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Violet Marino 不想被同情，也不打算交朋友。她只想繼續踢足球，按照自己的方式面對視力逐漸消失的生活。直到一場醫院野餐，她遇見剛接受心臟移植、滿腦子大膽點子的 Wyatt，以及正在接受化療、說話犀利的 Noor。三個個性迥異的孩子，唯一明顯的共同點，就是各自都有必須面對的疾病。當一個幫助病童實現願望的基金會不斷聯絡他們，Wyatt 想出一個離譜計畫：三人假裝成好友，一起爭取三場難忘冒險。原本只是轉移注意力的惡作劇，卻在相處中逐漸有了不同意義。本書以幽默明快的節奏描寫疾病、友情與信任，並獲得兩篇星級書評。● Roll with It 作者推出的中階小說，以三位個性鮮明的孩子為主角● 從「假裝是朋友，一起爭取願望」的計畫出發，帶出友情逐漸改變的過程● 榮獲兩篇星級書評，Publishers Weekly 星級書評稱其為一場充滿宣洩感的歡樂旅程Two starred reviews!From the acclaimed author of Roll with It comes a “winning, cathartic joy ride” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) of a middle grade novel about three kids with big diagnoses, bigger personalities, and one outrageous plan to team up and scam a wish-granting foundation.Violet Marino doesn’t want sympathy. And she definitely doesn’t want friends. She just wants to play soccer and deal with the whole slowly-going-blind thing on her own terms.Then she witnesses a boy choke on a hot dog at a hospital picnic. Enter Wyatt: dangerously charming and full of terrible ideas, especially for a kid with a n

A tender-souled boy reeling from the death of his best friend struggles to fit into a world that wants him to grow up tough and unfeeling in this stunning middle grade novel in verse from the Newbery Honor-winning author of Genesis Begins Again. It's the summer before high school and Isaiah feels lost. He thought this summer was going to be just him and his homies Drew and Darius, hangin' out, doing wheelies, and watching martial arts movies--a lot of chillin' before high school and the Future. But more and more, Drew will barely talk to him--barely even look at him--and though he won't admit it, Isaiah knows it's because of Darius, because Darius is...gone. And Isaiah wasn't even there when it happened, with his best friend in his final moments. But he's going to be there now. Him and Drew both, they're gonna spend the summer breaking every single record they can think of, for Darius, for his dream of breaking world records. But Drew's not the same Drew, and Isaiah being Isaiah isn't

2025 RICBA NomineesA little girl holds lessons learned in her grandfather’s sari-sari store close while adjusting to a new home in this sweet picture book about the joy of community, connection, and Filipino culture.For one girl, summers used to mean helping Lolo run his sari-sari store, which was always brimming with goods for the neighborhood: shampoo packets for Ate Jane, rice and eggs for Tonton, and a sympathetic ear for anyone who needed it. “Sari-sari means a good variety—just look around and you’ll see. What help can you give your community?” Lolo would say, as he filled his shelves with what people would need.Now that she’s far from the Philippines, she misses Lolo and the friendly faces that surrounded his sari-sari store. But when she remembers her grandfather’s words, her heart keeps Lolo close, and she starts to see opportunities for connection and community in her new home.

A determined girl spends the summer before middle school learning to stand up for her low-income community in this funny, fast-paced read just right for fans of Kelly Yang's Front Desk. Sunny Parker loves the Del Mar Garden Apartments, the affordable housing complex where she lives. And she especially loves her neighbors. From her best friend, Haley Michaels, to Mrs. Garcia and her two kids--developmentally disabled son AJ and bitter but big-hearted daughter Izzy--every resident has a story and a special place in Sunny's heart. Sunny never thought living at the Del Mar Garden Apartments made her different--until the city proposes turning an old, abandoned school into a new affordable housing complex and the backlash of her affluent neighborhood teaches Sunny the hard way that not everyone appreciates the community she calls home. Her dad, the Del Mar's manager-slash-handyman, wants Sunny to lay low. But as hurtful rhetoric spreads and the city's public hearing approaches, Sunny realize

The 2024 New York Times / New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's BooksA gorgeously illustrated picture book biography about Brazilian photojournalist, humanitarian, and environmental advocate Sebastião Salgado.As a young boy, Sebastião Salgado loved exploring his parents’ farm in the forests of Brazil, always dreaming of what might lie beyond his view. When he went away to school, he met Lélia, who showed him how to use a camera. As he looked through the lens, Sebastião realized he could use photography to capture how the world fits together.Sebastião used his pictures to tell the stories of people who might not otherwise be seen. But after witnessing too much destruction, he put away his camera and returned to his childhood home. The land was in ruins.So Sebastião and Lélia decided to rebuild the rainforest and photograph the beauty of the world to save it. Through art and activism, they would show that everyone was responsible for caring for the planet and that hope endu

A Coretta Scott King Honor BookAn “imaginative and moving” (The Horn Book, starred review) portrait of a Black family tree shaped by enslavement and freedom, rendered in searing poems by acclaimed author Carole Boston Weatherford and stunning art by her son Jeffery Boston Weatherford.I call their names:Abram Alice Amey Arianna AntiquaI call their names:Isaac Jake James Jenny JimEvery last one, property of the Lloyds,the state’s preeminent enslavers.Every last one, with a mind of their ownand a story that ain’t yet been told.Till now.Carole and Jeffery Boston Weatherford’s ancestors are among the founders of Maryland. Their family history there extends more than three hundred years, but as with the genealogical searches of many African Americans with roots in slavery, their family tree can only be traced back five generations before going dark. And so from scraps of history, Carole and Jeffery have conjured the voices of their kin, creating an often painful but ultimately empowering sto

A fascinating visual history of Notre-Dame, "the World's Cathedral," that highlights the burning and reconstruction of the cherished building from award-winning author-illustrator Lynn Curlee. On April 15, 2019, the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris was almost destroyed by fire, an event that shocked and riveted the entire world as it played out in real time on TV and across the internet. The story of the fire and its aftermath, along with the rebuilding of the historic cathedral, offers an exciting narrative around which Lynn Curlee builds an illustrated story for middle grade readers about this internationally cherished monument. In the way that only he can, Lynn illuminates captivating information about cathedrals, gothic architecture, French history, restoration of old buildings, heroism under fire, and even Quasimodo, the famous Hunchback of Notre-Dame.

