Reads to Wrap 2013

On Christmas Eve at the farm, a horse faces complications while delivering her foal and Otis the tractor must race through snowy, treacherous woods to bring back Doc Baker.

Biscuit counts his favorite things from 1 to 10 in this lift-the-flap book.

Young Anja, whose greatest dream is to be one of Santa's elves, makes friends with the animals that guide her on the journey from her home in the far North to meet Santa.

Help George select the right tool for the job as he uses his new tool box to help around the house.

Laszlo is afraid of the dark. One night, his nightlight burns out, and the dark beckons him into the basement. Great for all ages.

One morning Duncan opens his desk looking for his crayons and, in their place, finds a pack of letters detailing their grievances, one crayon at a time. What happens when crayons go on strike?!

Hungry mice use a variety of construction equipment to build a tasty pizza lunch.

Autumn beckons in this nostalgic ode to football season, which features an after-school scrimmage among nine grade-school children.

A bear wakes to a wonderful smell that leads him to the house of Bubba Brayna who makes the best latkes in the village. At ninety-seven, she doesn't hear or see well so when the bear arrives at her door, she believes he is her rabbi. Together, they light the menorah, play the dreidel game, and eat all the latkes. When the mix-up is revealed, they have a laugh about it, and everyone works together to make more latkes.

Twenty of Marc Brown’s favorite action rhymes for children and their grown-ups to enjoy together.

A cat named Mr. Wuffles doesn't care about toy mice or toy goldfish. He's much more interested in playing with a little spaceship full of actual aliens.

In this allegorical picture book, a young rabbit named Pancho eagerly awaits his papa’s return. Papa Rabbit traveled north two years ago to find work in the great carrot and lettuce fields to earn money for his family. When Papa does not return, Pancho sets out to find him.

Pecking his way through the door of a house, an intrepid little woodpecker busily raps on a rhyming sequence of indoor objects.

Pete the Cat is groovier than ever in this cool adaptation of "The Wheels on the Bus." Join Pete as he rides on the bus to school with his friends and hears all the different sounds a bus makes as it drives.

Author Cabrera has switched the pipers and lords a leapin’ for things more commonly known to little guys.

Gerry, a most enthusiastic singer, is certain her music teacher will choose her to perform the solo at the Winter Wonderland Festival. When someone else is chosen it takes a snowfall to bring Gerry's sparkle back.

Buzz has a nightmare that his best friend, Fly Guy, has created a gigantic Frankenfly monster.

In I'm a Frog! Piggie has some ribbiting news! Can Gerald make the leap to the world of pretend required to accept Piggie's new identity? (An Elephant & Piggie Book)

Ling & Ting are twins. They share a birthday. They bake cakes, and they make birthday wishes. They tell stories and wrap gifts. They also share a birthday secret! Have fun with Ling and Ting! They stick together and look alike. But they are not exactly the same.

Penny finds a beautiful marble on her neighbor's lawn and must decide whether or not to keep it.

When it begins raining, Peppa is excited by the prospect of muddy puddles, but the rain soon turns into a flood and Peppa makes the most of it. Get ready to join in the adventure starring the beloved, award-winning U.K. sensation.

Pete the cat shares his big lunch with his friends.

Pete the Cat is ready to play baseball! Pete's team, the Rocks, is playing the Rolls. But when the game doesn't go Pete's way, what will Pete do?

Flora the pig was born for adventure. The day Flora spots a team of sled dogs is the day she sets her heart on becoming a sled pig. Before she knows it, she’s on board a ship to Antarctica for the most exhilarating—and dangerous—adventure of her life.

Bo lives happily with her two adopted papas in Ballard Creek, a close, caring community made up of gold miners and native Eskimos. Though Bo's life is full of hard work -- endless chores, sluicing dirt for gold -- it's also got plenty of thrills.

Teens Jack, Marco, Aly, and Cass begin a quest to find seven pieces of Atlantis' power that were hidden long ago and that will, if returned to Atlantis, save them from certain death due to the genetic abnormality that also gives them superior abilities.

A. J. and his friends from Ella Mentry School are in for a weird Christmas surprise when they head to the local mall to see Santa Claus.

