Yum! Mmmm! Que Rico!: America's Sproutings by Pat Mora

From blueberries to vanilla, indigenous foods of the Americas are celebrated in this collection of haiku, which also includes information about each food's origins.

Where I Live by Ellen Spinelli

In a series of poems, Diana writes about her life, both before and after her father loses his job and she and her family move far away to live with Grandpa Joe.

What To Do About Alice? by Barbara Kerley

Unconventional in many ways and troublesome in others, young Alice Lee Roosevelt made a name for herself in the White House while living there with her family and president father.

We Are The Ship: The Story Of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson

Chronicles the glory years of Negro League baseball in the early 1900s, including the sacrifices that the players made to live out their dreams and play the game they loved.

Two-Minute Drill by Mike Lupcia

Brainy Scott, a great kicker who otherwise struggles with football, and star quarterback Chris, who has dyslexia, team up to help each other succeed in both football and school.

Surprises According To Humphrey by Betty G. Birney

While continuing to help his classmates solve their problems, Humphrey, pet hamster of Longfellow School's Room 26, faces many surprises, like rolling in a hamster ball, a substitute janitor who might be an alien, and the possibility of Mrs. Brisbane retiring.

Someone Named Eva by Joan M. Wolf

From her home in Lidice, Czechoslovakia, in 1942, eleven-year-old Milada is taken with other blond, blue-eyed children to a school in Poland to be trained as "proper Germans" for adoption by German families, but all the while she remembers her true name and history.

Savvy by Ingrid Law

Recounts the adventures of Mibs Beaumont, whose thirteenth birthday has revealed her "savvy"--a magical power unique to each member of her family--just as her father is injured in a terrible accident.

Piper Reed, Navy Brat by Kimberly Willis Holt

Piper is sad about leaving her home and friends behind when her father, a Navy aircraft mechanic, is transferred yet again, but with help from her often-annoying sisters and a surprise from their parents, she finds happiness in their new home in Pensacola, Florida.

Penderwicks On Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdsall

The four Penderwick sisters are faced with the unimaginable prospect of their widowed father dating, and they hatch a plot to stop him.

Pale Male: Citizen Hawk Of New York City by Janet Schulman

True story of a red-tailed hawk who made his home on a New York City apartment building and earned fame after a series of events involving an unpopular eviction by the building's human residents.

Nic Bishop Frogs by Nic Bishop

Collection of close-up photographs capturing an array of diverse frogs in their natural habitat, including bullfrogs and dart frogs.

Maybelle In The Soup by Katie Speck

When Mr. and Mrs. Peabody invite a guest to dinner, Maybelle the cockroach, who lives under their refrigerator, ignores the warnings of Henry the flea to be sensible and ends up "splashing" into a big adventure.

Martina The Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale by Carmen Agra Deedy

In this humorous retelling of a Cuban folktale, a cockroach interviews her suitors in order to decide whom to marry.

Luck of the Loch Ness Monster by Alice Flaherty

A young American girl's picky eating habits transform a small worm into the famous Loch Ness monster. Includes facts about the biology of pickiness.

Lady Liberty: A Biography by Doreen Rappaport

A portrait of the Statue of Liberty, told through the eyes of those who helped created her.

Hound of Rowan by Henry Neff

After glimpsing a hint of his destiny in a mysterious tapestry, twelve-year-old Max McDaniels becomes a student at Rowan Academy, where he trains in "mystics and combat" in preparation for war with an ancient enemy that has been kidnapping children like him.

Help Me, Mr. Mutt!: Expert Answers For Dogs With People Problems by Janet Stevens

Dogs across the United States write to Mr. Mutt, a people expert, for help with their humans.

Gollywhopper Games by Jody Feldman

Twelve-year-old Gil Goodson competes against thousands of other children at extraordinary puzzles, stunts, and more in hopes of a fresh start for his family, which has been ostracized since his father was falsely accused of embezzling from Golly Toy and Game Company.

Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look

A young boy in Concord, Massachusetts, who loves superheroes and comes from a long line of brave Chinese farmer-warriors, wants to make friends, but first he must overcome his fear of everything.