Books from Carolrhoda Books

  • Tear You Apart
    By Sarah Cross

    Faced with a possible loophole to her "Snow White" curse, Viv meets the prince who is supposed to save her, but cannot seem to let go of the young man cursed to be her huntsman.

  • Dino-Boarding
    By Lisa Wheeler

    Team Green Machine battles the Shredding Crew for dino-boarding domination!

  • The Yellow Auto Named Ferdinand
    By Janosch

    The adventures of Ferdinand the yellow automobile at home and abroad.

  • My Crocodile Does Not Bite
    By Joe Kulka

    Ernest's crocodile does not bite!

  • The Palace of Memory
    By Julian Sedgwick

    “And why copycat Dad's failed escape?” “Sick joke? Je ne sais pas.” “Couldn't you tell me more about Dad?” Danny asked, hungry for any new information that would make sense of the chaos enfolding him. “About the work he did for you?

  • Something to Prove: The Great Satchel Paige Vs. Rookie Joe DiMaggio
    By Robert Skead

    Tells the story of baseball's greatest heroes Joe DiMaggio and Satchel Paige and how on one day in 1936, rookie DiMaggio proves himself as major league player and Paige proves the injustice of segregated baseball.

  • Looking Like Me
    By Walter Dean Myers

    This jumping, jazzy, joyful picture book by the award-winning team of Walter Dean Myers and Christoper Myers celebrates every child, and every thing that a child can be.

  • Merry Christmas, Mary Christmas!
    By Laurie Friedman

    Mary Christmas wants to love Christmas as much as her family does, but their over-the-top preparations embarrass her until she comes up with a way to share their enthusiasm.

  • Fourth Down and Inches: Concussions and Football?s Make-or-Break Moment
    By Carla Killough McClafferty

    Fourth Down and Inches features exclusive photography and interviews with scientists, players, and the families of athletes who have literally given everything to the game. It's fourth and inches. Can football save itself again?

  • Silver City
    By Cliff McNish

    The children drawn to Coldharbour prepare to battle a terrifying force headed their way.

  • Emergency!
    By Margaret Mayo

    Rescue vehicles race to help during a variety of emergencies.

  • Come Morning
    By Leslie Davis Guccione

    This meticulously researched novel treats an often overlooked aspect of African-American history: freed slaves' participation in the Underground Railroad.

  • Finist the Falcon Prince: A Russian Folk Tale
    By Andreĭ Platonovich Platonov

    A beautiful girl travels over deserts and mountains in search of the handsome prince whom her sisters had injured.

  • Sam Bennett's New Shoes
    By Jennifer Thermes

    Sam Bennett needs new shoes.

  • Christmas Is Coming
    By Anne Bowen

    As Anna eagerly awaits the arrival of Christmas, she describes to her new baby brother all of the wonderful ways in which her family prepares for this special holiday, including choosing a tree and decorating with lights.

  • All of a Sudden and Forever: Help and Healing After the Oklahoma City Bombing
    By Chris Barton

    "On April 19, 1995, something terrible happened in Oklahoma City: a bomb exploded, and people were hurt and killed. But that was not the end of the story.

  • Almost to Freedom
    By Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

    Tells the story of a young girl's dramatic escape from slavery via the Underground Railroad, from the perspective of her beloved rag doll.

  • Anna's Art Adventure
    By Bjorn Sortland

    On her search for the art museum's bathroom, Anna meets famous artists, becomes part of some of their paintings, and makes her own art.

  • Little Wolf's Book of Badness
    By Ian Whybrow

    Little Wolf has been behaving too courteously, so his parents send him to his uncle's Big Bad Wolf school to learn to be a proper wolf.

  • Totally Uncool
    By Janice Levy

    Totally uncool / by Janice Levy : illustrated by Chris Monroe. p. cm. Summary: As she describes all the things that are “uncool” about her father's latest girlfriend, a young girl begins to admit that there are some things she likes ...