Diana Pushkin is smart but would rather be one of the "Sexies." Alas, she and her friends consider themselves "definitely not sexy."

Definitely Not Sexy

Teen & Young Adult

Sutton, Jane

Literature & Fiction

Little,Brown & Co

Ten-year-old Cindy, constantly embarrassed by her "weird" parents, finally learns to accept and appreciate their uniqueness.

Me and the Weirdos

Kossin, Sandy

Children's Books

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

Cindy Krinkle has an unusual family. Her father sings opera as he rides a bike that has a built-in umbrella. Her mother always wears red sneakers and gargles with orange juice. Her sister reads the entire dictionary and wears a karate suit to the beach. Cindy has lots of funny adventures trying to "un-weird" her embarrassing family.

Houghton, Mifflin Company

Diana Pushkin is smart but would rather be one of the "Sexies." Alas, she and her friends consider themselves "definitely not sexy."

Starfire

Esther's Hanukkah Disaster

"A gorilla named Esther tries--at first unsuccessfully--to give perfect Hanukkah gifts to all her friends."--

Kar-Ben Pub

It’s hard to pick the perfect gift, and Esther the Gorilla’s choices seem all wrong at first. But it all gets sorted out when she invites her animal friends to a joyful Hanukkah party.

Kar-Ben Publishing ®

Absolute in his belief that eating cauliflower gives him bad luck, Mortimer is surprised to find that, after being tricked into eating it by his friend Sadie, he has had the luckiest day of his life, in a picture book about superstitions and the power of positive thinking.

The Trouble with Cauliflower

Animals

Dial

Sidney, a rather rotund pig, loves to write rhyming poems for his friends' birthdays. On one such occasion, he realizes his own name doesn't rhyme with anything except . . . well, kidney. This just will not do. Sidney resolves to change his name to Joe, an extremely rhyme-able name. But being "Joe" is hard to remember. His friends aren't that keen on it. And when Sidney's mom finds out, she's crushed. After all, Sidney was named after his great-great-great-grandfather, the inventor of the mop! What's a pig with a non-rhyming name to do? Jane Sutton's text is full of laughs, and wonderfully complemented by Renata Gallio's charming characters, quirky details, and rolling perspectives. Kids will love Sidney's solution and identify with his name-changing plight.

Don't Call Me Sidney

A young girl and her grandmother move past a shared loss together. Gracie loves when her grandmother comes for a visit, but this time Bubbe is sad. Her husband, Gracie's grandfather, recently died. Gracie misses Zayde too, so when Bubbe reveals that she used to speak Yiddish with him, Gracie is eager to learn. As Gracie picks up more words, she and Bubbe move past Zayde's loss and find moments of joy together.

Gracie Brings Back Bubbe's Smile

Albert Whitman & Company

Paulie's Passover Predicament

Paulie the moos-ician can hardly wait to host a Passover seder for his friends. Unfortunately, his seder doesn't turn out quite the way he planned. Will the hunt for the afikomen make the evening a success?

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Definitely Not Sexy

Me and the Weirdos

Me and the Weirdos

Definitely Not Sexy

Esther's Hanukkah Disaster

Esther's Hanukkah Disaster

The Trouble with Cauliflower

Don't Call Me Sidney

Gracie Brings Back Bubbe's Smile

Paulie's Passover Predicament