Librarian Laura D’Aveta received a Library Services and Technology Act grant via the State Library of Ohio to support the “Celebrating Ohio Book Awards & Authors” initiative.
This $2,000 grant funded books for the children’s literature collection and to expand the diversity of the general collection. D’Aveta worked with Education faculty to select books that will support their curricula and students’ teaching practicums.
Titles purchased, listed alphabetically by author, with call numbers following the title:
Acevedo, Elizabeth - Clap when you land JF Ac37c
Alexander, K. R. - The collector JF Al272c 2018
Antony, Steve - I'll wait, Mr. Panda PB An889i
Antony, Steve - Please, Mr. Panda PB An889p
Applegate, Katherine - The one and only Bob JF Ap528o 2020
Arnold, Tedd - Buzz Boy and Fly Guy JF Ar657b 2010
Aveyard, Victoria - War storm JF Av39w
Aveyard, Victoria - Red queen JF Av39r
Bauer, Joan - Close to famous JF B326c
Birney, Betty G. - Secrets according to Humphrey JF B538s 2014
Blume, Judy - Tiger eyes JF B6259t 2014
Brosgol, Vera - The Little Guys PB B793l 2019
Brown, Peter - The wild robot JF B8145w 2020
Caletti, Deb - Honey, baby, sweetheart JF C12815h 2004
Cameron, W. Bruce - Shelby's story : a dog's way home tale JF C1465s 2020
Capucilli, Alyssa Satin - Biscuit loves the library JF C175b 2014
Carson, Rae - The girl of fire and thorns JF C2395g 2011
Carter, Ally - Not if I save you first JF C2451n 2019
Carter, Stephen L. - The emperor of Ocean Park F C2467e 2003
Cena, John - Elbow Grease vs. Motozilla PB C3324e
Charman, Katrina - The ninjabread man JF C382n
Chima, Cinda Williams - The exiled queen JF C44e 2010
Colfer, Chris - Worlds collide JF C68l
Cornwell, Autumn - Carpe diem JF C8165c 2009
Davis, Ronni - When the stars lead to you JF D2976w
de la Peña, Matt - Love PB D3706l 2018
de la Peña, Matt - Superman : dawnbreaker JF D3706s 2019
DeClements, Barthe - Nothing's fair in fifth grade JF D3579n 2009
Delbanco, Andrew - The war before the war : fugitive slaves and the struggle for America's soul from the Revolution to the Civil War 973.7115 Del
Despain, Bree - The immortal throne JF D467i
Despain, Bree - The shadow prince JF D467s 2014
Dessen, Sarah - The truth about forever JF D472t 2006
Díaz, Junot - The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao F D5436b 2008
DiCamillo, Kate - Mercy Watson : something wonky this way comes JF D5471m 2011
DiTerlizzi, Tony Ted PB D634t 2004
Dr. Seuss - Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! PB Se81h 1998
Draper, Sharon M - Just another hero JF D791j
Draper, Sharon M. - Darkness before dawn JF D7918d 2013
Draper, Sharon M. - Blended JF D7918b 2018
DuPrau, Jeanne - The city of Ember JF D9283c 2003
Durand, Hallie - Mitchell's license PB D9316m
Edugyan, Esi - Half-blood blues : a novel F Ed84e 2012
Faderman, Lillian - The gay revolution : the story of the struggle 306.7660973 Fad 2015
Falconer, Ian - Olivia- and the missing toy PB F182o 2003
Falls, Kat - Dark life JF F197d
Farley, Christina - Gilded JF F2291g 2014
Farmer, Nancy - The lord of Opium JF F229L
Federle, Tim - The great American whatever JF F318g 2016
Fleming, Candace - Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! PB F6292m
Foner, Eric - The second founding : how the Civil War and reconstruction remade the constitution 342.73039034 Fon 2020
