Most Circulated Titles

Measuring up

Lamotte, Lily.


School Library Journal, October 2020. Library Media Connection starred, November 2020. Booklist, October 2020. Horn Book, March 2021. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), October 2020. Publishers Weekly Annex, November 2020. "Having just moved to Seattle from Taiwan, twelve-year-old Cici enters a cooking competition to win the chance to see her grandmother again, but she only knows how to cook Taiwanese food"--OCLC.
Date Published:2020

School Library Journal, October 2020. Library Media Connection starred, November 2020. Booklist, October 2020. Horn Book, March 2021. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), October 2020. Publishers Weekly Annex, November 2020. "Having just moved to Seattle from Taiwan, twelve-year-old Cici enters a cooking competition to win the chance to see her grandmother again, but she only knows how to cook Taiwanese food"--OCLC.

Date Published:2020

Katie the catsitter

Venable, Colleen A. F.


School Library Journal, January 2021. Publishers Weekly, November 2020. Booklist, November 2020. Horn Book, May 2021. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), January 2021. Kirkus Review, December 2020. Twelve-year-old Katie is dreading the boring summer ahead until she realizes the mysterious neighbor who hired her to catsit is one of the city's greatest supervillains.
Date Published:2021

Chez Bob

Shea, Bob.


Welcome to Chez Bob, which seems like a real restaurant ... until you realize ... it's on an alligator's NOSE! Bob's got a hidden plan for his customers: "Birds will come to eat, but I will eat the birds!" As they fly in from all over the world to dine on Bob's face, something starts to happen that takes the lazy, hungry reptile by surprise -- the birds stay. "More yummy birds!" he rejoices -- he'll want for nothing!
Date Published:2021

Welcome to Chez Bob, which seems like a real restaurant ... until you realize ... it's on an alligator's NOSE! Bob's got a hidden plan for his customers: "Birds will come to eat, but I will eat the birds!" As they fly in from all over the world to dine on Bob's face, something starts to happen that takes the lazy, hungry reptile by surprise -- the birds stay. "More yummy birds!" he rejoices -- he'll want for nothing!

Date Published:2021

What if, pig?

Hunter, Linzie.


School Library Journal, June 2021. Publishers Weekly, July 2021. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), June 2021. Kirkus Review, April 2021. "When Pig gets the brilliant idea to throw a party for Mouse and their friends, he can't help but think of everything that could possibly go wrong. After all, what if a lion eats all the invitations? What if nobody comes? Or worse, what if everyone comes and has an awful time?"--Publisher.
Date Published:2021

School Library Journal, June 2021. Publishers Weekly, July 2021. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), June 2021. Kirkus Review, April 2021. "When Pig gets the brilliant idea to throw a party for Mouse and their friends, he can't help but think of everything that could possibly go wrong. After all, what if a lion eats all the invitations? What if nobody comes? Or worse, what if everyone comes and has an awful time?"--Publisher.

Date Published:2021

Weenie featuring Frank & Beans.

Fergus, Maureen.


v. number from spine. "When Weenie the weiner dog, who loves meat loaf, cannot resist the one on the counter top that belongs to Bob, his human, he and Bob's other pets, Frank the cat and Beans the guinea pig, join forces to come up with a replacement"--BTCat.
Date Published:2021

The middle kid

Weinberg, Steven, 1984-


School Library Journal, January 2021. Pub Weekly, February 2021. Booklist, March 2021. Horn Book, July 2021. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), February 2021. "Takes readers through a day in the life of a middle kid, and all the challenges and advantages of a life in-between"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2021

Strange planet.

Pyle, Nathan W.


Based on the webcomic Strange Planet. School Library Journal starred, May 2021. Publishers Weekly, May 2021. Kirkus Review, May 2021. "When the nearest star rises, Lifegiver has an exciting quest planned for Offspring! Follow along as they observe a strange creature that sneaks, hides, and vibrates around their house. Hilarity ensues as the blue beings try to mimic this talented creature"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2021

Based on the webcomic Strange Planet. School Library Journal starred, May 2021. Publishers Weekly, May 2021. Kirkus Review, May 2021. "When the nearest star rises, Lifegiver has an exciting quest planned for Offspring! Follow along as they observe a strange creature that sneaks, hides, and vibrates around their house. Hilarity ensues as the blue beings try to mimic this talented creature"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2021

Cranky Chicken

Battersby, Katherine.


