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The Thank You Book (Elephant & Piggie)

Written by Mo Willems

Gerald is careful. Piggie is not.
Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can.
Gerald worries so that...

Pre-K - 2nd
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Stanley Paste

Written and Illustrated by Aaron Blabey

Stanley Paste is a boy who hates the fact that he is very small, but when he makes friends with a...

1st - 3rd
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Jerome By Heart

Written by Thomas Scotto (Contributor), Claudia Bedrick & Karin Snelson (Translators) and Illustrated by Olivier Tallec

“Raphael loves Jerome. I say it. It’s easy.”


This story follows a little boy named Raphael, whose...

Pre-K - 3rd
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Angus All Aglow

Written by Heather Smith and Illustrated by Alice Carter

Angus loves sparkly things, so much so that he can hear them.

To Angus, shiny objects not only look...

Pre-K - 1st
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Room for Everyone

Written by Naaz Khan and Illustrated by Mercè López

A young boy on a crowded bus discovers that, after some wiggles and giggles, there’s room for...

Pre-K - 2nd
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The Kindest Red: A Story of Hijab and Friendship

Written by Ibtihaj Muhammad & S.K. Ali and Illustrated by Hatem Aly

The sequel to the acclaimed New York Times bestseller The Proudest Blue shows the power of...

Pre-K - 3rd
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Julián at the Wedding

Written and Illustrated by Jessica Love

The star of Julián Is a Mermaid makes a joyful return—and finds a new friend—at a wedding to be...

Pre-K - 3rd
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Don't Forget Dexter! (Dexter T. Rexter)

Written by Lindsay Ward

Introducing Dexter T. Rexter, the toughest, coolest dinosaur ever. At least he likes to think so.

W...

Pre-K - 2nd
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A Christmas Wish for Corduroy

Written by Don Freeman & B.G. Hennessy and Illustrated by Jody Wheeler

It’s almost Christmas and Corduroy sits on a department store shelf, wishing he could be a child’s...

Pre-K - 1st
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Mighty Heart of Sunny St James

Written by Ashley Herring Blake

Twelve-year-old Sunny St. James navigates heart surgery, reconnecting with her lost mother, first...

3rd - 7th
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Just Like That

Written by Gray D Schmidt

Meryl Lee Kowalski is sent to a girls' boarding school in fall 1968 to move on from her grief over a...

5th - 6th
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Two Roads

Written by Joseph Bruchac

t's 1932, and twelve-year-old Cal Black and his Pop have been riding the rails for years after...

5th - 6th
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To Night Owl From Dogfish

Written by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Avery Bloom, who's bookish, intense, and afraid of many things, particularly deep water, lives in...

5th - 6th
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Pet

Written by Akwaeke Emezi

There are no monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. Jam and her...

6th - 12th
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Paddington

Written by Michael Bond and Illustrated by R.W. Alley

Over fifty years ago, a small bear set out on the adventure of a lifetime. With nothing but a...

Pre-K - 3rd
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Right Hook of Devin Velma

From the author of Greetings from Witness Protection! comes another unforgettable middle-grade novel...

5th - 9th
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The Season of Styx Malone

Written by Kekla Magoon

Meet Caleb and Bobby Gene, two brothers embarking on a madcap, heartwarming, one-thing-leads-to...

3rd - 7th
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¡Vamos! Let’s Go Eat

Written by Raul the Third and Illustrated by Raul the Third and colors by Elaine Bay

Little Lobo is excited to take in a show with wrestling star El Toro in his bustling border town!

A...

Pre-K - 2nd
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Room on the Broom

Written by Julia Donaldson and Illustrated by Axel Scheffler

The witch and her cat couldn't be happier, flying through the sky on their broomstick-until the...

Pre-K - 1st
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I'm Worried

Potato is worried. About everything.

Because anything might happen.

When he tells his friends, he...

Pre-K - 3rd
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A Friend Like You

Written by Frank Murphy & Charnaie Gordon and Illustrated by Kayla Harren

There's nothing in the world like a wonderful friend. Friends are there to laugh with you and ready...

K - 3rd
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The Best At It

Written by Maulik Pancholy

Rahul Kapoor is heading into seventh grade in a small town in Indiana. The start of middle school is...

3rd - 7th
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Little Owl Lost

Written and Illustrated by Chris Haughton
Uh-oh! Little Owl has fallen from his nest and landed with a whump on the ground. Now he is lost...
Pre-K - K
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Penguin on Vacation

Written by Salina Yoon
Penguin is tired of the snow and cold – so he decides to visit the beach! But when his favorite...
Pre-K - 1st

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