People & Places - Kids Fiction

Meet Clara--a girl living in Los Angeles, California, in 1915. Major motion-picture companies have moved out to Hollywood, and she's right in the middle of all the action. When she finds herself working behind the scenes in the film industry for a big-shot producer...

A small child looks up at all the big, beautiful things around her in this illustrated story set on a farm. Pairs with the nonfiction title Rural Places.Author: Margo GatesISBN-10: 1728402980ISBN-13: 9781728402987Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)Language: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2021Pages: 16Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 8.20h x 6.00w x...

When Journee and Briley Miles join their father for his work trip to New York City. The young girls accidentally stumble upon an epic adventure. Together, with the help of their dog Oreo, they discover the hidden gems and culture of the city. Join...

He has a nose for the greatest adventures. What marvelous treasures will this dog lap up next?A three-book collection of incredible exploits from your favorite furry explorer friend Arthur has his bags packed and his tail ready to wag. Every time he jumps on...

Get set . . . for Jett! Jett Ryder is the biggest name in freestyle motocross stunts. Not only can he pull off the biggest air and most death-defying tricks, but his stunts take place in extreme locations: Niagara Falls, the Space Needle, Mount...

Staying Home paints a vivid picture of the feelings and experiences that can come along with staying home. This lyrical picture book encourages young readers to acknowledge the comfortable and uncomfortable moments of life lived at home, and to look forward to sharing those...

A lyrical and joyful celebration of inclusion and respectFirst featured as a song on the widely popular Sesame Street, the beloved educational children's television show, We All Sing with the Same Voice is a joyous read-aloud that embraces the notion that no matter where...

Grace feels sad as she walks to school. She is all on her own and wishes she had someone to walk with. Along the way she meets many different animals, who all decide to travel along with her. Grace sings a little rhyme each...

On the hottest summer afternoons when desert creatures look for shade and stay close to the earth and keep their voices low I sit high on a cactus and fling my loud ringing trill out to the sun... So sings the Cactus Wren, one...

Iksik ran to his cousin's side, grabbing up the wolf head harpoon. At the curve in the trail a large shadow cascaded over the rocks.They heard the loud panting of the beast just before it rounded the corner, staring straight at them. A light...

Aya is an appreciative and purposeful little panda. When she isn't busy eating, Aya notices beauty everywhere Aya's search leads her to a peaceful place, the one inside her beautiful heart.Author: Hanna Hymans OstroffISBN-10: 0997264225ISBN-13: 9780997264227Publisher: H2ostorybooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/15/2016Pages: 64Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.42lbsSize: 10.00h x...

War: A Children's Book is an educational peacemaking tool. When your child asks, "why is there war?" will you be ready with a real answer? This rhyming children's book is a tool to help gently explain the terrifying phenomenon of war without continuing the...

A must-have Easter basket stuffer! Find your hometown among our wide collection of personalized Easter books!An Easter adventure following the Easter Bunny as she hops through your favorite places, spreading hoppy-ness to those she meets along the way!What happens when the Easter Bunny is...

A must-have Easter basket stuffer! Find your hometown among our wide collection of personalized Easter books!An Easter adventure following the Easter Bunny as she hops through your favorite places, spreading hoppy-ness to those she meets along the way!What happens when the Easter Bunny is...

A must-have Easter basket stuffer! Find your hometown among our wide collection of personalized Easter books!An Easter adventure following the Easter Bunny as she hops through your favorite places, spreading hoppy-ness to those she meets along the way!What happens when the Easter Bunny is...

A must-have Easter basket stuffer! Find your hometown among our wide collection of personalized Easter books!An Easter adventure following the Easter Bunny as she hops through your favorite places, spreading hoppy-ness to those she meets along the way!What happens when the Easter Bunny is...

Nando is a young boy with a Hispanic mother and a Native American father. His new day begins with a yawn. He passes it to his mother who in turn passes it on to others. Unknown to Nando, he creates the day's first yawn....

This children's picture book is a tribute to the beauty and power boys of color possess. It is a positive visual image of boys of color to counter the ones that now consume our mainstream media. The children depicted in the book represent all...

A poignant and beautiful bedtime book, Cricket Song connects two children on different continents through the evocation of sound and smell. Readers will love identifying various creatures portrayed in the book and watching what they are doing as the two children begin to fall...

Don Freeman, the creator of Corduroy, was one of the most beloved and popular author/illustrators of picture books for children. After Freeman's death in 1978, colleagues and his wife decided to use his never before published artwork and make a commemorative book using his...

When it′s 9 P.M. in Brooklyn, it′s 10 P.M. in Puerto Rico, and midnight on the mid-atlantic. Far from the vroom of New York traffic, the Puerto Rican night is filled with conga music, sweet rice, and fruit ice. In India, villagers begin their...

From bestselling UK author Sophia McDougall comes one fresh and funny adventure-filled tween debut about a group of kids evacuated to Mars Perfect for fans of Artemis Fowl, this laugh-out-loud series is packed with nonstop fun.When Earth comes under attack by aliens, hilarious heroine...

What's your name? Maybe you'll find it in this effervescent picture book--an ode to an important part of each of us from the creator of The Favorite Book. Everyone has one . . .or maybe a few.So what's in a name?What does it do?...

Grace feels sad as she walks to school. She is all on her own and wishes she had someone to walk with. Along the way she meets many different animals, who all decide to travel along with her. Grace sings a little rhyme each...

Grace feels sad as she walks to school. She is all on her own and wishes she had someone to walk with. Along the way she meets many different animals, who all decide to travel along with her. Grace sings a little rhyme each...