在幽暗的洞穴裡，兩個小岩柱——鐘乳石 Stalactite 與石筍 Stalagmite——默默觀察著世界的變化。從三葉蟲、恐龍到樹懶與蝙蝠，它們靜靜見證數百萬年的歷史。作者以輕鬆幽默的筆觸與節奏明快的文字，讓時間的流動化為一場奇妙的觀察秀。當兩者終於長到可以相觸的那一刻，讀者也將感受到友誼、時間與存在的深意。畫風簡潔、節奏鮮明，讓孩子在笑聲中思考「等待」與「陪伴」的價值。A hilarious and thought-provoking picture book about two little cave rock formations who witness the entire history of the world, perfect for fans of Oliver Jeffers, Jon Klassen, and Mac Barnett. DRIP. DRIP. DRIP. Time flies for two charming little cave nubs, Stalactite and Stalagmite. Over millions of years, creatures and things pass in and out of their cave, everything from a trilobite, an ichthyostega, and a triceratops, to a ground sloth and a bat. When you are an ageless rock formation, it's nice to have a friend who's always there. But what will happen when the two nubs grow enough to finally touch?

Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin's Caldecott Honor-winning and New York Times bestselling classic picture book is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a brand-new edition featuring a sticker sheet! Click, clack, MOO.Click, clack, MOO.Clickety, clack, MOO. It's the typewriter heard 'round the world. When Farmer Brown's cows begin leaving him demanding notes, that's when his troubles start--and the animals' fun commence! Celebrate twenty-five years of barnyard shenanigans with this special anniversary edition of the story that started it all, Click, Clack, Moo--now with a bonus sticker sheet inside!

In the spirit of Lane Smith and Jon Klassen, this delightfully irreverent picture book dives into the world of Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," where a boy with a unique vision gives some creative feedback to the famed poet. When Robert Frost writes, "Whose woods these are I think I know," he paints a picture of a serene winter night in the deep woods, surrounded by blankets and blankets of snow. But the tranquil scene is interrupted by a little boy! This wildly imaginative interloper generously offers to tweak the poem to make it more exciting. Instead of riding a horse, why not a hippo? And replace the snow falling from the sky with cookie dough! As Robert Frost sputters in dismay, the boy unleashes poetic mayhem, but when his edits get away from him, the self-possessed poet and chaotic kid have to put their heads together to make a clean getaway.

In the spirit of Eyes That Kiss in the Corners and I Talk Like a River, this lyrical picture book from acclaimed author Jamie Sumner tells the story of a child in swim therapy and celebrates the ways differently abled bodies can move in the water. Under here, there isno top or bottom, no left or right--only fields of water to wander inas topsy-turvy as I like. Underwater, everything looks different--and every body moves differently, too. During swim therapy, a child discovers he can be anything: a catfish, a seahorse, a starfish cartwheeling across the universe. He finds the magic of moving in wholly new ways, just like he does on land in his trusty wheelchair.

A teen's fight for suffrage turns into one of survival when her crew's Antarctic expedition ship gets stuck in the ice in this historical novel told in journal entries perfect for fans of Gary Paulsen and The Downstairs Girl. November 1914. Clara Ketterling-Dunbar is one of twenty-eight crew members of The Resolute--a ship meant for an Antarctic expedition now marooned on ice one hundred miles from the shore of the continent. An eighteen-year-old American, Clara has told the crew she's a twenty-one-year-old Canadian. Since the war broke out, sentiment toward Americans has not been the most favorable, and Clara will be underestimated enough simply for being a woman without also giving away just how young she is. Two members of the crew know her nationality, but no one knows the truth of her activities in England before The Resolute set sail. She and her suffragist sisters in the Women's Social & Political Union were waging war of a different kind in London. They taught Clara to figh

在一年一度的萬聖節裡，小女孩終於受夠了被安排成可愛角色。今年，她決定翻轉形象，宣布：「本書」的主角要當一個真正嚇人的 witch。她細心設計帽子與長髮，調製藥水、練習咒語，連「讓人石化」的表情都不放過，只為完成心中理想的模樣。沒想到，當她在鏡中看見成果時，連自己都被嚇了一跳。本書以輕快節奏描繪孩子渴望獨立、又需要依靠的微妙心情。父親在一旁溫柔支持，讓這場變身既戲劇化也溫暖動人。Zoey Abbott 以RISO與risograph技法呈現霓虹色調與大面積留白，帶出六〇年代流行感。獲《Kirkus》、《School Library Journal》、《BookPage》與《Publishers Weekly》四項星級書評肯定，是一部兼具幽默與理解的節慶之作。Four starred reviews! In this "inspiring...delightful" (School Library Journal, starred review) picture book offering a twist on the trick-or-treat trope, a feisty little girl has had enough of her parents picking cutesy Halloween costumes for her--this year, a witch! A little girl has been every adorable thing you can imagine for Halloween, and she is done with being cuddly, sweet, and precious. This year, she's rebelling big-time and going for a totally different vibe: the spookiest thing out there. She's going to be...a witch! With only a little help from Dad, she works hard on her witchy locks, brew, spells and enchantments, and power to petrify. But what