Valentine's Day

Into the game!

Eliopulos, Nick,


"Five young Minecraft players in the real world find themselves transported inside the game they love. But now it's not a game--and they will have to use everything they know to explore, build, and survive!"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2019

It's time to sleep, my love (a lullabye)

Metaxas, Eric,


At bedtime, birds, bees, fishes, and other creatures urge their tired children to go to sleep.
Date Published:2008

Juana & Lucas

Medina, Juana, 1980-,


A spunky young girl from Colombia loves playing with her canine best friend and resists boring school activities, especially learning English, until her family tells her that a special trip is planned to an English-speaking place.
Date Published:2016

The Kissing hand

Penn, Audrey, 1947-,


Originally published by the Child Welfare League of America, 1993. Inlcudes stickers. When Chester the raccoon is reluctant to go to kindergarten for the first time, his mother teaches him a secret way to carry her love with him.
Date Published:2006

Kitty and Dragon

Hashimoto, Meika,


"Includes 3 sweet stories!"--Front cover. School Library Journal, November 2020. "Kitty and Dragon are best friends--even when one of them is snoring, sick, or being messy! . . . the unlikely duo learns that friends can be really different but love each other just the same"--Back cover.
Date Published:2020

The legend of the Golden Snail

Base, Graeme,


Maps inside cover. School Library Journal, October 2010. Pub Weekly, September 2010. Booklist, September 2010. Kirkus Review, September 2010. Wilbur loves the legend of the Golden Snail, an enchanted galleon, and vows to become its next master.
Date Published:2010

Leprechaun in late winter

Osborne, Mary Pope,


"A Merlin Mission." "A stepping stone book." Jack and Annie travel back to nineteenth-century Ireland to inspire a young Augusta Gregory to share her love of Irish legends and folktales with the world.
Date Published:2010

The Library Fish

Capucilli, Alyssa Satin, 1957-,


"A Paula Wiseman Book." School Library Journal, December 2021. Publishers Weekly, April 2022. Booklist, March 2022. Library Media Connection, March 2022. When snow prevents Mr. Hughes from opening the library one day, book-loving Library Fish finds a way to entertain herself and her bookmobile friend.
Date Published:2022

Like a hurricane

Bécotte, Jonathan, 1987-,


"Originally published in French in 2020 by Les éditions Héritage inc. under the title Comme un ouragan"--Title page verso . School Library Journal starred, February 2023. Publishers Weekly, December 2022. Library Media Connection starred, January 2023. "A young teen struggles with revealing who he really is to those he loves"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2023

The list of things that will not change

Stead, Rebecca,


School Library Journal starred, March 2020. Booklist starred, February 2020. Horn Book Starred, March 2020. Pub Weekly, February 2020. Kirkus Starred, February 2020. Despite her parents' divorce, her father's coming out as gay, and his plans to marry his boyfriend, ten-year-old Bea is reassured by her parents' unconditional love, excited about getting a stepsister, and haunted by something she did last summer at her father's lake house.
Date Published:2020

School Library Journal starred, March 2020. Booklist starred, February 2020. Horn Book Starred, March 2020. Pub Weekly, February 2020. Kirkus Starred, February 2020. Despite her parents' divorce, her father's coming out as gay, and his plans to marry his boyfriend, ten-year-old Bea is reassured by her parents' unconditional love, excited about getting a stepsister, and haunted by something she did last summer at her father's lake house.

