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The 100-Year-Old Secret: 

The Sherlock Files, Book 1 

by Tracy Barrett 

ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ 

Xena and Xander Holmes have lived in London 

barely long enough to recover from their jetlag when 

they receive a strange note inviting them to join the 

Society for the Preservation of Famous Detectives. 

At their first meeting with the group, the siblings 

learn exciting news: they’re related to the celebrated 

Sherlock Holmes! Better yet, a book of the detective’s 

unsolved cases is entrusted to Xena and Xander . . . 

and the brother and sister soon have a lead on one of 

the mysteries. 

Isbn: 9780805083408 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" • 160 pp 

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Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek: A Tall, Thin Tale 

(Introducing His Forgotten Frontier Friend) u 

by Deborah Hopkinson • illustrated by John Hendrix 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) 

Reviews: BCCBH, BLH, CL, H, HGs, K, SLJH, WC 

In 1816, in a green Kentucky valley lived seven-yearold 

Abraham Lincoln and his dear friend ten-year-old 

Austin Gollaher. One day they went out together in 

search of partridges. They came to the banks of the 

swollen Knob Creek. Though Austin thought better 

of crossing the rushing waters, Abe—“not a great 

leader yet”—pointed to the partridges on the other 

side and said, “Let’s go.” Austin got across without 

incident, but Abraham fell in. Lucky for the future 

of the country, Austin was there to pull him out. 

Author’s note. Full-color watercolor and pen-and-ink 

illustrations. 

Isbn: 9780375937682 • Dewey: e • 11 1/2" x 9 1/2" • 40 pp 

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*NEW* Abigail Spells 

written and illustrated by Anna Alter 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BL, K, SLJ 

More than anything, Abigail loves to spell—and she’s 

very good at it. She’s excited to show off her skills 

at the school’s spelling bee. But things don’t go as 

planned, and she’s eliminated in the first round. After 

the contest, George reminds Abigail that friendship 

is more important than spelling. Full-color acrylic 


Isbn: 9780375956171 • Dewey: e • 8" x 10" • 40 pp 


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About Rodents: A Guide for Children 

by Cathryn Sill • illustrated by John Sill 

P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, SLJ, WC 

“Rodents are mammals with special front teeth that 

never stop growing.” Some rodents are so small they 

can scamper up blades of grass. Others, such as South 

America’s capybaras, can weigh up to 145 pounds. 

Some rodents live under the ground, while others live 

in trees or near water. About Rodents portrays the rich 

variety of rodent life with simple text and detailed 

paintings. Afterword about the animals depicted. 

Glossary. Bibliography. Full-color watercolors. 

Isbn: 9781561454549 • Dewey: 599.35 • 10" x 8 1/2" • 48 pp 

lexile: 530l 

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Abuelos 

by Pat Mora • illustrated by Amelia Lau Carling 

PS GROUP (GRADES K–3) • Reviews: BL, CL, HG, K, SLJ, WC 

Amelia’s brother, Ray, has been chasing her around 

their new home and trying to scare her. “Uuuuu, los 

viejos de las montañas pronto vendrán a visitar,” he 

says. (“Oooooo, the old mountain men are coming 

to visit.”) Amelia soon learns she has nothing to be 

frightened of; the impending “visit” is just part of a 

winter tradition in New Mexico in which the older 

men of the village climb into the mountains, disguise 

themselves, and then return to play at scaring the 

children. Spanish text. Author’s note. Full-color 

illustrations in pastel and colored pencil. 


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The Adventures of Sir Givret the Short: 

The Knights’ Tales u 

by Gerald Morris • illustrated by Aaron Renier 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: HG, SLJ, WC 

Givret, a member of King Arthur’s court, is so 

short that people often don’t take him seriously. His 

braininess more than makes up for his small stature, 

however. Using riddles, disguises, and other schemes, 

Givret stops knights from engaging in pointless 

duels, tricks an enemy army, and patches up a friend’s 

marriage. Givret’s clever ploys finally earn him a 

knighthood and respect: “. . . his advice was sought 

out by all and treasured when received.” Black-andwhite 

brush and ink illustrations. 



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The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great: 

The Knights’ Tales u 

by Gerald Morris • illustrated by Aaron Renier 

ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, HG, KH, SLJ, WC 

“In no time at all . . . Sir Lancelot became the most 

famous of all King Arthur’s knights. . . . No other 

knight rescued so many damsels in distress or slew so 

many dragons, or for that matter, kept his armor so 

tidy.” Though Sir Lancelot’s methods are sometimes 

unorthodox—he insists on a daily nap and has been 

known to use both bad singing and acorns to defend 

himself—he is still “the greatest knight in England.” 

Black-and-white illustrations. 

Isbn: 9780618777143 • Dewey: 398.20942/02 • 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" • 96 pp 


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Albino Animals u 

by Kelly Milner Halls 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, SLJ 

Albinism is a rare genetic trait that prevents 

organisms from producing melanin. Yet there are 

albinos in almost every species on Earth. This 

book documents real-life examples of albinos 

among reptiles, amphibians, mammals, fish, birds, 

insects, and even plants. The profiles explain the 

different dangers each all-white creature faces 

in its habitat. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Fullcolor 

photographs. Winner of 2005 Benjamin 

Franklin Award. 

Isbn: 9781581960129 • Dewey: 572.59 • 9 1/8" x 11" • 72 pp 


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And Nobody Got Hurt 2!: More of the World’s Weirdest, 

Wackiest, Most Amazing True Sports Stories 

by Len Berman 

SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: HG, SLJ 

A first baseman who locked himself in the bathroom 

during a game; a basketball player who scored a 

winning basket while on his back; a soccer fan who 

threw live chickens onto the field. These and dozens 

of other outrageous stories demonstrate that no 

matter what sport athletes are playing, strange rules, 

hot tempers, and plain old human error can wreak 

hilarious havoc. Black-and-white illustrations. 

Isbn: 9780316067065 • Dewey: 796 • 5 1/4" x 7 5/8" • 144 pp 


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The Anne Frank Case: 

Simon Wiesenthal’s Search for the Truth 

by Susan Goldman Rubin • illustrated by Bill Farnsworth 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BLH, K, SLJ, WC 

Having miraculously survived the Holocaust, 

Simon Wiesenthal dedicated his life to exposing 

the crimes of the Nazis. In October 1958, a 

friend told him that neo-Nazi demonstrators in 

Linz, Austria, had interrupted a performance of 

The Diary of Anne Frank, claiming that Anne 

Frank was an invention. Deeply concerned that 

many local teenagers considered Anne’s diary a 

fake, Wiesenthal set out to prove her existence by 

finding the Gestapo officer who arrested her family. 

Bibliography. Glossary. Full-color and black-andwhite 

photographs. Full-color paintings. 

Isbn: 9780823421091 • Dewey: 940.53/18092 b • 8 1/2" x 11" • 40 pp 


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Annie and Simon 

written and illustrated by Catharine O’Neill 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BL, HG, SLJ 

Simon may be much older than his sister, Annie, 

but that doesn’t stop these siblings—and their dog, 

Hazel—from having lots of fun together. In four 

illustrated stories, Annie and Simon go on a canoe 

ride and look for loons, wait for rain (on a sunny 

day), and watch a meteor shower. Plus, Simon knows 

just how to treat bee stings and even lets Annie style 

his hair! Full-color watercolors. 


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Annie and Snowball and the Dress-Up Birthday: 

The First Book of Their Adventures 

by Cynthia Rylant • illustrated by Suçie Stevenson 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BCCB, HG, SLJ 

It’s Annie’s birthday, and Annie is very excited about 

her dress-up party. She gets to wear her favorite 

things: a satin dress, sparkly pink tights, and little 

white gloves with pearls. Her rabbit, Snowball, is 

ready for the party, too, with a glittery nose and a 

little blue bow on her tail. Even Dad is wearing a 

tuxedo. When Annie’s guests Henry and Mudge 

arrive, they’re dressed up, as well—although it’s not 

exactly what Annie had in mind. Pen-and-ink and 

watercolor illustrations. 



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Annie’s Adventures: The Sisters 8, Book 1 

by Lauren Baratz-Logsted and Greg Logsted with Jackie Logsted 

illustrated by Lisa K. Weber 

ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: HG, K 

After the Huit octuplets’ parents disappear, the eight 

girls find an anonymous note that reads, “[Y]ou 

must each discover both your power and your gift 

in order to reveal what happened to your parents.” 

Attempting to keep up appearances, the sisters 

assume their parents’ responsibilities. This task 

becomes much easier when Annie, the eldest sister, 

realizes her power: she’s capable of managing the 

household like an adult. Many challenges remain, 

though, from learning how to drive to confronting 

a horrid neighbor who tries to steal Mrs. Huit’s 

scientific research. Black-and-white illustrations. 



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*NEW* Any Which Wall 

by Laurel Snyder • drawings by LeUyen Pham 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, H, K, SLJ 

“Everyone agreed: the wall was ‘wow.’ It looked like 

something from another place and time, ancient 

and mysterious, leaning over them. They just stood. 

Gaping. Up.” A boring, hot day in Quiet Falls, Iowa, 

has suddenly become interesting for siblings Henry 

and Emma and their neighbors Susan and Roy. 

Though they’re not yet sure they believe in magic, the 

four instinctively know that this structure, standing 

free in the middle of a cornfield, is begging to be 

claimed. Its purpose, hinted at by a keyhole with 

no door, is ripe for discovery. Black-and-white line 



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Art from Her Heart: Folk Artist Clementine Hunter 

by Kathy Whitehead • illustrated by Shane W. Evans 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, SLJ, WC 

“Clementine waited until her work in the Big House 

was done and the twinkle of stars filled the night sky 

above the Cane River. She was ready to paint, like 

the artists she cooked and cleaned for on Melrose 

Plantation. . . . Instead of canvas, she used window 

shades, glass bottles, black iron skillets, and old 

boards—whatever she could find. In the middle of 

her hundred years, Clementine Hunter had decided 

to paint.” Hunter’s work, inspired by memories of 

picking cotton and pecans, wash days, weddings, and 

baptisms, now hangs in museums across the country. 

Bibliography. Author’s note. Full-color mixed-media 


Isbn: 9780399242199 • Dewey: 759.13 b • 8" x 10" • 32 pp 


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The Art of Freedom: How Artists See America 

by Bob Raczka 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BL, CL, HG, K 

“America is a country. America is an idea. America 

is farms. America is cities.” America is a large and 

varied nation, full of natural wonders and manmade 

marvels, open roads and crowded towns. The 

author has selected famous American paintings, 

photographs, and sculptures and paired them with 

descriptions of the diverse aspects of the United 

States. He has included Jasper Johns’s Map, Georgia 

O’Keefe’s Brooklyn Bridge, Edward Hopper’s Early 

Sunday Morning, and Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of 

George Washington, among others. Brief biography 

of each artist. Full-color art. 

Isbn: 9780822575085 • Dewey: 704.9/49973 • 10 5/8" x 8 7/8" • 32 pp 

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Awful Ogre Running Wild 

by Jack Prelutsky • illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BL, WC 

How does Awful Ogre spend his summer days? 

Going on picnics, taking dips in the neighborhood 

pond, and visiting his grandmother, just like everyone 

else. Except his picnic basket is full of lizard-stuffed 

skunk, his swimming partner is a piranha, and 

Grandma is two thousand and seventy-three years 

old. “She loves to complain of her aches and her 

pains / Yet while she’s complaining, she’ll grin. / She 

feeds me a snack of dried weasel remains / And tickles 

me under the chin.” Full-color art. 

Isbn: 9780066238678 • Dewey: 811/.54 • 9" x 12" • 40 pp 

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Baby Brains and RoboMom 

written and illustrated by Simon James 

P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, HG, KH, SLJ 

When Baby Brains sees how tired his parents are, 

he invents the ultimate solution: a RoboMom. She 

irons, she cooks, she cleans; she even washes the car. 

Soon, she’s bathing Baby and putting him to bed, 

too, and Mr. and Mrs. Brains don’t know how to stop 

her. “She’s doing too much,” Mrs. Brains complains. 

“And what’s all that smoke coming out of her head?” 

asks Mr. Brains. Then, one morning, RoboMom 

serves nuts and bolts for breakfast—and it’s clear that 

Baby Brains’ solution has a problem. Watercolor and 

ink illustrations. 

Isbn: 9780763634636 • Dewey: e • 9 1/16" x 11" • 32 pp 


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Backbeard: Pirate for Hire 

written and illustrated by Matthew McElligott 

P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: HG, K 

Backbeard, the smelliest, hairiest, and most 

outrageously dressed pirate who ever lived, is 

summoned by the Pirate Council. “Crabcakes!” 

he says. They give him an ultimatum: dress like a 

normal pirate, replace that pig on your shoulder 

with a parrot, or find a new job. Refusing to change, 

Backbeard disbands his crew and looks for work. 

The fishmonger doesn’t like him and the blacksmith 

won’t hire him, but a nice old lady in a tearoom is 

hiring. . . . Full-color illustrations done using pencil, 

fabric, photography, and digital techniques. 



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Balls! 

by Michael J. Rosen • illustrated by John Margeson 

SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, WC 


Why does a golf ball have dimples? How many little 

bumps are on a basketball? How did the football end 

up with that funny shape? Turns out that behind 

every ball is a great story. Discover the history, trivia, 

and technology of eight of the most commonly used 

balls on the playing field today. Photographs and fullcolor 

illustrations. Suggestions for further reading. 

Isbn: 9781581960303 • Dewey: 796.3 • 9 3/8" x 11" • 72 pp 


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Balls! Round 2 

by Michael J. Rosen • illustrated by John Margeson 

SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: CL, HG, SLJ 

Early baseballs were called “lemon-peel balls”; 

bowling was such a popular diversion among 

fourteenth-century English soldiers that King Edward 

III outlawed it; billiard balls made in the 1800s 

sometimes exploded on contact. This book combines 

the often humorous and strange history of balls used 

in popular sports with facts and figures about how 

those balls are made and used today. Includes quizzes 

and activities. Photographs and full-color illustrations. 

Isbn: 9781581960662 • Dewey: 796.3 • 9 3/8" x 11" • 40 pp 


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Baron von Baddie and the Ice Ray Incident 

written and illustrated by George McClements 

K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K, SLJ 

After Baron von Baddie traps his nemesis, Captain 

Kapow, in ice, the evil genius can do whatever he 

wants. He can eat tons of doughnuts! He can build 

huge robots! He can carry out fiendish plans, all 

without worrying about going to jail! Unfortunately, 

some of the Baron’s favorite plans involve escaping 

from jail. Full-color mixed-media collage. 


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Basketball Bats: Gym Shorts 

by Betty Hicks • illustrated by Adam McCauley 

SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, SLJ, WC 

“Henry felt lucky. He had four friends. Exactly 

enough to make a basketball team.” When Henry 

and his friends from Rockford Road play basketball 

on his driveway, they’re unstoppable. Then a group 

of intimidating kids who call themselves the Tigers 

challenge them to a game on “Tiger Turf.” Without 

cool team T-shirts or even a name, how can the kids 

from Rockford Road hope to beat the Tigers, who 

play at the YMCA and have a player old enough to 

shave? Black-and-white illustrations. 



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*NEW* Bean Soup: A Cooking Poem / 

Sopa de frijoles: Un poema para cocinar 

by Jorge Argueta • pictures by Rafael Yockteng 

PS GROUP (GRADES K–3) • Reviews: BL, SLJ, WC 

Is it a story, a poem, or a recipe? In the case of Bean 

Soup: A Cooking Poem / Sopa de frijoles: Un poema 

para cocinar the answer is “yes” to all three. The 

bilingual picture book offers free-verse instructions 

for the ingredients and the methods to make “the 

lovely bean soup.” A note in the front of the book 

explains that parts of the recipe requiring adult 

participation or supervision are marked with an 

asterisk (*). Full-color illustrations. 

Isbn: 9780888998811 • Dewey: 861.64 • 6 1/4" x 9 1/4" • 32 pp 

sRC level: 1.5 • sRC Points: 1 

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Bed, Bats, & Beyond 

by Joan Holub • illustrated by Mernie Gallagher-Cole 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: CJ, HG, K, SLJ, WC 

The sun is rising and it’s time for bed, but a bat 

named Fink can’t sleep. “I know something that’ll 

put you right to sleep,” says his brother Fang, “a scary 

story.” For some reason Fang’s tale about a swamp 

owl who gobbles up bats doesn’t make Fink at all 

sleepy. And their brother Batrick’s story about bat 

pirates who find a yummy treasure is so exciting, 

Fink is sure he’ll never get any rest. What about their 

sister Batsy’s love story—will that help him drift off? 




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Before John Was a Jazz Giant: 

A Song of John Coltrane u 

by Carole Boston Weatherford • illustrated by Sean Qualls 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, KH, SLJ 

“Before John was a jazz giant, he heard hambones 

knocking in Grandma’s pots, Daddy strumming 

the ukulele, and Mama cranking the phonograph.” 

Young John Coltrane was all ears. And there was a 

lot for him to listen to. The everyday sounds of his 

North Carolina childhood—from whistling steam 

engines and warbling birds to Grandpa’s Sunday 

sermons—greatly influenced Coltrane and later 

informed his music. Author’s note. Selected listening 

list. Further reading suggestions. Full-color acrylic, 

collage, and pencil illustrations. A 2009 Coretta Scott 

King Honor Book. 

Isbn: 9780805079944 • Dewey: 788.7/165092 b • 8" x 10" • 32 pp 



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*NEW* Big Wolf & Little Wolf 

by Nadine Brun-Cosme • illustrated by Olivier Tallec 

P GROUP (GRADES K–1) 

Big Wolf lives a life built on careful routine—until 

another wolf arrives. Just as Big Wolf is getting used 

to no longer being alone, Little Wolf departs, leaving 

Big Wolf lonely and worried until his new friend’s 

return. Full-color illustrations. 



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Bird, Butterfly, Eel 

written and illustrated by James Prosek 

P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, K, PWH, SLJ, WC 

In summer, a barn swallow, a monarch butterfly, and 

an American eel live on the same New England farm. 

In autumn, all three animals migrate thousands of 

miles to places that are warm and beautiful: Bird flies 

to the meadows of Argentina, Butterfly glides to the 

mountains of Central Mexico, and Eel swims to the 

Sargasso Sea. The following spring, Bird flies home to 

her nest in the barn, Butterfly returns to her meadow 

where soon “her young [will take] her place,” and 

“Eel’s young, small as toothpicks and clear as glass, 

swim up the creek to the pond.” Map. Afterword. 

Full-color watercolor paintings. 



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Birds 

by Kevin Henkes • illustrated by Laura Dronzek 

K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K) 

Reviews: BCCB, BLH, HH, PW, SLJH, WC 

Birds can be yellow or blue or brown or “so black 

that you can’t see their eyes or their feathers, just 

their shapes.” A young girl shares what she knows 

about birds and what she has observed and imagined 

about them. She wonders how the sky would look 

if birds left a trail of color as they flew and what 

birds do if they can’t reach their nests in a storm. 

She even pretends that she is a bird. Full-color 

acrylic paintings. 


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The Black Book of Colors u 

by Menena Cottin • illustrated by Rosana Faría 

translated by Elisa Amado 


Reviews: BLH, KH, PWH, SLJH, WC 

How do people who are blind experience color? 

According to Thomas, yellow “tastes like mustard,” 

green “smells like grass that’s just been cut,” and 

black, “the king of all colors,” is silky like his 

mother’s hair. Braille and textured illustrations allow 

both sighted and non-sighted readers to appreciate 

Thomas’s associations. Includes full Braille alphabet. 

Raised black line drawings on black paper. 

Isbn: 9780888998736 • Dewey: 535.6 • 11" x 6 3/4" • 24 pp 



Book Fiesta!: A Children’s Day/Book Day Celebration / 

Book Fiesta!: Una celebración de El día de los niños/ 

El día de los libros 

by Pat Mora • illustrated by Rafael López 

PS GROUP (GRADES K–3) • Reviews: BL, K, SLJ, WC 

During the American Library Association’s Children’s 

Day/Book Day, kids celebrate by reading with 

their friends and family. “We read libros together 

in cars and planes and trains. / Leemos libros juntos 

en autos, aviones, y trenes.” Inspired by books, kids’ 

imaginations take them on fantastic adventures: 

they travel through the jungle on the back of an 

elephant, deep underwater in a submarine, and 

in a hot-air balloon with a giraffe. Author’s note. 

Ideas for celebrating Children’s Day/Book Day. 

Bilingual text. Full-color illustrations. 


JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2009 

A Boy Named Beckoning: The True Story of 

Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Hero u 

adapted and illustrated by Gina Capaldi 

NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: CL, BLH, HG, SLJH 

In 1871, a five-year-old Yavapai boy named Wassaja 

was kidnapped by Pima warriors who planned 

to sell him into slavery. An Italian photographer, 

Carlo Gentile, paid thirty silver dollars to Wassaja’s 

captors and raised the boy, whom he named Carlos 

Montezuma, as his son. This is the story of how 

Carlos grew up to become a distinguished physician 

and Native American activist. The text is based on 

a letter Dr. Montezuma wrote at the request of the 

Smithsonian Institution. Note on Montezuma’s 

activist work. Bibliography. Illustrated with fullcolor 

drawings and Carlo Gentile’s sepia-toned 

photographs. 

Isbn: 9780822576440 • Dewey: 970.004/97 • 9 3/4" x 9 3/4" • 32 pp 

aR level: 6.0 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 4.7 • sRC Points: 4 • lexile: nC880l 

JLG: $9.00 • Carolrhoda: $16.95 • JlG Month: aPR 2008 

Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman 

by Marc Tyler Nobleman • illustrated by Ross MacDonald 

BE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) 

Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, HH, HGs, KH, PWH, SLJ, WC 

As teenagers, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster enjoyed 

reading about heroes like Flash Gordon and Tarzan. 

They also made up their own stories. Late one 

summer night, Jerry had an idea for a hero who 

would be all the strongmen he’d ever heard of, “only 

more so.” Before dawn, Jerry ran to Joe’s apartment, 

where Joe created sketches. Soon they prepared a 

series of comic strips. It took three more years to find 

a publisher, but when Superman finally debuted in 

1938, the new superhero was an instant hit. Extensive 

author’s note. Sources. Full-color illustrations. 

Isbn: 9780375938023 • Dewey: 741.5092’2 • 8 1/2" x 11" • 40 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Knopf: $19.99 • JlG Month: oCT 2008 

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A Brand-New Day with Mouse and Mole 

written and illustrated by Wong Herbert Yee 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: HG, SLJ 


One “brand-new day” Mole gets dressed only to 

discover a hole in his pants . . . and his shirt . . . and 

his extra shirts and pants. “Ratty-rat-rat!” Moths have 

ruined all his clothes. The holes remind Mole’s friend 

Mouse of Swiss cheese and make her giggle, but she 

agrees to help Mole shop for new clothes. In the 

store, Mouse picks out lovely purple tops and plaid 

pants, but Mole seems reluctant to try something 

new. Full-color pictures in litho pencil and gouache. 




*NEW* Brave Dogs, Gentle Dogs: 

How They Guard Sheep / Perros guardianes, 

perros valientes: Cómo pastorean las ovejas 

by Cat Urbigkit • translated by Aída E. Marcuse 

PS GROUP (GRADES K–3) 

Guardian dogs have been used in Europe and the 

Middle East for centuries; now they are doing their 

jobs in the Rocky Mountains area of the U.S. These 

large, mixed-breed dogs are raised among the sheep 

from birth, allowing them to bond with the herds 

they protect. Ranchers count on the canines to keep 

the sheep, especially the young lambs, safe from such 

predators as coyotes, bears, and wolves. Author’s note. 

Bilingual text. Full-color photographs. 

Isbn: 9781590787465 • Dewey: 636.737 • 10" x 11" • 32 pp 

sRC level: 7.9 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: nC1060l 

JLG: $13.25 • boyds Mills: $16.95 • JlG Month: seP 2009 

*NEW* Brenda Berman, Wedding Expert 

by Jane Breskin Zalben • illustrated by Victoria Chess 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: K, SLJ 

Since she was five, Brenda has dreamed of being a 

flower girl in a gold lamé dress. When Uncle Max 

announces his engagement, she should be happy that 

her big chance has come. But soon-to-be Aunt Florrie 

has her own plans, and they include having her niece, 

Lucy, as a flower girl, too. Can Brenda and Lucy save 

the wedding of their dreams? Recipes. Full-color 


Isbn: 9780618313211 • Dewey: f • 7 1/4" x 8" • 48 pp 


JLG: $13.25 • Clarion: $16.00 • JlG Month: aUG 2009 

The Brook Book: Exploring the Smallest Streams 

written and illustrated by Jim Arnosky 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BL, CL, HGs, KH, SLJ 

Most brooks are “narrow enough to hop across and 

shallow enough to wade in without getting your 

shins wet,” but these smallest of streams are filled 

with interesting things to see. So put on your boots, 

bring a net and a collecting jar, and go exploring. 

Maybe you’ll find tiny aquatic insects—don’t worry, 

they won’t bite—or salamanders under the leaves 

along the bank. This informative guide includes tips 

for catching crayfish and watching birds, and animal 

tracks are depicted in actual size. Author’s note. 

Further reading. Full-color art. 

Isbn: 9780525477167 • Dewey: 577.6 • 8 1/2" x 11" • 32 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Dutton: $15.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2008 

Bubble Homes and Fish Farts 

by Fiona Bayrock • illustrated by Carolyn Conahan 

NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BCCB, K, SLJ, WC 

“Bubbles are soft and squishy and full of air. They 

shimmer. They float. And they are very handy.” 

Bubbles serve many different functions for a wide 

variety of animals. Some use them for protection, 

some to find food, and others to keep warm. Violet 

sea snails sail along the ocean surface on rafts made 

of bubbles. Herring use bubbles to communicate, 

and water spiders even live in bubbles. End notes 

about each animal. Combined glossary and index. 

Full-color watercolor illustrations. 

Isbn: 9781570916694 • Dewey: 590 • 8 1/2" x 11" • 48 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Charlesbridge: $16.95 • JlG Month: MaR 2009 

Buffalo Music u 

by Tracey E. Fern • illustrated by Lauren Castillo 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BL, HG, KH, SLJH, WC 

Molly and her husband live in the West during the 

1800s, surrounded by the sounds of roaming buffalo: 

the huff of their breath, the slosh of their wallowing, 

and the thunder of their hooves. But within just a few 

years, hunters kill nearly all the buffalo. Determined 

to save the animals she loves, headstrong Molly raises 

two surviving orphan calves. Then nearby cowhands 

bring her more. . . . Inspired by the story of Mary 

Ann Goodnight, a pioneer who formed one of the 

first captive buffalo herds. Author’s note. Full-color 

mixed-media illustrations. 


aR level: 4.6 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 4.3 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: nC860l 

JLG: $9.00 • Clarion: $16.00 • JlG Month: JUl 2008 

*NEW* Calvin Coconut: Trouble Magnet 

by Graham Salisbury • illustrated by Jacqueline Rogers 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, K, PW, SLJ, WC 

“Go back to your seat, Calvin. See if you can write 

one simple paragraph without burning down the 

school,” says Calvin’s exasperated fourth-grade 

teacher after a series of mishaps, which include 

Calvin accidentally releasing a giant centipede 

in the classroom and causing a near riot. And it’s 

only “meet your teacher” day! Despite his mother’s 

frequent entreaties to “pay attention” and “be more 

responsible,” Calvin seems incapable of staying out of 

trouble. Still, when a teenage girl named Stella comes 

to stay with his family, Calvin hopes that her presence 

will help him smooth things over with a bully named 

Tito. Black-and-white illustrations. 



JLG: $13.25 • Wendy lamb: $15.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2009

*NEW* Camping Day 

by Patricia Lakin • illustrated by Scott Nash 

P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: SLJ 

Sam, Pam, Will, and Jill decide to camp out. Quickly, 

they gather what they need—maps, flashlights, a 

tent— and they’re off! Little by little, they experience 

the ups and downs of camping, including the 

awkwardness of putting a tent together. Then comes 

night with its shadows and sounds. SCARY! Fullcolor 

illustrations using black Prismacolor pencil and 

Adobe Photoshop. 



JLG: $13.25 • Dial: $16.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2009 

Camping Day—JLG Activity Guide 

JLG Activity Guides give you the tools to use JLG 

selections in the classroom or library to meet specific 

learning objectives for both whole-class settings and 

for individual students. Each guide includes: 

• activities based on national and state standards 

• reinforcements for reading and writing skills 

• connections to other content areas 

• library applications 

• specific correlations to National Standards 

• and much more! 

You will also find the Answer Key at the back of each 

JLG Activity Guide. 

JLG: $5.00 • Isbn: 9780982350621 

Captured Off Guard: The Attack on Pearl Harbor 

by Donald Lemke • illustrated by Claude St. Aubin 

ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6) 

Oahu, 1941: Though Hank’s father thinks 

photography is a waste of time, Hank loves to use 

his camera. He plans to take lots of pictures while 

he and his friend James go camping. The boys are 

enjoying their campout until they hear explosions. 

“It’s the Japanese!” James shouts, seeing a squadron 

of planes attacking Pearl Harbor. James wants only 

to reach safety, but Hank resolves to show his father 

that photography is more than a silly hobby. Text 

interspersed with full-color graphic-novel-style 

illustrations. Glossary. Facts about the attack on Pearl 

Harbor. Discussion questions. Writing prompts. 

Isbn: 9781434204431 • Dewey: 741.5/973 • 5 3/4" x 8 1/4" • 56 pp 

aR level: 4.3 • aR Points: 1 • lexile: Gn620l 

JLG: $9.00 • stone arch: $17.95 • JlG Month: MaY 2008 

Members receive free shipping 

on all orders! 

