Little Ones

NEW!

I Love You Because You're You: A StoryPlay Book

By Liza Baker, Illustrated By David McPhail
Cartwheel Books

• December, 27, 2016
• $5.99
• Ages 2-4

Introducing StoryPlay (TM) books – the smart way to read and play together!

StoryPlay Books offer fun ways to engage with little ones during story time and playtime with prompts and activities that everyone will love! Each quality story will delight readers while building early literacy skills for ages 3-5 by helping them develop: problem-solving abilities, reading comprehension, social development, pre-reading skills, memory strength, and more! Each book includes story-related games and crafts to extend the reading experience. Teachers agree that StoryPlay Books are perfect for parents looking to stimulate and engage their kids at home while having fun together!

Each book also shines a spotlight on important topics for this age. I Love You Because You're You – a sweet, rhyming story about the love between a little fox and his mother – focuses on emotions.

Are you ready to start reading the StoryPlay way? Ready. Set. Smart!

 

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I Love You, Too!

By Eve Bunting; Illustrated by Melissa Sweet

• January 2016
• $7.99 (board book)
• Ages 3 and under

Award-winning author Eve Bunting and Caldecott honoree Melissa Sweet share a story all about the love between mama and baby. A story of love and togetherness to share with little ones all year long—now in a hands-on board book format just right for the littlest readers!

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Love Is Everywhere

By Jim Benton

• December 2015
• $7.99 (board book)
• Ages 3 and under

Jim Benton, the international bestselling author and illustrator of Dear Dumb Diary, presents a sweet but humorous new heart character to personify Love! Perfect for curious toddlers ready to giggle and be delighted. Fans of Sandra Boynton will rejoice in this fresh, silly take on love.

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Sweet Child of Mine

By Caroline Jayne Church

• September 2014
• $8.99 (board book)
• Ages 3 and under

Caroline Jayne Church returns with an emotional story that proves no matter how much things in life change, one thing lasts forever: a parent's love. With Church's signature art style and heartwarming rhymes, Sweet Child of Mine is destined to stand the test of time.

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The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage

By Selina Alko; Illustrated by Sean Qualls and Selina Alko
Arthur A. Levine Books

• February 2015
• $18.99
• Ages 4–8

Husband and wife duo, acclaimed author Selina Alko and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Sean Qualls, collaborate on their first book together, The Case for Loving. This is the story of one brave family from Virginia and their fight against the law banning interracial marriage that went all the way to the Supreme Court in 1967.

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Hug You, Kiss You, Love You

Cartwheel Books

• December 2013
• $6.99
• Ages 0-3

From the creator of the deliciously adorable YOU ARE MY CUPCAKE comes a new ode to the best emotion in the world—LOVE! With a bright, shining full-foil cover and bold illustrations throughout, Joyce Wan celebrates the small joys and big wonders of parental love with a cast of endearing mommy and baby animals. I hug you, tickle you, sing to you softly, carry you, bathe you, kiss you always. Baby, this sweet board book is the perfect way to say I LOVE YOU!

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I Love You Through and Through/ Te quiero, yo te quiero (bilingual)

By Bernadette Rossetti-Shustak/Illustrated by Caroline Jayne Church
Cartwheel Books

• August 2013
• $8.95
• Ages 0-3

A bilingual (English and Spanish) rhyming story of unconditional love with adorable illustrations of a toddler and a teddy bear who declare "I love you through and through!" A toddler and his teddy bear illustrate a young child's happy side, sad side, silly side, mad side, and more! Babies and toddlers will feel loved all over when they hear this declaration of adoration and affection!

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A Big Hug for Little Cub

By Lori Ann Grover, Illustrated by Rosalinda Knightley
Cartwheel

• January 2014
• $7.99
• Ages 3-5

Cuddle up for a sweet bedtime story! Little Cub is a cute and curious lion cub on a big adventure. Follow along as he travels with his mother safely by his side, exploring a world full of small discoveries and large wonders. With lyrical rhymes and cuddly illustrations in a soft padded board book format, A Big Hug for Little Cub is a reassuring tale of toddler curiosity and a parent's joy at seeing their little one hard at play from morning till night.
 

