![Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0060542136.jpg?itok=Ampab7h9)
Fancy Nancy (still decked out in her amazingly fancy outfits) and her family decide to get a dog. Of course, Nancy wants a posh papillon, a small and delicate canine. However, they find the perfect pup at the pound — to everyone’s delight. Fans of Fancy Nancy will delight in her newest and quite fancy adventure.
Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy
![Little Night](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1596430885.jpg?itok=AYvSJ2X3)
Little Night is not ready for sleep, even after Mother Sky follows each of their bedtime rituals. Spirited, richly hued illustrations combine with a sumptuous, evocative text to create a heavenly bedtime tale.
Little Night
![Pictures from Our Vacation](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0060850973.jpg?itok=TXqdPjNm)
The drive is long and the farm of the dad’s childhood looks old and tired. What will the siblings document with disposable cameras and journals? The real memories are kept in their heads and hearts when the extended family gathers and the true fun begins.
Pictures from Our Vacation
![The Castle on Hester Street](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0689874340.jpg?itok=d_7YBKVx)
Julie loves to hear her grandfather’s larger-than-life, highly imagined tales of long ago when he emigrated from Russia to New York City. Grandma, however, recalls the same events in a very different way. With fresh illustrations, these 25-year-old tales remain humorous and vivacious.
The Castle on Hester Street
![Pass it Down: Five Picture Book Families Make Their Mark](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0802796001.jpg?itok=HLyd6ukm)
Conversations with families provide insight and information into how books are created and the intergenerational impact of illustrating and writing them. From the Rockwells, the Crews/Jonas family, the Pinkneys, the Myers’, and the Hurds — talent seems to run in the family!
Pass it Down: Five Picture Book Families Make Their Mark
![Knut: How One Little Polar Bear Captivated the World](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0545047161.jpg?itok=fseJYLFs)
When first born, this small offspring of a circus bear was small enough to fit in one hand. Brought to the Berlin Zoo, Knut the baby polar bear went on to capture the hearts and imaginations of many people around the world. His story is told through full color photographs and gentle text.
Knut: How One Little Polar Bear Captivated the World
![Jack's New Power: Stories from a Caribbean Year](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0374336571.jpg?itok=l9rW88_6)
It is the summer after sixth grade and Jack and his offbeat family have relocated to Barbados. But even in a tropical paradise, Jack is plagued by misadventure.
Jack’s New Power: Stories from a Caribbean Year
![The Invention of Hugo Cabret](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0439813786.jpg?itok=PvM_66VF)
Image and text combine in a unique presentation to tell the story of an orphan boy who lives between the walls of a Paris train station and repairs its clocks. Monochromatic illustrations change perspective and move in and out, and alternate with text to tell this mysterious, breathtaking, and riveting tale. Winner of the 2008 Caldecott Medal. (2008 Caldecott Medal Winner)
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
![Hattie Big Sky](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0440239419.jpg?itok=3pLtszDC)
For years, sixteen-year-old Hattie’s been shuttled between relatives. Tired of being Hattie Here-and-There, she courageously leaves Iowa to prove up on her late uncle’s homestead claim in Montana. Despite many hardships, Hattie forges ahead, sharing her adventures with her friends through letters and articles for her hometown paper.
Hattie Big Sky
![Pirates Don't Change Diapers](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0152053530.jpg?itok=W5StnSyk)
Braid Beard’s band of pirates has bad teeth, bad breath, and bad manners — and now, in order to get their treasure they have Jeremy Jacob’s baby sister with a dirty diaper. Shiver me timbers and aargh! It’s enough to gross out a grown pirate! This fantastic adventure is fun, fast — and not a little odiferous.
Pirates Don’t Change Diapers
![Oh No, Gotta Go!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0399234934.jpg?itok=aWBqwwxs)
It’s Sunday and the family is on an outing in the car, when the mama hears the dreaded, “Oh no, gotta go” — and so begins the frantic search for a bathroom. The romp is funny and fast, with words in Spanish and English that turn a familiar experience into an introduction to another language.
Oh No, Gotta Go!
![I Love My Pirate Papa](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0152056645.jpg?itok=_CTJpepr)
A bulbous little boy and his buccaneer dad share a day afloat on their pirate ship shouting things like ‘avast!’ and generally enjoying all of the gross things that pirates do. But as the boy is tucked into bed, his Pirate Papa reminds him that there’s nothing more important to him than his little pirate boy!
