2024 NATIONAL MEDAL
for Museum and Library Service Finalist

Fiction

All the Broken Places

Three years after a cataclysmic event which tore their lives apart, a mother and daughter flee Poland for Paris, shame and fear at their heels, not knowing how hard it is to escape your past. Nearly eighty years later, Gretel Fernsby lives a life that is a far cry from her traumatic childhood. When a couple moves into the flat below her in her London mansion block, it should be nothing more than a momentary inconvenience. However, the appearance of their nine-year-old son Henry brings back memories she would rather forget.

Captain Underpants series

Captain Underpants is an illustrated children's novel series by American author and illustrator Dav Pilkey. The series revolves around two fourth graders, George Beard, and Harold Hutchins, living in Piqua, Ohio, and Captain Underpants, an aptly named superhero from one of the boys' homemade comic books, who accidentally becomes real when George and Harold hypnotize their cruel, bossy, and ill-tempered principal, Mr. Krupp. From the third book onwards, Mr. Krupp also possesses superhuman strength, durability, and flight as a result of drinking alien "Extra-Strength Super Power Juice".

Amelia Bedelia Chapter Book series

The Amelia Bedelia Chapter Books book series by Herman Parish includes books Amelia Bedelia Means Business, Amelia Bedelia Unleashed, Amelia Bedelia Road Trip!, and several more. Amelia Bedelia (series) is about morality. The genre of the story is Comedy, the setting is Contemporary. The theme of the story is We must have patience with those who are different from us

Aldo Zelnick series

Aldo Zelnick is a comic novel children's book series intended for middle-grade students, written by Karla Oceanak and illustrated by Kendra Spanjer. These books have titles written in alphabetical order and follow the life of a ten-year-old boy, Aldo, and are written and illustrated as entries in Aldo's sketchbook.

Dear Whiskers

Jenny is discouraged when her second grade penpal turns out to be a new student from Saudi Arabia who does not speak English very well, but as she works with her they slowly become friends.

Lulu series

Hilary McKay's Lulu series is a great series for kids who adore animals. Lulu is the animal lover, but her best friend Mellie is always ready to jump in and help her with a stray dog or a found egg that's ready to hatch. Their friendship is sweet, and Lulu's entire family is optimists. When things go wrong, they're always looking on the bright side.

 

Stink series

Stink is a book series by Megan McDonald that features the adventures of Stink Moody, the younger brother of Judy Moody. The series includes books such as Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid, Stink and the Incredible Super-Galactic Jawbreaker, and Stink and the World's Worst Super-Stinky Sneakers. The books are humorous and aimed at children aged 6-9.