Jamaica Is Thankful by Juanita Havill. Ages 4-6.
Jamaica wants to keep the kitten her friend gives her, even though her brother is allergic. After Ossie suffers a sneezing fit, Jamaica realizes that as much as she wants the kitten, she loves her brother more.

Panda & Polar Bear by Matthew J. Baek. Ages 3-5.
How does an icy Polar Bear meet and become friends with a Panda? He slides into a mud puddle!

All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon.
The flowing rhyme zooms outwards from smallness to bigness: "Rock, stone, pebble, sand / Body, shoulder, arm, hand / A moat to dig, / a shell to keep / All the world is wide and deep." At once a lullaby and an invigorating love song to nature, families and interconnectedness.

Happy Belly, Happy Smile by Rachel Isadora.
On Fridays, Louie has dinner at his grandfather's Chinatown restaurant. Grandpa orders Louie's favorite dinner of steamed dumplings, egg rolls and shrimp chow mein with oranges and fortune cookies for dessert. His fortune aptly is Happy belly, happy smile.

Alphabeasties by Sharon Werner.
Alphabetically arranged animal silhouettes are constructed entirely from blizzards of single letters with flaps and folds that add fun visual surprises. Add an alliterated text and kids of all ages will enjoy.

Have I Got a Book for You! by Melanie Watts.
“Say GOOD-BYE to boring books. You know the ones I'm talking about…" Al Foxword delivers a high-pressure sales pitch for this very title—his #1 BESTSELLER! Kids won’t be able to resist reading this one.

Annie and Snowball and the Shining Star by Cynthia Rylant.
Annie's friends Henry and Mudge, and especially her rabbit Snowball, help her get over feeling nervous about being in a school play.

Testing the Ice by Sharon Robinson. Ages 5-8.
Jackie Robinson took a step out onto the ice, it groaned and crackled under his heavy footsteps, but he kept going, tapping the ice with his broom handle, as his children watched from the shore. Robinson’s daughter narrates this family story about the man who couldn’t swim but always showed immense courage.

Sassy: The Birthday Storm by Sharon Draper.
Sassy and her family go to Florida during summer vacation to visit Grammy for her birthday. When the weather takes a turn for the worse, Sassy learns that love is more important than decorations and caterers.

Happy Birthday Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel.
It’s Bad Kitty's birthday and someone has absconded with the presents. Bad Kitty’s unapologetic, curmudgeon nature delivers laugh-out-loud humor.

The Dunderheads by Paul Fleischman.
The fiendish Miss Breakbone is no match for her students, once they put their heads together. They have no choice: Miss Breakbone has insulted them ("doodling, dozing, don't-knowing dunderheads!"), confiscated a cat figurine that Junkyard was saving for his mother's birthday and then dared them to retaliate. So they do!

Lego Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary by Simon Beecroft.
A visual dictionary that provides information on the spaceships, vehicles, creatures, equipment, and minifigures that are part of the Lego Star Wars sets.

Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia by Brandon Sanderson.
I absolutely agree with Alcatraz’s admonishments not to read this third book first, but if you have read the others you will greatly enjoy the trip to Nalhalla where the Evil Librarians have approached Council of Kings to sign a peace treaty.

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead.
It all starts with a letter that says, "I'm coming to save your friend's life." This cryptic note suggests that someone is watching Miranda and they know what’s going to happen.

Aliens and UFOs by Christopher Evans.
Readers become members of the Extraterrestrial Investigation Agency on an interactive journey into the world of aliens and unidentified flying objects. 

Albert Einstein by Kathleen Krull.
Einstein is depicted as a rebel student, absentminded scientist, and distracted parent who made mistakes and had his regrets, but who also retained his curiosity and continued to work on answering the questions he imagined.