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Unique selections of books from our book buyer Paul Ingram. He compiles great lists of books on varying topics.
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New Children's Books Too Good To Miss, Fall/Winter 2018
November 24, 2018 - 6:41pmBOARD BOOKS:
Bauer, Marion Dane. WINTER DANCE. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018.
Cousins, Lucy. HOORAY FOR BIRDS! Candlewick, 2018.
Harris, Robie. WHO? A CELEBRATION OF BABIES. Abrams, 2018.
Higgins, Ryan. 1 GRUMPY BRUCE. Disney, 2018.
Koehler, Lora. THE LITTLE SNOWPLOW. Candlewick, 2018.
POETRY:
Florian, Douglas. FRIENDS AND FOES: POEMS ABOUT US ALL. Beach Lane Books, 2018.
Herrera, Juan Felipe. IMAGINE. Candlewick, 2018.
Mora, Pat. BOOKJOY, WORDJOY. Lee & Low, 2018.
Lewis, J. Patrick, editor. THE POETRY OF US. National Geographic, 2018.
TRADITIONAL:
Denton, Kady MacDonald. A CHILD’S TREASURY OF NURSERY RHYMES. Kingfisher, 2018.
Long, Sylvia. SYLVIA LONG’S BIG BOOK FOR SMALL CHILDREN. Chronicle Books, 2018.
Janisch, Heinz, illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger. NOAH’S ARK. Mine Edition, 2018.
PICTURE BOOKS:
Adler, David. KICK IT, MO! Penguin, 2018.
Bruss, Deborah. GOOD MORNING, SNOWPLOW! Arthur A. Levine, 2018.
Burningham, John. MOUSE HOUSE. Candlewick, 2018.
De La Pena, Matt. CARMELA FULL OF WISHES. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2018.
De Seve, Randall. ZOLA’S ELEPHANT. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018.
DiCamillo, Kate. GOOD ROSIE! Candlewick, 2018.
Gay, Marie-Louise Gay. MUSTAFA. Groundwood Books, 2018.
Gianferrari, Maria. HAWK RISING. Roaring Brook Press, 2018.
Higgins, Ryan T. WE DON’T EAT OUR CLASSMATES. Hyperion, 2018.
John, Jory. GIRAFFE PROBLEMS. Random House, 2018.
Le, Minh. DRAWN TOGETHER. Disney Hyperion, 2018.
MacLachlan, Patricia. LITTLE ROBOT ALONE. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018.
Na, Il Sung. THE DREAMER. Chronicle Books, 2018.
Singer, Marilyn. TALLULAH’S ICE SKATES. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018.
Stead, Philip. VERNON IS ON HIS WAY: SMALL STORIES. Roaring Brook Press, 2018.
Stott, Ann. WANT TO PLAY TRUCKS? Candlewick, 2018.
Woodson, Jacqueline. THE DAY YOU BEGIN. Nancy Paulsen Books, 2018.
Yamasaki, Katie. WHEN THE COUSINS CAME. Holiday House, 2018.
TRANSITIONAL CHAPTER BOOKS AND READERS:
Barrows, Annie. IVY & BEAN: ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY. Chronicle Books, 2018.
Beaty, Andrea. ROSIE REVERE AND THE RAUCOUS RIVETERS. Abrams, 2018.
Birney, Betty. LIFE ACCORDING TO OG THE FROG. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2018.
Gay, Marie-Louise. PRINCESS PISTACHIO TREASURY. Pajama Press, 2018.
Khan, Hena. ON POINT: ZAYD SALEEM CHASING THE DREAM. Salaam Reads, 2018.
Nilsson, Ulf. A CASE FOR BUFFY: DETECTIVE GORDON. Gecko Press, 2018.
Potter, Ellen. BIG FOOT AND LITTLE FOOT: THE MONSTER DETECTOR. Amulet Books, 2018.
Spires, Ashley. GORDON: BARK TO THE FUTURE! Kids Can Press, 2018.
Vernon, Ursula. LITTLE RED RODENT HOOD. Dial Books, 2018.
NONFICTION:
American Test Kitchen. THE COMPLETE COOKBOOK FOR YOUNG CHEFS. Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2018.
Desmond, Jenni. THE ELEPHANT. Enchanted Lion Books, 2018.
