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Fannie in the Kitchen

By Deborah Hopkinson

Here is the story of how Fannie Farmer invented the modern recipe and created one of the first and best-loved American cookbooks.

Father, We Thank You

By Ralph Waldo Emerson, Illustrated by Mark Graham

This American poet captures the inspiration and beauty of nature in the modest words of a grateful heart.

Feast of Peas

By Kashmira Sheth, Illustrated by Jeffrey Ebbeler

Hard-working Jiva might not be the only one anticipating a delicious feast of peas from his garden. Every morning, Jiva works in his garden until the sun turns as red as a bride’s sari. He plants peas and beans, potatoes and tomatoes, eggplants and okra in his vegetable patch. When his friend Ruvji admires his plants Jiva sings,
Plump peas, sweet peas,
Lined- up-in-the-shell peas.
Peas to munch, peas to crunch
A feast of peas for lunch.
But each time Jiva is ready to pick the peas for his feast, they’re already gone. What has happened?

Fighting for the Forest

By P. O'Connell Pearson

When Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in March 1933, the United States was on the brink of economic collapse and environmental disaster. Thirty-four days later, the first of over three million impoverished young men were building parks and reclaiming the nation’s forests and farmlands. The Civilian Conservation Corps—FDR’s favorite program and “miracle of inter-agency cooperation”—resulted in the building and/or improvement of hundreds of state and national parks, the restoration of nearly 120 million acre of land, and the planting of some three billion trees—more than half of all the trees ever planted in the United States.

Finding Home

By Karen Kingsbury

Summer is over and Dad begins his important position at an Indiana hospital. Like it or not, Bloomington is the Baxter Family’s new home. As school starts, everyone finds reasons to be excited about the move. Everyone that is except Ashley. Ashley desperately misses the home and friends she left behind. As she realizes her siblings have their struggles, too, she can’t help but wonder if unlikely friends can be the best friends of all? And could time and love from her family be enough to make a house feel like home?

Finest Kind

By Lea Wait

Adjusting to a new life in Maine is hard. Keeping a deep family secret is harder

Fireflies In The Dark

By Susan Rubin

Friedl Dicker taught art to Jewish children at a concentration camp during WW II, and many of their paintings are included.

Fish

By L. S. Matthews

Tiger and his parents who are aid workers must leave their village when fighting breaks out. A great read of strength and survival in an unforgiving world.

Flags Over America: A Star-Spangled Story

By Cheryl Harness

This history-of-flags picture book focuses on the United States’s revolutionary beginnings, from liberty poles to the legendary “Star-Spangled Banner” that flew over Fort McHenry in 1814.

Fly High!: The Story of Bessie Coleman

By Louise Borden & Mary Kay Kroeger, Illustrated by Teresa Flavin

This book discusses the life of the determined African American woman who went all the way to France in order to earn her pilot’s license in 1921.

Foster’s War

By Carolyn Reeder

When his older brother joins the army during World War II in order to escape the rages of an authoritarian father, eleven-year-old Foster fights his battles on the home front.

Friends And Enemies

By Louann Caeddert

In WW II, William finds himself alienated from Jim who does not believe in fighting.

Friends of Liberty

By Beatrice Gormley

Sally Gifford, a Patriot shoemaker’s daughter, tries to maintain her close relationship with Kitty Lawton, the daughter of a Loyalist as pre-Revolutionary war tensions increase and push them apart.

Frightful’s Mountain

By Jean George

Forty years after writing My Side of the Mountain, Ms. George returns to the Catskills for the third book about Sam Gribley growing up living off the land, and the peregrine partner that will never be far from his heart.

From the Desk of Zoe Washington

By Janae Marks

Zoe Washington isn’t sure what to write. What does a girl say to the father she’s never met, hadn’t heard from until his letter arrived on her twelfth birthday, and who’s been in prison for a terrible crime?

A crime he says he never committed.

Could Marcus really be innocent? Zoe is determined to uncover the truth. Even if it means hiding his letters and her investigation from the rest of her family. Everyone else thinks Zoe’s worrying about doing a good job at her bakery internship and proving to her parents that she’s worthy of auditioning for Food Network’s Kids Bake Challenge.

But with bakery confections on one part of her mind, and Marcus’s conviction weighing heavily on the other, this is one recipe Zoe doesn’t know how to balance.

Fur, Fins, and Feathers: Abraham Dee Bartlett and the Invention of the Modern Zoo

By Cassandre Maxwell

Abraham Dee Bartlett knew from a young age that he wanted to spend his life working with animals. But in Victorian London, there weren’t many jobs that provided an opportunity to do that. Still, Abraham spent years gaining knowledge and pursuing his dream until he eventually became superintendent in the London Zoo. Driven by his compassion for the animals, Abraham dramatically improved the conditions of the zoo to ensure that the animals could be happy and healthy.

