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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 Spring 2021
May 11, 2021 - 1:30pmRecommendations for new children's books by Barbara Stein and Victoria Walton of the Prairie Lights Children's Department.
To download a pdf of the list, please click here
BOARD BOOKS
Atinuke. B IS FOR BABY
Godwin, Jane. RED HOUSE, BROWN MOUSE
Heder, Thyra. HOW DO YOU DANCE?
Henkes, Kevin. SUMMER SONG
Jenkins, Steve. 100 ANIMALS: A LIFT-THE-FLAP PADDED BOARD BOOK
Saltzberg, Barney. ONE OF THESE IS NOT LIKE THE OTHERS
POETRY AND TRADITIONAL
Grimes, Nikki. LEGACY: WOMEN POETS OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
Prelutsky, Jack. HARD-BOILED BUGS FOR BREAKFAST
Rosen, Michael. HONEY FOR YOU, HONEY FOR ME: A FIRST BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMES
Sidman, Joyce. HELLO, EARTH!: POEMS TO OUR PLANET
PICTURE BOOKS
Bynum, Janie. CHICK CHAT
Cooper, Elisha. YES & NO
de la Pena, Matt. MILO IMAGINES THE WORLD
Hirst, Daisy. I LIKE TRAINS
Hobbie, Holly. TOOT AND PUDDLE: HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?
John, Jory. SOMETHING'S WRONG!: A BEAR, A HARE, AND SOME UNDERWEAR
Klassen, Jon. THE ROCK FROM THE SKY
Light, Steve. ROAD TRIP! A WHISKERS HOLLOW ADVENTURE
Lil Nas X. C IS FOR COUNTRY
Maizes, Sarah. ATTICUS CATICUS
Paul, Pamela. RECTANGLE TIME
Pham, LeUyen. OUTSIDE, INSIDE
Pulford, Elizabeth. SEEKING AN AURORA
Quang, Phung Nguyen. MY FIRST DAY
Reinhardt, Jennifer Black. ALWAYS BY MY SIDE: A STUFFIE STORY
Rinker, Sherry. IT'S SO QUIET: A NOT-QUITE-GOING-TO-BED BOOK
Rosen, Sybil. CARPENTER'S HELPER
Usher, Sam. FREE
Weaver, Tess. FISHTASTIC!: A TALE OF MAGIC AND FRIENDSHIP
BIOGRAPHY
Coates, Ta-Nehisi. THE BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE: A MEMOIR ADAPTED FOR YOUNG ADULTS
Grimes, Nikki. KAMALA HARRIS: ROOTED IN JUSTICE
Marinov, Isabelle. THE BOY WHOSE HEAD WAS FILLED WITH STARS: A LIFE OF EDWIN HUBBLE
Menendez, Juliet. LATINITAS: CELEBRATING 40 BIG DREAMERS
Tentler-Krylov, Victoria. BUILDING ZAHA: THE STORY OF ARCHITECT ZAHA HADID
Williams, Alicia D. JUMP AT THE SUN: THE TRUE LIFE TALE OF UNSTOPPABLE STORYCATCHER ZORA NEALE HURSTON
NONFICTION
Brown, Don. A SHOT IN THE ARM!: BIG IDEAS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD #3
Davies, Nicola. GROW: SECRETS OF OUR DNA
Gladstone, James. JOURNEY AROUND THE SUN: THE STORY OF HALLEY'S COMET
Hillery, Tony. HARLEM GROWN: HOW ONE BIG IDEA TRANSFORMED A NEIGHBORHOOD
Hood, Susan. THE LAST STRAW: KIDS VS. PLASTICS
Jordan, Kelly. CHASE THE MOON, TINY TURTLE: A HATCHLING'S DARING RACE TO THE SEA
Martin, Jacqueline Briggs et al. BEGIN WITH A BEE
McAnulty, Stacy. MARS! EARTHLINGS WELCOME
McGinty, Alice B. THE WATER LADY: HOW DARLENE ARVISA HELPS A THIRSTY NAVAJO NATION
Meisel, Paul. MY TINY LIFE BY RUBY T. HUMMINGBIRD
Page, Robin. THE BEAK BOOK
Reynolds, Jason, Ibram X. Kendi & Sonja Cherry-Paul. STAMPED (FOR KIDS): RACISM, ANTIRACISM, AND YOU
Sis, Peter. NICKY & VERA: A QUIET HERO OF THE HOLOCAUST AND THE CHILDREN HE RESCUED
Sorell, Traci. WE ARE STILL HERE!: NATIVE AMERICAN TRUTHS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW
Woollard, Rebecca. THE NO-COOK COOKBOOK
READERS AND TRANSITIONAL CHAPTER BOOKS
Adler, David. RUN, MO, RUN!
