Young: 8996 books
Radiant Child
The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
Winner of the Randolph Caldecott Medal and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
Jean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art world had ever seen. But before that, he was a little boy who saw art...
by Christian McKay Heidicker
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Prepare to be cured by this quirky and hilarious debut novel about a sixteen-year-old loner who is sent to rehab for video game addiction—“perfect for teen gamers and readers who are fans of Jesse Andrews and John Green” (School Library Journal).
Sixteen-year-old Jaxon is being committed...
To Dance
A Ballerina's Graphic Novel
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
Dancers are young when they first dream of dance. Siena was six -- and her dreams kept skipping and leaping, circling and spinning, from airy runs along a beach near her home in Puerto Rico, to dance class in Boston, to her debut performance on stage with the New York City Ballet.
To Dance...
"Who Could That Be at This Hour?"
Also Published as "All the Wrong Questions: Question 1"
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
Before the Baudelaires became orphans, before he encountered A Series of Unfortunate Events, even before the invention of Netflix, Lemony Snicket was a boy discovering the mysteries of the world.
In a fading town, far from anyone he knew or trusted, a young Lemony Snicket began his apprenticeship...
Patsy Says
with audio recording
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
They are rude and impolite! Something has to be done about the behavior of the children in Ms. Klingensmith's first-grade class or the Open House on Friday, when all the parents come to visit, will be a disaster. And who better than Patsy Pig to teach these young ones about their manners? So each...
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom
My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2015
A memoir of the Civil Rights Movement from one of its youngest heroes
**A Sibert Informational Book Medal Honor Book
Kirkus Best Books of 2015
**Booklist Editors' Choice 2015
BCCB Blue Ribbon 2015
As the youngest marcher in the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Albama,...
Lion
A Long Way Home Young Readers' Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
**The young readers' edition of the true story that inspired Lion, the Academy Award nominated film starring Dev Patel, David Wenham, Rooney Mara, and Nicole Kidman. **
When Saroo Brierley used Google Earth to find his long-lost home town half a world away, he made global headlines. Saroo...
Be the One
Six True Stories of Teens Overcoming Hardship with Hope
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
Emmy Award–winning ABC News chief national correspondent and Nightline coanchor, Byron Pitts shares the heartbreaking and inspiring stories of six young people who overcame impossible circumstances with extraordinary perseverance.
Abuse.
Bullying.
War.
Drug Addiction.
Mental Illness.
Violence.
None...
Three Cups of Tea: Young Readers Edition
One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2009
This young readers edition of the worldwide bestseller Three Cups of Tea has been specially adapted for younger readers and updated by Greg Mortenson to bring his remarkable story of humanitarianism up to date for the present. Includes new photos and illustrations, as well as a special interview by...
by Francesco D'Adamo
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
When young Iqbal is sold into slavery at a carpet factory, his arrival changes everything for the other overworked and abused chidren there. It is Iqbal who explains to them that despite their master's promises, he plans on keeping them as his slaves indefinetely. But it is also Iqbal who inspires...
by Diana Lopez
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
Apolonia "Lina" Flores is a sock enthusiast, a volleyball player, a science lover, and a girl who's just looking for answers. Even though her house is crammed full of books (her dad's a bibliophile), she's having trouble figuring out some very big questions, like why her dad seems to care...
by Matt Christopher
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
The history of basketball is chock-full of famous buzzer-beating shots, amazing game-saving plays, and thrilling maneuvers that defy gravity. All fans have their favorite memory, just as they have their favorite team and their favorite player. Now here's a book that offers a look back at more than...
by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
From Jewell Parker Rhodes, the author of Towers Falling and Ninth Ward (a Coretta Scott King Honor Book and a Today show Al's Book Club for Kids pick) comes a tale of a strong, spirited young girl who rises beyond her circumstances and inspires others to work toward a brighter future.
Ten-year-old...
Exploding Ants
Amazing Facts About How Animals Adapt
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
A wasp lays its eggs under a caterpillar's skin so that its young can eat the caterpillar's guts as they grow. A young head louse makes its home on a human hair and feasts on human blood. Frogs use their eyeballs to help swallow their food.
From small worms that live in a dog's nose mucus to...