Genevieve’s War

By Patricia Reilly Giff, Illustrated by Becca Stadtlander

Thirteen-year-old American girl Genevieve has spent the summer of 1939 at her grandmother’s farm in Alsace, France. Then she makes an impulsive choice: to stay in France. It proves to be a dangerous decision. World War II erupts. The Nazis conquer Alsace and deport the Jews and others. A frightening German officer commandeers a room in Meme’s farmhouse. And when Gen’s friend Remi commits an act of sabotage, Gen is forced to hide him in the attic―right above the Nazi officer’s head. Genevieve’s War is a gripping story that brings the war in occupied France vividly to life. It is a companion work to Lily’s Crossing, a Newbery Honor Book.

Get Along, Little Dogies: The Chisholm Trail Diary of Hallie Lou Wells

By Lisa Waller Rogers

Hallie Lou Wells persuades her father to let her go in his place on a cattle drive along the Chisolm Trail in 1878.

Gingerbread Baby

By Jan Brett

A young boy and his mother bake a gingerbread baby that escapes from their oven and leads a crowd on a chase similar to the one in the familiar tale about a not-so-clever gingerbread man.

Gnu and Shrew

By Danny Schnitzlein, Illustrated by Anca Sandu

When Gnu says that there’s a cave filled with diamonds across the river, Shrew is intrigued. But Gnu seems to be all talk, fantasizing about riches yet dismissing all of Shrew’s suggestions. As Gnu dreams his days away, tossing out one big idea after another, Shrew spends his nights trying to make those dreams a reality. Can Gnu’s big ideas and Shrew’s hard work make something remarkable happen?

Goldie and the Three Bears

By Diane Stanley

In this story, loosely based on that of Goldilocks, Goldie, who has yet to find a friend to “love with all her heart,” makes an unplanned visit to the house of some bears.

Gone Fishing: A Novel in Verse

By Tamera Will Wissinger, Illustrated by Matthew Cordell

Nine-year-old Sam loves fishing with his dad. So when his pesky little sister, Lucy, horns in on their fishing trip, he’s none too pleased: “Where’s my stringer? / Something’s wrong! / The princess doll does not belong!” All ends well in this winsome book of poems—each labeled with its proper poetic form, from quatrain to tercet. Together the poems build a dawn-to-dusk story of a father-son bond, of sibling harmony lost and found—and most of all, of delicious anticipation. Charming line drawings animate the poetry with humor and drama, and the extensive Poet’s Tackle Box at the end makes this the perfect primer to hook aspiring poets of all ages.

Grandfather’s Christmas Tree

By Keith Strand

In 1886, their hearts filled with love, a young couple starts their life in the Colorado wilderness. They are unprepared for a merciless winter storm and they may have to cut down the only tree on the property to use for firewood in order to survive.

Green Angel

By Alice Hoffman

Haunted by grief and her past after losing her family, fifteen-year-old Green retreats into her ruined garden as she struggles to survive emotionally and physically on her own. This was written in response to Sept.11, 2001. Ask Scholastic for a discussion guide for class study.

Hachiko Waits

By Leslea Newman, Illustrated by Machiyo Kodaira

Professor Ueno’s loyal Akita, Hachiko, waits for him at the train station every afternoon, and even after the professor unexpectedly dies while at work, Hachiko faithfully continues to await his return until the day the dog dies.

Half a World Away

By Cynthia Kadohata

Unable to connect to his new family, adopted 12 year old Jaden learns to connect after his adopted to family goes to Kazakhstan to replace him with another adopted baby.

Hank Aaron: Brave In Every Way

By Peter Golenbock, Illustrated by Paul Lee

A boy’s determination to play in the major leagues is an inspiration to us all of how strength and perseverance can make a difference.

Harry’s Home

By Catherine and Laurence Anholt

A city boy discovers the pleasures of country living.

Her Own Two Feet

By Meredith Davis and Rebeka Uwitonze

Rebeka Uwitonze was born in Rwanda with curled and twisted feet, which meant she had to crawl or be carried to get around. At nine years old, she gets an offer that could change her life. A doctor in the US might be able to turn her feet. But it means leaving her own family behind and going to America on her own.

Hero Cat

By Eileen Spinelli, Illustrated by Ellen McAllister Stammen

In five daring acts, this cat saves the day – a true hero cat.

Hey, Daddy! Animal Fathers and Their Babies

By Mary Batten, Illustrated by Higgins Bond

This book shows the important role some animal fathers play in the lives of their offspring.

Hidden Figures: Young Readers’ Edition

By Margot Lee Shetterly

Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as ‘human computers’ used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. It is the powerful story of four African-American female mathematicians at NASA who helped achieve some of the greatest moments in our space program.