*NEW* A Carousel Tale 

written and illustrated by Elisa Kleven 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, KH, SLJ, PW, WC 

Ernst’s favorite carousel animal is the sunny golden 

dog with the tail that really wags. Actually, the tail is 

not wagging, but loose—so loose that Ernst finds it 

on the ground right after the carousel closes for the 

winter. He promises the carousel keeper that he will 

take good care of the tail until spring, but it looks 

lonely on his toy shelf. “Ernst decided to cheer it up. 

He gave the tail bright eyes, a smile, feathery wings, 

and a big curly tail of its own.” Now Ernst has a new 

favorite toy. What will he do when springtime comes? 

Full-color mixed-media illustrations. 



JLG: $13.25 • Tricycle: $15.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2009 

It’s a joy to read about Ernst, 

and the vibrant colors and detailed 

illustrations in A Carousel Tale make 

it a joy to look at, too. 

—Georgia, JLG Assistant Editor 

*NEW* The Cats of Roxville Station 

by Jean Craighead George • illustrated by Tom Pohrt 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, K, SLJ 

When Rachet arrives in Roxville, she is barely more 

than a kitten. Wary of humans but instinctively 

understanding the ways of cats, she soon establishes 

herself in the community of feral cats that inhabit 

the area around a crumbling train station. As 

Rachet battles for a place in the cat hierarchy and 

tries to avoid becoming dinner for larger predators, 

she continually crosses paths with Mike, a local boy 

who longs for a pet of his own and who is especially 

enamored of Rachet. Black-and-white illustrations. 



JLG: $13.25 • Dutton: $16.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2009 

The Cheese 

by Margie Palatini • illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HG, K, PWH, SLJ 

When a rat sees a poor, lonely piece of cheese sitting 

all by itself in the meadow, he can’t resist the urge to 

grab his napkin and head down for a closer look. On 

the way, he is stopped by a cat that knows exactly 

what the rat is up to. Soon the rat, the cat, the dog, 

the child, the wife, and the farmer in the dell are all 

wondering why the cheese must stand alone. They’re 

starting to get awfully hungry. . . . Full-color art 

illustrates this humorous story. 



JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $17.89 • JlG Month: JUl 2007 

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Cheetah Math: 

Learning about Division from Baby Cheetahs 

by Anne Whitehead Nagda in collaboration with 

The San Diego Zoo 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: HG, K, SLJ 

Majani and Kubali are two cheetahs whose mother 

became too ill to care for them. They were raised 

at the San Diego Zoo and paired with dogs who 

taught them to stay calm around people. Their story, 

illustrated with photos and graphs, also explains 

the fundamentals of division, showing how math is 

used in a real-world context. For example: if a baby 

cheetah drinks fifteen ounces of milk a day, divided 

into five feedings, how much does the cub get at each 

feeding? Full-color photographs. 

Isbn: 9780805076455 • Dewey: 513.2’14 • 8" x 10" • 32 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: oCT 2007 

*NEW* Chicken and Cat Clean Up 

written and illustrated by Sara Varon 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, PW, SLJ, WC 

In this nearly wordless book, Cat spends the morning 

working for his friend and roommate, Chicken, who 

runs a housekeeping service. But Cat doesn’t have 

much talent for cleaning houses. When he does the 

dishes, he breaks a glass; when he does the laundry, 

he adds too much soap, and the washing machine 

overflows. The owner of the apartment Chicken 

and Cat are cleaning then catches Cat eating a 

plant and kicks him out. Sitting on the stoop, Cat 

looks despondent—until a thieving mouse runs by, 

giving Cat a chance to redeem himself. Full-color 

illustrations in ink and Adobe Photoshop. 


JLG: $13.25 • scholastic: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2009 

The Chicken of the Family u 

by Mary Amato • illustrated by Delphine Durand 


Reviews: BCCBH, BL, HG, K, PWH, SLJ 

“I am not a chicken. I am not a chicken.” Henrietta’s 

older sisters, Kim and Clare, always tease her, so 

when they tell her she’s a chicken, she knows it can’t 

be true. “I don’t even look like a chicken,” she argues. 

They point to her “yellow” legs and “long” toes as 

evidence, but Henrietta is still skeptical. Then she 

wakes up one morning and finds an egg in her bed 

and feathers on the floor. Could her sisters be right? 

Full-color art. 



JLG: $9.00 • Putnam’s: $16.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2008 

*NEW* Chiles 

by Inés Vaughn 


“Chiles are both hot and good for you! / Pero los 

chiles no sólo son picantes, también son muy buenos 

para la salud.” Thousands of years ago, Native 

Americans first cultivated chiles—not only for 

food but also for trade. Today, people all over the 

world grow chiles and can choose from a number 

of varieties, including poblanos, tabascos, and 

habaneros. Here is a history—and a celebration— 

of the chile. Glossary. Index. Web sites. Full-color 

photographs. Bilingual text. 

Isbn: 9781435827257 • Dewey: 641.6’384 • 8" x 8" • 24 pp 


JLG: $13.25 • Rosen: $15.95 • JlG Month: MaY 2009 

*NEW* Chocolate 

by Inés Vaughn 


Where does chocolate come from? This book 

discusses how chocolate is made and traces the 

history of cacao and cacao-based drinks in Latin 

American culture. From explaining that “the Mayas 

and Aztecs prized cacao and used the drink to honor 

their gods and kings / los mayas y los aztecas apreciaban 

mucho el cacao y lo utilizaban para celebrar a sus dioses 

y reyes,” to describing the present-day popularity 

of hot chocolate and chocolate candies, Chocolate 

examines a favorite food. Glossary. Index. Web sites. 

Full-color photographs. Bilingual text. 

Isbn: 9781435827264 • Dewey: 641.6’374 • 8" x 8" • 24 pp 


JLG: $13.25 • Rosen: $15.95 • JlG Month: aPR 2009 

Clancy the Courageous Cow 

written and illustrated by Lachie Hume 

P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HG, K 

Clancy’s not like the other cows. The rest of the 

Belted Galloways have white “belts” around their 

middles, but Clancy is entirely black. He’s picked 

on and teased, but one night Clancy discovers an 

advantage to being different: he can sneak unseen 

into the Herefords’ pasture next door and eat their 

rich grass. Soon, Clancy grows bigger and stronger— 

so strong that he becomes the Belted Galloways’ best 

hope to finally beat the Herefords in the annual Cow 

Wrestling Contest. Watercolors and graphite pencil. 



JLG: $9.00 • Greenwillow: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2007 

Clarice Bean, Don’t Look Now u 

written and illustrated by Lauren Child 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: HG, SLJ 

Clarice Bean is full of worst worries, such as “strange 

things happening to the environment,” “going back 

to school after the holidays,” and “largish spiders.” 

Then something awful happens that she hasn’t even 

thought to worry about: her best friend moves away. 

Can her top-secret Ruby Redfort spy training help 

her avert disaster? Black-and-white illustrations. 

Jacket added to publisher’s edition. A 2008 IRA 

Children’s Choices selection. 



JLG: $9.00 • Candlewick: $15.99 • JlG Month: seP 2007

Clementine’s Letter u 

by Sara Pennypacker • pictures by Marla Frazee 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, KH, SLJH 

The principal secretly nominated Clementine’s 

teacher, Mr. D’Matz, for the Adventures for Teachers 

competition and—surprise!—he’s a finalist and has 

a chance to study in Egypt for the rest of the year! 

Other kids seem happy about this “tremendous 

opportunity” and are eager to write a letter to the 

judges about why Mr. D’Matz should win, but 

Clementine can’t celebrate. She was just getting the 

hang of third grade, and besides, he promised he’d 

be her teacher for the whole year. How can she make 

sure he won’t leave? Black-and-white illustrations. 

Winner of the 2009 Christopher Award. 

Isbn: 9780786838844 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2” x 7 3/4” • 144 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $14.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2008 

Colors! / ¡Colores! u 

by Jorge Luján • illustrated by Piet Grobler 

translated by John Oliver Simon 

PS GROUP (GRADES K–3) • Reviews: CRH, BL, HG, SLJ 

In these poems about colors, “Yellow / rolls / through 

/ the / sky / like / a / warm / gold / coin,” and “The color 

pink, / bright as a little girl’s nose, / makes everything / 

smell like a rose. / El color rosa, / lo mismo que las rosas, 

/ perfuma / hasta alas más pequeñas cosas.” Watercolor 

illustrations show amarillo, rosa, naranja, beige, azul, 

and six other colors described in English and Spanish. 

Isbn: 9780888998637 • Dewey: 861/.7 • 11" x 8 1/4" • 36 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Groundwood: $17.95 • JlG Month: aPR 2008 

Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars: 

Space Poems and Paintings u 

written and illustrated by Douglas Florian 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) 

Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HGs, KH, PW, SLJH 

“The universe is every place, / including all the 

e m p t y space. / It’s every star and galaxy, / All 

objects of astronomy, / . . . All persons throughout 

history—including you, including me.” These twenty 

playful and informative poems about space touch 

on everything from constellations that are a “zoo up 

in the sky,” to space exploration, to Pluto’s recent 

woes: “. . . Pluto was a planet. / Pluto was admired. 

/ Pluto was a planet. / Till one day it got fired.” Fullcolor 

gouache and collage with die cuts. Glossary. 

Bibliography. 

Isbn: 9780152053727 • Dewey: 811.54 • 10" x 10" • 56 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $16.00 • JlG Month: MaY 2007 

Cork & Fuzz: Finders Keepers 

by Dori Chaconas • illustrated by Lisa McCue 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: K, SLJ, WC 

Cork is a small muskrat who loves to find things such 

as rocks, feathers, and stones. His best friend, Fuzz, 

is a tall possum who loves to keep things. Sometimes 

Fuzz even keeps things that belong to others. One 

day, Cork finds a beautiful green stone and then loses 

it. Fuzz finds the stone and claims, “Finders keepers.” 

Cork is upset and begs Fuzz to give him the stone. 

Then the two friends meet a chipmunk who takes it. 

Will Cork ever get his stone back? Full-color art. 



JLG: $9.00 • Viking: $13.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2009 

Cork & Fuzz: Good Sports u 

by Dori Chaconas • illustrated by Lisa McCue 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: SLJ 

Cork, a short muskrat, and Fuzz, a tall possum, are 

best friends. “I want to have a race,” Cork says one 

day. “Me, too!” says Fuzz. “I want to win,” Cork says. 

“Me, too!” says Fuzz. They race and play ball games, 

but Fuzz wins every time—even when Cork asks him 

not to try too hard. Then Cork suggests a race across 

the pond. Fuzz doesn’t know how to swim, so Cork is 

guaranteed to win, but maybe there’s something that’s 

even more important than that. Full-color art. 




*NEW* Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa: Horse in the House 

by Erica Silverman • paintings by Betsy Lewin 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: K 

Cowgirl Kate is alarmed when she wakes up to find 

her horse Cocoa in the house. As Kate gets dressed 

and goes through her morning routine, she keeps 

telling Cocoa that he has to get out of the house 

before her parents return. Cocoa, however, stays 

focused on his goal: to explore the house. Room by 

room, Cocoa looks around, disappointed by the small 

rooms, swirling water (a toilet), and wax fruit. But 

will Kate ever get him back to the barn after he finds 

the refrigerator? Watercolor illustrations. 


JLG: $13.25 • Harcourt: $15.00 • JlG Month: JUl 2009 

Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa: Rain or Shine u 

by Erica Silverman • illustrated by Betsy Lewin 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, SLJ 

“‘Cocoa,’ said Cowgirl Kate, ‘it’s time for work.’ 

Cocoa stuck his head out the barn window. ‘But 

it’s raining,’ he said.” Cowgirl Kate’s horse, Cocoa, 

doesn’t like to work and definitely doesn’t like to 

work in the rain. Will the promise of apples and 

timothy grass eventually lure him out? Or will 

Cowgirl Kate have to ride Cocoa’s rival, Jumper? In 

these four short, episodic chapters, Kate and Cocoa 

weather the ups and downs of friendship, as well as 

some rotten weather. Full-color watercolor art. 




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A Crooked Kind of Perfect u 

by Linda Urban 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, CL, K, PW, SLJ 

“A piano is glamorous. Sophisticated. Worldly. It is 

a wonderful thing to play the piano. . . I play the 

organ. A wood-grained, vinyl-seated, wheeze-bag 

organ. The Perfectone D-60.” Zoe, eleven, wants 

to become a musical prodigy, but her distractible 

father brings home the wrong instrument. Then her 

best friend dumps her for someone cooler. And a 

weird boy starts following her home. As Zoe suffers 

through lessons in playing “Hits of the Seventies,” 

she wonders whether anything in her life will ever be 

right. Until then, there’s always the cha-cha setting. 

Isbn: 9780152060077 • Dewey: f • 5" x 7 1/2" • 144 pp 



*NEW* Damian Drooth, Supersleuth: 

The Mystery of the Missing Mutts 

by Barbara Mitchelhill • illustrated by Tony Ross 


When Mrs. Popperwell’s poodle disappears, Damian 

Drooth is sure dognappers are responsible. But for 

some reason, when Damian and his friends protect 

all the local dogs by hiding them in Damian’s family’s 

garden shed, his neighbors—and his mother—don’t 

appreciate it. “Damian, listen to me!” his mom 

shouts, upon finding one. “Why is this animal in my 

yard? And why do I keep getting phone calls from 

people accusing me of taking their dogs?” Glossary. 

Discussion questions. Writing prompts. Tips for 

Internet research. Black-and-white illustrations. 


aR level: 3.2 • aR Points: 1 


Dancing to Freedom: 

The True Story of Mao’s Last Dancer 

by Li Cunxin • illustrated by Anne Spudvilas 

NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, SLJ, WC 

“I was always hungry. At night we slept head to 

toe, crammed on a hard bed. . . . And my brothers 

and I were luckier than some in our village. We 

survived.” Li Cunxin dreamed of seeing the world 

outside the small town in China where he was born. 

Then a group of government officials visited and 

offered him the chance to study ballet in Beijing. It 

was an opportunity he couldn’t turn down, but it 

would mean leaving his family behind—ultimately, 

half a world behind. Historical note. Full-color ink, 

watercolor, and oil paintings. 

Isbn: 9780802797773 • Dewey: 792.802/8092 b • 9 1/4" x 11 5/16" • 40 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Walker: $16.95 • JlG Month: seP 2008 

*NEW* The Desperado Who Stole Baseball 

by John H. Ritter 

SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, K, SLJ, WC 

1881: After a chance encounter in the California 

desert, twelve-year-old Jack Dillon befriends one 

of his idols, Billy the Kid, and they ride together 

to Dillontown. Billy, wanted dead or alive, only 

wants to hide there. Jack, though, hopes to join 

the renowned Dillontown Nine baseball team. The 

Nine are unbeaten, but their owner, John Dillon, 

has wagered the town’s future for a shot against the 

best team in baseball, the Chicago White Stockings. 

When the ruthless owner of the Stockings orders 

his henchmen to undermine the Nine before the 

big game, even Jack and Billy, astonishing baseball 

prodigies, may not be able to save Dillontown. 


lexile: 750l 

JLG: $13.25 • Philomel: $17.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2009 

“Ritter’s use of vibrant imagery and 

musical phrases places this adventure 

right square in the annals of the oral 

Western tall tales—you’ll want to read 

this one aloud, more than once.” 

—Children’s Literature 

Dexter Bexley and the Big Blue Beastie u 

written and illustrated by Joel Stewart 

P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, PW, SLJ 

Dexter is scooting along one day when he bumps 

right into a Big Blue Beastie. “I’m bored,” says the 

Beastie. “And you look small and tasty. I should 

probably eat you up.” Dexter comes up with better 

ways to pass the time—they go scooting together, 

start a business delivering flowers, and, as detectives, 

solve “The Case of the Solid Gold Snowball” and 

“The Rubber Glove Affair.” Then—oh, dear—Dexter 

runs out of ideas! Full-color artwork. 



JLG: $9.00 • Holiday House: $16.95 • JlG Month: JUn 2007 

Diary of a Fly u 

by Doreen Cronin • illustrated by Harry Bliss 


Reviews: BL, HGs, KH, PWH, SLJH 

“June 7: Tomorrow is the first day of school. I’m 

so nervous. What if I’m the only one who eats 

regurgitated food? June 8: Everyone eats regurgitated 

food!” Meet Fly, an average young insect: she has 

327 brothers and sisters, she dreams of becoming a 

superhero because of her powerful flight muscles, 

and she hangs out with her friends Worm and 

Spider—while trying to steer clear of Spider’s hungry 

grandfather! Full-color illustrations. 



JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $16.89 • JlG Month: noV 2007

Dino-Hockey u 

by Lisa Wheeler • illustrated by Barry Gott 

SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ 

“They play to win on icy floors—Meat-Eaters vs. 

Veggiesaurs!” Two teams of dinosaurs square off in a 

wild game of ice hockey as hundreds of their fellow 

dinos cheer them on. T. Rex and Triceratops stare 

each other down in a fierce face-off. At first, the 

ferocious carnivores of the Meat-Eaters take the lead. 

But then the wily Veggiesaurs slip the puck past the 

Meat-Eaters’ goalie to tie the game. Which team is 

hungrier for victory? Full-color illustrations. 



JLG: $9.00 • Carolrhoda: $16.95 • JlG Month: oCT 2007 

Dinosaur vs. Bedtime u 

written and illustrated by Bob Shea 


Reviews: BCCBH, CL, HH, HGs, K, PWH, SLJ, WC 

“ROAR! I’M A DINOSAUR! ROAR! NOTHING 

CAN STOP ME!” A young dinosaur takes on a pile 

of leaves . . . a big slide . . . a bowl of spaghetti . . . 

and “wins” every time. Even grown-ups stop talking 

and run away when Dinosaur comes along! Dinosaur 

displays a comically terrifying set of teeth at each new 

challenge and accepts each triumph with a bashful 

bow. Then Dinosaur faces the toughest challenge of 

all: bedtime. Full-color illustrations. 


lexile: aD130l 

JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $15.99 • JlG Month: DeC 2008 

*NEW* Dinothesaurus: 

Prehistoric Poems and Paintings 

written and illustrated by Douglas Florian 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, K, PWH, SLJH, WC 

Meet the Micropachycephalosaurus, a very small 

dinosaur with a very large name; and the Minmi, 

who has the honor of having “the smallest dinosaur 

name.” There’s Giganotosaurus, who “opened its 

jaws and took giga-bites”; the Ankylosaurus, “Tough 

as tanks and hard as nails”; and the mammoth 

Barosaurus, with its forty-three-foot tail. Playful 

poems and illustrations introduce and describe 

eighteen prehistoric reptiles. Pronunciation guides. 

Glossary. List of dinosaur museums and fossil sites. 

Selected bibliography and further reading. Full-color 

illustrations done with gouache, collage, colored 

pencils, stencils, and rubber stamps. 

Isbn: 9781416979784 • Dewey: 811’.54 • 10" x 10" • 56 pp 


JLG: $13.25 • atheneum: $17.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2009 

“Florian’s free-flowing, witty 

collection of poems and collages 

about dinosaurs is a giganotosaurus 

delight—perhaps his best work ever.” 

—Publishers Weekly H 

Do unto Otters: A Book about Manners u 

written and illustrated by Laurie Keller 

P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BLH, HG, K, PW, SLJ 

Otters are moving in next door to Mr. Rabbit, and 

he doesn’t know what to do. What if they don’t get 

along? Well, Owl reminds Rabbit, just follow this 

simple rule: “Do unto otters as you would have otters 

do unto you.” Great! That means the otters will be 

friendly, honest, cooperative, and even share snacks! 

Wait a minute—what are those otters eating? Hot 

fish sundaes? Maybe they don’t need to share their 

snacks after all. Full-color acrylic paintings. 




Doctor Ted 

by Andrea Beaty • illustrated by Pascal Lemaitre 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, H, HGs, K, PWH, SLJ 

“One morning, Ted woke up, got out of bed, and 

bumped his knee. That’s not good, thought Ted. 

I need a doctor.” After finding no doctors nearby, 

Ted has another idea: why not become one? But 

when Ted starts examining his classmates, his teacher 

and his principal don’t seem to approve. “You can’t 

practice medicine in the lunchroom!” Mrs. Johnson 

says. Doctor Ted points at her cheeks. “You have 

mumps. Crutches could help.” Illustrations are 

rendered in brush and ink, then colored digitally. 



JLG: $9.00 • simon & schuster: $14.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2008 

Dodsworth in Paris 

written and illustrated by Tim Egan 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, SLJ, WC 

When Dodsworth and the duck arrive in Paris, 

Dodsworth explains his one rule: “You can’t cause 

any trouble here.” “I wouldn’t dream of it,” the duck 

replies. But on the second day, the duck decides to 

find out how far a paper airplane can fly from the top 

of the Eiffel Tower. He uses paper from Dodsworth’s 

bag that—oops—turns out to be money! Neither a 

job delivering bread nor Dodsworth’s plan to paint 

and sell a picture solves their money woes. Can the 

duck get them out of the trouble he got them into? 

Full-color ink and watercolor illustrations. 




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*NEW* Dog and Bear: Three to Get Ready 

written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger 



Dog and Bear are good at helping each other solve 

problems. First, Bear gets a bucket stuck on his head. 

Dog tries and tries to pull it loose, but the bucket 

seems to have a mind of its own. Then Dog has some 

high-flying fun jumping on the bed. Bear warns Dog 

that he might get hurt, but he won’t listen. How can 

Bear help? Finally, Bear looks around at the mess 

of toys Dog has left out. It’s time to help Dog get 

organized. This is a great idea until Dog’s favorite toy 

disappears. Full-color illustrations. 


JLG: $13.25 • Roaring brook: $12.99 • JlG Month: seP 2009 

Dog and Bear: 

Three to Get Ready—JLG Activity Guide 













JLG: $5.00 • Isbn: 9780982350683 

Dog and Bear: Two’s Company u 

written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, HGs, KH, PWH, SLJ 

Three full-color illustrated stories depict Dog and 

Bear experiencing the ups and downs of friendship. 

In “Ice Cream,” Dog is so angry at Bear that he plans 

to run away. Yet somehow, Bear makes Dog want to 

stick around. In “Happy Birthday Bear!,” Dog can’t 

resist a little nibble of the cake he made for Bear . . . 

and another nibble, and another. . . . In “Sweet 

Dreams,” Dog is feeling very tired. When Bear does 

everything he can to help Dog, he starts getting very 

tired, too. 



JLG: $9.00 • Roaring brook: $14.95 • JlG Month: aPR 2008 

Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! u 

written and illustrated by Mo Willems 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, PW, SLJH 

It’s bedtime, but the Pigeon isn’t at all tired. He’s 

in the mood for a hot dog party or some TV— 

educational, of course—or a chat about your day. 

Besides, studies show that pigeons hardly need any 

sleep at all. “YAWN! Okay, that was not a yawn! 

I was just stretching. . . .” Full-color art. 



JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $12.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2006 

*NEW* Duck! Rabbit! 

by Amy Krouse Rosenthal • illustrations by Tom Lichtenheld 


Reviews: BLH, H, K, PWH, SLJ, WC 

Two friends spot an animal in the distance. Is it a 

duck or a rabbit? Is it flying or is it hopping? Is it 

wading through a swamp or hiding in the grass? A 

simple optical illusion encourages and redefines the 

double-take. Full-color art in ink, watercolor, and “a 

wee bit of colored pencil.” 


JLG: $13.25 • Chronicle: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2009 

I love this book! Though its subject 

might be up for debate, what is certain 

is that Duck! Rabbit! is great fun. 

—Liz, JLG Senior Editor 

Duel!: Burr and Hamilton’s Deadly War of Words u 

by Dennis Brindell Fradin • illustrated by Larry Day 

NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) 

Reviews: BCCB, BLH, HH, SLJH, WC 

“As the sun rises on a July morning in 1804, two men 

stand ten paces apart on a New Jersey cliffside. One 

is Alexander Hamilton, a signer of the Constitution. 

The other is Aaron Burr, the vice president of 

the United States. They are risking arrest—and 

their lives—to fight an illegal pistol duel.” Both 

Hamilton and Burr fought heroically during the 

Revolution, and both had worked for General George 

Washington. But a conflict between them led to 

a duel that only one survived. Note on history of 

dueling. Bibliography. Further reading. Full-color 

ink, watercolor, and gouache illustrations. 

Isbn: 9780802795847 • Dewey: 973.4/6092 • 9 5/8" x 10 3/4" • 40 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Walker: $17.85 • JlG Month: JUl 2008 

The Dumpster Diver 

by Janet Wong • illustrated by David Roberts 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, KH, SLJ 

“Anyone knows you can dive for treasure in the 

ocean, but our neighbor Steve the Electrician 

dives for buried treasure right smack here in our 

backstreet alley.” Steve and his helpers are wizards 

at transforming trash. An old blender can become a 

lamp. An old lamp can become a table. And an old 

table plus two banged-up skateboards plus a handheld 

shower plus thirty-two screws and a roll of duct 

tape can become just about anything! Watercolor and 

ink artwork. 



JLG: $9.00 • Candlewick: $16.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2007

Durinda’s Dangers: The Sisters 8, Book 2 

by Lauren Baratz-Logsted and Greg Logsted with Jackie Logsted 

illustrated by Lisa K. Weber 

ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: HG 

The Huit octuplets are facing big problems. Not 

only are the sisters’ parents missing, but evil neighbor 

Helena Wicket has been snooping through their 

mother’s top-secret scientific files. Fortunately, the 

second-oldest octuplet, Durinda, has just discovered 

her special power—the ability to temporarily freeze 

people. If Durinda freezes “the Wicket” (as the Huits 

call her), the girls can snoop through her uninviting, 

fruitcake-scented house to learn what she has stolen 

from their mother’s files. Black-and-white drawings. 



JLG: $9.00 • Houghton Mifflin: $15.00 • JlG Month: feb 2009 

*NEW* The Dust Bowl: 

An Interactive History Adventure 

by Allison Lassieur 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL 

In 1929, the United States entered the Great 

Depression. Now it is 1931, and the southern Great 

Plains is experiencing a tremendous drought. What 

will you do? Stay on your Kansas farm? Become 

a migrant worker? Or choose to be a government 

photographer, documenting life in the Dust Bowl? 

This interactive history adventure contains three 

separate fact-based storylines, with fifty-three choices 

in all and nineteen different endings. An introduction 

and conclusion provide context and additional 

information. Time line. Further reading and Internet 

sites. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Map. Black-andwhite 

and color photographs. 

Isbn: 9781429623438 • Dewey: 978/.032 • 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" • 112 pp 

JLG: $13.25 • Capstone: $20.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2009 

*NEW* Dying To Meet You: 

43 Old Cemetery Road, Book 1 

by Kate Klise • illustrated by M. Sarah Klise 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, H, K, PW, SLJ 

Children’s author I. B. Grumply desperately needs 

to write his next Ghost Tamer book, but for years 

he has been suffering from crippling writer’s block. 

Thinking a change in surroundings will do him good, 

he rents an old Victorian mansion for the summer. 

But how can he possibly concentrate on writing 

when he discovers that the supposedly quiet house is 

inhabited not only by eleven-year-old Seymour Hope 

and his cat (Grumply despises children and is allergic 

to cats), but also by the ghost of Olive C. Spense, the 

home’s original owner? Black-and-white illustrations. 



JLG: $13.25 • Harcourt: $15.00 • JlG Month: JUn 2009 

Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know 

She Was Extinct u 



Reviews: BCCB, H, HGs, K, PW, SLJ 

Edwina the dinosaur is the most popular gal in town. 

She plays with the kids, helps little old ladies cross 

the street, and bakes the best chocolate chip cookies. 

Everyone loves her . . . except for Reginald Von 

Hoobie-Doobie, who has persuasive evidence that 

dinosaurs are extinct. Reginald does all sorts of things 

to prove his argument—he gives a report, hands out 

flyers, stages a protest—but no one cares. Is anyone 

willing to listen? Full-color art. 



JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $16.99 • JlG Month: noV 2006 

Elizabeth Leads the Way: 

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote u 

by Tanya Lee Stone • illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BLH, H, HGs, PW, SLJ, WC 

Elizabeth Cady Stanton grew up in the nineteenth 

century, when women did not have the same rights as 

men. From an early age, she thought this inequality 

was unfair. Why couldn’t women go to college, own 

property, or vote? In 1848, realizing that “if women 

could vote, they could help change all kinds of laws,” 

she set out to obtain women’s suffrage. Stanton’s 

battle cry spread like wildfire across the country: 

“Have it, we must. Use it, we will.” Author’s note. 

Bibliography. Full-color illustrations done in gouache 

and color pencils. 

Isbn: 9780805079036 • Dewey: 305.42092 b • 8 1/2" x 11" • 32 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2008 

Emma’s Turtle u 

by Eve Bunting • illustrated by Marsha Winborn 

P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ 

Emma’s turtle loves it when Emma reads him stories 

about far away places. “She shows me pictures of 

elephants in Africa and kangaroos in Australia. There 

are tigers in India and panda bears in China. It is all 

quite amazing.” So amazing that Turtle digs out of 

his pen and goes to see for himself. After walking for 

what feels like forever, he’s sure that frog hopping 

by must be an Australian frog and those chimes are 

Indian temple bells. How will he find his way home? 

Watercolor illustrations. 



JLG: $9.00 • boyds Mills: $15.95 • JlG Month: noV 2007 

Emmy and the Home for Troubled Girls 

by Lynne Jonell • art by Jonathan Bean 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: CL, HG, K, SLJ, WC 

Emmy is an ordinary girl—almost. Because she 

has been bitten by Raston the Rat, she can talk to 

rodents—and they talk back. With the help of a 

second bite from Raston, Emmy and her friend 

Joe can also shrink down to rodent size. These 

capabilities prove useful, since the children must 

try to stop Miss Barmy, Emmy’s horrible former 

nanny. Now a rat, Miss Barmy is keeping five little 

girls hostage and has a plan to steal Emmy’s family’s 

jewels. . . . Black-and-white illustrations. 



