Children's Modern and Contemporary Fiction Books

A fun, engaging children's book about growing tomatoes! From planting the seeds to taking the first big bite, follow the growth of a tomato from start to juicy, red finish! The big bold colors and images draw readers into a delightful, easy to read,...

This book has short stories that are full of adventure, obstacles, and friendship. All through Ralphie and his friends eyes.

ALL THINGS NOW LIVING is a captivating book about recognizing our many blessings and giving thanks for them. While observing her adoptive family's Thanksgiving Day ritual, Matilda, the cat, hears a holiday hymn containing the words 'till...

Kami learns some very exciting news, but she has a difficult time believing it. Will more details help to inspire her or cast further doubts? The historic election of the first U.S. female Vice President fills Kami with excitement, but Kami has never...

This beautifully written and illustrated story portrays the journey of a little girl feeling invisible and not heard. She has an ever-present gnawing ache somewhere near the middle of her heart. One day she wanders off into the forest and meets a loving,...

I would do anything for her, she's everything to me ... Nora and her little sister are best friends; they play, laugh, sign, and share bedtime stories together. Caring for her sister comes naturally to Nora, and when noises become too loud or spaces...

The Matzah That Saved Easter continues the adventures of Joey and Kristie. They're two young neighbors from different religious backgrounds. With the help of Rabbi Abraham, Joey shares some of his Jewish traditions and history with Kristie who is a...

My name is Aniyah Young; I want to tell you a story about a young girl and her two children who struggled through the ups and downs of the drug world. The two children were born into poverty; their lives were like a rollercoaster. Full of highs and lows,...

On Christmas morning, Jake is delighted to see that Santahas brought him the toy rabbit he had longed for.Bobby was no ordinary rabbit; he was extra special. Wheneveryone is asleep, Bobby comes to life and takes Jake on a magical Christmas adventure.

The author has been interested in children's behavior since beginning working with children in elementary schools and then continued through the middle and high school. One of the scientific ideas she taught her students is that everything is energy. Our...

5-stars! A beautifully illustrated book with three delightful stories and a poem. The animals were gorgeous. A perfect gift for my friend's little boy. Highly recommended. - Sam on AmazonMr. Smithwiggle encourages your child to read! He’s a...

5-stars! A beautifully illustrated book with three delightful stories and a poem. The animals were gorgeous. A perfect gift for my friend's little boy. Highly recommended. - Sam on AmazonMr. Smithwiggle encourages your child to read! He’s a...

This is a fun book about all the differenttypes of monsters as seen by your child,children or class. Lots of sounds to go with them.You can roleplay the howl, the growl,and the TWIT TWOO.Owls, ghosts, ghouls, wolves, spiders, moths. are all addressed in...

The Number Story 1: Small Book One English-Marathi          2016 Bronze Winner                                        ...

Little Ant is confident that he will make the team for this year's Kick the Crumb tournament. While Buddy Ant practices hard and struggles to keep up, Little Ant only does enough at the tryouts to stay ahead of his competition. But is talent alone enough...

After accompanying his father to a Slavic settlement to investigate strange tales of the undead, Viking Folkvarr discovers that not only do the dead walk, but the whole forest seems to want his kind dead.  When his father is kidnapped by the magical...

Rain Wooten is just a normal teenager living in a quiet suburb and hunting down terrorists.Since childhood, she's been helping her dad fight the Enemies of America. His FBI assignments are so top secret that other parts of the FBI don't even know he...

Thrust into the spotlight following their plane crash and discovery of ancient artifacts, Josh and Alex are enlisted to help a local archaeology professor locate and protect the site.  Unfortunately, Dr. Maggie and her team are not the only ones...

Summer has finally arrived, and a lonely little beach ball is ready to play! Join the little ball as it bounces, twirls, and spins its way across the sand landing in all sorts of fun and goofy places! The author's colorful illustrations and lively,...

Kindness rules the day! After finding a note on a park bench, one child's smile attracts crowds and skeptics. What did the note say? Why is the child smiling? There are surprising results in the end. After sharing this story together, you and your...

Kindness rules the day! After finding a note on a park bench, one child's smile attracts crowds and skeptics. What did the note say? Why is the child smiling? There are surprising results in the end. After sharing this story together, you and your...

"Gleason has vamped up the familiar world of Holmes and Watson...to paranormally exhilarating effect." -- The New York TimesThe girls are back! Evaline Stoker (sister of Bram) and Mina Holmes (niece of Sherlock) return in the fourth volume of the...

Evaline Stoker and Mina Holmes never meant to get into the family business. But when you're the sister of Bram and the niece of Sherlock, vampire hunting and mystery solving are in your blood, so to speak. And when two young society girls disappear-one...

Book Three in theRange Riders Series is the most exciting yet, as Cassie and Jasper conquer the elements, outwit rustlers, and rope, ride, and rescue like never before.

