Think of your favorite breakfast, lunch, or dinner food. What does it taste like? What makes it so yummy? Chances are your favorite meal is made with herbs and spices!

When 12-year-old Boi, from a small, impoverished town in South Africa, stumbles on a story about a man who traded his way from a paperclip to a house, he hatches his own trading plan.

A big-hearted, beautiful, and funny novel told from multiple viewpoints about neurodiversity, friendship, and community.

From Sally Lloyd-Jones, the author of the bestselling The Jesus Storybook Bible, comes an uplifting new board book with a padded cover that is a perfect fit for little hands.

Visiting the city, a girl sees how a few packets of seeds, some helping hands, and hard work transform an empty lot in a housing project into a magical place where vegetables grow and family gathers.

A picture book celebrates and teaches positive associations with two important colors: black and brown.

In this lyrical picture book, world-renowned poet Nikki Giovanni crafts an ode to the magic of a library as a place not only for knowledge but also for imagination, exploration, and escape.

An inspiring memoir of resilience by a young survivor of the war in Ukraine, as told through her diary entries—a harrowing and ultimately hopeful survival story.

This might be news to some, but the salmon we find in the Midwest, including the Great Lakes, are not native.

A charming and irresistibly fun picture book about a young blind girl and her grandmother who experience the vibrant everyday music of their busy city.

The moving true story of how young Ukrainian Jewish piano prodigies outplayed their pursuers while hiding in plain sight during the Holocaust. A middle-grade nonfiction novel-in-verse.

Part of the Restorative Justice for Kids series, this heartwarming picture book teaches empathy and inclusion.

From Christina Soontornvat, the visionary and versatile author of two 2021 Newbery Honor Books, comes a high-seas adventure set in a Thai-inspired fantasy world.

A bullied 12-year-old boy must find a new normal after his mother has a stroke and his life is turned upside down.

It’s a good thing that when God created heat, he also created rules for heat to follow.

Baptized in the Water, written by bestselling author Glenys Nellist, is a beautifully illustrated picture book that celebrates baptism in all its varying forms.

A New York Times bestseller, this middle-grade novel tells the riveting story of a heroic girl who fights for her belief that water should be for everyone.

Who wants to help a snake? Snakes are icky, weird, and evil, aren’t they?

This beautifully illustrated, poetic retelling of the Nativity story offers families a new and special way to celebrate Jesus’s birth.

A lyrical picture-book biography about a writer and master gardener who created beauty in a harsh island habitat that was visited by literary and artistic luminaries of her time.

A first-person account by Afghan Freshta Tori Jan, CRC church member and Calvin graduate, who was once persecuted by the Taliban.

A hilarious, action-packed, and highly illustrated middle-grade adventure from acclaimed author and artist Matt Phelan.

These types of trees are known as conifers and include trees such as pine trees, firs, spruces, and cedars.