Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie ; illustrated by Yuyi Morales

Ages 2-5

Thunder Boy Jr. wants a normal name…one that’s all his own. Dad is known as Big Thunder, but Little Thunder doesn’t want to share a name.

The Night Gardener by Terry Fan & Eric Fan

Ages 4-8

Everyone on Grimloch Lane enjoys the trees and shrubs clipped into animal masterpieces after dark by the Night Gardener, but William, a lonely boy, spots the artist, follows him, and helps with his special work.

Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph by Roxane Orgill ; illustrated by Francis Vallejo

Ages 8-12

A collection of poems recounts the efforts of Esquire magazine graphic designer Art Kane to photograph a group of famous jazz artists in front of a Harlem brownstone.

Are We There Yet?: A Story by Dan Santat

Ages 4-7

A boy goes on a long car ride to visit his grandmother and discovers time moves faster or slower depending on how bored he is.

Snow White by Matt Phelan

Ages 10-13

The scene: New York City. The dazzling lights cast shadows that grow ever darker as the glitzy prosperity of the Roaring Twenties screeches to a halt. Enter a cast of familiar characters: a young girl, Samantha White, returning after being sent away by her cruel stepmother, the Queen of the Follies, years earlier; her father, the King of Wall Street, who survives the stock market crash only to suffer a strange and sudden death; seven street urchins, brave protectors for a girl as pure as snow; and a mysterious stock ticker that holds the stepmother in its thrall, churning out ticker tape imprinted with the wicked words “Another . . . More Beautiful . . . KILL.

Before Morning by Joyce Sidman ; illustrated by Beth Krommes

Ages 4-7

Hoping for a break from her usual rushed schedule, a small child watches as her wish comes true in the wake of a heavy snowfall, in a lyrical story complemented by scratchboard art. By the Newbery Honor-winning author of Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night and the Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator of Swirl by Swirl.

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