JLG: $9.00 • Holt: $17.95 • JlG Month: Jan 2009 

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Encyclopedia Brown Cracks the Case u 

by Donald J. Sobol • illustrated by James Bernardin 

ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: K, WC 


“For more than a year, no grown-up or child in 

Idaville had gotten away with breaking the law. . . . 

What was the secret? Only three people knew the 

answer to that question, and they weren’t telling: 

Mr. Brown, Mrs. Brown, and their only child, tenyear-old 

Encyclopedia, America’s best crime-buster.” 

Encyclopedia—and readers—have ten new mysteries 

to solve, including “The Case of the Counterfeit 

Dough,” “The Case of the Astronaut Duck,” and 

“The Case of the Stolen Confederate Stamps.” 

Black-and-white illustrations. A 2008 IRA Children’s 

Choices selection. 



JLG: $9.00 • Dutton: $15.99 • JlG Month: seP 2007 

Eoin Colfer’s Legend of the Worst Boy in the World 

by Eoin Colfer • illustrated by Glenn McCoy 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: HG, SLJ 

Will likes to tell Grandad his problems, but Grandad 

always outdoes his stories. No fair! Will wishes 

something really horrible would happen to him, 

too. Then he wonders whether something terrible 

happened when he was a baby. Good news: his father 

tells him how Will’s older brother Marty once tried 

to get Will to leave home forever: “It was dangerous, 

and it was terrible, but best of all; it was true.” 





*NEW* Extreme Scientists: 

Exploring Nature’s Mysteries from Perilous Places 

by Donna M. Jackson 

NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BCCB, BLH, K 

Not all scientists spend their days in laboratories; 

many are out in the field doing exciting research. 

Among those are “extreme” scientists, like Paul 

Flaherty, who flies a plane into hurricanes in order 

to study them. Deep within the earth, Hazel Barton 

looks for microbes in caves, including those under 

the sea. Stephen Sillett scales the world’s tallest trees, 

giant sequoias, to find out what lives and grows at 

the top. An interview with each scientist is included. 

Resources for further research. Glossaries. Source 

notes. Index. Full-color photographs. 

Isbn: 9780618777068 • Dewey: 509.2/2 • 11" x 9" • 80 pp 



*NEW* An Eye for Color: The Story of Josef Albers 

by Natasha Wing • illustrated by Julia Breckenreid 


Josef Albers had a gift for seeing art in the most basic 

places: painted doors, scrap yards, and buildings. 

He taught his students to open their eyes to “watch 

what’s going on and capture the accident.” Albers 

spent much of his career using different-colored 

rectangles and squares to study and present the 

way colors interact with one another. In doing so, 

he changed the art world forever. Author’s note. 

Biographical note. Glossary. Selected bibliography. 

Activities. Full-color gouache illustrations. 

Isbn: 9780805080728 • Dewey: 709.2 • 8" x 10" • 40 pp 

JLG: $13.25 • Holt: $16.96 • JlG Month: seP 2009 

OK, I admit it. I didn’t “get” Joseph 

Albers’s work before reading this book. 

Now I’m amazed by it. This book is a 

pleasure to read and view, and I enjoyed 

the personal insights the author 

offers in the afterword. 

—Susan, JLG Editorial Director 

*NEW* The Fastest Game on Two Feet and Other 

Poems About How Sports Began 

by Alice Low • illustrated by John O’Brien 

SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) 

Sports have origins in all kinds of activities, such as 

playing with sticks and stones, running from threats, 

and taking part in religious ceremonies. Skiing may 

have started when people strapped big bones to 

their feet to help them walk in the snow. Bowling 

was a way to “strike out” sins. Using conjecture 

and historical facts, this book of poetry and prose 

relates how nineteen sports got their start and grew 

into the games we know today. Author’s note. 

Anecdotes. Time line. Full-color watercolor-over-ink 


Isbn: 9780823419050 • Dewey: 811/.54 • 10" x 10" • 40 pp 

JLG: $13.25 • Holiday House: $17.95 • JlG Month: seP 2009 

Football Double Threat 

Matt Christopher 


In a locker room accident, Rocky’s friend Bobby slips 

and breaks his leg. Rocky feels terrible—after all, if 

he had just let Bobby try his new MP3 player, Bobby 

wouldn’t have gotten hurt. Now Bobby is out for 

the entire football season, and Coach asks Rocky to 

take Bobby’s position on defense. As Rocky practices 

overtime to play his position and Bobby’s, Bobby 

plays on Rocky’s guilt; soon Rocky is selling Bobby’s 

fundraiser chocolate bars for him and managing 

Bobby’s campaign for school president. Rocky starts 

to lose sleep, miss practice, and wonder if he’s Bobby’s 

friend or his butler. 



JLG: $9.00 • little, brown: $15.99 • JlG Month: DeC 2008

*NEW* For the Duration: The War Years 

written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola 


From gas rationing to air-raid drills, life is going to be 

different “for the duration.” That’s what the grownups 

tell second-grader Tomie. As long as the war 

lasts, things are going to be different, and sometimes 

different is hard. Fortunately, Tomie still has school 

and his family and the things he’s good at to carry 

him through. Author’s note about gas rationing. 


Isbn: 9780399252099 • Dewey: 813/.54 b • 5 7/8" x 8 7/16" • 112 pp 

JLG: $13.25 • Putnam’s: $15.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2009 

Fortune’s Magic Farm 

by Suzanne Selfors • illustrated by Catia Chien 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, SLJ, WC 

Ten-year-old Isabelle has a dreary life in perpetually 

rainy Runny Cove. She lives with her elderly 

grandmother in a boardinghouse and works at an 

umbrella factory—the town’s only business. After 

one particularly awful day, Isabelle goes to the beach, 

where a boy named Sage rides in on an elephant 

seal. Sage whisks Isabelle away to Fortune’s Farm, a 

delightful, magical place where Isabelle finds joy. But 

when Isabelle thinks back to Runny Cove, she wishes 

all the miserable people there could be as happy as 

she is. Black-and-white drawings. 



JLG: $9.00 • little, brown: $15.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2009 

Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich u 

written and illustrated by Adam Rex 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BCCB, HG, KH, SLJH 

The Creature from the Black Lagoon goes swimming 

too soon after lunch. Dracula doesn’t know he has 

spinach caught between his teeth. And the Phantom 

of the Opera can’t get “It’s a Small World” out of his 

head. Frightening, indeed! From a zombie samba to 

the Invisible Man’s haircut, this collection of funny 

monster poems sends up the spooky. Full-color art. 

Isbn: 9780152057664 • Dewey: 813 • 10 3/4" x 9 3/4" • 40 pp 

aR level: 4.0 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.8 • sRC Points: 2 


Frankenstein Takes the Cake 


A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: HG, K, PWH, SLJ, WC 

Frankenstein is getting married! Too bad his motherin-law 

doesn’t approve of the nuptials: “I’m an 

open-minded person. I’m not trying to be mean, 

but I never thought my little girl would marry 

someone green.” Frankenstein’s not the only one 

with troubles. In this collection of poems and 

vignettes, the Headless Horseman is finding it 

problematic to have a pumpkin for a head (and he’s 

blogging about it). Edgar Allan Poe has writer’s block 

and can’t figure out what word to rhyme with “rose.” 

And why has tourism dropped off at Skull Island? 

Full-color illustrations. 

Isbn: 9780152062354 • Dewey: 811/.6 • 10 3/4" x 9 3/4" • 48 pp 



*NEW* Friend or Fiend? with the 

Pain & the Great One 

by Judy Blume • illustrations by James Stevenson 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, SLJ 

“‘The name of this story is Ben,’ I said. I cleared my 

throat twice. ‘Ben is my fiend.’ Maggie laughed. I 

didn’t know why. So I kept reading.” Jake makes an 

embarrassing mistake during reading circle; Uncle 

Phil and his children are openly hostile during a 

visit from Jake and Abigail’s family; Abigail shares a 

secret, but her good friend steals the story. Small but 

important moments are highlighted in this appealing 

chapter book. Black-and-white illustrations. 



JLG: $13.25 • Delacorte: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2009 

Fun with Roman Numerals 

by David A. Adler • illustrated by Edward Miller 

NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ, WC 

With many illustrations and examples, this book 

clearly explains how to use Roman numerals. It 

teaches readers when to add numerals together, as 

in the number VII, and when to subtract one from 

another, as in IX. This is contrasted with the way 

Arabic numerals work. The design helps reinforce 

the lessons; for example, each Roman numeral 

consistently appears in its own color. Fun with Roman 

Numerals also depicts many instances—from watch 

faces to the Super Bowl—where Roman numerals are 

used in everyday life. Conversion chart of Arabic and 

Roman numbers. Full-color illustrations. 

Isbn: 9780823420605 • Dewey: 513.5 • 8 1/2" x 10" • 32 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Holiday House: $16.95 • JlG Month: DeC 2008 

Galileo’s Leaning Tower Experiment 

by Wendy Macdonald • illustrated by Paolo Rui 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BL, K 

Pisa, Italy, 1589: Every market day, Massimo drops 

lunch down to his uncle from a bridge, timing it so 

the food falls into his uncle’s boat. Professor Galileo, 

passing by one day, notices that the loaf of bread and 

wheel of cheese land in the boat with a single thud. 

But how can that be? Aristotle had said that heavy 

things fall at a faster rate than light ones. Will Galileo 

and Massimo be able to prove Aristotle’s theory 

wrong? Author’s note. Full-color illustrations done in 

acrylic on canvas. 

Isbn: 9781570926502 • Dewey: 531’.5 • 8 1/2" x 11" • 32 pp 



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Gertrude Is Gertrude Is Gertrude Is Gertrude 

by Jonah Winter • illustrated by Calef Brown 


Reviews: BCCBH, BL, KH, PWH, SLJ, WC 


“Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude. And 

Alice is Alice. And Gertrude and Alice are Gertrude 

and Alice.” Echoing Gertrude Stein’s playful writing 

style, this book describes Gertrude Stein’s and Alice 

B. Toklas’s lives in Paris. Gertrude and Alice have 

tea with Pablo Picasso, throw a party attended by 

Ernest Hemingway, go to a museum with their 

poodle, Basket, and even drive out to the country for 

a picnic. End note. Full-color illustrations rendered 

in acrylic. 

Isbn: 9781416940883 • Dewey: 818/.5209 b • 11" x 9" • 40 pp 

sRC level: 1.5 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD390l 

JLG: $9.00 • atheneum: $16.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2009 

Giant Meatball 

written and illustrated by Robert Weinstock 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: CL, HG, K 

A giant meatball lives on the outskirts of a snoozy 

little town. “For years and years, the giant meatball 

bompled and bounced his way along the old 

riverbeds in total bliss.” But the townspeople aren’t 

nearly as happy: The meatball churns through the 

pastures, terrifying cabbages and disquieting cows. 

He sullies the marmalade maker’s jellies, and he 

romps and rants just outside the library. The town 

tries to provide some helpful tips for neighborly 

living, but is this disruptive meatball willing to listen? 

Black Prismacolor pencil illustrations colored in 

Adobe Illustrator. 




A Girl, a Boy, and Three Robbers 

by Gail Gauthier • illustrated by Joe Cepeda 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: H, HGs, SLJ, WC 

“I would have been very happy to watch TV on 

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons when 

I had to go to Hannah’s house. . . . But oh, no. 

Hannah always had an idea.” Brandon does not 

like that he “never gets to be anything good” when 

playing Hannah’s elaborate, inventive games, or 

that her ideas often involve tea parties and fairies. 

But when the bratty Sunderland kids start plotting 

to steal Hannah’s oversized cat, an exciting real 

adventure begins! Black-and-white illustrations. 



JLG: $9.00 • Putnam’s: $14.99 • JlG Month: seP 2008 

Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: 

A Worldwide Cinderella u 

by Paul Fleischman • illustrated by Julie Paschkis 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, KH, PWH, SLJH 

A beautiful, mysterious girl appears at the king’s ball, 

wearing a golden sarong . . . a cloak of kingfisher 

feathers . . . a red kimono. She dances with the 

headman’s son until the first rooster crows, and then 

she runs away, leaving a dainty glass slipper . . . a 

golden shoe . . . a straw sandal. With thousands of 

versions from many cultures, Cinderella is one of the 

world’s best-loved stories. This tapestry-like retelling 

stitches together elements from many of these 

versions. Full-color illustrations. 

Isbn: 9780805079531 • Dewey: 398.2 • 8 1/2" x 11" • 32 pp 



Go Long! 

by Tiki and Ronde Barber with Paul Mantell 

SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, CL, HG, WC 

Thirteen-year-olds Tiki and Ronde like Coach 

Spangler and love winning football games, so 

they’re upset when he leaves to take a coaching 

spot on the high school team. Then school officials 

choose a seemingly odd replacement: Tiki’s former 

science teacher, Mr. Wheeler. Though Tiki and 

Ronde discover that Wheeler played professional 

football until an injury forced him to retire, he has 

no coaching experience, and his clumsy efforts to 

unify the team backfire. Soon the arrogant new 

quarterback, Cody, is leading an open mutiny against 

Wheeler, and it’s up to Tiki and Ronde to make sure 

the team doesn’t fall apart. 

Isbn: 9781416936190 • Dewey: f • 6" x 9" • 160 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • simon & schuster: $15.99 • JlG Month: oCT 2008 

Gold Medal for Weird u 

written and illustrated by Kevin Sylvester 


Both the winter and summer Olympics have given 

us amazing stories of achievement and success. 

“If you want those, go get a different book.” This 

compilation of Olympic mishaps and unusual 

anecdotes documents strange events such as a hotly 

disputed tug-of-war, a Swedish bronze medalist 

who was only twelve years old, and a swimming 

event held in shark-infested waters. Black-and-white 


Isbn: 9781554532537 • Dewey: 796.48 • 7" x 7" • 112 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Kids Can: $14.95 • JlG Month: Jan 2008 

Good Boy, Fergus! u 

written and illustrated by David Shannon 

K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K) • Reviews: BCCBH, HG, K, PWH 

Fergus—a.k.a. Fergie, Mr. F, Mister itchy bobo 

scratchitty man—is a very special dog. He knows 

how to sit up, roll over, and stay down (just not in 

that order). He never makes a mess (at least not on 

purpose) or begs (too much). And, he always eats all 

his dinner (as long as there’s whipped cream on top). 

What a good boy! Full-color pictures. 


JLG: $9.00 • scholastic: $15.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2006

Goof-Off Goalie: Gym Shorts 


SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: H, HGs, SLJ 

Goose loves being on a soccer team, but he hates all 

that running. Maybe, he thinks, he could play goalie: 

“Goalies didn’t run as much. They got to stand still a 

lot. And dive into the dirt.” Goose quickly learns that 

becoming a good goalie is hard work and requires 

something he doesn’t have: focus. So Goose’s friends 

draw up a detailed plan guaranteed to make him a 

better goalkeeper—if they can make him stick to it. 




JLG: $9.00 • Roaring brook: $14.95 • JlG Month: seP 2008 

Granddad’s Fishing Buddy u 

by Mary Quigley • illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch 

P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, HG, SLJ 

Sara visits her grandparents’ lake cottage and doesn’t 

want to miss a thing. Though the sky is still dark, 

she’s awake when Granddad gets up to meet his 

fishing buddy. “Ooooo . . . fishing . . . Can I come 

too?” she asks. Granddad eyes her skeptically. 

“Can you keep real quiet so the fish don’t know 

we’re there? Can you row the boat without making it 

turn in circles? Can you put a worm on the hook?” 

Sara agrees and “YIPPEE!” is allowed to go. Then 

she remembers the rules. “Yippee,” she whispers. 




JLG: $9.00 • Dial: $16.99 • JlG Month: seP 2007 

Grumpy Bird u 

written and illustrated by Jeremy Tankard 


Reviews: BCCB, CL, HGs, K, PW, SLJ 

Bird wakes up in an awfully grumpy mood. He’s too 

grumpy to play. He’s even too grumpy to fly. “Looks 

like I’m walking today,” he says. But his friends won’t 

let him walk in peace. As he passes them one by one, 

Sheep, Rabbit, Raccoon, Beaver, and Fox all want to 

know what he’s doing. When he says he’s walking, 

they think it looks like fun and want to come along! 

Why do they have to be so cheerful ? Full-color ink 

and collage illustrations. A 2008 IRA Children’s 





*NEW* Gullible Gus 

by Maxine Rose Schur • illustrated by Andrew Glass 


Cowboy Gus has a terrible problem. He believes 

everything that people tell him, even when they’re 

fibbing! As a result, he’s earned the nickname Gullible 

Gus. Gus doesn’t want to be gullible anymore, so 

his doctor sends him to the town of Fibrock to meet 

Hokum Malarkey, the biggest liar in the universe. If 

Gus can see through even one of Malarkey’s stories, 

he’ll be cured. Full-color illustrations in oil crayon 

and turpenoid. 


JLG: $13.25 • Clarion: $15.00 • JlG Month: seP 2009 

Gully’s Travels 

by Tor Seidler • pictures by Brock Cole 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) 

Reviews: BLH, CL, H, HGs, K, PWH, SLJH, WC 

Gully, a Lhasa apso, enjoys a cushy, quiet life. He 

lives with his kind owner, a professor, at One Fifth 

Avenue in Manhattan. He eats Prime Premium and 

spends summers in Paris. Then the professor becomes 

engaged to a woman who’s allergic to long-haired 

dogs, so he reluctantly gives Gully away—to his 

doorman. Suddenly Gully’s refined life is turned 

upside down. He is thrown into a crowded Queens 

house with the big, raucous Montoya family, who 

also own three mutts. Convinced this new situation is 

all a mistake, Gully forms an escape plan. 



JLG: $9.00 • scholastic: $16.95 • JlG Month: oCT 2008 

Gus, the Pilgrim Turkey 

by Teresa Bateman • illustrated by Ellen Joy Sasaki 

P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, HG, K 

In spring, Gus the Turkey looks stunning in his 

Easter hat. In summer, Gus dons patterned shorts 

and dances in the sprinklers. Now it’s autumn, and 

he’s already talking about wearing his tuxedo on New 

Year’s Eve. So Gus’s friends decide it’s time to tell him 

about Thanksgiving. “They told him about Native 

Americans who helped the Pilgrims. No problem. 

They told him about the big feast. No problem.” 

And then they tell Gus what’s on the Thanksgiving 

Day menu. BIG problem! Full-color art done in 

watercolor, colored pencils, and pen and ink. 



JLG: $9.00 • albert Whitman: $16.99 • JlG Month: noV 2008 

The Heart of the Beast: 

Eight Great Gorilla Stories 

by Nancy Roe Pimm 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, CL, V 

What goes on in the heart of the beast? Gorillas have 

long been misunderstood as ferocious, unfeeling 

animals, but we now know them to possess a wide 

range of emotions: grief, love, fear, anger, sadness. 

Meet eight gorillas, from sign language–using Koko 

to Snowflake, the only albino gorilla ever seen, who 

demonstrate just how much we humans have in 

common with our primate cousins. Black-and-white 

photography. Time line. Bibliography. Index. 

Isbn: 9781581960549 • Dewey: 599.884 • 7 3/8" x 5 5/8" • 112 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Darby Creek: $18.95 • JlG Month: MaR 2007 

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Help!: A Story of Friendship u 

written and illustrated by Holly Keller 

K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K) • Reviews: BL, H, PW, SLJH 

Hedgehog finds Mouse hiding in the leaves, scared of 

their old friend Snake: “Fox told Skunk and Skunk 

told me that snakes are very dangerous to mice.” 

“That’s silly gossip,” Hedgehog says. “You know 

Snake would never hurt you.” He urges Mouse out 

of the leaves to take a walk. Mouse is so busy looking 

for danger that he falls into a deep, narrow hole—and 

can’t get out. The hole is too dark for Squirrel, too 

deep for Rabbit, and Hedgehog is too prickly, but 

Snake is willing to help. Full-color art. 


aR level: 2.3 • aR Points: 0.5 • lexile: aD450l 

JLG: $9.00 • Greenwillow: $17.89 • JlG Month: seP 2007 

Henry’s Freedom Box: 

A True Story from the Underground Railroad u 

by Ellen Levine • illustrated by Kadir Nelson 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, KH, PW, SLJ 

After Henry Brown’s wife and children are sold at 

the slave market, Henry knows he’ll never see them 

again. The only thing left to live for is freedom. 

With help from a white man named Dr. Smith, 

Henry mails himself from Richmond, Virginia, to 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, inside a wooden box. 

“Dr. Smith begged the clerks to be careful. But they 

didn’t listen. They threw the box into the baggage car. 

Hours passed. Henry was lifted up and thrown again. 

Upside down!” Author’s note. Bibliography. Fullcolor 

illustrations created with pencil, watercolor, and 

oils. A 2008 Caldecott Honor Book. A 2008 IRA 

Teachers’ Choices selection. 



JLG: $9.00 • scholastic: $16.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2007 

Here’s Looking at Me: 

How Artists See Themselves u 

by Bob Raczka 

NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG 

If you were going to paint a picture of yourself, 

how would you do it? Artists answer this question 

in different ways. Sofonisba Anguissola painted a 

portrait of her teacher painting a portrait of her; 

Marc Chagall painted himself with seven fingers 

on his left hand; and Jacob Lawrence painted 

himself in his Seattle studio with Harlem showing 

out the window. By the choices they made, we can 

learn about where and when these artists lived and 

what they thought about themselves. Full-color 

reproductions of the works of sixteen artists. 

Isbn: 9780761334040 • Dewey: 760 • 8" x 10" • 32 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Millbrook: $23.90 • JlG Month: JUn 2006 

*NEW* The Hermit Crab 

written and illustrated by Carter Goodrich 

P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: K, PW, SLJ 

Down on the sea floor, a mysterious contraption has 

just landed on the flounder. It smells like a restaurant, 

but it looks like danger. Wait! Who is this mysterious 

purple stranger trying to lift the trap? “That,” cries 

the lobster, “THAT is our brave champion! Our 

HERO, come to save us!” Or maybe it’s just the shy, 

un-heroic hermit crab in his fancy new shell, looking 

for some dinner. Full-color colored pencil and 



aR level: 4 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.2 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD680l 

JLG: $13.25 • simon & schuster: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2009 

The Hermit Crab—JLG Activity Guide 













JLG: $5.00 • Isbn: 9780982350652 

Hey Batta Batta Swing!: 

The Wild Old Days of Baseball u 

by Sally Cook and James Charlton • illustrated by Ross MacDonald 

SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BCCB, H, K, PWH, SLJ 

“What was the game of baseball like in earlier times? 

Was it easier? Probably not! Different? You bet!” Way 

back when, you could get a runner out by soaking 

him (hitting him with the baseball). Fly chasers 

(outfielders) used to patrol the pasture (play the 

field) bare-handed. It took nine balls for an Annie 

Oakley (a walk). Despite all the changes, one thing 

has stayed the same: almost from the very beginning, 

baseball has been “America’s game.” Full-color art. 

Isbn: 9781416912071 • Dewey: 796.35 • 11" x 9" • 56 pp 

aR level: 5.8 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 6.9 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: aD1050l 

JLG: $9.00 • Mcelderry: $17.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2007

The Higher Power of Lucky u 

by Susan Patron • illustrated by Matt Phelan 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BCCB, HGs, KH 

“The difference between a Guardian and an actual 

mom is that a mom can’t resign. A mom has the job 

for life. But a Guardian like Brigitte could probably 

just say, ‘Well, that’s about it for this job. I’m going 

back to France now. Au revoir.’” Lucky has lived with 

her guardian, Brigitte, since her mother died, but 

lately it seems Brigitte may be thinking of leaving 

their home in Hard Pan, California (population 43). 

Rather than be left behind, Lucky decides to be the 

first one to go. Black-and-white illustrations. Winner 

of the 2007 Newbery Medal. 



JLG: $9.00 • atheneum: $16.95 • JlG Month: feb 2007 

*NEW* Highway Robbery 

by Kate Thompson • illustrated by Jonny Duddle and Robert Dress 

ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, KH, PWH 

A young lad, down on his luck, unexpectedly meets 

a mysterious stranger who hires the boy to watch his 

horse. The stranger disappears, and passersby stop 

to offer the boy money for the magnificent steed. 

He’s sorely tempted but refuses. When soldiers come 

looking for the infamous highwayman Dick Turpin, 

the lad realizes he’s in possession of a legendary horse: 

Black Bess. Black-and-white illustrations. 



“A suspenseful and tautly written story.” 

—Publishers WeeklyH 

Home on the Range: 

John A. Lomax and His Cowboy Songs u 

by Deborah Hopkinson • illustrated by S. D. Schindler 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, PWH, SLJH, WC 

“John Avery Lomax grew up singing. Why, he 

probably knew more folksongs, tunes, and ballads 

than there were cattle in the great state of Texas.” As 

a child, John loved the songs he heard the cowboys 

singing along the nearby Chisholm Trail. He 

began writing them down at an early age. As John 

grew older, he traveled the country collecting and 

recording cowboy songs, helping to preserve such 

favorites as “Sweet Betsy from Pike” and “Home on 

the Range.” Author’s note. Source note. Bibliography. 




JLG: $9.00 • Putnam’s: $16.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2009 

Hooray for Reading Day! 

by Margery Cuyler • illustrated by Arthur Howard 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: HG, SLJ, WC 

In first grade, Jessica has a BIG worry: reading. Other 

kids laugh when she reads c-c-c-cat for cat and d-d-ddish 

for dish. Then her teacher announces that Friday 

is Reading Theater day and all the parents are invited. 

Read out loud? Wear a costume? She’d rather get a 

splinter in her tongue than do that! But that night 

when she can’t sleep, she practices reading The Hot 

Pot to her dog, Wiggles. She thinks it’s pretty silly, 

but Wiggles snuggles close and doesn’t seem to mind. 




JLG: $9.00 • simon & schuster: $15.99 • JlG Month: seP 2008 

*NEW* Houndsley and Catina: Plink and Plunk 

by James Howe • illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BL, K, SLJ 

Houndsley enjoys canoe rides so quiet he can hear 

the plink and plunk of the paddles. Unfortunately, 

whenever his best friend Catina climbs into the boat, 

she spoils it by talking nonstop. Bike riding is one of 

Catina’s favorite things to do, but when Houndsley 

receives a bicycle as a gift, he is reluctant to go for a 

ride with Catina—even though the two have never 

ridden together. Why do these friends behave in such 

puzzling ways? After a bike ride, a picnic, and some 

time to talk, the two friends discover the reasons. 

Full-color watercolor, pencil, and collage illustrations. 




I like how seriously this book treats 

its characters and their feelings. 

Fear, shame, and friendship are all 

dealt with in a way that is refreshingly 

honest, and the resolution is hopeful 

and entirely plausible. 

—Dan, JLG Assistant Editor 

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The House in the Night u 

by Susan Marie Swanson • illustrated by Beth Krommes 


Reviews: BLH, HG, KH, PWH, SLJH 

“Here is the key to the house. In the house burns a 

light. In that light rests a bed. On that bed waits a 

book. . . .” As evening falls, a young girl gets ready 

for bed and opens a book. A bird emerges and takes 

her on a journey through the night skies and back 

home, to where there is a “book on the bed, bed 

in the light, light in the house . . . the house in the 

night.” Inspired by a traditional poem. Author’s note. 

Scratchboard and watercolor illustrations. Winner of 

the 2009 Caldecott Medal. 


lexile: 60l 

JLG: $9.00 • Houghton Mifflin: $16.00 • JlG Month: aUG 2008 

How to Heal a Broken Wing u 

written and illustrated by Bob Graham 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, HG, K, PW, SLJH, WC 

“High above the city, no one heard the soft thud of 

feathers against glass. No one saw the bird fall. No 

one looked down . . . except Will.” On a crowded 

city street, a young boy crouches by a fallen pigeon 

and persuades his mother to let him take it home 

with them. Together, the boy’s family tends to it, 

hoping that “with rest . . . and time,” the bird may 

fly again. Full-color art includes wordless sequences 

that advance the plot. Winner of the 2009 Charlotte 

Zolotow Award. 


JLG: $9.00 • Candlewick: $16.99 • JlG Month: oCT 2008 

How to Make a Cherry Pie and See the U.S.A. 

written and illustrated by Marjorie Priceman 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, SLJ, WC 

“In the mood for a cherry pie? Let’s get started. First, 

mix flour and salt in a bowl. What, no bowl? You 

will definitely need a bowl.” Finding the Cook Shop 

closed for the July 4th weekend, a young girl and her 

dog crisscross the United States in search of the raw 

materials they need to make a bowl, a pie pan, and 

other cookware. Includes a map of the United States 

and a recipe for cherry pie. Full-color art, created 

using gouache on hot-pressed watercolor paper. 



JLG: $9.00 • Knopf: $19.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2009 

Humpty Dumpty Climbs Again 

written and illustrated by Dave Horowitz 

P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, SLJ 

Humpty Dumpty used to love to climb—but 

after his infamous fall, his confidence is shattered. 

Nowadays, he mopes around his house and watches 

television in his underwear. Whenever All the King’s 

Horses and All the King’s Men pass by, they chant, 

“Humpty Dumpty / Sits in a chair, / He used to climb 

rocks— / Today he won’t dare.” How will Humpty 

ever summon the courage to climb again? Full-color 

art, done in black pencil and charcoal on newsprint; 

color was digitally added. 



