![Eloise](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/067122350X.jpg?itok=ZYAVI0hF)
By all accounts, Eloise is an extraordinary child. Who else has spent her lifetime in New York’s Plaza Hotel with all of its amenities? Eloise charms us with her precocious nature and her ability to transform an adult world into a giant playground. This 50th anniversary edition also provides a glimpse at her creator and illustrator.
Eloise
![Emeline at the Circus](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0679876855.jpg?itok=cvr_HCxd)
For Ms. Splinter, the second grade field trip to the circus provides a chance for serious learning. Not so for inquisitive, bold Emeline who explores the circus in unforgettable ways to the delight of the other students and to her teacher’s horror. Humor abounds, and watercolor and line illustrations complement the understated, surprisingly informative text.
Emeline at the Circus
![Fat Chance Thanksgiving](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0807522880.jpg?itok=RtR70MaR)
Carla’s book about the first Thanksgiving survives the fire that destroys her apartment. When she and her mother move in to their new building, Carla is determined to bring the residents together in a Thanksgiving no one will ever forget.
Fat Chance Thanksgiving
![Flying Birthday Cake? (Marvin Redpost #6)](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0679890009.jpg?itok=oiQ7bdGs)
Marvin thinks he sees a UFO while sleeping in his friend Nick’s backyard, but both boys have forgotten all about it when the next week a new kid shows up at school. His name? Joe Normal. His behavior? Far from normal.
Flying Birthday Cake? (Marvin Redpost #6)
![Freight Train](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0688117015.jpg?itok=fpprrQcK)
The individual cars of a long freight train — each a different color — travel through the country and past cities. Building speed as it goes, colors blur until the train again slows. This seemingly simple book provides a memorable journey for young readers.
Freight Train
![""](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/2023-04/gracias-thanksgiving-turkey.jpg?itok=yOc_tflR)
In this warm holiday story, a young Puerto Rican boy saves the life of his pet turkey on Thanksgiving with help from his close-knit New York City family and neighborhood. Spanish vocabulary is woven into the text. Spanish version available.
Gracias, the Thanksgiving Turkey
![Have You Seen My Duckling?](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0688109942.jpg?itok=xeHAd2Qm)
Mother duck needs help to find her mischievous missing duckling in this Caldecott Honor Book. She asks the other pond animals for help (though the missing one is never lost, only cleverly concealed in each picture).
Have You Seen My Duckling?
![Hello, Is Anybody There?](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0374329486.jpg?itok=FxX2eR0f)
Eight-year old Joe is about to become a big brother when he meets Mika from planet Eljo, where children hatch out of eggs and life in general is quite different from what Joe knows. The importance of questioning everything, from what’s a pancake to religious beliefs, makes this gentle story fun to read as well as eye-opening.
Hello, Is Anybody There?
![A Hole Is to Dig: A First Book of Definitions](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0060234059.jpg?itok=lOxLO6c9)
The author’s merry text and Sendak’s bouncing illustrations provide young readers with a host of “first” definitions that explain everything from faces to books.
A Hole Is to Dig: A First Book of Definitions
![Honey I Love and Other Poems](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0064430979.jpg?itok=prCU1swX)
A collection of poetry conveys the joys of a young girl.
Honey I Love and Other Poems
![Hoodwinked](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0152026568.jpg?itok=Uh3BslhU)
Mitzi is a witch who likes creepy things. So when she decides to get a pet, she wants the creepiest pet possible. But the bats she tries are too batty, the toad does nothing but eat bugs, and the warthogs … well, that’s a whole other story. Mitzi is in despair. She wants a creepy pet that is fun—and that will share her secrets. It seems too much to hope for, until one rainy night when something unexpected scratches on her door… . With gentle humor and a touch of magic, Arthur Howard reveals how true friendship sometimes turns up in the most surprising places.
Hoodwinked
![Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear?](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/068980623X.jpg?itok=lUdXonqE)
A day in the life of a special little bear is vividly presented in an exuberant rhyming text and warm, full-color illustrations, in the first volume, in the popular series featuring the irrepressible Jesse Bear.
Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear?
![Joseph Had a Little Overcoat](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0670878553.jpg?itok=OAH0zh6P)
Readers learn how something can be made from almost nothing as Joseph transforms his amazing, but tattered, coat, into a jacket, a vest and a scarf. When there is only a button left remaining, he uses his imagination to find one more use. (2000 Caldecott Medal Winner)
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
![I Lost My Bear](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0688177220.jpg?itok=XaKvB0zP)
No one will help look for Bearsy. Mom’s too busy. Dad’s reading, and sister’s grumpy. But when Jules Feiffer’s spunky heroine strikes out on her own to find her favorite stuffed toy, she discovers much more than anyone ever expected!
I Lost My Bear
![Love Is a Family](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0060393742.jpg?itok=qiQxOe-_)
Lily storms home to her mother one day, demanding a real family. It’s Family Fun Night at school, and she’s positive they’ll be the weirdest family there. Her single-parent mom doesn’t seem overly fazed, reminding her daughter that they are a “small kind” of family, but real nonetheless. Lily isn’t convinced. She seeks refuge in the noise and pillow fights of her friend Melissa’s crowded house until it’s time for the school event, where, surprise! it turns out her little family isn’t unusual at all.
Love Is a Family
![Love You Forever](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0920668372.jpg?itok=hO2Tgomk)
The mother sings to her sleeping baby: “I’ll love you forever / I’ll love you for always / As long as I’m living / My baby you’ll be.” She still sings the same song when her baby has turned into a fractious 2-year-old, a slovenly 9-year-old, and then a raucous teen. So far so ordinary–but this is one persistent lady.
Love You Forever
![I Love You As Much](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0688159788.jpg?itok=E6O8fxo6)
Celebrate Mother’s Day every day. This celebration of the bond between mothers and their babies can be shared at naptime or bedtime or whenever it is time to say “I love you.”
I Love You As Much
![I Love You the Purplest](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0811807185.jpg?itok=EC4iKGP9)
A wise and loving mother reassures two brothers that each has a special place in her heart. Barbara Joosse’s heartwarming text is beautifully complemented by Mary Whyte’s engaging watercolor illustrations.
I Love You the Purplest
![Madeline](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0140501983.jpg?itok=8z8v0aAP)
Miss Clavel has her hands full with her young students: twelve little girls of whom the youngest is Madeline. Madeline’s fearlessness often causes Miss Clavel great consternation as they travel around Paris in two straight lines!
Madeline
![Mama, Do You Love Me?](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0811821315.jpg?itok=2DmDC1Vv)
This story of an Inuit child testing the limits of her independence, and a mother who reassuringly proves that a parents love is unconditional and everlasting. Beautiful illustrations of Alaska and the characters convey the cultural richness of this timeless story.
Mama, Do You Love Me?
![Molly's Pilgrim](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0688162800.jpg?itok=P4Xlvqnb)
Sparkling new illustrations refresh this Thanksgiving classic based on the true experience of a member of Barbara Cohen’s family. The touching story tells how recent immigrant Molly leads her third-grade class to discover that it takes all kinds of pilgrims to make a Thanksgiving.
Molly’s Pilgrim
![Mrs. Katz and Tush](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0440409365.jpg?itok=ZoIjtRVA)
In this special Passover story, Larnel Moore, a young African-American boy, and Mrs. Katz, an elderly Jewish woman, develop an unusual friendship through their mutual concern for an abandoned cat named Tush. Together they explore the common themes of suffering and triumph in each of their cultures.
Mrs. Katz and Tush
![Mud Flat Spring](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0688157726.jpg?itok=Ns4iWUVV)
The animal residents of Mud Flat find Spring both beautiful and surprising.
Mud Flat Spring
![A Newbery Halloween](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0385310285.jpg?itok=a_QNSNLe)
This anthology of twelve short stories features the work of Newbery award-winning authors. Beverly Cleary, Madeleine L’Engle, and Paul Fleishman, to name a few, have contributed to this volume spooky and fun stories that are great Halloween read-alouds for older children.