In this latest installment, Greg Heffley decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn things around, or is Greg's life destined to be just another hard-luck story?

Kyle Keeley is the class clown, popular with most kids, (if not the teachers), and an ardent fan of all games. His hero, Luigi Lemoncello, the most notorious and creative game maker in the world, happens to be the genius behind the building of the new town library. Lucky Kyle wins a coveted spot to be one of the first 12 kids in the library for an overnight of fun, food, and lots and lots of games. But when morning comes, the doors remain locked. Kyle and the other winners must solve every clue and every secret puzzle to find the hidden escape route.

It begins, as the best superhero stories do, with a tragic accident that has unexpected consequences. The squirrel never saw the vacuum cleaner coming, but self-described cynic Flora Belle Buckman, who has read every issue of the comic book Terrible Things Can Happen to You!, is the just the right person to step in and save him.

A silly adventure story that begins with a family that is out of milk and a brother and sister patiently waiting for their father who is taking ages to return from the corner shop. When they inquire about what took so long, their father has quite a tale to tell. A perfect read aloud.

A massive earthquake and devastating tsunami hit Japan while Ben is visiting his late father's hometown, pulling Ben's family apart and leaving him stranded in a strange country during an epic disaster. Kids can't get enough of the “I Survived” action-packed adventure series.

Roan's one dream is to leave home and attend Pilot Academy like his older brother, father, and grandfather. But just as Roan is mysteriously denied entrance to Pilot School, he is invited to attend Jedi Academy--a school that he didn't apply to and only recruits children when they are just a few years old. That is, until now...

Children's birthdays are always strange in Willow Falls, but when Connor's little sister Grace falls into a frozen state on her tenth birthday, Amanda and Leo must travel back in time to find out what force prevented Angelina from casting the blessing that would have protected her.

When Nancy Clancy finds out that both her guitar teacher, Andy, and her favorite babysitter, Annie, have broken up with the people they were dating, she decides to make them fall in love on Valentine's Day.

In this somewhat magical world, everyone has a Talent. Eleven-year-old Cady, an orphan with a Talent for cake baking, sets off a chain of events that will help her solve an old mystery and find her the family she was meant to complete.

On December 7, 1941, Japanese war planes appeared out of nowhere to bomb the American base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. It was a highly secretive and devastating attack: four battleships sunk, more than two thousand servicemen died, and the United States was propelled into World War II. In a compelling, easy-to-read narrative, children will learn all about a pivotal moment in American history.

Cassie is one of the few survivors after several waves of alien attacks demolish the U.S. This great blend of dystopia and sci-fi will keep both boys and girls on the edge of their seats. A sequel is slated to hit bookstores next spring, and a film adaptation is in the works.

In this thrilling adventure inspired by The Scarlet Pimpernel, Diana Peterfreund creates an exquisitely rendered world where nothing is as it seems and two teens with very different pasts fight for a future only they dare to imagine.

What if your whole world was a lie? What if a single revelation—like a single choice—changed everything? What if love and loyalty made you do things you never expected? This is the final book of the Divergent trilogy.

Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked before. Winner of the 2013 Pura Belpre Award, Stonewall Book Award, and a Printz Honor book.

When seventeen-year-old Tana wakes up following a party in the aftermath of a violent vampire attack, she travels to Coldtown, a quarantined Massachusetts city full of vampires, with her ex-boyfriend and a mysterious vampire boy in tow.

The government knows that to catch a hacker, you need a hacker. And they’ve been watching Michael; they want him on their team. But the risk is enormous. If he accepts their challenge there’s the possibility that the line between game and reality will be blurred forever.

Raised in Japan, American-born tenth-grader Emma is disconcerted by a move to Massachusetts for her mother's breast cancer treatment, because half of Emma's heart remains with her friends recovering from the tsunami.

While flying an Allied fighter plane from Paris to England, American ATA pilot and amateur poet, Rose Justice, is captured by the Nazis and sent to Ravensbruck, the notorious women's concentration camp. Trapped in horrific circumstances, Rose finds hope in the impossible through the loyalty, bravery and friendship of her fellow prisoners.