The Book Without a Story By Carolina Rabei Most people do not know that when a library closes for the day, the books all come to life. On a high shelf in a busy library sits one lonely book, Dusty…
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Nibbles: The Monster Hunt by Emma Yarlett
Nibbles: The Monster Hunt By Emma Yarlett Endearing Nibbles, the book monster, returns with a new adventure. The narrator, a young boy, loves all kinds of books, but particularly those about monsters. His favorite monster is a book monster named…
Upside-Down Sid by Dylan Shearsby
Upside-Down Sid By Dylan Shearsby In a place where everything is always upside right lives a fellow called Upside-Down Sid. He lives alone in a strange little house and all of his life Sid understood that he was different from…
From Me to You Written by Anthony Bertini and Illustrated by Jonathan Bentley
From Me to You Written by Anthony Bertini Illustrated by Jonathan Bentley A day unfolds in a small village and a father and his father enjoy spending time with their young son. In a busy marketplace of a small town,…
Room on our Rock by Kate & Jol Temple, illustrated by Terri Rose Baynton
Room on our Rock Written by Kate & Jol Temple Illustrated by Terri Rose Baynton There are two sides to every story: Reading this story from front to back as we normally do might make some readers cringe: there are…
The Alphabet of Peculiar Creatures by Katie Abey
The Alphabet of Peculiar Creatures By Katie Abey Did you know that Axolotls are amphibians and come in many colors, even in a pale pink with red eyes? The name comes from the canine Aztec god, Xolotl, and means “water…
I do it like this! Written by Susie Brooks and illustrated by Cally Johnson-Isaacs
I do it like this Written by Susie Brooks Illustrated by Cally Johnson-Isaacs This book compares and contrasts the different ways that people and animals do everyday things. All living things need to eat. People eat many foods…
Steve, Terror of the Seas by Megan Brewis
Steve, Terror of the Seas By Megan Brewis Steve, the fish, is not very big and his teeth are only average size, so why do many other sea creatures fear him? Wherever Steve wanders in his great ocean home, other…
Fox’s Box by Emilia Zebrowska
Fox’s Box by Emilia Zebrowska Fox finds a box and is curious as to what could be inside. Going from one friend to the next, Fox asks each what they think might be inside. One by one they look at…
Announcing the 2018 We’re the People Summer Reading List
For the past four years, I’ve been part of a team to select books for the We’re the People Summer Reading list. This list features recommended titles by indigenous authors and authors and/or illustrators of color, with a focus on…