Check out these new arrivals in the Children's Room!
Picture Books
How to Build a Snowman by Scholastic, Inc. (Baby-Preschool)
A very first winter board book with different textures to touch and feel on every page.
First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (Ages 4-8)
A concept book about the order of things: "First the EGG / then the CHICKEN / First the TADPOLE / then the FROG," and so on.
Dog and Bear: Two Friends - Three Stories by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (PreSchool-Grade 2)
Guides children on the first steps to reading with three sweet, funny stories about a stuffed bear and a frisky dachshund who happen to be best friends.
1 2 3: A Child's First Counting Book by Alison Jay (PreSchool-Grade 3)
One little girl wakes up to a wondrous fairy-tale world. She spies two dancing feet from the Golden Goose tale, three hungry bears just visited by Goldilocks, and four royal mattresses between the Princess and the Pea. Simple in format, with many objects to count on each colorful page, 1 2 3 is just right for children learning their numbers 1 through 10.
The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson (Grades 1-4)
Clover has always wondered why a fence separates the black side of town from the white side. But this summer when Annie, a white girl from the other side, begins to sit on the fence, Clover grows more curious about the reason why the fence is there and about the daring girl who sits on it, rain or shine. And one day, feeling very brave, Clover approaches Annie. After all, why should a fence stand in the way of friendship?
Bilingual (Spanish-English)
Hello Night/Hola Noche by Amy Costales (Ages 4-8)
A mother and baby take an evening stroll and say goodnight to their neighborhood.
Goodnight Moon 123: A Counting Book/Buenas Noches, Luna 123: Un Libro Para Contar by Margaret Wise Brown (Ages 4-8)
Count all the way to one hundred stars and look for the familiar things from Goodnight Moon, everyone's favorite bedtime story.
Busca los objetos familiares de Buenas noches, Luna, el libro favorito de todos para leer antes de dormir, y cuéntalos hasta llegar a cien estrellas.
My Colors, My World/Mis Colores, Mi Mundo by Maya Christina Gonzalez (Ages 4-8)
Little Maya longs to find brilliant, beautiful, inspiring color in her world...but Maya’s world, the Mojave Desert, seems to be filled with nothing but sand. With the help of a feathered friend, she searches everywhere to discover color in her world. In the brilliant purple of her mother's flowers, the cool green of a cactus, the hot pink sunset, and the shiny black of Papi's hair, Maya finally finds what she was looking for.
Chapter Books
Phineas L. MacGuire...Gets Slimed! by Frances O'Roark Dowell (Ages 9-12)
Phineas L. MacGuire (a.k.a. Mac) has three goals for fourth grade:
1. To be the best fourth-grade scientist ever.
2. To be the best fourth-grade scientist ever.
3. To be the best fourth-grade scientist ever.
It's a tall order, but he's confident that he can achieve it, especially since his friend and rival scientist, Aretha, has asked him to help her earn a scout badge by creating the mold that produces penicillin. After all, who knows more about mold than Mac? And how many fourth graders can say that they've reproduced penicillin? None, as far as Mac knows. But then he has to manage Ben's campaign for class president and deal with his new babysitter, Sarah Fortemeyer, the Teenage Girl Space Alien from the Planet Pink who accidentally got rid of his dried worm collection and now he has to find it. How is he supposed to find time to focus on mold?
The Perfect Hamburger and Other Delicious Stories by Alexander McCall Smith (Ages 9-12)
A book of food-related short stories for children from bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith (No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency mysteries).
My Weird School #19: Dr. Carbles Is Losing His Marbles! by Dan Gutman (Ages 9-12)
It's Thanksgiving, but the kids at Ella Mentry School aren't feeling very thankful. That's because Dr. Carbles is grumpier than ever, and he wants to fire Mr. Klutz! Will A.J. and his friends be able to save their principal's job?
To Catch a Mermaid by Suzanne Selfors (Grades 4-6)
Boom Broom doesn't think his life could get any worse. Ever since his mother was swept away by a twister, his family has gone crazy. They refuse to leave the house and Boom and his sister Mertyle are looked after by Halvor, the Viking descendant who rents the room over their garage. When Boom finds a baby mermaid who seems to grant unlimited wishes, he thinks his luck has turned around. That is, until his sister is hit by the curse of the merfolk. Now Boom and his best friend Winger must find a way to return the merbaby to its mother and save Mertyle before it is too late!