Hudson, Wade. WE RISE WE RESIST WE RAISE OUR VOICES. Crown Books, 2018.
Jenkins, Steve. LOOK AT ME: HOW TO ATTRACT ATTENTION IN THE ANIMAL WORLD. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018.
Khan, Hena. CRESCENT MOONS AND POINTED MINARETS: A MUSLIM BOOK OF SHAPES. Chronicle Books, 2018.
Montgomery, Sy. INKY’S AMAZING ESCAPE: HOW A VERY SMART OCTOPUS FOUND HIS WAY HOME. Simon Schuster, 2018.
Slade, Suzanne. COUNTDOWN: 2979 DAYS TO THE MOON. Peachtree, 2018.
Sorell, Traci. WE ARE GRATEFUL. Charlesbridge, 2018.
Thuras, Dylan. THE ATLAS OBSCURA EXPLORER’S GUIDE FOR THE WORLD’S MOST ADVENTUROUS KID. Workman, 2018.
Yolen, Jane et al. FLY WITH ME: A CELEBRATION OF BIRDS. National Geographic, 2018.
BIOGRAPHY:
Bardoe, Cheryl. NOTHING STOPPED SOPHIE: THE STORY OF UNSHAKABLE MATHEMATICIAN SOPHIE GERMAIN. Little, Brown, 2018.
Becker, Helaine. COUNTING ON KATHERINE: HOW KATHERINE JOHNSON SAVED APOLLO 13. Henry Holt, 2018.
Bruchac, Joseph. CHESTER NEZ & THE UNBREAKABLE CODE. Albert Whitman, 2018.
Fulton, Kristen. WHEN SPARKS FLY: THE TRUE STORY OF ROBERT GODDARD, THE FATHER OF US ROCKETRY. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2018.
Quintero, Isabel. PHOTOGRAPHIC: THE LIFE OF GRACIELA ITURBIDE. J. Paul Getty Museum, 2018.
Sisson, Stephanie. SPRING AFTER SPRING: HOW RACHEL CARSON INSPIRED THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT. Roaring Brook, 2018.
FICTION:
Abouet & Sapin. AKISSI: TALES OF MISCHIEF. Flying Eye Books, 2018.
Applegate, Katherine. ENDLING #1: THE LAST. Harper, 2018.
Auxier, Jonathan. SWEEP: THE STORY OF A GIRL AND HER MONSTER. Amulet Books, 2018.
Cervantes, J. C. THE STORM RUNNER. Disney Hyperion, 2018.
Cline-Ransom, Lesa. FINDING LANGSTON: A NOVEL. Holiday House, 2018.
Colfer, Eoin. ILLEGAL. Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2018.
Creech, Sharon. SAVING WINSLOW. Joanna Cotler Books, 2018.
DiCamillo, Kate. LOUISIANA’S WAY HOME. Candlewick, 2018.
George, Alex. YOU DON’T KNOW EVERYTHING, JILLY P! Scholastic, 2018.
Jones, Kelly. ARE YOU READY TO HATCH AN UNUSUAL CHICKEN? Random House, 2018.
Mass, Wendy and Rebecca Stead. BOB. Feiwel and Friends, 2018.
Mattick, Lindsay. WINNIE’S GREAT WAR. Little, Brown, 2018.
Medina, Meg. MERCI SUAREZ CHANGES GEARS. Candlewick, 2018.
Milford, Kate. BLUECROWNE: A GREENGLASS HOUSE STORY. Clarion Books, 2018.
Prineas, Sarah. THE LOST BOOKS: THE SCROLL OF KINGS. HarperCollins, 2018.
Renier, Aaronb. THE UNSINKABLE WALKER BEAN AND THE KNIGHTS OF THE WAXING MOON. First Second, 2018.
Swanson, Matthew. TWO’S A CROWD: THE REAL MCCOYS. Macmillan, 2018.
Turnage, Sheila. THE LAW OF FINDERS KEEPERS. Kathy Dawson Books, 2018.
Van Eekhout, Greg. VOYAGE OF THE DOGS. Harper, 2018.
Woodson, Jacqueline. HARBOR ME. Nancy Paulsen Books, 2018.
TEENS:
Albertalli, Becky. WHAT IF IT’S US. Balzer & Bray, 2018.
Caletti, Deb. A HEART IN A BODY IN THE WORLD. Simon & Schuster, 2018.
