Kids

First Readers

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The Dog Who Lost His Bark

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Eoin Colfer, illus. by P. J. Lynch

Kids Feature 2 Book Price:

$16.99

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Waylon! The Most Awesome of All

Kids Feature 2 Book Author:

Sara Pennypacker, illus. by Maria Frazee

Kids Feature 2 Book Price:

$15.99

Picture Books

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Just In Case You Want to Fly

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Julie Fogliano, illus. by Christian Robinson

Kids Feature 1 Price:

$18.99

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Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You

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Sonia Sotomayor, illus. by Rafael López

Kids Feature 1 Price:

$17.99

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY

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Playlist: The Rebels & Revolutionaries of Sound

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James Rhodes, illus. by Martin O'Neill

Kids Feature 4 Book Price:

$29.99

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Dreams From Many Rivers

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Margarita Engle, illus. by Beatriz Gutierrez Hernandez

Kids Feature 4 Book Price:

$18.99

Young Adult

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The Trials of Apollo: The Tyrant's Tomb

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Rick Riordan

Kids Feature 3 Book Price:

$19.99

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Who Put This Song On?

Kids Feature 3 Book Author:

Morgan Parker

Kids Feature 3 Book Price:

$18.99

GRAPHIC NOVELS

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The Crossover

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Kwame Alexander, illus. by Dawud Anyabwile

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$12.99

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Percy Jackson: The Last Olympian

Kids Feature 6 Book Author:

Rick Riordan, Robert Venditti, illus. by Orpheus Collar, Antoine Dodé

Kids Feature 6 Book Price:

$12.99

New in Paper

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Jason Reynolds

Kids Feature 5 Book Price:

$7.99

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Princess Cora and the Crocodile

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Laura Amy Schlitz, illus. by Brian Floca

Kids Feature 5 Book Price:

$7.99

Prairie Lights Kids

Mark zusak!

On October 27 at 7 p.m., Prairie Lights and the Iowa City Public Library present Markus Zusak, author of The Book Thief and The Messenger, to read from his recent novel, Bridge of Clay.

An unforgettable and sweeping family saga, Bridge of Clay is the breathtaking story of five brothers who bring each other up in a world run by their own rules. As the Dunbar boys love and fight and learn to reckon with the adult world, they discover the moving secret behind their father’s disappearance. At the center of the Dunbar family is Clay, a boy who will build a bridge—for his family, for his past, for greatness, for his sins, for a miracle. The question is, how far is Clay willing to go? And how much can he overcome?

Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event. Markus Zusak will be happy to personalize an unlimited number of copies of Bridge Of Clay purchased at the event. Attendees are permitted to bring only one previously purchased book to the event to be signed.

Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn St., Iowa City in Meeting Rooms A,B,C,D

Meet Melissa Sweet!

Please join us October 16 at 6 p.m. for a special event with beloved children's book illustrator Melissa Sweet, who will talk about her artwork and the latest book she has illustrated; How to Read a Book, by Kwame Alexander.

Sweet has illustrated over 100 books and her work has been in magazines, on greeting cards, as well as games and toys. She has received numerous awards including two Caldecott honors; A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams and The Right Word: Roget and his Thesaurus, both by Jen Bryant. Melissa has written four books: Carmine: A Little More Red, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book; Tupelo Rides the Rails; Balloons Over Broadway: The True Stroy of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade, a Sibert Award winner for informational books, an NCTE Orbis Pictus winner for outstanding nonfiction, and the Cook Prize for STEM picture book. Her most recent book, Some Writer! The Story of E.B. White was a New York Times Best Seller and garnered an NCTE Orbis Pictus award and a Boston Globe-Horn Book honor for nonfiction.

Victoria & Barb Recommend

Former school librarians Victoria Walton and Barb Stein have created a fresh bibliography of their favorites from our stock of new books. Their recommendations have become the reliable standard for children's book shoppers in the area. You may find copies of their list, as well as a display of their selections, in the children's department, or online here: