Dream Author: Barbara O’Connor Published: August 26, 2025 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Summary: Dream follows a small town girl with big aspirations of becoming a songwriter. Turns out anything is possible with your best friends and an adorable pup by your side! The sky is the limit. Idalee Lovett is content with her life … Read more
A Universe of Wishes Editor: Dhonielle Clayton Authors: Tara Sim, Natalie C. Parker, Libba Bray, Anna-Marie Mclemore, Kwame Mbalia, V.E. Schwab, Rebecca Roadhouse, Nic Stone, Jenni Balch, Dhonielle Clayton, Mark Oshiro, Samira Ahmed, Tessa Gratton, Zoraida Cordova, Tochi Onyebuchi Published: December 8th, 2020 by Random House Children’s Books Summary: From We Need Diverse Books, the organization … Read more
Ferris Author: Kate DiCamillo Published: April 1st, 2025 by Candlewick Press Summary: It’s the summer before fifth grade, and for Ferris Wilkey, it is a summer of sheer pandemonium: Her little sister, Pinky, has vowed to become an outlaw. Uncle Ted has left Aunt Shirley and, to Ferris’s mother’s chagrin, is holed up in the … Read more
The Hotel Balzaar Author: Kate DiCamillo Illustrator: Júlia Sardà Published: October 1st, 2024 by Candlewick Press Summary: In a wise and magical follow-up to The Puppets of Spelhorst, Kate DiCamillo revisits the land of Norendy, where tales swirl within tales—and every moment is a story in the making. At the Hotel Balzaar, Marta’s mother rises before … Read more
“Tackling My Own Book’s Educators’ Guide” Near the bottom of this page is a download link to the student guide for A Visit to Moscow. If you open the link, you’ll discover several discussion questions, beginning with this one: “Rather than opening directly with the Rabbi’s arrival in Moscow, the book opens and closes with … Read more
Above the Trenches (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #12): A WWI Flying Ace Tale Author & Illustrator: Nathan Hale Published: November 14th, 2023 by Abrams Fanfare Summary: In Above the Trenches, author-illustrator Nathan Hale takes to the skies with the flying aces of World War I to reveal another Hazardous Tale in American history in the … Read more
Lila Greer, Teacher of the Year Author: Andrea Beaty Illustrator: David Roberts Published: November 7, 2023 by Abrams Summary: Lila Greer, Teacher of the Year is a moving story starring the Questioneers’ teacher that’s all about kindness, learning to face your fears, and the profound difference that one brilliant educator can make in a child’s … Read more
