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Kids' Books February 2026/March 2026 |
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Eureka
by Victoria Chang
Promised safety outside of San Francisco, twelve-year-old Mei Mei travels by herself to Eureka, California. There she navigates increasing violence against her community leading up to the expulsion of Chinese immigrants in 1885.
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Alice with a Why
by Anna James
England, 1919. Alyce -- with a Y -- is sent to live with her grandmother, the original Alice, after losing her father in war. When a mysterious invitation to a tea party arrives, Alyce realizes that her grandmother's stories of Wonderland might have some truth to them. Soon Alyce is tumbling down into Wonderland, but it is not the colorful world she's heard stories of, but one trapped in its own war. With the help of the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat and a Sailor Fox, Alyce will have to solve Wonderland's problems and, eventually, find her way back home.
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The Voyage That Changed the World: The Epic Story of the First Crew to Sail Around the Globe
by Thekla Priebst
This is the true story of the first sailors who circumnavigated the Earth and of the people who shaped the voyage along the way. Travel with the crew as they survive humid jungles, frozen wastes, and wild waters, as well as danger and mutinies. They carried home tales of faraway lands and people. Plus -- their expedition confirmed that the Earth is round.
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Hattie Mae Begins Again
by Sharon G. Flake
A southern girl attends an elite girls boarding school in the north and must find the courage to be herself and to dream of a brighter future, set against the backdrop of the great migration.
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The Road from Nowhere
by Avi
Only 3 kids live in the remote Colorado desert silver mining camp of Gatchett’s Gluch, population 45: brothers Ollie and Gus and Alys. Bored and restless, they want to find silver and leave. When they find a cave containing traces of silver, they are determined to set up their own mine. But Elijah Gatchett, who owns and runs the town, won’t allow other prospecting. Moreover, this is 1893, a time of economic crisis with the price of silver declining. Meanwhile, the boys' mother wants to marry a visiting geologist. How the kids navigate all this is a unique old-west adventure.
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Louisa Learns to Write: Louisa May Alcott Creates Little Women
by Kate Hannigan
Through persistence and hard work, Louisa May Alcott goes from a little girl writing in her Imagination Book to the world-renowned author of Little Women. Born into the middle of a spirited group of sisters, Louisa explored, played, dreamed, and created. When she dared to write a novel, she wrote about what mattered most to her -- family. The 4 Alcott sisters became the 4 March sisters in the novel Little Women.
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The Gift of Freedom: How Harriet Tubman Rescued Her Brothers
by Glennette Tilley Turner
Harriet Tubman was always a keen observer. She learned to use the North Star for a compass, to tell time by the stars, and to find her way by natural signs. She could navigate forests, find waterways, and identify the white Quakers and black mariners who would help enslaved people escape. After running away to the north, she risked her freedom many times to help other Freedom Seekers. On Christmas, 1854, she returned to Maryland, hoping to give 3 of her brothers the gift of freedom! This book was written based on personal interviews with Tubman's last surviving relative.
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Pencil & Eraser: New Friends Rule!
by Jenny Alvarado
In this early reader graphic novel, a friendship is at stake when Pencil befriends an eager Ruler. Eraser struggles to adjust to the new friendship dynamic on a mission to rescue a missing crayon.
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