Atinuke. TOO SMALL TOLA
Barrows, Annie. IVY & BEAN GET TO WORK!
Davies, Jacqueline. SYDNEY & TAYLOR EXPLORE THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD
Dominguez, Angela. STELLA DIAZ DREAMS BIG
Gardner, Sally. MR. TIGER, BETSY, AND THE SEA DRAGON
Henkes, Kevin. BILLY MILLER MAKES A WISH
Osborne, Mary Pope. DINOSAURS BEFORE DARK GRAPHIC NOVEL
Potter, Ellen. BIG FOOT AND LITTLE FOOT: THE GREMLIN'S SHOES
Snyder, Laurel. CHARLIE & MOUSE OUTDOORS
FICTION
AF Venable, Colleen. Katie the Catsitter
Alston, B. B. Amari and the Night Brothers
Chokshi, Rashani. ARU SHAH AND THE CITY OF GOLD
Chadda, Sarwat. CITY OF THE PLAGUE GOD
Cushman, Karen. WAR AND MILLIE MCGONIGLE
Fipps, Lisa. STARFISH
Gratz, Alan. GROUND ZERO
Green, Tim. GRAND SLAM: BASEBALL GENIUS
Holm, Jennifer. THE LION OF MARS
Kaufman, Amie. THE WORLD BETWEEN BLINKS
Khan, Hena. AMINA'S SONG
Kim, Graci. THE LAST FALLEN STAR
Lai, Remy. PAWCASSO
Levithan, David. THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF AIDEN S. (AS TOLD TO HIS BROTHER)
Lloyd, Megan Wagner. ALLERGIC
Medina, Meg. MERCI SUAREZ CAN'T DANCE
Milford, Kate. THE RACONTEUR'S COMMONPLACE BOOK: A GREENGLASS HOUSE STORY
Philbrick, Rodman. WILD RIVER
Prineas, Sarah. TROUBLE IN THE STARS
Reed, Dwayne. SIMON B. RHYMIN'
TEEN
Albertalli, Becky. KATE IN WAITING
Barnes, Rodney. QUINCREDIBLE VOLUME 1: QUEST TO BE THE BEST
Bouley, Angeline. FIREKEEPER'S DAUGHTER
Bowman, Erin. DUSTBORN
Brown, Waka. WHILE I WAS AWAY
Choi, Mary. YOLK
Elle, J. WINGS OF EBONY
Elhillo, Safia. HOME IS NOT A COUNTRY
Harris, Pamela. WHEN YOU LOOK LIKE US
Kemp, Laekan Zea. SOMEWHERE BETWEEN BITTER AND SWEET
Lo, Malinda. LAST NIGHT AT THE TELEGRAPH CLUB
Maldonado, Crystal. FAT CHANCE, CHARLIE VEGA
Morris, Brittney. THE COST OF KNOWING
Nix, Garth. THE LEFT-HANDED BOOKSELLERS OF LONDON
Schlitz, Laura. AMBER & CLAY
Shabazz, Ilyasah. THE AWAKENING OF MALCOLM X
Sullivan, Tara. TREASURE OF THE WORLD
Thomas, Angie. CONCRETE ROSE
Watson, Renee. LOVE IS A REVOLUTION
Werlin, Nancy. ZOE ROSENTHAL IS NOT LAWFUL GOOD
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New Children's Books Too Good to Miss Winter 2020
December 3, 2020 - 5:29pmRecommendations for new children's books by Barbara Stein and Victoria Walton of the Prairie Lights Children's Department.
BOARD BOOKS:
Collins, Ross. WHAT DOES AN ANTEATER EAT?
Seeger, Laura. WHY?
Srinivasan, Divya. LITTLE OWL'S SNOW
Teckentrup, Britta. MR. LION DRESSES UP!
Wood, Don and Audrey. THE LITTLE MOUSE, THE RED RIPE STRAWBERRY & THE BIG HUNGRY BEAR
POETRY AND TRADITIONAL:
Elya, Susan Middleton. THE THREE BILLY GOAT'S BUENOS
Harris, Chris. I'M JUST NO GOOD AT RHYMING
Nye, Naomi Shihab. EVERYTHING COMES NEXT
Pinkney, Jerry. THE LITTLE MERMAID
PICTURE BOOKS:
Averbeck, Jim. LOVE BY SOPHIA
Barnett, Mac. A POLAR BEAR IN THE SNOW
Blackall, Sophie. IF YOU COME TO EARTH
Brett, Jan. COZY
Cummings, Troy. I FOUND A KITTY!
