Everything is music if you listen closely enough, and every buzz, whizz, and swish in this book is a wonderful reminder of that. This book will tingle your senses and will have young listeners inching closer to hear every symphonic word.

A little girl spends an afternoon creating a princess made from paper. But the wind sweeps her princess away before she is done. Find all about the adventures the paper princess goes on as she tries her best to make it back to the sweet little girl who made her!

Our friend Millie Fleur may adore fall, but her neighbors are worried about the dreary, cold months ahead. To cheer them up, Millie sets out to bring vibrant color back into the town by planting pumpkins. But things don’t go as planned, and the residents of Garden Glen have to get creative with how to put their plentiful pumpkins to use. A GOURD-eous addition to the Millie Fleur series! Happy Summerween!

Mom read this to me. I was grumpy, so she thought it would be perfect, AND it was. Maude and Claude, a grumpy fisherwoman and her dog go fishing and…get swallowed by a whale! What do they do? Throw a party! I loved this book because I love a party AND I love it when a grump laughs.

Are you ready for the Greatest Bedtime Story Ever?! So is this incredibly sleepy dragon. But what will happen if he wakes up?

I love this “field guide” instructing students how to respond when they see their teachers in the wild (the grocery store, the park, etc.).

A small-but-mighty mouse is faced with her biggest obstacle yet: an incoming storm that will surely destroy her home unless she intervenes. This stunning book will have you marveling at both the fierce beauty of Cape Cod and one tiny heroine’s determination to protect what she loves.

Moose has opened a storefront selling custom stuffies! They’re simple in design yet 100% cute and crafted to perfection. That is, until he is SO overwhelmed with orders that his work starts to suffer! Mabel, a girl who lives nearby, offers her help. Can Moose and Mabel work as a team to save the stuffie stand? Can entrepreneurship turn into friendship? Grab your favorite plushie and read to find out!

A joyburst of imagination and bright, playful artwork!

Toad is always hurrying, hurrying and on the go to help his friends when they are in trouble. But what happens when Toad goes TOO fast? Mistakes happen, And Toad learns that even though everybody makes mistakes, what’s important is how you respond,

I love the illustrations in this book – Scott creates such an adorable, gentle friendship between the two. Because we’re all different, and we all need cool pals. And sandwiches.

One of my favorite Hitchcock films, Rear Window, was a great mystery happening in an apartment with two sleuths; one homebound with a broken leg. Sneaks is the same. There are two sleuths: Rook, whose agoraphobia means Valory does the legwork when an empty apartment has weird things happening. A page turner making me wonder what my neighbors might be up to!

Also loved by Cheryl!

Mario’s the ringmaster of his life––until, one day, he gets into elephant-sized trouble, and Abuela takes him to Camp Big Top. At first, Mario feels like a clown (and not in a good way!) until he realizes campers Betina, Luna, and Ricky are juggling problems of their own. As coaches walk the tightrope, barely making rent, the kids work together to save camp. No one is a freak here––everyone belongs in the circus!

Starting high school is hard on top of body changes and parents. Thank goodness for books and a bookstore ghost who picks just the book they need each month!

Sydney isn’t just wary of wolves, she’s also nervous to make friends. New to town, her mom lands her an invite to filmmaker Ari’s birthday sleepover at a wildlife center. Sydney feels like she’s crashing the party… but a wolf-like cryptid does too! Escaping the creature, Syd hits her head and finds herself reliving the night––stuck in a time loop! Groundhog Day meets D&D. Fur real a howling fun read!

When others in Elsie’s 5th grade class find out she’s taking a puberty class at church, they give her a hard time. But when Elsie realizes her peers have questions that don’t get answered at school, she looks for a way to fill that gap. Navigating friendships, crushes and challenges from administration, Elsie finds a creative way to help her peers learn about body changes, sexuality, and other puberty-related topics.

After a drunken night at a cool classmate’s party, shy and closeted Kevin befriends Raymond and goes through a transformation to be popular––with one catch: he has to run for student council with Raymond and against his best friends. Will Kevin come out the other side perfect? Or will he realize abandoning his true self and friends isn’t worth the trouble?

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