My Principal Is a Time Traveler (Probably) by Javier López centers on Ollie Finch, a fifth-grader who loves hard evidence but suddenly finds his logic tested at Vernon Elementary. Everything changes when Ollie spots a bizarre calendar note written two months in advance that correctly...

What would happen if the world suddenly stopped making sense and you had to come up with an explanation? The Wrong Answer Book by J. A. Mallow gives kids 54 unusual situations where the most ridiculous response might be the best one. The book is...

Finding Home: A Tale for Anyone Who Has Forgotten Their Way is a fabulous, illustrated children’s book by Mary-Anne Haupt. Four children, Lucy, Abigail, Joseph, and Ben, walk in the woods. Lucy feels lost and wants to go home. Abigail also feels scared. Joseph hides...

You don't have to be prepared for an adventure to find yourself in the middle of one. In Nina Watcher: Queen for a Day by Kateryna Dronova, Nina is fourteen and has always been fascinated by the past. While exploring an antique shop with her...

Soccer to the Max by Bibi Belford centers on Sandburg Zaproski, an eleven-year-old fifth-grader who is crushed when his dream summer trip to his grandparents’ Texas ranch is canceled. His sister Millay needs medical checkups, so his parents send him to the Grand Premier Youth...

Think Like the D-Squad by Phil Weiss follows four real family dogs, Sully, Baz, Dash, and Phoebe, who spend their days solving everyday backyard mysteries together. Dash tells the story, and it's clear early on that something's bothering Sully. He's stopped bringing his found treasures...

Janice Hechter’s Where Are the Women is a nonfiction children’s picture book. It recounts the New York City Girl Scouts’ discovery that, of the twenty-two statues elevated on pedestals throughout Central Park in 2016, all were men. Zero women were honored. The girls rallied to...

Our Children in the Shadows by JT Bird follows Haven Cassidy, a spirited twelve-year-old who'd much rather be off on her own secret missions around school than sitting through science class. She gets her wish in a way she never expected when she's pulled into...

If you want an engaging children’s story that follows a deep-sea voyage while exploring the importance of understanding and cooperation, Jessica Kopecky’s Scorny Returns is a really wonderful choice. The adventure gets underway when a council tasks the rugged survivor named Scorny and his close...

Life can sometimes be difficult. In Sangeetha Narayan’s According to Dhruv, trouble seems to come in threes. At least for Dhruv, it does. His grandmother, Nani Ma, believes in prayer as the solution to all problems. But is it? Dhruv isn’t so sure. There’s a...