JLG: $9.00 • Putnam’s: $16.99 • JlG Month: noV 2008 

I’m Just Like My Mom; I’m Just Like My Dad / Me 

parezco tanto a mi mamá; Me parezco tanto a mi papá 

by Jorge Ramos • illustrated by Akemi Gutierrez 

PS GROUP (GRADES K–3) • Reviews: CR, BL, HG, K, SLJ, WC 

“My mom and I like to write letters to our friends,” 

a young girl says. “We both like to draw pictures on 

our letters, too. / A mi mamá y a mí nos gusta escribirle 

cartas a nuestra familia y a nuestros amigos. Y a las dos 

nos gustos ponerles dibujos a las cartas.” Flip the book 

over, and a young boy explains: “My dad and I like 

reading before we go to sleep. Sometimes we read 

about faraway places. / A mi papá y a mí nos gusta leer 

antes de irnos a dormir. A veces, leemos sobre lugares que 

quedan muy lejos.” Full-color illustrations. 



JLG: $9.00 • Rayo: $16.99 • JlG Month: seP 2008

I’m the Best Artist in the Ocean 

written and illustrated by Kevin Sherry 

K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K) • Reviews: HG, SLJ 

A cheerful giant squid paints all his favorite 

underwater animals: fish, crabs, manta rays, jellyfish. 

“I can draw ANYTHING!” he declares. When a pair 

of grumpy fish asks him what he’s doing, the squid 

is oblivious to their disapproval. “I’m making my 

MASTERPIECE!!” he says, continuing to display 

his artistic range. At last, a fierce shark yells at the 

squid to stop. “YOU are making a mess!” the shark 

says. “You mean a MESS-terpiece!” the squid happily 

corrects him. After all, the squid’s canvas doesn’t seem 

to mind. . . . Full-color art. 


JLG: $9.00 • Dial: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2008 

In a Blue Room u 

by Jim Averbeck • illustrated by Tricia Tusa 

P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, PWH, SLJH 

Alice insists that everything in her room be blue, 

but when she can’t fall asleep, her mother brings 

in a succession of items that aren’t blue: lilacs and 

paperwhites, orange tea, a red and green quilt, 

and yellow lullaby bells. Will Alice accept these 

cozy offerings or stay true to her all-blue color 

scheme? Full-color art. A 2009 Charlotte Zolotow 

Honor Book. 




*NEW* Into the Deep: 

The Life of Naturalist and Explorer William Beebe 

written and illustrated by David Sheldon 

BE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: K 

When William Beebe was born in 1877, scientists 

had only begun to explore the natural world, a world 

that fascinated Beebe even as a child. He studied 

migratory birds, rainforest canopies, and ocean 

depths. He soon realized that collecting animal 

specimens—live ones for zoos and dead ones for 

taxidermy—was not the best way to learn about 

them. Beebe was a pioneer of ecology, observing 

wildlife in their natural habitats. Explorer, inventor, 

and conservationist, Beebe continues to inspire 

naturalists today. Afterword includes quotes from 

Beebe’s writing. Glossary. Resources. Full-color 

illustrations in acrylic, gouache, and India ink. 



JLG: $13.25 • Charlesbridge: $16.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2009 

It’s Probably Penny 

written and illustrated by Loreen Leedy 

NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HG, K, SLJ 

When Mr. Jayson gives Lisa and her classmates 

probability homework to do over the weekend, Lisa 

thinks that she’ll probably use her Boston terrier 

Penny to help. Lisa knows Penny will want to go for 

a walk and might bark at a squirrel. There’s a chance 

that Penny could unearth buried treasure, but there’s 

no chance that Penny will turn into a cat. What 

are the chances that Penny will cause some kind of 

trouble? Full-color artwork. 

Isbn: 9780805073898 • Dewey: 519.2 • 9" x 11" • 32 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Henry Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2007 

*NEW* Joe and Sparky Get New Wheels 

by Jamie Michalak • illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BCCB, KH, SLJ, WC 

Friends Joe the giraffe and Sparky the turtle live 

in Safari Land, “the famous cageless zoo.” Joe is 

adventurous, always wanting “to see the world.” 

Sparky, on the other hand, prefers to stay close to 

home and spend time in his pond. One day, Joe sees 

a yellow car and assumes it’s the prize for a contest he 

entered. He and Sparky hop in and drive to the mall, 

a burger joint, and a theme park, causing a hubbub 

everywhere they go. After all the excitement outside 

the zoo’s gates, home starts to feel more inviting than 

ever. Watercolor and Prismacolor pencil illustrations. 

Isbn: 9780763633875 • 6" x 9" • 48 pp 



*NEW* Joey Fly, Private Eye, in Creepy Crawly Crime 

by Aaron Reynolds • illustrated by Neil Numberman 

ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, K, PWH, WC 

Delilah, a beautiful butterfly, brings Joey Fly 

his latest assignment. “I was having a party and 

somebody stole my diamond pencil box,” she tells 

Joey. “I’m sure it was Gloria. She’s this ladybug I 

know.” What seems like an open-and-shut case soon 

becomes complicated. Not only do party guests 

contradict Delilah’s statements, but Joey’s bumbling 

new assistant, Sammy Stingtail, taints the only piece 

of evidence. Graphic-novel format. Hidden picture 

game. Four-color illustrations. 

Isbn: 9780805082425 • Dewey: 741.5’973 • 8" x 10" • 96 pp 

JLG: $13.25 • Henry Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: aPR 2009 

John, Paul, George & Ben u 

written and illustrated by Lane Smith 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BCCBH, H, HGs, K, PWH 

Once there were four lads: John Hancock, Paul 

Revere, George Washington, and Ben Franklin. 

Oh, yes, there was also Tom Jefferson—but he was 

annoyingly independent and hardly ever around. 

Those lads were always getting into trouble for 

one reason or another. In other words, they took 

a few liberties. This is the story of five little boys 

before they became five really big Founding Fathers. 




JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2006 

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Julia Morgan Built a Castle u 

by Celeste Mannis • illustrated by Miles Hyman 

NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BCCB, HG, SLJ 

Julia Morgan was the first woman to receive an 

architecture degree from the prestigious École des 

Beaux-Arts in France. She had completed over 450 

projects in her own practice in San Francisco by the 

time William Randolph Hearst walked into her office 

in 1919. “Miss Morgan,” the famous newspaper 

publisher said, “I would like to build a little 

something.” His magnificent estate in the hills of San 

Simeon would take the architect twenty-eight years to 

complete. Full-color art. Author’s note. 

Isbn: 9780670059645 • Dewey: 720 • 9 3/4" x 11" • 40 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Viking: $17.99 • JlG Month: feb 2007 

*NEW* Just the Right Size: 

Why Big Animals Are Big and Little Animals Are Little 

by Nicola Davies • illustrated by Neal Layton 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: K, PW 

Why aren’t insects the size of dogs? Why are ants 

stronger than humans? Why couldn’t Superman 

really exist? It all comes down to a rule of geometry: 

“If you double the length of something, its surface 

area and cross section go up four times, while its 

volume and weight go up eight times!” Fascinating 

examples and funny illustrations demonstrate how 

this rule governs the size of every creature on Earth. 

Index. Glossary. Full-color art. 

Isbn: 9780763639242 • 9 7/16" x 5 7/8" • 64 pp 

JLG: $13.25 • Candlewick: $14.99 • JlG Month: seP 2009 

Now I can stop wondering why I 

can’t have superpowers! The answers 

are all here and presented in a 

funny and appealing way. 

—Susan, JLG Editorial Director 

Katie Loves the Kittens u 

written and illustrated by John Himmelman 

K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K) • Reviews: BL, HG, SLJ, WC 

“AROOOOO! AROOOOO!” A dog named Katie 

is very excited when Sara Ann brings home three 

adorable little kittens. She loves them so much that 

she howls with happiness—and scares the kittens. 

“No, no, no, Katie,” says Sara Ann. “You stay away 

from them until they get used to you.” Katie tries. 

She REALLY tries, but she just makes one mistake 

after another. Katie is so sad that she retreats to her 

bed and eventually falls asleep. When she wakes up 

she is not alone—can she contain herself this time? 

Full-color pencil and watercolor illustrations. 



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Keena Ford and the Second Grade Mix-Up 

by Melissa Thomson • illustrated by Frank Morrison 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BCCB, HG, SLJ 

Keena thinks she’s going to hate second grade: she and 

her best friend, Eric, are in different classes. But, it 

turns out, Keena loves it! Her teacher, Ms. Campbell, 

is so cool! One of the first projects is to decorate a 

paper birthday cake. Keena mistakenly writes her 

birthday as 9/2 instead of 2/9, making Ms. Campbell 

think that Keena’s birthday is the next day. Keena 

means to correct her teacher, she really does, but she’s 

so excited about the birthday crown, and she loves 

chocolate cake. . . . Black-and-white illustrations. 




Keep Your Eye on the Kid: 

The Early Years of Buster Keaton u 

written and illustrated by Catherine Brighton 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, HGs, KH, PWH, SLJ 

“On the night I broke into the act, Dad threw me 

across the stage shouting, ‘Keep your eye on the kid!’ 

and the crowd went crazy.” From the age of three, Joe 

“Buster” Keaton traveled the country as a vaudeville 

performer. He didn’t attend school, but learned from 

the comedians, musicians, and dancers around him. 

When movies became popular, many vaudevillians 

feared that their way of life was threatened by the 

new medium, but Buster Keaton was fascinated by 

the moving images. . . . Author’s note. Bibliography. 

Filmography. Full-color illustrations. 



JLG: $9.00 • Roaring brook: $16.95 • JlG Month: MaY 2008 

Keeping Score 

by Linda Sue Park 


Reviews: BL, HGs, KH, KL, PWH, SLJ 

Nine-year-old Maggie becomes fast friends with a 

firefighter named Jim when he teaches her how to 

keep score during baseball games. The system for 

tracking plays may be complicated, but Maggie loves 

how it succinctly captures her favorite sport. Then Jim 

is suddenly shipped off to the Korean War. The letters 

they send to each other help Maggie understand the 

unfamiliar, faraway life her friend now leads. When a 

tragic accident gives Jim severe depression, though, his 

letters stop coming. Maggie wonders if she can help 

Jim, though he seems so distant. 



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Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity u 



Reviews: BCCBH, BL, H, HGs, KH, PWH, SLJH 

Trixie can’t wait to show off her one-of-a-kind 

Knuffle Bunny at school, until she sees Sonja—and 

Sonja’s Knuffle Bunny. The girls argue: “Kuh-nuffle!” 

says Trixie. “Nuffle!” says Sonja. They squabble so 

much that Ms. Greengrove has to take the bunnies 

away until the end of the day. That night Trixie is 

tucked in at “half-past bedtime,” but for some reason 

she can’t sleep. At 2:00 am she discovers a problem 

with Knuffle Bunny that can’t wait until morning. 

Digitally colored ink sketches on photographs. A 

2008 Caldecott Honor Book. 




Lacrosse Firestorm 



At sleepover lacrosse camp, Garry Wallis is stuck with 

his bullying teammate, Michael, all day and night. 

Michael trips him in the cafeteria, and Garry, angry 

and embarrassed, runs outside. He finds a pack of 

matches in the woods and strikes one, but does so 

carefully, on a boulder away from the bushes. Soon 

he hears a boy call out from the river and runs to 

rescue him. When a forest fire blazes and is quickly 

extinguished, Garry doesn’t know whether he’s 

responsible, but Michael is ready to accuse him unless 

Garry helps him become high scorer. 



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Leaves u 

written and illustrated by David Ezra Stein 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, KH, PWH, SLJH 

“It was his first year. Everything was going well until 

the first leaf fell.” A puzzled young bear is worried 

about that leaf, and soon he sees red leaves and yellow 

leaves falling all over his island. “He sat beneath a 

tree, and watched them go, all around. But he grew 

sleepy and so he found a hole and filled it with 

leaves, and went to sleep. . . .” Full-color watercolors 

illustrate this tale of the changing seasons. Winner of 

the 2008 Ezra Jack Keats Book Award. 




*NEW* Let’s Do Nothing! 

written and illustrated by Tony Fucile 

P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BCCB, K 

Frankie and Sal have gone through every game, book, 

and activity they can think of. Nothing is left. So 

they decide to do exactly that: nothing! As it turns 

out, doing nothing is not so easy. How long can two 

boys sit still, especially when pigeons want to land 

on them and huge gorillas want to climb on them? 

Eventually, the boys discover that it’s really impossible 

to do nothing if you have a good imagination. Fullcolor 

ink, colored pencil, and acrylic illustrations. 



*NEW* Life in the Boreal Forest 

by Brenda Z. Guiberson • illustrated by Gennady Spirin 


The northern, or boreal, forest makes up more than 

one-third of the Earth’s forests. Within this gigantic 

area, an amazing variety of wildlife can be found, 

from Tennessee warblers and endangered whooping 

cranes to howling wolves and stealthy lynx. Season 

by season, animals are born and grow. Some migrate, 

but most remain in the wintry forest throughout 

the year, surviving within the dramatic landscape. 

Author’s note. Full-color illustrations. 

Isbn: 9780805077186 • Dewey: 578.73/7 • 10 5/8" x 11" • 40 pp 


Lightship u 

written and illustrated by Brian Floca 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, KH, PWH, SLJH 

“Here is a ship that holds her place. . . . She does not 

sail from port to port. She does not carry passengers 

or mail or packages. She holds to one sure spot as 

other ships sail by. She waits.” But when it gets dark 

or when the fog comes rolling in, the lightship’s 

crew knows just what to do. They sound her horn 

and shine her light bright so that other ships can sail 

home safely. Full-color illustrations. Author’s note 

about the history of lightships. A 2008 Robert F. 

Sibert Honor Book. 

Isbn: 9781416924364 • Dewey: 387.2 • 9" x 10" • 48 pp 


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*NEW* The Lion’s Share 

written and illustrated by Matthew McElligott 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BL, KH, PW, SLJH, WC 

When an ant is invited to the lion’s dinner party, 

she is nervous about making a good impression on 

her royal host. When she arrives, she is surprised by 

the other guests’ terrible manners. When dessert is 

served, the greedy elephant takes half the cake, then 

passes it to the hippo, who takes half of what’s left. 

By the time it finally reaches the ant, there is only 

a crumb to share with the king. The ant offers to 

bake another cake to share with him, but the other 

guests quickly try to outdo her generosity. Full-color 

illustrations in watercolor and ink. 



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Little Blue Truck 

by Alice Schertle • illustrated by Jill McElmurry 

P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, K, PWH, SLJ 

“Horn went ‘Beep!’ Engine purred. Friendliest 

sounds you ever heard.” As Little Blue Truck leisurely 

drives down a country lane, he makes sure to greet all 

his animal friends, from a little toad to a big horse. 

The dump truck that screeches past Little Blue has 

a very different attitude: “I haven’t got time to pass 

the day with every duck along the way!” he yells. 

But when the Dump gets “sunk down deep in muck 

and mire,” only Little Blue and his barnyard pals can 

rescue him. Full-color gouache paintings. 




Little Leap Forward: A Boy in Beijing 

by Guo Yue and Clare Farrow • illustrated by Helen Cann 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, CL, H, HGs, SLJH, WC 

Little Leap Forward is excited about the yellow bird 

his friend has caught for him. “I’m going to make a 

house for her in the courtyard, and give her grain to 

eat, and I’m going to write down the notes she sings 

and whistle them so she will answer me.” Hoping 

to entice her to sing, he even learns to play the 

bamboo flute. Days pass, and the caged bird remains 

silent. Then the Red Guard arrives, imposing more 

restrictions to life in Beijing, and Little Leap Forward 

wonders if freedom will help his bird sing. Afterword. 

Full-color watercolor and mixed media illustrations. 



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The Little Yellow Leaf 

written and illustrated by Carin Berger 

K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K) • Reviews: BL, CL, HG, K, SLJ, WC 

Leaves swirl through the air, pumpkins ripen, and 

geese take flight. But one lone yellow leaf clings to 

its branch and thinks, Not yet. Not yet, as the harvest 

moon blooms “amber in the starry sky.” Not yet, as 

the nights grow long. Not yet, when there’s a dusting 

of snow. Then, high on an icy branch, there is a flash 

of scarlet—another leaf is still holding tight. “Will 

you?” Little Scarlet Leaf asks. “I will!” says Little 

Yellow Leaf. “And one, two, three, they let go and 

soared.” Full-color collages. 

Isbn: 9780061452246 • Dewey: e • 7" x 11 1/4" • 40 pp 


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Living Color u 

written and illustrated by Steve Jenkins 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, K, PWH, SLJH 

From the yellow mongoose and the blue morpho 

butterfly to the lesser green broadbill and the pink 

fairy armadillo, animals come in a rainbow of strange 

and wonderful colors. “If an animal is colorful, it 

is likely that its brilliant skin, scales, or feathers 

somehow help it stay alive.” The blue-tongued skink, 

for example, “startles attackers by suddenly thrusting 

out its huge, shockingly blue tongue.” Includes a 

chart that describes the size, habitat, and diet of each 

animal mentioned, along with facts about its life 

cycle. Full-color cut-paper illustrations. 

Isbn: 9780618708970 • Dewey: 591.47/2 • 9" x 12" • 32 pp 



Look Out, Suzy Goose u 

written and illustrated by Petr Horáček 

P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, HG, WC 

Honk! Honk! Honk! “It was a beautiful afternoon. All 

the geese were honking . . . except for Suzy Goose.” 

Suzy is different; Suzy longs for peace and quiet. So 

she sets off for the woods to find some. Meanwhile, a 

stealthy fox sets off to find some dinner. . . . And on 

the fox’s heels is a hungry wolf, followed by a hungry 

bear. Full-color mixed media art. 




Looking for a Moose u 

by Phyllis Root • illustrated by Randy Cecil 

K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K) • Reviews: BCCBH, HG, K, PW 

“Have you ever seen a moose—a long-leggy moose— 

a branchy-antler, dinner-diving, bulgy-nose moose?” 

No? Let’s go! Four explorers put on their hats, pull on 

their boots, and set off on a moose-spotting journey. 

First they try the treesy-breezy woods. Then they look 

in the sloppy-gloppy swamp. Finally they search the 

brambly-ambly bushes—but it’s just no use! Where 

are all the moose? Full-color oil paintings. 



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Lots and Lots of Zebra Stripes / 

Muchas, muchísimas rayas de cebra 

written and photographed by Stephen R. Swinburne 

translated by Aída E. Marcuse 

PS GROUP (GRADES K–3) • Reviews: HG 

“Los diseños son líneas y formas que se repiten. Patterns 

are lines and shapes that repeat.” From a spider’s web 

to the spots on a giraffe, a pansy’s colors to a turtle’s 

shell, this book shows many naturally occurring 

patterns in plant and animal life. “Encontrar diseños 

es divertido. Finding patterns is fun.” Bilingual text. 

Illustrated with full-color photographs. 

Isbn: 9781590786413 • Dewey: 778.9 • 10" x 8" • 32 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • boyds Mills: $16.95 • JlG Month: oCT 2008

*NEW* Louisa: The Life of Louisa May Alcott 

by Yona Zeldis McDonough • illustrated by Bethanne Andersen 


Louisa May Alcott grew up in a loving, progressive 

family that cared about nature, education, and those 

less fortunate than themselves. Louisa and her sisters 

loved to write and act out plays. Later, Louisa’s 

stories began to be published in magazines. Her most 

famous work, Little Women, gained her a permanent 

place in children’s literature. Quotes from Louisa 

May Alcott. Two poems. Interesting facts. Recipe. 

Chronology. Bibliography. Full-color gouache and 

pastel illustrations. 


JLG: $13.25 • Holt: $17.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2009 

*NEW* Lucky Breaks 

by Susan Patron • illustrated by Matt Phelan 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, K, PW, SLJ, WC 

Life in Hard Pan, California (population 43), 

feels a bit ordinary to almost-eleven-year-old 

Lucky. Her best friend, Lincoln, is a boy, and his 

preoccupation with tying knots seems, well, boring. 

Then Lucky meets Paloma, who is visiting Hard Pan 

with her geologist uncle, and Lucky realizes that 

what she wants is a girl best friend, an adventurous 

girl. “And without even knowing that she’d been 

looking, now Lucky longed for that girl to be 

Paloma.” Unfortunately, Paloma lives two hundred 

miles away, and her mother is so overprotective she 

might not let Paloma return to Hard Pan. Black- 

and-white illustrations. 


aR level: 6 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 7.5 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: 960l 

JLG: $13.25 • atheneum: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2009 

*NEW* Luke on the Loose 

written and illustrated by Harry Bliss 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, K, SLJH 

Luke is walking through the park with his father 

when he notices the cooing of a nearby flock of 

pigeons. While his father is lost in “blah-dee boring 

blah blah” dad talk, Luke cries, “Yaaah!” And just 

like that, Luke is on the loose, chasing pigeons all 

over New York City while his dad, the police, and a 

crew of firefighters scramble to catch up. But Luke 

is determined to catch the pigeons—even if it means 

climbing to the roof where they roost. Full-color, 

comic-book style illustrations. 

Isbn: 9781935179009 • Dewey: 741.5/973 • 6" x 9" • 32 pp 


JLG: $13.25 • Toon: $12.95 • JlG Month: JUn 2009 

“Luke’s a splendidly admirable 

little juggernaut.” 

—The Bulletin of the Center for 

Children’s Books 

*NEW* Maggie’s Monkeys 

by Linda Sanders-Wells • illustrated by Abby Carter 

P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BCCB, K, SLJ 

“Last week, a family of pink monkeys moved into 

our refrigerator. At least that’s what my little sister, 

Maggie, said. Nobody else could see any monkeys, 

but that didn’t seem to matter to anyone but me.” 

Jack is annoyed at how his family plays along with his 

sister’s imaginary monkeys. His father is careful not 

to shut the refrigerator door on their tails, his mother 

dishes out pudding for them, and his older sister 

helps dress the monkeys in invisible clothes. Why 

can’t they see that the monkeys aren’t real? Full-color 

illustrations in black colored pencil and gouache. 



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Magical Kids: 

The Smallest Girl Ever; the Boy Who Could Fly 

written and illustrated by Sally Gardner 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ 

Ruby’s mother is a magician, and her father is a 

genie, but it takes Ruby a while to embrace her own 

abilities. Meanwhile, she just keeps getting smaller 

and smaller. . . . Read Ruby’s story, then flip the 

book over for another magical tale, in which a most 

unusual fairy grants Thomas Top a birthday wish. 

Imagine Thomas’s surprise when he discovers that the 

wish actually came true—and he can fly! Black-andwhite 




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A Man for All Seasons: 

The Life of George Washington Carver 

by Stephen Krensky • illustrated by Wil Clay 

NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: HG, K, SLJ, WC 

“No man has enough learning,” George Washington 

Carver once said, “and me, I’m still trying to find 

out what makes it rain and why sunflowers grow so 

tall.” Born into slavery and orphaned before he was a 

year old, Carver went on to become the first African 

American graduate of a white college, and its first 

African American teacher. As a botanist, he brought 

supplies and new ideas to poor farmers, helping 

them to grow a greater variety of crops. Time line. 


Isbn: 9780060278861 • Dewey: 630.92 • 8" x 10" • 32 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $17.89 • JlG Month: JUn 2008 

Manfish: The Story of Jacques Costeau u 

by Jennifer Berne • illustrated by Eric Puybaret 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BLH, HG, SLJ, WC 

“From the very beginning little Jacques loved water— 

the way it felt on his hands, his face, his body.” 

Jacques Cousteau dreamed that one day he would be 

able to breathe underwater. He also was fascinated by 

machines and by movies and cameras. As an adult, 

he pursued his dream, co-inventing the aqualung. 

He then spent most of his life filming and exploring 

a vast and mysterious underwater world that no one 

had seen before. Includes an author’s note. Acrylic on 

linen full-color illustrations. 

Isbn: 9780811860635 • Dewey: 551.46092 b • 10" x 9 5/8" • 38 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Chronicle: $16.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2008 

Marco Flamingo / Marco Flamenco 

written and illustrated by Sheila Jarkins 


Marco Flamenco is happy to see the snowbirds arrive 

at his tropical home, as they do every year. He is 

curious about why they fly south every winter, but 

there’s one question he can’t get an answer to: what 

is snow? “No quieras saber,” they tell him, “You don’t 

want to know.” So Marco decides to fly north to find 

out for himself. There Marco discovers many fun 

winter activities—and also runs into an old friend. 

Bilingual text. Full-color illustrations. 



JLG: $9.00 • Raven Tree: $16.95 • JlG Month: DeC 2008 

Martin Bridge: In High Gear! 

by Jessica Scott Kerrin • illustrated by Joseph Kelly 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, CL, HG, SLJ 

Martin is not feeling very lucky. First his teacher 

assigns Gibson to Martin’s group and tells the class 

that for this year’s science project they will be graded 

on hard work and team effort. “Hard work” and 

“team effort” are not terms that Martin would use to 

describe Gibson. Then Martin finally gets a brandnew 

bike, only to have it stolen the very first time he 

rides it. And if that isn’t bad enough, Aunt Laverne is 

visiting, and the bike just gives her another thing to 

complain about. . . . Black-and-white illustrations. 



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Masterpiece u 

by Elise Broach • illustrated by Kelly Murphy 


Reviews: BL, CL, H, HGs, K, KL, PWH, SLJH, WC 

Discovering an open ink bottle in eleven-year-old 

James’s room one night, Marvin, a young beetle, 

is overcome with the urge to draw. James’s father, 

an artist, sees the resulting drawing and likens it 

to the work of Renaissance master Albrecht Dürer. 

Thinking James is the artist, he whisks James, the 

drawing, and—unwittingly—Marvin off to the 

Dürer exhibit at the Met. Then, surprisingly, the 

curator asks James to make a decoy drawing to help 

catch a thief with a penchant for stealing Dürers. 

Fortunately, Marvin is willing to help. Author’s note. 





Maybelle Goes to Tea u 

by Katie Speck • illustrated by Paul Rátz de Tagyos 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ, WC 

Because the Peabody house is kept JUST SO, the 

bugs at Number 10 Grand Street have rules to keep 

the Bug Man from coming. When Mrs. Peabody 

hosts the Ladies’ Spring Tea, Maybelle faces an 

unexpected dilemma. She really wants to discover the 

“surprise” in the Chocolate Surprise Cookies, but the 

Three Cockroach Rules—“When it’s light, stay out 

of sight; if you’re spied, better hide; never meet with 

human feet”—stand in her way. Should she try out 

Maurice the fly’s rule of “Go for it!”? Black-and-white 





Me and the Pumpkin Queen u 

by Marlane Kennedy 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, H, K, SLJ 

Mildred, eleven, is not interested in boys or clothes. 

She prefers giant pumpkins, the kind her mama used 

to love, and she is an expert. Mildred knows to plant 

Howard Dill’s Atlantic Giant seeds. She knows to 

hand-pollinate the blossoms. She knows to cull the 

weakest pumpkins, one at a time. Growing a giant 

pumpkin is a lot of work. Unfortunately, Aunt Arlene 

keeps interrupting Mildred’s horticultural efforts with 

shopping trips and visits. Who cares about bras and 

earrings when the Pumpkin Show awaits? 



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Mercy Watson Fights Crime u 

by Kate DiCamillo • illustrated by Chris Van Dusen 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: HG, KH, SLJH 

Diminutive Leroy Ninker dreams of being a cowboy, 

but for now he’s a thief. One night he enters the 

Watson household—“Yippie-i-oh, everything must 

go!”—and clannngggg, tosses their toaster into his 

bag. Awakened by the noise, Mercy, the Watsons’ 

beloved pet pig, rushes to see who is making toast— 

her favorite snack. When it’s only a small man in a 

cowboy suit, she loses interest and falls asleep in the 

doorway. Leroy thinks he’s saved, but then it dawns 

on him: how will he get away? Full-color art. 




Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig 

by Kate DiCamillo • illustrated by Chris Van Dusen 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ, WC 

Eugenia and Baby Lincoln may live next door to a 

pig, but that doesn’t stop them from living a gracious 

life. They even beautify their yard with pansies. 

But when “porcine wonder” Mercy Watson notices 

a delicious flowery smell coming from next door 

and eats all the pansies the Lincoln sisters have just 

planted, Eugenia Lincoln is ready to take “extreme 

measures.” She calls Animal Control. Will Officer 

Francine Poulet be any match for this buttered-toastloving 

pig? Full-color gouache illustrations. 



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*NEW* Mermaid Queen: The Spectacular True Story 

of Annette Kellerman, Who Swam Her Way to Fame, 

Fortune & Swimsuit History 

by Shana Corey • illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham 

BE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, CL, KH, PW, SLJ, WC 

As a child in early-twentieth-century Australia, 

Annette Kellerman dreamed of being a dancer, but 

her legs were so weak she could barely stand. To 

strengthen them, her father taught her to swim. 

Soon Annette was winning races, demonstrating 

diving skills at a local aquarium, and creating a new 

sport: “It wasn’t quite ballet, and it wasn’t quite 

swimming—it was water ballet!” To show girls 

around the world what they could do in the water, 

Annette and her father sailed to England, where 

Annette’s daring swims of the Thames and the 

English Channel earned her the name “Mermaid 

Queen.” Author’s note. Historical background. 

Acknowledgments. Full-color digital media 





“The book radiates excitement.” 


Mighty Monty 

by Johanna Hurwitz • illustrated by Anik McGrory 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HG, K, SLJ 

Monty is nervous about his class play. “It meant he’d 

have to stand on a stage in front of an audience of 

students, teachers, and parents. Everyone would be 

looking at him. Suppose he made a mistake. Suppose 

everyone laughed at him.” He is relieved that at least 

he can hide behind his apple tree costume. But what 

about his karate class exhibition? He won’t have a 

costume to hide behind then. Plus, what if his asthma 

acts up? Black-and-white watercolor illustrations. 




