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The Phantom Tollbooth

Milo travels to The Lands Beyond when he drives his small electric car through a mysterious, miniature tollbooth gate.

News and Reviews

• 'Tollbooth' Author Norton Juster Plays Not My Job
• Kids' Book Club Takes 'Tollbooth' To Lands Beyond
• Nov. Kids' Book Club Pick: 'The Phantom Tollbooth'

Encyclopedia Brown Boy Detective

Fifth-grader "Encyclopedia" Leroy Brown solves ten mysteries and, by putting the solutions at the back of the book, challenges the reader to do the same.

News and Reviews

• Encyclopedia Brown: The Great Sleuth From My Youth

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Greg records his sixth-grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.

News and Reviews

• Gross-Out Gags AND Life Lessons In 'Wimpy Kid'
• June Kids' Book Club Pick: 'Diary Of A Wimpy Kid'
• 'Wimpy Kid' Keeps Kids of All Ages in Stitches

Wolf Brother

When evil strikes the land six thousand years ago, twelve-year-old Tourak and his faithful wolf-cub are forced into a perilous journey to take on the destructive force and, with the help and guidance of strange characters along the way, find a way to change the horrific outcome the world seemed destined to endure.

News and Reviews

• Screen Time: 3 Books That Should Be Movies
• Excerpt: 'Wolf Brother'

The Cheerleaders of Doom

When a former member of NERDS turns into a villainous cheerleader, Matilda "Wheezer" Choi and the rest of the NERDS must infiltrate the cheerleader squad and save the world from a machine that wreaks havoc by entering other dimensions.

News and Reviews

• 15 Summer Reads Handpicked By Indie Booksellers

Between Shades of Gray

In 1941, Lina and her family are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers.

News and Reviews

• Two Gray Titles, One Sexy Mix-Up
• What We're Reading, March 29-April 4

Railsea

Sham Yes ap Soorap travels the endless rails of the railsea, hunting giant moles with a captain who can think only of the ivory-coloured mole she's been chasing since it took her arm many years ago. When they come across a derelict train, Sham finds some mysterious pictures that soon have him hunted on all sides by pirates, trainsfolk, monsters and salvage-scrabblers.

News and Reviews

• China Mieville's 'Railsea': 'Moby-Dick' Remixed

Outside over There

With Papa off to sea and Mama despondent, Ida must go outside over there to rescue her baby sister from goblins who steal her to be a goblin's brideLiterary Award Winner

News and Reviews

• Who's Afraid Of Sendak's Stories? Adults, Mostly

Where the Wild Things Are

When Max dons his wolf suit, his imagination carries him to a land filled with lovable monsters.

News and Reviews

• An Inside Look At Sendak's 'Wonderful Magic'
• Sendak's Legacy: Helping Kids 'Survive Childhood'
• Fresh Air Remembers Author Maurice Sendak

Dear Zoo

A Lift-the-flap Book

Each animal arriving from the zoo as a possible pet fails to suit its prospective owner, until just the right one is found. Movable flaps reveal the contents of each package.

News and Reviews

• Three Cheers (And Three Books) For Mummy Dearest

Seedfolks

One by one, a number of people of varying ages and backgrounds transform a trash-filled inner-city lot into a productive and beautiful garden, and in doing so, the gardeners are themselves transformed. Illustrated by Judy Pedersen.

News and Reviews

• Both Community And Garden Grow In 'Seedfolks'
• April Backseat Book Club Pick: 'Seedfolks'

The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?

News and Reviews

• A Rival For Pigeon In Willems' New 'Duckling'