Books & Libraries in Children's Fiction
Book Uncle and Me by Uma Krishnaswami
The Tiny Hero of the Ferny Creek Library by Linda Bailey
- Pub Date: 2017
- Grades 3-5 interest
- See also: Animals
- On the blog: Library Heroes
- A bug who lives in a school loves books and tries to save the library from being turned into a testing center.
The Theory of Hummingbirds by Michelle Kadarusman
- Pub Date: 2017
- Grades 4-6 interest
- See also: Nature, Only Children, Teachers/Librarians, Science
- Alba and her friend Levi are really into bird watching, especially hummingbirds. Levi is also interested in A Brief History of Time.
Booked by Kwame Alexander
The Way to Bea by Kat Yeh
Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring by Angela Cervantes
- Pub Date: 2018
- Grades 4-6 interest
- See also: Only children
- Paloma and her mom spend a month in Mexico, and Paloma solves a mystery like her favorite literary detective.
Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed
- Pub Date: 2018
- Grades 5-8 interest
- Amal may be in indentured service, but she still loves to read.
The Lost Girl by Anne Ursu
- Pub Date: 2019
- Grades 4-6 interest
- Iris goes to an after school program at the library and the kids talk about books.