Helen Plum Library

Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams

Augustus the tiger was sad. He had lost his smile. So he did a HUGE tigery stretch, and set off to find it

Rupert the mouse wants to star in an artistic, wordless picture book, but his animal friends cause problems by talking too much

A fourth grader fights back when From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg is challenged by a well-meaning parent and taken off the shelves of her school library. Amy Anne is shy and soft-spoken, but don't mess with her when it comes to her favorite book in the whole world. Amy Anne and her lieutenants wage a battle for the books as they start a secret banned books locker library, make up ridiculous reasons to ban every...

When a young boy finds an abandoned book, he discovers another world just as real as his own

"Encourages the reader to shake, tilt, and wiggle the book to remove the little monster inside, but once it is out, another problem arises."--

Daisy the duckling eagerly awaits the arrival of a new brother or sister, even helping Mama Duck sit on the egg while they wait for it to hatch

"Two girls on opposite sides of the planet connect through a mysterious book, whose phantom narrator guides them into spinning a story about the past that will affect their futures"--