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Monkey Me #1: Monkey Me and the Golden Monkey
Timothy Roland · Scholastic Inc.
Format: Book
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When Clyde gets excited, he brings a whole new meaning to "monkeying around!"This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations... |
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A Mountain of Friends
Kerstin Schoene · Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Format: Hardcover
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On Resource Links? Best of 2013 listThere once was a sad little penguin. The other animals were worried about him. Whats wrong? they asked. Im a bird but I cant fly! No matter how hard I try, I cant get off the ground. Just once I want to soar above the clouds Heartwarming and beautifully... |
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I Survived #5: I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906
Lauren Tarshis · Scholastic Paperbacks; Original edition
Format: Book
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The terrifying details of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake jump off the page!Ten-year-old Leo loves being a newsboy in San Francisco -- not only does he get to make some money to help his family, he's free to explore the amazing, hilly city as it changes and grows with the new century.... |
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OLIVIA Loves Halloween
Maggie Testa · Simon Spotlight
Format: Book
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Olivia gets ready for Halloween in this original Level 1 Ready-to-Read story.Olivia and her friend Francine are helping decorate the classroom for their Halloween party, but they can’t agree on the color scheme. Francine insists that Halloween colors are always orange and black, but Olivia... |
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Mustache Baby Meets His Match
Bridget Heos · Clarion Books
Pages: 40
Format: Print book
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When Baby Javier comes for a playdate, Baby Billy, a.k.a. Mustache Baby, feels the need to show him a thing or two, seeing how Javier's new to town - and also sports an impressive beard. What ensues is a hilarious test of wills and facial hair, as each baby sets out to prove his manliness.... |
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Whale Trails, Before and Now
Lesa Cline-Ransome · Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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My father and I live for the sea. He is the captain of the Cuffee Whale Boat and today I am his First Mate.Whale-watching is a hugely popular pastime at least 13 million people take whale-watching trips each year. But in the past, whaling ships hunted these animals to use their blubber... |
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Scarlatti's Cat
Nathaniel Lachenmeyer · Carolrhoda Books
Format: Print book
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Domenico Scarlatti, the great Italian composer, enjoys his cat's company when he plays harpsichord. Little does he know, his cat, Pulcinella also dreams of composing her own music! One day, while chasing a mouse, she tumbles onto the harpsichord. Suddenly, she can't resist the urge... |
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Mouse Overboard!
Geronimo Stilton · Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
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My family and I, Geronimo Stilton, were invited to Lisbon, Portugal, to retrace the journey of the great explorer Vasco da Gama. He was the first European to reach India by sea -- and was apparently an ancestor of the Stiltons! But once we got on the boat, I learned that someone was trying... |
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My Explosive Diary
Emily Gale · Aladdin
Format: Paperback
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Meet Eliza Boom—assistant inventor, junior spy, and full-on fantastic—as she tells all in this first book of a chapter book series packed with jokes, doodles, and dear-diary secrets! Eliza Boom is having a blast. Her father is an inventor who makes gadgets for spies, and Eliza is his unofficial... |
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OLIVIA Loves Halloween
Maggie Testa · Simon Spotlight
Format: Hardcover
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Olivia gets ready for Halloween in this original Level 1 Ready-to-Read story.Olivia and her friend Francine are helping decorate the classroom for their Halloween party, but they can't agree on the color scheme. Francine insists that Halloween colors are always orange and black, but Olivia... |
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Uniquely Wired: A Story About Autism and Its Gifts
Julia Cook · Boys Town Pr
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback
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Zak is obsessed with watches. Before that it was trains. He owns hundreds of watches and is quick to tell everyone everything about them. Zak also has autism, so he sometimes responds to the world around him in unconventional ways. As Zak describes his point of view, young readers gain... |
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The Night Before Christmas
Clement C. Moore · Albert Whitman & Company
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
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Barbara Reid reimagines everyone's favorite Christmas poem in her own extraordinary style, featuring a lively cast of young creatures anticipating the most exciting night of the year! The classic poem is brought to life by her signature Plasticine illustrations, full of humor and astonishing... |
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Master of the Beasts Series 10: Voltrex the Two-headed Octopus
Adam Blade · Hodder & Stoughton
Format: Paperback
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Fourth in the Master of the Beast subseries The Good Beast Sepron is in danger! Malvel has sent Voltrex, a hideous Octopus-Beast, to kill him. If Sepron dies, Malvel will be closer to taking over Avantia. Tom must dash to Sepron's rescue before it's too late. |
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The Relatives Came
Cynthia Rylant · Live Oak Media
Format: Paperback
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In a rainbow-colored station wagon that smelled like a real car, the relatives came. When they arrived, they hugged and hugged from the kitchen to the front room. All summer they tended the garden and ate up all the strawberries and melons. They plucked banjos and strummed guitars. When... |
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Nobody's Duck
MARY SULLIVAN · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
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When a duck mysteriously arrives on an alligator's lawn, they set off to discover just who the duck belongs to. From the library to skydiving, from exasperation to laughter, the two make an unexpected discovery about friendship. Readers will delight in this odd couple's wacky adventures... |
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