Check out some new books this week!
Picture Books:
Ten Birds
by: Cybèle Young
Ten birds are trying to figure out how to get to the other side of the river. The bird they call “Brilliant” devises a pair of stilts. The bird they call “Highly Satisfactory” engineers a raft. One by one, nine resourceful birds make the crossing until a single bird is left behind – the one they call “Needs Improvement.” This bird’s solution proves surprising and absurdly simple.
Monday is One Day
by: Arthur A. Levine
A rhyming countdown of the days of the week as a father and child find ways to spend time together while waiting for the weekend.
Chapter Books:
Sabotaged (The Missing, book 3)
by: Margaret Peterson Haddix
Time-travelers Jonah and Katherine are summoned to help another missing child from history, this time Virginia Dare from the Roanoke Colony, but their journey is sabotaged and goes dangerously awry, leaving them in the wrong time period. Includes author’s note about the history of Roanoke Colony and Virginia Dare.
Young Adult Books:
Shadow Souls (The Vampire Diaries – The Return: Vol. 2)
by: L.J. Smith
Eighteen-year-old Elena Gilbert journeys to the Dark Dimension with Damon and Matt in hopes of rescuing her vampire boyfriend, Stefan Salvatore, from imprisonment, and once again they face the sinister Shinichis.
Truth and Dare: 20 Tales of Heartbreak and Happiness
edited by: Liz Miles
These edgy short stories are told from the point of view of the quirky, cool, but not necessarily popular teens, who are dealing with all the pressures of growing up–school, friends, music, relationships, parents, and just plain fitting in. This collection features some of the hottest writers in the teen genre, including: Jennifer Boylan, Sarah Rees Brennan, Cecil Castellucci, Emma Donoghue, Courtney Gillette, A.M. Homes, Jennifer Hubbard, Heidi R. Kling, Jennifer Knight, Michael Lowenthal, Liz Miles, Saundra Mitchell, Luisa Plaja, Matthue Roth, Sherry Shahan, Gary Soto, Shelley Stoehr, Sara Wilkinson, Ellen Wittlinger, and Jill Wolfson.
Non-fiction:
Scary Science
by: Shar Levine and Leslie Johnstone
Here are some spooky experiments to get kids howling with fun while learning some interesting scientific facts! With 25 experiments in all, middle-grade scientists are guaranteed to have lots of creepy fun learning how to: make their own spider webs look like a zombie make their own shrunken heads create an alien barf bag and brew bubbling alien blood with simple instructions and easy-to-find ingredients, budding young scientific minds will have a blast!
Snowy Science
by: Shar Levine and Leslie Johnstone
Science is fun all year round – and here”s a book to prove it! This winter, kids, their parents and their teachers will be inspired to try these simple experiments inside, inspired by the freezing weather outside. Kids can learn to make their own ice cream, create an indoor avalanche and pick up an ice cube with just a piece of string. Also included are fun facts about icebergs, frost, “orange” snow and lots more cool winter science!