Dabos, Christelle. A WINTER’S PROMISE: THE MIRROR VISITOR. Europa, 2018.
Feinstein, John. THE PRODIGY. Farrar Straus Giroux, 2018.
Gansworth, Eric. GIVE ME SOME TRUTH. Scholastic, 2018.
Khorram, Adib. DARIUS THE GREAT IS NOT OKAY. Dial Books, 2018.
Krosoczka, Jarrett. HEY, KIDDO: HOW I LOST MY MOTHER, FOUND MY FATHER, AND DEALT WITH FAMILY ADDICTION Scholastic, 2018.
Marsh, Katherine. NOWHERE BOY. Roaring Brook Press, 2018.
Milanes, Janelle. ANALEE IN REAL LIFE. Simon Pulse, 2018.
Pattou, Edith. WEST. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018.
Zobooi, Ibi. PRIDE. Balzer & Bray, 2018.
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BARB AND VICTORIA'S SPRING 2018 READING LIST
May 2, 2018 - 5:46pmFormer 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.
BOARD BOOKS:
Florian, Douglas - THE WONDERFUL HABITS OF RABBITS
Gomi, Taro - LITTLE TRUCK
Savage, Stephen - SUPERTRUCK
Schaefer, Lola - ONE SPECIAL DAY
Stead, Philip - A SICK DAY FOR AMOS MCGEEPOETRY:
Browne, Mahogany L. - BLACK GIRL MAGIC
Giovanni, Nikki - I AM LOVED
Nye, Naomi - VOICES IN THE AIR: POEMS FOR LISTENERS
Reynolds, Jason - FOR EVERY ONE
VanDerwater, Amy Ludwig - WITH MY HANDS: POEMS ABOUT MAKING THINGSTRADITIONAL:
Compestine, Ying Chang - THE CHINESE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES
McKissack, Patricia - WHO WILL BELL THE CAT?PICTURE BOOKS:
Applegate, Katherine - SOMETIMES YOU FLY
Bagley, Jessixa - VINCENT COMES HOME
Blackall, Sophie - HELLO LIGHTHOUSE
Brantley-Newton, Vanessa - GRANDMA’S PURSE
Cummings, Tony - CAN I BE YOUR DOG?
Diaz, Junot - ISLANDBORN
Heder, Thyra - ALFIE THE TURTLE THAT DISAPPEARED
Hobbie, Holly - ELMORE
Love, Jessica - JULIAN IS A MERMAID
Mallery, Sydra - A MOST UNUSUAL DAY
Sima, Jessie - HARRIET GETS CARRIED AWAY
Stead, Philip - ALL THE ANIMALS WHERE I LIVE
Wiesner, David - I GOT IT!
Willems, Mo - A BUSY CREATURE’S DAY EATING!TRANSITIONAL CHAPTER BOOKS AND READERS:
Adler, David - PASS THE BALL, MO!
Clanton, Be - NARWHAL PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY
Cronin, Doreen - GIMME SHELTER: MISADVENTURES AND MISINFORMATION
Hanlon, Abby - DORY FANTASMAGORY HEAD IN THE CLOUDS
Kelly, Jacqueline - A PRICKLY PROBLEM: CALPURNIA TATE GIRL
Potter, Ellen - BIG FOOT AND LITTLE FOOT
Rylant, Cynthia - THE BEAR: LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY
Ruzzier, Sergio - FOX & CHICK: THE PARTY AND OTHER STORIES
Selznick, Brian and David Serlin - BABY MONKEY, PRIVATE EYE
Urban, Linda - ROAD TRIP WITH MAX AND HIS MOM
Vernon, Ursula - HAMSTER PRINCESS: WHISKERELLA
Viorst, Judith - LULU IS GETTING A SISTER
Warner, Sally - ABSOLUTELY ALFIE AND THE FURRY PURRY SECRETNONFICTION:
Elliott, David - IN THE PAST: FROM TRILOBITES TO DINOSAURS TO MAMMOTHS IN MORE THAN 500 MILLION YEARS
Federman, Carolyn - NEW FAVORITES FOR NEW COOKS
Hearth, Amy - STREETCAR TO JUSTICE
Jenkins, Martin - BIRD BUILDS A NEST
Jenkins, Steve - A HOUSE IN THE SKY
McCarthy, Meghan - ALL THAT TRASH: THE STORY OF THE 1987 GARBAGE BARGE & OUR PROBLEM WITH STUFF
McGuinness, Jane - PRICKLY HEDGEHOGS!