School Library Journal, November 2021. Publishers Weekly, July 2021. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), July 2021. Kirkus Review, August 2021. "Cranky Chicken inadvertently saves the life of Speedy, a very optimistic worm that is looking for a friend"--OCLC.
Date Published:2021

The littlest yak

Fraser, Lu.


Kirkus Starred, August 2021. Horn Book, November 2021. "Gertie is the littlest yak in her whole herd, and she's feeling stuck in her smallness--she wants to grow up and have bigness and tallness! But when it turns out that there are some things that only Gertie can do, might she come to see that she's perfect, just the way she is?"--Amazon.
Date Published:2020

Mel fell

Tabor, Corey R.


Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2022. Horn Book Starred, March 2021. Pub Weekly, November 2020. Kirkus Starred, December 2020. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), January 2021. "Follow Mel on her journey from downward fall to triumphant flight in this tale of self-confidence and taking a leap of faith"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2021

The electric slide and Kai

Baptist, Kelly J.


"This story was inspired in part by the song "Electric boogie" by Marcia Griffiths and The electric dance choreographed by Ric Silver"--Copyright page. Kai is the only member of his family who can't get the dance steps to the Electric Slide right. But Kai is determined to bust a move in this fun and sweet celebration of African American families.
Date Published:2021

Ben Yokoyama and the cookie of doom

Swanson, Matthew, 1974-


School Library Journal, February 2021. Kirkus Review, January 2021. Eight-year-old Ben takes a fortune cookie literally, and believing he has only one day left to live, tries to do everything he has always wanted to before nightfall.
Date Published:2021

Invasion of the unicorns

Biedrzycki, David.


Special Agent Bubble07 is undercover on planet Earth. His mission: to decide whether his team of alien unicorns should invade Earth. Posing as a stuffed animal, he infiltrates the home of Earthling Daughter, where he puts up with dog slobber, tea parties, and show and tell.
Date Published:2021

Missed meal mayhem

Lerner, Jarrett.


School Library Journal, October 2021. "Meet the Hunger Heroes: Toots the Bean, Chip Ninja, Tammy the Tomato, and Leonard, a wedge of cheddar cheese, ready to save kids--even cranky, annoying ones--all over the world while flying around in their taco hovercraft! It's a typical Monday when the Hunger Heroes get the call: a kid in Mrs. Sternbladder's class missed breakfast and isn't allowed to have snacks! How will he pass his math test, study for spelling, or play soccer at recess if his stomach is growling out of control? Hunger Heroes to the rescue!"-- Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2021

School Library Journal, October 2021. "Meet the Hunger Heroes: Toots the Bean, Chip Ninja, Tammy the Tomato, and Leonard, a wedge of cheddar cheese, ready to save kids--even cranky, annoying ones--all over the world while flying around in their taco hovercraft! It's a typical Monday when the Hunger Heroes get the call: a kid in Mrs. Sternbladder's class missed breakfast and isn't allowed to have snacks! How will he pass his math test, study for spelling, or play soccer at recess if his stomach is growling out of control? Hunger Heroes to the rescue!"-- Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2021

Shirley & Jamila save their summer

Goerz, Gillian.


School Library Journal, June 2020. Pub Weekly, May 2020. Booklist, July 2020. Kirkus Starred, April 2020. "When ten-year-olds Shirley and Jamila meet, Jamila is simply hoping for a friend in her new neighborhood but Shirley is a detective and together they seek a missing gecko"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2020

Chester Van Chime who forgot how to rhyme

Monsen, Avery.


