Fancy Nancy and the Dazzling Jewels by Jane O'Connor and Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser

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Join Fancy Nancy in a fabulous story about friendship and sharing, complete with fancy stickers!

Fancy Nancy has so many jewels that her jewelry boxes are overflowing! (That’s a fancy way of saying she can’t even close them.) But when she and Bree decide to have a jewelry swap, Nancy starts to miss what she gave away—her old charm bracelet. She wants to ask for it back, but what if Bree wants to keep it?

Perfect for shared reading with your best friend, from the bestselling dazzling duo Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser.

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Open If You Dare by Dana Middleton

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Like Birdie Adams didn’t have enough problems this summer. But Birdie’s Birdie. And if a long-buried box has "Open if you dare" written on its lid, then Birdie and her best friends, Ally and Rose, are going to open it.

And now, along with everything else that’s going on—Ally’s pitching slump, Rose’s banishment to Britain, and Birdie’s annoying younger sister being, you know, annoying—the best friends are caught up in solving a mystery planted by a dead girl forty years ago.

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The Infinity Year of Avalon James by Dana Middleton

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A young girl and her best friend hope to receive magical powers the year they turn ten in this enchanting middle-grade novel.

Avalon James and Atticus Brightwell have a secret—one that they aren't allowed to discuss with anyone. This secret is shared between two best friends. When you and your best friend turn ten years old magical things are said to happen. You both will receive some kind of magical power. It can be a power you can call on time and time again. Or it can be a power that comes once when you need it most. It's your Infinity Year and the possibilities are endless.

After a year of bullying at school and watching her family be torn apart, Avalon is depending on her magical ability appearing soon to help. The clock is ticking toward her eleventh birthday, which would be the end of her powers, and Avalon's hopes are running high. Will she and Atticus get the powers they so desperately want and need?

Dana Middleton's debut novel is a wonderfully enchanting story of the possibility of magic and the even more magical bond between two best friends.

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The Little Fire Truck by Margery Cuyler and Illustrations by Bob Kolar

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The Little Fire Truck is ready for rescues big and small in Book 3 of the Little Vehicles series!

Join firefighter Jill and her fearless little fire truck as they zip all over town to put out smoky fires and rescue those in need, with the help of the fire crew in this picture book companion to The Little Dump Truck and The Little School Bus. There’s lots of challenging work to do, but this trusty team is always ready to rescue!

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Little Bigfoot, Big City (Book #2 of The Littlest Bigfoot) by Jennifer Weiner

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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner comes the second book in the “smartly crafted” (BCCB) and “heartwarming” (School Library Journal) trilogy about friendship, furry creatures, and finding the place where you belong.

Twelve-year-old Alice Mayfair has a secret. She’s not human. But who—or what—is she? While Alice goes in search of her past, her best friend Millie Maximus, a tiny Bigfoot with a big voice, prepares for her future. Together they plan to sneak off to New York City, where Millie hopes to audition for The Next Stage, the TV show she’s sure will rocket her to stardom and free her from the suffocating expectations of her tribe.

Meanwhile Jeremy Bigelow’s Bigfoot research has put him on the radar of a shadowy government organization led by a mysterious man named Trip Carruthers. The Bigfoots have something, a chemical so powerful and dangerous that the government will do anything to obtain it. And Jeremy is tasked with securing it once and for all.

In an unexpected twist of fate, Jeremy, Alice, and Millie find themselves facing off at a crossroads. But in order to determine where they’re going, they have to first figure out where they come from—and draw the line between what is good, what is evil, and what it means to be a hero.

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