Frank Carlson Library

"Patina, "Patty" Jones is the fastest girl on the Defenders track team. A newbie to the track team, Patty must learn to rely on her family and teammates as she tries to outrun her problems. She runs to show the kids that taunt her at her fancy new school that she's going to be someone some day. She runs for her fellow newbie teammates to make them proud. She runs to show her little sister Maddy how to be strong and brave. And she runs for her mother,...

When two fearful children are terrified of each other, their respective monsters try to help.

Illustrations and rhythmic text encourage the reader to relish and pass along smiles, chuckles, and joy.

"A little boy forms an unlikely friendship with a pigeon who knows what it's like to be small"--

After Ofelia, Aster, Cat, and Lane fail to persuade a local girls club to change an outdated tradition, they form an alternative group that shakes up their sleepy Florida town. Includes tips for beginning birders, characteristics of crystals, a cookie recipe, tips for aspiring journalists, directions for creating badges, and facts about the killing of birds for fashion.

"Eight-year-old Nancy Drew and her friends solve a doggone puzzler of a mystery during the annual River Heights Halloween Pet Parade"--

Piggy loved books so much he never had time for friends, but when he sees a girl cat reading alone, he wonders if they could be best friends.

"Children with magical Talents attend a summer camp, where nothing is what it seems"--

While thinking about what they should do with their day, two turkeys lose their names and learn about swimming suits.

Hugo the dog becomes the star of an all-animal band after learning to play his best friend Hector's fiddle, and despite Hector's jealousy, remains grateful to the man who gave him his start.