The body of Noel Chapman, the manager of the Blue Parrot Apartments, is found floating face down in the king tide flood waters that have flooded the basement laundry. The police call the death an accidental drowning. The next day, Charles Sturgis, whose family...

Experience the power of CBT & PTSD Worksheets. Do you love yourself? Everyday we exposed ourselves to the new digital media such as the Facebook.com, Instagram.com, Twitter.com and many more. This CBT & PTSD Worksheets can be used as the guideline to understand and...

This is book one in a 15-book series in which students learn about different places across the globe through letters written by characters from each place. This series is intended to bridge the gap across cultures, to demonstrate that we are all people, no...

This is book one in a 15-book series in which students learn about different places across the globe through letters written by characters from each place. This series is intended to bridge the gap across cultures, to demonstrate that we are all people, no...

It's Visiting Day in Kenya Lizzy is so excited to see her friend again. She has no idea what The Book Lady will bring with her this time. "Please let it be sweets," says Lizzy. But when she sees her friend get off the...

Tilmund wants to travel the world, just like his adventurous grandfather. There is only one problem - he has a great fear of the 'strange and unknown'. But with a little help from a travel bug, Tilmund finally finds the courage he needs to...

Small Buffalo is eating grass. The prairie is quiet.Then, it happens... a sound. The herd is in danger Will Small Buffalo be able to save his friends?One Small Buffalo is a story about having the courage to go against the herd and speaking up...

Come trick or treating with Elmo, Abby, and all your Sesame Street friends Ring the doorbell again and again on Elmo's Halloween adventure. Press 6 buttons to play 8 sounds that bring the seasonal story to life, including doorbell rings, silly noises, and some...

A playful adventure where a young elephant gets to learn about different cultures and languages while exploring a zoo on the day of her birthday.Through captivating and colorful illustrations, children and young readers will have the opportunity to participate in this fun quest to...

Experience history's most fearsome events -- from the bombing of Pearl Harbor to the sinking of Titanic -- through the eyes of young heroines who are at the heart of the survival action. Part historical fiction, part adventure story, Girls Survive shows how girls...

Ride the bus through the city and take in the sights Engaging text and vibrant illustrations will draw in emergent readers. Pairs with the nonfiction title Urban Places.Author: Margo GatesISBN-10: 1541590163ISBN-13: 9781541590168Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)Language: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2021Pages: 16Format: Library BindingWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 8.10h x 6.20w...

(Bilingual English-German edition / Zweisprachige Ausgabe Englisch-Deutsch) Fatima is a young woman whose life seems beset by one disaster after another. Setting forth on a journey from her home in the West, she is shipwrecked and cast ashore alone near Alexandria, Egypt. Adopted by...

Catchy rhymes and visual cues introduce young readers to the people they'll encounter as they embark on their first day of school. Spot A+ clues on the clothesline to identify all the people who make starting school so much fun! A follow-up to Clothesline...

A hilarious follow-up to Grin and Bear It, this early reader offers lessons on jealousy, self-confidence and the art of making new friends. Chuck Wood is upset. Jealous, too. Also insecure. As the winner of the Best of the Forest art contest three years...

Catchy rhymes and visual cues introduce young readers to the people they'll encounter as they embark on their first day of school. Spot A+ clues on the clothesline to identify all the people who make starting school so much fun! A follow-up to Clothesline...

Trudy's parents are older than other kids' parents. As she enters middle school, Ma and Pop are in their sixties and seventies--so old, in fact, that most people mistake them for her grandparents. As if that isn't complicated enough, Trudy's also having a hard...

Discover San Francisco from A (Alcatraz) to Z (The San Francisco Zoo), and everything in between G is for the Golden Gate Bridge, L is for Lombard Street, and W is for the Wharf. Kids will have fun discovering the city as they learn...

Naturalist Henry Beston's The Outermost House as a picture book for young children. Henry Beston spent a year in a house known as "The Fo'c'sle," high on a dune overlooking the thundering surf of the Atlantic on the outer forearm of Cape Cod. He...

Heather Blake is horrified when her grandmother gets involved with the Ladies of the Forest, a radical group of protesters willing to do just about anything to save a stand of old-growth trees from the loggers' chainsaws. When the Ladies make a calendar, semi-nude...

Where do children go when they close their eyes to sleep? They step onto their dreamboats and sail toward adventure. From Maiqui in the Andes floating through the constellations, to Aljuu paddling along the shores of Haida Gwaii with Eagle, Orca and Black Bear,...

Engaging introduction to the peoples of the world through the stories of the seven little sisters: the little brown baby; Agoonack, the Eskimo sister; Gemila, the child of the desert; Jeannette, the Swiss maiden; Pen-se the Chinese girl; Manenko, the little dark girl; and...

A distraught king and queen take their fussy prince on a global adventure in search of foods that he will eat. With jaunty, rhyming story CD narrated by Hugh BonnevilleAuthor: Joanne OppenheimISBN-10: 1782850740ISBN-13: 9781782850748Publisher: Barefoot BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/30/2014Pages: 1Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.92lbsSize: 11.04h x 8.72w...

Young children will love exclaiming Go Cars Go when this delightful book is read aloud. Whether your little one is into cars or not, this sturdy board book is a fun, family-pleasing story. Author Mandi Dow's story is the typical experience of leaving home...

A must-have Easter basket stuffer! Find your hometown among our wide collection of personalized Easter books!An Easter adventure following the Easter Bunny as she hops through your favorite places, spreading hoppy-ness to those she meets along the way!What happens when the Easter Bunny is...

A must-have Easter basket stuffer! Find your hometown among our wide collection of personalized Easter books!An Easter adventure following the Easter Bunny as she hops through your favorite places, spreading hoppy-ness to those she meets along the way!What happens when the Easter Bunny is...