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Bo the Brave
Bethan Woollvin - Peachtree Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover
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A feisty little girl learns who the real monsters are in this brilliantly funny medieval adventure.Once, there lived a little girl called Bo. Bo wanted to be just like her brothers and capture a fearsome monster. Bo is small, too small to catch a monster -- or so her brothers say. But Bo isn't... |
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Amazing Grace (Reading Rainbow Books)
Mary Hoffman - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover
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Grace loves stories, whether they're from books, movies, or the kind her grandmother tells. So when she gets a chance to play a part in Peter Pan, she knows exactly who she wants to be. Remarkable watercolor illustrations give full expression to Grace's high-flying imagination. |
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The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family
Ibtihaj Muhammad - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A powerful, vibrantly illustrated story about the first day of school--and two sisters on one's first day of hijab--by Olympic medalist and social justice activist Ibtihaj Muhammad. With her new backpack and light-up shoes, Faizah knows the first day of school is going to be special. It's... |
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The Most Magnificent Thing
Ashley Spires - Kids Can Press
Format: Print book
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Award-winning author and illustrator Ashley Spires has created a charming picture book about an unnamed girl and her very best friend, who happens to be a dog. The girl has a wonderful idea. ?She is going to make the most MAGNIFICENT thing! She knows just how it will look. She knows just... |
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The Paper Bag Princess
Robert N Munsch - Annick Press
Format: Paperback
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This bestselling modern classic features a princess who rescues a very snooty - and ungrateful - prince. |
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My Name Is Not Isabella: Just How Big Can a Little Girl Dream?
Jennifer Fosberry - Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times Bestseller! Just How Big Can a Little Girl Dream? Ask Isabella... She takes a wild ride-and discovers the sky's the limit! "This story...speaks frankly about self-identity and self affirmation as Isabella decides at the end that she is actually herself...because... |
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The Mermaid and the Shoe
K G Campbell - Kids Can Pr
Format: Hardcover
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In this delightful picture book, Minnow seems to be the only one of King Neptune's fifty mermaid daughters who has no particular skill or accomplishments. That is, except for her persistence in asking many, many questions. "Why don't crabs have fins"? "Where do bubbles go"?... |
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Rosie Revere, Engineer
Andrea Beaty - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover
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Rosie may seem quiet during the day, but at night she's a brilliant inventor of gizmos and gadgets who dreams of becoming a great engineer. When her great-great-aunt Rose (Rosie the Riveter) comes for a visit and mentions her one unfinished... |
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Raising Dragons
Jerdine Nolen - Silver Whistle; 1 edition
Format: Book
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When a dragon hatches on her pa’s farm, a young girl finds a best friend. At first Ma and Pa are wary of Hank, but it’s not long before they see him as their daughter does--and welcome the baby dragon into their family. As it turns out, Hank is not cut out for farm life, but still,... |
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Sheila Rae, the Brave
Kevin Henkes - Mulberry Books
Format: Paperback
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Written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes, the nationally bestselling and celebrated creator of Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, Owen, and Kitten's First Full Moon, Shelia Rae, the Brave is a warm, humorous, and loving story of sibling sympathy and support. Just because Sheila Rae is older,... |
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Olivia
Ian Falconer - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Book
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Have fun with Olivia...-dressing up -singing songs -building sand castles -napping (maybe) -dancing -painting on walls -and -- whew! -- going to sleep at last. |
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Suki's Kimono
Chieri Uegaki - Kids Can Pr
Format: Paperback
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Suki's favorite possession is her blue cotton kimono. A gift from her obachan, it holds special memories of her grandmother's visit last summer. And Suki is going to wear it on her first day back to school --- no matter what anyone says.When it's Suki's turn to share with her classmates... |
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Madeline
Ludwig Bemelmans - The Viking Press
Format: Paperback
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"In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines the smallest one was Madeline." Nothing frightens Madeline - not tigers, not even mice. With its endearing, courageous heroine, cheerful humor, and wonderful, whimsical drawings... |
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Kate and the Beanstalk
Mary Pope Osborne - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book
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Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum'un, I smell the blood of an Englishwoman. Be she alive or be she dead, I'll grind her bones to make my bread. Mary Pope Osborne's funny, magical retelling of the favorite tale and Giselle Potter's enchanting illustrations feature a new and inspiring heroine named... |
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Sparrow Girl
Sara Pennypacker - Disney/Hyperion Books
Format: Print book
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Ming-Li looked up and tried to imagine the sky silent, empty of birds. It was a terrible thought. Her country's leader had called sparrows the enemy of the farmers--they were eating too much grain, he said. He announced a great "Sparrow War" to banish them from China, but Ming-Li... |
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The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