Freedman, Deborah - Carl and the meaning of life PB F8756c
Gantos, Jack - Hole in my life 813.54 Gan 2012
Gemeinhart, Dan - Some kind of courage JF G2843s 2016
Giblin, James Cross - Good brother, bad brother : the story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth 792.02 Boo-G 2017
Gilson, Jamie - Thirteen ways to sink a sub JF G428t
Grabenstein, Chris - Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's library JF G751e
Graceffa, Joey - Children of Eden : a novel JF G7536c 2017
Grandits, John - Ten rules you absolutely must not break if you want to survive the school bus PB G764t 2011
Gratz, Alan - Refugee JF G774r
Gratz, Alan - Grenade JF G774g 2018
Green, Tim - Perfect season : a Football genius novel JF G826p 2014
Grogan, John - Marley : a dog like no other 636.7527092 Gro 2008
Gutman, Dan - The million dollar shot JF G9858m 2006
Haddix, Margaret Peterson - Uprising JF H1173u 2007
Haddix, Margaret Peterson - Found JF H1173f 2008
Hamid, Mohsin - The reluctant fundamentalist F H1801r 2008
Harris, Wilson - The Guyana quartet F H244g 2021
Healy, Christopher - This is not that kind of book PB H3499t
Heder, Thyra - Alfie : (the turtle that disappeared) PB H3583a
Henry, April - The girl in the white van JF H3961g 2021
Hiaasen, Carl - Chomp JF H520c 2020
Higgins, Ryan T. - We don't eat our classmates! PB H5357w 2018
Hirsi Ali, Ayaan - Infidel 949.2073092 Ali 2013
Holm, Jennifer L. - The fourteenth goldfish JF H730f 2014
Holyoke, Polly - The Neptune project JF H748n 2014
Houts, Michelle - The Beef Princess of Practical County JF H819b 2010
Hunt, Laird - Kind one : a novel JF L1447k
James, Marlon - A brief history of seven killings : a novel F J2352b
Jones, Edward P. - The known world F J7144k 2006
Judge, Lita - Hoot and Peep PB J894h 2016
Kadohata, Cynthia - Cracker! : the best dog in Vietnam JF K116c 2008
King, A. S. - Ask the passengers JF K5802a
King, Charles - Gods of the upper air : how a circle of renegade anthropologists reinvented race, sex, and gender in the twentieth century 301.0922 Boa-K 2020
Korman, Gordon - Zoobreak JF K8421z
Koss, Amy Goldman - Gossip times three JF K8476g
Lasky, Kathryn - The extra JF L335e
LeBlanc, Adrian Nicole - Random family : love, drugs, trouble, and coming of age in the Bronx 974.7275043 LeB 2004
Leyh, Kat - Snapdragon JF L594s
Lin, Grace - Bringing in the New Year PB L6303b 2010
Long, Loren - Little tree PB L8527l
Lord, Cynthia - Hot Rod Hamster PB L8842h
Lu, Marie - Warcross JF L9605w
Mackler, Carolyn - The earth, my butt, and other big round things JF M218e
Maddox, Jake - Paintball blast JF M2642p 2007
Mahajan, Karan - The association of small bombs JF M2773a
Marks, Janae - From the desk of Zoe Washington JF M3425f 2020
Maschari, Jennifer - The remarkable journey of Charlie Price JF M374r
Mass, Wendy - 11 birthdays JF M3819e
Mass, Wendy - Beauty and the Beast : the only one who didn't run away JF M3819b 2012
McBride, James - Deacon King Kong JF M4598d 2021
McDaniel, Tiffany - Betty F M141b 2021
McDonald, Megan - Stink : the incredible shrinking kid JF M4598s 2021
McGinnis, Mindy - Be not far from me JF M1759b 2021
McGinnis, Mindy - The female of the species JF M1759f 2017
McLain, Paula - The Paris wife : a novel F M221p 2012
McQueen, Daven - The invincible summer of Juniper Jones JF M2429i 2020
Messenger, Shannon - Everblaze JF M5629e 2015
