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Because I Wanted To Play With You

by Tamiko Pettee

Based on a true story, award-winning writer Tamiko Pettee crafts this charming tale of true friendship that inspires both parents and children to consider how our use of digital devices can affect our relationships. Jake Hedgehog is a boy who loves to play with his friends. He becomes sad and lonely when he discovers that his best friend, Sam is more interested in his phone than in playing with him. Jake takes desperate measures to remedy the situation and ends up jeopardizing their friendshi... more

You Weren't With Me

by Chandra Ghosh Ippen

The Black Fox of Beckham

by David L Heaney

A black fox, a Roma gypsy widow, and a fourteen-year-old girl on the autism spectrum discover and befriend one another in the village of Beckham where fox hunting has been a way of life for centuries. The three improbable friends learn that being different doesn’t leave you powerless as they prepare to challenge a sport they believe is senseless and cruel. TTHE BLACK FOX OF BECKHAM is a tale for young adult readers about reckless superstitions fueled by prejudice, a desire to win a... more

The Green Soldier

by J. Edward Gore

John Gore is eighteen years old in 1862 rural Kentucky. He has struggled his entire life with stuttering and the ridicule associated with it. Unable to speak well, he has focused on writing. Seeing the opportunity for advancement in the military—and with it, respect—John joins the Union army. Unfortunately, his stuttering prevents him from warning a friend of an enemy attack and John watches his friend die. He is racked with guilt and the fear that others saw him fail at the key moment . . . a f... more

Ellie's Car Kindergarten

by Lee Zee

Can stuffed elephants go to kindergarten, too? Sammie takes Ellie, her stuffed elephant lovey, everywhere. But stuffed animals can’t come to Sammie’s kindergarten. Sammie and Ellie are afraid to spend their first day apart until they learn that Ellie gets to go to her very own kindergarten in Mama’s car. In car kindergarten, Ellie works on counting, writing her letters and sounding out words. She has lunch in the cafeteria, and enjoys art, P.E., music and recess. And, just like in Sammie’s ki... more

The Attack Baby

by Rebecca Paulsen

A baby, with the help of her two ninja warrior brothers, goes up against a bear. This book is meant to be read together with lots of laughter.

Surprise, I Have 3 Eyes!: A Children's Book about Awakening Inner Vision

by Jenine Lori

Joey and his magical friends are on a journey through the enchanted forest as he uncovers how to see through his third eye. But Joey will soon find out that not everyone believes that this magic is possible. Joeys' friends will teach him that perceiving reality uniquely and holding on to his beliefs no matter how unusual is the key to understanding the power of creation. The book focuses on building self-confidence, imagination and teaching acceptance for being different while embracing the ... more

Nana Doesn't Know Me

by Donna M. Dube

What is a girl to do when all her plans for a perfect summer are changed overnight? Why does everyone around her exhibit such confusing behavior? My Name is Cally is a story about a girl, her parents, and her grandmother who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. It’s about a child’s upheaval, fear and confusion, and ultimately how the family comes together to care for their loved one with kindness, love, and dignity. Tenderly told from the first-person perspective of a child, by an experienced Alzhe... more

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Levels

by T. L. Scott

When you board an elevator you do so as an act of faith. You have faith that when the doors open you will be when you intended to be. For Jake that is not always the case. He is with his dad in Wentley's department store. They, as well as their fellow passengers, find themselves in a place that is not the same when the elevator doors open. Jake has to find control of his new power and team up with his fellow travelers. He has to stay alive long enough to find his way back to his mother. In this... more

Home on the Rocking R Ranch

by Connie Perez

Join Rusty, Rosie and Raspberry on their ranch adventures! Grab your boots and spurs and don t forget your cowboy hat, as Connie Perez gives young readers a glimpse of ranch life through colorful illustrations and western adventures. This children s picture book introduces the day-to-day activities of life over the course of a year on a working cattle ranch in northeastern New Mexico, from the birth of calves to their transport to market.

i am Elephant, i am Butterfly

by Leslie Tall Manning

When sixteen-year-old Simone Wheeler is accepted into the elite Camp Kamama--a place of self-discovery for the morbidly obese--she instantly despises the food rations, obstacle course, and powwows, where each girl must stand in front of her peers to expose her darkest secrets. But the Appalachian Mountains are shrouded in mystery, and Camp Kamama's rules will soon be the least of Simone's worries. While meditating beneath an old tree in the woods, Simone unearths a secret diary belonging to a be... more

The Great Wall Bernard Sees

by Connie Du

“The Great Wall is like an ancient dragon, winding gracefully across the high mountain ridges. The beautiful dragon is so powerful and so long that the little boy can’t see the beginning or the end of it. He stands so tall and high above the world, feeling the amazing dragon flying beneath his feet. The wind blows and gently touches his face, sending him warm greetings from the ancient time…” As a symbol of China, the Great Wall has stood for more than two thousand years to protect the ancien... more

My Heart Song

by Sister Solana D’cunha

Life on Windy Mountain is predictable and ordinary, until an unusual squirrel

dazzles his way through and surprises it’s many furry creatures along the way.

Lake Isle

by Tobi Little Deer

Lake Isle offers a refreshing look at ordinary people in common life situations, as told from the viewpoint of a dog. Lake Isle is Tobi Little Deer’s stand-alone sequel to his New York City adventure, Little Tramp. The author’s pen name is taken from his little dog, but in life as in those stories his name is Ted, a translator of books from French to English while teaching both languages in Paris and New York, and the former owner of a celebrated designer women’s clothing company for a decad... more

Africa Meets India

by Anita Sax

When Africa and India meet for the first time, something different about their appearance puzzles the two elephants. A wise giraffe they soon encounter just might know the reason why.

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