Most Circulated Titles

Katie the catsitter.

Venable, Colleen A. F.


School Library Journal starred, March 2022. Booklist, January 2022. Kirkus Review, December 2021. Twelve-year-old Katie now knows her neighbor Madeline is also the Mousetress, the city's most feared villain (or most misunderstood superhero), and she is ready to become the super sidekick she always wanted to be.
Date Published:2022

Shirley & Jamila save their summer

Goerz, Gillian.


School Library Journal, June 2020. Pub Weekly, May 2020. Booklist, July 2020. Kirkus Starred, April 2020. New York Times, August 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

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

The pigeon finds a hot dog!

Willems, Mo.


School Library Journal starred, May 2004. Library Media Connection starred, August 2004. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, July 2004. Pub Weekly, April 2004. Booklist, February 2004. New York Times, May 2004. Horn Book, May 2004. Kirkus Review, April 2004. Pigeon learns about sharing when a curious duckling keeps asking questions about the hot dog Pigeon has found.
Date Published:2004

Owly.

Runton, Andy.


"For Owly and Wormy, nothing beats the power of friendship! But fear can be a powerful force, too. There's a new visitor to the forest, an opossum who's misunderstood because of the way he looks. Wormy is afraid of him, and when Owly tries to untangle him from a fence, Possey begins hissing and bares his sharp teeth. Can the trio be brave and face their fears with just a little courage and a lot of friendship?"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2021

"For Owly and Wormy, nothing beats the power of friendship! But fear can be a powerful force, too. There's a new visitor to the forest, an opossum who's misunderstood because of the way he looks. Wormy is afraid of him, and when Owly tries to untangle him from a fence, Possey begins hissing and bares his sharp teeth. Can the trio be brave and face their fears with just a little courage and a lot of friendship?"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2021

The beast and the Bethany

Meggitt-Phillips, Jack.


Beauty comes at a price. And no one knows that better than Ebenezer Tweezer, who has stayed beautiful for 511 years. How, you may wonder? Ebenezer simply has to feed the beast in the attic of his mansion. In return for meals of performing monkeys, statues of Winston Churchill, and the occasional cactus, Ebenezer gets potions that keep him young and beautiful, as well as other presents. But the beast grows ever greedier with each meal, and one day he announces that he'd like to eat a nice, juicy child next.
Date Published:2020

Beauty comes at a price. And no one knows that better than Ebenezer Tweezer, who has stayed beautiful for 511 years. How, you may wonder? Ebenezer simply has to feed the beast in the attic of his mansion. In return for meals of performing monkeys, statues of Winston Churchill, and the occasional cactus, Ebenezer gets potions that keep him young and beautiful, as well as other presents. But the beast grows ever greedier with each meal, and one day he announces that he'd like to eat a nice, juicy child next.

Date Published:2020

The long haul

Kinney, Jeff.


Horn Book, October 2015. Publishers Weekly Annex, November 2014. The Heffley family road trip starts off full of promise, then quickly takes several wrong turns--with everything from a fender bender to crazed seagulls--but even the worst road trip can turn into an adventure, and this is one the Heffleys will not soon forget.
Date Published:2014

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

Biscuit feeds the pets

Capucilli, Alyssa Satin, 1957-


Horn Book, October 2016. Biscuit the puppy finds his own way to help feed the pets at Mr. Gray's Pet Shop.
Date Published:2016

Carry me home

Fox, Janet S.


"Ages 8-12"--Back cover. Booklist, August 2021. Kirkus Review, June 2021. "Twelve-year-old Lulu, burdened with caring for her sister, Serena, since their father disappeared, must learn to trust her new friends and community when secrets and lies catch up with her"--OCLC.
Date Published:2021

Dog Man : Brawl of the Wild.

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-


"When Dog Man is sent to the pound for a crime he didn't commit, his friends work to prove his innocence"--OCLC.
Date Published:2019

The Bad Guys

Blabey, Aaron.


School Library Journal, November 2016. Kirkus Starred, October 2016. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), December 2016. The Bad Guys, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Shark, Mr. Snake, and Mr. Piranha, want to be heroes, and they decide that the way to do it is free the 200 dogs in the city dog pound--but their plan soon goes awry.
Date Published:2015

J.D. and the great barber battle

Dillard, J.


Series number from spine. Booklist, March 2021. Horn Book Magazine, July 2021. Kirkus Reviews, January 2021. J.D. has a big problem--it's the night before the start of third grade and his mom has just given him his first and worst home haircut. When the steady stream of insults from the entire student body of Douglass Elementary becomes too much for J.D., he takes matters into his own hands and discovers that, unlike his mom, he's a genius with the clippers.
Date Published:2021

Series number from spine. Booklist, March 2021. Horn Book Magazine, July 2021. Kirkus Reviews, January 2021. J.D. has a big problem--it's the night before the start of third grade and his mom has just given him his first and worst home haircut. When the steady stream of insults from the entire student body of Douglass Elementary becomes too much for J.D., he takes matters into his own hands and discovers that, unlike his mom, he's a genius with the clippers.

Date Published:2021

Claudia and the new girl

Telgemeier, Raina.


"Based on the novel by Ann M. Martin"--Cover. Chiefly illustrations. Claudia has always been the most creative kid in her class ... until Ashley Wyeth comes along. Ashley's really different: She wears hippie clothes and has multiple earrings, and she's the most fantastic artist Claudia has ever met.
Date Published:2021

Biscuit and the lost teddy bear

Capucilli, Alyssa Satin, 1957-


Horn book guide, Wilson Children's core collection. Biscuit helps reunite a lost teddy bear with its owner.
Date Published:2011

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

Elephants cannot dance!

Willems, Mo.


Publishers Weekly, May 2009. Horn Book, July 2009. Piggy loves to dance and wants to teach everyone, including her best friend, Gerald the elephant.
Date Published:2009

I really like slop!

Willems, Mo.


School Library Journal, December 2015. Booklist starred, December 2015. Horn Book, October 2016. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), December 2015. Kirkus Review, October 2015. "Piggie really likes slop. She likes it so much, she wants Gerald to try some! But can Gerald find the courage to do it? Or will the smell alone be too much to handle?"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2015

The thank you book

Willems, Mo.


May include a thank you card. School Library Journal starred, June 2016. Horn Book, April 2017. "Piggie is determined to thank everyone she knows, but Gerald thinks she will forget someone important"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2016

The meltdown

Kinney, Jeff.


When snow closes Greg Heffley's middle school, he and his best friend, Rowley Jefferson, face a fight for survival as warring gangs turn the neighborhood into a wintry battlefield.
Date Published:2018