Conner Bailey thinks his fairy-tale adventures are behind him--until he discovers a mysterious clue left by the famous Brothers Grimm. With help from his classmate Bree and the outlandish Mother Goose, Conner sets off on a mission...
Juvenile fiction
- Author:Colfer, ChrisSummary:
- Author:Gilmore, RachinaSummary:
Learning from her grandmother that her family was active in the Quit India movement of 1942, a rebellion against nearly two centuries of British occupation, gives fifteen-year-old Tara new pride in her heritage, but she still objects...
- Author:Lord, CynthiaSummary:
Set during a harvesting season among the blueberry barrens of coastal Maine, a small-town veteran, Lily, and Salma, a Hispanic migrant worker forge an unexpected friendship which leaves them both forever changed.
- Author:Pearson, KitSummary:
When Patricia's mother sends her to her cousins' cottage for the summer, Patricia doesn't want to go. She doesn't know her cousins at all, and she's never been good at camping or canoeing, let alone making new friends. When she arrives...
- Author:Groenendyk, DorettaSummary:
Seal went for a stroll...The icy puddles were too small for swimming. The rocks were too tall for climbing. Seal saw bright lights. They sparkled.Seal liked the snow. One snowy night in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, a strange figure...
- Author:DiTerlizzi, TonySummary:
Raised underground by a robot, twelve-year-old Eva Nine finally finds all she ever wanted in the human colony of New Attica, but something very bad is going on there and unless Eva and her friends stop it, it could mean the end of life...
- Author:Chichester Clark, EmmaSummary:
READ BY EMILIA FOX. Melrose and Croc return in style in this beautiful picture book adventure, full of tension and drama, from the internationally renowned, award-winning author-illustrator Emma Chichester Clark. READ BY EMILIA FOX....
- Author:Charles, RieSummary:
Starting a new life after the death of her mother, Nora learns how to be strong. Are there wounds too deep to heal, pains too sharp to share? And if a family survives by cutting the ties that bind them, can they ever be whole again?...
- Author:Nagara, InnosantoSummary:
A is for Activist is an ABC board book written and illustrated for the next generation of progressives: families who want their kids to grow up in a space that is unapologetic about activism, environmental justice, civil rights, LGBTQ...
- Author:Budd, Robert, Vickers, Roy HenrySummary:
With crisp, luminous illustrations by celebrated Indigenous artist Roy Henry Vickers, and a simple rythmic text, this sturdy board book introduces the alphabet using iconic imagery of the West Coast, creating a book that will be...
- Author:O'Leary, SaraSummary:
Being the new kid is hard, a child in the school playground tell us. One after another, children share the questions they're tired of being asked again and again -- as opposed to what they believe are the most important or interesting...
- Author:McNicoll, ElleSummary:
Ever since Ms. Murphy told us about the witch trials that happened centuries ago right here in Juniper, I can't stop thinking about them. Those people weren't magic. They were like me. Different like me. I'm autistic. I...
- Author:Yolen, Jane, Stemple, Heidi E. Y., Phelan, MattSummary:
What would it be like if the moon was your friend? Find out as you walk alongside a little boy who journeys through life to achieve his dream of becoming an astronaut. Then blast off with your little one as you zoom to the moon together...
- Author:Karine PerronSummary:
Après une année scolaire cauchemardesque, Florence reçoit de la vie une deuxième chance : elle peut recommencer du début, comme par magie. Dans la suite palpitante de ses aventures souvent surnaturelles, la jeune adolescente découvrira...
- Author:Bilodeau, StéphaneSummary:
Je me souviens vaguement d’une aveuglante lumière bleue m’enveloppant de la tête aux pieds, des silhouettes blanches qui accourent vers moi et des cris de panique. Ensuite, c’est le néant total. Maintenant, sans rien com-prendre, je me...
- Author:Mahy, MargaretSummary:
Mother didn't believe the little boy's tales about a dragon and lion in the meadow, but to the boy the creatures were very real.
- Author:Hartt-Snowbell, Sarah, Bradford, JuneSummary:
When Sandy’s daddy leaves for work in the morning, he blows Sandy a kiss. What follows is a wild adventure through the town, the countryside, the bogs and the marshes of the Land of Everywhere… to try to catch up to Daddy’s kiss!
- Author:Walsh, AliceSummary:
Thirteen-year-old Rabia, along with her mother and younger brother, flee Afghanistan and the brutal Taliban for Pakistan. Relocating to North America, their flight falls on the fateful morning of 9/11. After the terrorist attack on the...
- Author:Hudson, KatySummary:
Every year Tortoise sleeps through winter. He assumes he isn't missing much. However, his friends are determined to prove otherwise! Will they convince him to stay awake?
- Author:Young, JessicaSummary:
Fly along with the Fairylight Friends - Ruby, Iris, and Pip - in this magical early reader series! Pick a Book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read....