Meyer, Marissa - Renegades JF M5757r
Mikaelsen, Ben - Ghost of Spirit Bear JF M5891g 2008
Millard, Casey Riordan - Shark Girl and Belly Button PB M6115s
Mlynowski, Sarah - Sink or swim JF M6999s 2014
Morris, Chad - Squint JF M8314s 2018
Morris, Chad - Mustaches for Maddie JF M8314m 2018
Morris, Mary - The Jazz Palace : a novel F M833j 2015
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert - Dairy queen : a novel JF M9416d 2006
Nezhukumatathil, Aimee - World of wonders : in praise of fireflies, whale sharks, and other astonishments 590 Nez 2020
Nielsen, Jennifer A. - Words on fire JF N5544w 2022
Nijkamp, Marieke - This is where it ends JF Un16t
O'Malley, Kevin - Once upon a cool motorcycle dude PB Om13o
Oppel, Kenneth - Inkling JF Op52i 2020
Orange, Tommy - There there F Or15t 2019
Pearsall, Shelley - Trouble don't last JF P3168t 2003
Pennypacker, Sara - The Mount Rushmore calamity JF P385m 2009
Pilkey, Dav - Dog man. Lord of the fleas JF P644d 2021
Pilkey, Dav - Dog man. [9], Grime and punishment JF P644d 2020
Pilkey, Dav - Dogzilla : starring Flash, Rabies, and Dwayne, and introducing Leia as the Monster PB P644d 1993
Pimm, Nancy Roe - Fly, girl, fly! : Shaesta Waiz soars around the world PB P649f
Powers, Kevin - The yellow birds : a novel F P873y 2013
Qamar, Amjed - Beneath my mother's feet JF Q11b
Reintgen, Scott - Nyxia JF R2771n 2018
Reynolds, Aaron - Carnivores PB R333c 2013
Reynolds, Jason - Ghost JF R3352g
Rosenthal, Amy Krouse - Duck! Rabbit! PB R7273d
Russell, Mary Doria - Epitaph : a novel of the O.K. Corral F R915e 2016
Ryan, Pam Muñoz - Paint the Wind JF R957p 2009
Sachar, Louis - Fuzzy mud JF Sa142f 2015
Santat, Dan - After the fall : how Humpty Dumpty got back up again PB Sa593a 2017
Santat, Dan - Harold & Hog pretend for real! PB Sa593h 2019
Schubert, Leda - Monsieur Marceau PB Sch784m
Schwartz, Alvin - In a dark, dark room, and other scary stories 398.25 Sch 2017
Scillian, Devin - Back roads, country toads PB Sci47b 2019
Serpell, Namwali - The old drift : a novel F Se679o 2020
Shannon, David - David goes to school PB Sh191d 2021
Shavit, Ari - My promised land : the triumph and tragedy of Israel 956.054 Sha 2018
Shea, Bob - Dance! dance! underpants! JF Sh313b 2016
Sheth, Kashmira - Tiger in my soup PB Sh592t
Shusterman, Neal - Challenger deep JF Sh93c 2015
Sickels, Carter - The prettiest star F Si127p 2020
Silvey, Anita - Untamed : the wild life of Jane Goodall 599.8092 Goo-S 2015
Sima, Jessie - Not quite narwhal PB Si41n
Snyder, Laurel - Orphan Island JF Sn926o 2018
Spinelli, Jerry - Maniac Magee JF Sp465m 2015
Starritt, Alexander - We Germans : a novel F St287w 2020
Stead, Philip Christian - Samson in the snow PB St311s 2016
Stefaniak, Mary Helen - The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia : a novel JF St327c
Tarshis, Lauren - I survived the California wildfires, 2018 JF T177i 2020
Telgemeier, Raina - Sisters JF T237s
Telgemeier, Raina - Guts JF T237g
Thomas, Aiden - Cemetery boys JF T3612c 2020
Thomas, Jan - Rhyming dust bunnies PB T364r 2009
Thomson, Bill - Chalk PB T3824c
Vrabel, Beth - Caleb and Kit JF V95c
West, Kasie - The fill-in boyfriend JF W52047f
Westerfeld, Scott - Leviathan JF W523L 2010
Willems, Mo - We are in a book! PB W667w 2010
Yoon, Nicola - Everything, everything JF Y810e 2017
Yousafzai, Malala - Malala's magic pencil PB Y887m