By Barbara Kerley
Illustrated by Brian Selznick

From the time he was a young boy, Walt Whitman loved words. In this dramatic, true story, you can travel with him through a young America, read his poetry celebrating our nation and its people, experience his life-altering work in the Civil War, and discover that there are many way to love and honor your country.

By Tor Seidler
Illustrated by Brian Selznick

A weathered stranger delivers an old wicker chest to the Carbuncles' doorstep. In it they find two sleeping baby boys and a beautiful silver-stringed instrument. For the sake of appearing charitable to their neighbors, the Carbuncles take the boys in, but William and Jules are consigned to the chilly attic, and the dulcimer is locked away -- until William is old enough to play it, whereupon he discovers a natural musical talent that leads him on a bittersweet journey to self-discovery.

By Ann M. Martin & Laura Godwin
Illustrated by Brian Selznick

Here comes Mean Mimi! Can Annabelle and Tiffany stop her? Can they save dollkind? Only if they save themselves, first!

By Rosemary Wells
Illustrated by Brian Selznick

Once upon a time in America, half the people lost every dime they had. Then the droughts of the Dust Bowl hit as hard a prairie tornado. Reuben, just finishing second grade in Ambler, Oklahoma, has just grown up knowing the peacefulness of small-town life. Suddenly the secure life he's loved has vanished, and Reuben needs a full measure of love and courage to get by.

Rosemary Wells waltzes us through the stubbly cornfields of a lost America - a land of small farms, distant radio music, and county fairs, where men and women of great faith danced on the wings of planes for a few dollars. Brian Selznick's sensitive, masterful paintings capture the majesty and grace of that time gone by.