"When Millie loses her baller slipper at the theater after seeing her favorite ballet, she and the Ballet Bunnies must find it, with some help from a mysterious dancer, before the curtain rises"--

"For fans of Donna Barba Higuera's Lupe Wong Won't Dance and Aida Salazar's The Moon Within, comes Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice -- a contemporary middle grade novel full of spunk and activist heart. Manuela Mani Semilla wants two things: to get her period, and to thwart her mom's plan of taking her to Guatemala, a place that has always been more of a mystery than an answer. Mani can't imagine leaving behind Las Nerdas, her band of misfit friends,...

"Lucy's father is a minor league baseball player, a professional pitcher hoping to get called up to the majors, and Lucy inherited his passion for the game. But she's never played pitcher. She worries her skills would be compared to her dad's and she'd never measure up. And his pitching may mean big things for his career and their family, but it's also what keeps him away from home so much of the year. Sometimes, Lucy isn't sure what would be worse:...

"There once was a very sleepy penguin, who was best friends with a not-so-sleepy lion... A pitch-perfect comedy for anyone who has ever craved sleep -- and anyone too full of energy to settle down." --

When one girl doesn't want to eat cake on the king's birthday, the two launch into a battle of wills and a discussion of choice.

"Magaly enjoys the yummy Cuban food her Abuela has been cooking since arriving from Havana, but when Magaly’s sweater goes missing, she discovers that Abuela is making ropa vieja for dinner. Old clothes for dinner? Yuck! Magaly needs to hide the rest of her clothes before her family eats them up. Endnotes feature other imaginative names of food around the world, facts about Cuba, Spanish vocabulary, and two delicious recipes for ropa vieja...

" Pride. Popularity . . . Poetry? Middle school. Ruby and Mia are total opposites: Ruby is a little awkward, not a "joiner," and loves to write poetry. While Mia is type A, popular(ish), and wants to be class prez. They used to be friends. But now they have nothing in common anymore. . . . Or do they?" --Provided by Publisher.

A master of the wordless form imagines a futuristic Noah's Ark in a luminous sci-fi parable for our changing world.

"Bob, Fin, and Ping see a pie contest at the fair and want to join. But when they make a mistake, they must find a way to fix it. Readers will love this sweet story."--

"Wherever you are in this world, in the Northern or Southern hemisphere, in the city or a remote region, Universal Guide to the Night Sky takes you through the remarkable features of planet Earth's starry sky. Receive a personal tour through the wonders of the universe from astrophysicist Lisa Harvey-Smith. Explore comets and meteors, stars, planets, and moons. Find galaxies and glowing gas clouds. Spot supernovae and enjoy eclipses. Learn everything...