Peekaboo,
Blueberry! by Barney Salzberg.
Blueberry and the reader play peek-a-boo with ears, noses, mouth etc.
Perfect for toddlers.
Punk
Farm on Tour by Jarrett Krosoczka.
Sheep, Pig, Goat, Chicken, and Cow fix up an old van and take their
rock band on tour while Farmer Joe is away at a tractor conference.
Their new hit, inspired by their journey, takes the country by storm:
"The wheels on the van go round and round-all through the town."
Blue
Goose by Nancy Tafuri.
Farmer Gray's homestead is as colorless as his name--even the sky and
grass are gray. So, while he's away for the day, Blue Goose, Red Hen,
Yellow Chick and White Duck get some paint and undertake a barnyard makeover. Pssst! by
Adam Rex.
While strolling past the "Camel-Lot" and "I am the Walrus
(koo-koo-kachoo)" exhibits, a young lady receives requests from
the animals for such unlikely items as tires, trashcans, paint, flashlights,
and bicycle helmets.
Never
Take a Shark to the Dentist by Judi Barrett.
Barrett is still dispensing ageless wisdom—cautioning readers against
inviting ants to a picnic, shopping for shoes with a centipede, holding
hands with a lobster and similar efforts to socialize with wild animals.
My
Colors, My World /Mis Colores, Mi Mundo by
Maya Gonzalez.
Maya finds color and beauty in her childhood world of the California
Mojave Desert. The bilingual text provides a short poetic narrative,
and the color words in Spanish and English are printed in a larger font
that matches the color for each object. |
Medusa
Jones by Ross Collins.
Medusa’s grandmother used to change people to stone with her stare—she
was a little crazy, but Medusa’s family is more civilized and they
handle their anger in a more socially acceptable manner. So when the ‘golden
ones’ at school bully Medusa, she finds a new way to fight back.
On
the Road by Wade Cooper.
A new non-fiction easy reading series combines crisp photos with rhyming
text and many simple captions to read featuring vehicles of all
kinds.
Knut:
How One Little Polar Bear Captivated The World by
Craig Hatkoff.
Knut’s (a German polar bear) story is told in simple language and
accompanied by adorable, engaging close-ups of him and his primary handler,
a zookeeper named Thomas Dorflein. The
Tooth Book by Edward Miller.
The author/illustrator of The Monster Health Book,
now presents basic dental health information and instruction in a slender
volume with considerable visual zip.
Donavan's Double Trouble by Monalisa Degross.
Fourth grader Donavan still keeps the word jar he started in third grade,
so big words are easy-- his new problem is math. But problems in school
pale when his favorite uncle Vic loses both legs below the knee in the
war. Donavan has to find a way to relate to this new Uncle Vic. |
The
London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd.
Salim, a visiting cousin, never emerges from ‘The London Eye’ a
huge tourist Ferris wheel. Was he kidnapped, did he run away, did he
spontaneously combust? The standard mystery is enhanced by the narrator/amateur
detective who has Asperger's syndrome and sees clues no one else
sees.
Swindle by
Gordon Korman.
Griffin Bing finds a rare baseball card in an abandoned building and
sells it to a collectibles dealer who gives him a couple of hundred dollars.
When Griffin discovers that the card is actually worth a million dollars,
he puts together a team of sixth-grade specialists to pull off the biggest
heist Cedarville has ever seen.
The
Gollywhopper Games by Jody
Feldman.
Brainteasers and tricky puzzles are all part of the Gollywhopper Games,
a promotional sweepstakes leading to untold wealth and fame for the lucky
contestants. By winning the Gollywhopper Games, a contest sponsored by
the toy company that fired his father, Gil hopes to make enough prize
money to move out of the small town. Knights
and Castles by Philip Dixon.
Part of the Insider series. Cut-away illustrations feature castles
from various countries and time periods
as well as the people who lived in and around them.
George
Washington Carver by Tonya Bolden.
Focusing particularly on his relentless pursuit of an education, his
sense of purpose, his wide range of talents and his ever-more-relevant
conviction that all of our basic physical needs can be served by renewable
natural resources, this excellent biography celebrates this “mild-mannered
researcher." |