Wednesday, March 22, 2006

New Juvenile Books!

Come see what is new to the Juvenile collection...

Picture Books:

Butler, John. If You See a Kitten. Atlanta: Peachtree, 2002.
Find out what to do if you see a cuddly kitten, a pretty peacock or a scary spider!

Carlstrom, Nancy White. Guess Who's Coming, Jesse Bear. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 2002.
Who on earth is coming to visit Jesse Bear? Find out in this title!

Beginner Books:

McNamara, Margaret. The First Day of School. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 2005.
What will happen to Cookie, the dog, when Michael starts first grade?

Non-Fiction:

Borden, Louise. The Journey that Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 2005.
An ALSC 2006 Notable Children's Book, this title tells the story of the creators of Curious George and their escape from the Nazi invasion in the 1940's.


Mora, Pat. Dona Flor. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
Find out about a giant lady with an even bigger heart in this southwestern folktale.
This title won the Pura Belpre Award for Illustration for 2006. It was also a Pura Belpre Honor Book 2006 for narrative.

Schaefer, Valorie Lee. The Care and Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls. Middleton: Pleasant Company Publications, 1998.
American Girl Library offers a book for young ladies about the changes going on with their bodies as they grow up.

Skrepnick, Michael W. Tyrannosaurus Rex: Fierce King of the Dinosaurs. Berkeley Heights: Enslow Elementary, 2005.
A fantastic look at T-Rex for beginning readers!

Come on in to the library and check out a new book today!

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