New Book Alerts | New Arrivals

New Book Alerts | New Arrivals

You Can't Drink a Meatball...
Author: Henry Winkler
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Find out what Hank cooks up in the seventh book of the series! Hank is nothing like his cousin Judith Ann. When she comes to stay with the Zipzer family while taking part in a junior chef competition, she gives off an air of perfection. She's an excellent cook, and doesn't let Hank forget it, either. But when Hank...

Curious George A Home for Honeybees
Author: Julie Tibbott
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
In this springtime adventure based on the Emmy Award-winning PBS TV show, George and Steve find themselves in a sticky situation when they accidentally eat all of Betsy's delicious honeycomb for her Earth Day presentation about bees. Now they need to find a way to replace the honeycomb before Betsy gets back from dance...

LEGO City: Catch That Crook!
Author: Michael Anthony Steele
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Reading is always fun in LEGO City!A thief thinks he's found the perfect hiding spot after his latest heist: the LEGO City forest. But he wasn't counting on the Forest Police! It's a madcap chase of cops and robbers in this LEGO City 8x8!

A Library Book for Bear
Author: Bonny Becker
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Curmudgeonly Bear succumbs to Mouse's entreaties and discovers the joy of books in a hilarious story that fans will covet for their own library.

Bear does not want to go to the library. He is quite sure he already has all the books he will ever need. Yet the relentlessly cheery Mouse, small and gray and bright-eyed,...

Jigsaw Jones: The Case from Outer...
Author: James Preller
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Jigsaw Jones is back and better than ever in this brand-new chapter book mystery. Are aliens coming to Earth? Jigsaw and friends have a clue, but is there really life in outer space?

The Library Book
Author: TOM CHAPIN
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young...
What's the best way to cure a gloomy day? A trip to the library! Based on the hit song by Tom Chapin and Michael Mark, here is an affectionate, exuberant, uproarious celebration of books, reading, and - SHHH! - libraries!

The rain is pouring, Dad is snoring, and the same old stuff is on TV - boring.

What...

We live in the country
Author: Mary Austen
Publisher: PowerKids Press...
The country is filled with open spaces and amazing wild animals to discover. Its a place where horses live on ranches and people live far apart from their neighbors. Readers learn these and other facts about life in the country as they explore the early social studies concept of rural and urban communities. Through accessible...

Patterns in the Jungle
Author: Joyce Markovics
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
Deep in a jungle, a colorful, striped snake slithers on the ground. The stripes on its skin make an alternating pattern: black, yellow, red, black, yellow, red. Black dots on a tree frogs legs form a pattern of circles. A snails shell goes round and round, making a spiral pattern. There are patterns to be found all around...

My House
Author: Byron Barton
Publisher: Greenwillow Books, an imprint...
With bright, clear illustrations and clean prose, award-winning and bestselling picture book creator Byron Barton deftly familiarizes young children with the various rooms and important parts of a house in this companion to his critically acclaimed My Car, My Bike, and My Bus.
Jim the cat leads a tour through the bedroom,...

Ninja Red Riding Hood
Author: Corey Rosen Schwartz
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Companion to the hit The Three Ninja Pigs, this fractured fairy tale is a sure-fire storytime hit.

Wolf just can't catch a break! Ever since the three little pigs started teaching everyone Ninja skills, huffing and puffing just hasn't been enough to scare up a good meal.

His craving for meat sends...

Judy Moody and the Bad Luck Charm
Author: Megan McDonald
Publisher: Candlewick
Will Judy's lucky penny lead her to the nation's capital - or to third-grade C-A-L-A-M-I-T-Y? And what do her spelling-bee nemesis and a potbellied pig have to do with it?The lucky penny in Judy Moody's pocket sure does seem to be working. She can't stop winning - at bowling, spelling, the unbeatable...

Six Little Chicks
Author: Jez Alborough
Publisher: Barron's Educational...
"The sun looks down on a beautiful day. Five little chicks come out to play . . ."Sparkling rhythmic text, a clever plot, and adorably detailed illustration are the markers of award-winning children's author Jez Alborough's latest book, Six Little Chicks.Mother Hen has five little chicks to take care...

We Are Growing!
Author: Mo Willems
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Walt and his friends are growing up fast! Everyone is the something-est. But . . . what about Walt? He is not the tallest, or the curliest, or the silliest. He is not the anything-est! As a BIG surprise inches closer, Walt discovers something special of his own!

We Live in a Suburb
Author: Amy B Rogers
Publisher: PowerKids Press
What is a suburb, and how is it different from a city or rural community? Readers find the answers to these questions and more through accessible text that reflects early social studies curriculum topics. Suburban communities are common across the United States, and readers explore one such community through accessible...

Racing the Waves
Author: Jane Yolen
Publisher: Simon Spotlight
From acclaimed, prolific author Jane Yolen comes a colorful Level 1 Ready-to-Read story all about a school field day!Today is field day at school. We start forward fast. There's a shout. Fish teams from every school head out! Who will win the race? School field days are full of jitters, excitement, and surprises. Beginning...

Tyrannosaurus Rex vs. Edna the Very...
Author: Douglas Rees
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Tyrannosaurus Rex wants breakfast. He stomps and he roars and he gnashes his teeth -- and he scares all the other dinosaurs right out of the forest.
Only Edna, the very first chicken, is unafraid. She won't let that bully T. rex push her around! But will Edna's mighty beak and terrible flapping wings be a match...