Pictures of Hollis Woods is a Newbery Honor book from author Patricia Reilly Giff. It’s the story of a foster child who grows into herself and finds a family.
Don’t miss the well loved picture book The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear by husband and wife team Don and Audrey Wood. It’s about a little mouse who outsmarts a bear, but is maybe outsmarted himself! Another classic children’s story is Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present by Charlotte Zolotow, the story of a young girl and a rabbit friend who find a present for the little girl’s mother.
Danny’s Duck by June Crebbin is a cute picture book about a little boy who observes a mother duck from nest, to eggs, to empty nest, and then sees the babies swimming in the pond.
His Shadowed Heart is a Regency romance from author Hazel Statham. In the story a woman marries a widowed man with a young daughter. He’s still in mourning for his wife, and just when the couple seems to be coming together, odd things start happening.
Lost Highways by Curtiss Ann Matlock is about a twice divorced barrel racer and a doctor who throws up when his patients are in pain.
Daring Chloe is the first in a new series by Laura Jensen Walker. Chloe is dumped the night before her wedding. Her book club helps her find her way in this new single life. The ladies decide to go on some of the adventures they’ve only read about.They end up in Paris, learning about themselves as they learn about the world.
Come Out, Muskrats by Jim Arnosky is a watercolor illustrated book about the gentle activities of muskrats, perfect for a bedtime story.
When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant is another gentle story about children’s lives in the Appalachia of earlier times.
A Ring of Endless Light is a very special young adult book by Madeleine L’Engle, about dealing with death, but more importantly about deciding how to live.