Cornwall, Gaia. JABARI TRIES
Deedy, Carmen. RITA AND RALPH'S ROTTEN DAY
Detlefsen, Lisl H. ON THE GO AWESOME
Farrell Holler, Sue. RAVEN, RABBIT, DEER
Flood, Nancy Bo. I WILL DANCE
Gay, Marie-Louise Gay. THE THREE BROTHERS
Henkes, Kevin. SUN FLOWER LION
Henkes, Kevin. LILLY & FRIENDS: A PICTURE BOOK TREASURY
Jameson, Karen. WOODLAND DREAMS
Love, Jessica. JULIAN AT THE WEDDING
McGinty, Alice. A STORY FOR SMALL BEAR
Reinhardt, Jennifer Black. PLAYING POSSUM
Thompkins-Bigelow, Jamilah. YOUR NAME IS A SONG
Verdick, Elizabeth. SMALL WALT SPOTS DOT
BIOGRAPHY
Brown, Monica. SHARUKO: EL ARQUEOLOGO PERUANO JULIO C. TELLO
Burgess, Matthew. DRAWING ON WALLS: A STORY OF KEITH HARING
Kerley, Barbara. ELEANOR MAKES HER MARK: HOW ELEANOR ROOSEVELT REACHED OUT, SPOKE UP AND CHANGED THE WORLD
Kunkel, Angela Burke. DIGGING FOR WORDS: JOSE ALBERTO GUTIERREZ & THE LIBRARY HE BUILT
Skeers, Linda. DINOSAUR LADY: THE DARING DISCOVERIES OF MARY ANNING, THE FIRST PALEONTOLOGIST
Slade, Suzanne. EXQUISITE: THE POETRY AND LIFE OF GWENDOLYN BROOKS
Tate, Don. WILLIAM STILL AND HIS FREEDOM STORIES: THE FATHER OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
NONFICTION
Brown, Don. MACHINES THAT THINK!
Bryant, Jen. ABOVE THE RIM: HOW ELGIN BAYLOR CHANGED BASKETBALL
Chin, Jason. YOUR PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE
Food Network Magazine. THE BIG, FUN KIDS COOKBOOK
Jenkins, Steve. TINY MONSTERS: THE STRANGE CREATURES THAT LIVE ON US, IN US, AND AROUND US
McGill, Erin. IF YOU WANT A FRIEND IN WASHINGTON
Messner, Kate. OVER AND UNDER THE RAINFOREST
Salyer, Hannah. PACKS: STRENGTH IN NUMBERS
Smith, Emma. CLAUDE: THE TRUE STORY OF A WHITE ALLIGATOR
Yang, Gene Luen. DRAGON HOOPS: FROM SMALL STEPS TO GREAT LEAPS
TRANSITIONAL CHAPTER BOOKS AND READERS
Beaty, Andrea. SOFIA VALDEZ AND THE VANISHING VOTE
Burnell, Cerrie. HARPER AND THE CIRCUS OF DREAMS
Ferry, Beth. FOX & RABBIT: MAKE BELIEVE
Gallagher, John. MAX MEOW: CAT CRUSADER
Green, John. INVESTIGATORS: TAKE THE PLUNGE
Harper, Charise, PEPPER & BOO: A CAT SURPRISE!
Potter, Ellen. THE BOG BEAST: BIG FOOT AND LITTLE FOOT 4
Song, Mika. DONUT FEED THE SQUIRRELS
Timberlake, Amy. SKUNK AND BADGER
FICTION
Alexander, Kwame & James Patterson. BECOMING MUHAMMAD ALI
Andrews, Christiane. SPINDLEFISH AND STARS
Barron, Rena. MAYA AND THE RISING DARK
Bowling, Dusti. THE CANYON'S EDGE
Callender, Kacen. KING AND THE DRAGONFLIES
Cervantes, J.C. THE SHADOW CROSSER (STORM RUNNER #3)
Chokshi, Roshani. ARU SHAH AND THE TREE OF WISHES
Craft, Jerry. CLASS ACT
Cullum, Jared. KODI BOOK 1
Feinstein, John. GAME CHANGERS
Giles, Lamar. THE LAST MIRROR ON THE LEFT: A LEGENDARY ALSTON BOYS ADVENTURE
Hobbs, Will. CITY OF GOLD
Jung, Mike. THE BOYS IN THE BACK ROW
Kadohata, Cynthia. SAUCY
Lai, Remy. FLY ON THE WALL
LaMotte, Lily. MEASURING UP
Lowry, Lois. THE WILLOUGHBYS RETURN
Mbalia, Kwame. TRISTAN STRONG DESTROYS THE WORLD
McKay, Hilary. THE TIME OF GREEN MAGIC
Mejia, Tehlor Kay. PAOLA SANTIAGO AND THE RIVER OF TEARS
Peirce, Lincoln. MAX AND THE MIDKNIGHTS: BATTLE OF THE BODKINS
Ramee, Lisa. SOMETHING TO SAY
Robertson, David A. THE BARREN GROUNDS
Woodson, Jacqueline. BEFORE THE EVER AFTER
TEENS
Ahmadi, Arvin. HOW IT ALL BLEW UP
Caletti, Deb. GIRL, UNFRAMED
Chee, Traci. WE ARE NOT FREE
Colbert, Brandy. THE VOTING BOOTH
De Leon, Jennifer. DON'T ASK ME WHERE I'M FROM
Deonn, Tracy. LEGENDBORN
Iloh, Candice. EVERY BODY LOOKING
Johnson, Kim. THIS IS MY AMERICA
Kannon, Malavika. THE BOOKWEAVER'S DAUGHTER
Khorram, Adib. DARIUS THE GREAT DESERVES BETTER
Mendez, Yamile. FURIA
Mendoza, Paola. SANCTUARY
Nguyen, Trung Le. THE MAGIC FISH
Philippe, Ben. CHARMING AS A VERB
Reynolds, Justin. EARLY DEPARTURES
Reynolds, Jason. A LONG WAY DOWN: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL
Stone, Nic. DEAR JUSTYCE
Tamani, Liara. ALL THE THINGS WE NEVER KNEW
Thomas, Aiden. CEMETERY BOYS
Wein, Elizabeth. THE ENIGMA GAME
Yoon, David. SUPER FAKE LOVE SONG
Zoboi, Ibi and Yusef Salaam. PUNCHING THE AIR
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New Children's Books Too Good to Miss - Spring 2020
June 6, 2020 - 2:08pmRecommendations for new children's books by Barbara Stein and Victoria Walton of the Prairie Lights Children's Department.
To download a pdf of the list, please click here.
BOARD BOOKS:
Brisson, Pat. BEFORE WE EAT
Hobbie, Holly. ELMORE
Pippins, Andrea. HEY, BABY!
Applegate, Katherine, illus. by Jennifer Black Reinhardt. SOMETIMES YOU FLY
Stein, David Ezra. HONEY
Willems, Mo. TIME TO PEE!
POETRY AND TRADITIONAL:
Browne, Mahogany. WOKE: A YOUNG POET'S CALL TO JUSTICE
Elliot, David. IN THE WOODS
Hopkins, Lee Bennett. CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE
Nye, Naomi Shihab. CAST AWAY: POEMS FOR OUR TIME
PICTURE BOOKS:
Brown, Margaret Wise. TWO LITTLE TRAINS
Coppo, Marianna. RAY
Goodale, E.B. UNDER THE LILACS
Henkes, Kevin. SUMMER SONG
Hobbie, Holly. ELMORE AND PINKY
Joy, Angela. BLACK IS A RAINBOW COLOR
Kurpiel, Sarah. LONE WOLF
Lê, Minh. LIFT
Lindstrom, Carole. WE ARE WATER PROTECTORS
Lopez, Silvia. PACHO NACHO
Mann, Jennifer. THE CAMPING TRIP
Marcelo, Deborah. IN A JAR
Miller, Pat. MY BROTHER THE DUCK
Oswald, Pete. HIKE
Pumphrey, Jarrett. THE OLD TRUCK
Raul the Third. ¡VAMOS! LET'S GO EAT
Rex, Michael. FACTS VS. OPINIONS VS. ROBOTS
Twohy, Mike. SPACEBOT
Wells, Rosemary. YOU CAN DO IT, NOISY NORA!
