Bear Feels Sick by Karma Wilson.
Bear is feeling sick and cannot play with his friends. This gentle rhyming tale about being sick and taking care of friends is sure to cheer up even the sniffliest of small patients.

Can You Growl Like a Bear? by John Butler.
This engaging picture book challenges children to make animal sounds—not the typical barnyard cacophony but less-familiar ones, like the click of a dolphin or the howl of a wolf.

Dino-Hockey by Lisa Wheeler.
It's prehistoric pandemonium on ice, as the toothy Meat-Eaters and the tough Veggiesaurs face off in a wild championship hockey game.

No Biting, Louise by Marge Palatini.
When you’re born an alligator, it’s natural to bite. Toddler Louise is no exception. Grandmama Sadie assures everyone that Louise will outgrow her nasty habit, but what’s next?

Smash! Crash! by Jon Scieszka.
Like preschoolers at play on the floor, this big, wild, noisy, rambunctious picture book is packed with action as two friends, Jack Truck and Dump Truck Dan, hit the road. The “Smash! Crash!” refrain will ring throughout your house.

Truck Driver Tom by Monica Wellington.
Trucker Tom's delivery route is an adventure. Tom loads his truck with fresh fruit and vegetables and travels across the country to deliver them to the city.

Fancy Nancy at the Museum by Jane O'Connor.
Although excited at the prospect of a fancy class trip to the art museum, the bumpy bus ride to get there leaves Nancy feeling anything but fancy.

Minnie and Moo and the Haunted Sweater by Denys Cazet.
Minnie is giving the farmer her last cream puff for his birthday. Moo, not to be outdone, decides to knit a sweater as a gift-- a very special sweater.

There is a Bird on Your Head! by Mo Willems.
Two "love birds" make a nest on Gerald's head. Cause enough for panic, but when their three eggs hatch (in record gestation time), hysteria ensues.

Tough, Toothy Baby Sharks by Sandra Markle.
Striking close-up photographs of 11 different kinds of sharks from around the world illustrate the variety of ways they develop, from conception to maturity.

When Harriet Met Sojourner by Catherine Clinton.
The imagined meeting between Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth is the climax of this picture book, which tells the stories of the two heroines in clear, simple words on alternating double-page spreads. Evans’ dramatic collage-style illustrations evoke the quilts the women worked on, piecing together their history.

Brendan Buckley’s Universe and Everything In It by Sundee T. Frazier.
Brendan Buckley is fascinated by rocks and minerals. At the mall, he comes upon a mineral show and begins talking to an older man who's the president of the local society. He discovers that this man is actually his grandfather, someone his mother has keep secret for years.

Black Book of Secrets by F. Higgins.
After his own parents try to sell his teeth (right out of his mouth!) for cash, Ludlow Fitch runs away. Apprenticed almost at once to the charismatic and eccentric Joe Zabbidou, Ludlow begins to learn his new trade as a pawnbroker of secrets.

Chess Rumble by G.Neri.
Marcus, an angry middle schooler on the brink of big trouble, meets a Yoda-like chess master and ex-con in the school library who challenges him to a game of chess.

A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban.
Nothing in Zoe’s life is exactly perfect-- instead of a piano her father gets her an electric organ, at a friend’s birthday party everybody else gives CDs and she gives socks, her dad is a great cook, but he’s afraid to leave the house and her mother is always at her job. But perfect things can happen if you’re willing to overlook some imperfections along the way.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney.
Greg is a conflicted soul: he wants to do the right thing, but the constant quest for status and girls seems to undermine his every effort. Created by an online game developer, the sarcastic humor is accompanied by stick figure illustrations.

H.I.V.E.: Higher Institute of Villainous Education by Mark Waldon.
The slickest of young tricksters, thieves, and hackers have been brought against their will to be trained as the next generation of supervillains, megalomaniacs and criminal masterminds. Austin Powers meets James Bond.

Jabberwocky: The Classic Poem From Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There reimagined and illustrated by Christopher Myers.
Myers relocates Lewis Carroll's classic nonsense poem to a city basketball court where an unnamed African American hero faces a fearsome trio of ace players: the Jabberwock, with long arms and seven fingers on each hand; the tall, spiky-haired Jubjub bird; and the five-armed frumious Bandersnatch.