Trolls Go Home by Alan McDonald

When the Trolls move next door to the Priddles, both families find the other strange, which causes many misunderstandings.

Just Grace by Charise Mericle Harper

Misnamed by her teacher, seven-year-old Just Grace prides herself on being empathetic, but when she tries to help a neighbor feel better, her good intentions backfire.

Martin Bridge: Sound the Alarm by Jessica Scott Kerrin

Martin's back in two more stories. He gets a new babysitter and learns that dancing isn't all bad. In the second story, Martin his friend Stuart find themselves locked in a toy store with no way out.

Hairy Hezekiah by Dick King-Smith

A lonely Bactrian camel sets out in search of a friend, but after being threatened, laughed at, and insulted by other animals at the zoo and unknowingly wreaking havoc in the English countryside, he finds a real home and true friend at a safari park.

Clementine by Sara Pennypacker

While sorting through difficulties in her friendship with her neighbor Margaret, eight-year-old Clementine gains several unique hairstyles while also helping her father in his efforts to banish pigeons from the front of their apartment building.

Dumpster Diver by Janet Wong

Once a month--every week in the summer--Steve the electrician dons special gear and, with the help of youngsters who live in his building, dives into a dumpster seeking useful objects that they can transform into imaginative new ones.

The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin

Frustrated at her seeming lack of talent for anything, a young Taiwanese American girl sets out to apply the lessons of the Chinese Year of the Dog, those of making best friends and finding oneself, to her own life

All in Just One Cookie by Susan Goodman

Follow grandma step by step as she bakes cookies. Includes baking process and each page talks about the different elements of the recipe.

The Princess and the Pea by Lauren Child

Presents a re-telling of the well-known fairy tale of a young girl feels a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty featherbeds and proves she is a real princess.

The Shy Creatures by David Mack

This extraordinary debut picture book addresses an issue not often covered in picture books: shyness. In this story, a variety of mythical creatures--including a cyclops, a dragon, and Bigfoot--may seem fierce, but are quite shy, as one little girl discovers.

The Lemonade Club by Patricia Polacco

When Marilyn and her teacher, Miss Wichelman, both get cancer, they encourage each other and, aided by medical treatments and support from friends, they get better and learn that when life hands you lemons, make lemonade.

I Miss You Every Day by Simms Taback

A little girl misses someone so much that she wraps herself up like a package and sends herself through the mail.

Mind Your Manners B.B. Wolf by Judy Sierra

When B.B. Wolf, who now lives in the Villain Villa Retirement Residence, is invited to the library for a storybook tea, he is careful to follow the advice of his crocodile friend and impresses everyone with how polite he can be.

Kindness Is Cooler, Mrs. Ruler by Margery Cuyler

Mrs. Ruler guides her students in discovering ways of being kind to their family members, their community, and each other.

Someday by Eileen Spinelli

A young girl contrasts the exciting things she might someday do, like digging for dinosaur bones and swimming with dolphins, with her present-day activities of finding loose change in the sofa cushions and feeding her goldfish.

Bad Dog, Marley! by John Grogan

Marley, a rambunctious puppy, makes himself at home while causing lots of trouble but then proves in a very dramatic way that he is a valuable member of the household.

A Bear and His Boy by Sean Bryan

One morning, Mack the bear wakes up with Zack the boy on his back, but as Mack tries to complete a schedule that is "jam-packed," Zack suggests that he relax and take a second to smell the lilacs.

Cookies: Bite Size Life Lessons by Amy Krouse

Defining such important concepts as "fair" and "unfair," along with the true meaning of "cooperation," this clever guide reveals that all of life's important lessons can be taught from just one bite of a cookie.

Charlie and Lola: Say Cheese! by Lauren Child

Lola has promised her mother that she will stay clean and tidy for school picture day. It will be "easy peasy, lemon squeezy," says Lola. But staying clean and tidy is not so easy, especially when there is finger painting to do and a game of puddles to play. By the time Lola poses for her picture, she is covered in paint and pink milk, and her extremely special photograph for Mom is ruined. But then Charlie has an idea that just might save the day.

Bow Wow Bugs a Bug by Mark Newgarden and Megan Montague Cash

A wordless picture book about a persistent terrier who spends a day following a bug through his neighborhood.