A visit to a special place is both a challenge and a comfort for two grieving brothers. The younger of the two, the narrator, follows his older sibling as they hike up a rocky path that ends on a bluff overlooking a serene, blue lake.
Angie Kang Wins 2026 Charlotte Zolotow Award
Angie Kang has won the 2026 Charlotte Zolotow Award for outstanding writing in a picture book for Our Lake. In this tender, elegantly written story, a visit to a special place is both a challenge …
Pocket Bear
Rescued from a dumpster by alley cat (and narrator) Zephyrina, an old teddy bear finds himself delivered to Second Chances Home for the Tossed and Treasured. This unofficial toy repair and restoration effort is run by Dasha, a Ukrainian refugee, from the home where she lives with her mom.
Every Monday Mabel
“Monday is the best day of the week (according to Mabel, at least.)” Her Monday morning routine includes dragging a chair out of her bedroom, through the house, and out the front door. Each of her family members has their own perspective on Mabel’s Monday activity.
Ablaze: The Story of America’s First Female Smokejumper
Deanne Shulman’s childhood love of nature became a passion for fighting wildfires with the U.S. Forest Service when she was an adult. The work was physically and mentally arduous, but Deanne excelled as a member of wildland crews and hotshot crews, working twenty-four-hour days in extreme heat.
Sisters in the Wind
A gripping thriller told in dual time periods explores the personal and generational trauma of Lucy, who in 2005 has just aged out of the foster care system. When an attorney, Jamie, tracks her down to tell Lucy that her Ojibwe maternal relatives have been searching for her, Lucy is confused and on edge. She also knows that she’s being pursued—the reader doesn’t yet know why—and plans to run, until a pipe bomb badly fractures her leg.
The Forest of a Thousand Eyes
In 1941, Peggy’s modest world revolves around her parents, cousin and best friend Delia, and neighbor friends who live within walking distance of her family’s rural Iowa farm. But lately everything seems to be changing.
Our Mothers’ Names: Love in Many Languages
An Indian American girl whose family speaks Malayalam at home explains that she calls her mother Amma, the Malayalam word for mother. Some of her classmates and friends have different words for mother or mom or mommy, from their own family languages.
My Presentation Today Is About the Anaconda
A series of oral reports on animals is delivered by other animals in a fiction/nonfiction hybrid that is equal parts hilarious and informative.
Announcing the Newest CCBC Librarian
The CCBC staff is pleased to announce that Katie Kiekhaefer will be joining the ranks as the newest CCBC librarian, following a lengthy and competitive recruitment. Katie’s collection management knowledge, administrative leadership, mentoring skills, and …