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Horton Hears a Who
By Dr. Seuss
New York: Random House, 1954. Picture Book.

A city of Whos on a speck of dust are threatened with destruction until the smallest Who of all helps convince Horton's friends that Whos really exist. --Publisher

By Kwame Alexander
Boston; New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014. Fiction. 237 pages.

Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health. --Publisher

By William Steig
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1990. Picture Book.

Horribly hideous Shrek leaves home and terrifies everyone he encounters in his search for his equally ugly bride. --Publisher

By Brian Selznick
New York: Scholastic, 2007. Fiction. 533 pages.

When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toy seller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized. --Publisher

By Chris Van Allsburg
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. Picture Book.

Left on their own for an afternoon, two bored and restless children find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical jungle adventure board game. --Publisher

Written by Katherine Paterson
Illustrated by Donna Diamond
New York: Crowell, 1977. Fiction. 128 pages.

The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm. --Publisher

By Maurice Sendak.
New York: Harper & Row, 1963. Picture Book.

A naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king. --Publisher

Written by Judi Barrett
Illustrated by Ron Barrett
New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1978. Picture Book.

Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow where it rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers--until the weather takes a turn for the worse. --Publisher

Written by Eoin Colfer
New York: Hyperion Books For Children, 2001. Fiction.

When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll. --Publisher
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