j- juvenile fiction / j Er– easy readers / j Ea- picture books

FRIENDS & FAMILY

A Splendid Friend, Indeed / Suzanne Bloom
A polar bear and goose become friends. (j Ea BLOOM)

My Brother, Ant / Betsy Byars (j Er BYARS )
Four short stories about Ant and his brother.

Cork & Fuzz : the collectors / Dori Chaconas
When best friends Cork and Fuzz go to the pond, Fuzz is mistaken for a baby duck. (j Er CHACONAS )

Hide-and-Seek All Week / Tomie de Paola
The Twin Barker dogs play hide and seek, but can’t agree on the rules. (j Er DEPAOLA )

Benny and Penny in just pretend : a toon book / Geoffrey Hayes (GRAPHIC j HAYES)
Benny the mouse finds it's hard to pretend when his pesky little sister, Penny, is always tagging along.

Houndsley and Catina / James Howe (j Er HOWE )
A cat and dog give each other encouragement & support.

Frog and Toad are Friends / Arnold Lobel
The adventures of two special friends. (j Er LOBEL)

Henry and Mudge and the great grandpas / Cynthia Rylant (j Er RYLANT )
Henry and Mudge bring new adventures to Great Grandpa Bill and his friends at the retirement home.

Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa / Erica Silverman
Special times are shared by Cowgirl Kate and her horse Cocoa. (j Er SILVERMAN )

The Gardener /Sarah Stewart (j Ea STEWART)
Lydia Grace takes her love of gardening with her when she goes to live with her uncle in the city.

Amanda Pig and the really hot day / Jean Van Leeuwen (j Er VAN LEEWUWEN )
Amanda Pig and her family and friends try to stay cool on the hottest day of the summer.

Uncle Andy's / James Warhola
The author and his family visit their uncle, Andy Warhol, in New York City. ( j Ea WARHOLA)

FUNNY STORIES

Hi! Fly Guy / Tedd Arnold (j Er ARNOLD)
Buzz enters a fly in The Amazing Pet Show.

Stinky /Eleanor Davis (GRAPHIC j DAVIS)
Stinky, a swamp monster, gets upset when a boy named Nick starts hanging around his swamp.

Amelia Bedelia / Peggy Parish (j Er PARISH )
Amelia Bedelia always does exactly what she’s told.

Clever Kate / Elizabeth Shub (j Er SHUB )
Funny things happen when a wife takes everything literally.

Maybelle goes to tea / Katie Speck (j SPECK)
Maybelle the cockroach tumbles into a terrifying but tasty adventure during the Ladies' Spring Tea.

There Is a Bird on Your Head!  / Mo Willems (j Er WILLEMS )
Gerald the elephant discovers that there is something worse than a bird on your head-- 2 birds on your head!

ANIMAL STORIES

Little Rat sets sail / Monika Bang-Campbell (j BANG-CAMPBELL)
Little Rat overcomes her fear of sailing.

Agapanthus Hum and Major Bark / Joy Cowley
When Agapanthus gets a puppy for a pet, she enters him in a champion dog show. (j Er COWLEY )

Diary of a Worm / Doreen Cronin (j Ea CRONIN)
A young worm discovers that there are some very good and some not so good things about being a worm.

Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride / Kate DiCamillo ( j DICAMILLO)
Mr. Watson's usual Saturday drive with his favorite pig, Mercy, turns into an adventure when Mercy finds herself behind the wheel.

How to heal a broken wing / Bob Graham
When Will finds a bird with a broken wing, he takes it home and cares for it. (j Ea GRAHAM)

Danny and the Dinosaur / Syd Hoff
Danny and the dinosaur both want to play, so they leave the museum together. (j Er HOFF)

A Fly Went By / Mike McClintock
Find out what’s chasing the fly. (j Er MCCLINTOCK )

Three Stories You Can Read to Your Dog / Sara Swan Miller (j Er MILLER)
Stories written from a dog’s point of view.

TRUE STORIES

Stars beneath your bed : the surprising story of dust / April Pulley Sayre ( j 551.5113 Say)
The surprising things that make up ordinary dust.

Construction Zone / Cheryl Hudson (j 690 Hud)
A behind-the-scenes look at a construction project.

Hello, bumblebee bat /Darrin Lunde (j 599.4 Lun)
Find out about Thailand’s bumblebee bat.

Odd Boy Out:Young Albert Einstein / Don Brown ( j 92E EINSTEIN Bro)
The work and early life of the famous scientist.

