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.
Find Your Treasure
Skippyjon Jones has found a treasure map, and you can help find the treasure by flipping over the correct bilingual tiles in the pop-up matching game.
Squirrel digs up a treasure chest and all the other animals fear he will forget them when the buried treasure makes him rich.
Tootle and Katy Caboose and their neighbors go on a treasure hunt.
The Bone cousins, Gran’ma Ben, and Thorn reach the city of Atheia, where they prepare to battle The Lord of the Locusts. Meanwhile, Thorn’s visions are becoming more threatening and Phoney Bone is convinced Atheia is rich in gold, and he is determined to find it!
While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads to a pirate fortune as well as great danger.
Harleigh J. Weatherby IV feels misunderstood. At age twelve he is about as tall as a six-year-old. At school the bullies nicknamed him “Hardly.” Now he is homeschooled at the Weatherby mansion, where strict Aunt Adelaide is always on his case about something.
When Lyza helps her dad clean out her late grandfather’s house, a mysterious surprise brightens the sad task. In Gramps’s dusty attic, Lyza discovers three maps, carefully folded and stacked, bound by a single rubber band. On top, an envelope says For Lyza ONLY.
By turns puzzling and harrowing, this book raises troubling questions about conformity, tradition, and the specter of ritualized violence that haunts even the most bucolic, peaceful village.
After King Midas’s gift—or curse—almost killed his daughter, he relinquished The Touch forever. Ten years later, Princess Kora still bears the consequences of her father’s wish: her skin shines golden, rumors follow her everywhere she goes, and she harbors secret powers.
We Love New Books!
For Ollie’s birthday, her wish came true! In a brightly wrapped box was her very own tiger suit. Ollie practices her very best Rooooaaarrrr , then a bunch of colorful balloons and a gust of wind carry Ollie to the forest where she makes new animal friends.
During the coldest season, when the world feels scary—what do you remember about being warm? Baked potatoes. Trust. A kettle on the stove. Blankets. A smile. And, most of all, the reassurance that you belong. Featuring illustrations from thirteen artists.
February is a lovable character! With her adorable heart themed outfit and love for friends, February teaches young children about the month of February in a unique way. Throughout the story we share all that February loves.
When a mysterious little free library (guarded by a large orange cat) appears overnight in the small town of Martinville, eleven-year-old Evan plucks two weathered books from its shelves, never suspecting that his life is about to change.
Dogtown is a shelter for stray dogs, misbehaving dogs, and discarded robot dogs, whose owners have outgrown them. There is danger, cheese sandwiches, a charging station, and some unexpected kindnesses along the way.
Phoenix longs to see the world outside of her village. One day, she risks a trip over the town’s wall to see the dark forest. Her quick adventure releases a monster that turns her brother into a zombie! It’s up to Phoenix to save him by finding the enchanted golden apple.
Since Victoria was kidnapped at the age of six and manipulated by the Exotic Lands Touring Company, she’s worked as a tour guide ever since with a team of fellow Wildbloods who take turns using their magic to protect travelers in a Jamaican jungle teeming with ghostly monsters.
With graduation quickly approaching Lily is worried that she’s somehow missed out on the fun of being in high school. So, when she receives a mysterious note inviting her to join the anonymous senior class Jester in executing the end-of-year prank, Lily sees her chance to put her goody-two-shoes reputation behind her.
Master spy Twilight is unparalleled when it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions for the betterment of the world. But when he receives the ultimate assignment—to get married and have a kid—he may finally be in over his head!
Christmas Classics & More
A brilliantly illustrated compilation provides a collection of seven holiday tales for readers of all ages, including “The Mitten”, “The Twelve Days of Christmas” and “The Night Before Christmas”.
Captures the magic behind the returning of the light, the yearning for traditions that connect us with generations that have gone before—and the hope for peace that we carry into the future.
This collection of Peanuts stories celebrates everything wonderful about the Christmas season—writing Christmas cards, shopping for presents, going to holiday parties, going sledding, drinking hot cocoa, and baking cookies for Santa!
In five sections, this anthology of historical and modern stories covers festive traditions, fairytales, gift-giving, and family fun.
Christmas stories written by authors honored as winners of the John Newbery Medal for their contribution for literature for children.
Are you ready for a festive adventure? Join me, Junior on the most pawsome, most barktastic journey through the howliday season!
This is Finley’s Christmas. It’s about home and family and friends and finding her place, and along the way she also finds the best Christmas present of all: love.
Christmas, Hawkins, 1984. All Chief Jim Hopper wants is to enjoy a quiet first Christmas with Eleven, but his adopted daughter has other plans.
Sierra’s family runs a Christmas tree farm in Oregon—it’s a bucolic setting for a girl to grow up in, except that every year, they pack up and move to California to set up their Christmas tree lot for the season.
Gobble Up Books of 2023
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.
The crayons are getting ready to go back to school. Each crayon has a subject they’re looking forward to the most and they’re also ready to meet new friends.
Squirrel must keep his flower safe. He needs his best friend Bird to help him, but perhaps Squirrel wants to protect the flower a little too much.
