![Robobaby](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0544987314.jpg?itok=C8b2T8dM)
A family of mechanical parts greets its newest member, baby Flange. Intricate illustrations and a lot of humor (especially for savvy readers) reminds us that a new child is always a happy event.
Robobaby
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In the young narrator’s home, “two worlds become one.” Her family is “a mix of dos cultures…”, one Spanish speaking, the other English. Together the family joyfully prepares to celebrate a birthday. Colorful, child-like illustrations and a straightforward narration present a bicultural family.
The Heart of Mi Familia
![This Is My Daddy](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1772781126.jpg?itok=H2sqCQZz)
A tadpole, a snail, a squirrel and other creatures each ask, “who is my daddy?” The reader then must decide which of 4 choices, but another page turn pictures the adult critter with its offspring. Colorful, child-like, and slightly abstract illustrations are presented on sturdy pages.
This Is My Daddy
![The Birchbark House](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1432865927.jpg?itok=EO_nPcrL)
Opening in the summer of 1847, this story follows an Ojibwe family through four seasons; it focuses on young Omakayas, who turns “eight winters old” during the course of the novel. In nearly step-by-step details, the story describes how they build a summer home out of birchbark, gather with extended family to harvest rice in the autumn, treat an attack of smallpox during the winter, and make maple syrup in the spring to stock their own larder and to sell to others.
The Birchbark House
![I Can Make This Promise](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0062871994.jpg?itok=5jf32rmF)
The story of a girl who uncovers her family’s secrets — and finds her own Native American identity. The author, a member of the Upper Skagit tribe, handles issues surrounding identity, loss of culture, adoption, and family separation with insight. The novel looks at historical truths about how Native Americans have been treated throughout U.S. history.
I Can Make This Promise
![The Forever Sky](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1681340984.jpg?itok=L4zRwp9p)
One night, a beautiful show of lights fills the sky. Niigaanii explains to his younger brother, Bineshiinh that the northern lights are the spirits of the relatives who have passed on, including their beloved grandmother Nooko. The boys imagine different relatives dancing, lighting up the sky with their graceful movements. There are so many stars and so many stories that the boys spend night after night making sense of patterns and wisdom in “the forever sky.”
The Forever Sky
![At the Mountain’s Base](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0735230609.jpg?itok=HsMiRcQ6)
A family, separated by duty and distance, waits for a loved one to return home in this lyrical picture book celebrating the bonds of a Cherokee family and the bravery of history-making women pilots. At the mountain’s base sits a cabin under an old hickory tree. And in that cabin lives a family — loving, weaving, cooking, and singing. The strength in their song sustains them as they wait for their loved one, a pilot, to return from war. The author’s note pays homage to the true history of Native American U.S. service members like WWII pilot Ola Mildred “Millie” Rexroat.
At the Mountain’s Base
![All Around Us](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1941026761.jpg?itok=1Qs_zAl8)
A girl and her grandfather contemplate circles, both physical and metaphorical, in this thought-provoking tale of family, community, and interconnection. Grandpa says circles are all around us. He points to the rainbow that rises high in the sky after a thundercloud has come. “Can you see? That’s only half of the circle. That rest of it is down below, in the earth.” They share and create family traditions in this exploration of the cycles of life and nature.
All Around Us
![Planet Earth Is Blue](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0525646604.jpg?itok=oZQGrEep)
A powerful story about the extraordinary mind of a young nonverbal girl with autism, her passion for space exploration, and the bond between sisters.
Planet Earth Is Blue
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Ryan Hart finds ways to make sunshine even when she’s not happy about moving to a smaller house, selling the family car, and the other changes life brings. But her name means “king” and so she must lead. Lead she does in this contemporary, realistic and engaging novel just right for fans of Beverly Cleary’s Ramona Quimby.
Ways to Make Sunshine (A Ryan Hart Novel)
![Black Brother, Black Brother](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0316493805.jpg?itok=xDipFcHx)
Donte and his brother are biracial; their mother is Black, their father is white. They attend the same wealthy suburban school but have very different experiences there. Donte is dark-skinned but his brother appears white. How Donte gains a sense of sense of self and beats the bully at his own game is compelling and timely.
Black Brother, Black Brother
![Saturday](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0316431273.jpg?itok=sbbj1Ji-)
A mother and daughter look forward to their special Saturday routine together every single week. But this Saturday, one thing after another goes wrong. The up-and-down journey that reminds them of what’s best about Saturdays: precious time together.
Saturday
![McTavish Goes Wild](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1536203319.jpg?itok=r5i-EMrW)
Can rescue dog, McTavish, help his Peachy family with vacation plans? His human family needs his guidance and patience — again. Whether revisiting the Peachys (Good Dog, McTavish (opens in a new window)) or meeting them for the first time, this charming, recognizable family is sure to charm readers of all ages.
