![Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/080509198X.jpg?itok=pAcYuBbD)
Neftali always loved nature and words. This fondness allowed Neftali — better known as Pablo Neruda — to create poetry in a “voice [that] was heard across nations and ocean.” Rich language and lush illustrations that incorporate words in Spanish and English are sure to enthuse young writers while introducing this Nobel-winning poet.
Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People
![Miss Dorothy and Her Bookmobile](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0060291559.jpg?itok=KY2Z6k6F)
Dorothy became a librarian to share her love of books and reading. How she started a library service first on a bookmobile and later inspired a building — touching many lives in her North Caroline town — is based a real person that the author knew. Gentle language and soft illustration present Miss Dorothy’s story and the impact of one individual.
Miss Dorothy and Her Bookmobile
![The Little Plant Doctor: A Story About George Washington Carver](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0823423255.jpg?itok=aBeMMjDc)
George Washington Carver was always curious and grew into a recognized scientist in spite of the challenges of the time in which he lived. His life and accomplishments become accessible to younger children through the voice of a tree planted by young George, augmented by child-like full color illustrations.
The Little Plant Doctor: A Story About George Washington Carver
![Liberty's Voice: The Story of Emma Lazarus](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0525478590.jpg?itok=fRYnBM5C)
Emma Lazarus, a prolific and skilled poet, only once wrote a poem on request. It is the one for which she is best known: the poem is mounted on the base of the Statue of Liberty. Emma’s story is sprinkled with her writing, complemented by expressive illustrations.
Liberty’s Voice: The Story of Emma Lazarus
![The Incredible Life of Balto](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0375844600.jpg?itok=ufIyyLb7)
A dog saved the people of Nome, Alaska in 1925 when a sled team was the only way to fetch essential diphtheria serum during a blizzard. Balto led that team, but his story continues in this engagingly told and illustrated book when the brave canine is in turn helped by America’s children.
The Incredible Life of Balto
![The House Baba Built: An Artist's Childhood in China](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0316076287.jpg?itok=PpR141DN)
With war approaching, Baba (the author’s father) builds a sturdy home for his family in Shanghai. The family, their activities, and house unfold in stunning, varied art and lyrical language in an expansive format to reveal a glimpse of an historical time through the lens of one family.
The House Baba Built: An Artist’s Childhood in China
![The Bravest Woman in America](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1582463697.jpg?itok=iKTytR6E)
Ida Lewis grew up on the sea as she and her parents kept the Lime Rock Lighthouse in Rhode Island. The story of how Ida saved numerous seafarers in the period before modern technology is revealed in dramatic illustration and readable text — ideal for sharing aloud.
The Bravest Woman in America
![Basketball Belles: How Two Teams and One Scrappy Player Put Women's Hoops on the Map](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0823421635.jpg?itok=Z1r1dUdM)
Women and girls haven’t always played basketball. In fact, it was a struggle to play while acting “lady-like” in the late 1800s. Readers will enjoy learning about Agnes Motley and the competition that launched women into basketball through vivid prose and lively illustration.
Basketball Belles: How Two Teams and One Scrappy Player Put Women’s Hoops on the Map
![The Ink Garden of Brother Theophane](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1580891799.jpg?itok=dR4sRhJl)
Brother Theophane is unlike the other monks in the mountains of Mourne (Ireland). While most brothers scribe only in browns, Theophane adds color from nature to the manuscripts. Jewel-like illustration combines with rhyming text to celebrate history and individuality.
The Ink Garden of Brother Theophane
![The Extraordinary Mark Twain](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0545125081.jpg?itok=V3RqhO8I)
Mark Twain’s daughter, Susy, writes a journal to set the record straight about her famous writer father. Cleverly formatted as a book within a book, illustrations, journal, and narration (in Susy’s voice) present a readable, engaging, and documented look at the writer and his family.
The Extraordinary Mark Twain
![Lost Boy: The Story of the Man Who Created Peter Pan](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0525478868.jpg?itok=CBUnWdlx)
J.M. Barrie was always a storyteller. Here his life and selections from his work — including Peter Pan — are presented in a handsomely illustrated and formatted book. Sources consulted as well as a selection of Barrie’s work are included.
Lost Boy: The Story of the Man Who Created Peter Pan
![The Piano](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1584302429.jpg?itok=qdBhlxJu)
A young girl’s love for music leads her to a job in the home of an older woman who teaches her not only to play the piano but also to care for others.
The Piano
![My Great-Aunt Arizona](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0064433749.jpg?itok=4s7vxgDB)
Arizona Houston Hughes, an Appalachian girl who dreams of seeing the world, grows up to become a teacher who inspires generations of schoolchildren.
