PreK-8

Two young siblings make salsa in a molcajete. The recipe is shared in the verses.

There are many kinds of friends including invisible ones, family members, pets, pen pals you have never met, and best friends. This book celebrates the special bond in all its diversity.

Anita, a 12-year-old living in the Dominican Republic during the reign of dictator Rafael Trujillo, must endure the unrest her country is suffering along with her brother and parents. Anita learns the value of freedom, while dealing with the everyday...

The Librarynauts decide to explore the Moon, the Sun, the planets, and the stars in a book about space. They discover many surprises along the way!

These short poems capture the beauty of nature and the seasons.

Father Woodpecker teaches his child how to peck at a tree. The little bird has so much fun, he begins to make holes in everything he sees. As he goes from object to object, kids will learn the names of the different items.

Lola's class is given the assignment to draw a picture of the place where they come from, but, since Lola left the Island when she was a baby, she has no memory of it. She turns to her neighbors and family for help and from their recollections, she...

Max continues to get himself into jams and he won't stop until he becomes the school's hero. After sneaking into the ventilation system of South Ridge School, Max falls through a trapdoor and lands on three very muscular criminals. Is he doomed or will...

Will and Evanlyn are headed to Skandia as prisoners of the terrifying Captain Erak. Halt has vowed to save Will and is willing to do anything, even defy his king. Thrown out of the Rangers, Halt joins forces with Horace. Along the way, Horace's...

Grandpa has a cold and the only thing to cure him is a tea made from dragon tears. Manu finds a dragon, but his sad stories only make the dragon laugh. Luckily, just when Manu has given up, the dragon laughs until he cries!

This is based on the true story of a courageous girl from Hiroshima who was two years old when the atomic bomb was dropped. Although she developed leukemia and died ten years later, Sadako never lost her faith and determination as she battled a...

In this stunning anthology of five Mayan tales, readers will discover why the nighthawk pursues the wild turkey, how Chaac became the god of rain, how the different forest animals banded together to help the hummingbirds, why lizards can shed their...

Ever since Dory has befriended Rosabelle, school hasn't been too bad, but now the class is learning how to read and Dory is finding that difficult. Perhaps a little magic would help? What could possibly go wrong?

The burnt brownies will not get Fiona and Finley a blue ribbon. Winning no longer seems that important to them once they meet Benjamin Franklin and make great discoveries with the brilliant Founding Father. A brief biography on Benjamin Franklin and...

Jack and Annie finally get a chance to visit Antarctica. How can anyone be happy there? They will have to learn this from the penguins.

Jack and Annie travel back in time to the Renaissance. In this exciting installment, they enlist the help of Leonardo da Vinci.

Can bad guys change their ways? The Big Bad Wolf seems to think so and convinces Mr. Shark, Mr. Serpent, and Mr. Piranha to join him in a quest to become a hero instead of villain. Piece of cake, right?

A little girl named Mariona and her cat end up inside a book they are reading. The story takes place in a land where there are no shadows or nighttime. She comes up with a clever way of solving that problem.

With just a couple of household items, you can build your own seismograph. This book provides fascinating information about earthquakes.

With just a plastic bag, a tea bag, some sticks, and a candle, you can build your very own hot balloon. This book also provides interesting information about flying.

When Mia's grandmother moves in with them, she speaks very little English and Mia's Spanish is not very good. To make matters worse, the grandmother misses her homeland. The two end up teaching each other their languages with the help of a parrot named...

Hannah is worried about the bakery. She comes up with a brilliant marketing campaign with the help of her new friends.

We all have superpowers. For some it's music, memory, adaptation, creativity, just to name a few. What's yours?

When Malala was a little girl, she wanted to have a magic pencil to create things that would make people happy and erase the things that were unpleasant. Later on, the fearless girl learned that a pencil does not have to be magic to change the world. ...

Jorge Luis Borges is considered one of Latin America's best writers. An ingenious use of color and rich text depict the exciting world Borges created for himself as a child. Not allowed to run around like other boys his age, he used his vivid imagination...

Nora is none too pleased about having to stay with her uncle. She sees that his next door neighbor is a lonely, elderly lady named Jeanne who never married. She wants to help her, and, in the process, ends up learning a lot about life.

Young children will enjoy discovering the wonders of the rainforest through photographs and very simple text.

When Isadora Moon and her family go on a camping trip to the beach, they're just like everybody else. They roast marshmallows, build sand castles, and sleep in a tent! In a magical family, however, anything can happen. When Isadora goes on a nighttime...

Isadora Moon loves sunshine, the nighttime, magic wand, her black tutu, spooky bats and, Pink Rabbit. She is half-fairy, half-vampire, and she's special because she is different! Now Isadora's parents want her to start school, but she's not sure where...

Leonard is not your typical lion. He is not ferocious and he likes to write poetry. With the help of a new friend, he shows the other kings of the jungle that everyone is an individual.

Why are the dragons crying? There is a taco shortage! Quick, get into the time machine, travel back to the big taco party, and make sure the dragons do not eat anything spicy.

Inspired by Luis Soriano Bohórquez in Colombia, this book captures one girl's love for reading and the power of a good book. One morning, Ana awakens to the sound of donkeys approaching. She discovers they are carrying books. The Biblioburro has...

This moving, award-winning novel explores the realities of life of a young girl in Afghanistan. Without political implications or reflections on the current situation in the Middle East, this compelling book examines the harshness of life in a war zone...

Dory has a big imagination, a ton of energy, and two older siblings who do not want to play with her. She is never bored because she is too busy finding monsters all over the house, getting revenge on her sister's favorite doll, and other fun adventures.

The other animals make fun of Oscar's hairless tail, but his family tells him why he should be proud of it.

Elephant feels something on his head and he is none too pleased to discover it's a bird. Will Piggy will able to help?

Elephant has trouble waiting for a surprise that Piggy has for him.

This book shows children how animal dads help take care of their young.

Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy celebrate the rich diversity of the Latino experience in the United States. Free verse fictional narratives are told from the perspective of 12 young people. Each profile is supplemented with information that will...

A hungry robin sees an inchworm and is just about to eat it when the little insect tells the bird that he is quite useful because he can measure things. He ends up measuring all sorts of birds, inch by inch, until he meets a hungry nightingale. Will...