Beautiful Box Sets!

These bestselling books are beautifully packaged in a boxed set inlaid with gold foil. GOLD FOIL! The books include What Do You Do With an Idea?, What Do You Do With a Problem?, and What Do You Do With a Chance? I love the messages of these books, which encourage children to try, fail, think, and persevere.

I have been a huge fan of Jon Klassen’s art for years. I Want My Hat Back is one of my all time favorite stories. The subsequent stories in this trilogy, This Is Not My Hat and We Found a Hat, are just as charming. Who knew stories about hats could be so fun? The bear’s hat is gone, and he wants it back. A fish has stolen a hat; will he get away with it? Two turtles have found one hat, but the hat looks good on both of them. What to do?

These chapter books are a perfect mix of humor, fun story, and beautiful illustrations – a home run for newly independent readers. Foiling a robber, driving a car, squeezing into a tutu—is there anything the porcine wonder won’t do in her single-minded pursuit of treats, buttered toast, or just a rollicking fun time? And who knows what other adventures twinkle in her mischievous eyes?

I recommend the Dory Fantasmagory series to everyone who has a newly independent reader in their home. Dory is one of my favorite characters, a little rascal with a big personality and an imagination to match! As the youngest in her family, Dory really wants attention, and more than anything she wants someone to play with. But she’s too much of a baby for her big brother and sister, so she’s left to her own devices–and soon enough, Dory is busy with friends both real and imaginary. This box set contains the first four books: Dory Fantasmagory, The Real True Friend, Dory Dory Black Sheep, and Head in the Clouds.

The eight book graphic novel set is stunning. The drawings and colors and packaging make this a perfect gift for graphic novel fans. After tragedy strikes their family, Emily and Navin move with their mother into the old, mysterious home of their great-grandfather. On their first night in the strange house, Emily and Navin’s mom is kidnapped by a tentacled creature. Determined to rescue her, Emily and Navin are led into a world of robots, talking animals, flying ships, new friends… and enemies. I found this series to be particularly popular among third to fifth graders!

Speaking of graphic novels, you cannot go wrong with books by Raina Telgemeier. I love this set of graphic memoirs, covering issues that range from health, friendships, anxiety, and sibling rivalry. Raina perfectly captures the feelings of growing up, giving readers today a book they can laugh with, relate to, and be encouraged by.

I absolutely love this middle grade series! Rita Williams-Garcia has a beautiful way of capturing family and sisterhood, while exposing readers of today to what life was like in the 1960s. The books follow eleven-year-old Delphine and her younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern, as they visit their kin all over the rapidly changing nation—and as they discover that the bonds of family, and their own strength, run deeper than they ever knew possible.

This stunning series for middle grade readers follows the lives of four runners: Ghost, Patina, Sunny, and Lu. Together they make up a relay group on an elite track team. While they couldn’t be more different, they have to trust each other in order to accomplish their shared goals.