Catherynne M. Valente - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover
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welve-year-old September lives in Omaha, and used to have an ordinary life, until her father went to war and her mother went to work. One day, September is met at her kitchen window by a Green Wind taking the form of a gentleman in a green jacket, who invites her on an adventure, implying... |
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A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle - Square Fish
Format: Paperback
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This is Book 1 of the Time Quintet Series It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger. "Wild nights are my glory,"... |
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Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
Kate DiCamillo - Candlewick Press
Format: Hardcover
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Winner of the 2014 Newbery Medal Holy unanticipated occurrences! A cynic meets an unlikely superhero in a genre-breaking new novel by master storyteller Kate DiCamillo.It begins, as the best superhero stories do, with a tragic accident that has unexpected consequences. The squirrel never... |
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The Mighty Miss Malone
Christopher Paul Curtis - Yearling Books
Format: Paperback
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"We are a family on a journey to a place called wonderful" is the motto of Deza Malone's family. Deza is the smartest girl in her class in Gary, Indiana, singled out by teachers for a special path in life. But it's 1936 and the Great Depression has hit Gary hard, and there are no jobs... |
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The Midwifes Apprentice
Karen Cushman - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover
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A poor girl in medieval England gains a name, a purpose, and a future in this "delightful"* and beloved Newbery Medal-winning book.* "A truly delightful introduction to a world seldom seen in childrens literature." - School Library Journal*, starred review* "A... |
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The Runaway Princess
Kate Coombs - Farrar Straus and Giroux
Format: Print book
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"A dragon darkens our dells. A witch haunts our woods. Bandits roam our moors" . . . King Stromgard swept on. "In the tradition of so many monarchs, I offer my daughter's hand in marriage and half my kingdom to the prince who can rid us of these evils, restoring peace... |
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Ella Enchanted
Gail Carson Levine - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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This beloved Newbery Honor-winning story about a feisty heroine is sure to enchant readers new and old. At her birth, Ella of Frell receives a foolish fairy's gift - the "gift" of obedience. Ella must obey any order, whether it's to hop on one foot for a day and a half, or to chop... |
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Breadcrumbs
Anne Ursu - Walden Pond Press
Format: Hardcover
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A stunning modern-day fairy tale from acclaimed author Anne Ursu Once upon a time, Hazel and Jack were best friends. But that was before he stopped talking to her and disappeared into a forest with a mysterious woman made of ice. Now it's up to Hazel to go in after him. Inspired by Hans... |
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Harriet the Spy: 50th Anniversary Edition
Louise Fitzhugh - Delacorte Books for Young Readers; 50 Anv edition
Format: Hardcover
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This special 50th Anniversary Edition of the classic and ground-breaking coming-of-age novel, Harriet the Spy, includes tributes by Judy Blume, Meg Cabot, Lois Lowry, Rebecca Stead, and many more, as well as a map of Harriet's New York City neighborhood and spy route and original author/editor... |
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Miss Rumphius
Barbara Cooney - Viking Books for Young Readers; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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A beloved classic is lovelier than ever! Barbara Cooneys story of Alice Rumphius, who longed to travel the world, live in a house by the sea, and do something to make the world more beautiful, has a timeless quality that resonates with each new generation. The countless lupines that bloom... |
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Not All Princesses Dress in Pink
Jane Yolen - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Celebrate girl power in this exuberant, mischievously illustrated picture book that shows little princesses that they can be whoever they want to be!. Not all princesses dress in pink. Some play in bright red socks that stink, blue team jerseys that dont quite fit, accessorized with a baseball... |
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Come on, Rain!
Karen Hesse - Scholastic Press
Format: Print book
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Newbery Medalist Karen Hesse recreates the body and soul-renewing experience of a summer downpour after a sweltering city heat wave. |
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Grace for President
Kelly S. DiPucchio - Disney-Hyperion; Revised edition
Format: Hardcover
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"Where are the girls?" When Grace's teacher reveals that the United States has never had a female president, Grace decides to be the first. And she immediately starts off her political career as a candidate the school's mock election! Author Kelly DiPucchio not only... |
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Interstellar Cinderella
Deborah Underwood - Chronicle Books
Format: Print book
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Once upon a planetoid,amid her tools and sprockets,a girl named Cinderella dreamedof fixing fancy rockets.With a little help from her fairy godrobot, Cinderella is going to the ball. But when the prince's ship has mechanical trouble, someone will have to zoom to the rescue! Readers... |
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The Princess Knight
Cornelia Funke
Format: Hardcover
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Cornelia Funke, author of the international best-seller THE THIEF LORD, makes her brilliant debut as a picture-book writer with this winning tale of a young princess's adventure!Violet is a young princess who wishes she could show the world that she is just as brave and strong as her brothers.... |
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