KDL Recommends

E BARNETT

With a supply of yarn that never runs out, Annabelle knits for everyone and everything in town until an evil archduke decides he wants the yarn for himself.

E BUNTING

While out for a walk, Mama Elephant answers her child’s questions about a monkey, a frog, a songbird, a butterfly, and a crocodile, all the while teaching about Little Elephant too.

E BURKERT

Presents an adaptation of Aesop’s classic tale about an unlikely friendship between a mouse and a lion in which an act of mercy proves to be a lifesaving gesture.

J DRAPER

Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.

TEEN GREEN

Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.

CONCEPT E INTRIAGO

Pairs of circular shapes convey opposite relationships in the arc of a day.

E KLASSEN

A bear almost gives up his search for his missing hat until he remembers something important.

SF J MCMANN

In a society that purges thirteen-year-olds who are creative, identical twins Aaron and Alex are separated, one to attend University while the other, supposedly Eliminated, finds himself in a wondrous place where youths hone their abilities and learn magic.

HISTORY US J973.0496 NEL

An simple introduction to African-American history, from Revolutionary-era slavery up to the election of President Obama.

E ROCCO

When a busy family’s activities come to a halt because of a blackout, they find they enjoy spending time together and not being too busy for once.

HOLIDAY E ROSENTHAL

One small act of love blossoms into something more dazzling than Little Miss could have ever imagined, in this journey about life, kindness, and giving.

SF TEEN ROTH

In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomoly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.

SF J SAGE

Apprentice Septimus Heap must enter the Darke to save the Castle and the Wizard Tower from destruction, but he needs the help of many to battle the spreading Darkenesse.

E SAYRE

Photographs of vegetables and rhyming text celebrate vegetables in all their colorful and tasty variety.

J SELZNICK

Having lost his mother and his hearing in a short time, twelve-year-old Ben leaves his Minnesota home in 1977 to seek the father he never knew in New York City, and meets there Rose, who is also longing for something missing from her life. Ben’s story is told in words; Rose’s in pictures.

E SIDMAN

Celebrates the shape of a spiral in nature, from rushing rivers to flower buds and even the shape of an ear.

SF J STEPHENS

Kate, Michael, and Emma have passed from one orphanage to another in the ten years since their parents disappeared to protect them, but now they learn that they have special powers, a prophesied quest to find a magical book, and a fearsome enemy.

BIOGRAPHY J921 SARG

Award-winning artist Sweet tells the story of the puppeteer Tony Sarg, capturing his genius, his dedication, his zest for play, and his long-lasting gift to America—the inspired helium balloons that would become the trademark of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

E TULLET

Instructs the reader on how to interact with the illustrations to create imaginative images.

TEEN CHRONICLES

A collection of stories based on illustrations in Chris Van Allsburg’s The Mysteries of Harris Burdick.

HIST J WELLS

When the Depression hits in Cairo, Illinois, and Oscar Ogilvie’s father must sell their home and vast model train set-up to look for work in California, eleven-year-old Oscar is left with his dour aunt, where he befriends a mysterious drifter, witnesses a stunning bank robbery, and is suddenly catapulted onto a train that takes him to a different time and place.

E WILLEMS

Amanda and her alligator have lots of fun together, but when Amanda’s grandfather buys her a panda, Alligator must learn to make new friends.

ER WILLEMS

Gerald must decide if he should share his ice cream before it’s too late.

BIOGRAPHY J921 YOUNG

Outside the walls of Ed Young’s childhood home in Shanghai, China was at war. This powerful, poignant memoir is the story of one of our most beloved children’s book illustrators and the house his baba (father) built.