Dive Into Cool Books
Sal, a Portuguese Water Dog, feels bad because she’s the only dog at Hilltop Farm who hasn’t won any awards. She loves to swim, though, and decides that maybe if she joins the local swim team, she too can win a medal.
The weatherman predicts a beautiful, sunny day in LEGO® City, so everyone heads to the beach. But when dark storm clouds roll in over the ocean, it’s up to the coast guard to spring into action and save the day!
In glorious onomatopoeia, Tim McCanna takes the reader on a dazzling journey as a fox seeks shelter from a rainstorm.
Sixth-grader Gabe feels out of depth in school and worries that he may have learning disabilities like his older brother, but he gains some self-confidence after joining the local swim team and working at a local aquarium store.
Exuberant Narwhal and skeptical Jelly test the waters of adding a new friend to their pod when they meet Otty the super-adventurous otter in the fourth book of this blockbuster early graphic novel series!
A brave clown fish leaves his home in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef to rescue his captured son from a dentist’s fish tank. Readers will also love the eight-page insert featuring full-color stills from the hit movie!
After a narrow escape from his burning house, psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware is ready for a relaxing getaway. And revered scientist Dr. Woodrow Wilson Moreland has just the ticket for Alex and his girlfriend, Robin Castagna: an all-expenses-paid vacation to a Pacific island retreat.
In America’s Gulf Coast region, where grounded oil tankers are being broken down for parts, Nailer, a teenage boy, works the light crew, scavenging for copper wiring just to make quota–and hopefully live to see another day. Then he discovers an exquisite clipper ship beached during a recent hurricane.
Vera and her brother, Will, live in the shadow of the Great Panic, in a country that has collapsed from environmental catastrophe. Water is hoarded by governments and clouds are sucked from the sky. When a new friend suddenly disappears, Vera and Will set off on a dangerous journey in search of him.
"Adventure Begins At Your Library"
Come along with John and his family as they go on a camping adventure to Yellowstone Park. Each member of John’s family has a sight-seeing favorite they want to explore.
Zelda has big plans – she wants to be the first chook in space. She leaves nothing to chance and packs food, fuel and a cosy nesting box. But will she make it without the help of her friends?
Featuring a classic in children’s literature, Peter Rabbit disobeys his mother and finds trouble when he goes into Mr. McGregor’s garden.
Follow Roan’s first year at Jedi Academy where, under the tutelage of Master Yoda, he learns that he possesses more strength and potential than he could have ever dreamed.
When his dad unexpectedly announces a trip to Grand Teton National Park, Isaiah is ecstatic! On the second night of camping, He wakes to a thunderous noise that grows louder and louder. The ground begins to tremble.
A classic in juvenile literature, Tom Sawyer’s bold spirit, winsome smile, and inventive solutions to the problems of everyday life in fictional St Petersburg have won him the hearts of generations.
Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived as an outlaw in Sherwood Forest dedicated to fight against tyranny.
On the eve of her sixteenth birthday, the young sorceress Sabrina Spellman finds herself at a crossroads, having to choose between an unearthly destiny and her mortal boyfriend, Harvey.
Meet John and Philippa Gaunt, twelve-year-old twins who one day discover themselves to be descended from a long line of djinn.
Tribute to Teachers!
Mrs. Hartwell’s students worry that their teacher will miss them while they are gone for the summer. The class comes up with a way to make sure Mrs. Hartwell won’t be too sad. But Mrs. Hartwell and the other teachers have some plans of their own.
Ms. McCaw tries to draw a simple face on the chalkboard — and she can’t do it! The other kids start to snicker, but Dudley jumps to the rescue and gives his favorite teacher a drawing lesson. A fun lesson for little fingers on how to draw!
Prelutsky’s delicious verse is uncannily Seussian to explore the Diffendoofer School and discover good old Horton, a platter of green eggs and ham, and a few Whos from Who-ville scattered across the fascinating landscape of Smith’s artwork.
In the late 1870s many young teachers traveled West to earn money and make a new life for themselves. Sarah Jane Price’s diary shares of braving the rough conditions in the West and the daily tasks that ensued.
Nate Wright is eleven years old, a self-described genius and sixth-grade Renaissance man. Middle school kids everywhere can relate to Big Nate’s daily battle against overzealous teachers, cafeteria food, and all-around conventionality.
Wayside School was built with one classroom on top of another, thirty stories high (The builder said he was sorry.) Maybe that’s why all kinds of funny things happened at Wayside-especially on the thirteenth floor.
Harry Potter has never heard of Hogwarts when the letters start coming to number four, Privet Drive. On Harry’s eleventh birthday, Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard and has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure begins.
Fifteen-year-old Mike McGill has lived with his Uncle Billy since his mother’s death. Nothing gets by Mike’s history teacher, an ex-cop named Riel especially not long-hidden information about Mike’s mother. Her death might not have been an accident after all!
Middle school student Izuku Midoriya wants to be a hero more than anything. An encounter with All Might, the greatest hero of them all, gives him a chance to change his destiny at the prestigious U.A. High School for budding heroes.
Spring Into Action with Audiobooks on the Libby app
Something strange happened on an unremarkable day just before the season changed. Everybody who was outside . . .went inside. We remembered to protect the ones we love and love the ones who protect us. While the world changed outside, we became stronger on the inside and believed that someday soon spring would come again.
This collection of My First I Can Reads is perfect for shared reading with a child. Included are five favorite Pete the Cat I Can Read books: Pete the Cat: Play Ball! — Pete the Cat: Pete’s Big Lunch — Pete the Cat: Pete at the Beach — Pete the Cat: A Pet for Pete — Pete the Cat: Too Cool for School.
Gives young readers a frog’s eye view of life in a pond throughout the seasons in the Caldecott Honor Book, In the Small, Small Pond.
A child explores the wonders of the natural world in this rhyming, beautiful bright colored picture storybook about the lives of small animals and insects living around a freshwater pond.
The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as they move from their little house on the banks of Plum Creek to the wilderness of the unsettled Dakota Territory. Here Pa works on the new railroad until he finds a homestead claim that is perfect for their new little house and Pa puts up the first building in what will soon be a brand-new town on the beautiful shores of Silver Lake.
Amelia Albright dreams about going to Florida for spring break like everyone else in her class, but her father—a cranky and conservative English professor—has decided Florida is too much adventure. Now Amelia is stuck at home with him and her babysitter, the beloved Mrs. O’Brien. The week ahead promises to be boring, until Amelia meets Casey at her local art studio.
Signs of spring are very exciting to everyone at Longfellow School. Mrs. Brisbane’s class has seen flowers poking out of snow and baby birds hatching, and Just-Joey even brought in tadpoles that are growing into frogs. It also means Family Fun Night is coming up, and all of the students’ families are involved in making amazing activities.
Second in a series, Persephone’s relationship with Hades has gone public and the resulting media storm disrupts her normal life and threatens to expose her as the Goddess of Spring. Hades, God of the Dead, is burdened by a hellish past that everyone’s eager to expose in an effort to warn Persephone away.
Third in a series, Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin’s actions and learn what she can about the invading king threatening to bring her land to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit. One slip could bring doom for everything-and everyone-she holds dear.
In the dead of night, a cloaked figure drags a heavy box through snow-covered streets. Centuries later, in an Oxford library, a boy touches a strange book and feels something pierce his finger. The volume is blank, wordless, but its paper has fine veins running through it and seems to quiver, as if it’s alive.