Rain and the Reading Horse

ttention, all horse lovers! Here’s a gentle, gorgeously illustrated meditation on the healing power of our relationship with animals and overcoming our fears, for readers of I Talk Like a River and Rescue & Jessica. When a shy young girl attends a school...

To Activate Space Portal, Lift Here

This book is an interstellar portal, and the aliens inside want to get to know you! Before you lift the cover, be sure you’re ready to meet Zrk and Blrg. They’re not so different from you—but to them, you’re the alien! After their initial shock at seeing you through...

The Wound

From the “Mo Willems of Sweden,” award-winning author/illustrator Emma Adbage captures a funny and true-to-life story about a little boy who hurts himself at school and is suddenly thrust into the spotlight Awarded Best Swedish Picture Book of 2022 For...

I Hear the Snow, I Smell the Sea

In this lyrical picture book illustrated by a two-time Caldecott Medalist, share in a blind child’s joyful experience of the changing seasons. Where I live, seasons change. I know because my fingers and toes, my ears, my mouth and nose, all tell me so. Neveah is...

The Crimson Throne (Spy and Guardian)

Powerless meets Reign in this new historical romantasy from the New York Times bestselling authors of Night of the Witch. Samson Calthorpe’s curse has isolated him from everyone he has ever cared about. So, when the opportunity arises to break the curse, he...

Candy Corn Christmas

The most underrated Halloween candies are determined to celebrate Christmas in this wildly sweet holiday mash-up with a dash of humor, a pinch of holiday cheer, and a sugar rush of Christmas magic. The candy corn exclaimed with glee, “What is this magic land we see?”...

Between

Between the covers of this book, in sparse but lyrical text and exquisite illustrations, is the story of a meeting between a cabbage moth and a cricket and the tentative steps they make towards friendship in the brief time they have between dusk and dawn. Sparked in...

One Word Six Letters

Two teen boys grapple with identity and accountability and set off a ripple effect within their community after a school assembly is disrupted by a shouted slur. Freshmen Dayton and Farshid couldn’t be more different―or so it seems. When Dayton takes a dare and shouts...