Mo and Jo: Fighting Together Forever 

by Jay Lynch and Dean Haspiel 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BL, HG, K 

Mona and Joey, sister and brother, have two things 

in common: a favorite superhero, Mojo, and a 

favorite enemy, each other. One day, their mailman, 

Mr. Mojoski, reveals his secret identity: he’s Mojo! 

He tells them he’s retiring and gives them the 

costume that grants him his powers. Mo and Jo fight 

over it and rip it in half, but their mother fashions 

two new costumes from the material. When they put 

on the costumes, Mo gains super-stretchiness, while 

Jo obtains powerful magnetic boots. Then Mojo’s 

nemesis, Saw-Jaw, attacks the city, and Mo and Jo 

have to fight together to thwart him. Graphic-novel 

format. Full-color illustrations. 


aR level: 1.8 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 1.6 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: Gn240l 

JLG: $9.00 • Toon: $12.95 • JlG Month: oCT 2008 

Mogo, the Third Warthog u 

by Donna Jo Napoli • illustrated by Lita Judge 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ, WC 

“Sensible sows never stand in the way of nature’s 

rules,” says Mother. So when it’s time for Mogo 

and his brothers, Kebiro and Mathani, to leave the 

burrow, she won’t listen to their protests. The three 

try to stay together but bicker about where to make 

a burrow, how to avoid predators, and when to 

eat. Soon they go their separate ways. While Mogo 

worries that his brothers may not have what it takes 

to survive, he finds a way to make a new life—even a 

happy one. Black-and-white art. 



JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $15.99 • JlG Month: seP 2008 

Money Madness 

by David A. Adler • illustrated by Edward Miller 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, K, WC 

“If you were hungry and there was no such thing as 

money, how would you buy a loaf of bread?” From 

bartering to early forms of currency (including 

dried fish, rocks, and camels) to the invention of 

coins and paper money, here is a clear and thorough 

introduction to money. Includes a discussion of credit 

cards, digital payment, currency used in different 

countries, and how and why money values fluctuate. 

Full-color digital artwork. 

Isbn: 9780823414741 • Dewey: 332.4 • 8 1/2" x 10" • 32 pp 


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El monstruo del Lago Ness: 

Una misteriosa bestia en Escocia 

(The Loch Ness Monster: Scotland’s Mystery Beast) 

by Jack DeMolay 


Legend has it that Loch Ness, Scotland, is home to 

a strange beast—“una extraña bestia”—and over the 

years, many people have claimed to have seen it. 

Sightings from the sixth century through the 1930s 

are depicted in colorful, graphic-novel format. This 

book also considers various scientific explanations 

for the phenomenon and describes expeditions 

that have attempted to answer once and for all the 

question of whether Nessie truly exists. Fun facts. 

Glossary. Index. Web sites. Spanish text. Full-color 


Isbn: 9781435825383 • Dewey: 001.944 • 6 1/2" x 10" • 24 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Rosen: $17.95 • JlG Month: noV 2008 

Mouse Shapes u 

written and illustrated by Ellen Stoll Walsh 

K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K) • Reviews: BL, H, K, SLJ 

Three mice named Violet, Martin, and Fred escape 

from a big, scary cat by hiding in a pile of shapes. 

“Look,” says Violet, once the coast is clear, “we can 

make things with them.” The mice use the circles, 

triangles, and squares to create all sorts of pictures: a 

house, a tree, a book, and a fish. And then they begin 

work on something that might just scare away the 

cat. Full-color art. 




Mr. Karp’s Last Glass 

by Cary Fagan • illustrated by Selçuk Demirel 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: HG 

Randoph’s father was fired from his job at a general 

goods store for allegedly stealing a Barbie camper 

van and five bags of red licorice, among other things. 

While Randolph’s father fights the dismissal, the 

family, short on money, takes in a tenant. Randolph 

isn’t thrilled to have a stranger in the house, but 

then he discovers that Mr. Karp is a collector, 

too. Randolph collects beer bottle caps, writing 

instruments, and words. Mr. Karp’s collection arrives 

in wooden crates marked “fragile” and “perishable”— 

words that make Randolph want to learn more. 

Black-and-white art. 


aR level: 4.9 • aR Points: 2 • lexile: 860l 


Mr. Putter & Tabby Run the Race 

by Cynthia Rylant • illustrated by Arthur Howard 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BL, HG, SLJ 

Mrs. Teaberry suggests that she and Mr. Putter run 

a marathon, but it sounds like too much effort. Mr. 

Putter does not want to work out—he wants to eat 

muffins with his cat, Tabby. Then Mr. Putter learns 

that second prize is a train set! Besides, Mrs. Teaberry 

is busy getting in shape. “So Mr. Putter had to work 

out, too. He decided he would touch his toes thirty 

times every day to make up for the thirty years he’d 

forgotten to run.” Full-color illustrations. 



JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $14.00 • JlG Month: MaR 2008 

Mr. Putter & Tabby Spin the Yarnu 

by Cynthia Rylant • illustrated by Arthur Howard 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: HG, SLJ 

Mr. Putter is worried that he’s not a good neighbor. 

“All I do is eat Mrs. Teaberry’s food,” he tells his 

cat, Tabby. “I should do something nice for her.” 

He decides to serve tea to her knitting club, but 

sometimes even the best intentions go awry. Tabby 

just can’t resist the sight of all that yarn. Then Mrs. 

Teaberry’s dog, Zeke, goes after the plastic potato 

on Gertrude’s hat, and things start to unravel very 

quickly. Full-color art. 




*NEW* Muktar and the Camels 

by Janet Graber • illustrated by Scott Mack 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) * Reviews: BL 

“Muktar gazes out of the window, across the dusty 

landscape, remembering a time before drought and 

war engulfed his homeland. A time when his family 

roamed Somalia, their worldly possessions strapped 

to mighty camels.” Muktar should be learning the 

new ways in his classroom at the orphanage, but 

instead he daydreams about his old life. One day, a 

visitor arrives with a small library. Muktar’s friend 

Ismail is excited about the books, but Muktar is 

excited about what carries the books—camels! 

Author’s note. Full-color oil paintings. 



The Mutiny on the Bounty u 

written and illustrated by Patrick O’Brien 

NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, K, SLJ 

“Captain Bligh came on deck and gazed ahead. There 

it was at last—Tahiti. The sailors had heard fantastic 

stories about this island paradise on the far side of 

the world, and they were eager to see if the tales were 

true. Bligh had been there before, and he knew what 

to expect. But there was trouble brewing below deck, 

and what happened on the Bounty was something 

Bligh never expected.” This fascinating historical 

adventure is illustrated with full-color watercolors. 

Includes a list of resources. A 2008 IRA Teachers’ 


Isbn: 9780802795885 • Dewey: 910.4’5 • 8 1/2" x 11" • 40 pp 

aR level: 5.6 • aR Points: 1 • lexile: aD930l 

JLG: $9.00 • Walker: $18.85 • JlG Month: MaY 2007

My Dad’s a Birdman u 

by David Almond • illustrated by Polly Dunbar 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, K, SLJ, WC 

The Great Human Bird Competition has arrived, 

and Lizzie’s dad is sure he can win. After all, he’s a 

Birdman—he caws, has wings he made himself, and 

even eats bugs! “Yum-yum!” he says. “A man like me 

needs bugs and flies and centipedes.” Lizzie wishes he 

would eat toast for breakfast and shave like a normal 

person, but it’s fun making Birdgirl wings and a crest 

with her dad’s help. Auntie Doreen is determined to 

bring the Birdman down to earth, but is it so bad to 

reach for the sky? Full-color mixed-media illustrations. 



JLG: $9.00 • Candlewick: $15.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2008 

My Dog May Be a Genius 

by Jack Prelutsky • illustrated by James Stevenson 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HGs, PWH, SLJ 

“I’m Crumbo Crumme, I’m always glum, / that 

simply is my style. / I sit and mope, and there’s no 

hope / I’ll crack the slightest smile.” With poems 

about underwater marching bands, invisible dragons, 

and lemonade-drinking robins, as well as about 

creatures such as Zeenaleens, Luffers, and Probbles, 

laughs are guaranteed for everyone (except Crumbo 

Crumme!) in this collection of poems and wordplay 

by a Children’s Poet Laureate. Black-and-white 


Isbn: 9780066238630 • Dewey: 811/.54 • 7 1/4" x 9" • 160 pp 

JLG: $9.00 • Greenwillow: $19.89 • JlG Month: aPR 2008 

*NEW* My Name Is Sangoel 

by Karen Lynn Williams and Khadra Mohammed 

illustrated by Catherine Stock 


When Sangoel’s family leaves the refugee camp 

for their new home, the Wise One tells him, 

“Remember, you will always be a Dinka. You will be 

Sangoel. Even in America.” For Sangoel, America is 

big and different and cold. No one can pronounce 

his name—not Mrs. Johnson, who meets his family 

at the airport, not the teacher, and not his classmates. 

Mama tells him, “America is our home now. Perhaps 

you need an American name.” But Sangoel cannot 

forget the Wise One’s words. Full-color mixed-media 



JLG: $13.25 • eerdmans: $17.00 • JlG Month: seP 2009 

This is one of my favorite picture books. 

It’s wise and touching—relying on small, 

everyday details to elicit big emotions. 

—Nathalie, JLG Editorial Assistant 

*NEW* My Uncle Emily 

by Jane Yolen • illustrated by Nancy Carpenter 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BL, K, PWH, SLJH 

Six-year-old Gib and “Uncle” Emily (Dickinson) 

explore the world of insects and small things and 

share Emily’s poems, which Gib doesn’t understand 

but loves just the same. When Uncle Emily asks him 

to share a poem about a bee with his class, Gib is 

afraid his classmates will laugh at him—and they do. 

Afterward Gib fights a boy who calls Uncle Emily a 

name. He gets in trouble with the teacher and tells 

only part of the truth at home. How can he be honest 

when the truth might hurt Uncle Emily’s feelings? 

Author’s note. Full-color illustrations. 


aR level: 4 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.7 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: aD770l 

JLG: $13.25 • Philomel: $17.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2009 

*NEW* Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed 



Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, K, PWH, SLJ, WC 

“For this story, you need to know only three things 

about naked mole rats: 

1. They are a little bit rat. 

2. They are a little bit mole. 

3. They are all naked. 

Well, they were, with one exception. . . . Wilbur.” 

Wilbur likes to get dressed so he can be fancy, funny, 

cool—or even an astronaut. Can the other naked 

mole rats convince him to be like everyone else? And 

what will Grand-pah—“the oldest, greatest, and most 

naked mole rat ever”—have to say about it? Fullcolor 

art. 



JLG: $13.25 • Hyperion: $16.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2009 

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JLG: $5.00 • Isbn: 9780982296431 

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*NEW* The Name Game: A Look Behind the Labels 

by Donna M. Jackson • illustrated by Ted Stearn 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BCCB, K 

“We all have names, whether we like them or not, 

but have you ever stopped to think about where 

names come from, and just how important they 

are?” This illustrated investigation looks at how 

people get their names in various cultures and at 

what some of those names mean. It also discusses 

unusual names, nicknames, the names of pets, 

companies, and hurricanes, and much more. Further 

reading. Glossary. Sources. Index. Black-and-white 


Isbn: 9780670011971 • Dewey: 929.9/7 • 7" x 9" • 48 pp 


JLG: $13.25 • Viking: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2009 

Name That Style: All about Isms in Art 

by Bob Raczka 

NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, CL, HG, WC 

Name That Style introduces readers to fourteen 

different schools of painting, from Mannerism to 

Romanticism to Surrealism. Each section includes 

a reproduction of a painting that embodies that 

school’s most important characteristics, as well as an 

explanation of which elements in the painting are 

paradigmatic. Readers learn where and when the 

school was popular, who painted the most famous 

examples, and, in some cases, which techniques 

were used to attain the style’s particular effects. 

Introduction. Full-color reproductions of paintings. 

Isbn: 9780822575863 • Dewey: 709 • 8" x 10" • 32 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Millbrook: $25.26 • JlG Month: Jan 2009 

Nancy Drew, Girl Detective: 

Graphic Novel #13, “Doggone Town” 

by Stefan Petrucha and Sarah Kinney • illustrated by Sho Murase 


When a lost dog finds its way to Nancy Drew’s 

house, the girl detective resolves to return the pup 

to its rightful owner. Nancy’s good intentions aren’t 

easily carried out, however. She and her boyfriend, 

Ned, drive to the town named on the dog’s tags only 

to find a seemingly deserted hamlet. Thankfully, 

though, the dog’s owner is at home. But something 

fishy is going on. The woman who “owns” the dog 

doesn’t even know its name! Presented in full-color 

graphic-novel format. 



JLG: $9.00 • Papercutz: $12.95 • JlG Month: aUG 2008 

Nancy Drew, Girl Detective: 

Graphic Novel #14, “Sleight of Dan” 

by Stefan Petrucha and Sarah Kinney • illustrated by Sho Murase 


When Nancy Drew and her best friends Bess and 

George attend Dan Deville’s magic show, Nancy is 

bored, because she knows the secrets behind most 

magic tricks. The show does hold one surprise, 

though: Dan makes his assistant and fiancée, Tina, 

disappear, but he never makes her reappear. The 

girls—and some reporters—question Dan about 

this unusual occurrence, and he claims it’s all a 

publicity stunt. Nancy, however, suspects that Dan 

is lying—and that he is desperate to discover Tina’s 

whereabouts. Graphic-novel format. Full-color 




JLG: $9.00 • Papercutz: $12.95 • JlG Month: MaR 2009 

*NEW* Nic Bishop Butterflies and Moths 

written and photographed by Nic Bishop 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BCCB, BLH,CL, SLJH 

“There is no mistaking a butterfly. Its colorful 

wings skip in the air. . . .” Did you know that the 

world’s largest butterfly and largest moth both have 

wingspans of almost a foot? Or that one type of moth 

feeds on the tears of sleeping animals, while others 

eat nothing at all? (The luna moth doesn’t even have 

a mouth!) Butterflies visit dozens of flowers a day, 

and some fly hundreds of miles to migrate. Clear 

text and bold, full-color photographs combine for a 

lively portrait of some amazing insects. Author’s note. 

Glossary. Index. Gatefold. 

Isbn: 9780439877572 • Dewey: 595.78/9 • 8" x 11" • 48 pp 


JLG: $13.25 • scholastic: $17.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2009 

Nic Bishop Frogs u 

written and photographed by Nic Bishop 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BL, HGs, KH, SLJH 

Did you know that the world’s biggest frog, the 

Goliath frog, is as heavy as a newborn baby? Or that 

nearly half of a frog’s 159 bones are in its feet? And 

that the African bullfrog will try to scare people and 

even lions away from its eggs and tadpoles? With 

informative text and bold, full-color photographs 

of the amphibians gliding, sitting, swimming, 

and leaping across the page, the author takes an 

up-close look at frogs big and small—and in a whole 

rainbow of colors. Includes an author’s note, index, 

and glossary. A 2008 Boston Globe–Horn Book 

Honor Book. Winner of the 2009 Gryphon Award. 

Isbn: 9780439877558 • Dewey: 597.8/9 • 8” x 11” • 48 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • scholastic: $17.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2008 

Nikki and Deja: Birthday Blues 

by Karen English • illustrated by Laura Freeman 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BCCB, K, SLJ, WC 

Third-grader Deja has been talking about her eighth 

birthday for weeks and planning all the details for 

her party with her best friend, Nikki. Then Deja’s 

class rival, Antonia, hands out invitations for her 

“Just Because” party—to be held on the very same 

day as Deja’s. Suddenly all the girls in class are talking 

nonstop about Antonia’s party and acting as if 

Deja hadn’t even given out invitations of her own! 

Black-and-white digital illustrations. 



JLG: $9.00 • Clarion: $15.00 • JlG Month: feb 2009

No Babysitters Allowed 

by Amber Stewart • illustrated by Laura Rankin 

K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K) • Reviews: BL, CL, HG, K, SLJ 

Hopscotch is a brave bunny when he finds a spider in 

the house and when he falls off his tricycle, but when 

his parents leave him with nice Mrs. Honeybunch 

for the evening, he doesn’t feel brave at all. He hides 

in his “No Babysitters Allowed” camp and won’t 

come out. Then Mrs. Honeybunch reads Hopscotch’s 

favorite books to his stuffed toy, Rabbity, and gets 

them all mixed up! By the third story, Hopscotch 

can’t stand it anymore. He leaves his camp to set 

Mrs. Honeybunch straight. Full-color illustrations in 

acrylic and pen and ink. 

Isbn: 978159990313X • Dewey: e • 9 5/8" x 10 3/4" • 32 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • bloomsbury: $17.89 • JlG Month: feb 2009 

No Girls Allowed: Tales of Daring Women Dressed as 

Men for Love, Freedom and Adventure 

by Susan Hughes • illustrated by Willow Dawson 

ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, HG, KL, SLJ, V 

In ninth-century Scandinavia, Alfhild, a princess, 

became a Viking raider. In France in 1738, Esther 

Brandeau, a Jew, posed as a Catholic boy to gain 

passage to America. In nineteenth-century Scotland, 

a woman practiced medicine—as a man called 

James Barry. These and four other true stories of 

women who didn’t allow gender inequality to stand 

in their way are presented in graphic-novel format. 

Afterword. Further reading. Black-and-white 


Isbn: 9781554531776 • Dewey: 806.77’80820922 • 6" x 9" • 80 pp 

aR level: 3.9 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 4.7 • sRC Points: 5 

JLG: $9.00 • Kids Can: $16.95 • JlG Month: oCT 2008 

No Talking u 

by Andrew Clements • illustrated by Mark Elliott 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, KH, PW, SLJ 

The boisterous fifth graders of Laketon Elementary 

School have made a pact: “No talking at all. And it’s 

a contest—boys against the girls.” Except for a threeword 

limit for responding to adults at school, they 

will not speak for forty-eight hours. What starts as a 

rivalry becomes a silent collaboration, as the students 

try to maintain the competition in spite of adult 

disapproval. After all, without speaking, how can they 

participate in class, do homework, or rehearse for the 

school assembly? Black-and-white illustrations. 



JLG: $9.00 • simon & schuster: $15.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2007 

Nurk: The Strange, Surprising Adventures of a 

(Somewhat) Brave Shrew 

written and illustrated by Ursula Vernon 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, WC 

Although Nurk wants to be like his fearless (but 

long-lost) warrior grandmother, he’s not a very brave 

shrew. He worries about going on adventures: what 

if he spends his time “wet and cold and hungry and 

without clean socks”? Then a mysterious letter arrives 

with a desperate plea for help. It is meant for his 

grandmother, but Nurk decides that he has no choice 

but to go in her place. Before long, he finds himself 

on a dragonfly-prince-saving mission that would 

intimidate even the biggest, baddest, and bravest of 

adventurers. Black-and-white art. 



JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $15.00 • JlG Month: aUG 2008 

On the Court with . . . LeBron James 



Today, LeBron James is a world-famous NBA 

superstar. When he was very young, though, he and 

his mother lived in crime-ridden neighborhoods in 

Akron, Ohio, where Gloria James struggled to earn 

money and keep her son safe. LeBron didn’t take 

his household responsibilities seriously and often 

ignored his schoolwork. Realizing LeBron’s difficult 

home life was putting him on the wrong track, Gloria 

James agreed to let some generous family friends take 

him in. The Walkers taught LeBron discipline and 

focus—and how to play basketball. Includes NBA 

statistics and career highlights. Black-and-white 

photographs. 




*NEW* One Giant Leap 

by Robert Burleigh • illustrated by Mike Wimmer 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BL, SLJ 

“July 20, 1969. Seventy miles up, the two spaceships, 

Eagle and Columbia, separate . . . then the Eagle 

begins to descend—to where no human has ever 

been. To the moon.” Astronaut Neil Armstrong lands 

the craft carefully. He and Buzz Aldrin put on special 

gear, such as air tanks and helmets with sun visors. 

Then they step onto the moon’s finely dusted surface. 

In vivid detail, here is the story of the historic moon 

landing. Author’s note. Full-color oil paintings. 

Isbn: 9780399238833 • Dewey: 629.45’4 • 10" x 10" • 40 pp 

aR level: 3 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.5 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: 470l 

JLG: $13.25 • Philomel: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2009 

*NEW* Open the Door to Liberty!: 

A Biography of Toussaint L’Ouverture 

by Anne Rockwell • illustrated by R. Gregory Christie 

BE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, K, SLJH, WC 

Toussaint L’Ouverture was “one of the most 

extraordinary people of the eighteenth century—and 

one of the forgotten heroes of history.” Growing 

from a weak baby and bookish boy into the driving 

force behind the first successful slave revolt in history, 

L’Ouverture became governor-general of the island 

St. Domingue, now called Haiti. His victory shook 

the foundations of slavery around the world, and 

his example inspired his people to fight for their 

independence from French rule. Full-color art. 

Isbn: 9780618605705 • Dewey: 972.94’03092 • 7" x 9" • 80 pp 

aR level: 6.2 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 8.5 • sRC Points: 1000l 

JLG: $13.25 • Houghton Mifflin: $18.00 • JlG Month: aPR 2009 

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*NEW* Orangutan Tongs: 

Poems to Tangle Your Tongue 

written and illustrated by Jon Agee 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HH, KH, SLJH, WC 


In this collection of thirty-four tongue-twisting 

poems, a round-bellied boy in a belt thinks about 

his hat: “I used to wear a felt hat, and I felt the hat 

felt right, but I swapped it for a belt, although I felt 

the belt was tight.” A rude customer named Walter 

Witter whines, “Bring me wetter water, waiter.” 

When you read these poems out loud, start slowly, 

otherwise you may need to see a doctor about 

untangling your tongue! Index of titles. Full-color 

artwork. 

Isbn: 9781423103158 • Dewey: 818/.5402 • 6 1/2" x 8 1/2" • 32 pp 


JLG: $13.25 • Hyperion: $16.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2009 

The Origami Master 

by Nathaniel Lachenmeyer • illustrated by Aki Sogabe 

P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, CL, HG, K, SLJ, WC 

One morning Shima the Origami Master wakes up 

to find a beautiful paper elephant on his desk. The 

next day he finds a magnificent dragon. Both of 

them surpass his own creations, so Shima decides 

to hide and catch the intruder who can best him. 

To his surprise, the intruder is a warbler, which he 

easily captures and locks in a cage. He offers the bird 

nuts and berries, and—hoping to learn its secrets— 

origami paper. Includes instructions for making an 

origami bird. Full-color art, created with cut paper 

and watercolor. 



JLG: $9.00 • albert Whitman: $16.99 • JlG Month: oCT 2008 

Oso panda, oso panda, ¿qué ves ahi? 

(Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?) 

by Bill Martin Jr • illustrated by Eric Carle 


In this Spanish translation of Panda Bear, Panda Bear, 

What Do You See? Panda Bear answers, “Veo un águila 

calva que se eleva sobre mí.” That bald eagle sees un 

carabao, a water buffalo, who sees un mono araña, 

a spider monkey, who sees una tortuga verde, a sea 

turtle. . . . All these endangered animals are watched 

over by a dreaming child, who sees them running 

wild and free. Author’s note. Full-color hand-painted 

paper collage. 


sRC level: 1.8 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: nP 


Our Library 

by Eve Bunting • illustrated by Maggie Smith 

P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ, WC 

According to Miss Goose, the library is “too old. 

It needs a new roof. And new paint.” Could it be 

true? Is the town library really closing? Raccoon 

and his friends—Mouse, Skunk, and Rabbit— are 

determined to save it. After reading How to Lay 

a Perfect Roof and Library Painting for Beginners, 

they’re ready to get started. Acrylic and watercolor 





*NEW* The Outlandish Adventures of Liberty Aimes 

by Kelly Easton • illustrated by Greg Swearingen 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: PW 

“Aside from curiosity, Libby had hope. Hope is, of 

course, the belief that if you are patient and trusting, 

terrible times will pass and the future will be bright.” 

Libby endeavors to live up to her true name, Liberty, 

despite a mean existence as life-long servant to her 

evil father, Mal, and disillusioned mother, Sal. With 

the help of some magic potions, Libby manages to 

break free of her dingy home and sets out to find 

her promised land, the illustrious Sullivan Boarding 

School. Black-and-white illustrations. 


JLG: $13.25 • Wendy lamb: $18.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2009 

Owen & Mzee: The Language of Friendship u 

by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, and Dr. Paula Kahumbu 

illustrated by Peter Greste 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, K, PWH, SLJH 

A young hippo, Owen, was rescued after the tsunami 

of December 2004 and brought to an animal 

sanctuary in Kenya. There he struck up a surprising 

friendship with a 130-year-old tortoise named Mzee, 

who had been a loner for years. The two animals 

have created a unique language of nips, nudges, and 

noises with which they communicate, and they seem 

happiest when they’re together. But is it healthy—or 

possible—for them to remain best friends? Full-color 

photographs. Background information. Winner of 

the 2008 Christopher Award. 

Isbn: 9780439899598 • Dewey: 599.63/5139 • 10 1/2" x 9 1/2" • 40 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • scholastic: $16.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2007 

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*NEW* Panda & Polar Bear 

written and illustrated by Matthew J. Baek 

K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K) • Reviews: PW 

Panda bears and polar bears live side by side in two 

different—and separate—climates. A little polar bear 

becomes curious and slips off his icy ledge down into 

a patch of soft mud. He emerges looking a lot like 

the little panda bear who arrives and quickly becomes 

his friend. After a swim, the polar bear is all white 

again and tells the panda bear about his world of 

snow. Together, they find a way to share each other’s 

homes and remain friends. Full-color watercolor 




JLG: $13.25 • Dial: $16.99 • JlG Month: seP 2009 

Pearl and Wagner: One Funny Day 

by Kate McMullan • illustrated by R. W. Alley 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, SLJH 

Wagner is having a bad day. He oversleeps and has 

to rush to school. He falls for his friend Pearl’s April 

Fools’ joke—and his teacher’s (and the librarian’s). 

Just when he thinks he’s catching on, he finds out 

that the math test isn’t a joke. It’s for real! Then Pearl 

chooses someone else as a partner for a dance contest, 

and she’s not kidding around. It is one unfunny day 

for Wagner—until he comes up with a way to get the 

last laugh. Pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations. 



JLG: $9.00 • Dial: $14.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2009 

The Pencil u 

by Allan Ahlberg • illustrated by Bruce Ingman 


Reviews: BCCB, HH, HGs, K, PWH, SLJ, WC 

“Once there was a pencil, a lonely little pencil, and 

nothing else.” One day, that little pencil begins 

to draw—first a boy, then a dog, then a cat—and 

an entire world slowly emerges. But the pencil’s 

drawings have complaints: “This hat looks silly,” 

one person says; “My ears are too big,” says another. 

So the pencil adds . . . an eraser. Soon, however, the 

eraser is rubbing out everything in sight—and the 

pencil, to save its world, must figure out how to erase 

the eraser. Full-color art. 




The Penderwicks on Gardam Street u 

by Jeanne Birdsall 


Reviews: BLH, H, HGs, K, PWH, SLJH 

It has been four years and four months since the 

Penderwick girls’ mother died. Aunt Claire says it’s 

time for Daddy to start dating. Daddy doesn’t seem 

so sure, and Rosalind, Skye, Jane, and Batty are 

positive it can only mean disaster. They come up with 

the Save-Daddy Plan, a scheme to make their father’s 

dating experiences so horrible that he’ll never date 

again (and they’ll never end up with a stepmother). 

Library edition with trade jacket added. 



JLG: $9.00 • Knopf: $18.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2008 

A Penguin Story 

written and illustrated by Antoinette Portis 


Reviews: BL, CL, H, K, PW, SLJH, WC 

All her life, Edna the Penguin has seen only three 

colors. “‘There is white ice for sliding,’ says Edna. 

‘There is black night for seeing stars. There is blue sea 

for hunting fish. But there must be something else.’” 

None of the other penguins share Edna’s curiosity, 

so she sets off alone to find that something else. She 

walks and walks and walks, and one tumble and an 

“OOF!” later, she finds it: a color so new, so different, 

that she feels compelled to show it to her friends. 





*NEW* Pharaoh’s Boat 

written and illustrated by David Weitzman 

NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BLH, H, KH, SLJH 

In 1954, workers digging at the base of the Great 

Pyramid at Giza made a surprising discovery. Kamel 

el Mallakh, the supervising Egyptologist, recalled, 

“I smelled incense. . . . I smelled time, I smelled 

centuries, I smelled history. And then I was sure the 

boat was there.” Ancient Egyptians had built it to 

carry the Pharaoh Cheops to the afterlife. Fortyfive 

hundred years later, reconstructing Pharoah’s 

boat became an incredible puzzle. Afterword. 

Acknowledgments. Full-color illustrations. 

Isbn: 9780547053417 • Dewey: 932/.012 • 11" x 9" • 48 pp 



“Both ship and story are a mastery 

of precise craftsmanship.” 

—Kirkus ReviewsH 

Pictures from Our Vacation u 

written and illustrated by Lynn Rae Perkins 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, HH, HGs, KH, PW, SLJH 

“The tiny cameras took tiny pictures that shot out 

right away. We could watch the pictures appear, then 

peel off the backs. . . . Our mom gave us notebooks 

to stick them in.” A brother and sister try to 

document their trip to the family farm, but when 

they look at their photographs—of the back of 

Dad’s head, a green hill, sitting in a chair in the 

rain—they realize the photos didn’t really capture 

their whole vacation. What about how it felt to roll 

down the hill or to listen to all those family stories? 

Full-color illustrations. A 2008 Charlotte Zolotow 

Honor Book. 



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The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! u 


P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HG, K, SLJH 

The Pigeon really, really, really wants a puppy! And 

he has wanted it FOREVER . . . or at least since last 

Tuesday. By turns charming and demanding, the 

Pigeon tries to persuade the reader to give him one, 

even promising to water the puppy once a month. 