Munro, Roxie - RODENT RASCALS… 21 CREATURES AT THEIR ACTUAL SIZEBIOGRAPHY:
Fleming, Candace - THE AMAZING COLLECTION OF JOEY CORNELL
Maslo, Lina - FREE AS A BIRD: THE STORY OF MALALA
Shetterly, Margot - HIDDEN FIGURES: THE TRUE STORY OF FOUR BLACK WOMEN AND THE SPACE RACE
Sanders, Rob - PRIDE: THE STORY OF HARVEY MILK AND THE RAINBOW FLAG
Sidman, Joyce - THE GIRL WHO DREW BUTTERFLIES: HOW MARIA MERIAN’S ART CHANGED SCIENCE
Valdez, Patricia - JOAN PROCTER DRAGON DOCTOR: THE WOMAN WHO LOVED REPTILES
Voiklis, Charlotte and Lena Roy - BECOMING MADELEINE: A BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR OF WRINKLE IN TIME BY HER GRANDDAUGHTERS
Wallace, Sandra - BETWEEN THE LINES: HOW ERNIE BARNES WENT FROM THE FOOTBAL FIELD TO THE ART GALLERYFICTION:
Birdsall, Jeanne - THE PENDERWICKS AT LAST
Brosgol, Vera - BE PREPARED
Callender, Kheryn - HURRICANE CHILD
Scholastic Cervantes, Angela - ME, FRIDA, AND THE SECRET OF THE PEACOCK RING
Chokshi, Roshani - ARU SHAH AND THE END OF TIME
Cooper, Susan - THE BOGGART FIGHTS BACK
Edith - TOM’S MIDNIGHT GARDEN: A GRAPHIC ADAPTATION OF THE PHILIPPA PEARCE CLASSIC
Gibbs, Stuart - WASTE OF SPACE
Guterson, Ben - WINTERHOUSE
Hiranandani, Veera - THE NIGHT DIARY
Johnson, Angela - THE PARKER INHERITANCE
Kadohata, Cynthia - CHECKED
Kelly, Erin Entrada - YOU GO FIRST
Reynolds, Jason - SUNNY
Rhodes, Jewell - GHOST BOYS
Scieszka, Jon - FRANK EINSTEIN AND THE SPACE-TIME ZIPPER
Shabazz, Ilyasah - BETTY BEFORE X
Stevens, Robin - JOLLY FOUL PLAY: A WELLS & WONG MYSTERYTEENS:
Abawi, Atia - A LAND OF PERMANENT GOODBYES
Adeyemi, Tomi - CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE
Alexander, Kwame - REBOUND
Anderson, Laurie Halse - SPEAK: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL
Anderson, M.T. - LANDSCAPE WITH INVISIBLE HAND
Cole, Olivia - A CONSPIRACY OF STARS
De Fombelle, Timothee - THE BOOK OF PEARL
Forman, Gayle - I HAVE LOST MY WAY
Johnson, Maureen - TRULY DEVIOUS
Kiely, Brendan - TRADITION
Lu, Marie - BATMAN: NIGHTWALKER
McGehee, Alison - WHAT I LEAVE BEHIND
Pierce, Tamora - TEMPESTS AND SLAUGHTER: THE NUMAIR CHRONICLES BOOK ONE
Ribay, Randy -- AFTER THE SHOT DROPS
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BARB AND VICTORIA'S FALL 2017 READING LIST
December 2, 2017 - 6:55pmNew children's books too good to miss. Barb and Victoria's fall 2017 reading list. For babies through teens.
