The children's department has a new 25th anniversary edition DVD of The Muppet Show.

We also have 9 new rebus books. (Books with pictures to help tell the story).

1) My Little Pony - Ponies on Ice by Ruth Benjamin
2) Jakers! - Piggley Helps Out by Alison Inches
3) Jakers! - Piggley Makes a Pie by Wendy Wax
4) The Backyardigans - Backyard Stories (5 books in 1)
5) The Backyardigans - Rescue Patrol by Catherine Lukas
6) Dora the Explorer - Dora's Mystery of the Missing Shoes by Christine Ricci
7) Go Diego Go! - Deigo Save the Tree Frogs by Sarah Willson
8) Miss Spider's - After School Rules by David Kirk
9) Tonka - Construction Action by Victoria Hickle

We have 5 new picture books.

1) Over in the Ocean In a Coral Reef by Marianne Berkes
Learn numbers by reading this book with its beautiful pictures.

2) The Bravest of the Brave by Shutta Crum
A little skunk sets off through the woods alone at night encountering scary creatures, which the reader can correctly identify as various forest animals.

3) Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.
See what animals Baby Bear sees on his search for his mother.

4) Sausages by Jessica Souhami
John freed an elf who was stuck on a rose thorn. The elf gave him three wishes. What will those silly three wishes be? (This is a very silly story).

5) The Great Fuzz Frenzy by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel
A ball lands in the prairie dog's tunnel. They take the fuzz off of it and chaos breaks loose. How will they ever get along again?

We have 3 new non-fiction books.

1) The Book of Barefoot Blessings from Many Faiths and Cultures by Sabrina Dearborn

2) It's Called Dyslexia by Jennifer Moore-Mallinos

3) Count Me a Rhyme Animals Poems by the Numbers by Jane Yolen

We have 12 new chapter books.

1) The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs by Betty G. Birney
Eben searches his town to see if anything is comparable to the real Seven Wonders of the World.

2) The SOS File by Betsy Byars
The students in Mr. Magro's class submit stories for the SOS File about their biggest emergencies and then they read them aloud for extra credit.

3) Mom for Mayor by Nancy Edwards
The city sold Eric's neighborhood park and he tries to get his mom elected as mayor so things like this won't happen.

4) The Ghost's Grave by Peg Kehret
Twelve-year-old Josh finds adventure when he meets the ghost of a coal miner when he has to stay with his aunt in Washington State for the summer.

5) Gentle's Holler by Kerry Madden
Twelve-year-old Livy dreams of seeing the world beyond the holler where she lives. But she knows that family must come first.

6) Journey to the Bottomless Pit by Elizabeth Mitchell
This is the story of Stephen Bishop who is a guide in Mammoth Cave during the 1800s.

7) Dragon's Egg by Sarah L. Thomson
Melba is a trained dragon keeper and learns that the legends of old are true when she is entrusted with carrying a dragon's egg to the fabled Hatching Grounds.

8) Listening for Lions by Gloria Whelan
Left as an orphan after a flu epidemic in East Africa in 1919, Rachel is tricked into assuming her neighbor's identity to travel to England. Her dream is to return to Africa to rebuild her parents' mission hospital.

9) Georgie's Moon by Chris Woodworth
With a chip on her shoulder and a talent for disruption, Georgie moves with her mom to a small town in Indiana where they wait for her father to return from Vietnam.

10) May Bird and the Ever After by Jodi Lynn Anderson
Ten-year-old Mary Ellen has no idea what awaits her when she falls into the lake and enters the Ever After, home of ghosts and the Bogeyman.

11) May Bird Among the Stars by Jodi Lynn Anderson
Still trapped in Ever After, May Bird struggles to decide whether to save the world of her ghostly friends or to return to her home.

12) May Bird Warrior Princess by Jodi Lynn Anderson
Three years after returning home May Bird draws her friends out of hiding to take a final stand against Evil Bo Cleevil.