A huge shadow is blanketing the sky, spreading across every kingdom. And wizards all over the world are losing their magic powers! The Dragon Masters soon discover that a Shadow Dragon named Chaya and his Dragon Master, Aruna, are responsible.
Percy Jackson, modern-day son of Poseidon, is settling in at Alternative High School in New York, where he hopes to finally have a normal senior year. Unfortunately, the gods aren’t quite done with him yet.
An in-depth look at the making of the hit show, the book includes profiles of the characters featured in the show including Boba Fett, Fennec Shand, Ahsoka Tano, Luke Skywalker, Din Djarin, and Grogu.
Edited by Elizabeth Lim, this Twisted Tale anthology features sixteen twisted short stories by several authors, with new takes on fan-favorite Disney films. This collection filled with magic, intrigue, and charm is a must-have for Disney and fairy tale fans alike.
Cordelia Carstairs has lost everything that matters to her. She has seen her father murdered, her plans to become parabatai with her best friend, Lucie, destroyed, and her marriage crumble. Even worse, she is now bound to an ancient demon.
Ever since Simon died in detention, life hasn’t been easy for the Bayview Crew. First, the Bayview Four had to prove they weren’t killers. Then a new generation had to outwit a vengeful copycat. Now, it’s beginning again.
A Monster in My Book
One little monster waits for the first birthday guest to arrive. . . . There’s a knock on the door, and now there are two! Now three! Now four! Learn counting and basic math concepts while laughing over the rollicking rhymes and hilarious, energetic illustrations.
Some of the kids in Marilyn’s class have monsters. Marilyn doesn’t have hers yet, but she can’t just go out and look for one. Your monster has to find you. Marilyn tries to be patient but her monster doesn’t come. Could she go out and search for him herself?
Join these mutants with strange and fantastic abilities in a heart-pounding adventure to rid the world of evil. Spurred on by a captivating story line and thrilling illustrations, kids will race through the pages again and again.
Janner Wingfeather’s father was the High King of Anniera. But his father is gone. The kingdom has fallen. The royal family is on the run, and the Fang armies are close behind. Janner and his family hope to find refuge in the last safe place in the world: the Green Hollows.
Hilo has Gina and some brand new super powers on his side! Being heroes can be super fun-but it can also be super dangerous! And the closer Hilo and Gina get to saving their world from the monsters–the closer Hilo gets to the dark secret of his past.
Mirabelle is part of a very unusual family, with Uncle Bertram transforming into a grizzly bear and Aunt Eliza’s body made of spiders. When two orphans, Jem and Tom, stumble upon a tear in the magical field, Mirabelle and her family are put in grave danger. A very real monster has locked onto their scent.
Conor has the same dream every night, ever since his mother first fell ill, ever since she started the treatments that don’t quite seem to be working. But tonight is different. Tonight, when he wakes, there’s a visitor at his window. It’s ancient, elemental, a force of nature, and it wants the most dangerous thing of all, the truth.
After a year spent trying to prevent a catastropic war among the Greek gods, Percy Jackson soon discovers there is trouble at Camp Half-Blood and the only safe haven for demigods is on the verge of being overrun by mythological monsters. Percy needs the help of his best friend, Grover, who has been taken prisoner on an island somewhere in the Sea of Monsters.
Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late ’60s Chicago, is the fictional graphic diary of 10-year-old Karen Reyes, who tries to solve the murder of her neighbor, Anka, a holocaust survivor, while the interconnected stories of those around her unfold. Taken back to Anka’s life in Nazi Germany, the reader discovers how the personal, the political, the past, and the present converge.
Nebraska Golden Sower Awards
Nebraska Golden Sower Award in the Picture Book category and available as a Libby eBook. Terrance the turtle was born without a shell, so he uses a cardboard box instead. Terrance loves his box and learns that there’s nothing wrong with being different–especially when it comes to being yourself.
Honor book available as a Libby eBook. The best intentions lead to some of the worst (and funniest) ideas! How do you get gum out of your hair—a pair of scissors? Butter? The cat? Call your aunt, she’ll know what to do. She doesn’t? Try the fire department!
Honor book available in the APL collection and as a Libby eBook. When Charlie arrives at the Open Bud Ranch, Jack summons his courage and guides Charlie to his favorite sunlit this way, Charlie. And so begins a powerful friendship between a blind horse and a gruff goat that will be tested by life’s storms—but will ultimately change each life for the better.
Nebraska Golden Sower Award in the Chapter Book category and available as a Libby eBook and Audiobook. Rex Dexter is itching to have a dog . . . but ends up with a pet chicken. One hour and fourteen minutes later, the chicken is dead (by a steamroller), Rex is cursed (by the Grim Reaper), and wild animals are haunting Rex’s room (hounding him for answers).
Honor book available as a Libby eBook and Audiobook. Told from Stella’s perspective, this story is about a special dog who must find the courage to overcome her fears in order to help save a young girl with epilepsy. Ever since she was a puppy, Stella was trained to use her powerful beagle nose to sniff out dangerous chemicals and help her handler keep people safe.