Hip-Pocket Papa

By Sandra Markle, Illustrated by Alan Marks

The tiny male hip-pocket frog is no bigger than a thumbnail, but has a big responsibility. He must care for his children as they grow, protecting them from predators and nature.

Hippos in the Night

By Christina Allen

Biologist Christina Allen describes her fascinating adventures in Africa, including watching the shadow of a hippo lurking outside her tent!

Holding the Reins: a Ride Through Cowgirl Life

By Marc Talbert

This title explores a year in the life of four teenage girls as they live and work on their home ranches in Utah, Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, and New Mexico.

Honey Cake

By Joan Betty Stuchner, Illustrated by Cynthia Nugent

While living in Denmark during Nazi occupation, David’s family is smuggled to Sweden to escape Hitler.

How Oscar Indigo Broke the Universe

By David Teague

Oscar Indigo has never been good at baseball, so naturally he’s nervous when he has to fill in for his team’s injured All-Star, Lourdes. Luckily, Oscar has a mysterious gold watch that can stop time, which he uses to fake a game-winning home run. Now Oscar’s the underdog hero of his town and even Lourdes wants to be his friend.

Humphrey’s First Christmas

By Carol Heyer, Illustrated by Carol Heyer

A selfish camel learns that he is not as important as he thought when he is forced to carry a heavy load to a baby in a manger.

Hunter Brown and the Consuming Fire

By Christopher Miller and Allen Miller

Hunter returns to Solandria with new friends to race to save Hope and further bolster the Resistance before the brutal Xaul can reach her.

I Can’t Believe I Have To Do This

By Jan Alford

Twelve-year-old Dean Matthews receives a journal as a birthday present from his mother and records the events of the following year. At first, he is very unhappy about having to do this, but he learns valuable lessons along the way.

I Love You, Michael Collins

By Lauren Baratz-Logsted

It’s 1969 and the country is gearing up for what looks to be the most exciting moment in U.S. history: men landing on the moon. Ten-year-old Mamie’s class is given an assignment to write letters to the astronauts. All the girls write to Neil Armstrong (“So cute!”) and all the boys write to Buzz Aldrin (“So cool!”). Only Mamie writes to Michael Collins, the astronaut who will come so close but never achieve everyone else’s dream of walking on the moon, because he is the one who must stay with the ship. After school ends, Mamie keeps writing to Michael Collins, taking comfort in telling someone about what’s going on with her family as, one by one, they leave the house thinking that someone else is taking care of her―until she is all alone except for her cat and her best friend, Buster. And as the date of the launch nears, Mamie can’t help but wonder: Does no one stay with the ship anymore?

Ian’s Walk

By Laurie Lears

Julie sometimes tires of having her brother Ian, who is autistic, go so many places with her because he has to be watched every minute. She realizes how much she loves him, though, when he gets lost in the park one day.

If Jesus Came to My House

By Joan G. Thomas, Illustrated by Lori McElrath-Eslick

A young boy realizes that he can treat others according to the lessons he would learn if Jesus really did come to his house.

In Over Their Heads

By Margaret Peterson Haddix

In Under Their Skin, twins Nick and Eryn successfully met their new stepsiblings, Ava and Jackson. But in doing so, the twins found themselves on a mission to discover how to prevent humanity from facing certain doom.

In The Garden

By Lindsay Barrett George, Illustrated by Lindsay Barrett George

In delightful rhymed verse, Conrad J. Storad tells the story of the tortoise and explains how it has adapted to survive in the desert.

In the Tree House

By Andrew Larsen, Illustrated by Dušan Petričić

A poignant tale of two brothers growing up and the special tree house that they built together and enjoy together.

Into the Unknown: How Great Explorers Found Their Way by Land, Sea and Air

By Stewart Ross

An engaging guide about 14 explorers, from Marco Polo to Neil Armstrong, and how they traveled. Detailed cross- section illustrations of the craft in which they explored.

Iron Thunder

By AVI, Illustrated by C.B. Mordan

To earn a living after his father died fighting for the Union, thirteen year-old Tom takes an ironworking job building a Union ship, but Confederates see young Tom’s job as an opportunity to spy out the vessel.

It Can’t Be Done, Nellie Bly!

By Nancy Butcher

In 1888, a young, female reporter for New York World newspaper sets out to travel around the world in fewer than eighty days, while a Cosmopolitan magazine reporter tries to beat her to the goal.

Itch

By Polly Farquhar

Isaac’s sixth-grade year gets off to a rough start. For one thing, a tornado tears the roof off the school cafeteria. His mother leaves on a two-month business trip to China. And as always. . . . there’s the itch.

Drawing on her own experiences with idiopathic angioedema and food allergies, Polly Farquhar spins a tale of kids trying to balance the desire to be ordinary with the need to be authentic–allergies, itches, confusion and all.