The World's Best Class Plant

The World's Best Class PlantBy: Audrey Vernick, Liz Garton Scanlon Illustrator: Lynnor Bontigao An irresistible picture book about a boy and his classmates who long for a class pet, but discover the joys and rewards of nurturing a class plant. Room 107 has a cockatiel. Room 108 has a chinchilla. Even the Art Room has a bearded dragon. But in Room 109, Arlo's classroom, there is a plant. A mostly green, hardly growing, never moving plant. Even though it doesn't squeak, whistle,

Branna’s strength and selflessness hold together a close circle of friends and family—along with their horses and hawks and her beloved hound

30 Days of Night

I wholeheartedly recommend it

By: Stewart Graff

Told in alternating perspectives among three girls--Valentina and Oksana in 1986 and Rifka in 1941--this story shows that hatred

reputations built or destroyed

They didn’t expect Liz’s little home-improvement project to release a demonic force that turns their quiet enclave into something out of a nightmare

“Every kid would love a pal like HILO

there's a charming miniature heroine ready to make her mark

this masterpiece about enjoying the beauty of nature is sure to become an instant classic

But even as the team faces a villainous uprising like no other

and simplicity