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Fifth grader Nora Rose Rowley is really a genius. It’s true. But don’t tell anyone. Nora always gets average grades so she can forgo the pressure-cooker gifted program or Brainiac Academy. But when Nora gets one hundred percent fed up over testing and the fuss everyone makes about grades...

Kamal is better than anyone else in his school at fading into the background. When you're a refugee and you've started a new school three times in as many years, you learn to keep your head down. But, after a major puke incident in front of the whole school, being invisible is no longer an option. And when Kamal finds a mysterious CHEAT BOOK in the library that promises to help him gain popularity, he sees a chance to finally make his mark.

Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech's inspired novel tells the story of a boy who fantasizes about who he is in order to discover who he will become. Now with fresh and gorgeous new cover art, this touching tale has received many starred reviews, and was called a ""warm, funny, philosophical...

The third book in the new basketball series about regaining one's confidence on and off the court. Raam may have made the school team, but that doesn't guarantee him minutes on the court or respect from his fellow teammates. As a new rookie, he will have to fight to get recognition from the...

Dear Black Boy You will teach the world How to shine brightly Just by being yourself This program is read by the author and features music and special effects. Listen along and enjoy the fun! "Author Mahogany Browne masterfully delivers her narrative poems about being a Black girl in America...

Help your child build confidence, speak up, and face bullying with strength.

In a town full of oddballs, the quietest boy is the only one who can solve the loudest mystery. A quirky middle-grade adventure about an eccentric town and a young boy who must find his missing neighbor. James has always felt invisible, even in Edge, a town where being weird seems to be the rule...

A young boy with locs prepares for back-to-school pictures in this empowering picture book that celebrates mothers and sons, from the New York Times bestselling author of Hair Love. Nico’s locs are his thing. They’re a lot like him, cool and free. They always match his fits for basketball or...

Die Fortsetzung des epischen Fantasy- Abenteuers Nargis erreicht eine schreckliche Nachricht: Die Krähe Sickle hat ihren Großvater entführt! Gemeinsam mit ihren Freunden folgt Nargis Sickles Spur in eine finstere Höhlenwelt und trifft dabei nicht nur auf ihre Erzfeindin, sondern auch auf...

Winner of the Newbery Medal “A charming, intriguingly plotted novel.” —Washington Post Acclaimed and award-winning author Erin Entrada Kelly’s Hello, Universe is a funny and poignant neighborhood story about unexpected friendships. Told from four intertwining points of view—two boys...

Tina non sa cosa le è saltato in mente quel pomeriggio, quando ha accettato di giocare a pallavolo con i compagni. Di solito fa solo le cose che sa fare bene, perché ha sempre paura di sbagliare. Gli altri bambini la chiamano ‘perfettina’ e non la trovano molto divertente: la perfezione...

Kiki ist inzwischen 17 Jahre alt. Ihre zarten Gefühle für Tombo entwickeln sich zu wahrer Liebe. Sie freut sich darauf, in den Sommerferien Tombo wiederzusehen, der inzwischen eine weit entfernte Schule besucht. Doch dann erreicht sie ein Brief, in dem er ihr schreibt, er würde sich in die...

Twelve-year-old Elliot Bloom doesn’t look like a rapper. He’s shy. He blends in. But after a fall at a neighborhood rec center, something strange happens—he wakes up with rhymes in his head, a new rhythm in his heart, and a voice that won’t stay quiet. As his lyrics begin to spread and his confidence grows, Elliot finds himself navigating stages, showdowns, and friendships that test everything he thought he knew about himself. But when the spotlight turns hot and old doubts come creeping back, he has to decide: Will he speak his truth or fade into the background again?

Sofia and her little brother, Ermin, are sent to the convent orphanage but soon escape, led by an enigmatic new friend and their pet crow, Corvith. Together they cross the city underground, following clues in bones up to the towers of Siena, where - circled by magpies - the children find the terrible truth....

None of the kids in her class wear a ponytail, so Stephanie decides she must have one. The loud, unanimous comment from her classmates is: “Ugly, ugly, very ugly.” Steadfast, when all the girls have copied her ponytail, she resolves to try a new style. With true Munsch flair, each of Stephanie’s ponytails is more outrageous than the last, while the cast of copycats grows and grows.

Imagine living in a country in which women and girls are not allowed to leave the house without a man. Imagine having to wear clothes that cover every part of your body, including your face, whenever you go out. In this powerful and realistic tale, eleven-year-old Parvana lives with her family...

Camilla Cream loves lima beans, but she never eats them. Why? Because the other kids in her school don't like them. And Camilla Cream is very, very worried about what other people might think of her. In fact, she's so worried that she's about to break out in...a bad case of stripes!

This six-minute story is the first book in the enchanting Fluffy & Fred® series. Will Fred ever get to the top of that tree? Fluffy doesn’t think so. But in a surprise ending, both pets learn that they shouldn’t give up on their dreams! Do you ever wonder what our pets are saying that we don't hear? Welcome to the neighborhood - where the mailboxes look like lollipops and the pets talk about their days - right here on this chalkboard! Fluffy is a cat with a lot to learn! Fred’s a dog who knows about as much. It’s a good thing Grey lives next door!

The first children’s book from multi-genre artist Brontez Purnell, a 2018 winner of the Whiting Award, sweetly portrays a common but rarely narrated childhood experience - having a single parent and taking care of a younger sibling. The Nightlife of Jacuzzi Gaskett recounts 11-year-old Jacuzzi’s evening activities while he cares for his baby brother and waits for mama’s arrival home. He ponders his dad, school, and his future - and when his brother wakes up, Jacuzzi knows just how to get him back to sleep.

That was where she needed to be, in a field of purple flowers, where no one could bother her. She would sit there until the confusion left her head and the stink of the camp left her nostrils. Shauzia has a dream. She dreams of getting away from the refugee camp in Pakistan and travelling to...