Zimmerman, Andrea. SMASHY TOWN
TRANSITIONAL CHAPTER BOOKS AND READERS:
Beaty, Andrea. IGGY PECK AND THE MYSTERIOUS MANSION
Birney, Betty G. WILDLIFE ACCORDING TO OG THE FROG
Broach, Elise. A TRIP TO THE COUNTRY FOR MARVIN & JAMES
Castillo, Lauren. OUR FRIEND HEDGEHOG: THE STORY OF US
DiCamillo, Kate. STELLA ENDICOTT AND THE ANYTHING-IS-POSSIBLE POEM
Dominguez, Angela. STELLA DÍAZ NEVER GIVES UP
Ferry, Beth. FOX & RABBIT
Knetzger, Laura. BUG BOYS
MacLachlan, Patricia. WONDROUS REX
Mills, Claudia. VERA VANCE: COMICS STAR
Rossoff, Meg. MCTAVISH GOES WILD
NONFICTION
America's Test Kitchen. MY FIRST COOKBOOK
Eggers, Dave. MOST OF THE BETTER NATURAL THINGS IN THE WORLD
Fleming, Candace. HONEYBEE: THE BUSY LIFE OF APIS MELLIFERA
Jenkins, Steve and Robin Page. WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU WORK AT THE ZOO?
Johnson, George M. ALL BOYS AREN'T BLUE
LaBarge, Melanie. WOMEN ARTISTS A TO Z
Macy, Sue. BREAKING THROUGH: HOW FEMALE ATHLETES SHATTERED STEREOTYPES
Portis, Antoinette. A NEW GREEN DAY
Reynolds, Jason and Iram X. Kendi. STAMPED: RACISM, ANTIRACISM, AND YOU
Sayre, April. BEING FROG
BIOGRAPHY:
Alexander, Lori. A SPORTING CHANCE: HOW LUDWIG GUTTMANN CREATED THE PARALYMPIC GAMES
Barretta, Gene. THE SECRET GARDEN OF GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
Cordell, Matthew. HELLO, NEIGHBOR! THE KIND AND CARING WORLD OF MISTER ROGERS
Fleming, Candace. THE RISE AND FALL OF CHARLES LINDBERGH
Greenberg, Jan. WORLD OF GLASS: THE ART OF DALE CHIHULY
Hegedus, Bethany. RISE! FROM CAGED BIRD TO POET OF THE PEOPLE, MAYA ANGELOU
Hubbard, Rita Lorraine. THE OLDEST STUDENT: HOW MARY WALKER LEARNED TO READ
Reid, Megan. ALTHEA GIBSON: THE STORY OF TENNIS' FLEET-OF-FOOT GIRL
FICTION
Anderson, John. ONE LAST SHOT
Applegate, Katherine. THE ONE AND ONLY BOB
Brallier, Max. JUNE'S WILD FLIGHT: THE LAST KIDS ON EARTH
Calabrese, Keith. CONNECT THE DOTS
Chockshi, Roshani. ARU SHAH AND THE TREE OF WISHES
Cisneros, Ernesto. EFRÉN DIVIDED
Colbert, Brandy. THE ONLY BLACK GIRLS IN TOWN
Gino, Alex. RICK
Heidicker, Christian McKay. THIEVES OF WEIRDWOOD
Jamieson, Victoria. WHEN STARS ARE SCATTERED
Kelly, Erin. WE DREAM OF SPACE
Milford, Kate. THE THIEF KNOT: A GREENGLASS HOUSE STORY
Park, Linda Sue. PRAIRIE LOTUS
Rhodes, Jewell Parker. BLACK BROTHER, BLACK BROTHER
Stead, Rebecca. THE LIST OF THINGS THAT WILL NOT CHANGE
Stone, Nic. CLEAN GETAWAY
Tankard, Jeremy. YORICK AND BONES
Watson, Renee. WAYS TO MAKE SUNSHINE
TEENS:
Acevedo, Elizabeth. CLAP WHEN YOU LAND
Arnold, Elana. RED HOOD
Callender, Kacen. FELIX EVER AFTER
Cameron, Sharon. THE LIGHT IN HIDDEN PLACES
Collins, Suzanne. THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES
Cotugno, Katie. YOU SAY IT FIRST
Deuker, Carl. GOLDEN ARM
Elliott, Joseph. THE GOOD HAWK
Gulledge, Laura Lee. THE DARK MATTER OF MONA STARR
Hesse, Monica. THEY WENT LEFT
Mabry, Samantha. TIGERS, NOT DAUGHTERS
Oppel, Kenneth. BLOOM
Sanchez, Jenny. WE ARE NOT FROM HERE
Taylor, Mildred. ALL THE DAYS PAST, ALL THE DAYS TO COME
Yee, F. C. THE IRON WILL OF GENIE LO
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