Chapter One with HPL

When Belle finds an enchanted book in Beast's library she is transported to the glittering world of Nevermore where nothing is quite as it seems. Recorded with permission of DisneyPress. This title is intended for tweens and is appropriate for most audiences. Click here to see this title in the Houston Public Library catalog.

The world is full of monsters and only the light holds the nightmares at bay in this post-apocalyptic thriller pitting the last surviving humans against the Fade. Recorded with permission of Greenwillow Books an imprint of HarperCollins. This title is intended for teens, however, it may contain language or themes that some readers may find offensive. Click here to see this title in the Houston Public Library catalog.

This gripping story of survival follows Karana, a young Nicoleño girl left alone on an island for eighteen years. Recommended for Tweens. 

This book was inspired by accounts of the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island - to learn more visit the National Parks Service's website about the Island of the Blue Dolphins and this Smithsonian Magazine article.

Recorded with permission from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Click here to see this title in the Houston Public Library catalog.

At the height of the deadly 1918 Flu Pandemic séances and Spiritualism are all the rage, but sixteen-year-old Mary Shelley Black believes in science not spirits. Then the ghost of her first love, killed in the battlefields of World War I, appears. Recommended for Teens. Recorded with permission of Abrams. Click here to see this title in the Houston Public Library catalog.

Life can change in the blink of an eye and what seems like a normal day can change everything. Recommended for Tweens. Recorded with permission from HarperCollins. Click here to see this title in the Houston Public Library catalog.

Recommended for Tweens. Wayside School isn’t like other schools - check out chapter one to see just how wacky a school can be!

Recorded with permission from HarperCollins.