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Children's Books - New and Upcoming Releases

King Jack and the Dragon

By Peter Bentley & Helen Oxenbury

Jack, Zack, and baby Caspar spend all day fighting dragons in their homemade fort. But when Sir Zack and Caspar are taken inside for bed, King Jack - alone on his throne - finds himself feeling a bit less brave . . . especially when he hears a thing approaching, a thing with four legs.

New in the Fall

Red Sled

By Lita Judge

Using mostly sound effects, Judge writes a charming story about a winter day. Several curious critters appear, all taken on a sled ride down in the snow.

Love Waves

By: Rosemary Wells

Wells addresses a familiar theme--familial love spanning distances--in a fresh and clever way that will feel innately true to readers of any age. (Sept.)

Grandpa Green

By: Lane Smith

In this reflective tale, Smith (It's a Book) departs from his customary irony to muse on the memories, talents, and traditions passed down through generations. (Sept.)

Every Thing On It

By: Shel Silverstein

This posthumous collection of Silverstein's poems and illustrations is not only familiar in design, but chockfull of the whimsical humor, eccentric characters, childhood fantasies, and iconoclastic glee that his many fans adore. (Sept.)

No Go Sleep!

By Kate Feiffer

When a stubborn baby refuses to go to sleep, and his parents can't change his mind, the rest of the world tries to convince him to go to bed. The owl promises to watch over him as he sleeps, the sun insists he will return the following morning, and even the front door tries to convince the baby to hit the hay. Feiffer's lulling tone and night-sky images create a sleepiness that eventually wins the discontented child over. (Mar.)

Meet Me at the Moon

By Gianna Marino

Marino's sweet and gorgeously-illustrated story is about about a mother elephant and her Little One. The mother has to leave, to climb the mountain and ask the sky for rain. However, she promises to return, and tells her Little One that when they both look at the same star, it will be as if they are seeing one another. Marino provides a moving and beautiful story, one that ends with the Little One's "calling song" that will bring the mother elephant back. (Mar.)

Penny and Her Song

By Kevin Henkes

Penny the mouse, having just learned a new song at school, hurries home to sing the song for her family. In Henkes' clever storybook about patience and compromise, Penny must wait for her parents and her baby siblings to be ready before she can sing her song. When she finally does sing, Henkes shows that it is not for herself but for her whole family, and she even contributes to helping her younger siblings go to sleep.

Young Adult

The Fault of Our Stars

By John Green

Green's newest novel focuses on Hazel and Augustus, two teenagers with cancer. They meet at a local church support group that they are both forced to attend, and begin a tentative relationship. Like in Looking for Alaska and in his collaboration with David Levithan, Will Grayson Will Grayson, Green gives humor to his growing characters. But unlike in his other works, The Fault of Our Stars is marked by tragedy, a unexpected kind for younger readers, and that makes the growth all the more poignant.

Magie Tree House #47 Abe Lincoln at Last

By Mary Pope Osborne

The latest in the Magic Tree House series, "Abe Lincoln at Last" follows Annie and Jack back in time to the White House in 1861, where they have an adventure with the 16th president!

Bumble-Ardy

By Maurice Sendak

Bumble-Ardy has evolved from an animated segment for Sesame Street that aired in the early 1970s to a glorious picture book about a mischievous pig who has reached the age of nine without ever having had a birthday party. But all that changes when Bumble throws a party for himself and invites all his friends, leading to a wild masquerade that quickly gets out of hand.

Pirates Don't Take Baths

By: John Segal A pirate's life seems just the ticket for a little pig who refuses to take a bath-- "They plunder, they pillage, they sail the seas in search of treasure... BUT THEY DON'T TAKE BATHS"-- until his mother points out his propensity for seasickness. Trying to maintain the upper hand, the little pig runs through other scenarios friendly to the bath-adverse.

Z is for Moose

By Kelly Bingham