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Bobby vs. Girls (Accidentally)

by Yee, Lisa

Meet Robert Carver Ellis-Chan -- a perfectly normal fourth-grader who gets into perfectly crazy situations! Like when he was running for class president and di...

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

by Lin, Grace

In the valley of Fruitless mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents. In the evenings, her father regales her with old folk...

Alvin Ho

Allergic to Camping, Hiking, and Other Natural Disasters

by Look, Lenore

When Alvin's father takes him camping to instill a love of nature, like that of their home-town hero Henry David Thoreau, Alvin makes a new friend and learns t...

Louisa

The Life of Louisa May Alcott

by McDonough, Yona Zeldis

When Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women was published in 1868 it was an instant success. Louisa drew on her experiences in writing the novel, but there’s a l...

Justin Case

School, Drool, and Other Daily Disasters

by Vail, Rachel

It’s the start of the school year, and nothing feels right to Justin. He didn’t get the teacher he wanted, he’s not in the same class as his best friend,...

Happy Birthday, Sophie Hartley

by Greene, Stephanie

Sophie Hartley is almost sure that her dad said okay when she asked for a baby gorilla for her birthday. Soon the kids at school want to know every detail abou...

A Wizard from the Start

The Incredible Boyhood and Amazing Inventions of Thomas Edison

by Brown, Don

A wizard from the start, Thomas Edison had a thirst for knowledge, taste for mischief, and hunger for discovery—but his success was made possible by his boundl...

Ubiquitous

Celebrating Nature's Survivors

by Sidman, Joyce

From the creators of the Caldecott Honor Book Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems . . .Ubiquitous (yoo-bik-wi-tuhs): Something that is (or seems to ...

Farm

by Cooper, Elisha

Society of Illustrators 2006 Gold Medal recipient, Elisha Cooper, captures the smell, taste, and feel of the changing seasons on a farm. There is so much to lo...

The Very Little Princess

by Bauer, Marion & Sayles, Elizabeth

Regina is only 3-1/4 inches tall, but she knows from the moment she wakes up in her dollhouse bed that she is a princess. Why else would she have such a lovely...