Award Winning Books

Memory Mambo describes the life of Juani Casas, a 25-year-old Cuban-born American lesbian who manages her family's laundromat in Chicago while trying to cope with family, work, love, sex, and the weirdness of North American culture. Achy Obejas's writing is sharp and mordantly funny....

The second novel from the critically acclaimed New York Times-bestselling author Chang-rae Lee. His remarkable debut novel was called rapturous (The New York Times Book Review), revelatory (Vogue), and wholly innovative (Kirkus Reviews). It was the recipient of six major awards, including the prestigious...

The Chicago Tribune Book of the Chicago Cubs is a decade-by-decade look at one of baseball's most beloved if hard-luck teams, starting with the franchise's beginnings in 1876 as the Chicago White Stockings and ending with the triumphant 2016 World Series championship. For more...

An Indian grandmother and her American granddaughter explore culture, imagination, and individuality through a collection of saris. Every day, Rupa's grandmother wears a beautiful Indian sari. Each is brightly colored and very pretty. Don't you ever want to wear a gray skirt and red...

"With this book as your companion, it's like having a ranger as your guide on every trail. With over 40 years of combined experience as park rangers in Yellowstone, Roger Anderson and Carol Shively invite you out of your car, onto the trails, and...

WINNER OF THE NEWBERY MEDAL - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE Would you make a deal with a magical tiger? This uplifting story brings Korean folklore to life as a girl goes on a quest to unlock...

An "excellent" novel that goes back to 1920s New York to reveal how the famed detective first met his incomparable sidekick (Publishers Weekly, starred review). In 1930, young Archie Goodwin comes to New York City hoping for a bit of excitement. In his third...

Chameleon can turn himself into anything and appear to fit in anywhere, but it seems that neither the swirly snail, the green grasshopper nor the striped sock want to be friends. Will he ever find someone to talk to? Someone just like him? With...

A young girl faces her fears in this award-winning picture book from the author-illustrator of Alfie and How Do You Dance? An ALA/ALSC Notable Children's Book Today is the perfect day for the zoo But Little T is afraid to go. The only trouble...

Frankie's facing his greatest challenge yet: his MATH QUIZ. He'd rather live in a world without math, but his quiz has other plans. It transports him to Arithmecca, a world filled with horrible number monsters Armed with only his pencil, Frankie must learn to...

The winner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, from Newbery Medalist Cynthia Kadohata. There is bad luck, good luck, and making your own luck--which is exactly what Summer must do to save her family. Summer knows that kouun means "good luck"...

The James Beard Award-winning, bestselling author of CookWise and KitchenWise delivers a lively and fascinating guide to better baking through food science. Follow kitchen sleuth Shirley Corriher as she solves everything about why the cookie crumbles. With her years of experience from big-pot cooking...

Author: Sharon Salzberg, Robert a. F. ThurmanPublisher: Hay HousePublished: 10/01/2014Pages: 208Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 8.30h x 5.30w x 0.60dISBN: 9781401928155Award: Books for a Better Life - FinalistAbout the AuthorSharon Salzberg, a teacher of meditation for more than 30 years, co-founded the Insight Meditation Society,...

From author Alicia Bessette comes an all-new mystery series featuring Callie Padget, a former reporter turned bookshop clerk in the Outer Banks who is pulled into a deadly web of secrets when a mysterious fall at a lighthouse echoes a tragedy from her past.When...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!NOW A BRITBOX SERIOUS STARRING BEN ALDRIDGE AND PEARL MACKIEThe Long Call from Ann Cleeves--bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, both of which are hit TV shows--introduces the first in a gripping new series, told...

*31st Annual Lammy Finalist for LGBTQ Children's/Young Adult category**2019 ALA Schneider Family Book Award Teen Winner**Buzzfeed's 24 Best YA Books of 2018**Vulture's 38 Best LGBTQ YA Novels**Book Riot's Best Books 2018**Hyable's Most Anticipated Queer YA Books of 2018**The Mary Sue's 18 Books You Should...

Being green means... Turning off the water while you brush your teeth Only turning on the lights when you need them Picking up trash that isn't yoursIn this empowering book, a young boy and girl discover amazing facts (like how our food travels an...

Teenage hell has never been captured with such intense honesty as these actual letters sent in the late '80s from a suicidal girl to the singer of her favorite band.Go Ask Ogre peers into the world of a misfit cutter who lives with an...

Rethinking Elementary Education collects the finest writing about elementary school life and learning from 25 years of Rethinking Schools magazine. The articles in this volume offer practical insights about how to integrate the teaching of content with a social justice lens, how to seek...

Laugh and learn kayaking skills, from basic to advanced, through detailed text and more than 400 humorous illustrations!If you want to learn how to paddle--and laugh out loud while doing so--William Nealy's classic illustrated kayaking-skills manual remains dead-on hilarious. Kayak demonstrates important paddling techniques...