Eyes that kiss in the corners —Ho, Joanna, author.

This lyrical and stunning picture book tells a story about learning to love and celebrate your Asian-shaped eyes, in the of spirit of 'Hair Love' by Matthew A. Cherry. A young Asian girl notices that her eyes look differ...

Hurricane child —Callender, Kacen author.

Born on Water Island in the Virgin Islands during a hurricane, which is considered bad luck, twelve-year-old Caroline falls in love with another girl--and together they set out in a hurricane to find Caroline's missing m...

Tough like mum —Button, Lana, 1968- author.

"In this tender exploration of a mother-daughter relationship, Kim and her mother learn that in order to support and truly take care of each other, they need to be tough -- and that sometimes being tough means showing vu...

Tomatoes for Neela —Lakshmi, Padma, author.

"Neela loves cooking with her amma and writing down the recipes in her notebook. It makes her feel closer to her paati who lives far away in India. On Saturdays, Neela and Amma go to the green market and today they are b...

Saturday —Mora, Oge, author, illustrator.

When all of their special Saturday plans go awry, Ava and her mother still find a way to appreciate one another and their time together.

My secret guide to Paris —Schroeder, Lisa, author.

Twelve-year-old Nora has always dreamed of going to Paris with her grandmother, but when her grandmother dies it seems like Paris is gone with her--until Nora finds three airline tickets in a trunk, and sets out to persu...

Paris by phone —Druckerman, Pamela, author.

"When Josephine Harris follows her heart to Paris, she realizes that the city of lights is still missing one thing-her mom"-- Provided by publisher.

The Parker inheritance —Johnson, Varian, author.

Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, in the old house that belonged to her grandmother, who died after being dismissed as city manager for having the city tennis courts dug up...

Even the smallest will grow —Judge, Lita, author, illustrator.

At bedtime, a mother uses images from nature to tell her daughter that she will grow to become anything she wants to be, although it will take time.

Is that you, Eleanor Sue? —Tusa, Tricia, author.

Eleanor Sue plays dress up with her mother and grandmother.

Halfway to the sky —Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker.

After her brother dies and her parents get a divorce, twelve-year-old Katahdin sets out to hike the whole Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine on her own.

Goodbye, Hollywood nobody : a novel —Samson, Lisa, 1964-

After years of traveling to movie sets with her grandmother, seventeen-year-old Scotty Dawn reunites with her father and together they search for her mother and for answers to their questions about faith.

One true way —Hitchcock, Shannon, author.

From the moment she met Samantha, star of the school basketball team, on her first day at Daniel Boone Middle School, Allison Drake felt she had found a friend, something she needs badly since her brother died and her fa...

The dinky donkey —Smith, Craig, 1972- author, composer.

Originally written as a children's song, Wonky Donkey has a daughter, cute and small, and prone to mischief.

The year we fell from space —King, A. S. (Amy Sarig), 1970- author.

Middle schooler Liberty likes to make her own maps of the stars, in fact she is obsessed with them, especially since her family is falling apart; her parents are getting divorced, her nine-year-old sister will barely lea...

The white bicycle —Brenna, Beverley A, author.

Third grade mermaid —Raymundo, Peter, author, illustrator.

Cora the mermaid is having trouble with spelling, but if she wants to stay on the swim team she has get an A on her next test -- so her mother gives her a "magic" diary that compels her to practice writing, while her fri...

Mila has two beds —Koppens, Judith, 1969- author.

Mila has two homes: some days she lives with Mommy and some days she lives with Daddy. Today she is going to her mommy's house. Everything is a little different at Mommy's than at Daddy's. But Mommy and Daddy both think ...

Confusion is nothing new —Acampora, Paul, author.

Fourteen-year-old Ellie Magari's mother left shortly after Ellie was born, and her father has raised her, but Ellie always figured that one day she would meet her mother and ask her some pertinent questions--but now her ...

The nutcracker and the Four Realms. The secret of the realms : an extended novelization —Rusu, Meredith, author.

When Clara Stahlbaum receives a beautiful yet mysterious egg-shaped box from her late mother, she wonders what it means. Searching for answers, Clara soon finds herself in a magical world, the Four Realms, where she meet...