Fiction

Bear is hungry and he spies a cake cooling on a windowsill. Since it's really high up, a bunch of animals try to help him reach it. Children will love the cumulative text and the book's sweet ending.

Inspired by the author's visit to Turkey, this picture book proves why Istanbul is known as the Cat City. Lila the bookstore cat and her feline friends search the city for a small tabby named Omar. Readers will get to witness the beauty of the city...

The myths and legends in this book come from Mexico, Chile, Nicaragua, Peru, and Argentina, providing wonderful insight into the beliefs of the early people of Latin America.

When Elephant and Piggie discover that they are in a book, they decide to engage the reader and have some fun. The humor and the whole concept of the story make it a great read aloud.

Elephant has quite the dilemma. He has to decide whether to share his ice cream with his friend Piggie. Will time--and other things--melt away before he makes up his mind?

Stink needs a sport and fast! Can his alter-ego, Shark Hammersmash, wrestle a win at thumb wars or will a perfect karate kick lead him to victory? Stink Moody, family brain, brings home a report card that isn't perfect...yikes! It's time for him to get...

Everyone knows N-A-T-E does not equal N-E-A-T! And when Nate's sloppiness gets out of hand, his best friend, Francis, is in serious trouble. Can Nate clean up his act, or will he flip out first?

Chicken and Hedgehog spend a delightful afternoon looking up at the sky and imagining all sorts of shapes in the clouds. Readers will adore seeing how these shapes transform and take on a life of their own.

The Foster Monsters are the hottest toys. Oscar dreams of having one. When he finally gets one, an accident in his father's workshop leads him to discover the sinister truth of what goes on at the Foster Factory. Together with his friends and their...

Evan Treski is a people person. He can talk to anyone, including adults. His sister Jessie is just the opposite. While she is great at math, she knows that dealing with feelings his her worst 'subject.' When they decide to start a lemonade war, there...

This picture book introduces children to the colorful, abstract artist Vasily Kandinsky. It explains how the colors spoke to him like musical notes, which lead him to revolutionize the art scene in the early 1900s.

Petronella is a young girl who loves animals. She wants to be an animal researcher when she grows up, but in the meantime, she is happy helping any sort of creature that needs her help.

A family road trip is supposed to be a lot of fun . . . unless, of course, you're the Heffleys. The journey starts off full of promise, then quickly takes several wrong turns. Gas station bathrooms, crazed seagulls, a fender bender, and a runaway pig are...

Pilar travels to Greece in search of her grandfather thanks to a magic hammock he left her. There she meets characters from Greek mythology including Zeus, Hera, Hercules, King Midas, Medusa, and Pegasus. She writes all the details of this...

Heidi enters the school's cookie contest and decides to add a little magic to her family's chocolate cookie recipe. Will the results be sweet?

Max, Alison, and their friends solve 10 cases in this graphic mystery, including discovering who stole Ethan's basketball card and who broke into the store at the White Pine camp.

Who is sabotaging the space mission? Who stole Twiggy the lobster? Max Finder and his friends investigate 10 cases in this graphic mystery.

Who laid a trap and made Andrea fall so she could not participate in the race? Who stole Tony's skates? Who is making the geese sick? Max, Alison, and their friend solve these and seven other cases.

Coco goes on a field trip with his class to the Valley of the Giant Mushrooms. The teacher wants to find a rare plant. How boring! Or is it? Wait until you see what sort of amazing creatures live in the valley.

Daniel has a recurring nightmare about a giant, vicious dog that terrifies him. One night, just when he thinks the animal is about to attack him, the Nightmare Princess appears and saves him. She only asks for one favor in return. Discover what she...

Marta is a good witch who has to pretend to be evil in order to buy the house in which she lives. That won't be easy for our lovable protagonist because her good will and magic have a life of their own.

Elmore Green is quite content being an only child. He has a room all to himself and he does not have to share his things, especially his beloved jelly beans. Everything changes one day when a new small person is brought home. As with most older...

Sofi is drawn to the colorful mural with images of Puerto Rico that she walks by in her neighborhood. One day on her way home from the store, she finds herself transported to Old San Juan with the characters from the painting. She has a great time...

Heidi has had just about enough of mean Melanie, so she decides to cast a little spell. Will it have its desired effects on Melanie and on her?

Heidi attends public school after being homeschooled. She encounters common issues, such as bullying and fearing the unknown, as do many new students, but there is something a little different about Heidi. She's a witch! Her spells do not always have...

In this heartwarming collection of rhyming verses, Alma Flor Ada captures the sheer joy felt upon the birth of child. The musicality of the poems make them ideal for reading aloud. Each one will evoke imagery for older children while being as soothing...

In this adaptation of the Selfish Giant, Ruperto will not share anything in his lush garden with the animals that ask for his help. When everything withers, so do his mean ways.

Uncle Manuel leaves his dragon Ziggy with Eduardo while he goes to a retreat. Eduardo discovers that Ziggy is actually a girl dragon when she lays an egg in the linen closet and, days later, out hatches a baby dragon. In this hilarious book, told...

A little boy complains to his uncle in a series of emails about how hard it is to pet sit his dragon. Readers will love seeing the hilarious havoc the dragon causes.

Mr. Levin comes to Bogota in 1938 to open up a watch shop in a small building in a modest neighborhood. His neighbor is Mrs. Blanca, a school teacher. This amazingly detailed picture book shows the passage of time over the ensuing decades as these two...

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...

It's Grandmother's birthday and Max and Ruby each make her a special cake. Naturally, when Max is involved, nothing goes as smoothly as his sister had planned.

In book three, Billie learns she should not play with scissors and cut her own hair and decides that finding a secret message in a bottle is a great way to make friends at the beach.

A Spanish boy befriends a girl named Saida who emigrates from Morocco. He helps her learn Spanish and she teaches him Arabic. Readers get a chance to learn Arabic as well.

Inspired by New York City's High Line, this is the story of a little boy who, upon discovering a dying plant growing on abandoned elevated train tracks, decides to take care of it and expand the garden. This act inspired gardens to be planted all over...

In the first of the two beginning chapter books in this beginning reader, Billie B. takes a class trip to the zoo and becomes the teacher's extra-special helper. In the second one, it's Christmas and both Billie and her friend Jack want new bicycles.

Jule is having a tough time on and off the court. Her parents are about to separate and Paula, the team's star player, has left the team to play for another. Good thing she can count on the unconditional support of her teammates to help her through...

Semra's parents have religious objections to her playing soccer. Her teammates and their trainer find a way to appease them so Semra could be in the big tournament.

Paula forms an all girls name when she becomes too old to play on the co-ed teams. The girls stick with it in spite of the obstacles they encounter.

Children will enjoy this classic tale in either language. It has been gently adapted for younger readers.