Did you know that your blood works very hard to keep you healthy? It flows through your body, carrying much-needed oxygen and nutrients, as well as disposing of waste that your body doesn’t need. In Fei Zheng-Ward’s Getting Ready for My Blood Test, a young...

Anthony is on the dock, fishing pole in hand and line in the water. His older brother and sister play cards nearby on the deck of a cabin while his parents put together dinner. Suddenly, there’s a pull on his fishing line. Anthony is worried....

Peanut Butter and Donner: A Curious Chorus by Erin Rosenblum is a unique, rhyming story about two pets who were rescued by their family. Donner is a blue parakeet who was found in an ice cream shop. Peanut Butter is a little brown rabbit who...

What Will I Be Today? This question activates Sailor’s superpower every day. Sailor is a young girl who lives a pretty normal life. She goes to school, watches TV, reads books, picks her nose, and plays with her toys. But when she is in her...

In Saanvi and Prakash Learn Together by Sheena Sharma, the two siblings discover that they do need homework help from their parents, and that working together can be fun. Saanvi and Prakash have opposite attitudes to homework. Saanvi is excited to work on the assigned...

Preethi Saravanakumar’s The Work of Art on the Wall is about a boy named Gary, whose parents give him anything he wants. But he’s sad that he doesn’t have any siblings to play with like all his friends. He spends his days wishing he were...

Water is a very important part of our lives. It’s here one minute and disappears mysteriously in the next minute. In Milagros Wallace’s Gregorina and Her Glass of Water, a young girl, Gregorina, learns the importance and growing mystery of water. She also learns it...

The Green Pumpkin by Jen Kennedy tells the story of Emmy, a girl who goes on a school trip to a farm. Soon, there will be a pumpkin contest, so Farmer Jim lets each student take one. Everyone runs to get theirs, always choosing the...

In Pam Sears's Leo’s First Field Trip, a young boy reaches a major childhood milestone. We watch little Leo get on a school bus for his first-ever National Park visit. Joined by his parents, friends, and teacher, Leo tours the wilderness with a diligent park...

DeAnn Spellman’s James & Jolene Visit the Queen tracks two well-dressed kids who head out for a whirlwind vacation across London. The story begins with James and Jolene arriving at Buckingham Palace, where they stop to admire the silent royal guards standing on duty. From...