But what happens when—woof! woof!—the Pigeon 

actually gets what he wants? Full-color artwork. 


sRC level: 1.1 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: bR 


Pip & Squeak u 

written and illustrated by Ian Schoenherr 

K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K) • Reviews: BL, H, K, PW, SLJ 

As Pip and Squeak scurry across the snowy yard to 

get to a birthday party, they discover a problem: 

they’ve forgotten to bring the cheese! “Now what will 

we give to Gus?” The pink flamingo doesn’t seem 

quite right, and neither does the birdhouse. Then Pip 

spots something. It is big. It is orange. It isn’t cheese, 

but it may be the perfect gift for their friend. Fullcolor 




JLG: $9.00 • Greenwillow: $17.89 • JlG Month: feb 2007 

Pippo the Fool u 

by Tracey E. Fern • illustrated by Pau Estrada 

BE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BLH, SLJH, WC 

In fifteenth-century Florence, the massive Cathedral 

of Santa Maria del Fiore was a marvel of engineering, 

but it lacked a dome. Filippo Brunelleschi, a 

goldsmith known as “Pippo the Fool” for making 

peculiar machines, entered a competition to design 

one. Pippo proposed to build two domes—one 

inside the other—with hidden chains for support. 

The judges were impressed with Pippo’s ingenious 

plan, but they insisted he build it with the help 

of the arrogant Lorenzo Ghiberti, the most famous 

sculptor in Italy. Based on a true story. Author and 

illustrator notes. Resources. Full-color watercolor 

and gouache illustrations. 




Pocket Babies and Other Amazing Marsupials u 

by Sneed B. Collard III 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BLH, H, HGs, KH, SLJH 

What defines a marsupial? Living in Australia? No: 

although many marsupials are native to Australia, 

there are many other species in the Americas and 

several Pacific islands. Having a pouch? No: although 

many marsupials, like kangaroos, have pouches, 

some small marsupials are pouchless. A marsupial, by 

definition, is a mammal that gives birth to partially 

formed young. Here is a guide to the great variety of 

animals in this fascinating mammalian order. Fullcolor 

photographs. Further reading. Bibliography. 

Glossary. Index. A 2007 Booklist Editors’ Choice. 

Isbn: 9781581960464 • Dewey: 599.2 • 9 3/8" x 11" • 72 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Darby Creek: $18.95 • JlG Month: DeC 2007 

Pteranodon: The Giant of the Sky 

by David West • illustrated by Terry Riley and Geoff Ball 


Sixty-nine million years ago: A baby pteranodon 

is born. Its mother hunts for fish to feed it and the 

other hatchlings while its father fights off predators. 

As the baby pteranodon grows and learns to fly, it 

learns to fend for itself, narrowly avoiding hungry 

elasmosaurs that stretch up from the water. Having 

survived into adulthood, the pteranodon must avoid 

even greater dangers, including lightning storms, a 

T. rex, and an active volcano. Graphic-novel format. 

Additional information on pteranodons and fossils. 

Size comparison of dinosaurs and other animals 

that appear in the story. Glossary. Index. Full-color 


Isbn: 9781404238954 • Dewey: 567.918 • 9" x 11" • 32 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Rosen: $18.95 • JlG Month: DeC 2008 

*NEW* Put It on the List! 

written and illustrated by Kristen Darbyshire 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, K, PW, SLJ, WC 

First it’s pancakes, but no syrup. Then it’s macaroni, 

but no cheese. Don’t even ask about the toilet paper! 

When everyone in a family of chickens ignores the 

shopping list hanging on the refrigerator, Mom has 

no way of knowing what items the family needs 

when she’s at the store. The family finally sits down 

for a meeting, where they remind one another to 

use the list and help with the shopping. In case of 

emergency, however, they still call for pizza! Fullcolor 




JLG: $13.25 • Dutton: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2009 

The Puzzle of the Platypus and 

Other Explorations of Science in Action 

by Jack Myers • illustrated by John Rice 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, HG, SLJ, WC 

A research team uses an infrared video camera to 

find polar-bear dens under the snows of Alaska. 

Scientists teach dolphins how to play a game in order 

to study the dolphins’ sonar. A researcher watches 

wild macaw parrots at a bend in southern Peru’s 

Manu River. In this book, scientists travel the world 

to study eleven intriguing animal mysteries, including 

those of elephants, crows, wild horses, honey-guide 

birds, cliff swallows, and rattlesnakes. Introduction. 

Bibliography. Index. Full-color watercolor 


Isbn: 9781590785560 • Dewey: 590 • 7" x 10" • 64 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • boyds Mills: $17.95 • JlG Month: JUn 2008

*NEW* The Puzzling World of Winston Breen: 

The Potato Chip Puzzles 

by Eric Berlin 

ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, HG, K 

Twelve-year-old Winston Breen loves making and 

solving all kinds of puzzles. So when Winston gives 

his little sister, Katie, an empty keepsake box for her 

birthday, she’s sure there must be more to the present. 

To Winston’s total surprise, she’s right! Katie discovers 

that the box has a secret compartment, and inside 

are wooden pieces inscribed with random words and 

letters. Now Winston has three puzzles to solve: Who 

put the pieces in the box? Why were they put there? 

And what on earth do the inscriptions mean? 



JLG: $13.25 • Putnam’s: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2009 

Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: 

An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea u 

by Sy Montgomery • photographs by Nic Bishop 

NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BCCB, HGs, KH, SLJH 

It looks like a bear and climbs like a monkey, but 

it isn’t a bear or a monkey. It has a pouch like a 

kangaroo, but what’s a kangaroo doing up in a tree? 

Meet the Matschie’s tree kangaroo, which lives in 

the dense canopy of Papua New Guinea’s cloud 

forest—and is one of the most endangered species 

in the world. A group of scientists venture into the 

Matschie’s native habitat to study and track these 

rarest of creatures. List of Web sites. Glossary of Tok 

Pisin words. Index. Winner of the 2007 NCTE Orbis 

Pictus Award. A 2007 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book. 

Isbn: 9780618496419 • Dewey: 599.2 • 11" x 9" • 80 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Houghton Mifflin: $18.00 • JlG Month: Jan 2007 

Ray & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure 

by Dan Gutman 


Joe “Stosh” Stoshack has the ability to travel through 

time, and he’s used his gift to meet legendary baseball 

players and to try to change history for the better. 

When he hears the story of Ray Chapman, he knows 

he must use his talent again: in 1920, before batters 

wore helmets, Chapman was struck in the head by a 

wild pitch and died soon afterward. Stosh arrives in 

the past, but his plan to interrupt Chapman’s deadly 

at-bat comes to ruin when Stosh is handcuffed and 

detained by a ballpark security guard. Can Stosh 

escape and save Chapman’s life? 




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Red, Red, Red u 

written and illustrated by Valeri Gorbachev 


Reviews: BCCB, CL, H, HGs, K, SLJ 

“Where are you going in such a hurry, Turtle?” 

asks Mrs. Raccoon. “I am off to see something red, 

red, red,” says Turtle. Is it Mrs. Raccoon’s red roses? 

No. Is it Rabbit’s red tomatoes, red cherries, or 

red watermelon? No. Is it the red smokestack on 

Captain Dog’s boat? “No, no, no.” What could it be? 

Follow along with the rest of the town and find out! 

Pen-and-ink and watercolors. 



JLG: $9.00 • Philomel: $16.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2007 

*NEW* Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors 

by Joyce Sidman • illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, HH, KH, PW, SLJ 

Every color has a role to play in this poetic journey 

through the seasons. The shouting yellow of spring 

becomes the melting yellow of summer. In fall, 

“Yellow grows wheels / and lumbers / down the block, 

/ blinking: / Warning—classrooms ahead.” In winter, 

yellow and her brilliant sisters have all gone home, 

and gray and brown are the only beauties left. Fullcolor 

mixed-media paintings on wood with computer 

illustration. 



JLG: $13.25 • Houghton Mifflin: $16.00 • JlG Month: JUn 2009 

“The book has a freshness and 

visual impact all its own, and it 

will inspire a rainbow of uses.” 

—The Bulletin of the Center for 

Children’s Books 

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*NEW* Redwoods 

written and illustrated by Jason Chin 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BLH, HH, K, SLJ, WC 

A young boy enters the New York City subway, 

bringing along a book that, as he reads it, takes him 

through history and to a redwood forest. He stands 

among the world’s tallest trees and reads the facts 

about their size, growth cycles, and challenges. At the 

end of his journey, he leaves the book for the next 

reader to find, and the vicarious experience begins 

anew. Author’s note. Full-color illustrations. 

Isbn: 9781596434301 • 7 1/2" x 11" • 40 pp 



“A contagious celebration of the 

relationship between information and 

imagination, the pure joy of learning.” 

—The Horn Book MagazineH 

The Retired Kid 

written and illustrated by Jon Agee 

P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, HG, PWH, SLJ, WC 

It’s hard work being a kid: going to school, taking 

music lessons, eating vegetables. After eight years, 

Brian has decided it’s high time to retire. So now it’s 

off to the Happy Sunset Retirement Community in 

Florida, with its promise of long days spent by the 

pool and watching movies. Or talking about hip 

replacements and drinking prune juice smoothies. 




JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $16.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2008 

*NEW* Rhyming Dust Bunnies 

written and illustrated by Jan Thomas 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, K, SLJ, WC 

Four dust bunnies love to rhyme. 

“Hey! What rhymes with car?” says Ted. 

“Far,” says Ed. 

“Jar,” says Ned. 

“Tar,” says Ted. 

“LOOK!” says Bob. The other dust bunnies are 

dismayed: “No, Bob . . . ‘LOOK!’ does not rhyme 

with car!” Is Bob confused about rhyming, or is 

he trying to tell the other dust bunnies something 

important? Full-color digital artwork. 


JLG: $13.25 • beach lane books: $12.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2009 

“The bright colors, rhymes, 

and simple humor will tickle children 

and encourage reading.” 


A River of Words: 

The Story of William Carlos Williams u 

by Jen Bryant • illustrated by Melissa Sweet 


Reviews: BL, CL, HG, KH, SLJH, WC 

“There is a bird in the poplars! / It is the sun! / The 

leaves are little yellow fish / swimming in the river.” 

William Carlos Williams grew up in Rutherford, 

New Jersey, and later became a family doctor in his 

hometown. “Willie” discovered his love of poetry 

in high school. At first, he imitated the formality 

of traditional verse, but he gradually developed a 

distinctive style that let “each poem find its own 

special shape on the page.” Includes poems and 

excerpts. Time line. Author’s and illustrator’s notes. 

Further reading. Black-and-white photograph of 

poet. Full-color watercolor, collage, and mixed-media 

illustrations. A 2009 Caldecott Honor Book and a 

2009 Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book. 

Isbn: 9780802853028 • Dewey: 811.’52 • 9" x 10" • 34 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • eerdmans: $17.00 • JlG Month: DeC 2008 

The Robe of Skulls 

by Vivian French • illustrated by Ross Collins 

ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, K, PW 

Lady Lamorna wants a new gown, but has no gold 

to pay for it. Gracie Gillypot wants to leave her 

cruel stepsister and stepfather, but is locked in the 

basement. Gracie’s stepsister, Foyce, wants money, 

but has no legitimate way to acquire it. The Ancient 

Crones want Foyce for a slave, but must resort to 

trickery to ensnare her. Scruffy prince Marcus wants 

to go exploring, but the king and queen won’t allow 

it. And Marlon, a wisecracking bat, wants to give 

them all exactly what they deserve. Black-and-white 





Robert Smalls, the Boat Thief u 

by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. • illustrated by Patrick Faricy 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, HG, KH, SLJ, WC 

At 3:30 am on the morning of May 13, 1862, the 

Planter, a Confederate ship, loosed its lines and 

left its spot at the wharf in Charleston harbor. 

Confederate guards on patrol expected the ship’s early 

departure and did nothing. Fortified Confederate 

checkpoints in the harbor heard the Planter sound 

the correct coded signals and did nothing. Piloting 

the ship was Robert Smalls who, along with fourteen 

other slaves, escaped to freedom and, in the process, 

stole a ship carrying thousands of pounds of 

ammunition and six cannons. The rest of Smalls’s life, 

told in this detailed biography, is equally impressive. 

Map. Bibliography. Full-color and black-and-white 


Isbn: 9781423108023 • Dewey: 973.7092 • 8 1/2" x 11" • 48 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $16.99 • JlG Month: noV 2008

Robots: From Everyday to Out of This World 

by the editors of Yes Mag 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, CL, K 

Robots: they might be big or small. They might be 

toys or parts of a game. Or they might work—to 

assemble cars, explore Mars, roam oceans, or assist 

surgeons. In fact, any job that is too dangerous, 

dirty, or repetitive for a human may be just right 

for a robot! This informative book traces the history 

of the robot back to Leonardo da Vinci’s latefifteenth-century 

mechanical lion, describes the basic 

parts from which robots are built, explains various 

situations in which robots might be used, and talks 

about the future of robotics. Glossary. Index. Fullcolor 

illustrations and photographs. 

Isbn: 9781554532032 • Dewey: 629.8’92 • 8 1/2" x 11" • 48 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Kids Can: $16.95 • JlG Month: noV 2008 

*NEW* Roman Diary: 

The Journal of Iliona of Mytilini, Who Was Captured 

and Sold as a Slave in Rome, AD 107 

by Richard Platt • illustrated by David Parkins 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: K, SLJ 

Iliona and her family have just set sail from Greece 

to Egypt when pirates attack their ship. Suddenly, 

Iliona and her brother, Apollo, are orphans. Sold as 

slaves in Rome, the two children are both bought by 

Gaius Martius, a senator. This doesn’t save them from 

being separated, however, as Iliona must work in the 

master’s house, while Apollo becomes a laborer in 

the vineyards on the senator’s faraway country estate. 

While she misses her brother terribly and hopes for 

their freedom, Iliona begins to enjoy the excitement 

of her new Roman life. Full-color illustrations. 




*NEW* Ron’s Big Mission 

by Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden • illustrated by Don Tate 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: SLJ, WC 

Ron is on one of his usual trips to find airplane books 

at the local library, but today is different. Today 

Ron will try to check out books for himself, and he 

knows it’s not going to be easy. Sure enough, Ron 

encounters trouble at the checkout desk. “You know 

you can’t check out books, Ron,” says the clerk. 

“That’s the rule. Only white people can check out 

books from the library.” Based on an incident from 

astronaut Ron McNair’s childhood. Author’s note. 





Rufus the Scrub Does Not Wear a Tutu u 

by Jamie McEwan • illustrated by John Margeson 


Rufus is the biggest kid on the football team, but he’s 

also the clumsiest. So when his mother suggests ballet 

lessons as a way to improve his balance, Rufus decides 

to give it a try. Soon, his coach, his teammates, and 

even his fellow Scrubs are giving him a hard time 

about it—Clara thinks it’s “strange,” and Dan thinks 

it’s “incredibly wacko-strange.” Will Rufus quit? 

Or will all those pliés and pirouettes pay off on the 

football field? Black-and-white illustrations. 



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The Runaway Dolls 

by Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin • illustrated by Brian Selznick 


Reviews: BL, CL, HG, KH, PWH, SLJ, WC 

Doll friends Annabelle and Tiffany discover that 

there’s a teensy voice coming from the mysterious 

package that has arrived at the Palmers’ house. 

Annabelle is sure that the voice belongs to her 

long-lost little sister, but her parents don’t believe 

her. So Annabelle runs away with her newfound 

sister, Tilly, and Tiffany decides to go with them. 

They soon realize, however, that leaving the Palmers’ 

house was a big mistake. By then, they are far away 

and thoroughly lost. Plus, their brothers Bobby and 

Bailey have followed them! How will the dolls find 

their way home? Black-and-white illustrations. 




Sabertooth 

written and illustrated by Patrick O’Brien 

NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, HG, SLJ, WC 

From thirteen million to ten thousand years ago, 

sabertooths lived throughout the world. They were 

ferocious hunters named for their two canine teeth, 

which could grow to eleven inches in length. Heavy 

and strong, sabertooths probably attacked their 

prey in groups—they even may have hunted early 

humans! No one knows exactly why these large 

cats disappeared, but some scientists believe that 

sabertooths died out when a warming climate caused 

their large prey to become extinct. Cat family tree. 

Watercolor and gouache illustrations. 

Isbn: 9780805071054 • Dewey: 569/.74 • 10" x 10" • 32 pp 

aR level: 5.0 • aR Points: 0.5 • lexile: IG930l 

JLG: $9.00 • Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: aUG 2008 

Sandy’s Circus: A Story About Alexander Calder u 

by Tanya Lee Stone • illustrated by Boris Kulikov 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, H, HGs, KH, PW, SLJH, WC 

“A friend wound up the gramophone to start the 

music. Sandy boomed a greeting to his audience in 

the voice of his wire ringmaster Monsieur Loyal, 

announcing the performance was about to begin. On 

his knees, this bear of a man worked the springs and 

strings and levers of his clever creations, making them 

leap, run, and dance.” With colorful illustrations and 

accessible text, this book tells how Alexander Calder 

came to build and perform his miniature circus. 

Author’s note. Sources. Full-color illustrations. 

Isbn: 9780670062683 • Dewey: 730.92 • 9" x 10 5/8" • 40 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Viking: $16.99 • JlG Month: noV 2008 

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Santa Duck 

written and illustrated by David Milgrim 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, SLJH, WC 


It’s Christmas Eve, and Nicholas Duck doesn’t 

understand why everyone’s chasing him down to 

recite their (long! very long!) Christmas wish lists. 

Could it have anything to do with the “genuine, 

official Santa hat” which mysteriously appeared on 

his doorstep that morning? Just in case, Nicholas 

takes off his new hat, but animals still call him “Santa 

Duck.” Finally, Nicholas makes a run for it—and 

runs right into Santa. Full-color art, in digital ink and 

digital oil pastel. 



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Satchel Paige: Don’t Look Back u 

by David A. Adler • illustrated by Terry Widener 

SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BLH, HG, K, PW 

Satchel Paige may have been the best pitcher ever, 

but he didn’t get a chance to show it in the Major 

Leagues until he was forty-two years old. Paige was 

African American and, like so many others, was 

denied the chance to compete on the game’s biggest 

stage. He became a legend in the Negro Leagues, and 

when he finally made it to the “big show,” he proved 

that he could still get batters out. Career highlights. 


Isbn: 9780152055851 • Dewey: 796.357 • 9" x 11" • 32 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $16.00 • JlG Month: Jan 2007 

*NEW* Saxby Smart, Private Detective: 

The Curse of the Ancient Mask and Other Case Files 

by Simon Cheshire • illustrated by R. W. Alley 

ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, K, PW, SLJ 

When things go wrong, kids have someone to call on: 

Saxby Doyle Christie Chandler Ellin Allan Smart. 

Kids just call him Saxby, and they call him whenever 

there’s a mystery to solve. Working from his Crime 

Headquarters, the shed in his backyard, he tracks 

down clues, puzzles out problems, and figures out 

just what went wrong. Saxby invites the reader to 

help solve three mysteries in this first book of a 

new series. Line drawings. 




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*NEW* Scaredy-Cat Catcher: Gym Shorts 


SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: SLJ 

Rocky loves to play baseball. He’s the best catcher in 

his league—or at least he was, until an out-of-control 

runner broke his arm. Now his arm is healed, but he 

has a new problem. Every time a baserunner heads 

toward home, instead of tagging the runner out, 

Rocky jerks his arm out of the way. His friends tell 

him he just needs practice, but in the meantime, his 

team is losing games. Rocky doesn’t want to quit, but 

he wonders if that’s the only way to save his team. 




JLG: $13.25 • Roaring brook: $16.95 • JlG Month: JUn 2009 

*NEW* Scaredy Squirrel at Night 


P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, PW 

Scaredy Squirrel never sleeps. Even though it makes 

him forgetful and moody, Scaredy Squirrel would 

rather be tired than risk having a nightmare about 

ghosts—or vampire bats—or unicorns! So when 

Scaredy’s horoscope says that all his dreams are 

about to come true at midnight, he decides to draw 

up a battle plan. Will a spotlight, cupcakes, and a 

fire extinguisher be enough to keep his nightmares 

at bay? Full-color art, digitally rendered in Adobe 

Photoshop. 



JLG: $13.25 • Kids Can: $16.95 • JlG Month: MaY 2009 

Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach 


P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ 

“Scaredy Squirrel never goes to the beach. He’d 

rather vacation at home alone where it’s safe than risk 

being surrounded by the wrong crowd.” But, when 

Scaredy builds a fake, private beach, he realizes that 

he needs a seashell from a real beach if he wants to 

hear the ocean’s soothing sounds. So, armed with 

protective beachgear—an eye patch to fool pirates, 

a french fry to distract seagulls, and a helmet for 

falling coconuts—Scaredy sets off to find the perfect 

seashell. Full-color art. 



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Science Warriors: The Battle Against Invasive Species 

by Sneed B. Collard III 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, SLJ, WC 

What do the brown tree snake, red imported fire 

ant, melaleuca tree, and zebra mussel have in 

common? They are invasive species—non-indigenous 

plants and animals that can wreak havoc on the 

environment. To combat invasive species, scientists 

study the organisms, then work on ways to prevent 

their continued spread. Science Warriors presents the 

four species above as case studies. Tips for stopping 

invasive species. Glossary. Web resources. Index. 

Full-color photographs. 

Isbn: 9780618756360 • Dewey: 578.6/2 • 11" x 9" • 48 pp 



The Scrambled States of America Talent Show u 

written and illustrated by Laurie Keller 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, PWH, SLJ 

The fifty states are excited about the talent show: 

Iowa will perform stand-up, Pennsylvania will play 

a peppy tune on the Liberty Bell, and Georgia will 

join California, Idaho, and Massachusetts as one of 

the Jolly Jugglers—or will she? Every time she starts 

to rehearse, she gets a bad case of the shakes. After 

finding that Georgia’s square miles, temperature, and 

average yearly rainfall are normal, Dr. Globe makes a 

diagnosis: stage fright. Will imagining the audience 

members in their underwear calm Georgia’s nerves? 

Full-color acrylic paint and collages assembled in 

Adobe Photoshop. 




Scrubs Forever! 

by Jamie McEwan • illustrated by John Margeson 


“Being a Scrub is a state of mind. It means we don’t 

care what anybody else thinks.” Dan is a longtime 

member of the Scrubs, a group of best friends 

who play sports but try to minimize the stress of 

competition. When Dan loses a critical wrestling 

match, though, his athletic ambition goes into 

overdrive, and he starts to think he’s outgrown 

silly nicknames and kid sports. Pretty soon Dan’s 

attitude threatens to break up the Scrubs . . . forever. 





The Sea Serpent and Me 

by Dashka Slater • illustrated by Catia Chien 

P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: HG, K, SLJ, WC 

“On Tuesday, as I was about to climb into the bath, 

a sea serpent dropped out of the faucet and into the 

tub. He was a very beautiful sea serpent, so small 

I could hold him in my hands.” As rainy day after 

rainy day passes, a girl and her serpent friend sing 

songs, take baths, and talk about the sea. But little 

girls live on land, and a growing serpent needs wave 

upon wave of water. Full-color art. 




Seabiscuit: The Wonder Horse u 

written and illustrated by Meghan McCarthy 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HG, K, SLJH, WC 

During the Great Depression, millions of Americans 

were down on their luck and hopeless. “Going to 

the racetrack was the perfect escape. People came 

from far and wide to watch their favorite horses race. 

The horses were sleek, elegant, muscular, well-bred, 

and fast. REAL FAST. Except one. His name was 

Seabiscuit. He loved to eat and sleep but hated to 

run.” And yet this lazy, funny-looking horse went on 

to inspire an entire nation. Author’s note. Sources. 

Full-color acrylic paint illustrations. 

Isbn: 9781416933601 • Dewey: 798.40092’9 • 9" x 10" • 40 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • simon & schuster: $15.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2009 

Seasons of the Year / Las estaciones del año 

by Margaret Hall 

PS GROUP (GRADES K–3) • Reviews: CL 

“Summer will come again. Then autumn, winter, 

and spring. / El verano volverá. Luego el otoño, el 

invierno y la primavera.” This book explains what the 

seasons are and why they change. Glossary. Internet 

sites. Index. Bilingual text illustrated with full-color 

diagrams and photographs. 

Isbn: 9781429623735 • Dewey: 508.2 • 11" x 9" • 24 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Capstone: $15.95 • JlG Month: Jan 2009 

See How They Run: Campaign Dreams, Election 

Schemes, and the Race to the White House 

by Susan E. Goodman • illustrated by Elwood H. Smith 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: K, SLJ, WC 

What is democracy? Why is it important to vote? 

And how does a presidential candidate become 

elected, anyway? This never-boring, informationpacked 

book explains the (often confusing) American 

political process, from its infancy to the present 

day. Includes sections on political parties, the 

electoral college, primaries, the ins and outs of the 

campaign trail, “dirty” politics, and much more. 

List of presidents and presidential facts. Glossary. 

Bibliography. Further reading. Index. Photographs 

and full-color illustrations. 

Isbn: 9781599902852 • Dewey: 324.973 • 8 1/2" x 11" • 96 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • bloomsbury: $16.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2008 

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A Seed Is Sleepy u 

by Dianna Aston • illustrated by Sylvia Long 

P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, PW, SLJH 


“It lies there, tucked inside its flower, on its cone, or 

beneath the soil. Snug. Still. It does not reveal itself 

too quickly.” Sleepy, secretive, adventurous, and 

inventive, a seed can wait years before sprouting, 

travel great distances as parachutes on the wind, or 

hitch a ride on a child’s shoestring to find a place 

to grow. Then, when conditions are right, the seed 

sprouts, but its job doesn’t end there. The generous 

seed offers a protective coat to warm the new plant 

and also provides its first meal. Scientifically accurate 

full-color illustrations. A 2008 IRA Teachers’ 


Isbn: 9780811855204 • Dewey: 581.4 • 9" x 11" • 40 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Chronicle: $15.95 • JlG Month: MaR 2007 

The Seer of Shadows u 

by Avi 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, KL, PWH, SLJH, V 

When Olivia Von Macht requests a portrait of herself 

to put by her beloved daughter Eleanora’s graveside, 

Enoch Middleditch—a professional photographercum-swindler—decides 

to take advantage of the 

situation and create a “spirit photograph.” He 

dispatches his young assistant, Horace, to photograph 

a picture of Eleanora, which he will then insert into 

the background of Mrs. Von Macht’s portrait. But, 

upon developing his pictures, Horace discovers he has, 

in fact, photographed Eleanora’s ghost. And, far from 

being “beloved,” Eleanora was the victim of abuse and 

is now a furious spirit desperate for revenge. 



JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $17.89 • JlG Month: aPR 2008 

Sergio Makes a Splash! 

written and illustrated by Edel Rodriguez 


Reviews: BL, HG, K, PWH, SLJ, WC 

Sergio the penguin lives in Argentina. “When he’s 

around water, Sergio can be: relaxed, happy, funny, 

playful, and silly. All of which makes him thirsty— 

for more water, of course! But sometimes, he can 

be scared of water, especially the very deep kind . . . 

because Sergio can’t swim.” What will Sergio do 

when his class goes on a field trip to the ocean? Fullcolor 

oil-based art, combined with digital media. 



JLG: $9.00 • little, brown: $15.95 • JlG Month: JUn 2008 

*NEW* Sergio Saves the Game! 

writen and illustrated by Edel Rodriguez 

K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K) • Reviews: PW 

“Sergio loves soccer. He kicks, jumps, defends, heads, 

butts, knees, shoots . . . and scores! A true star . . . in 

his dreams.” Sergio, the persistent penguin, is back, 

and this time he’s on the soccer field (or the soccer 

ice sheet, as the case may be). Unfortunately, he’s so 

clumsy that none of the other penguins want him 

on their team—they’d rather have the fish! Maybe a 

little practice will help. Full-color woodblock-ink and 

digital illustrations. 



JLG: $13.25 • little, brown: $15.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2009 

The Sign of the Sinister Sorcerer: 

A John Bellairs Mystery Featuring Lewis Barnavelt 

by Brad Strickland 

ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: HG, SLJ, WC 

Lewis lives with his uncle Jonathan, a sorcerer, so he’s 

used to unusual occurrences. But lately there have 

been a few too many strange happenings. Both Lewis 

and his friend Rose Rita see a mysterious cloaked 

figure appear from thin air and vanish the same 

way. In a streak of bad luck, Lewis gets two black 

eyes, loses his allowance, and twists his ankle. Then 

Jonathan’s magic wand disappears. Lewis and Rose 

Rita resolve to discover the magical forces behind 

these incidents, but before they can solve any of these 

mysteries, Uncle Jonathan disappears. . . . 



JLG: $9.00 • Dial: $16.99 • JlG Month: DeC 2008 

Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad u 

written and illustrated by James Rumford 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, HGs, K, PWH, SLJH 

Ali lives in Baghdad. He loves to play soccer, listen to 

music, and dance. Most of all he loves writing Arabic 

in the ancient art of calligraphy, making “the ink 

flow . . . gliding, sweeping, leaping” across the page. 

As bombs fall and war and devastation envelop the 

city, Ali fills his room with pages of beautiful writing 

and fills his mind with peace. Full-color, computerenhanced 

pencil and charcoal illustrations. A 2009 

Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book and a 2009 Jane 

Addams Honor Book. 

Isbn: 9781596432765 • Dewey: e • 11” x 8 1/2” • 32 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Roaring brook: $17.95 • JlG Month: aPR 2008

*NEW* Un sillón para siempre (A Chair for Always) 

written and illustrated by Vera B. Williams 


Rosa is awakened by people scrambling to her aunt 

and uncle’s room. “¡Tú tía Ida está dando a luz! ” 

(Aunt Ida’s baby is starting to get born!) Rosa waits in 

her lucky chair, imagining what her tiny cousin will 

be like. Soon after Baby Benja arrives, Grandma and 

Mama want to replace that old chair, but Rosa won’t 

allow it. Spanish text. Full-color watercolor paintings. 



