The following is a partial list of what’s new on the book shelves in the Youth Services Area of the Library.

Big Red Lollipop
by Rukhsana Khan (E KAHN)
Having to take her younger sister along the first time she is invited to a birthday party spoils Rubina's fun, and later when that sister is asked to a party and baby sister wants to come, Rubina must decide whether to help.

Cloud Tea Monkeys
by Mal Peet (J FIC PEET)
When her mother becomes too ill to harvest tea on the nearby plantation, Shenaz is too small to fill in, but when she tells the monkeys she has befriended why she is sad, they bring her a basket filled with rare and valuable wild tea.

Falling In
by Frances O’Roark Dowell (J FIC DOWELL)
Middle-schooler Isabelle Bean follows a mouse's squeak into a closet and falls into a parallel universe where the children believe she is the witch they have feared for years, finally come to devour them.

Here Comes the Garbage Barge
by Jonah Winter (E WINTER)
In the spring of 1987, the town of Islip, New York, with no place for its 3,168 tons of garbage, loads it on a barge that sets out on a 162-day journey along the East Coast, around the Gulf of Mexico, down to Belize, and back again, in search of a place willing to accept and dispose of its very smelly cargo.

Hip & Hop Don’t Stop!
by Jef Czekaj (E CZEKAJ)
A rabbit and a turtle defy convention when they team up to win a rap music contest in spite of their differences.

I Want Two Birthdays!
by Tony Ross (E ROSS)
A little princess decides that two birthdays would be better than one, and three better than two, until every day becomes her birthday, but she soon realizes that the more birthdays she has, the less special they are.

Lucky : Maris, Mantle and My Best Summer Ever
by Wes Took (J FIC TOOK)
Louis, who loves baseball despite being the worst stickball player in White Plains, New York, sees his opportunity to be bat boy for the 1961 Yankees team as the perfect way to escape the problems of his father's remarriage and moving to the suburbs.

Mokie and Bik Go to Sea
by Wendy Orr (J FIC ORR)
With their father home from the sea, the rambunctious twins Mokie and Bik make the Bullfrog shipshape for a voyage out to sea, where they make friends with a scaredy-seal, save a runaway boat, and keep track of Waggles.

My Garden
by Kevin Henke (E HENKE)
After helping her mother weed, water, and chase the rabbits from their garden, a young girl imagines her dream garden complete with jellybean bushes, chocolate rabbits, and tomatoes the size of beach balls.

Speaking of Art : Colorful Quotes by Famous Painters
by Bob Raczka (J 700 R)
Art lover Bob Raczka pairs thought-provoking (and sometimes funny) quotes by famous painters with colorful examples of their best work. From Edgar Degas' The Rehearsal (1878-79) to Georgia O'Keeffe's Evening Star, No. III (1917) to Romare Bearden's Family (1986), you'll discover the works--and the wisdom--of eighteen artistic masters.

Wishing for Tomorrow : The Sequel to the Little Princess
by Hilary McKay (J FIC MCKAY)
Relates what becomes of Ermengarde and the other girls left behind at Miss Minchin's School after Sara Crewe leaves to live with her guardian, the Indian gentleman