roosevelt. You've got to meet her."—Sam From This evocative biography tells the story of Evelyn Hooker, the extraordinary woman behind the research, advocacy, and… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2021
Cover: GIRL: Love, Sex, Romance, and Being You
Starred Review & Award Count 1
Spring 2025

GIRL: Love, Sex, Romance, and Being You

Chicago Public Library's 2017 Best of the Best Books List for Teen Nonfiction! Welcoming and inclusive of all self-identified girls, GIRL: Love, Sex, Romance, and Being You is an… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2017
Cover: Harper Becomes a Big Sister
Starred Review & Award Count 1
Spring 2025

Harper Becomes a Big Sister

Harper discovers that the addition of a new baby to the family does not mean there is less love to go around, but instead there is more to share. When Dad and Daddy adopt a new baby, Harper… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2024
Spring 2025

Healing Days: A Guide for Kids Who Have Experienced Trauma

Healing Days is a sensitive and reassuring story intended for children who have experienced trauma and covers the feelings, thoughts, and behaviors that many kids have after a bad and scary… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2013
Cover: Home
Starred Review & Award Count 1 1
Spring 2025

Home

Featured in the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, Exhibition called Building Stories In the brown house, Claire and Wes were home. But home turned to nowhere, and nowhere turned to Read More →

  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: How Are You, Verity?
Starred Review & Award Count 1
Spring 2025

How Are You, Verity?

A neurodivergent child interacts with their neighbors to discover the true meaning behind greetings and salutations. Verity is bubbling with excitement about an upcoming school field trip to Read More →

  • Copyright: 2023
Spring 2025

I See You: A Story for Kids about Homelessness and Being Unhoused

I See You is a wordless picture book that depicts an unhoused woman who is not seen by everyone around her—except for a little boy. Over the course of a year, the boy is witness to all that… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2017
Spring 2025

Jacob's Missing Book

From the Series Jacob Stories

Jacob—the star of one of the most banned books of the decade—is back in Jacob's Missing Book, a kid-friendly story about book banning, censorship, and LGBTQ+ rights. Noah is confused about… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2024
Cover: Jacob's Room to Choose
Starred Review & Award Count 1
Spring 2025

Jacob's Room to Choose

From the Series Jacob Stories

Jacob, the beloved character who made national headlines by wearing a dress to school, is back in an encouraging story about gender expression. When Jacob goes to the boys' bathroom, he is… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2019
Cover: Lulu the One and Only
Starred Review & Award Count 1 2
Spring 2025

Lulu the One and Only

Lulu loves her family, but people are always asking, "What are you?" Lulu hates that question. Her brother inspires her to come up with a "power phrase" so she can easily express who she is, Read More →

  • Copyright: 2020
Cover: Mapping My Day
Starred Review & Award Count 1
Spring 2025

Mapping My Day

Follow Flora and her family as she takes us through her day with maps—from breakfast, to school, and even through a dog agility course! Kids love maps! Learning to read and draw maps is a… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2017