Sisters of Scituate Light 

by Stephen Krensky • illustrated by Stacey Schuett 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, PW, SLJ, WC 

Rebecca and Abby Bates grew up helping their 

father care for the Scituate lighthouse, located on 

the rocky shoreline south of Boston. One September 

night during the War of 1812, Rebecca and Abby 

are tending the lighthouse while their family is away. 

They see a British warship lowering barges and sailors 

heading toward shore to attack. “We cannot stand 

idly by,” says Rebecca, but what chance do they have 

against trained soldiers? Based on the true story of 

how the Bates daughters prevented a British attack 

using a fife, a drum, and the song “Yankee Doodle 

Dandy.” Author’s note. Full-color paintings. 



JLG: $9.00 • Dutton: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2008 

*NEW* Skater’s Secret 

by Jake Maddox • illustrated by Tuesday Mourning 


Maggie may be two years younger than her sister, 

Shannon, but she wants to be the better figure skater. 

Shannon’s technique is graceful and flawless, while 

Maggie’s style is more athletic and dynamic. So 

why does Maggie want to skate like her sister? After 

practicing a secret skating program only to discover 

that Shannon has chosen the same classical music, 

Maggie discovers that if she listens to the music in 

her heart and performs in her own unique style, 

she will shine, too. Glossary. Note about famous 

female figure skaters. Discussion questions. Writing 

prompts. Internet sites. Black-and-white illustrations. 



JLG: $13.25 • stone arch: $17.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2009 

Snow White / Blancanieves 

adapted by Miquel Desclot • illustrated by Ignasi Blanch 

PS GROUP (GRADES K–3) • Reviews: HG 

The queen asks, “Mirror, mirror, in my hand / Who’s 

the fairest in the land?” “Todavía eres hermosa, reina 

y señora, / pero Blancanieves es más linda ahora,” the 

mirror answers in this bilingual retelling of the classic 

fairy tale. Snow White manages to escape the furious 

queen and hides in a cabin. “Soon the owners of the 

cabin arrived home. . . . Pronto llegaron los dueños de 

la cabaña. . . .” Full-color illustrations. 

Isbn: 9780811860307 • Dewey: 398.2 • 8 1/4" x 8 1/4" • 32 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Chronicle: $14.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2008 

Soccer Hero 



When Rob saves his soccer coach’s life by using CPR, 

his teammates are in awe. “I’m not a hero!” Rob says, 

but after reading the story in the local newspaper, 

the town disagrees. Now the star player, Dmitri, 

thinks all the attention has gone to Rob’s head, and 

the team starts to fall apart, especially with their 

bumbling substitute coach in charge. Can Rob figure 

out a way to save his team and go back to being just 

a regular kid? 



JLG: $9.00 • little, brown: $15.99 • JlG Month: DeC 2007 

Sparky’s Bark / El ladrido de Sparky 

by Mimi Chapra • illustrated by Viví Escrivá 

PS GROUP (GRADES K–3) • Reviews: BL, HG, SLJ 

On Lucy’s first visit to Tío John’s farm in Ohio, 

everything seems so different from home. Where 

are the banana groves? Where are the flamingos and 

lagoons? Even her cousin’s friendly dog, Sparky, is 

foreign: he doesn’t understand when Lucy tells him 

déjame and por favor. Soon Lucy realizes that she 

must learn English to be able to communicate with 

him—and enjoy the summer with her relatives. 

Bilingual text and full-color art. 



JLG: $9.00 • Rayo: $17.89 • JlG Month: seP 2006 

*NEW* Sparrow Girl 

by Sara Pennypacker • illustrated by Yoko Tanaka 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, K, PW, SLJ 

China, 1958: “Sparrows are our enemies! They eat 

too much grain. We must drive them from the land!” 

The Great Leader has declared war on sparrows, and 

the people of Ming-Li’s village are joining in. With 

their cymbals and firecrackers, the villagers form a 

“noise parade” intended to frighten all the sparrows 

to death. Ming-Li cannot bear to watch the birds 

perish. She rescues as many sparrows as she can and 

hides them in the village barn, which is empty for the 

season. But soon the summer harvest will begin, and 

the farmers will discover her secret. Author’s note. 





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Spuds u 

by Karen Hesse • illustrated by Wendy Watson 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, HG, K, PWH, SLJ, WC 


No matter how hard Ma works, Maybelle and her 

younger brothers never have enough to eat. So they 

decide to help out—by sneaking into Mr. Kenney’s 

field next door and digging up potatoes. Working 

by moonlight, they go “creepin’ over the clawed-up 

earth, [their] hands feelin’ for night spuds.” But 

when they arrive home and empty their sacks on the 

kitchen floor, they’re surprised by what they find. 

They didn’t bring home spuds—they brought home 

stones! Full-color art, created using pencil, colored 

ink, watercolor, and gouache on watercolor paper. 



JLG: $9.00 • scholastic: $16.99 • JlG Month: feb 2009 

Stand Tall, Abe Lincoln 

by Judith St. George • illustrated by Matt Faulkner 

NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, HG, KH, SLJH 

What kind of a boy was Abraham Lincoln? In Knob 

Creek, Kentucky, young Abe climbed trees and went 

fishing, helped out on the family farm, and studied 

in a one-room schoolhouse. He was frustrated when 

school closed for spring planting: “How could 

Abe ever learn everything he wanted to know if he 

went to school ‘by littles’?” Abe’s troubles worsened 

when his mother died and he had to take on new 

responsibilities while shouldering his grief. Full-color 


Isbn: 9780399241741 • Dewey: 973.7092 • 9" x 11" • 48 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Philomel: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2008 

Stolen u 

by Vivian Vande Velde 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, H, HGs, K, SLJH, V 

“She was a girl with no name running through a 

forest she didn’t know, for a reason she couldn’t 

remember.” When a strange girl is found in the 

woods, Mady and Frayne are certain it’s their 

daughter Isabelle, who was stolen by a witch years 

ago. The girl, though, is less sure of her identity 

and doesn’t remember her parents at all. In fact, she 

doesn’t remember much of anything—including her 

sister, Honey, who insists that Isabelle is an impostor. 

Isabelle’s mind is filled with questions: Who is she? 

How did she lose her memory? And why does Honey 

seem to hate her? 



JLG: $9.00 • Marshall Cavendish: $16.99 • JlG Month: noV 2008 

Substitute Groundhog 

by Pat Miller • illustrated by Kathi Ember 

P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: HG 

“Weather teller wanted. No experience needed. 

Apply at Groundhog’s Hole.” Groundhog is too 

sick to work, but tomorrow is February 2. Can he 

find someone to fill in for him? Mole is comfortable 

underground, but he can’t see well enough to find his 

shadow when he climbs out. Eagle has keen eyesight, 

but he’s bothered by Groundhog’s small, dark space. 

Then along comes Armadillo, a stranger from far 

away. She seems to have all the qualifications, but 

does she know about the weather up north? Fullcolor 

pictures. 



JLG: $9.00 • albert Whitman: $15.95 • JlG Month: Jan 2007 

Swimming with Sharks: Gym Shorts 


SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, WC 

“The worst day of Rita’s life was the day she became 

a dolphin.” When Rita and her friends try out for 

swim teams, Rita’s friends all end up on the best 

team, the Sharks. But because Rita can’t do a flip 

turn, her time is slow and she only qualifies for the 

Dolphins. Determined to become a Shark, Rita 

practices her flip turns, but water goes up her nose 

every time. Rita decides to quit swimming. Then 

her friends give her a pep talk—and a nose clip. 




JLG: $9.00 • Roaring brook: $15.95 • JlG Month: noV 2008 

*NEW* Swish: The Quest for Basketball’s Perfect Shot 

by Mark Stewart and Mike Kennedy 

SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, SLJ 

In the early days of basketball, players used only one 

shot—the set shot, taken from a stationary position 

with two hands—to score points. But rule changes 

and advances such as the shot clock led players to 

attempt a variety of shooting techniques. These 

modifications have resulted in memorable, nailbitingly 

suspenseful game finishes and have inspired 

generations of players, male and female, to try new 

shots while mastering the old. Who were the leading 

lights of the past, and who might take the game to 

the next level in the future? Full-color sports-action 

photographs. 

Isbn: 9780822587521 • Dewey: 796.3230973 • 9" x 9" • 64 pp 



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go to www.juniorlibraryguild.com 

then to the Resources section and 

click on the Lists and Standards tab.

Take Care, Good Knight u 

by Shelley Moore Thomas • illustrated by Paul Meisel 

P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG 

The old wizard has asked the three little dragons to 

take care of his cats for a few days. The dragons don’t 

know anything about cats, but the wizard has left 

them detailed instructions. There’s only one problem: 

the dragons can’t read. Their guesswork leads to 

some very silly situations, as the dragons take the cats 

swimming, go camping with them, and put them in 

the cupboard. Luckily, the Good Knight is around to 

check up on them. Will he finally realize something is 

amiss? Full-color art. 



JLG: $9.00 • Dutton: $15.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2007 

Tales of the Cryptids: 

Mysterious Creatures That May or May Not Exist u 

by Kelly Milner Halls, Rick Spears, and Roxyanne Young 

illustrated by Rick Spears 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: HG, SLJ, V 

A foul-smelling, nine-foot-tall ape. A long-necked 

or possibly serpentine sea creature. A horned, 

dinosaur-like reptile that hunts elephants. Could 

any of these fantastic-sounding animals really exist? 

Legend says yes, and many researchers agree. Here 

are several mysterious species and the cases for—and 

against—their existence. Glossary. Bibliography. 

Index. Full-color photographs and illustrations. 

A 2007 Benjamin Franklin Award Finalist. 

Isbn: 9781581960495 • Dewey: 001.94 • 11" x 9 3/8" • 72 pp 

aR level: 8.0 • aR Points: 3 • sRC level: 9.5 • sRC Points: 7 • lexile: IG1160l 

JLG: $9.00 • Darby Creek: $18.95 • JlG Month: oCT 2006 

Tasmanian Tiger / El tigre de Tasmania 

by Janet Riehecky 


“About 30 million years ago, a weird, fierce beast 

prowled the wild lands of Australia. / Hace cerca de 30 

millones de años, una bestia extraña y feroz merodeaba 

por las tierras salvajes de Australia.” It looked like a 

mix of tiger, wolf, and kangaroo, and was una de los 

marsupiales carnívoros más grandes: the Tasmanian 

tiger. The last member of this species died in captivity 

in Australia in 1936. Glossary. Internet sites. Index. 

Bilingual text. Full-color illustrations place these 

animals in their natural habitat. 

Isbn: 9781429601184 • Dewey: 599.2/7 • 7" x 9" • 32 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • stone arch: $16.95 • JlG Month: aUG 2008 

Team Moon: 

How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon u 

by Catherine Thimmesh 


Reviews: BCCBH, H, HGs, KH, SLJ, V 

In 1961, President Kennedy announced the 

challenge: land a man on the moon and return him 

safely to Earth. By July 24, 1969, the Apollo 11 

mission was complete. From the seamstress who 

sewed twenty-two layers of fabric for each space suit, 

to the creators of the lunar module whose motto 

was “there is no such thing as random failure,” to 

the navigators, parachute designers, and telescope 

crew—here is the story of the people who made this 

extraordinary achievement possible. Photos. Source 

notes. Suggestions for further exploration. Glossary. 

Full-color photographs. Winner of the 2007 Robert 

F. Sibert Award. A 2007 NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor 

Book. 

Isbn: 9780618507573 • Dewey: 629.45 • 10" x 11" • 80 pp 



*NEW* Teedie: The Story of Young Teddy Roosevelt 

written and illustrated by Don Brown 

BE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, H, K, SLJH 

As a young boy, Theodore “Teedie” Roosevelt was 

“[s]mall for his age, [and] he had weak eyes and 

frail muscles. Sickly lungs left him gasping.” But 

Teedie was also inquisitive, brave, and self-sufficient. 

Determined to overcome his childhood ailments, 

Teedie changed from a “timid homebody” into an 

adventurous man. He explored the Wild West, fought 

in the Spanish-American War, served as president 

of the United States, and helped build the Panama 

Canal. Author’s note. Bibliography. Illustrations 

rendered digitally, in pen and ink, and in watercolor. 




Terror Bird / El pájaro del terror 

by Carol K. Lindeen 


Standing eight feet tall, with a top speed of fifty 

miles an hour and un pico enorme, phorusrhacos, 

also known as the terror bird, was a ferocious 

predator. About 27 million years ago, “phorusrhacos 

ruled South America. No creature stood a chance 

against this meat-eater. / Ninguna otra criatura 

podía enfrentarse a este carnívoros.” A land bridge 

between North and South America later allowed 

other predators to compete for food with the terror 

bird, causing phorusrhacos to become extinct. 

Glossary. Internet sites. Index. Bilingual text. 

Full-color illustrations show terror birds in their 

natural environment. 

Isbn: 9781429601160 • Dewey: 568/.3 • 7" x 9" • 32 pp 



That Book Woman u 

by Heather Henson • pictures by David Small 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, H, HGs, K, SLJ, WC 

Cal’s sister “would keep her nose a-twixt the pages 

of a book daybreak to dusky dark if Mama would 

allow.” Not Cal, though. He can’t read; he doesn’t 

see any use for the “chicken scratch” that appears 

in books, and he has no interest in sitting “stoneystill.” 

But then the Book Woman starts coming 

’round, riding up the steep Appalachian mountain 

on horseback. Every two weeks she brings books for 

Cal’s family—traveling through rain, fog, cold, and 

snow. Author’s note. Ink, watercolor, and pastel 

chalk illustrations. Winner of the 2009 Christopher 

Award. 

Isbn: 9781416908128 • Dewey: e • 10” x 8” • 40 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • atheneum: $16.99 • JlG Month: noV 2008 

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Those Darn Squirrels! u 

by Adam Rubin • illustrated by Daniel Salmieri 

P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: CL, HG, KH, SLJ, WC 

Old Man Fookwire is a grump. “He hated pie. He 

hated puppies. The only thing he liked was birds.” In 

particular, he likes painting birds. But every winter, 

the birds fly south and leave Old Man Fookwire 

feeling lonesome. This year, though, he has a plan: 

he’ll put out “beautiful birdfeeders” and fill them 

with “delicious seeds and berries,” and maybe the 

birds will stick around. The birds, however, aren’t the 

only ones who notice the new snacks in Fookwire’s 

yard, and the old man soon finds himself in a battle 

of wits with a band of crafty squirrels. Full-color 

watercolor, gouache, and colored-pencil illustrations. 



JLG: $9.00 • Clarion: $16.00 • JlG Month: Jan 2009 

*NEW* The Time Book: 

A Brief History from Lunar Calendars to Atomic Clocks 

by Martin Jenkins • illustrated by Richard Holland 

NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL 

The Time Book examines the history of timekeeping 

from the first primitive calendars and clocks to 

the standardized, atomic methods of today. Early 

humans created sundials, water clocks, and lunar 

calendars in order to divide, measure, and make 

sense of the passing of time. Political and religious 

agendas influenced the eventual development of the 

Gregorian calendar that is widely used today. Readers 

learn why we have leap years, where August got its 

name, and why time isn’t measured in “neat, round 

numbers.” Index. Mixed-media collages. 

Isbn: 9780763641122 • Dewey: 529/.7 • 8 1/8" x 11 13/16" • 64 pp 



*NEW* Tiny & Hercules 

written and illustrated by Amy Schwartz 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, K, PW, SLJ 

Tiny and Hercules are invited to a skating party. 

Tiny is dismayed: “What will I do? I can’t iceskate 

my way out of a paper bag!” Can Hercules 

teach him? Hercules takes an art class. His teacher 

tells the class, “Art is GRAND. Art is BIG. Art is 

STUPENDOUS.” But Hercules’s paintings aren’t 

grand at all. Maybe Tiny can help. Two good friends 

share trouble, fun, and laughter in five humorous 

stories. Full-color ink and watercolor illustrations. 



JLG: $13.25 • Roaring brook: $16.95 • JlG Month: aUG 2009 

Too Many Toys u 

written and illustrated by David Shannon 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HG, K, SLJH, WC 

Spencer has hundreds of toys: big toys, little toys, 

electronic toys, pull-toys. He has so many toys that he 

can arrange them into a parade stretching “from one 

corner of the house to the other and back again.” But 

one day, Spencer’s mother decides that Spencer has 

too many toys. “Pick out which toys you don’t want,” 

she orders, “and put them in this box.” But how can 

Spencer bear to part with Mr. Fluffers, or Alien Space 

Ninja, or Johnny Choo-choo? Full-color art. 



JLG: $9.00 • scholastic: $16.99 • JlG Month: DeC 2008 

*NEW* Tortuga in Trouble 

by Ann Whitford Paul • illustrated by Ethan Long 

P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, SLJ, WC 

Tortuga wants to take a basket of ensalada, tamales, 

and flan to Abuela. His friends decide to follow 

him—just in case the basket falls off his back (yum!). 

Along the way, Tortuga meets Coyote, who peeks 

inside the basket and then runs off, claiming he 

has an “appointment.” But when Tortuga arrives at 

his grandmother’s house, it is Coyote who answers, 

disguised as Abuela. Fortunately for Tortuga, his 

friends think of a way to frighten Coyote away, and 

everyone sits down to a tasty dinner. Glossary of 

Spanish words. Full-color illustrations. 



JLG: $13.25 • Holiday House: $16.95 • JlG Month: aUG 2009 

Toy Dance Party: Being the Further Adventures 

of a Bossyboots Stingray, a Courageous Buffalo, 

and a Hopeful Round Someone Called Plastic u 

by Emily Jenkins • pictures by Paul O. Zelinsky 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BL, CL, HG, KH, SLJ, WC 

Lumphy, a stuffed buffalo, StingRay, a stuffed 

stingray, and Plastic, a bouncy rubber ball, all 

love Honey. But Honey is growing up. She’s 

spending less time with them and more time 

playing with Barbies and going on sleepovers. 

The toys are largely left to fend for themselves. 

Together, they brave a snowstorm, make a new 

shark friend, visit the basement, rescue a toy 

mouse from a vacuum cleaner, and have a dance 

party. At the same time, though, they can’t 

help but wonder: does Honey still love them? 

Note on textual references. Black-and-white 





*NEW* Track Attack: Gym Shorts 

by Betty Hicks • illustrated by Simon Gane 


Jazz is a born runner who loves being on the school’s 

track team. Her biggest fan is her dad—and that is 

a problem. He gets over-involved in her training, 

talks too much to the coach, yells at the track ref, 

and cheers way too loudly during the meets. How 

can Jazz tell him to stay away from the track without 

hurting his feelings? Black-and-white illustrations. 


JLG: $13.25 • Roaring brook: $16.95 • JlG Month: aUG 2009

Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the 

Science of Ocean Motion u 

by Loree Griffin Burns 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HGs, KH, SLJH 

Hundreds of sneakers wash onto the beaches of 

Canada, Washington, and Oregon. An Alaska-sized 

patch of floating garbage collects in the middle of the 

Pacific. Abandoned fishing nets drift through the sea, 

trapping animals and debris. Floating trash is a big 

environmental problem, but it also helps scientists 

conduct Earth-sized science experiments. By tracking 

the movement of floating garbage, oceanographers 

can learn more about ocean currents. Full-color 

photographs and diagrams. Glossary. Suggested 

reading. Index. A 2007 Boston Globe–Horn Book 

Honor Book. Winner of the 2008 IRA Children’s 

and Young Adult’s Book Award. 

Isbn: 9780618581313 • Dewey: 551.46’2 • 11" x 9" • 64 pp 



Trainstop u 

by Barbara Lehman 

K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K) • Reviews: BL, HGs, K, PWH, SLJ 

Why is the train stopping in the middle of a field? 

Why don’t the grown-ups notice? Who are those 

tiny people?! In this wordless book, what should be 

an ordinary journey home turns into a fantastic, 

dreamlike adventure for one young girl, as a group 

of miniature humans urges her to perform a tricky 

rescue. And the excitement doesn’t stop when the 

girl leaves her new friends. Full-color watercolor, 

gouache, and ink illustrations. 


aR level: 0.0 • sRC level: 0.0 

JLG: $9.00 • Houghton Mifflin: $16.00 • JlG Month: MaY 2008 

*NEW* Tricking the Tallyman 

by Jacqueline Davies • illustrated by S. D. Schindler 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BL, H, K, SLJH, WC 

The villagers of Tunbridge, Vermont, have heard bad 

news about the upcoming census: “The more people 

he counts, the more money our town will have to 

pay.” So when Phineas Bump, Assistant Marshal of 

the United States of America, rides into Tunbridge, 

he receives a cold welcome: “Begone, Tallyman. For 

we are a town that won’t be counted.” Indeed, except 

for the stubborn Mrs. Pepper, Tunbridge seems to be 

empty of citizens. But “count them [Phineas] must 

and count them [he] will.” Introduction. Author’s 

note. Full-color ink and watercolor illustrations. 



JLG: $13.25 • Knopf: $20.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2009 

“All told, it is a slice of 

engaging history—told with a 

bracing comic flourish.” 

—Kirkus Reviews 

Trolls on Vacation 

by Alan MacDonald • illustrated by Mark Beech 


Mrs. Priddle is determined that her family’s vacation 

will take place at a five-star hotel by the sea. She is 

not pleased to learn that her husband has bought 

a second-hand camper and booked a campsite. 

Meanwhile, the Priddles’ neighbors, the Trolls, are 

curious about this human habit called “vacation.” 

When the Trolls unexpectedly turn up on the 

camping trip, the Priddles decide to make the best of 

a not-so-pleasant surprise. Until, that is, a wild beast 

is said to be on the loose near their campsite. . . . 




JLG: $9.00 • bloomsbury: $14.95 • JlG Month: MaY 2008 

*NEW* Tsunami! 

by Kimiko Kajikawa • illustrated by Ed Young 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, H, KH, PWH, SLJH, WC 

Ojiisan, a wise rice farmer, lives on a mountain 

overlooking his village and the ocean. On the day 

of the rice harvest festival, something does not seem 

right, so Ojiisan stays home and views the celebration 

from afar. As he watches, an earthquake—itself not 

unusual—rumbles beneath him. Then “Ojiisan 

turned his keen old eyes toward the sea. It had 

darkened suddenly and was moving against the 

wind. THE SEA WAS RUNNING AWAY FROM 

THE LAND! . . . But none of the villagers realized 

the danger they were in.” Full-color mixed-media 


Isbn: 9780399250064 • Dewey: 398.20952 • 9 1/2" x 10 1/2" • 32 pp 


JLG: $13.25 • Philomel: $16.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2009 

“It’s hard to imagine a better 

introduction to those collisions 

between humans and ‘our’ world 

that we call natural disasters.” 

—The Horn Book Magazine 

Twenty Heartbeats 

by Dennis Haseley • illustrated by Ed Young 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: HG, K, PWH, SLJ 

A wealthy man wishes to have a painting of his 

favorite horse. He commissions Homan, whose 

paintings of horses were so lifelike that “real horses 

whinnied if they saw them; flies tried to land on the 

brushstrokes of their skin.” The wealthy man expects 

results quickly, but weeks, months, and years pass 

with only one vague reassurance: “I am progressing 

well.” After eight anxious years, the wealthy man 

confronts Homan, demanding his painting. What he 

sees changes his life. Full-color illustrations. 




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Twenty-Odd Ducks: 

Why, Every Punctuation Mark Counts! 

by Lynne Truss • illustrated by Bonnie Timmons 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: HG, SLJ, WC 


In an illustration in Twenty-Odd Ducks, guests sit 

around a dinner table in formal attire, yelling and 

throwing wine at one another in the queen’s absence. 

The accompanying caption reads: The queen: without 

her, dinner is noisy. In the adjacent illustration, the 

queen screams, jumps on the table, and waves her 

cutlery in the air as she awaits her meal. The caption 

reads: The queen, without her dinner, is noisy. These 

and other humorous examples demonstrate how 

punctuation can dramatically change the meaning 

of a sentence. Introduction. Detailed explanations of 

each example. Full-color illustrations. 

Isbn: 9780399250583 • Dewey: 429.2 • 10 1/2" x 7" • 32 pp 

JLG: $9.00 • Putnam’s: $16.99 • JlG Month: oCT 2008 

Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, 

Friendship, and Survival 

by Kirby Larson and Mary Nethery • illustrated by Jean Cassels 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: CL, BL, HG, SLJ, WC 

Bobbi, a dog, and Bob Cat, a cat, survived Hurricane 

Katrina and endured four months on their own in the 

devastated city of New Orleans. The animals’ survival 

and devotion to each other were remarkable, but 

when they were brought to a shelter, the volunteers 

discovered something even more surprising: “Bob 

Cat was blind! All that time on their own, Bobbi had 

been Bob Cat’s seeing-eye dog.” After the story was 

reported on national television, one woman traveled 

all the way from Oregon to adopt them. Includes a 

photograph of the Two Bobbies. Full-color gouache 


Isbn: 9780802797551 • Dewey: 636.08’32 • 8 1/2" x 10" • 32 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Walker: $17.89 • JlG Month: Jan 2009 

Tyrannosaurus: The Tyrant Lizard 

by Rob Shone • illustrated by James Field 


The Cretaceous period, seventy million years ago: 

A tyrannosaurus hatches from his egg. He joins his 

siblings, living and hunting with them as a pack until 

nearly grown. Then the tyrannosaurus wins his first 

fight and claims his own territory. But what will he 

do when a fire threatens to destroy his terrain—and 

him? Graphic-novel format. Includes additional 

tyrannosaurus information and fossil evidence, as 

well as a comparative size chart of dinosaurs and 

other animals that appear in the book. Glossary. 

Index. Full-color illustrations. 

Isbn: 9781404238978 • Dewey: 567.912/9 • 9" x 11" • 32 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Rosen: $18.95 • JlG Month: DeC 2008 

United Tweets of America: 

50 State Birds; Their Stories, Their Glories 

written and illustrated by Hudson Talbott 


Reviews: BL, HG, K, PWH, SLJH, WC 

Did you know that the northern cardinal is the state 

bird of seven U.S. states? Or that the nene, the state 

bird of Hawaii, is the rarest state bird? Have you 

heard the call of the American goldfinch—Iowa, 

New Jersey, and Washington’s state bird? It sounds 

like “po-ta-to-chip”! This uproarious and informative 

nationwide bird pageant involves every state from 

Alabama to Wyoming. The book also contains 

additional state facts, including capitals, nicknames, 

flowers, and more. Full-color illustrations in 

watercolors, colored pencil, and ink. 

Isbn: 9780399245206 • Dewey: 973 • 9" x 10 1/2" • 64 pp 

aR level: 4.9 • aR Points: 1 • lexile: aD940l 


Upstairs Mouse, Downstairs Mole u 

written and illustrated by Wong Herbert Yee 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, PW, SLJ 

“Did you know that when you sweep, all your dirt 

goes down into my hole?” Mole asks Mouse, who 

lives in the tree above his home. Mouse agrees that 

this does not seem fair. The two work out a way to 

make both their houses tidy and clean in half the 

time—but that’s not the end of their troubles. In this 

short chapter book Mole and Mouse discover that 

being neighbors and best friends is a lot of hard work. 

Full-color pictures. 




*NEW* The Vermeer Interviews: 

Conversations with Seven Works of Art 

by Bob Raczka 

NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: SLJ, V 

Bob Raczka conducts imaginary interviews with the 

subjects of seven paintings by seventeenth-century 

Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer. Figures including 

the eponymous milkmaid and the geographer answer 

questions about their lives and about the paintings 

in which they appear. For example, Raczka asks 

the geographer, “Were the maps in this painting 

made in the Netherlands?” The geographer replies, 

“Most definitely. Master Vermeer painted his maps 

so accurately that historians can identify their 

publishers.” These interviews shed light on Vermeer’s 

technique and point out interesting details about the 

paintings’ compositions and histories. Bibliography. 

Full-color illustrations and reproductions. 

Isbn: 9780822594024 • Dewey: 759.9492 • 8" x 10" • 32 pp 



Bob Raczka draws attention to many 

fascinating details I had never noticed 

before in Vermeer’s paintings: a cracked 

window, the repetition of a color or a 

shape, or a shadow where the artist 

corrected a gesture. I learned a lot from 

this book, and kids will, too. 

—Dan, JLG Assistant Editor

Vinnie and Abraham u 

by Dawn FitzGerald • illustrated by Catherine Stock 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BLH, K, SLJ 

Vinnie Ream was born with a talent for sculpting, 

but as a poor, artistically untrained post office 

employee during the Civil War, she knew she had 

to make her own opportunities to create art. She 

was not yet sixteen when she convinced a famous 

Washington sculptor to let her be his apprentice. 

Soon congressmen were coming to her to get 

their likenesses made—but there was one very tall 

man with a craggy, lined face whom she longed 

to sculpt more than anyone else. Author’s note. 

List of resources. Full-color illustrations. 

Isbn: 9781570916588 • Dewey: 730.92 • 10" x 8" • 48 pp 



*NEW* Voyage to the Pharos 

by Sarah Gauch • illustrated by Roger Roth 


Dino, a boy in ancient Rhodes, is thrilled to make 

his first voyage, all the way to Alexandria! There, 

he will see the Pharos, a great lighthouse “so high it 

touches the sky.” However, Dino soon learns about 

the Mediterranean’s hazards: brigands, storms, and 

the rocky coastline. He is eager to help and soon 

finds himself atop the mast as the ship’s lookout on 

a dangerous night. From there he watches for the 

Pharos’s great bonfire in hopes of finding safety. 