I Love My Pirate Papa
![Jack Adrift: Fourth Grade Without a Clue](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0374399875.jpg?itok=rRpG2WT8)
Jack and his family are moving to North Carolina now that his father has joined the navy. In school there, nine-year-old Jack falls hopelessly in love with his new teacher. Told through Jack’s crisp, often funny, sometimes poignant narration in a format that emulates a journal, this is the prequel for the Jack series.
Jack Adrift: Fourth Grade Without a Clue
![Bud, Not Buddy](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0553494104.jpg?itok=F0VUE9Z_)
Young Bud runs away from the latest and worst foster home in search of his father. Though he doesn’t find his father, Bud (not Buddy) does find family, music, and more on his long trek across Michigan during the Depression. In this Newbery-winning novel, both humor and Bud’s naive voice make difficult issues accessible to younger readers. (2000 Newbery Medal Winner)
Bud, Not Buddy
![Bucking the Sarge](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0440413311.jpg?itok=7_j2moSb)
Fifteen-year-old Luther’s mother, The Sarge, rules an empire of halfway houses and slums. Luther himself is a much more ordinary guy, though he is caught between being a typical teen and being the Sarge’s son. Luther’s peculiar problems are resolved in a way that is sure to satisfy readers.
Bucking the Sarge
![Attaboy, Sam!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0440408164.jpg?itok=cV2peubu)
Sam uses a great deal of initiative to make just the right birthday present for his mother. But when he combines all of her favorite smells to make the perfect perfume, disastrous (and odiferous) results permeate this worthy sequel to All About Sam.
Attaboy, Sam!
![Anastasia Krupnik](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0440408520.jpg?itok=ADLZUJ9b)
10-year-old Anastasia is quite content as the only (and quite self-assured) child of professional parents. But she is not so happy and not so nice after she learns that she is to become a sister. Anastasia’s lists organize her thoughts and create humor in this first book of the series.
Anastasia Krupnik
![Anastasia Again!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0440400090.jpg?itok=HkxQEJ3d)
When Anastasia’s parents announce the family’s move from the city to the dreaded suburbs, Anastasia fears that life as she loves it will come to an abrupt end. Once there, of course, the resilient 12-year-old falls for her new home and becomes just as involved with new friends and neighbors.
Anastasia Again!
![Coraline](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0061139378.jpg?itok=9akFaT7x)
When Coraline and her family move into a new house, she finds a mysterious otherworld on the other side of one of the house’s many doors. Narnia, however, this is not. The creepy characters of this other dark world lead Coraline on a number of spine-tingling adventures, but readers will be enchanted by Coraline’s courage and resourcefulness.
Coraline
![We Gather Together](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0525476695.jpg?itok=jbeXTBRF)
Animals and people prepare for fall in different ways and at different times around the world. The season is often celebrated by harvests, introduced and illuminated in lyrical prose and restrained illustrations.
We Gather Together
![Kite Fighters](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0440418135.jpg?itok=LZMOYMq-)
It takes great skill to be a kite fighter as Kee-sup and Young-sup know well. The brothers have different talents; the older boy makes kites easily while Young-sup flies them with a sure hand. Loyalty, tradition and rivalry between the boys are themes in this riveting novel set in 15th century Korea.
Kite Fighters
![Bee-Bim Bop!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0618265112.jpg?itok=ftWGlkak)
What’s better than just eating a favorite dish? Anticipating it while preparing it, of course! Rhythmic, rhyming language and playful illustrations capture the joy of making this special Korean dish — and the joy of sharing it.
Country of origin: Korea
Bee-Bim Bop!
![Going Home, Coming Home/ Ve Nha, Tham Que Huong](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0892391790.jpg?itok=yUVXql9Q)
American born Ami Chi is traveling to Vietnam, where the streets are crowded with scooters and the fruit are shaped like dragons and stars. Her parents still consider Vietnam home. But how can home be a place you’ve never been? She finds her answer in the green rice paddies that blanket the countryside, in the bustling Cho Lon market, and in the quiet rooms of her grandmother’s house. Vietnam may be nothing like America, but it feels strangely familiar. Before long, Ami Chi finds that you can travel very far and still find yourself at home.
Going Home, Coming Home/ Ve Nha, Tham Que Huong
![Dragonwings](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0064400859_0.jpg?itok=PzAKcMbo)
Moon Shadow joins his father, traveling from China to San Francisco in the early 20th century. Together father and son confront harsh prejudice as well as kindness, and ultimately follow a dream to build a flying machine in this Newbery Honor novel.