Berthoud Community Library District

Trying to forget the mysterious death of her little sister years earlier, Ana, a precocious twelve-year-old who lives in the heart of Mexico City, decides to plant a vegetable garden in her backyard, which prompts her neighbors to dig into their own pasts.

Illustrations and simple text introduce the friendly people in the neighborhood.

While searching for their missing families, Gustav and Fernie discover a magical carousel that transports them to strange places.

"A tiny narwhal in a fishbowl discovers that sometimes the difference between staying home and a big adventure is a group of loving friends"--

A wordless picture book that observes the changes in a neighborhood from before a girl is born until she is an adult, as it first decays and then is renewed by the efforts of the residents.

"In the black-owned-and-operated Kirkwood Hospital, Joseph 'Ziggy' Johnson reflects on his life. From the Great Depression through the post-World War II years, Ziggy had been the pulse of Detroit's famous Black Bottom. A celebrated gossip columnist for the city's African-American newspaper, the Michigan Chronicle, he was also the emcee of one of the hottest night clubs, where he rubbed elbows with the legendary black artists of the era. In his hospital...

Justin and the other Daleside Drive boys are ecstatic over being chosen for the new kids' game show "Slime Wars," but their excitement is dampened when they are required to include three girls on their team.

Told from the perspective of a spunky bodega-dwelling cat name Chip, this picture book story describes the ins and outs of a bustling neighborhood market filled with interesting friends, great food, hard work, and lots of fun.

Ali lives in Bed-Stuy, a Brooklyn neighborhood known for guns and drugs, but he and his sister, Jazz, and their neighbors, Needles and Noodles, stay out of trouble until they go to the wrong party, where one gets badly hurt and another leaves with a target on his back.

When Celia Colemans grandmother dies, she must return to the small town she hoped never to see again. Her memories of her grandmothers home and churchand of her own behavior thereare not happy ones. The man next door is struggling with guilt over his own past, and Celia wants nothing to do with him. In this masterfully written, inspiring story of reconciliation, both will come to recognize the vastness of Gods grace.