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Boxitects

Written and Illustrated by Kim Smith

Meg is a brilliant and creative boxitect. She loves impressing her teacher and classmates with what...

Pre-K - 3rd
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The Way I Used to Be

Written by Amber Smith

Eden was always good at being good. Starting high school didn’t change who she was. But the night...

9th - 12th

The Banana-Leaf Ball: Guide for Families (Español)

The Banana-Leaf Ball: How Play Can Change the World printable Guide for Families provides hands-on...

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The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

Written by Jon Scieszka and Illustrated by Lane Smith

In this hysterical and clever fracture fairy tale picture book that twists point of view and...

K - 3rd
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The Banana-Leaf Ball: How Play Can Change the World

Written and Illustrated by Katie Smith Milway

Separated from his family when they were forced to flee their home, a young East African boy named...

3rd - 7th
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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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The Hero Next Door: A We Need Diverse Books Anthology

From We Need Diverse Books, the organization behind Flying Lessons & Other Stories, comes another...

3rd - 7th
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Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion

Written by Alex T. Smith (author) and Illustrated by Alex T. Smith

A fun take on Little Red Riding Hood -- with a safari twist!

Little Red is on her way to visit...

Pre-K - 1st
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Kid Sheriff and the Terrible Toads

Written by Bob Shea and Illustrated by Lane Smith
Drywater Gulch has a toad problem. Not the hop-down-your-britches, croaking-all-night toad kind of...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Pocahontas (Rookie Biographies)

Written by Nancy Polette

An introduction to the life of the young seventeenth-century Native American woman who befriended...

1st - 3rd
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Storm Runners

Storm Runners: Storm Runners

Written by Roland Smith
Chase and his dad are storm runners, racing across the country in search of wild weather. As the hurricane of the century approaches, it's clear this challenge is far beyond their experience.
6th - 8th
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All About Things People Do

Written by Melanie & Chris Rice and Illustrated by Lesley Smith

A lively, colorful introduction to the world of jobs, workplaces, and how things are made, with...

K - 2nd
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Fierce Reads Kisses and Curses

Written by Various
Every page more fierce than the last! Enjoy a good monster love story? Or a dark, Russian-style...
7th - 12th
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Stick

Written by Andrew Smith
Fourteen-year-old Stark McClellan (nicknamed Stick because he's tall and thin) is bullied for being...
9th - 12th
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Skandal My Mind Is Mine Alone

Written by Lindsay Smith
Life in Washington, D.C., is not the safe haven Yulia hoped for when she risked everything to flee...
7th - 12th
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Dreamstrider

Written by Lindsay Smith

A high-concept, fantastical espionage novel set in a world where dreams are the ultimate form of...

6th - 12th
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The Devil's Engine: Hellfighters

Written by Alexander Gordon Smith

In Hellraisers, he made a demonic deal. Now, in this sequel, The Devil's Engine: Hellfighters, it’s...

6th - 12th
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The Devil's Engine: Hellraisers

Written by Alexander Gordon Smith

When a sixteen-year-old troublemaker named Marlow Green is trapped in a surreal firefight against...

7th - 9th
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Chocolate Fever

Written by Robert Kimmel Smith and Illustrated by ‎Gioia Fiammenghi
Henry Green loved chocolate probably more than anybody in the world. So much so, that he made...
3rd - 7th
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Finding Serendipity

Written by Angelica Banks and Illustrated by Stevie Lewis
Tuesday McGillycuddy and her dog, Baxterr, are on a quest to find Tuesday's mother, Serendipity...
4th - 6th
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The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

Written by Jon Scieszka and Illustrated by Lane Smith
A spoof on the art of book design and the art of the fairy tale. The individual tales, such as The...
Pre-K - 3rd
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The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!

Written by Jon Scieszka and Illustrated by Lane Smith
This version of the three little pigs is told by Alexander T. Wolf. He goes over to the pigs' houses...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Jingle Dancer

Written by Cynthia Leitich Smith and Illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu

The cone-shaped jingles sewn to Grandma Wolfe's dress sing tink, tink, tink, tink… 

Jenna loves the...

Pre-K - 3rd

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