New Books
New on the shelves this month:
PICTURE BOOKS
E[Cr] Cronon, Doreen. Stretch. This book shows children how to stretch and exercise. It also helps children to stretch their imagination.
E[Fi] Finchler, J. Congratulations, Miss Malarkey! Miss Malarkey is acting very strangely. She is giggling in the hallway and teaching lessons about marriage customs. Her students are worried that she might be quitting teaching.
E[Hi] Hicks, B. Monsters Don’t Eat Broccoli. This book shows how imagination can spice up even the healthiest meal.
E[Mc] McDonald, M. It’s Picture Day Today! Aclassroom of art supplies gather for their picture day.
EASY READERS
E-R Roberts, C. Beth’s Job. Beth does not like her new job at school until her new job brings a surprise to her and her classmates.
E-R Sharmat, M. Nate the Great and the Hungry Book Club. Nate and his dog try solve the mystery of who has been tearing out pages in books.
E-R Yee, W. a Brand-New Day with Mouse and Mole. As best friends Mole and Mouse try to solve the problem of Mole's moth-eaten clothes. They also find new uses for old things.
FICTION
J DiCamillo, K. The Magician’s Elephant.
DIC When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the marketplace one day and she tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures as he desperately tries to find her.
J Klise, Kate. Over My Dead Body. In this story told
KLI mostly through letters, busybody Dick Tater tries to ban Halloween and ghost stories, as well as to break up the popular writing team of I. B. Grumply, ghost Olive C. Spence, and eleven-year-old illustrator Seymour Hope.
J Osbourne, Mary Pope. Leprechaun in Late
OSB Winter. Jack and Annie travel back to nineteenth century Ireland so they can inspire a young Augusta Gregory to share her love for Irish legends and folklore.
J Lerangis, P. The Viper’s Nest. Shaken by a
LER shocking loss, Amy and Dan flee to an exotic land and trace the footsteps of their most formidable ancestor yet: a military leader of mythic proportions.
NONFICTION
292.13 Rylant, C. The Beautiful Stories of Life.
RYLThis book retells the myths about Pandora, Persephone, Orpheus, Pygmalion, Narcissus, and Psyche.
591.7789 Morgan, S. Clown Fish and Other Coral Reef
MOR Life. Large colorful pictures and easy-to-read text help introduce the reader to coral reef creatures.
688.7 Kenney, S. Cool Cars and Trucks. Shows how to
KEN make different cars and trucks with legos.
BIOGRAPHIES
JB McDonough, Y. Louisa. Tells about the life
Alcott of author Louisa May Alcott.
JB Llanas, S. Zac Efron. Tells about actor Zac
Efron Efron’s stardom.
JB MacRae, S. Meet Tony Parker. Tells about the