New Reads for Kids!
August 2010
AlphaOops! H is for Halloween
by
Alethea Kontis (E KONTIS)
While putting on a Halloween pageant, the alphabet mixes things up
with some spooky, and funny, results.
Amazing Monty
by
Johanna
Hurwitz (J FIC
HURWITZ)
First-grader Montgomery Gerald Morris enjoys an exciting year as
his class acquires a pair of parakeets as pets, he loses his
first tooth, and he becomes a big brother.
Bulu:
the Amazing African Wonder Dog
by Dick Houston (J 636.7 H)
Discusses how Bulu, a Jack Russell terrier born on a crocodile
farm in Zambia, became a foster parent for orphaned baby animals
after being adopted by Anna and Steve Tolan, former police
officers who left England to live in the African bush.
Buy My Hats!
by Dave
Horowitz (E
HOROWITZ)
Frank and Carl try to figure out why no one wants to buy their hats
while other vendors are attracting many customers.
Clementine Friend of the Week
by Sara Pennypacker(J FIC PENNYPACKER)
With her kitten, Moisturizer, missing and having fought with her best
friend, Margaret, eight-year-old Clementine finds it hard to
concentrate on doing her best as her classmate's Friend of the
Week
Cork and Fuzz: the Babysitters
by
Dori Chaconas (READER 3
CHACONAS)
Cork
the muskrat tries to persuade his best friend Fuzz, a possum, to
help babysit for a porcupine.
Doubles Troubles
by
Betty Hicks (J FIC HICKS)
Henry wants to win the doubles tennis trophy more than anything. He
knows he's good enough, but he's not sure his partner Rocky is.
The advantage goes to new readers as they follow Henry as he
helps Rocky train and, at the same time, works on his history
project. Can Henry serve up an ace on and off the court?
Justine Case:
School, Drool, and Other Daily Disasters
by Rachael Vail (J FIC
VAIL)
It's
the start of the school year, and nothing feels right to Justin.
He didn't get the teacher he wanted, he's not in the same class
as his best friend, and his little sister, Elizabeth, is
starting kindergarten at his school. Elizabeth doesn't seem
nervous at all. Justin is very nervous about third grade. And to
top it off, he's lost his favorite stuffed animal, but he can't
tell anyone, because technically he's too old to still have
stuffed animals....
Keeper
by
Kathi Appelt (J FIC
APPELT)
On the
night of the blue moon when mermaids are said to gather on a
sandbar in the Gulf of Mexico, ten-year-old Keeper sets out in a
small boat, with her dog BD and a seagull named Captain,
determined to find her mother, a mermaid, as Keeper has always
believed, who left long ago to return to the sea.
Making Shelter
by Neil Champion (J 613.69 C)
Gives essential survival tips for building shelter in the wild,
including using natural means in different regions such as the
desert, forest, jungle, and cold areas. Also includes
information on what to bring for aid when building shelters.
Spaceheadz
by Jon Scieszka (J FIC SCIESZKA)
On his first day at Brooklyn's P.S. 858, fifth-grader Michael K. is
teamed with two very strange students, and while he gradually
comes to believe they are aliens who need his help, he has
trouble convincing anyone else of the truth.
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