My Great-Aunt Arizona
![Gus and Grandpa and Show-and-Tell](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0374428484.jpg?itok=ipK9OF1x)
Gus despairs of coming up with something interesting and impressive for his second grade class’ show-and-tell, until he gets a great idea while visiting his Grandpa. Gus and his wise grandfather share each other’s company and experiences in other books including basketball jitters and Halloween fears.
Gus and Grandpa and Show-and-Tell
![The Day Dirk Yeller Came to Town](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0374317429.jpg?itok=RsmcuiwU)
Feared by the townsfolk, only young Sam understands outlaw Dirk Yeller’s “itchin’ and twitchin.’” And Sam has the cure: a visit to the local library where Dirk finds adventure — and love. Animated, twangy language and caricature-like illustrations make a memorable tall tale.
The Day Dirk Yeller Came to Town
![A Jar of Dreams](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0689716729_0.jpg?itok=y5vGMG8S)
“I never thought one small lady from Japan could make such a big difference in my life, but she did.” So begins Rinko’s story about the time that Aunt Waka came to visit. From Mama’s new business to Papa’s new courage in standing up to Depression-era discrimination against the Japanese, Rinko can barely keep up with the way that everyone in the house (herself included) is changing. Rinko and her relatives are unforgettable characters whose stories are told with an easy familiarity, warmth, and gentle humor.
A Jar of Dreams
![So Far from the Sea](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0547237529.jpg?itok=dQiss2oh)
All the more moving in its restraint, this picture-book account of a fictional family reveals, with gentle dignity, a sad chapter in American history. Laura Iwasaki and her Japanese-American family will soon move from California to Boston, so they are making one last visit to Laura’s grandfather’s grave, which lies near the Sierra Nevada Mountains, so far from the sea he loved. Before World War II, he was a fisherman. Then, along with Laura’s father, her grandmother, and 10,000 other Japanese Americans, he was sent to the Manzanar War Relocation Center. There he died, and his grave is marked with only a ring of stones. The family leaves silk flowers, but Laura leaves her own special memento. — School Library Journal
So Far from the Sea
![The Magic Tree House Collection: Books 1-8](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0807206121.jpg?itok=SlrfM7aD)
Join siblings Annie and Jack on their first eight magical adventures as read by the author.
The Magic Tree House Collection: Books 1-8
![I Feel Better with a Frog in My Throat: History's Strangest Cures](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0547225709.jpg?itok=eVn88sXS)
Some of them worked; others didn’t but all were based in the folk and academic traditions of the times. With wit and insight, historical medical remedies from around the world are introduced as is the science behind them. Additional resources end this amusingly illustrated book.
I Feel Better with a Frog in My Throat: History’s Strangest Cures
![This Is the Game](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/006055522X.jpg?itok=Vb5j1To7)
Stylized illustrations place readers in the 1920s and 1930s, a time when baseball was played on the streets, listened to on radio, and enjoyed in stadiums. A rhythmic text introduces some of the period’s heroes while capturing its spirit.
This Is the Game
![Me ... Jane](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0316045462.jpg?itok=lwpboN2O)
Who would have thought that a child’s stuffed toy, interest in the outdoors and animals, and childhood dreams would predict her future work and life? This picture book biography of Jane Goodall’s early life does just that, effectively placing actual photographs of young Jane and her toy chimpanzee at the opening and conclusion of this simple but effective sketch.
Me … Jane
![Just Fine the Way They Are: From Dirt Roads to Rail Roads to Interstates](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1590787102.jpg?itok=2Mm-ZFOF)
Folks often resist change, even when it came to improving roads and modes of transportation in a growing United States. An informal text and informative but relaxed illustrations capture the essence of this history, suggesting what may be next. Additional resources are included.
Just Fine the Way They Are: From Dirt Roads to Rail Roads to Interstates
![Emily's Fortune](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0385736169.jpg?itok=ZkkbweMR)
When 8-year old Emily is orphaned she heads west to find her kindly Aunt Hilda. Emily’s rip-roaring adventure involves a dastardly uncle, a huge fortune, and a good friend. Each chapter ends with a cliffhanger sure to keep even the most reluctant reader reading!
Emily’s Fortune
![A Long Walk to Water](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0547577311.jpg?itok=McImtjn_)
When rebel soldiers attack his village in Sudan, 11-year-old Salva flees the violence, beginning a dangerous walk toward a crowded refugee camp in Ethiopia, then on to new life in Rochester, New York. Meanwhile, 12-year-old Nya spends her days in Sudan looking for scarce supplies of fresh water for her family. Based on the true story of Sudanese “Lost Boys” who came to the U.S. in the mid-1990s.