Kirkus Reviews, January 2022. Publishers Weekly, January 2022. School Library Journal, February 2022. Chester van Chime is usually the BEST at rhyming. He can normally tell you all about cats wearing hats and snails delivering mail, but today, something has changed. Today there's no dog on a log. No duck in a truck. Just a Pomeranian on a sideways tree and a waterfowl in a full-size pickup. What's a kid to do?!
Date Published:2022

Kirkus Reviews, January 2022. Publishers Weekly, January 2022. School Library Journal, February 2022. Chester van Chime is usually the BEST at rhyming. He can normally tell you all about cats wearing hats and snails delivering mail, but today, something has changed. Today there's no dog on a log. No duck in a truck. Just a Pomeranian on a sideways tree and a waterfowl in a full-size pickup. What's a kid to do?!

Date Published:2022

The lion of Mars

Holm, Jennifer L.


Booklist starred, January 2021. Pub Weekly, December 2020. Horn Book, March 2021. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), January 2021. Kirkus Review, December 2020. "Bell has spent his whole life--all eleven years of it--on Mars. But he's still just a regular kid--he loves cats, any kind of cake, and is curious about the secrets the adults in the US colony are keeping. Like, why don't have contact with anyone on the other Mars colonies? Why are they so isolated? When a virus breaks out and the grown-ups all fall ill, Bell and the other children are the only ones who can help. It's up to Bell--a regular kid in a very different world--to uncover the truth and save his family--and possibly unite an entire planet"--Publisher's website.
Date Published:2021

Booklist starred, January 2021. Pub Weekly, December 2020. Horn Book, March 2021. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), January 2021. Kirkus Review, December 2020. "Bell has spent his whole life--all eleven years of it--on Mars. But he's still just a regular kid--he loves cats, any kind of cake, and is curious about the secrets the adults in the US colony are keeping. Like, why don't have contact with anyone on the other Mars colonies? Why are they so isolated? When a virus breaks out and the grown-ups all fall ill, Bell and the other children are the only ones who can help. It's up to Bell--a regular kid in a very different world--to uncover the truth and save his family--and possibly unite an entire planet"--Publisher's website.

Date Published:2021

The Area 51 files

Buxbaum, Julie.


School Library Journal, December 2022. Publishers Weekly, July 2022. New York Times, November 2022. Kirkus Review, July 2022. "When Sky Patel-Baum is sent to live with her mysterious uncle, she never imagines she'll end up i nArea 51, a top-secret military base with a bajillion rules. Sky feels like she's landed in a whole new world, even though she hasn't left the planet. Because gues what? Area 51 is full of aliens. Lots and lots of aliens. But somthing even stranger is happeing in Area 51: aliens are going missing. Where could they be? How come everyone thinks sky and her uncle are involved in their disappearance? And why are there eyeballs in the macaroni and cheese at Area 51 Middle School? Sky must team up with her pizza-obsessed pet hedgehog, Spike, her otherworldly next-door neighbor, Elvis, and his fluffy pup, Picles, so solve the case!"--Back cover.
Date Published:2022

School Library Journal, December 2022. Publishers Weekly, July 2022. New York Times, November 2022. Kirkus Review, July 2022. "When Sky Patel-Baum is sent to live with her mysterious uncle, she never imagines she'll end up i nArea 51, a top-secret military base with a bajillion rules. Sky feels like she's landed in a whole new world, even though she hasn't left the planet. Because gues what? Area 51 is full of aliens. Lots and lots of aliens. But somthing even stranger is happeing in Area 51: aliens are going missing. Where could they be? How come everyone thinks sky and her uncle are involved in their disappearance? And why are there eyeballs in the macaroni and cheese at Area 51 Middle School? Sky must team up with her pizza-obsessed pet hedgehog, Spike, her otherworldly next-door neighbor, Elvis, and his fluffy pup, Picles, so solve the case!"--Back cover.

Date Published:2022

Secondhand dogs

Crimi, Carolyn.


School Library Journal, July 2021. Kirkus Review, June 2021. Publishers Weekly Annex, July 2021. "When a new dog named Decker arrives in Miss Lottie's home and convinces Moon Pie to embark on an impossible journey, Gus, the insecure pack leader, must gather his courage to bring Moon Pie home"--OCLC.
Date Published:2021

Mystery on Magnolia Circle

Klise, Kate.


Publishers Weekly Annex, August 2021. "Rear Window meets Nancy Drew in this middle-grade novel by Kate Klise about a girl who believes she has witnessed a crime"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2021