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Cocoa Magic
By Sandra Bradley, Gabrielle Grimard. 2022
In a story where empathy and generosity shine as much as the tempered chocolates, eight-year-old Daniel learns from his chocolatier…
great-uncle and discovers how much comfort a small act of kindness can bringLittle city by the lake (Little house. Caroline years #06)
By Celia Wilkins. 2003
Larry gets lost in the library (Larry gets lost)
By Eric Ode. 2021
Larry, a playful pup, loves to go on vacation with Pete at his grandparents' farm. When a bookmobile arrives, Pete…
is excited to select a stack of books, but he doesn't notice that Larry, in search of a snack, wanders into the bookmobile and is taken back to the city! For preschool to grade 2. UnratedThe worst best school year ever (The Best Ever)
By Barbara Robinson. 1994
In this sequel to The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (DB 38118, BR 5636), the six Herdman children are still terrorizing…
their Woodrow Wilson School classmates. Beth, who is in the same grade as Imogene Herdman, is worried about this year's big assignment: coming up with compliments for every person in the class. What in the world can she say about Imogene? For grades 3-6The number devil: a mathematical adventure
By Hans Enzensberger. 1998
Robert is unhappy about math until the number devil shows up in his dreams and explains the secrets of numbers.…
By demonstrating the importance of zero and primary digits, the number devil helps Robert learn and understand complex concepts. For grades 5-8 and older readersFiguring out Frances
By Gina Willner-Pardo. 1999
Abigail is bothered by two mysteries at the start of the fourth grade. One, why does her Grandmother with Alzheimer's…
disease now call Abigail Frances? And, two, why did her best friend, Travis Mooney, change so much when he transferred to her school this year? For grades 4-7Loser
By Jerry Spinelli. 2002
Even though his classmates from first grade through middle school consider Donald Zinkoff to be strange and a loser, his…
exuberant good nature keeps him going, through field day disasters and clumsy accidents. Best of all, his family loves and supports him. For grades 4-7. 2002Lenny and Mel (Beginning chapter book)
By Erik P. Kraft. 2002
Twin brothers Lenny and Mel celebrate holidays in some unusual ways. After eating Thanksgiving turkey for a week, the boys…
put the remains under Mel's pillow for the Leftover Fairy to exchange for money. Beginning chapter book. For grades 2-4. 2002The hundred dresses
By Eleanor Estes. 2004
The girls in her class mock Wanda Petronski because she claims to have a hundred dresses lined up in her…
closet but wears the same faded dress everyday. And they tease her about her Polish last name. Then Wanda stops coming to school. For grades 3-6. Newbery Honor. 1944Endgame
By Nancy Garden. 2006
Having been bullied throughout middle school, Gray Wilton is happy to start high school in a new town. But Greenford…
High has bullies too, and Gray's domineering father only adds to his suffering. Gray snaps--and brings a gun to school. Strong language and some violence. For senior high readers. 2006The Wednesday wars: A Newbery Honor Award Winner
By Gary D. Schmidt. 2007
Long Island, 1967. Seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood knows that Mrs. Baker "hates his guts" because she would have Wednesday afternoons free…
if he went to catechism or Hebrew school like his classmates. Mrs. Baker worries about her husband in Vietnam and introduces a reluctant Holling to Shakespeare. For grades 5-8. Newbery Honor. 2007Undercover (Laura Geringer Bks.)
By Beth Kephart. 2007
Sophomore loner Elisa has a talent for observing the world and operates a business ghostwriting love letters for guys. As…
her parents' marriage disintegrates, Elisa escapes by ice-skating on the local pond. Theo, a client, begins joining her and they fall in love. For senior high readers. 2007Hate that cat: A Novel
By Sharon Creech. 2008
Jack continues his study of poetry begun with Miss Stretchberry last school year in Love That Dog (BR 14137). Although…
he still misses his dog Sky, he writes poems about other things: words, sounds, silence, his mother's hand signs, and cats. A novel in verse. For grades 4-7. 2008After Ever After
By Jordan Sonnenblick. 2010
Jeffrey isn't a little boy with cancer anymore. He's a teen in remission. Even though the cancer should be far…
behind him, life still feels fragile. The aftereffects of treatment have left Jeffrey with an inability to be a great student or to walk without limping. His parents still worry about him. His older brother, Steven, who has always been Jeffrey's main support system and confidant, lost it and took off to Africa to be in a drumming circle and "find himself". Jeffrey has a little soul searching to do, too. He needs to tell Steven how he feels about basically being abandoned. His best friend, Tad, is hatching some kind of secretive, crazy plan, which is driving him bonkers. And there's a girl who is way out of his league but who thinks he's cute.Fluffy meets the groundhog (Hello Reader!: Level 3: Fluffy)
By Kate McMullan. 2001
When Mrs. Day's class celebrates Groundhog Day, Fluffy, their guinea pig, finds himself face to face with a very shy…
groundhog. While people with cameras wait for a weather prediction, Fluffy comes up with a plan to save the day. For grades K-3. 2001Fluffy and the firefighters (Hello Reader!: Level 3 Fluffy)
By Kate McMullan. 1999
Just Grace and the snack attack (Just Grace Ser.)
By Charise Mericle Harper. 2009
Just Grace and her class are forced to study food from around the world after troublemaker Owen jokes about someone's…
lunch. Just Grace picks potato chips for her topic but gets jealous when her dad helps her friend Mimi research his favorite food--hot dogs. For grades 2-4. 2009A little princess
By Frances Hodgson Burnett. 1987
In this Victorian story, India-born Sara Crewe arrives at Miss Minchin's boarding school in London with beautiful clothes and the…
good manners of a real princess. But Sara's life changes dramatically when she is suddenly left penniless. For grades 4-7. 1904Trapped
By Michael Northrop. 2011
During what seems like a typical New England blizzard, seven kids at Tattawa Regional High School are waiting to be…
picked up by their parents. Only the snowstorm is much more powerful than was expected, and not everyone survives. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2011Fluffy's 100th day at school (Hello Reader! Level 3, Fluffy)
By Kate McMullan. 1999
When Ms. Day's class has a party to celebrate the one hundredth day of school, Fluffy the guinea pig enjoys…
the games and rowdy fun. He even wins the seed-eating contest. For grades K-3. 1999