Libby's Guide

Waiting for the Magic was a tender, read aloud hit in our house. My 4 and 5-year-old boys loved the talking pets that only some family...

Zilpha Keatley Snyder writes great stories for readers between 8 and tween. Her stories feature strong, child heroes having fast-paced...

I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed Smart Dog by Vivian Vande Velde. I grabbed it on a whim, because we needed another read...

"Beware the whited sepulcher," are the last words of advice Elodie hears from her mother when leaving home for a ten year...

Fourteen-year-old Mattie Cook enjoys the bustle and energy of Philadelphia in 1763. The Nation's capital is filled with people and Mattie...

In the midst of the Great Depression, Abilene Tucker's father sends her to live in the town of his youth, Manifest, Kansas. Abilene...

Twelve-year-old Alexa Daley has grown up surrounded by walls, but unlike most villagers she knows, Alexa wants to find a way out. As a...

This is one of my all-time favorites because of the beautiful writing, entertaining characters, and profound life lessons. After her...

India Opal Buloni is lonely when she and her father, the preacher, move to Naomi, Florida. When she goes to the grocery store and a stray...

Dallas and Florida are known as the 'trouble twins.' They've been bounced between countless foster homes and the Boxton Creek Home for...