When Isaac’s parents move home for a new job, the boy makes a friend on a whole new world.

Edgar is worried when his weird new neighbors invite him over for a Halloween celebration!

RIF Summer Camp: Artistic Avenues Badge. Uh oh, something went wrong with the painting! But this artist has a secret: mistakes can turn into something amazing. Can you guess what she makes out of her smudges and messy marks?

In this imaginative, evocative story, a girl named Keyana discovers the beauty and magic of her...

How do you tell your family that you love them? For Hana, love is all around her: Mom stirs love...

RIF Summer Camp: Reading Explorers Badge. One moment Daniel Redmayne is fast asleep, and the next, a failed dam is sending a wall of water straight toward his campsite. With their counselors gone and five kids completely alone in the Montana wilderness, survival becomes the only thing that matters.

Aunt Pearl arrives one day pushing a shopping cart full of her worldly goods. Her sister Rose has...

When a hungry alligator moves to their town, the residents want him out . . . until they get to know...

The marshals are looking for the perfect girl to join a mother, father, and son on the run from the...

RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 2021. A young girl notices that her eyes look different from the other kids at school, but when she sees that her eyes are just like her mother's, her grandmother's, and her little sister's, she begins to see the beauty and stories they carry. Drawn from the strength of the women in her family, she discovers a path to loving herself just as she is. What do your eyes tell the world about who you are?

In 1854, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jennings, an African American schoolteacher, fought back when she was...

RIF Summer Camp: STEM Stars Badge. What would you do if the perfect science fair project suddenly came to life? In this illustrated novel, a lonely fifth grader named Maya discovers a forgotten homemade robot just when she needs a friend the most. With her best friends in a different class for the first time, Maya is on her own, and this unexpected robot companion might change everything. Could a robot be exactly the friend she never knew she needed?

RIF Summer Camp: STEM Stars Badge. Have you ever felt like you just don't fit in somewhere new? In this story, twelve-year-old Emmy moves to a new city and school, where she feels totally lost, until a coding class leads her to something unexpected.

RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 2022. Driving through Ohio in an old Pontiac, a young girl's parents stop suddenly when they spot watercress growing wild in a ditch by the side of the road.

RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 2020. Water gives life to people, animals, and the land. In this story, a young Indigenous girl learns that water must be protected. When a danger called the "black snake" threatens the water, she takes a stand. She speaks up for her people and for the Earth. She calls on everyone to help keep the water clean and safe.

Fry bread is food. It is warm and delicious, piled high on a plate.

Fry bread is time. It brings...

RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 2005. Meet Nancy, who believes that more is ALWAYS better when it comes to being fancy. She loves to wear fancy clothes, play with fancy toys, and most of all, use fancy words!

RIF Summer Camp: Artistic Avenues Badge. Amelia Bedelia is convinced that dance class is going to be the most boring thing ever, especially when she hears the words "ballet" and "leotard."

For a young Japanese-American boy sent to an internment camp during World War II, baseball becomes a...

Mr. Tiffin's classroom is studying pumpkins. Learn about skip-counting and estimation through the...

A boy and his dog discover how the laws of force and motion affect their everyday lives. An example...

Everyone in the neighborhood dreams of a taste of Omu's delicious stew! One by one, they follow their noses toward the scrumptious scent.

RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 1968. Corduroy is a little teddy bear sitting on a store shelf, waiting and hoping for someone to take him home. When a girl named Lisa spots him, she knows right away that he is the perfect bear for her.

RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 1991. Chrysanthemum loves her long, beautiful name until kids at school laugh at it. Will she ever feel good about being different? Find out what makes her name special after all.