Apple tart of hope by Fitzgerald, Sarah Moore 

BTSB Prebound(Holiday House, 2016)

BTSB #: 339561 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-17   
AR: 5.8 MG+ Lexile: 980

Genres:

Subjects: Missing children - Fiction Hope - Fiction Friendship - Fiction

Summary: Oscar Dunleavy, a teenager who used to make incredible apple tarts, has gone missing and everyone thinks he is dead, but Oscar's best friend Meg and his little brother Stevie, form a bond as they try to figure out what happened to him.

Day the world stopped turning by Morpurgo, Michael 

BTSB Prebound(Feiwel and Friends, 2019)

BTSB #: 659217 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
Lexile: 900

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Autistic children - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - France - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Romanies - Fiction Soldiers - Fiction Hope - Fiction Human-animal communication - Fiction Flamingos - Fiction Camargue (France) - History|y20th century - Fiction France - History|y1940-1945, German occupation - Fiction

Summary: In the unique landscape of the Camargue in the South of France during WW2, a young autistic boy lives on his parents' farm among the salt flats and the flamingos that live there. There are lots of things he doesn't understand, but he does know how to heal animals. He loves routine and music too; every week he goes to market with his mother, to ride his special horse on the town carousel. But then the Germans come, with their guns, and take the town.

Do not go in there! by Horn, Ariel 

BTSB Prebound(Imprint, 2020)

BTSB #: 463771 Available

Dewey: EAges: 3-7   


Genres: Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Monsters - Fiction Humorous fiction Doors - Fiction Fear - Fiction Hope - Fiction Attitude (Psychology) - Fiction

Summary: Monsters Morton and Bogart encounter a closed door. Bogart wants to make sure it stays totally closed, but Morton imagines there are amazing experiences beyond! A story on the power of imagination while touching on themes of anxiety, curiosity, and bravery.

Dreams for a daughter by Weatherford, Carole Boston 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 924767 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Mother-daughter relationship - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Hope - Fiction

Summary: A black mother describes her dreams for her newborn daughter, and her hopes for a future in which her little one will grow to cross borders and bridge boundaries, be her best self, and find love.

Hobart by Briggs, Anita 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2007)

BTSB #: P00147 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   


Genres: Animals

Subjects: Pigs - Fiction Farm life - Fiction Domestic animals - Fiction Hope - Fiction

Summary: Four budding artists, a tap dancer, a poet, a singer, and an acrobat, who just happen to be pigs, live out their dreams and avoid becoming bacon.

Rain before rainbows by Prasadam-Halls, Smriti 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2020)

BTSB #: 730342 Available

Dewey: EAges: 3-7   


Genres: Fantasy Fiction

Subjects: Grief - Fiction Loss (Psychology) - Fiction Foxes - Fiction Hope - Fiction Optimism - Fiction Stories in rhyme

Summary: In this heartfelt story about courage, change, and moving on, a girl and her companion fox travel together away from a sorrowful past, through challenging and stormy times, toward color and light and life.

Share your rainbow : 18 artists draw their hope for the future

BTSB Prebound(Random House, 2020)

BTSB #: 806700 Available

Dewey: EAges: 3-7   


Genres: Humorous Fiction Family Life

Subjects: Rainbows - Fiction Hope - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Quarantine - Fiction COVID-19 (Disease) - Fiction

Summary: Illustrators imagine what is represented by the rainbows children placed in their windows while in quarantine during the 2020 pandemic, especially spending time with neighbors, family, and friends.