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Matilda is a spirited, gifted girl who uses her extraordinary powers to transform a neglectful school and empower her classmates, all while keeping humor and tenderness at the heart of the story.

During World War II, a foster girl in Nazi Germany steals books to share with neighbors and a hidden Jewish man, proving literature’s power to nourish the soul amid darkness.

A bored boy named Milo stumbles upon a magic tollbooth, launching him into the whimsical Kingdom of Wisdom where he embarks on a quest to recover the lost princesses of Rhyme and Reason.

Ivan, a gorilla who has lived behind glass in a shopping‑mall circus for 27 years, learns new meaning for art and friendship when a baby elephant named Ruby arrives.

A china rabbit named Edward Tulane is lost and follows an extraordinary path—from the sea to a fisherman’s net, from a sick child’s bedside to the streets of Memphis—learning that even the most fragile heart can love, lose, and love again.

A story about Nick Allen, who invents a new word and becomes a local hero by spreading it across the country.

Library Journal: The Native American (NA) experience as presented in children's books is reviewed through essays, poetry, book reviews, guidelines for evaluating books, a resource list of organizations, a bibliography of books by and about NAs, American Indian authors for young readers, and illustrations. The essays may help or hinder Native American concerns. There is hostility: You know us (NAs) only as enemies.'' No location is given for the cited Iroquois document which states: ``Even the form of our government seems to owe a greater debt to the Constitution of the Six Nations of the Iroquois than to any European document.'' One positive suggestion is offered: ``Visit with living American Indian people, try to find out more about their ways of life and their languages.'' The book reviews are similar to the essays, and the illustrations are traditional.

Explores the impacts of eBook technology on our personal lives, and society in fields such education, medicine, commerce, and law.

Twelve‑year‑old Ava discovers a magical pencil that answers any question she asks, leading her and her best friend Sophie on a playful adventure that boosts Ava’s confidence—until the pencil reveals a family secret she’d rather keep hidden.

Marty McGuire, a tomboy in third grade, is cast as a princess in her school’s play and learns how improvisation can make her more adaptable.