![Amal Unbound](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0399544682.jpg?itok=-sjbeSLX)
Amal’s dream of becoming a teacher is thwarted when she is penalized for insulting the landowner’s son, becoming his servant. Her tenacity and love of learning leads to a satisfying conclusion in this riveting story set in contemporary Pakistan.
Amal Unbound
![The Word Collector](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/8415241348.jpg?itok=KPbWQswW)
People collect lots of different things: bugs, art, marbles and more. But Jerome collects words that he heard, saw, or read. When Jerome’s word collection goes flying out of his albums, he learns that words are even more powerful when creatively put together and shared. The pleasure in language is evident in the narrative as well as line and wash illustrations.
The Word Collector
![Peter & Ernesto: A Tale of Two Sloths](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1626725616.jpg?itok=FHcFOMLo)
Peter and Ernesto are friends but are very different: Peter is a homebody while Ernesto wants to explore. So travel he does making the friends’ reunion all the better when it comes. The comic book format with simple illustrations is just right to depict the sloths’ friendship with both humor and sincerity.
Peter & Ernesto: A Tale of Two Sloths
![Lucky Enough](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1561459585.jpg?itok=ZzJm9URN)
When Trey loses his lucky piece of sea glass, he’s convinced that his luck is gone, too. He goes into a slump in baseball, not certain that he can ever get his mojo back. Baseball fans will enjoy the baseball terms and jargon and just may figure out that lucky charms are not what create success on or off the baseball field.
Lucky Enough
![Jasmine Toguchi, Drummer Girl](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0374308365.jpg?itok=27Lfoqpx)
Third grader, Jasmine Toguchi, wants to enter her school’s talent show, but what talent could she show? She knows though when she’s introduced to the traditional Japanese drums where Jasmine finds a skill – and a friend. Young readers will see themselves in Jasmine and her recognizable travails.
Jasmine Toguchi, Drummer Girl
![If the S in Moose Comes Loose](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0062295101.jpg?itok=V-N41exE)
What would happen if the “S” in the word moose comes loose? And the “E” breaks free? Follow the madcap sequence as the cow, goat and other animals share their ideas. Comical line drawings and wacky scenes play with words for laugh-out-loud silliness.
If the S in Moose Comes Loose
![Hello Lighthouse](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0316362387.jpg?itok=qTQqFNEJ)
When the new lighthouse keeper replaces the old one, he continues the duties: polishing the lens, refilling the oil, and keeping watch for sailors in trouble. With his wife, his life continues until a mechanical light replaces the old one and the family moves to the mainland. Though they say goodbye, the lighthouse continues to say hello. This handsome, delicately illustrated and gently told tale pays homage to early lighthouses and their keepers.
Hello Lighthouse
![The Garden](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1620145669.jpg?itok=ONC4ToGO)
Lily and her mom miss their own garden. When they visit the public garden they find their neighbor preparing the soil. Soon Lily and her friends are helping Mr. Sam plant and tend a vegetable garden. A concluding activity for an easy home garden ends this informative, easier to read book.
The Garden
![A Big Day for Baseball](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1524713082.jpg?itok=f9PGOlWo)
When Jack and Annie don the magic baseball hats given to them by Morgan, they find themselves back in 1947 as batboys. There they learn a lot about the game, a player named Jackie Robinson, and how history was made. Readers may also want to find out more in the accessible nonfiction companion, Baseball (Magic Tree House Fact Tracker) (opens in a new window) which introduces more about the people and players of the period.
A Big Day for Baseball
![Baby Monkey, Private Eye](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1338180614.jpg?itok=SJI0t7Dk)
Who is Baby Monkey? Well, he’s a baby and a monkey but one with a job: he’s a Private Eye! Readers will solve the mysteries with Baby Monkey as they carefully examine signature monochromatic sketches interspersed with narrative. The format is wholly original as is the humor and art. (For the less keen-eyed, a key to the visuals is included.)
Baby Monkey, Private Eye
![There’s a Tiger in the Garden](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1328791831.jpg?itok=g9ebx923)
Nora announces that she and her toy giraffe Jeff are bored. Reluctantly, she takes her grandmother’s advice and soon discovers a Tiger with whom to explore grandma’s lush, jungle-like garden. Richly colored and well told, this is a tale of the power of imagination and play.
There’s a Tiger in the Garden
![Square](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763696072.jpg?itok=EGRQdDPg)
In this companion to Triangle (opens in a new window), Square’s block is seen and greatly appreciated by Circle. Circle declares that Square is a genius, but is he? This second installment in Barnett’s trilogy is sure to amuse as well as confound.