Honor book available as a Libby eBook and Audiobook. Maureen and Francine Carter are twins and best friends. They participate in the same clubs, enjoy the same foods, and are partners on all their school projects. Are sisters really forever? Or will middle school change things for good?
Nebraska Golden Sower Award in the Novel category and available in the APL collection and as a Libby eBook and Audiobook. Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. Her fortunes change when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery his entire fortune. To receive her inheritance, Avery must move into sprawling, secret passage-filled Hawthorne House, where every room bears the old man’s touch — and his love of puzzles, riddles, and codes.
Honor book available as a Libby eBook and Audiobook. As the son of the world’s most famous tech billionaire, Jett Baranov has always gotten exactly what he wanted. So, when his father’s private jet drops him in the middle of Little Rock, Arkansas, at a wellness camp called the Oasis, Jett can’t believe it. He’s forced to hand over his cell phone, eat grainy veggie patties, and participate in wholesome activities with the other kids.
Honor book available as a Libby eBook and Audiobook. A thought-provoking story about friendship, privilege, and the value of a penny. Felix Rannells and Benji Porter were never supposed to be field-trip partners. Felix is a rule follower. Benji is a rule bender. They’re not friends. Until… they find a wallet. A wallet that belongs to tech billionaire Laura Friendly. They’re totally going to return it-but not before Benji borrows twenty dollars to buy hot dogs. Because twenty dollars is like a penny to a billionaire, right?
Camp Out with Exciting Adventures
Danny’s going to camp––and he’s taking the dinosaur! This popular pair is together in an adventure sure to please beginning readers and happy campers alike.
Spend a day in the outdoors camping with Curious George as he pitches a tent, roasts marshmallows, and tries to stay out of trouble!
Little Critter can’t help getting into scrapes at Scout Camp as he tangles with canoeing, crafts, homesickness, and getting lost in the spooky woods.
Unable to fit in with the other kids at summer sports camp, Wendy, a non-athletic type, cannot understand what all the hype is over a little game of softball, but she is about to learn the origins of everyone’s obsessive competitive streak.
Full of mischief, magic, adventure and an important reminder to always stay true to yourself. Phoebe and her unicorn best friend, Marigold Heavenly Nostrils, have the entire summer to play games, visit the pool, and even go camping.
Top-secret training continues into summer for aspiring spy Ben Ripley—and so does the danger. During required spy survival training at a rustic wilderness camp, SPYDER, an enemy spy organization, has infiltrated the spies’ ranks.
Camp Alpine Lake is the only place where Goldie Easton feels safe. Even with her “townie” background, Goldie has never felt more at home at camp and now she’s back as a counselor, desperate for summer to start and her best friends, Ava and Imogen, to arrive. Because Goldie has a terrible dark secret she’s been keeping and she is more in need of the comfort than ever.
Cassie discovers that her stepfather, Rick, a teen psychiatrist, has been illegally prescribing a new behavioral drug to his patients and three teens have died. Before she can report him, Rick commits Cassie to Peaceful Cove, a boot camp for troubled teens in Mexico. No one has ever escaped from Peaceful Cove alive, and even if Cassie gets over the walls and survives the Mexican desert, will anyone believe her story?
Mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking out of the pages of twelve-year-old Percy Jackson’s textbooks and into his life. And worse, he’s angered a few of them. Zeus’s master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. Now, he and his friends have just ten days to find and return Zeus’s stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus.
"All Together Now" celebrating
Friendship, Kindness and Unity!
There is someone new on the farm! Making new friends can be scary at first but being kind and helping others feel welcome is always the right move.
Join Walt Disney’s Jungle Book friends for a celebration of friendship and life together.
Discover how love is expressed in different cultures and countries all around the world.
A boy’s chance encounter with a scruffy dog leads to an unforgettable friendship in this deeply moving story about life, loss, and the meaning of family.
Humphrey is shocked by a big surprise in Room 26-a new class pet! Humphrey tries to be welcoming, but Og the frog doesn’t respond to any of his friendly squeaks. But if any hamster can become buddies with a frog, he can.
Shannon and Adrienne have been best friends ever since they were little. This graphic memoir shares how hard it is to find your real friends—and why it’s worth the journey.
Rachel is Stephanie’s best friend. In seventh grade, Alison moves into the neighborhood. Stephanie hopes all three of them can be best friends, but it looks as if it’s going to be a case of two’s company and three’s a crowd. Can the girls’ friendship be saved?
When sixteen-year-old Takamiya Naho receives a mysterious letter, claiming to be from her twenty-seven-year-old self, her life is suddenly thrown into flux. A new transfer student by the name of Naruse Kakeru will be joining her class, and she must keep her eye on him. What is Naho to make of the letter’s contents?
Emmy’s best friend, Oliver, reappears after being kidnapped by his father ten years ago. Emmy hopes to pick up their relationship right where it left off. Are they destined to be together? Is their story still written in the stars? Or are their hearts like the pieces of two different puzzles—impossible to fit together?