The Garden Witch
by Kyle Beaudette

5 out of 5 stars

The Garden Witch is lonely. She only has three mean rats for company. They are so rude and horrible to her all the time, but she doesn’t have the courage to stand up to them. The magical garden hears the witch crying and decides to grow something new to help her – a magical turnip boy! Mickey Turnips is kind and helpful. He cooks and cleans and does the dishes. He helps the Garden Witch to sell her potions to the townsfolk. The rats hate him. They want to boil him up in a turnip stew. But the Garden Witch is now full of confidence and courage, inspired by Mickey Turnips. Those rats won’t get away with their rudeness again!

El ratón que comía cuentos (Somos8) (Spanish Edition)
by José Carlos Andrés, Katharina Sieg (Illustrator)

4 out of 5 stars

Simón es un ratoncito que tiene mucha hambre. No importa lo que coma, siente un vacío por dentro. Un día, visita la librería y se come un cuento sobre piratas y hadas. ¡Se siente lleno por primera vez! La librera le dice que no necesita comerse los libros. Ella le leerá todos los cuentos que quiera. Disfruta tanto de los libros que trama un plan especial para compartir las historias con todos en la ciudad.

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Hideaway
by Melania Longo, Brenda Porster (Translator), Alessandro Sanna (illustrator)

4 out of 5 stars

A brother and sister play in a special secret hideaway surrounded by trees. They imagine that they are running through the grass with wild animals. They play with masks. They made shadow puppets. They draw and sketch and write secret notes. They collect leaves and stones. They gaze up at the stars and play in the snow. They drink mint tea in the summer. But when someone calls out to them, they are quiet as mice. Until their mother comes.

The Grand Hotel of Feelings
by Lidia Brankovic

4 out of 5 stars

The manager of a hotel has to deal with some difficult guests – feelings. Some guests need a lot of room to express themselves, and some guests are quieter and more peaceful. No matter what feelings come to check in to the hotel, the manager knows that they are just temporary residents and they will come and go. But gratitude and contentment are always there when the manager needs some help.

My Big Embarrassing Elephant
by Angie Lucas, Pierre Collet-Derby (Illustrator)

4 out of 5 stars

Maya is so embarrassed by the huge elephant in the room. Her parents ignore it, and her sister “dances around it”. Literally dances. In a tutu!
Maya is worried that the neighbors will find out and think the elephant is smelly and gross and horrible. When her new friend shows Maya that most families have an embarrassing elephant, Maya learns that there is nothing to be ashamed of. It’s better to just talk about the elephant in the room and work through it together.

Basil and the Big Cheese Cook-Off (The Great Mouse Detective Book 6)
by Catherine Hapka, David Mottram (Illustrator)

4 out of 5 stasr

Basil and Dawson are visiting Paris to investigate threats to the International Cheese Cook-Off competition. Basil thinks that Ratigan must be involved somehow, but they can’t find any clues that point in his direction. They meet several suspicious mice, but no one has a motive for threatening the cooking competition. Basil reaches a dead end in his investigation until the final clue from an unlikely source falls into place.