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Good Night, Mr. Panda
Steve Antony · Scholastic Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
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It is time for bed and Mr. Panda reminds his friends Hippopotamus, Skunk, Sheep, and Sloth that they each have forgotten to do something. Skunk has forgotten to take a bath, Hippopotamus needs to brush his teeth, Sloth is too tired to move, and much more. Mr. Panda is there to remind them... |
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Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein
LINDA BAILEY · Tundra Books
Pages: 56
Format: Hardcover
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The inspiring story of the girl behind one of the greatest novels -- and monsters -- ever, perfectly timed for the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein. For fans for picture book biographies such as I Dissent or She Persisted.How does a story begin? Sometimes it begins with... |
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The Ghostly Carousel: Delightfully Frightful Poems
Calef Brown · Carolrhoda Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
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A zombie family reunion, a "Jekyll lantern," a giggling undertaker, a telekinetic warlock . . . are you scared yet? Sure to induce shrieks and giggles in equal measure, Calef Brown's poems present a wonderfully creepy cast of characters. Richly detailed paintings add to the frightful... |
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Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish
Pablo Cartaya · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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One boy's search for his father leads him to Puerto Rico in this moving middle grade novel, for fans of Ghost and See You in the Cosmos.Marcus Vega is six feet tall, 180 pounds, and the owner of a premature mustache. When you look like this and you're only in the eighth grade, you're... |
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Finding Langston
Lesa Cline-Ransome · Holiday House
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover
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In a debut historical novel about the Great Migration a boy discovers Chicago's postwar South Side and the poetry of Langston Hughes. When 11-year-old Langston's mother dies in 1946, he and his father leave rural Alabama for Chicago's brown belt as a part of what came to be known... |
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Rescue
JESSIE HAAS · Boyds Mills Press
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover
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In this coming-of-age story perfect for horse fans, twelve-year-old animal lover Joni clashes with her new neighbor and animal rights activist Chess. Their bumpy friendship reaches a crisis when Chess stages an impulsive animal rescue, and Joni must act fast to save the animals' lives.Shy... |
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The Rough Patch
Brian Lies · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
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Evan and his dog do everything together. They play and read and eat. But mostly you will find them tending to Evan's extraordinary garden, where flowers and other good things flourish and reach for the sky.But friends don't always stay forever, and when Evan loses his, he destroys... |
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Quiet Please, Owen McPhee!
TRUDY JEAN LUDWIG · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
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From the author-illustrator team who brought you The Invisible Boy comes the story of a boy who won't stop talking--until he gets laryngitis. You don't have to be a chatterbox to appreciate this tale of listening and learning.Owen McPhee doesn't just like to talk, he LOVES to talk.... |
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Wonderland: A Novel
Barbara O'Connor · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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From Barbara O'Connor, the beloved author of Wish, comes a big-hearted story about the meaning of friendship, the challenges of growing up, and one lovable runaway dog.Mavis Jeeter is fearless and bold, but she has never lived in one place long enough to have a real best friend. Her flighty... |
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Lobos: A Wolf Family Returns to the Wild
Brenda Peterson · Little Bigfoot
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
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This is a hopeful conservation story about an endangered family of Mexican gray wolves who live in a sanctuary in the Pacific Northwest and their journey that leads to their successful release to the wild in Mexico.This nonfiction story, illustrated with color photography, follows the lives... |
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Spring After Spring: How Rachel Carson Inspired the Environmental Movement
STEPHANIE ROTH SISSON · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
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From the creator of Star Stuff comes a picture book biography of Rachel Carson, the iconic environmentalist who fought to keep the sounds of nature from going silent.As a child, Rachel Carson lived by the rhythms of the natural world. Spring after spring, year after year, she observed how all living... |
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The Story Collector: A New York Public Library Book
Kristin O'Donnell Tubb · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler meets Harriet the Spy in this middle-grade historical fiction novel inspired by the real life of Viviani Joffre Fedeler, born and raised in the New York Public Library.Eleven-year-old Viviani Fedeler has spent her whole life in the New York... |
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Goodbye Brings Hello: A Book of Firsts
DIANNE WHITE · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
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Like Bernie Waber's COURAGE and Davis' KINDERGARTEN ROCKS!, this inspiring, vibrantly illustrated gift book is perfect for celebrating life's milestones, both great and small - especially that first day of kindergarten.There are many ways of letting go. With each goodbye, a new hello. From... |
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A Long Line of Cakes
DEBORAH WILES · Scholastic Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Emma Lane Cake has five brothers, four dogs, and a family that can't stay put. The Cake family travels from place to place, setting up bakeries in communities that need them. Then, just when Emma feels settled in with new friends . . . they move again.Now the Cakes have come to Aurora... |
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