Square
![My Pet Wants a Pet](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1250109272.jpg?itok=tgrM0A_3)
My Pet Wants a Pet
![Look Out! It’s a Dragon](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1680100815.jpg?itok=r8qnxSJc)
Sapphire was not like other dragons. She had no desire to “crush castles or capture princesses.” But the local residents of a forest shun Sapphire until other fierce and fiery dragons destroy the woods. Almost translucent illustrations in rich, layered colors move the satisfying story to its dramatic conclusion.
Look Out! It’s a Dragon
![King and Kayla and the Case of the Lost Tooth](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1561458805.jpg?itok=saDZ0SoE)
Kayla loses a tooth but now can’t find it! Will the Tooth Fairy still visit her? Can her trusty canine, King, help solve the mystery of the missing tooth? The latest installment is sure to delight fans and stands on its own as a recognizable, satisfying, everyday mystery just right for newly independent readers.
King and Kayla and the Case of the Lost Tooth
![Goldfish on Vacation](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0385386117.jpg?itok=CJQGD7Eq)
Even goldfish can use a vacation as three children learned. They let their fish, Barracuda, Patch, and Fiss, — as well as many other kids’ fish — vacation in a fountain built by the architect of Grand Central Station! At the end of the summer, the goldfish returned to their homes and children. The “perfectly true made-up story” is based on actual events in NY City,
Goldfish on Vacation
![Frog and Beaver](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763698199.jpg?itok=QRjrKoxV)
Beaver doesn’t think about his neighbors downstream while he’s building his dam. Frog bravely tries to make Beaver understand but Beaver just doesn’t listen. Only when disaster strikes do all of the animals figure out how to make homes for everyone. Gentle wisdom and cartoon illustrations tell a satisfying story.
Frog and Beaver
![Dude!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1626726035.jpg?itok=OnJbcIAI)
Two dudes, a platypus and a beaver, paddle out to ride a wave but see a threatening fin nearby. Is the huge shark a threat or a friend waiting to be made? This wacky, almost wordless tale is told in large spreads and smaller panels of expressive characters complemented by the equally expressive typeface of the few words used. Get it, dude!?
Dude!
![Drawn Together](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1484767608.jpg?itok=PP0wOC5O)
A child visits his grandfather but has trouble communicating; they literally don’t speak the other’s language. That is until they find another way to share thoughts and feelings through art. As each of them expresses himself creating unique superheroes, two generations are drawn together. Universal emotions are placed in a specific but nonetheless moving context.
Drawn Together
![Don’t Blink!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0385391870.jpg?itok=VG4Yvb3a)
If you don’t blink, you don’t have to turn the page; you therefore don’t have to go to bed. Each time a blink occurs, however, the closer the end gets in this humorous, participatory book with a big-eyed owl as a guide (who, by the way, is asleep by book’s end).
Don’t Blink!
![A Dog Called Bear](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1627798676.jpg?itok=Nh-mLqcw)
Lucy always wanted a dog but Bear becomes a bit of a problem. In addition to sleeping for months, he is messy and eats endless bowls of porridge. When Bear runs away, both he and Lucy find out that friendship overcomes most things. Readers will immediately recognize the mistaken identity seen only in the simple illustrations and enhanced in humorous dialog.
A Dog Called Bear
![Daddy, Me, and the Magic Hour](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1510707913.jpg?itok=RZMQdOw-)
Family life is busy for the young narrator until after dinner when he and his dad share the Magic Hour. As day wanes but before being tucked in, father and child take a magical neighborhood walk enjoying small pleasures along the way. Gentle text and handsome illustrations combine to reveal one family’s loving and lovely tradition.
Daddy, Me, and the Magic Hour
![Can Somebody Please Scratch My Back?](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/073522854X.jpg?itok=n8zzk1Sm)
A small, gray elephant has a bad back itch. Can anyone help him? The alligator is a bit scary, the sloth is too slow, and meerkats are too tickly. Relief comes for elephant but maybe not so much for the hedgehog. Simple comic strip-like illustrations and dialog in various sizes are rib-tickling.
Can Somebody Please Scratch My Back?
![Bus! Stop!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0425288773.jpg?itok=guJcoVDA)
When a boy misses his bus, he hollers, “Bus! Stop!” What follows is an imaginative series of other buses that appear as a Conestoga wagon, a boat and even one that floats. The horizontal format and blocky illustrations focus on the boy’s travel travails – and the start of another’s bus problems as he finally boards a bus.