Pee-Wee's Tale

by Johanna Hurwitz
F HUR

This cute story can be enjoyed by both boys and girls.  If you are a boy, just ignore the pink book that Pee Wee the guinea pig is holding.  He is a boy guinea pig.  Pee Wee is a pet shop guinea pig in New York City.  He learned to read while still in the store by studying the newspapers lining his cage.  After he is adopted by a family and a boy named Robbie, an adult decides to let him loose in Central Park.  Central Park is a very big park in the middle of New York City.  Pee Wee is a pet store animal and has no idea how to survive in the wild, even if it is the wild in the middle of a big city.  Luckily, Pee Wee makes friends with a squirrel named Lexi who helps him learn all he needs to know in order to survive living outside with no food--and lots of other, bigger wild animals!

This story is the first in a series of four about Pee Wee's new life in Central Park.

Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad

by Henry Cole
E COL

This wordless book will draw you right into the story.

It is set during the time of the Underground Railroad--when slaves were hid in homes and on farms and then sent to another location to travel north toward freedom. 

Soldiers have come to a farm where a young girl is working.  After they leave, she find someone hiding in her barn.  She brings him food and he eventually moves on.

It has beautiful illustrations and the story is powerful.  I know you will enjoy it.