This children's graphic novel is about a scrappy girl named Claudette. Claudette is determined to defeat the evil sorcerer Grombach and his hoard of gargoyles. She brings her brother, sister, and seven princes on her adventure. Claudette must rescue her father, slay the dragon, and bring back the sword used to protect her village. With all her might will she be able to pull off these many tasks?

Rating: 4 out of 5

Author: Jorge Aguirre
Illustrator: Rafael Rosado
Publisher: First Second
Publication Date: 2015
ISBN: 9781596438781

This children's book of poetry consists of fourteen poems, each written by a different narrator. Each narrator writes about a disaster that can happen in your life like friends moving away and even forgetting your pants day! If you ever wondered whether anyone else knew what it's like to have a bad day then this book of funny poems is for you!

Rating: 4.5 out of 5

Author: Susan Hart Lindquist, Alice Schertle, Madeleine Comora, Lee Bennett Hopkins, Ann Whitford Paul, Katie McAllaster Weaver, Joy N. Hulme, Sandra Gilbert Brug, Marilyn Singer, Judith Viorst, Rebecca Kai Dotlich, Lillian M. Fisher, Tom Robert Shields, and Karla Kuskin
Illustrator: Wolf Erlbruch
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0688178618

This is a book of poetry for children. The authors of this book felt that children's perception of reality contains an essential magic. They wrote a book of humorous poems for everyone to relate to when they have ever had a bone to pick with things as they are or struggled to understand things beyond their comprehension. 

Rating: 4.5 out of 5

Author: Pamela Espeland and Marilyn Waniek
Illustrator: Trina Schart Hyman, Hilary Knight, Nancy Carlson, and Peter E. Hanson
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
Publication Date: 1984
ISBN: 0876142684

This book consists of poetry for children. There are twenty six poems, one for each letter of the alphabet. Each poem is Halloween themed too! Spooky intriguing illustrations are drawn for every poem as well to represent what each letter is for. This book is a must especially for those that love Halloween. 

Rating: 5 out of 5

Author: Eve Merriam

Illustrator: Lane Smith

Publisher: Collier Macmillan Publishers

Publication Date: 1987

ISBN: 0027668703

This historical fiction book takes place in Nazi Germany during the Holocaust. A young nine- year-old boy named Bruno moves to a new house in Auschwitz. He explores his new surroundings and he meets a boy wearing striped pajamas and golden armband on the other side of a fence. He has met a boy in a concentration camp. Bruno befriends Shmuel and one day Shmuel asks Bruno for help to find his father. Bruno disguises himself as a concentration camp prisoner and goes into the camp to help. Sadly both boys are killed in the gas chambers. This heartbreaking story helps to show the tragedy the Holocaust caused. 

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Author: John Boyne
Illustrator: N/A
Publisher: David Fickling Books
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 9780385751537

This historical fiction book takes place during the Great Chicago Fire. This book is about a former slave, eleven year old Hallelujah and her newfound friend Elizabeth. Hallelujah is a very adventurous girl that follows her foster brother through streets of Chicago to watch the conflagration that has started. At first Hallelujah is fascinated by the fires, but that is short lived as she sees buildings in flames and realizes all the lives that have been lost. During this time of disaster Hallelujah realizes that all people become equal in times of crisis. 

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

Author: Harriette Gillem Robinet
Illustrator: N/A
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 9780689839689

This historical fiction book is set in the south during segregation and the Jim Crow Laws. Ella Mae needs to get new shoes because her hand-me-down shoes do not fit anymore, but when Ella Mae and her mother go into Mr. Johnson's shoe store she is not allowed to try on shoes because of the color of her skin. Now Ella Mae and her friend Charlotte decide to collect and restore old shoes and have their own shoe sale so that African Americans can "try on all the shoes they want."

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Author: Susan Lynn Meyer
Illustrator: Eric Velasquez
Publisher: Holiday House
Publication Date: 2015
ISBN: 9780823425280