BOARD BOOKS
I Hear a Pickle by Rachel Isadora
Night Animals by Gianna Marino
Sleep Tight, Little Bear by Britta Teckentrup
Dance by Matthew Van Fleet
POETRY, SONGS & MOTHER GOOSE
Hog Wild! A Frenzy of Dance Music by Sandra Boynton
Song of the Wild: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies
I'm Just No Good at Rhyming and Other Nonsense by Chris Harris
A Chlid's Book of Prayers and Blessings by Deloris Jordan
On the Go with Mother Goose by Iona Opie
Runny Babbit Returns by Shel Silverstein
TRADITIONAL
Norse Myths: Tales of Odin, Thor, and Loki by Kevin Crossley-Holland
Six Blind Mice and an Elephant by Jude Daly
Snow & Rose by Emil Martin
Jack and the Beanstalk and the French Fries by Marc Teague
PICTURE BOOKS
Baby Goes to Market by Atinuke
Pup and Bear by Kate Banks
The Wolf, the Duck & the Mouse by Mac Barnett
A Christmas for Bear by Bonnie Becker
I Wrote You a Note by Lizi Boyd
Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall
If I Had a Dinosaur by Gabby Dawnay
Little Excavator by Anna Dewdney
Queen of the Hanukkah Dosas by Pamela Ehrenberg
Baabwaa & Wooliam by David Elliott
The Littlest Train by Chris Gall
Home in the Rain by Bob Graham
On the Night of the Shooting Star by Amy Hest
Hilda and the Runaway Baby by Daisy Hirst
Stay: A Girl, a Dog, a Bucket List by Kate Klise
His Royal Highness King Baby: A Terrible True Story by Sally Lloyd-Jones
After the Fall by Dan Santat
Robinson by Peter Sis
Lexie the Word Wrangler by Rebecca Van Slyke
Sam, the Most Scaredy-Cat Kid in the Whole World by Mo Willems
Where, Oh Where, Is Baby Bear? by Ashley Wolff
NONFICTION
Older Than Dirt: A Wild But True History of Earth by Dan Brown
Many: The Diversity of Life on Earth by Nicola Davies
Her Right Foot by Dave Eggers
Fallingwater: The Building of Frank Lloyd Wright's Masterpiece by Marc Marshman
Mr. Crum's Potato Predicament by Anne Renaud
Bugs From Head to Tail by Stacey Roderick
Danza! Amalia Hernandez and El Ballet Folklorico de Mexico by Duncan Tonatiuh
BIOGRAPHY
Frida Kahlo and her Animalitos by Monica Brown
Dumpling Dreams: How Joyce Chen Brought the Dumpling from Beijing to Cambridge by Carrie Clickard
Pocket Full of Colors: The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordinaire by Amy Guglielmo and Jacqueline Tourville
A Boy, a Mouse, and a Spider: The Story of E.B. White by Barbara Herkert
Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters by Michael Mahin
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures by Julia Mosca
Margaret and the Moon by Dean Robbins
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of R.B.G. Vs. Inequality by Jonah Winter
The World is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid by Jonah Winter
American Gothic: The Life of Grant Wood by Susan Wood
TRANSITIONAL CHAPTER BOOKS
Eugenia Lincoln and the Unexpected Package by Kate DiCamillo
Lilly and Fin: A Mermaid's Tale by Cornelia Funke
Princess Pistachio and Maurice the Magnificent by Marie-Louise Gay
Backyard Witch: Maya's Story by Christine Hepperman
Who Gives a Hoot? Calpurnia Tate Girl Vet by Jacqueline Kelly
A Case in Any Case: Detective Gordon by Ulf Nilsson
A Big Day for Baseball: Magic Tree House #29 by Mary Pope Osborne
Waylon! Even More Awesome by Sara Pennypacker
FICTION
Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
Refugee by Alan Gratz
Swing It, Sunny by Jennifer Holm
All's Faire in Middle School by Victoria Jamieson
Binny Bewitched by Hilary McKay
Ghosts of Greenglass House by Kate Milford
The Whiz Mob and the Grenadine Kid by Colin Meloy
The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore
The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Perez
Patina by Jason Reynolds
The Explorer by Katherine Rundell
Frank Einstein and the Bio-Action Gizmo by Jon Scieszka
The Purloining of Prince Oleomargerine by Mark Twain and Phillip Stead
Clayton Byrd Goes Underground by Rita Williams-Garcia
The Way to Bea by Kat Yeh
TEENS
The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic by Leigh Bardugo
Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo
Backfield Boys: A Football Mystery in Black and White by John Feinstein
Genius: The Con by Leopoldo Gout
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
Auma's Long Run by Eucabeth Odhiambo
The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman
The Nowhere Girls by Amy Reed
Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Jason Reynolds
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Song of the Current by Sarah Tolcser
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