Date Published:2020

Little Miss Muffet and other best-loved rhymes


Collects eight illustrated nursery rhymes, including the title selection in which a young girl is frightened by a spider.
Date Published:2009

The lonely heart of Maybelle Lane

O'Shaughnessy, Kate,


Booklist, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal, All her life, eleven-year-old Maybelle Lane has collected sounds. Her favorite is her father's warm laugh, saved on a phone's voicemail recording. She has asked her mother many times where her father went to, but the only answer she ever got was it was better they live without him. Then, Maybelle hears her father's unmistakable laugh on the radio announcing a singing contest in Nashville, and she knows she has to sign up and compete for the chance to win the prize. Then, she just knows, her absent father will love her.
Date Published:2020

Booklist, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal, All her life, eleven-year-old Maybelle Lane has collected sounds. Her favorite is her father's warm laugh, saved on a phone's voicemail recording. She has asked her mother many times where her father went to, but the only answer she ever got was it was better they live without him. Then, Maybelle hears her father's unmistakable laugh on the radio announcing a singing contest in Nashville, and she knows she has to sign up and compete for the chance to win the prize. Then, she just knows, her absent father will love her.

Date Published:2020

Loser

Spinelli, Jerry,


Even though his classmates from first grade on have considered him strange and a loser, Donald Zinkoff's optimism and exuberance and the support of his loving family do not allow him to feel that way about himself.
Date Published:2002

The lost continent

Sutherland, Tui, 1978-,


"Blue the SilkWing is content. Life in his Hive is safe; he loves his family; he has enough to eat. And Pantala has been at peace for as long as he can remember--SilkWings and HiveWings live and work together in harmony, and because they stay vigilant, no one has seen a dangerous LeafWing in years. Now that Blue's sister, Luna, is undergoing her Metamorphosis, Blue knows things are going to change. Luna will have her wings and her silk, be assigned a partner and a work order, and move to another Hive. A few days later, Blue's own wings and silk will come in. But nothing could prepare Blue for what happens when Luna's wings start to grow. Suddenly his world is turned upside down, throwing him into dangers he never knew existed. Pantala isn't as peaceful as it seems, and Blue isn't safe. Whether he's ready or not, it's time to adapt--and fight for his life"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2018

"Blue the SilkWing is content. Life in his Hive is safe; he loves his family; he has enough to eat. And Pantala has been at peace for as long as he can remember--SilkWings and HiveWings live and work together in harmony, and because they stay vigilant, no one has seen a dangerous LeafWing in years. Now that Blue's sister, Luna, is undergoing her Metamorphosis, Blue knows things are going to change. Luna will have her wings and her silk, be assigned a partner and a work order, and move to another Hive. A few days later, Blue's own wings and silk will come in. But nothing could prepare Blue for what happens when Luna's wings start to grow. Suddenly his world is turned upside down, throwing him into dangers he never knew existed. Pantala isn't as peaceful as it seems, and Blue isn't safe. Whether he's ready or not, it's time to adapt--and fight for his life"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2018

Louanne Pig in the mysterious valentine

Carlson, Nancy L.,


Louanne Pig tries to discover the identity of her secret admirer after receiving an anonymous valentine.
Date Published:2004

Love, Aubrey

LaFleur, Suzanne M.,


While living with her Gram in Vermont, eleven-year-old Aubrey writes letters as a way of dealing with losing her father and sister in a car accident, and then being abandoned by her grief-stricken mother.
Date Published:2009

Love from the crayons

Daywalt, Drew,


"Based on 'The day the crayons quit,' published in 2013 by Philomel Books"--Page facing title page. "Ages 5-8"--Back cover. "Discover all the bright colors and shades of love with the crayons"--Back cover.
Date Published:2019

Love is all around Omaha

Silvano, Wendi, 1962-,


A family explores all that there is to do in Omaha, from playing in Walnut Creek Park to cheering at a ball game in Centurylink Center.
Date Published:2016

Love is in the air!

Dezago, Todd,


"Marvel Age"--Cover. On Valentine's Day, a bet between Enchantress, Screaming Mimi, and Mystique has the super-villainesses using their feminine wiles on the Super Hero Squad to see how many of their fractals each can get her hands on.
Date Published:2011

Love Monster and the scary something

Bright, Rachel,


When he hears rustling, creaking, and bumping in the dark as he's trying to fall asleep, Love Monster is sure a hungry, scary unknown something is on its way to get him.
Date Published:2016