by Deb Pilutti

Old Rock has been sitting in the same spot in the pine forest for as long as anyone can remember.  Spotted Beetle, Tall Pine, and Hummingbird think just sitting there must be boring, but they are in for a wonderful surprise.  Fabulous tales of adventurous travel, exotic scenery, and more from Old Rock’s life prove it has been anything but boring. 

by Susan Middleton Elya

Humor abounds in this masterfully-bilingual twist of “The Three Billy Goats Gruff”  that dares to ask the question:  why is that troll so grumpy anyway? 

by Anna Humphrey

Megabat and his best friend, Daniel, go to sleepaway camp for the first time.  Another hilarious chapter book in this laugh-out-loud series for fans of Dory Fantasmagory and Narwhal and Jelly.

by Matt Phelan

Five daring heroes face their most difficult challenge yet:  Saving Camelot itself.  Can the band of friends survive an evil queen, a powerful Faerie King, and one nasty dragon? 

by Kenneth Oppel

The invasion begins–but not as you’d expect.  It begins with rain.  Rain that carries seeds.  Seeds that sprout–overnight, everywhere.  These new plants take over.

Or are they?  Three kids on a remote island seem immune to the toxic plants.  They each have strange allergies–and yet not to these plants.  What’s their secret?  Can they somehow be the key to beating back this invasion?  They’d better figure it out fast, because it’s starting to rain again…

by Jarett Pumphrey

When is an old truck something more?  On a small, bustling farm, a resilient and steadfast pickup works tirelessly alongside the family that lives there, and becomes a part of the dreams and ambitions of the family’s young daughter. 

by Kenneth Kraegel

On a cold winter’s eve, deep in the woods, a mother shrew frets about her sick young son.  His head is cold and his feet are hot, and there is only one thing that can cure him: wild honey from the moon.  Mother Shrew does not stop to wonder how she will make such an impossible journey.  Instead, she grabs her trusty red umbrella, gives her darling son a kiss, and sets out into the unknown. 

by Randi Sonenshine

In the rhyming style of “The House That Jack Built,” this poem about the care and specificity that Carolina wrens put into building a nest is at once tender and true to life.  

by Patricia MacLachlan

Grace’s aunt Lily is a writer.  She works with words every day and teaches Grace interesting words like “melancholy” and “delirious.”  But Lily is often “flummoxed” by her own writing.  Her stories don’t go anywhere, her desk is a mess, and her writer’s group can’t help.  So Lily posts and ad for assistant. 

The next day, Grace opens the door, and there is Rex: a Labrador Retriever who will change Grace’s life, and Lily’s.  The word “amazing” is an everyday word for Rex, who inspires Lily, and helps Grace find the words to write her own story. 

by Sara Pennypacker

Ware can’t wait to spend summer “off in his own world”–dreaming of knights in the Middle Ages and generally being left alone.  but then his parents sign him up for dreaded Rec camp, where he must endure Meaningful Social Interaction and whatever activities so-called “normal” kids do.  

On his first day Ware meets Jolene a tough, secretive girl planting a garden in the rubble of an abandoned church next to camp.  Soon he starts skipping rec, creating a castle-like space of his own in the church lot.  When their sanctuary is threatened, Ware looks to the knights “Code of Chivalry” and vows to save the lot.