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Middle-Grade

NEW!

Playing Cupid: A Wish Novel

By Jenny Meyerhoff
Scholastic Paperbacks

• January 31, 2017
• $6.99
• Ages 8-12

A fun new Wish book about crushes, matchmaking, and secret admirers . . .

Clara Martinez knows what it takes to make a good match. So when her school assigns a project to create a business from scratch, Clara decides to start a matchmaking service for her fellow classmates. But things get complicated when Clara starts receiving mysterious notes and sweet gifts in her locker. Clara has a secret admirer! But she has no clue who it could be . . .

Despite being a love expert for her friends, Clara's a total novice when it comes to her own love life, and truth be told, it all sort of scares her. Can Cupid Clara gather the courage to fall in crush?

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Sit, Stay, Love: A Wish Novel

By J.J. Howard
Scholastic Paperbacks

• February 2016
• $6.99
• Ages 9–12

 

Puppy love was never so complicated! A funny and heartwarming tween rom-com about a meet-cute at a pet shelter.

 

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Cake Pop Crush: A Wish Novel

By Suzanne Nelson
Scholastic Paperbacks

• March 2016
• $6.99
• Ages 8–12

 

Sometimes friends, school, and boys can be a recipe for disaster! This sweet treat of a read is irresistible

 

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The Boy Problem

By Kami Kinard
Scholastic Press

• May 2014
• $12.99
• Ages 8–12

From Kami Kinard comes an illustrated companion novel to The Boy Project that further explores what it’s like to be a twelve-year-old girl looking for the perfect crush. The Boy Problem: Notes and Predictions of Tabitha Reddy is a laugh-out-loud peek in the life of a precocious and bubbly tween.

Full of fun illustrations and doodles, hilarious formulas and equations, as well as lessons in life, love, friendship, and baking, this delightful novel/diary will have young readers laughing and crying at the same time.

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Romeo Blue

By Phoebe Stone
Arthur A. Levine Books

• May 2015
• $7.99 (reprint)
• Ages 8–12

Secrets, spies and sleuthing abound in this charming follow-up to Phoebe Stone's The Romeo and Juliet Code.

When Flissy Budwig's parents first dropped her off in Bottlebay, Maine, she hated everything about it. Most of all, she hated knowing that she was safe in America while her parents faced the guns of WWII in Europe. Especially when she discovered her parents were spies. Especially when she learned her parents were missing.

But a year has passed now, and Flissy has grown to love life in Bottlebay and grown to love Derek, the boy the Bathburns have adopted. Then a man claiming to be Derek's true father arrives, and soon he's asking all sorts of strange questions. Flissy has a nose for trouble. Has Derek's new father come to take him away from Flissy forever...or is there something even more sinister afoot in Bottlebay, Maine?
 

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Teens

NEW!

It's Not Me, It's You

By Stephanie Kate Strohm
Point

• October 25, 2016
• $17.99
• Ages 12 & Up

One high school girl’s comedic examination of her dating past as told by the friends, family, and boys who were involved!

Avery Dennis is a high school senior and one of the most popular girls in her class. But a majorly public breakup with the guy she's been dating causes some disastrous waves. It is right before prom and Avery no longer has the perfect date. She runs the prom committee, how could she not show up with somebody?

Post-breakup, Avery gets to thinking about all of the guys that she has ever dated. How come none of those relationships ever worked out? Could it be her fault? Avery decides to investigate. In history class she's learning about this method of record-keeping called “oral history” and she has a report due. So Avery decides to go directly to the source. Avery tracks down all of the guys she's ever dated, and uses that information, along with thoughts from her friends, family, and teachers, to compile a total account of her dating history.

Avery discovers some surprises about herself and the guys she's spent time with – just in time for prom night!
 

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NEW!

P.S. I Like You

By Kasie West
Point

• July 16, 2017
• $17.99
• Ages 12 & Up

What if the person you were falling for was a total mystery?

While Lily is spacing out in Chemistry one day, she picks up her pencil and scribbles a line from one of her favorite songs on the desk. The next day, someone else has written back to her on the desk! Soon enough Lily and the mystery student are exchanging notes, and lyrics, and even sharing secrets. When Lily finds out that her anonymous pen pal is a guy, she's flustered – and kind of feels like she's falling for him. She and her best friend set out to unravel the identity of the letter writer – but when the truth is revealed, the guy is the LAST person Lily could have ever imagined it to be. Now that Lily knows the truth, can she untangle her feelings and gather the courage to listen to her heart?

From beloved author Kasie West (The Distance Between Us) comes an utterly charming story about mixed messages, missed connections, and the magic of good old-fashioned secret admirer notes.

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Frosted Kisses

By Heather Hepler
Point

• November 2015
• $17.99
• Ages 12 and Up

 

Former Manhattan girl Penny quickly discovers that life in a small town is never dull in Heather Hepler’s delicious new novel, "Frosted Kisses," the follow-up to Hepler’s "The Cupcake Queen." In Hog’s Hollow, there’s a festival for every occasion, a Queen Bee to deal with, an animal shelter to save, and a cute boy to crush on.

 

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We Can Work it Out

By Elizabeth Eulberg
Point

• February 2015
• $17.99
• Ages 12 and Up

When Penny Lane started The Lonely Hearts Club, the goal was simple: to show that girls didn't need to define themselves by how guys looked at them, and didn't have to value boyfriends over everything else. Penny thought she'd be an outcast for life . . . but then the club became far more popular than she ever imagined it would be.

But what happens when the girl who never thought she'd date a good guy suddenly finds herself dating a great one? She doesn't need a boyfriend . . . but she wants it to work out with this particular boyfriend. And he wants it to work out with her.

Only, things keep getting in the way. Feelings keep getting hurt. Words keep getting misunderstood. Penny Lane worked hard to declare her independence. Now she needs to figure out what to do with it—and how to balance what she wants with what everyone else wants.

 

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The Bridge from Me to You

By Lisa Schroeder
Point

• August 2014
• $17.99
• Ages 12 and Up

 

Lauren has a secret. Colby has a problem. But when they find each other, everything falls into place.

 

Lauren is the new girl in town with a dark secret. Colby is the football hero with a dream of something more. In alternating chapters, they come together, fall apart, and build something stronger than either of them thought possible—something to truly believe in.

 

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Catch a Falling Star

By Kim Culbertson
Point

• May 2014
• $17.99
• Ages 12 and Up

In Catch a Falling Star author Kim Culbertson explores growing up in a small town, the power of making decisions, and discovering that there might be more beneath the surface of things.

Nothing ever happens in Little, California. Which is just the way seventeen-year-old Carter Moon likes it. She’s planning on a low-key summer of stargazing with her best friends and working at her parent’s restaurant—and avoiding even thinking about life after her senior year. But when Hollywood arrives to film a movie starring former child-star turned public-relations-mess Adam Jakes, everything changes. Suddenly Carter’s beautiful, sleepy small town has been turned into a glittery movie set. Utterly annoyed, Carter feels like the only person in town not buying what Hollywood’s selling. Then Carter gets an offer she can’t refuse: play the part of Adam’s girlfriend while he’s in Little to improve his public image, and take home a hefty paycheck, which her family desperately needs. So instead of the simple summer she had envisioned, Carter begrudgingly poses for the tabloids. Soon she finds that Adam isn’t who she thought. Worse yet, she might actually be falling for him. As they grow closer, their relationship walks a blurry line between what’s real and what’s fake, and Carter must open her eyes to the scariest of unexplored worlds—her future.