Kids Recommendations
“You can’t help falling in love with this hilarious upside-down take on Dungeons & Dragons. I read; I cheered; I laughed out loud.”—Gordon Korman
"A lovely, gentle fantasy." –– KIRKUS
Revisit the enchanting world of Tea Dragons with an all-new companion story to the two-time Eisner Award-winning graphic novel The Tea Dragon Society!
Rinn has grown up with the Tea Dragons that inhabit their village, but stumbling across a real dragon turns out to be a different matter entirely!
Debut picture book author Blair Thornburgh and award-winning illustrator Scott Campbell put their heads together to celebrate one of the most important bones in your body: the skull!
You probably don’t think much about skulls.
So what’s the big deal about them?
Well, every head
of every person
you’ve ever seen
has a skull inside.
And
You'll find adventure at every turn. Now, come on, quick-it's time to learn!
$12.99ISBN: 9780735361065Availability: On our shelves nowPublished: Mudpuppy Books - June 18th, 2019A pawsitively purrfect tour through modern art history! Introduce modern art meowsters with this book of adorable cat portraits, each inspired by an iconic style of art. The Artsy Cats Board Book from Mudpuppy features clever kitty-inspired artist names and painting credits, from Clawed Monet to Paw Klee.
- 28 sturdy pages
- Book trim: 7 x 7"$17.99ISBN: 9781250302953Availability: On our shelves nowPublished: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) - June 4th, 2019A picture book that introduces the concept of gender identity to the youngest reader from writer Theresa Thorn and illustrator Noah Grigni.
Some people are boys. Some people are girls. Some people are both, neither, or somewhere in between.
$17.99ISBN: 9780525553236Availability: On our shelves nowPublished: Dial Books - February 12th, 2019From two extraordinary authors comes a moving, exuberant, laugh-out-loud novel about friendship and family, told entirely in emails and letters.
$16.99ISBN: 9781524770235Availability: On our shelves nowPublished: Delacorte Books for Young Readers - February 5th, 2019In the spirit of modern-day classics like Fish in a Tree and Counting by 7s comes the Schneider Family Book Award-winning story of a deaf girl's connection to a whale whose song can't be heard by his species, and the journey she takes to help him.
$17.99ISBN: 9781338226850Availability: Available from warehouse in 1-5 business daysPublished: Scholastic Press - November 27th, 2018Aiden is the son of a fisherman on the south coast of England, and he's feared the ocean since his oldest brother's ship was sunk by a German U-boat.
$17.99ISBN: 9780823440283Availability: On our shelves nowPublished: Margaret Ferguson Books - September 25th, 2018Ten-year-old Rupert Brown inadvertently finds himself spending Christmas with the wealthiest family in town and is astonished to discover a world he never knew existed.
$17.00ISBN: 9780802854940Availability: On our shelves nowPublished: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers - September 11th, 2018A charming introduction to Saint Paul and his epistles
$7.99ISBN: 9781481477710Availability: On our shelves nowPublished: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - August 14th, 2018In the tradition of Judy Blume, debut author Kristi Wientge tackles the uncomfortable—but all too relatable—subject of female body hair and self-esteem with this “sparkling and triumphant tale of a middle school misfit” (Heather Vogel Frederick).
Karma Khullar is about to start middle school, and she is super nervous.$16.99ISBN: 9781250307576Availability: On our shelves nowPublished: Roaring Brook Press - August 7th, 2018"A resistance novel for our time." - The New York Times
"A hopeful story about recovery, empathy, and the bravery of young people." - Booklist$17.99ISBN: 9781484704974Availability: On our shelves nowPublished: Disney Lucasfilm Press - July 3rd, 2018It's midnight and the moon is full, but Darth Vader isn't scared.OF COURSE I AM NOT SCARED.Nothing can scare Lord Vader!CORRECT.Not monsters or witches or ghosts, and especially not the dark.So what is Darth Vader scared of?Re$17.99ISBN: 9781368003551Availability: On our shelves nowPublished: Disney-Hyperion - June 19th, 2018It's the first day of school for Penelope Rex, and she can't wait to meet her classmates. But it's hard to make human friends when they're so darn delicious! That is, until Penelope gets a taste of her own medicine and finds she may not be at the top of the food chain after all. . .$17.99ISBN: 9781484767603Availability: On our shelves nowPublished: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - June 5th, 2018The recipient of six starred reviews and the APALA Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature!$17.99ISBN: 9781481470377Availability: On our shelves nowPublished: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - May 15th, 2018“Young readers will be captivated.” —The Washington Post
From the creators of the gorgeous bestseller The Night Gardener comes a stunning new picture book about a young boy who sets sail to find a place his grandfather told him about…the spot where the ocean meets the sky.
It’s a good day for sailing.
Finn liv$17.99ISBN: 9780316510318Availability: On our shelves nowPublished: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - May 1st, 2018A STEM-friendly tale of a girl and the doll she upgrades to be her new friend, for fans of The Most Magnificent Thing and Rosie Revere, Engineer.
$9.99ISBN: 9781945547959Availability: Available from warehouse in 1-5 business daysPublished: Familius - May 1st, 2018There's a TARDIS cookie jar in our kitchen. A Picard air freshener in our car. And we won't even mention Harry Potter in the bathroom. We're geeks and proud of it! But is there nothing for baby? Inconceivable!