Kids can learn the alphabet, practice writing letters and have fun coloring animal characters created by award winning author and illustrator Janet Toonen. 26 illustrations that have fill in the blank for the letter page that is featured and practice...

Iris loves to swim with all the beautiful marine life in the ocean near her home, but Sea Turtles are her favorite. She loves it when the new turtles are hatching, and she can help them on their way!Beautifully illustrated and told in rhyme,...

Helping children find connection and belonging in the modern-day villageA mysterious Visitor from a far-away place arrives in the Square Village, bringing long-forgotten wisdom of circles and weaving beautiful healing melodies. Follow the Visitor’s...

Sojo, a shy little dog, overcomes self-doubt and earns the respect of her teammates by doing her job as part of explorer Pam Flowers's team.

Sidney the Bear and his pal Simon the mallard duckling, have made friends with the colorful fireflies that live in the bear cave. With the help of the fireflies lighting their way, the cave explorers are discovering where the tunnels in the cave lead to...

Can Claire Marcheaux make a name for herself at Manchac Junior High?  It’s a brand-new school year and all she wants is to impress the popular crowd and Josh, South Claw Crab’s star basketball player.  But, the hurricane brewing...

Follow the Appleby family as they make their way through a pandemic caused by the Ronamona Panickus virus. Will the wise Mr. Raven be able to steer the girls toward the magic ingredient they need to save the day? Author Michelle Hatch brainstormed the...

(Bilingual English-Urdu edition) This is a delightful and humorous tale about a chicken who learns to speak as we do - with unexpected consequences. The surprising events that follow intrigue young children and, and at the same time, alert them in a very...

Overshadowed by the death of his brother, Tony is about to encounter the western way of life when his parents move from the East Coast to Wyoming. Starting in a new school as a sixth grader isn?t easy when your controlling mother is fearful of...

This new children's book is the first in the Hometown Heroes series. Ideal for early readers, this book explains simply one way that donating blood can help someone in need. Sergeant Hammer is Smithville's favorite police officer. When he gets...

One snowy Christmas Eve, Jayla and her sister, Honey, make a big batch of Reindeer Nibbles (Ribbles) and bake animal biscuits. The sisters, along with their father, visit Sweet Olive Farm Animal Rescue to deliver treats for the animals. After arriving at...

Twenty players. Two games. One challenge.When Tammy Marshall yells across the field at the local boys' baseball team about how easy their sport is, she isn't prepared for the epic tournament to follow. The teams had been bickering back and forth until...

Have you ever known a grouch? Well at Grandma and Grandpa's house the front doorknob was the ring leader of the grouches and the grouchiest of all. He never smiled and made all of the other doorknobs in the house grumpy. Join Grandma and Grandpa and...

In this sequel to Chipper the Clown, Chipper travels the world in search of a new act to keep the crowds entertained...a unicycle seems like just the thing! How hard could it be since he already can ride a bicycle? After only one day of trying, Chipper...

The humorous adventures of four middle-school friends learning life-lessons. A missing painting, three unusual suspects, and a group of inquisitive kids on the trail. Jo and the School's Out Squad follow the tracks to uncover The Mystery of the Blue...

Have you ever dreamed of going on a dinosaur dig and then finding some real Tyrannosaurus rex bones? Doesn't everyone have that dream?Asher's dad is a paleontologist, and he and his family join his dad on a dig on the middle of nowhere that leads to some...

Sometimes you lose something, and it seems like the end of the world. No matter how much you look for it, it cannot be found. And then suddenly you replace that something with something else, something as simple as the nose on your face or the toes on...

It is very important to share, and it is also very important to know when you should get rid of something, even if you love it, and especially when it could be used by someone less fortunate than you. However, sometime children don't see things the same...

Do you know someone like Classy Nancy? Perhaps that someone is you. Perhaps sometimes you feel bad because you are different from everyone else. Be like Classy Nancy. You should never feel bad. You should celebrate your differences from other people...

Ted E. Bear has a terrible adventure, but like most terrible adventures one has, it was not of his own doing, It seems our little Teddy was the unwary victim of ' bearnapping.' However, in the end all turned out well, as everything came out okay in...

Long years ago, when this country was still an unbroken wilderness inhabited only by wild beasts and Indians, and rivers were the only highways of travel, there stood upon the southern shore of the swiftly flowing James a fine brick mansion belonging to...

Lucy Fitch Perkins takes you and your children back to France during the First World War and into the lives of two nine year old twins, Pierre and Pierrette Meraut.Children will be spell bound while they share the adventures and tribulations of the...

A wonderful Jewish Children's Book by Miriam Yerushalmi. Other books in the series include Feivel the Falafel Ball Who Wanted to Do a MitzvahGedalia the Goldfish Who Wanted to Be Like the KingLet’s Go Camping and Discover Our...

THE LOURDES ANTHOLOGY is a collection of writing and art from Our Lady of Lourdes High School in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.