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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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