2024 NATIONAL MEDAL
for Museum and Library Service Finalist

Kids

The Frog Princess

After reluctantly kissing a frog, an awkward, fourteen-year-old princess suddenly finds herself a frog, too, and sets off with the prince to seek the means--and the self-confidence--to become human again.

Arlo Finch

A magical fantasy series for middle grade readers, the Arlo Finch books tells the story of a boy who moves with his family to Pine Mountain, Colorado. As if moving to a new town wasn't hard enough, he soon discovers ancient dark forces lurking right in his own backyard.

Home of the Brave

Kek, an African refugee, is confronted by many strange things at the Minneapolis home of his aunt and cousin, as well as in his fifth grade classroom, and longs for his missing mother, but finds comfort in the company of a cow and her owner.

Chains

After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War.

The Red Ribbon

After fourteen-year-old Ella is assigned to the Upper Tailoring Studio, a sewing workshop inside a Nazi concentration camp, she forms a friendship with Rose, as they struggle to survive in a world of desperation and fear.

Spring into Self-Care! Mindfulness & More

Join the staff of NJ4S to create your own self-care flower and fortune teller!  All supplies are provided and light snacks will be served.

For families with kids in kindergarten and up.

NJ4S is a prevention program that supports youth mental wellness and can connect students and their parents/caregivers with other community resources beneficial to social, emotional, and mental health and well-being, including clinical and non-clinical resources.