Inspiring True Stories:

• The Fastest Girl on Earth! Meet Kitty O’Neil, Daredevil Driver!

• The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read

• Saving the Day: Garrett Morgan’s Life-Changing Invention of the Traffic Signal

• Ice-Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat

• My Name Is Bana

• Super Grandpa

• Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille

• A Race Around the World: The True Story of Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland

• The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audobon

• Me…Jane

• The Boy Who Dreamed of Infinity: A Tale of the Genius Ramanujan

• Pippo the Fool

• Pedal Power: How One Community Became the Bicycle Capital of the World

• The Secret Kingdom: Nek Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art

• Manjhi Moves a Mountain

• Stone Giant: Michelangelo’s David and How He Came to Be

• One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia

• The Water Princess

• Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau

• The Story of Ruby Bridges

• Rosa’s Bus: The Ride to Civil Rights

• The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever

• Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear

• Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah

• Eliza’s Cherry Trees: Japan’s Gift to America

• It’s a Snap!: George Eastman’s First Photo

• Harriet’s Ruffled Feathers: The Woman Who Saved Millions of Birds

• The Girl Who Built an Ocean: An Artist, an Argonaut, and the True Story of the World’s First Aquarium

• Fauja Singh Keeps Going: The True Story of the Oldest Person to Ever Run a Marathon

• Seeker of Truth: Kailash Satyarthi’s Fight to End Child Labor

• Lunch Every Day

• The One and Only Rumi

• Maurice and His Dictionary

• A Green Place to Be: The Creation of Central Park

• Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian

• Pedal Pusher: How One Woman’s Bicycle Adventure Helped Change the World

• Marjory Saves the Everglades: The Story of Marjory Stoneman Douglas

• Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope

• Dream a Dress, Dream a Poem: Dressmaker and Poet, Myra Viola Wilds

• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

• Seed by Seed: The Legend and Legacy of John "Appleseed" Chapman

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• A Ben of All Trades: The Most Inventive Boyhood of Benjamin Franklin

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• Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion

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• Courage Like Kate: The True Story of a Girl Lighthouse Keeper

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• The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons

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• Honda: The Boy Who Dreamed of Cars

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• The Mystery of the Monarchs: How Kids, Teachers, and Butterfly Fans Helped Fred and Norah Urquhart Track the Great Monarch Migration

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• Miss Dorothy and Her Bookmobile

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• Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln

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• The Boy Who Invented the Popsicle: The Cool Science Behind Frank Epperson's Famous Frozen Treat

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• Ice Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better

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• Pop!: The Invention of Bubble Gum

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• Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré

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• The Lemonade Club

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• More Than Peach

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Feel Good Picture Books (Fiction):

• Hello Lighthouse

• Farmhouse

• Mirror

• Here We Are

• A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat

• Peter in Blueberry Land

• Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You

• The Sloth Who Slowed Us Down

• Pencil

• The Way to Start a Day

• The Fox on the Swing

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• Last Stop on Market Street

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• Under My Hijab

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• Here Is a Book

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• The Magician's Hat

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Feel Good Picture Books (Factual):

• The Mind-Blowing World of Extraordinary Competitions: Meet the Incredible People Who Will Compete at ANYTHING

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• Mindful Moments at Bedtime: Children’s Hardcover Picture Book 12 Mindful Moments to Help Kids Minimize Anxiety and Manage Big Feelings

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• Around the World in a Bathtub: Bathing All Over the Globe

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• This Is Our World: Welcome Home: See Inside 20 Homes All Around the World

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Feel Good Chapter Books and Graphic Novels:

Early Elementary:

• Mercy Watson to the Rescue

• Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride

• Mercy Watson Fights a Crime

• Mercy Watson: Princess in Disguise

• Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig

• Mercy Watson: Something Wonky This Way Comes

• Night Light

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Upper Elementary:

• Half Magic

• Magic by the Lake

• The Time Garden

• Magic or Not?

• The Well-Wishers

Middle School:

• Greenglass House

• Ink Girls

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Feel Good (Funny Picture Books):

• The Lion’s Share: A Tale of Halving Cake and Eating It, Too

• The Greedy Triangle

• Mistaco: A Tale of Tragedy y Tortillas