McTavish Goes Wild
![The Little Blue Cottage](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1624149235.jpg?itok=ZkTMtbkl)
A girl and her family visit their little blue cottage by the bay every summer as she grows. Lyrical language and gentle illustrations expressively depict time passing until the girl, now grown, returns with her own family, implicitly diverse and intergenerational.
The Little Blue Cottage
![Hike](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/153620157X.jpg?itok=z0LItAYp)
A father gently awakens his child to begin their day outdoors. As they leave home, the scenery changes, becoming more tranquil and natural where they begin their hike. At the end of the day, they head home. The joy of an outdoor afternoon and the pleasure of an outing with dad are elegantly conveyed with few words.
Hike
![Everyone’s Awake](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1452178054.jpg?itok=1NnecWYy)
It’s dark in the lighthouse home; everything is quiet, until it is not! Everyone in the large, extended family gets into the silliness — even the dog — until everyone falls asleep. Lively rhythmic language combines with energetic illustrations for a fun book to read and share.
Everyone’s Awake
![Double Trouble](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1849766592.jpg?itok=4139X5fM)
Twins Erin and Ellis are good at many things, especially looking for trouble. They look everywhere and finally find their cat, Trouble! The surprise ending creates a minor mystery as the children creatively search for Trouble through simple illustrations and a straightforward text.
Double Trouble
![Cat Dog Dog: The Story of a Blended Family](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1984848992.jpg?itok=hJgBE_4T)
A small white dog and his human dad move in with a cat and a large dog and their human mom. Though the transition is tough, they make it — until a “Waaah!” joins the family. Understated, comical, and relatable, this experience is presented with expressive illustration and limited language.
Cat Dog Dog: The Story of a Blended Family
![Harris Finds His Feet](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1680105965.jpg?itok=XTuIPpFP)
Harris is a “very small hare with very big feet.” His grandfather helps him realize that those big, strong feet will carry Harris around the world and back. Elegant illustrations use different perspectives to show the distance the younger and older hares travel as Harris gains confidence.
Harris Finds His Feet
![A Big Bed for Little Snow](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0316478369.jpg?itok=5w0-fqSD)
In this winter fable about where snow comes from, Little Snow, who wears snowflake pajamas, gets a new featherbed for the long, cold winter nights. But Mommy says this bed is for sleeping, not jumping, but when she leaves the room, he jumps and jumps on his bed … until one day it rips, sending feathers flying. A page turn reveals that his feathers are snowflakes, falling on a nghttime city block.
A Big Bed for Little Snow
![My Winter City](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1773060104.jpg?itok=Q1G6QupJ)
A young boy wakes up in the early light of a winter morning, pulls on his boots and mittens, and steps out into the snowy city with his dad. They trudge through the snow, their dog bounding along beside them, then a slushy, steamy bus ride takes them to the tobogganing hill for some winter fun. The boy describes all the sights and sounds of the day, from the frost in Dad’s beard and the snow “pillows” in the park, to the noisy clunking snow plows and the singing buskers they pass on their way home. That night, the boy lies awake under cozy covers, reflecting on the day, as snow blankets the world outside his window.
My Winter City
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Jingwen feels more like he’s on Mars than in Australia when he, his younger brother Yanghao, and their mother relocate from China. English is a breeze for Yanghao but a struggle for Jingwen who hears it as just gibberish. Line and wash illustrations cleverly depict the language confusion as well as the brothers’ plausible relationship. Even with serious issues present (the boys’ father has died; their mother works long hours) this remarkable book is witty, engaging, and entirely credible.
Pie in the Sky
![Pages and Co.: The Bookwanderers](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1984837125.jpg?itok=T_ydI0eH)
Her mother disappeared when Matilda “Tilly” Pages was just a baby. Since then she has lived with her grandparents in their London bookstore, Pages & Co. At the start of the midterm break, Tilly discovers a special talent: she is a bookwanderer which allows her to meet characters from her favorite books like Anne (of Green Gables) and Alice (in Wonderland). In this riveting, well-told tale, other characters from classics come alive. The conclusion is satisfying while pointing to forthcoming stories.
Pages and Co.: The Bookwanderers
![The Line Tender](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0735231605.jpg?itok=vQk5idjK)
Twelve-year-old Lucy lives with her father in Rockport, Massachusetts. Her mother, a marine biologist, died several years earlier. Lucy and her best friend and neighbor with a passion for science are making a field guide about marine animals: Fred writes; Lucy draws. Loss, grief, and healing are deftly handled in this memorable, striking novel in which community, art, science, and love intersect.