Chameleon, chameleon /Joy Cowley
Simple text and great photos introduce tropical rain forests chameleons. (j 597.956 Cow) 

Marvelous Mattie : how Margaret E. Knight became an inventor / Emily McCully  (j 92K KNIGHT Mcc)
An inventive girl grows up to design a machine that makes flat-bottomed paper bags.

Planting the trees of Kenya : the story of Wangari Maathai / Claire A. Nivola ( j 92M MAATHAI Niv)
A Nobel Peace Prize winner changes her country by teaching people to care for the land.

MYSTERIES & ADVENTURES

Bones and the Dinosaur Mystery / David A. Adler (j Er ADLER )
Jeffrey Bones investigates the disappearance of a plastic dinosaur.

Young Cam Jansen and the substitute mystery/ David A. Adler (j Er ADLER )
A detective has a photographic memory.

The Case of the Hungry Stranger / Crosby Bonsall (j Er BONSALL )
Four friends solve the mystery of the missing pie.

Hot air :the (mostly) true story of the first hot-air balloon ride/Marjorie Priceman  (j Ea PRICEMAN)
The passengers of the first hot-air balloon flight in 1783- a duck, a sheep and a rooster- tell their story.

The High-Rise Private Eyes : the case of the puzzling possum / Cynthia Rylant (j Er RYLANT)
Bunny and Jack investigate the disappearance of a trombone from Mr. Riley's music store.

Nate the Great and the Fishy Prize / Marjorie Sharmat (j Er SHARMAT )
Nate and his dog solve a mystery.

SCHOOL STORIES

Miss Nelson is Missing / Harry Allard
When Miss Nelson disappears, mean Viola Swamp begins teaching her class. (j Ea ALLARD)

Don't swap your sweater for a dog / Katherine Applegate (j APPLEGATE)
First-grader Roscoe is determined to win a trophy.

No Good in Art / Miriam Cohen
A first grade discovers he is good in art. ( j Ea COHEN)

First graders from Mars episode I : Horus' horrible day / Shana Corey (j Er COREY)
A new school year begins on Mars for first grader Horus.

Babymouse. 10, The musical / Jennifer L. Holm
As tryouts for the school musical begin, Babymouse imagines she is starring in a Broadway production.(GRAPHIC j BABYMOUSE)

Pinky and Rex and the school play / James Howe
Pinky is jealous when his best friend Rex gets the lead in the school play. (j HOWE)

The best chef in second grade / Katharine Kenah
A famous chef is coming to Ollie’s second grade class.  (j Er KENAH)

Keena Ford and the second-grade mix-up / Melissa Thomson (j THOMSON)
Keena has a few mishaps when she begins 2nd grade.

Doris's dinosaur / Rosemary Wells (j Er WELLS)
Doris's unusual artistic talent is finally recognized when her class visits a modern art museum.

OUR FAVORITES

Little Runner of the Longhouse / Betty Baker
Little Runner wants to celebrate the Iroquois New Year. (j Er BAKER)

Boxes for Katje / Candace Fleming ( j Ea FLEMING)
After World War II, a Dutch girl begins to receive increasingly larger boxes from a town in the USA.

You read to me, I'll read to you : very short scary tales to read together / Mary Ann Hoberman
(j Er HOBERMAN)

The Beetle Bush / Beverly Keller (j Er KELLER)
Arabelle Mott grows more than vegetables in her garden.

Ruby Lu, brave and true / Lenore Look (j LOOK)
"Almost-eight-year-old" Ruby Lu goes to Chinese school, learns to drive, and has adventures with her friends.

Lentil / Robert McCloskey ( j Ea MCCLOSKEY)
Great things happen when Lentil plays the harmonica.

Saving Sweetness / Diane Stanley (j Ea STANLEY)
A western sheriff rescues a resourceful orphan.

Good Night, Good Knight / Shelley Moore Thomas
A knight helps three dragons get to sleep. (j Er THOMAS)

POETRY

Handsprings / Douglas Florian (j 811 Flo)

Days like this : a collection of small poems / Simon James (j 811.08)

Birds on a wire : a Renga 'round town /
J. Patrick Lewis & Paul B. Janeczko (j Ea LEWIS)

Little Dog and Duncan / Kristine O'Connell George (j 811 Geo)

If not for the cat : haiku / Jack Prelutsky (j 811 Pre)