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Finding Serendipity: Chapters 1-5

by Angelica Banks

Download the first five chapters of FINDING SERENDIPITY for FREE!

When Tuesday McGillycuddy and her beloved dog, Baxterr, discover that Tuesday's mother--the famous author Serendipity Smith--has gone missing,...

I Kill the Mockingbird

by Paul Acampora

When Lucy, Elena, and Michael receive their summer reading list, they are excited to see To Kill A Mockingbird included. But not everyone in their class shares the same enthusiasm. So they hatch a plot to get...

Kelsey Green, Reading Queen

by Claudia Mills & Rob Shepperson

Kelsey Green is the best reader in the third grade--well, maybe tied for best with know-it-all Simon Ellis. When the principal Mr. Boone announces a school-wide reading contest, complete with a pizza party for...

Destiny, Rewritten

by Kathryn Fitzmaurice

This sweet contemporary story about poetry, family, and determining your own destiny is perfect for fans of books by Wendy Mass, Joan Bauer, Sharon Creech, and Rebecca Stead.

Eleven-year-old Emily Elizabeth...

Any Questions?

by Marie-Louise Gay

Many children want to know where stories come from and how a book is made. Marie-Louise Gay’s new picture book provides them with some delightfully inspiring answers in a fictional encounter between an author...

A True and Faithful Narrative

by Katherine Sturtevant

In Restoration London, sixteen-year-old Meg Moore is something of an anomaly. Unlike other girls her age, Meg pores over books. She spends long hours conversing with the famous authors and poets who visit her...

The Tickle Tree

by Francois Keyser

A family moves into a new home. The disabled daughter, Kayleigh, is kept awake at nights by noises from under the tree in their garden. She investigates one night and is amazed at what she finds. She makes strange...

Steinbeck's Ghost

by Lewis Buzbee

It's been two months since Travis's family moved to a development so new that it seems totally unreal. His parents are working harder now, to pay for it all, and Travis is left to fend for himself.

There's one...

Read Me a Story, Stella

by Marie-Louise Gay

In the first new Stella book in four years — in a series that has sold two million copies in ten languages — Stella introduces little brother Sam to the pleasures of reading. Sam is as busy and worried as...

Lost in the Library

by Josh Funk & Stevie Lewis

Steadfast Fortitude and curious Patience are waiting every morning to greet visitors of the Library.

That is until, one early morning, when Fortitude finds Patience is missing. The city is about to awake, and...

The Story Seeker

by Kristin O'Donnell Tubb & Iacopo Bruno

Inspired by the true story of a girl who lived in the library, Kristen O'Donnell Tubb's The Story Seeker continues The Story Collector series with a heartwarming middle grade mystery that captures the illustrious...

Bearnard's Book

by Deborah Underwood & Misa Saburi

Bearnard's Book by writer Deborah Underwood and illustrator Misa Saburi is a charming picture book about a bear who discovers that to shine in his own story, he just needs to be himself.

When Bearnard gets an...

King Alice

by Matthew Cordell

Matthew Cordell, Caldecott Medal-winning author and illustrator of Wolf in the Snow, delivers yet another warm and delightful picture book in King Alice.

Alice and her family are stuck indoors on a snowy day....

Doris the Bookasaurus

by Diana Murray & Yuyi Chen

Hooray for books! They make me ROAR!

Doris the Bookasaurus thinks books are mega-dino-tastic! They make her spiky tail wiggle and her imagination soar.

Her boisterous little brothers, Max and T.J., do not agree....

The Midnight Library

by Kazuno Kohara

Perfect for bedtime reading, pay a visit to the Midnight Library where you can snuggle up for a nighttime story.

There is a little library that only opens at night. In the library there is a little librarian--and...

The Winterhouse Mysteries

by Ben Guterson & Chloe Bristol

Danger, intrigue, and the power of family combine in The Winterhouse Mysteries, the fast-paced conclusion to Ben Guterson and Chloe Bristol's illustrated, enchanting Winterhouse middle grade trilogy.

It's springtime...

Ronan the Librarian

by Tara Luebbe, Becky Cattie & Victoria Maderna

This humorous picture book from sister duo Tara Luebbe and Becky Cattie and illustrator Victoria Maderna follows Ronan the Barbarian as he grows from being just a rough-and-tumble warrior to Ronan the Librarian...

Under a Pig Tree

by Margie Palatini & Chuck Groenink

The publisher and author of Under a Pig Tree seem to be having communication issues. The author has written a clear, no-nonsense history of figs. But the publisher is sure she meant pigs. After all, what’s...

Willow the Armadillo

by Marilou Reeder & Dave Mottram

A heartfelt story that celebrates picture books and reminds us real heroes come in all shapes and sizes

Willow the Armadillo loves picture books. More than anything, she wants to be the hero in a picture...

Primrose’s Curse

by Kiara Shankar & Vinay Shankar

Primrose Fernetise, a beautiful audacious twelve-year-old girl, and a group of woodland animals with divine mystical abilities set out on an adventurous mission to Hellevue, a murky island on the dreary part...