Gr 3–6—The year is 1926, and 11-year-old Lexie is having a difficult time adjusting to her new life with her grandparents in Portland, Oregon, after her widowed mother remarries...
K-Gr 3—What does it take to show a little kindness to someone? Chloe learns a valuable lesson by waiting too long to extend friendship to Maya, a new student in her class, in this version of Jacqueline Woodson's picture book (Penguin, 2012)...
Gr 10 Up—Junior Alex Winchester is overwhelmed trying to deal with her mother's recent mental illness and learning to drive...
PreS-Gr 2—Bingham's irrepressible protagonist from Z Is For Moose (Greenwillow, 2012) and his long-suffering friend Zebra return in this hilarious book about shapes...
PreS-Gr 1—In this spin on traditional folktales, Jack yearns to "see the world and make new friends and live in a house in the city...
Gr 9 Up—When she is displaced by her parents' divorce, Erica finds herself in a rougher neighborhood and school than she's used to, and falls under the influence of a charismatic boy known as the Knockout King...
K-Gr 2—A story based on Lord's picture book Hot Rod Hamster (Scholastic, 2010)...
PreS-Gr 2—With a siren, a horn, a tank full of water, and a "whole lotta, WHOLE LOTTA HOSE," a big red engine, the latest star in the popular series of picture books that includes I Stink! (2002) and I'm Dirty! (2006, both Harper Collins), comes equally loaded with swagger and personality...
Gr 2–4—When a girl from France enters Phoebe's third-grade class, she brings an exotic lunch to school...