“…and they lived happily ever after.” You may have wondered how so many people know that familiar fairy-tale ending, or even how so many people know the details of stories and characters from countless fairy tales passed down through the generations. From the time they were little, Conner and Alex Bailey loved hearing their parents…
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Inspector Flytrap and the Big Deal Mysteries by Tom Angleberger and Cece Bell
Inspector Flytrap is a venus flytrap (that's a plant that eats insects) on a skateboard, who solves mysteries with the help of his sidekick, Nina the Goat. They only take "Big Deal" mysteries, like the case of a mysterious blob on a famous painting or a single giant stinky shoe! This book has mysteries that…
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Every year the villagers in the Protectorate sacrifice a baby to the "evil" witch of the forest. And every year, this witch (who isn't evil at all) wonders why these crazy people abandon their babies. Before the child can be torn to bits by wild animals, the witch, whose name is Xan, rescues it and…
Listen, Slowly by Thanhha Lai
Mai is ready for summer vacation in California. She plans to spend it on the beach with her best friend and maybe even talk to the guy she likes, but her parents have other ideas. Mai’s family is from Vietnam. Her grandmother left with her children after the Vietnam War. Her grandfather was never found…
Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story by Nora Raleigh Baskin
It is September 9, 2001. A day like any other day. Children in school, parents working, families settling down to their dinners – nothing out of the ordinary in any way. Our story begins here, introducing us to four children and their families, one each in Chicago, Illinois; Shanksville, Pennsylvania; Brooklyn, New York; and Columbus,…
How to Capture an Invisible Cat by Paul Tobin
Invisible Cats? Dogs that can talk? Villains chasing Nate and Delphine? In How to Capture an Invisible Cat by Paul Tobin, Nate and Delphine have to figure out how to shrink Nate's cat, Proton, to his original size (Nate loves science and experimenting and made Proton the size of an elephant and invisible). The Red Death…
Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery and Other Haunted Places of the Midwest by Matt Chandler
Imagine taking a walk in the woods and coming upon an old cemetery. It’s by a pond that is covered in algae and it looks as if no one has been there in a very long time. It’s quiet, but kind of creepy, and you think that maybe you are not alone. That is exactly…
Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Think of a piece of music. In this song, there are three harmonies that come together to make the melody. Each of these three children’s stories is one of those harmonies. Friedrich lives in Nazi Germany. All he wants is to be left alone to play music, but first he needs to rescue his father…
Chasing Secrets by Gennifer Choldenko
In Chasing Secrets by Gennifer Choldenko, Lizzie’s father is a doctor and one of her favorite things to do is visit patients with him, even though that’s not something girls really do in 1900. She discovers a hidden dark side of the city of San Francisco where she lives, including rumors that the plague is…
Kid Pickers: How to Turn Junk into Treasure by Mike Wolfe
Have you ever heard the saying, “One man’s junk is another man’s treasure?” It basically means that the things you don’t want or like could be wanted by someone else. This book is all about that. Mike Wolfe is from the show, American Pickers, which airs on the History Channel. In this show, Mike goes…
