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Picture Books and Fiction (251 series)

My Butterfly Secret: The Butterfly Catchers of Indonesia

Kakak is torn between protecting the precious, secret butterflies his father showed him and selling them to collectors to feed his family. Eventually, hunger proves to be stronger than the butterflies' magic. What if the village could come together to find a way to save the beauty of the environment and help disadvantaged families survive? Based on the writer's own experience, My Butterfly Secret tells of the struggle many impoverished children experience, trading precious parts of their home fo

My Hair Is My Friend

After Cali realizes that her natural hair doesn't listen to a thing she says, she decides to take her older sister's approach to treat her hair like a friend with kindness, love, and care. This uplifting story shines an unfiltered light on the frustration that many children with ethnic hair have and provides a positive, whimsical spin on embracing and celebrating hair. The sibling relationship between Cali and her older sister Blair demonstrates the passing down of hair care knowledge for genera

My Life As a Rock

From the tip-top of a tall-tall mountain to a beachside miles away, readers go on a 400 million year journey with a rock ? CRASH, BOOM, ROLL, AAAHHH!

My Name Is Ai Lin

When Ai Lin starts school, none of her classmates can say her name. The children make several attempts, but they still cannot pronounce it properly. They ask Ai Lin if they can just call her by another name. It's not that important, right? But Ai Lin knows the significance of her Chinese name. No, it can't be changed. Her name is part of her identity and heritage. Her name was chosen not only for what it means, but also for how it sounds. It ties her to her family--present and past--and to its t

My Wandering Dreaming Mind

Why does my mind fly to the sky, and think of fairies and mermaids and frogs? I wish it would just stay put and help me do my homework and listen and remember. Sadie feels like her thoughts are soaring into the clouds and she can't bring them back down to earth. She has trouble paying attention, which makes keeping track of schoolwork, friends, chores, and everything else really tough. Sometimes she can only focus on her mistakes. When Sadie talks to her parents about her wandering, dreaming min

Nature's Narratives

Told in lyrical, riddling first-person narrative, this series boasts of its essential role in life as we know it--from the pulling of the ocean's tides to the vastness of the stars in the sky, from fueling the wheel of life to humans' celebration of it as the year turns. Back matter about the science of gravity and major historical discoveries enhances the book for STEM learning.

New Cat, The

Old cat Hunca Munca thinks his family's baby is a new cat (with hardly any fur!). As the baby grows, he teaches it all the things a growing cat needs to know: how to clean himself, how to share food, and the best way to yell at a wall. Above all, he teaches the young boy how to be gentle. In time, Hunca Munca passes away. But the boy still remembers what the old cat taught him. And when the boy becomes a big brother, he teaches the new baby all the things a growing cat needs to know. A hilarious

Night of the Deer

A modern, atmospheric folktale set in the heartlandE is sure to spellbind readers young and old. When Arabella spots a pair of deer in a nearby field, she calls out and invites them to her school's autumn dance. Are these creatures merely deer or are they otherworldly, as her parents suggest? When a graceful, unknown couple show up at the dance, dazzling the rest of the attendees, only Arabella guesses who they might be . . . This story is filled with cozy, seasonal charm and enough magic to ent

No More Gnomes

Herbert is the politest kid in town. He even has a medal to prove it! But his good manners are put to the test when his afterschool nanny, Ms. Goat, brings home a VERY RUDE garden gnome. Herbert tries to be polite about the inconsiderate imp. But then Ms. Goat gets another gnome . . . and another . . . and another! This is too much for Herbert. He can handle NO MORE GNOMES! But how can he tell that to Ms. Goat without being immensely, impossibly, inexcusably impolite? Find out in this laugh-out-

Nop

Nop is a scruffy kind of bear. He sits on a dusty armchair in Oddmint's Dumporeum surrounded by the beaders, knitters, patchers, and stitchers who are much too busy to talk to him. So he watches the litter tumble until, armed with a new bow tie, he decides to create his own air balloon from litter scraps and fly away!