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"More More More," Said the Baby: Three Love Stories
Brightly framed gouache paintings reflect each child's sense of security and joy as a loving adult “catches” that baby up. This creative use of color, shape, and rhythm marks a unique and distinctive celebration of family life.
- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1991 (Honor Title)
- Younger
- ISBN: 9780688091736
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'Ohana Means Family
Told in the cadence of “The House that Jack Built,” we follow the growing process on a taro root farm through the lens of Hawaiian culture, concluding with the Hawaiian ohana sharing a pot of poi.
- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2021
- Younger
- ISBN: 9780823443260
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...And Now Miguel
Every spring Miguel hopes this is the year he will be asked to join the men as they take their sheep up into the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico. When at the age of twelve he is told it is not yet time for him, he works hard and prays that his father will see how grown up he is.
- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1954 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780690091182
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¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market
Little Lobo and his dog, Bernabé, make their rounds in a bustling border town market in this charming story that is sprinkled with Spanish and cultural references throughout. There is always more to see and do at el mercado, so let's go because you never know who you'll find there. -
¡Vamos! Let’s Cross the Bridge
Pals Little Lobo, Bernabé, La Oink Oink, and El Toro get stuck on a bridge between sister cities in two different countries and make a party out of a difficult situation.
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¡Vamos! Let’s Go Eat
Little Lobo and his sidekick Bernabé fetch lunch for Toro y sus amigos ahead of the Lucha Libre 5000 amid a vibrant community of food truck vendors.
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The 1619 Project: Born on the Water
A young girl’s school project on ancestry prompts her grandmother to share the history of their people, spanning their roots in Africa, through enslavement, and into the present.
- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2022
- Middle
- ISBN: 9780593307359
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Across the Bay
In search of his father, Carlitos ferries from his serene home in Cataño to San Juan, taking in the vibrant sights and sounds of Puerto Rico's capital. -
Ada Twist, Scientist
Inquisitive Ada Twist is determined to identify a mysterious smell. Her mission includes some not-so-successful science experiments, supportive parents, and insatiable curiosity.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2017
- Younger
- ISBN: 9781419721373
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The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend
In four delightful “visual chapters,” Beekle, an imaginary friend, undergoes an emotional journey looking for his human. Santat uses fine details, kaleidoscopic saturated colors, and exquisite curved and angular lines to masterfully convey the emotional essence of this special childhood relationship.
- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 2015 (Medal Winner)
- Younger
- ISBN: 9780316199988
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The Adventures of Otto: See Pip Flap
Pip wants to fly! With ingenuity and robot know-how, Otto figures out a way to help his rodent friend achieve his airborne dream. In “See Pip Flap”, minimal vocabulary, inventive illustrations, and a funny premise support beginning readers' explorations.
- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2019, Theodor Seuss Geisel Award 2019 (Honor Title)
- Younger
- ISBN: 9781534416369
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Adventures with Waffles
Whether sledding with chickens or boating with cows, there's never a dull moment when neighbors Lena and Trille are together. The Norwegian village comes alive in this tale of family, friendship, and adventure.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2016
- Middle
- ISBN: 9780763672812
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After Tupac & D Foster
This tightly woven novel looks back on two years in a New York City neighborhood, where life changes for two eleven-year-olds when a new girl joins their game of double Dutch.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2009 (Honor Title)
- Older
- ISBN: 9780399246548
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Al Capone Does My Shirts
With Alcatraz as the evocative backdrop for this highly original novel set in 1935, twelve-year-old Moose Flanagan tells about the travails of “the Rock,” where his father has taken a job. Hilarious antics are deftly interwoven with themes of isolation and imprisonment, compassion and connection.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2005 (Honor Title)
- Older
- ISBN: (0-399-23861-1)
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Alaina and the Great Play
Kindergartener Alaina has five words to recite after the second-grade play. But when the big moment arrives, she is inspired to improvise.
- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2022
- Younger
- ISBN: 9781733686525
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Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse
Alexander, an unappreciated house mouse, envies Willy the windup mouse because everyone loves and coddles him. After asking the wizard lizard to change him into a windup mouse, Alexander has a change of heart. Large, bold collages enhance the simply told story.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1970 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780394829111
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Alfie
The reader gets both sides of the story in this clever tale of a lost pet and the search for a perfect birthday gift.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2018
- Younger
- ISBN: 9781419725296
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All Alone
When his father sends him to the high pastures with the heifers, Marcel is forcefully reminded of the village motto, “Each man for himself.” But loneliness makes the yodel of another boy welcome, and when disaster strikes, Marcel is saved by his willingness to help someone else.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1954 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780590457071
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All Around Us
A young girl and her grandfather explore the world around them and discover how circles are relevant to and shape their experiences. -
All Because You Matter
In a beautiful ode to generations of Black sacrifice, happiness, and love, a family tells the story that brought a young boy into being and emphasizes his inherent worth.
- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2021
- Younger
- ISBN: 9781338574852
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All in the Morning Early
Asked by his mother to take a sack of corn to the mill, Sandy starts on his way. With each animal or person he meets along the way, the cumulative rhythmic tale grows longer. The drawings, with their overlapping colors, place the scene in Scotland, where the old rhyme originated.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1964 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780030801129
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All the Way to Havana
In this beautifully illustrated book, a family drives to Havana, Cuba, in their well-worn car, experiencing the sights and sounds of the streets.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2018
- Younger
- ISBN: 9781627796422
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All-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah
Four-year-old Gertie wants to help her older sisters make the Hanukkah latkes, but she's just too little.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2019
- Younger
- ISBN: 9780399554193
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Alma and How She Got Her Name
Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura Candela thinks her name is too long, so her father tells her the story of where it came from.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2019, Randolph Caldecott Medal 2019 (Honor Title)
- Younger
- ISBN: 9780763693558
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Along Came A Dog
When her frostbitten toes fall off, the little red hen becomes a target for the other chickens' abuse. Only the big, homeless dog comes to her rescue, looking on her as something to guard and love as he tries to make the farm his home.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1959 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780064401142
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Alphabatics
Brightly colored letters of the alphabet become acrobats as they twist and turn until they become the objects that represent the letters: A becomes an ark, J becomes a jack-in-the-box, S becomes a swan.- Fiction, General Fiction, Alphabet Books
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1987 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780027615203
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Also
Soft, beautiful paintings in blueberry ink illuminate the way in which the past and present remain close through the memories of three generations.
- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2023
- Younger
- ISBN: 9780358153948
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Amal Unbound
Unknowingly, Amal insults a corrupt but powerful man in her small Pakistani village. As retribution, he claims her as an indentured servant.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2019
- Older
- ISBN: 9780399544682
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Amanda Pig and the Really Hot Day
It's too darn hot. Hot as a fried egg. Hot as toast. Hot as oatmeal. In four simple linked tales, “Amanda Pig and the Really Hot Day” chronicles such kid-friendly strategies as a sprinkle with a hose and lots of lemonade. Schweninger's cartoony pencil drawings, heightened with fruit-toned watercolors combine for an accessible treat that is as refreshing as a cool breeze.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Theodor Seuss Geisel Award 2006 (Honor Title)
- Younger
- ISBN: 9780803728875
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The Amazing Bone
On her way home from school, hapless heroine Pearl Pig finds an amazing talking bone. When the delectable piglet is waylaid by a debonair fox, the amazing bone saves Pearl. Sunny, fresh, springtime landscapes provide the background for the welldressed characters.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1977 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780312564216
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Amina's Voice
A Pakistani American Muslim middle-school girl attempts to blend her family's traditions and her experience in school to be accepted.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2018
- Older
- ISBN: 9781481492065
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Amira’s Picture Day
Amira is excited to celebrate Eid, but she becomes upset when she realizes it falls on class picture day.
- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2022
- Younger
- ISBN: 9780823440191
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Ana María Reyes Does NOT Live in a Castle
Ana María Reyes tries to win a scholarship to a prestigious New York academy, only to find herself facing obstacles. In the process, she discovers herself and the importance of family.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2019
- Middle
- ISBN: 9781620143629
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Annie and the Old One
Annie likes her life the way it is with her mother weaving, her father making jewelry, and her grandmother, the Old One, always there to tell her stories and to help with chores. When grandmother announces that she will die when the new rug is finished, Annie tries desperately to stop the inevitable by secretly unraveling the rug.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1972 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780316571203
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Are You Ready to Play Outside?
