More New Books!

Children Make Terrible Pets-When Lucy, a young bear, discovers a boy lost in the woods, she asks her mother if she can have him as a pet, only to find him impossible to train.  

Pirates Go to School-A rhyming tale of pirates who go to school accompanied by their parrots, learn arithmetic and letters, and want to hear sea stories at storytime. 

What If your Best Friend were Blue?-Demonstrates, in simple text and illustrations, that what people do and how they act is much more important than what they look like. 

When A Dragon Moves in-A young boy builds a sand castle on the beach and a dragon moves in. The boy and the dragon spend the day at the shore flying a kite, braving the waves, defying bullies, and roasting marshmallows, while the boy's parents remain occupied nearby with their own pastimes. When no one believes the boy's story about the dragon, the creature launches into a mischievous mode and wreaks havoc on everything in its path-- or is it all in the boy's imagination? 

Zen Ties-When Stillwater the panda encourages Koo, Addy, Michael, and Karl to help a grouchy neighbor, their efforts are rewarded in unexpected ways. 

Zen Ghosts-On Halloween night, Stillwater the giant panda tells Karl, Addy, and Michael a spooky and unusual story. Based on a Zen koan, includes an author's note with a history of the story and facts about Zen koans.  

 The Boy who was Raised by Librarians-Melvin discovers that the public library is the place where he can find just about anything--including three librarians who help in his quest for knowledge.