(Summaries are taken from School Library Journal, Publisher's Weekly, and Amazon.com reviews and Library of Congress summaries.)

Fiction:
Game Day, by Tiki Barber
Brothers Tiki and Ronde Barber, two NFL superstars, tell their story and explain how loyalty, determination, and the power of teamwork help all succeed.

Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride, by Kate Dicamillo.
Mr. Watson's usual Saturday drive in his Cadillac with his favorite pig, Mercy, turns into an adventure when an unexpected passenger shows up in the back seat and Mercy finds herself behind the wheel. Series

Henry’s Freedom Box, by Ellen Levine
A fictionalized account of how in 1849 a Virginia slave, Henry "Box" Brown, escapes to freedom by shipping himself in a wooden crate from Richmond to Philadelphia.

See You Later, Gladiator, by Jon Sciezska (and other Time Warp Trio books)
Joe, Fred, and Sam demonstrate some of their favorite professional wrestling moves, including the "Time Warp Trio Blind Ninja Smackdown," when they're transported to ancient Rome and forced to fight as gladiators in the Colosseum.

The Teacher from the Black Lagoon and Other Stories, by Mike Thaler
At Hubie's school the teachers are real monsters. Yikes! Will he survive the first day?

Horrible Harry Goes to the Moon, by Suzy Kline (and other Horrible Harry books)
Harry get excited after he and the class watch the moon through their new telescope. Harry doesn't want to just watch anymore, he wants to go there. Inspired by his third-grade class's study of the moon, Harry announces that he is going there.

Dolphins At Daybreak, by Mary Pope Osborne (and other Magic Treehouse books)
Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie deep into the sea, where they meet up with dolphins, sharks, and octopi as they search for the answer to an ancient riddle.

Esio Trot, by Roald Dahl
Shy Mr. Hoppy devises a plan to win the heart of his true love by teaching her a spell to make her tortoise grow bigger.

Andrew Lost: On the Dog, by Judith Greenburg
When ten-year-old Andrew invents a shrinking machine, he does not expect to be sucked into the machine along with his cousin Judy, only to end up in a dog's nose.

Tar Beach, by Faith Ringgold
A young girl dreams of flying above her Harlem home, claiming all she sees for herself and her family. Based on the author's quilt painting of the same name.

Nate the Great, San Francisco Detective, by Marjorie Sharmat
Nate, the great detective, and his dog, Sludge, are off to San Francisco! He and Sludge cruise up and down and around San Francisco tracking down clues. Sticky, icky clues, big and small clues, all-around-the-town clues that take them to a pancake house, over the Golden Gate Bridge, and finally to a place that seems wrong but could be right.

Stink books, by Megan McDonald
The adventures and misadventures of 7-year old Stink Moody.

Attack of the Growling Eyeballs (Who Shrunk Daniel Funk?), by Lin Oliver
Daniel Funk, who lives with three sisters, his mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, has always wanted a brother, and when he suddenly shrinks to the size of a toe, he discovers that he has a twin brother who is the same size.

Snarf Attack, Underfoodle, and the Secret of Life: The Riot Brothers Tell All, by Mary Amato
The silly games of f ifth-grade Wilbur and his third-grade brother, Orville.

The Fog Mound series, by Susan Schade
At a time when animals only know myths about the talking humans who once dominated and nearly destroyed the world, a young chipmunk escapes danger in the City of Ruins and, with new friends, finds the Fog Mound, where all creatures live in peace and harmony.

Charlie Small, by Charlie Small
No one knows the full story of Charlie Small. At least, not yet. His battered journal was found washed up on a remote, windswept shore. And at first we thought it an elaborate hoax. Surely no 8-year-old could have had so many wild adventures, witnessed so many extraordinary things, lived such an incredible life–and still only be eight.

Non-Fiction:
Spiders, by Nic Bishop
Bishops amazing trademark images show the beauty and otherworldliness of spiders. Simple, engaging text conveys basic information about spiders as well as cool and quirky facts. A double-gatefold opens to reveal a stop-action sequence showing a spider leaping. Full color.

Frogs, by Nic Bishop
Nic Bishop's photographs show all different kinds of frogs, big ones, very tiny ones, frogs with beautiful colors of skin, and one frog you can see inside of.

Gross Out: Animals that Do Disgusting Things, by Ginjer L. Clarke
Did you know that the horned lizard squirts blood out of its eyes to scare off predators? Learn more about this creature as well as the leech, the naked mole rat, the hagfish, and many more creepy critters in this sickening and super science book. Not for the faint of heart, this revolting reader will be a favorite among boys and everyone interested in the strange and unusual!

If You Decide to Go to the Moon, by Faith McNulty.
This book tells you how to get to the moon, what to do after you land, and most importantly, how to get back home.

The Dangerous Book for Boys, by Conn and Hal Iggulden
Brothers Conn and Hal Iggulden have put together a wonderful collection of all things that make being young or young at heart fun--building go-carts and electromagnets, identifying insects and spiders, or finding true north.

The Magic School Bus in the Time of the Dinosaurs, by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degan
Preparations for Visitors Day in Room 101 come to a sudden halt when Ms. Frizzle receives an invitation to a dinosaur dig. With a twist of a dial, the Magic School Bus becomes a time machine hurtling through prehistory, stopping at various points in the Mesozoic Era so the class can observe flora and fauna, shoot a video, make smart remarks, and generate the usual blizzard of written reports.

Amazing Sharks! by Sarah Thompson
More than the usual deliciously shivery shark-attack stories. There are also some fascinating facts about how sharks use their senses and how they find their prey.

And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell
Roy and Silo were "a little bit different" from the other male penguins: instead of noticing females, they noticed each other. Thus penguin chick Tango, hatched from a fertilized egg given to the pining, bewildered pair, came to be "the only penguin in the Central Park Zoo with two daddies."

Gandhi, by Demi
A simple, straightforward, and reverent biography of India's "great soul," with Demi's memorable, color-saturated illustrations. We follow Gandhi from his hard, lonely education and apprenticeship in England and South Africa through the nationwide strike he led after the Amritsar massacre, to Independence and his eventual assassination.

Su Dongpo: Chinese Genius, by Demi
A beautifully illustrated biography of Su Dongpo, Chinese poet, civil engineer, and statesman, whose appreciation for nature and justice were evident in his works and led him to experience both triumph and adversity in 11th century China

Animals Nobody Loves, by Seymour Simon
In 26 giant photographs -- of a roaring grizzly, a piranha's razor-sharp teeth, a rattlesnake's poisonous fangs -- Seymour Simon reveals the truth about nature's most misunderstood animals and lets the reader decide what to really think about nature's grossest, fiercest, and most fascinating survivors.

Pirates! Raiders of the High Seas, by Christopher Maynard
From Captain Kidd to Treasure Island to the Jolly Roger, this fast-paced illustrated history will tell you everything you need to know about pirates!