New Books!!!

Graphic Novels!

(They’re like comics—except

they’re books!)

The adventures of Daniel Boom, a.k.a. Loud Boy

Summary: Daniel Boom, a kid

with no volume control, becomes Loud Boy and fights the Kid-Rid Corporation, which has silenced the world with a machine called the Soundsucker LX.

To Dance

Follows the life and career of a ballerina, detailing her dance school experiences, performances, and personal life. Presented in graphic novel format.

Amulet Book One,The Stonekeeper

Summary: After moving to their

ancestral home, Emily and Navin's mother is kidnapped by a tentacled creature in the basement that leads the children on a deadly chase into the magical world below their home.

Into the Volcano

While their parents are away doing research, brothers Duffy and Sumo Pugg go with their cousin, Mister Come-and-Go, to Kokalaha Island, where they meet Aunt Lulu and become trapped in an erupting volcano.

Coraline

Summary:Coraline, looking for excitement, ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.

Max Finder Mysteries Seventh-graders Max

Finder and Alison Santos live in the town of Whispering Meadows, where they investigate mysteries in their school and in their neighborhood.

Magic Trixie

Magic Trixie, a little girl with magical powers, has no fun while her baby sister gets away with everything, but after Trixie comes up with a special trick to impress her friends, she finds out that having a baby sister is not all bad.

Picture

Books!!!

Bear Books by Karma Wilson

The Top of the World

Describes the conditions and terrain of Mount Everest, attempts that have been made to scale this peak, and general information about the equipment and techniques of mountain climbing.

Henry’s First Moon Birthday

A young girl helps her grandmother with preparations for the traditional Chinese celebration to welcome her new baby brother.

Max’s Words

When Max cuts out words from magazines and newspapers, collecting them the way his brothers collect stamps and coins, they all learn about words, sentences, and storytelling.

Martin’s Big Words

Looks at the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, explaining his work to bring about a peaceful end to segregation.

Lois Ehlert Books

If I Built a Car

Jack describes the kind of car he would build--one with amazing accessories and with the capability of traveling on land, in the air, and on and under the sea.

Nic Bishop: Frogs Illustrated photographs

describing the characteristics and behaviors of a variety of frogs around the world.

Nic Bishop: Spiders

Photographs and text provide basic information about various kinds of spiders.

Officer Buckle and Gloria

The children at Napville Elementary School always ignore Officer Buckle's safety tips, until a police dog named Gloria accompanies him when he gives his safety speeches.

Previously

The adventures of various nursery rhyme and fairy tale characters, including Goldilocks, Jack and Jill, the frog prince, Cinderella, and the gingerbread man, are retold in backward sequence with each tale interrelated to the other.

The Story of Ruby Bridges

For months six-year-old Ruby Bridges must confront the hostility of white parents when she becomes the first African American girl to integrate Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960.

Panda Kindergarten Photographs and text

follow sixteen panda cubs at the Wolong Nature Preserve, where they are raised and observed by scientists and workers while they learn survival skills that will allow them to be re-released into the wild.

Uncle Peter’s Amazing Chinese Wedding

A Chinese American girl describes the festivities of her uncle's Chinese wedding and the customs behind them.

Dewey Dewey the cat, who

finds a new home at the Spencer Library when librarian Vicky Myron finds him in the return box, learns that young visitors like to chase him, pull his tail, and give him tight hugs, but he soon realizes that, despite the demands, helping people is what he does best.

Wolves A young rabbit

checks out a library book about wolves and learns much more about their behavior than he wanted to know.

Ms. Frizzle’s Adventures: Medieval Castle

When Ms. Frizzle and her student Arnold follow an underground passage beneath Craig's Castle Shop and find themselves in the middle of a siege of a 12th century English castle, they learn a great deal about both castles and the Middle Ages.

My Brother, the Knight

Annoyed at his brother Colin's obsession with knights, Jared challenges his younger brother to live one full week as if it were the Middle Ages.

Chapter

Books!!!

Alvin Ho books by Lenore Look

Summary: A young boy in

Concord, Massachusetts, who loves superheroes and comes from a long line of brave Chinese farmer-warriors, wants to make friends, but first he must overcome his fear of everything.

Toys Go Out

Three animate toys have adventures and discover how important they are to the little girl who owns them.

Toy Dance Party

Throughout the linked stories, the toys worry that the Girl is outgrowing them, but they ultimately learn that they can rely on one another.

Clementine’s Letter

Summary: After learning that her

favorite teacher will be leaving for a trip to Egypt and will be absent for the remainder of the year, Clementine devises a plan to get rid of the substitute and get Mr. D'Matz to stay.

Mercy Watson Something Wonky This Way Comes

Mr. and Mrs. Watson think it is a wonderful idea to bring their pet pig Mercy to the drive-in, and when Mercy arrives, she sets off on a mission to find her own buttery bucket of popcorn, much to the dismay of the other movie patrons.

New Flat Stanley Adventures

A Crooked Kind of Perfect

Ten-year-old Zoe Elias, who longs to play the piano but must resign herself to learning the organ, instead, finds that her musicianship has a positive impact on her workaholic mother, her jittery father, and her school social life.

39 Clues Books 4 and 5

Summary: Amy and Dan,

following a clue found in Book 3, set out to uncover details about the origins of the rivalry between the Tomas and Ekaterina branches of their family, not realizing they are headed right into the hands of the enemy.

When the Sergeant Came Marching Home

When his father returns from the war in 1946, a ten year old boy and his family move from their home in a Montana town to an old, run-down farm in the middle of nowhere where they work hard trying to make ends meet.

The Mysterious Benedict Society

After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules.

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey

Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance, all graduates of the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened and members of the Benedict Society, embark on a scavenger hunt that turns into a desperate search for the missing Mr. Benedict.

The Penderwicks : A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy

While vacationing with their father in the Berkshire Mountains, four lovable sisters share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his mother.

Dog Days