SEL: C Social Awareness

In this powerful story of resilience and hope, one girl observes her community through the changing rhythm of each season. The Children’s Book Council (CBC) - K-2nd grade CHILDREN'S FAVORITE… Read More →

A lovebird who doesn't like kisses?! Rissy's friends and family wonder if she's sick, confused, or rude. But kisses make Rissy uncomfortable. Can one little lovebird show everyone that… Read More →

Max and his sister Lily are staying with relatives while their mom is away getting her own emotional help. Max and Lily are being teased and bullied at school. Their Aunt Eileen calls the… Read More →

Rosa Parks was a Black American civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus became the spark that started the civil rights movement in the United States. Rosa's… Read More →

Queen Bee has royally great ideas to cheer up her best friend when his pet bird gets lost. But nothing seems to work. Will Beena figure out how to be there for her friend? In the Queen Bee… Read More →

Queen Bee is hosting a royal garden party! Everything is perfect until her best friend brings something that is not part of the plan. Will Beena be able to have the perfect party and still be Read More →

Ruby LOVES HAVING FUN, while Graham LOVES ORGANIZING. In their own unique ways, they make sure that Acorn Wood is a beautiful and lively place. Ruby was always playing games and Graham was… Read More →

Ruby loves to fix things, rather than throwing them away. When a shiny new department store opens next door to Ruby's Repair Café, everyone in town soon forgets about fixing things. Ruby… Read More →

For Ruby Valentine, two pets means twice the love! There's a new addition in the Valentine house: a kitten! He's soft and sweet, and Ruby is happy to have him. But not everyone shares… Read More →

It's Valentine's Day and Ruby won't let anything spoil the celebration! In this follow-up to the popular Love, Ruby Valentine, Ruby's favorite day of the year rolls around again, and she and… Read More →

Funny, fast-paced, and heartfelt, Rules for Liars is about making mistakes, asking for second chances, and discovering the truth is worth telling. Twelve-year-old Nikki Davis has been lying… Read More →

Fourteen-year-old Griffin Finch attends school on scholarship and is struggling to stay on the basketball team. Griffin spends the summer playing basketball on a street court for the Running… Read More →

Ruth First was born in South Africa, where her Jewish family fled from danger in Europe in the early 1900s. South Africa was a safe place for Jews, but not for Black people. Inspired by her… Read More →

A Robert F. Sibert Honor Book A National Book Award Longlist Selection Jane Addams Children's Book Award Flora Stieglitz Straus Award A Booklist Editor's Choice “Magnetic and chilling in its Read More →

When Matthew's dad gets in trouble, he makes trouble for everyone else too. But with Dad in jail, Matthew and his mom have a chance to put their pieces back together. Mom makes plans for a… Read More →

Sawyer’s Got Big Ideas, Big Energy—and Big Feelings to Match! Sawyer wakes up bursting with creativity. He sketches, builds, imagines, and jumps from one idea to the next. But when things… Read More →

Little Red Riding Hood is scared of everything. But when she finds a lost wolf cub in need of help, can she find the courage to brave the forest? This new modern twist on Little Red Riding… Read More →

When The Scar Boys ended, the band has fallen apart. Harry and Johnny are barely speaking, and Cheyenne is feeling desperate about Johnny, who has retreated into silence. It's only through… Read More →

When an Indigenous group demands that the local school's name be changed, AJ delves into his family's history—and the town's. AJ's family has been in this town from the very beginning, they… Read More →

Fake news, pseudoscience, and quackery have become scourges, spreading through society from social media all the way to Congress. The line between entertainment and reality, between fact and… Read More →

The summer holidays have finally arrived, and Scout can't wait for her adventure in the big rig with Dad. After Mom died, life hasn't been the same. But now Dad and Scout are on a mission to Read More →

Ben was never supposed to find out about his father's mysterious past, but when a school project forces him to confront his mother, she can no longer ignore the secrets she's kept all these… Read More →

Working through times of setbacks and Grand Slam glory, Serena Williams has become a role model for a new generation of tennis players, and it's all captured in this graphic biography. From… Read More →