Frank Carlson Library

Pookie's mom lists ten things she knows about Pookie.

Illustrations and simple text follow babies as they walk, crawl, ride in strollers, or are carried while enjoying a day with their families.

"One little koala discovers that a mother's love makes everything better, from unhappy tears to twinkly smiles."--Back cover.

A twelve-year-old girl raised in a foster village is returned to her biological parents, and discovers home is not what she expected it to be.

Twelve-year-old Matt Baker is the best all-rounder on his baseball team, but can he help Big Ben Roberson improve his hitting and stand up to his father?

From everyone's favorite one-haired baby comes a fond and funny ode to a special daddy, for Father's Day or any day. A giggle-inducing ode to special dads everywhere depicts Patricelli's fan-favorite Baby character sharing time with a devoted daddy who plays horsey, sings, cooks, cleans and, most especially, loves his little one.

As she and her mother enjoy the sights and sounds of the holiday season, a young girl feels the Christmas spirit in every jingle, yum, and ho ho ho.

August Pullman was born with a facial deformity that, up until now, prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid -- but his classmates can't get past Auggie's extraordinary face. Wonder begins from Auggie's point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of...

"Blowing bubbles, enjoying messy ice cream cones, settling in for a bedtime story, and more are celebrated in this irresistible love poem from caregiver to child."--

No one ever really paid close attention to the faces of the missing children on the milk cartons. But as Janie Johnson glanced at the face of the ordinary little girl with her hair in tight pigtails wearing a dress with a narrow white collar a three-year-old who had been kidnapped twelve years before from a shopping mall in New Jersey-she felt overcome with shock. She recognized that little girl-it was she. How could it possibly be true. Janie can't...