Willems has created a masterpiece for beginning readers that is simply told through the use of dialogue, which melds perfectly with uncluttered pink and grey cartoon-style illustrations. Aside from the friendship theme that appears throughout Willems' work, he continues to create astonishing emotional depth using the simplest of facial expressions on his characters. “Are You Ready to Play Outside?”tracks Piggie's changing feelings about rainy weather and Gerald's heroic efforts to help her grapple with her disappointments in a satisfying story arc.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Theodor Seuss Geisel Award 2009 (Medal Winner)
- Younger
- ISBN: 9781423113478
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
“Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe” brings readers the tale of 15-year-old loner Aristotle Mendoza and his friendship with Dante Quintana. Sáenz exquisitely captures the story of two boys on the edge of manhood. By addressing issues of identity, friendship, family and love, Sáenz pushes beyond geography, sexuality and cultural identity to create a truly universal novel.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Pura Belpré Children's Author Award 2013 (Medal Winner)
- Older
- ISBN: 9781442408920
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As Brave As You
As their parents try to repair their marriage, brothers Ernie and Genie uncover family history and the extent of their own bravery, while spending an eye-opening summer with their grandparents in Virginia.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2017
- Middle, Older
- ISBN: 9781481415903
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As Time Went By
An abandoned ship finds new purpose when displaced villagers make it their new home. -
Ashes to Asheville
Two sisters set off without adults on an impromptu road trip to scatter their mother's ashes in this moving, sensitive novel.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2018
- Older
- ISBN: 9780399165047
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Asphalt Angels
Abandoned on the streets of Rio de Janeiro, thirteen-year-old Alex joins a group of children like him and finds himself adapting to his new life.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Mildred L. Batchelder Award 2000 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9781886910430
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At the Mountain's Base
A lyrical story of a Cherokee family bonding through song and weaving as they celebrate a family member's service in the military.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2020
- Younger
- ISBN: 9780735230606
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Aviva vs. the Dybbuk
Haunted by a mischievous dybbuk, Aviva rekindles an old friendship, finds support in her Orthodox Jewish community, and begins to come to terms with a repressed traumatic memory.
- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2023
- Middle
- ISBN: 9781646141258
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B Is for Baby
The letter B is cleverly featured in this story of a baby's day in her African village.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2020
- Younger
- ISBN: 9781536201666
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Baby Goes to Market
In a vibrant Nigerian marketplace, mama shops while baby delights the various vendors, picking up a few unexpected items along the way.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2018
- Younger
- ISBN: 9780763695705
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The Balcony
A whimsical, wordless picturebook that shows a young girl making her new house a home.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2020
- Younger
- ISBN: 9781534405882
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Ball
A ball-obsessed pup desperately waits for his owner to return to continue their play. The earliest reader will be empowered by the one-word text melded with action-packed sequential art.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Theodor Seuss Geisel Award 2014 (Honor Title)
- Younger
- ISBN: 9780544819016
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A Ball for Daisy
In a wordless book with huge children's appeal, Chris Raschka gives us the story of an irrepressible little dog whose most prized possession is accidentally destroyed. With brilliant economy of line and color, Raschka captures Daisy's total (yet temporary) devastation. A buoyant tale of loss, recovery and friendship.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 2012 (Medal Winner)
- Younger
- ISBN: 9780375858611
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The Ballad of a Broken Nose
Bart, a quirky Norwegian 13-year-old, faces many odds: an alcoholic, overweight mother who loves him dearly; life in a run-down apartment; classmates who bully him and break his nose; and boxing lessons he takes to toughen himself—all juxtaposed with his desire to become an opera singer!
- Fiction, General Fiction
- Mildred L. Batchelder Award 2017 (Honor Title), Notable Children's Books 2017
- Older
- ISBN: 9781481415422
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Ballet Cat: The Totally Secret Secret
Ballet Cat loves ballet more than anything. What happens when her best friend Sparkles doesn't want to play ballet every day? Find out in an early reader that breezily dances along.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2016
- Younger
- ISBN: 9781484713785
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Banner In The Sky
Although his father died trying to climb the Citadel, the highest mountain in the Alps, Rudy is determined to scale it himself. He hides his climbing ability from his mother and his Alpine-guide uncle and joins an English expedition hoping to be able to plant his father's red shirt at the top as a banner in the sky.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1955 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780397302642