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Ellis Island Passover
Marissa Moss shares a story from her own childhood in this Passover gem. Miriam feels disconnected from the Passover celebration until Uncle Ezra shares the story of his first seder in… Read More →
A Mitzvah for George Washington
Bella's father has an important role to play when President George Washington comes to visit the Jewish community of Newport, Rhode Island. But Bella has her own job to do—coming up with a… Read More →
Lola Says Goodbye
From the Series Lola
When Lola's friend, Morris the goldfish, disappears from his bowl, Lola doesn't know what to think. Will Lola really never see Morris again? What does it mean to lose a friend? You never… Read More →
Who's Writing This Story?
Who's the real boss of a story? The writer or the characters who live to tell the tale? Or both together? Follow the three little pigs as they argue with the writer over what kind of story to Read More →
Chloe's Nature Journal
When her teacher assigns the class to start a science journal, noting the animals they find in their yards, Chloe is sure she'll discover the most. But once she's in her yard with her… Read More →
Olive
From the Series The Fairy-Tale Color Collection
Who is the real giant in this wordless retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk? Perspective is everything in this visual exploration of what big and small can mean. Olive, the little girl… Read More →
Picnic Planet: A Lunchtime Guide to Your Galaxy's Exoplanets
Join an astrophysicist on a trip around the galaxy to explore worlds beyond our own. If you could go anywhere beyond our galaxy for the perfect picnic, where would you go? Asa Stahl, an NSTA Read More →
Food for Hope: How John van Hengel Invented Food Banks for the Hungry
Hunger continues to be an international problem. This true story of how one ordinary person did something extraordinary shows how everyone can do something to make a difference. Readers will Read More →
Her Eyes on the Stars: Maria Mitchell, Astronomer
Maria Mitchell’s curiosity about the night sky led her to spend hours studying the stars. She discovered a comet as a young woman, winning an award from the King of Denmark for being the… Read More →
Gold
From the Series The Fairy-Tale Color Collection
This wordless picture book plays with our assumptions about family. What do we think we see as we turn the pages and how is the ending not at all what we expected? This fractured retelling… Read More →
The Fairy-Tale Color Collection — Hardcover Set
From the Series The Fairy-Tale Color Collection
These wordless picture books play with the reader's knowledge of fairy tales to set up expectations, then show how making assumptions can end up completely off-target. Each book ends with a… Read More →
Wonderful Hair: The Beauty of Annie Malone
Forgotten today, Annie Turnbo Malone was an influential Black business leader in the early 20th century. She turned her personally developed hair care products into a successful industry,… Read More →
Eighteen Vats of Water
As long as he can remember, Xian has wanted to be a great calligrapher, like his father. When he turns six, he's finally old enough to start studying. Calligraphy is more than writing—it's… Read More →
Flights of Fancy: Monkey & Robot
From the Series Monkey & Robot
Monkey and Robot are back with more adventures. In this beginning reader graphic novel, the two show how much fun opposites can have together. They try to become superheroes, to travel back Read More →
What Do You See?: A Conversation in Pictures
How creatively do you see things? She took photographs of things she loved and sent them to him. He drew pictures on her photographs of things he saw and sent them back to her. Real-life… Read More →
A Queen to the Rescue: The Story of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah
Henrietta Szold took Queen Esther as a model and worked hard to save the Jewish people. In 1912, she founded the Jewish women's social justice organization, Hadassah. Henrietta started… Read More →
The Christmas Mitzvah
Al Rosen, a Jewish man, takes on the jobs of his Christian neighbors on Christmas Eve and day so they can spend the holiday with their families, starting a tradition that lasts for decades.… Read More →
We're All in the Same Boat
We're all in the same boat, both literally and metaphorically, in this playful look at how we can work together for the common good. The animals in this boat discover that working together… Read More →
Why I Was Late for School Again
Danny is always late for school. If he's not stopped by pirates, then zombies chase him. He escapes from trolls only to be cornered by gruff billy goats. Good thing Danny has a quick… Read More →
The Secret Animal Kingdom
From the Series The Adventures of Dusty Dabbert
Dusty stumbles into a hidden world where animals live in harmony, ruled by a wise frog. Dusty travels through the countryside, helping all those he meets with his magical knapsack, which… Read More →
Boardwalk Babies
In the late 19th century, there wasn't much hope for premature babies—until Dr. Couney developed the incubator. The device was so new and strange, hospitals rejected it. So Dr. Couney set up… Read More →
Winter Candle
When each family at the diverse Juniper Court apartment complex needs something to light up the dark of winter, the stumpy, lumpy candle provides a glow brighter than the fanciest taper,… Read More →
The Case of the Bad Apples: A Wilcox & Griswold Mystery
From the Series Wilcox & Griswold Mysteries
Wilcox and Griswold are on the case, trying to discover who poisoned the apples Porcini pigged out on. Was it Sweet Pea, the piglet next door; Herman the Rat; or Hot Dog the nosy pooch? Who… Read More →
The Big Bang Book
The Big Bang presents the mystery of how the universe began in a way we can all understand. Written by an astrophysicist, the pages describe what we know—and what we don't—in a compelling,… Read More →