Author’s note. Full-color illustrations and limitedcolor 

vignettes in watercolor and colored pencil. 


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Vulture View u 

by April Pulley Sayre • illustrated by Steve Jenkins 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, K, PW, SLJ 

“Vultures smell the air. They sniff, search, seek for 

foods that . . . reek.” Held aloft on warm currents of 

air or scavenging for carrion, vultures are strange and 

majestic birds. Illustrated with full-color cut-paper 

collage, the text describes the fascinating lives of 

vultures, from the way they wash themselves in rivers 

to how they sleep in trees. Includes an appendix with 

facts about vultures and resources for further study. 

A 2008 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book. 

Isbn: 9780805075571 • Dewey: 598.9’2 • 10" x 10" • 32 pp 



Wanda Gág: The Girl Who Lived to Draw u 

written and illustrated by Deborah Kogan Ray 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, HGs, KH, PWH, SLJ, WC 

“I can’t help it that I’ve got to draw and paint forever; 

I cannot stop. . . .” Born in Minnesota in 1893, 

Wanda Gág drew from a young age. When her 

father died, teenaged Wanda supported her mother 

and six younger siblings by selling handmade cards 

and submitting stories to magazines. When she was 

finally able to devote herself to her art, she attended 

art school and moved to New York City. At a 1928 

exhibition of her work, an editor suggested that she 

write for children. Author’s notes. Bibliography. 

Photo of Wanda Gág. Full-color paintings. 



JLG: $9.00 • Viking: $16.99 • JlG Month: feb 2009 

Wangari’s Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa u 

written and illustrated by Jeanette Winter 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BL, HG, PWH, SLJH, WC 

The Kenya of Wangari’s childhood was a place of 

green trees, forest birds, and plentiful crops. However, 

when Wangari returned from studying abroad, barren 

land greeted her. There were no trees, no crops, and 

no birds. She decided to plant nine seedlings in her 

backyard. Soon, the village women were planting 

trees, too, and as word spread, so were women in 

other parts of Kenya. Wangari Maathai was awarded 

the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for her contribution 

to world peace through the Green Belt Movement. 

Author’s note. Full-color acrylic illustrations. 




Way Up and Over Everything u 

by Alice McGill • illustrated by Jude Daly 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BL, HH, HGs, SLJH 

Jane is a slave on a Georgia plantation in 1842. 

One evening, five newly enslaved Africans suddenly 

disappear from the slave quarters. Jane follows the 

overseer and master and finds the slaves in the field, 

whirling rapidly around in a circle. One by one, they 

step up in the air, move their arms like wings, and 

rise into the sky. A tale about the power of and desire 

for freedom, when “Africans could fly like birds—way 

up and over everything.” Author’s note. Full-color 


Isbn: 9780618387960 • Dewey: 398.2 e • 10" x 9 5/8" • 32 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Chronicle: $16.00 • JlG Month: aPR 2008 

We the People: The Story of Our Constitution 

by Lynne Cheney • paintings by Greg Harlin 

NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: CL, HG, SLJH, WC 

“I almost despair,” said George Washington of the 

Constitutional Convention in 1787. The bickering 

between small and large states about how each 

would be represented in a new government seemed 

insoluble. The bigger states believed that states with 

larger populations should have more power; smaller 

states argued that all states ought to be represented 

equally. Some representatives even suggested that 

the matter would be determined by force. This is 

the story of how the representatives arrived at a 

compromise. List of sources. Full-color illustrations 

in various water media on watercolor paper. 

Isbn: 9781416951487 • Dewey: 342.7302/9 • 10 1/2" x 10 1/2" • 40 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • simon & schuster: $17.99 • JlG Month: noV 2008 

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Whaam!: 

The Art & Life of Roy Lichtenstein 

by Susan Goldman Rubin 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, SLJ, V, WC 


“One day in 1961 Roy Lichtenstein had a crazy idea 

for a painting. Why not use comic book characters 

for his subjects? . . . Almost overnight Roy became 

a leading figure in the new movement called Pop 

Art. No one was more surprised at his enormous 

success than he was.” Roy Lichtenstein was thirtyseven 

when he had his breakthrough. He went on 

to produce thousands of works, in which he often 

hand-painted dots to mimic mechanical printing 

methods. Glossary. Notes. Bibliography. List of places 

to view Lichtenstein’s art. Index. Black-and-white 

photographs and color reproductions. 

Isbn: 9780810994928 • Dewey: 709.2 • 10" x 10" • 48 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • abrams: $18.95 • JlG Month: Jan 2009 

*NEW* What Can You Do with a Rebozo? / 

¿Qué puedes hacer con un rebozo? u 

by Carmen Tafolla • illustrations by Amy Córdova 

PS GROUP (GRADES K–3) • Reviews: CL, H 

“What I like to do most with a rebozo is DANCE! / 

¡Lo que más me gusta hacer con un rebozo es BAILAR! ” 

A little girl describes the many uses her family has 

for Mamá’s rebozo, a traditional Mexican shawl. 

Mamá uses it as a sling for baby brother; big sister 

wraps it into her hair; Tío uses it to wipe up a spill. 

The rebozo becomes a blindfold, a blanket fort, and 

a superhero’s cape before the day is done. Author’s 

note. Full-color illustrations rendered in acrylic on 

paper. Bilingual version of the 2009 Pura Belpré 

Honor Book. 



JLG: $13.25 • Tricycle: $14.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2009 

When Dinosaurs Came with Everything u 

by Elise Broach • illustrated by David Small 


Reviews: BCCBH, BL, KH, PWH, SLJ 

A boy is unhappy about running errands with his 

mother until he discovers that if they buy a dozen 

donuts, he can have a triceratops for free! When he 

gets a haircut, he can take home a pterodactyl! That’s 

right—for one day and one day only, dinosaurs come 

with everything! While the boy is ecstatic, his mother 

is a bit concerned. What will the dinosaurs eat, and 

where will they stay? Full-color watercolors. Winner 

of the 2008 E. B. White Read Aloud Award. 



JLG: $9.00 • atheneum: $16.99 • JlG Month: oCT 2007 

When I Grow Up: A Young Person’s Guide to 

Interesting & Unusual Occupations 

by Jessica Loy 

NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: HG, K 

“How do we decide what we want to be when we 

grow up?” Jessica Loy asks in her introduction. 

Fourteen professionals, including an entomologist, 

a video game designer, a chocolatier, and a guitar 

maker, answer this question. They explain how 

they became interested in such unusual fields and 

introduce readers to what their jobs entail. Resources. 

List of career-oriented summer camps. Full-color 

photographs and drawings. 

Isbn: 9780805077179 • Dewey: 650.1 • 8" x 10" • 40 pp 

aR level: 6.3 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 8.5 • sRC Points: 4 • lexile: IG1000l 

JLG: $9.00 • Henry Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: feb 2009 

When Is a Planet Not a Planet? The Story of Pluto u 

by Elaine Scott 

NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, SLJH 

For years, students used the mnemonic My Very 

Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas to remember 

the names of the planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, 

Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto. But 

on August 24, 2006, the phrase became obsolete 

with the announcement that Pluto was no longer 

considered a planet. How did this happen? What 

does it mean to be a planet, and who decides? 

And what is Pluto now? Full-color photographs 

and illustrations. Glossary. Suggested additional 

reading. Index. 

Isbn: 9780618898329 • Dewey: 523.48 • 10" x 10" • 48 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Clarion: $17.00 • JlG Month: feb 2008 

When Louis Armstrong Taught Me Scat 

by Muriel Harris Weinstein • illustrated by R. Gregory Christie 

E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BL, K, PW, WC 

As music ripples out of the radio, Momma kicks 

back her chair and grabs her daughter’s hands. 

“Let’s dance, Sugar,” she says. “Can’t waste good 

music.” The girl chomps Double Bubble and lets 

her legs fly as she and Momma waggle their heads, 

wiggle their hips, and sing “Doo-blee-ooo-doo” along 

with Louis Armstrong. Then bedtime interrupts the 

fun—but only temporarily. Louis Armstrong visits 

the girl in her dreams, and together they scat about 

bubble gum: “Chew-itee / Chewi-itee / Chew-itee 

CHOP / Crackity / SNAPPITY / POPPITY! POP!!!” 

Notes about Louis Armstrong and scat. Full-color 

acrylic illustrations. 



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A Whiff of Pine, a Hint of Skunk: 

A Forest of Poems 

by Deborah Ruddell • illustrated by Joan Rankin 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, KH, SLJH, WC 

“Coyotes in the falling snow / are singing all the songs 

they know— / the good old-fashioned favorites / 

and all the big coyote hits.” In this collection of 

twenty-two humorous and thoughtful poems about 

forest-dwelling creatures, a toad gets a nasty surprise 

in his lunch, a badger writes a love poem, and an 

opossum dreams of its marsupial cousins in Australia. 

The rhyming verse is written from the perspectives 

of humans, an omniscient narrator, and the animals 

themselves. Full-color watercolor paintings. 

Isbn: 9781416942115 • Dewey: 811/.6 • 10" x 10" • 40 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • simon & schuster: $16.99 • JlG Month: feb 2009 

Who Lives in an Alligator Hole? 

by Anne Rockwell • illustrated by Lizzy Rockwell 

NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ, WC 

When an alligator finds a damp spot in muck, it 

digs and digs until it hits a wet layer. It settles in as 

the hole fills up with water—and then a lot starts to 

happen. Fish and insects come to lay eggs; birds come 

to eat the eggs; seeds in the bird droppings sprout; 

and more creatures arrive. An animal we know as a 

scary sharp-toothed predator is actually a “keystone 

species” that allows a whole ecosystem to survive. 

Activity and facts about alligators. Full-color art. 

Isbn: 9780060285302 • Dewey: 597.98 • 10" x 8" • 40 pp 



Who Made This Cake? u 

by Chihiro Nakagawa • illustrations by Junji Koyose 

K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K) • Reviews: BL, CL, HH, K, SLJ, WC 

“Please make a very good one,” a mother says, calling 

in an order for a special birthday cake. Soon a team 

of tiny construction workers are hard at work. They 

drive loaders that scoop up dry ingredients, crack 

eggs using a hydraulic hammer, “cccccRash,” and use 

diggers with special attachments—giant beaters and 

a claw—to stir the batter and lift the pan into the 

oven. The golden cake is decorated with whipped 

cream and topped off with an iced cookie lowered 

by helicopter. The mother then presents it to the 

birthday boy as the tiny workers crowd together to 

watch from the window. Full-color artwork. 


JLG: $9.00 • front street: $16.95 • JlG Month: Jan 2009 

*NEW* Wild River 

by P. J. Petersen 

ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: K 

Ryan’s older brother, Tanner, still wants to go 

kayaking after his buddy has backed out, so he presses 

Ryan to go instead. Ryan doesn’t like the cold water 

or camping, but somehow he finds himself waving 

good-bye to his computer games and saying hello to 

a rain-swollen river and two days of adventure. An 

accident during the trip leaves Tanner unconscious 

and Ryan with some difficult decisions to make. 


JLG: $13.25 • Delacorte: $17.99 • JlG Month: seP 2009 

Winning Words: Sports Stories and Photographs 

by Charles R. Smith Jr. 

SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, SLJ, WC 

The sound of popping popcorn inspires a gymnast to 

complete a perfect back handspring; a boy gathers the 

courage to show up a group of older, taller basketball 

players; the hapless Eagles fight against the clock to 

avoid a scoreless football season. Every sport presents 

unique challenges, but the threat of failure is always 

intimidating. In this collection of six exciting stories, 

young athletes confront their fears and strive for 

victory. Full-color sports action photographs. 



JLG: $9.00 • Candlewick: $17.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2008 

The Wolves Are Back u 

by Jean Craighead George • illustrated by Wendell Minor 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BLH, HGs, SLJ 

Many years ago, national parks’ directors thought 

that only gentle animals should roam the wilderness. 

“By 1926, there were no more wolves in the fortyeight 

states. No voices howled. . . . The wolves were 

gone.” Peace reigned, but without the wolves, other 

aspects of nature were negatively affected. Over time, 

people’s viewpoints about the wolves changed. In 

1995, ten adult wolves were brought from Canada to 

Yellowstone. The animals thrived, and “the broken 

parts of the wilderness were tumbling into place. The 

wolves were back.” Sources. Full-color illustrations. 

Isbn: 9780525479475 • Dewey: 599.773 • 11" x 9" • 32 pp 



The World According To Kaley u 

by Dian Curtis Regan 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, PW 

In her notebook for Mr. Serrano’s world history class, 

precocious fourth-grader Kaley Bluster gives her own 

unique take on ancient civilizations. Who really ruled 

Memphis—King Menes or Elvis? Was the Stone 

Age the birth of “rock guitar”? Kaley gets into some 

trouble for being too creative in these humorous, 

off-the-cuff essays and ink doodles . . . but why use 

facts when you can use your imagination? A 2006 

Benjamin Franklin Award Finalist. 



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The Worry Tree 

by Marianne Musgrove 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, K, SLJ 

Juliet has a lot to worry about. Her younger sister, 

Oaf, won’t stop following her around. Her dad is 

always lost in scientific thought, her mom works 

long hours, and her grandmother refuses to wear her 

medical safety alarm. Plus, Hugh Allen, “famous for 

being the biggest bully at Wattle Street Primary,” 

won’t leave her alone, and Juliet’s two best friends 

are competing over her. Luckily, Juliet has the Worry 

Tree painted on the wall in her room—she can 

“hang” her worries on the tree every night so they 

won’t keep her awake. 



JLG: $9.00 • Holt: $15.95 • JlG Month: feb 2009 

*NEW* Yes Day! 

by Amy Krouse Rosenthal • illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld 

K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K) • Reviews: BL, K, PW, SLJ 

What would you do if for one whole day the answer 

to all your requests was yes? A boy has the best day 

ever during the annual “Yes Day” at his house. Can I 

clean my room tomorrow? Yes. Can we get ice cream? 

Yes. Can we stay up really late? Yes. But, like any day, 

this one eventually has to come to an end—until next 

year! Full-color illustrations. 


JLG: $13.25 • HarperCollins: $14.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2009 

*NEW* You Are Weird: 

Your Body’s Peculiar Parts and Funny Functions 

by Diane Swanson • illustrated by Kathy Boake 

A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, K, WC 

“If you like mysteries, take a look at your own weird 

self. There’s a bundle of puzzles within your body. 

What exactly do your sinuses do? When are ear 

muscles useful—if ever? Why are there arc-shaped 

folds in the corners of your eyes? How does body 

hair help you . . . or does it?” You Are Weird explores 

these questions and many others by presenting 

theories about how the human body has evolved 

and by comparing the systems and appendages of 

humans to those of other mammals. Glossary. 

Index. Full-color illustrations. 

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*NEW* Your Body Battles a Broken Bone 

by Vicki Cobb • photomicrographs by Dennis Kunkel 

illustrated by Andrew N. Harris 

NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: SLJ 

“A broken bone happens quickly, and it’s a nasty 

surprise. . . . The good news is that you will recover. 

Different parts of your body work as a team to put 

your broken bones back together. . . . Meet the 

superheroes of your own body.” Cartoons and 

full-color photomicrographs tell the story of 

the body’s ability to repair its own broken bones. 

Glossary. Further reading. Web sites. Index. Fullcolor 

artwork. 

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*NEW* Your Body Battles a Skinned Knee 

by Vicki Cobb • photomicrographs by Dennis Kunkel 

illustrated by Andrew N. Harris 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BL, CL, SLJ, WC 

A skinned knee is more than just a minor injury—it’s 

a battleground! This book takes the reader through 

all of the body’s behind-the-scenes work that prevents 

harmful germs from entering the body through the 

scrape. For example, nerve cells send a message to the 

brain to report the injury. Platelets bind together, and 

fibrin threads form a clot to help stop the bleeding. 

Gradually, skin cells make new skin to replace the 

skin that was injured. Glossary. Further reading. Web 

sites. Index. Photomicrographs. Full-color artwork. 

Isbn: 9780822568148 • Dewey: 617.5’82044 • 9" x 9" • 32 pp 



Yuki and the One Thousand Carriers 

by Gloria Whelan • illustrated by Yan Nascimbene 

I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BL, HG, KH, SLJ 

In seventeenth and eighteenth century Japan, 

provincial governors traveled between Edo (today’s 

Tokyo) and Kyoto. When Yuki’s father is called to Edo 

to see the shogun, Yuki and her mother accompany 

him. They are part of a royal procession—with one 

thousand men carrying their belongings—on a threehundred-mile 

journey snaking around mountains, 

rivers, and the sea. Along the way, Yuki records her 

thoughts in haiku: “Today the way home / as close as 

the way to Edo, / tomorrow, further.” Author’s note. 




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by Wendy Mass 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, PWH, WC 

Amanda and Leo, best friends born on the same 

day, have celebrated their birthdays together since 

they were babies. On their tenth birthday, however, 

Leo said something unforgivable, and Amanda 

stopped speaking to him. A year later, they still aren’t 

talking, and they hold their eleventh birthday parties 

separately. But the next morning, Amanda wakes to 

find that it is still her birthday. Both she and Leo are 

destined to relive the day over and over. 




*NEW* Absolute Pressure 

by Sigmund Brouwer 

SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) 

“Things like broken valves don’t happen to scuba 

diving tanks by accident. If it wasn’t an accident, 

that left two questions. Who had wrecked the valve? 

And why?” Although it was Ian who almost died, he 

suspects that the true target of the attack was Uncle 

Gord. Word around Key West is that Uncle Gord 

has been searching for a sunken pirate ship full of 

treasure. Could he be close enough to a major find 

that someone is trying to silence him? And if so, 

who? To uncover the mystery, Ian stows away on the 

GypSea for his uncle’s “weekend fishing trip.” 


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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian u 

by Sherman Alexie • pictures by Ellen Forney 

YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP) 

Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HH, HGs, KH, KLH, PWH, SLJH 

The Wellpinit reservation is a rough place to grow 

up, but to Arnold, it’s home. So he feels torn when 

he begins attending an affluent high school off the 

reservation. Things only get worse when Arnold’s 

new basketball team returns to play the team from 

Wellpinit, and he must face his best friend and 

all his former teammates on the court. Could the 

crowd really be booing him? “I felt like one of those 

Indian scouts who led the U.S. Cavalry against other 

Indians.” Illustrated with Arnold’s cartoon drawings. 

Winner of the 2007 National Book Award and the 

2008 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award. 



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Adam Canfield, Watch Your Back! 

by Michael Winerip 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ, WM 

A street in Adam’s town is going to be renamed 

for Martin Luther King. To celebrate, local real 

estate honchos, the Bolands, are sponsoring a 

big multicultural ceremony, complete with sushi 

and burritos. So why is there no date set for 

such a carefully planned event? Adam smells a 

rat. Meanwhile, there are a zillion other stories 

to investigate: the school-wide bully poll, the 

insidiousness of parental help on science fair projects, 

the possible demise of a beloved climbing tree. But 

how can Adam get the scoop when it seems like 

everyone, from Bolands to bullies, is out to get him? 



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Agnes Parker: Keeping Cool in Middle School 

by Kathleen O’Dell 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, CL, KH, KLH, SLJ 

Agnes has a strategy to survive seventh grade: hang 

out in the art room, avoid the leering eighth-grade 

boys—in short, remain invisible. But staying under 

the radar turns out to be tricky. Agnes’s outgoing best 

friend decides to stand up to the boys with a run for 

class president, and she appoints Agnes campaign 

manager. Then Agnes tentatively befriends a short, 

nerdy, and wonderfully quirky boy—who seems to 

pay her a little too much attention. 




Alexander the Great Rocks the World u 

by Vicky Shecter • illustrated by Terry Naughton 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: HG, SLJ, V 

“When Alexander was sixteen, his father left town 

on business for a month and put him in charge—not 

of the house, of the whole country.” From his start in 

Macedonia, Alexander went on to rule all of Greece 

by the time he was twenty. At twenty-five he had 

conquered Persia and Egypt and had come to believe 

he was a god. At thirty-two, he was king of the entire 

known world—but Alexander the Great still wanted 

more. Endnotes. Bibliography. Index. Black-andwhite 

art. 

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All About Sleep from A to Zzzz 

by Elaine Scott • illustrated by John O’Brien 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, HG, SLJ, WC 

On average, people spend one third of their lives 

asleep. But what is sleep? In the sixth century BC, 

it was thought that people fell asleep because all the 

blood had drained from their heads. Scientists have 

come a long way since then, but many mysteries 

remain. For example, what causes narcolepsy? And 

how can someone get out of bed, leave home, walk 

to a nearby construction site, and climb a 130-foottall 

crane, all without waking up? Introduction. 

Afterword. Annotated list for further reading. Index. 


Isbn: 9780670061884 • Dewey: 612.8/21 • 8 1/2" x 9 1/4" • 48 pp 


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All-In 

by Pete Hautman 

Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) 

Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, KL, SLJ, WM, WS 

Denn has been on a hot streak: playing poker with 

Vegas’s highest rollers and winning every time. 

But that all changes when he gets involved with 

a redheaded card dealer named Cattie. Soon, his 

bankroll’s down to almost nothing, he’s playing in 

games with little old ladies, and a powerful rival has 

shown up. Denn is left with doubts about just whose 

side Cattie is on. He’ll bet everything on one final 

game to learn the truth. 



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All Shook Up 

by Shelley Pearsall 

C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: HG, K, SLJ, V 

When Josh learns he’s moving to Chicago to live 

with his divorced dad, he figures he’ll keep a low 

profile and try to blend in at his new school. At least, 

that’s the plan before Josh learns his dad has become 

a hip-gyrating, sideburn-sporting Elvis impersonator. 

Now, Josh’s plan goes more like this: stop his dad 

from performing at his school’s upcoming concert, no 

matter what the cost . . . or die from embarrassment. 





*NEW* All the Broken Pieces: A Novel in Verse u 

by Ann Burg 

C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) 

Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, KH, PWH, SLJ 

Two years ago, Matt Pin was airlifted from Vietnam. 

Now living in America, twelve-year-old Matt tries 

to lead a normal life; he plays baseball, takes piano 

lessons, and spends time with his family. But he 

also faces racist comments at school, has nightmares 

about the war, and feels guilty and worried about his 

mother and brother, who are still in Vietnam. Worst 

of all, he believes that his adoptive parents want to 

get rid of him. 




*NEW* Alligator Bayou 

by Donna Jo Napoli 

C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, K, PW, SLJ, V 

Tallulah, Louisiana, 1899: Fourteen-year-old 

Calogero is a recent emigrant from Sicily. He lives 

with his uncles and cousin, who are greengrocers and 

the only Sicilians in town. The white townspeople 

resent Calo and his family for their business success 

and for the fact that they treat customers equally, 

whether they’re black or white. Through a series 

of misunderstandings, the Sicilians anger their 

white neighbors, and resentment soon turns into 

devastating violence. Based on actual events. Letter to 

the reader. Afterword. Notes on research. 



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*NEW* Along for the Ride 

by Sarah Dessen 

Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BL, H, PW, SLJH, V 

Auden has always been a model student, focusing on 

academics to please her demanding mother. When 

her happy-go-lucky, globe-trotting older brother 

sends her a picture frame that reads, “THE BEST 

OF TIMES,” Auden realizes she has nothing to put 

in it. So she decides to spend her summer with her 

father and stepmother in the beach-resort town of 

Colby. There she meets Eli, an intriguing loner and 

fellow insomniac. With Eli as her guide (and maybe 

more), Auden explores the town’s nocturnal world, 

determined to live the carefree teenage life she’s 

missed out on—even if just for one summer. 


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*NEW* The Amaranth Enchantment 

by Julie Berry 

FM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) 

Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, K, PWH, SLJ, V 


Lucinda’s life takes a perilous turn when her uncle’s 

goldsmith shop receives a series of unusual visitors. 

First the Amaranth Witch brings in a priceless gem 

for a new setting. Later the Crown Prince stops by, 

seeking a present for his betrothed. That night a 

street ruffian fleeing a pursuer slips through Lucinda’s 

window. The next day Lucinda is homeless and 

friendless, with nowhere to turn but to the Amaranth 

Witch. That’s when she notices that the witch’s gem 

is missing. To make things right, Lucinda will have to 

befriend a thief, betray the man she loves, and relieve 

the suffering of a repentant murderer. 



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Antsy Does Time u 

by Neal Shusterman 


Reviews: BLH, H, HG, KH, KL, SLJH, V 

When Antsy learns that his friend Gunnar Ümlaut 

has only six months to live, he donates a month of 

his life to Gunnar as a goodwill gesture. “I tore the 

page out of the notebook, held it up, and read it 

aloud. ‘I hereby give one month of my life to Gunnar 

Ümlaut. Signed, Anthony Bonano.’ I handed it to 

him. ‘There. Now you’ve got borrowed time.’” As 

word of Antsy’s good deed spreads, donations of time 

for Gunnar pour in. But Gunnar’s family doesn’t 

seem too concerned about his illness, and Antsy starts 

to wonder whether Gunnar is really dying—or just 

dying for attention. 



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*NEW* Anything but Typical 

by Nora Raleigh Baskin 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, KH, PW, SLJ, WC 

“When I write, I can be heard. And known. . . . But 

nobody has to see me at all.” Jason Blake is a sixth 

grader with an autistic spectrum disorder. This is 

his first year in school without a one-on-one aide 

to help him, and each attempt to fit in with his 

“neurotypical” classmates seems to go worse than the 

last. Jason finds an outlet for his frustration in the 

Storyboard Web site where he posts his fiction. There 

he finds an online friend who reviews his writing. But 

would she still like Jason if they met face to face? 


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The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, 

Traitor to the Nation: Volume I, The Pox Party u 

by M. T. Anderson 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, KH, PW, SLJH, V 

Octavian has spent his childhood in colonial Boston 

receiving a classical education from a house full of 

scientists. Aside from Greek, Latin, math, and music, 

the scholars train him “to be precise in notation, 

acute in investigation, and rational in inference.” It’s 

the only life he’s known, and he has never thought 

it out of the ordinary. As he grows older, however, 

Octavian wonders: How is he related to these men? 

Why are they interested in his development? And 

what lies inside the room he’s forbidden to enter? 

Author’s note. Winner of the 2006 National Book 

Award. Winner of the 2007 Boston Globe–Horn 

Book Award. A 2007 Michael L. Printz Honor Book. 



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The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to 

the Nation: Volume II, The Kingdom on the Waves u 

by M. T. Anderson 

HH GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) 

Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, HGs, K, KLH, PWH, SLJH, V 

When Octavian hears that Lord Dunmore, governor 

of Virginia, will free all slaves who join his “Ethiopian 

Regiment,” the recent runaway gladly signs up. Upon 

enlisting, Octavian is reunited with his friend Pro 

Bono. The two comrades, who once shared a master, 

are thrilled to meet again, but their joy quickly 

subsides. For weeks on end, Dunmore’s regiment 

sees little to no action. They’re starving and stuck 

offshore in boats where many are horribly ill. 

Worse yet, it seems Dunmore may not emancipate 

the “Ethiopians” after all. Includes a summary of 

Volume I. Author’s note. A 2009 Printz Honor Book 

and a 2009 Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book. 



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The Attack on Pearl Harbor: 


by Allison Lassieur 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) 

The United States avoided fighting in World War II 

until December 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked 

Pearl Harbor. In this interactive adventure, with more 

than fifty choices and nineteen different endings 

based on historical fact, three Pearl Harbor storylines 

unfold. Readers control their fates—as a Japanese 

fighter pilot, a U.S. Navy sailor, or an American 

military nurse. An introduction and conclusion 

provide context and additional information. Time 

line. Glossary. Bibliography. Further reading and 

Internet sites. Index. Illustrated with black-and-white 

and color photographs. 

Isbn: 9781429620109 • Dewey: 910.54/26693 • 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" • 112 pp 

lexile: 640l 

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The Aurora County All-Stars u 

by Deborah Wiles • illustrated by Marla Frazee 

SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, H, KH, PWH, SLJ 

Mabel, Mississippi, is so small that there are only 

enough kids for one baseball team, and they only get 

to play one real game a year, on July fourth. No one 

is looking forward to the game more than pitcher 

House Jackson, who has finally recovered from a 

broken arm. There’s only one problem: their town 

has scheduled the Aurora County Birthday Pageant 

for the exact same time as the game—and the All 

Stars’ parents have signed them all up to perform! As 

usual, it’s up to House to find a solution. 




Autopsies: Pathologists at Work 

by Gary Jeffrey • illustrated by Terry Riley 

GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) 

Dead men do tell tales, and pathologists interpret 

what the dead are saying using post-mortem 

examinations. Three stories of actual crimes solved 

via autopsies are presented here in full color: 

evidence of strangulation proves a woman didn’t die 

in the Blitz; a body’s cell structures determine the 

victim’s time of death; and follicular analysis gives 

detectives a time line of a victim’s poisoning. Includes 

overviews of how a crime is investigated and of 

how a post-mortem exam is conducted. Additional 

case summaries. Glossary. Suggestions for more 

information and further reading. Index. 

Isbn: 9781404214460 • Dewey: 614/.1 • 6 1/2" x 10" • 48 pp 


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Baseball Crazy: 

Ten Short Stories That Cover All the Bases 

edited by Nancy E. Mercado 


Reviews: BL, HG, K, PWH, SLJ, WM 

The baseball field is a mythical place where legends 

are made. But it’s also a place where a kid can escape 

the drudgery of an orphanage, where a deep romantic 

feud can find an outlet for closure, and where a boy 

can use perfume to confuse a pitcher and get the girl 

in the same game. As this collection of ten original 

stories shows, tales tall and small are born on the 

diamond every day. Features contributions from Jerry 

Spinelli, Frank Portman, and Maria Testa. Includes 

author “stats” after each story. 



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*NEW* The Battle of the Red Hot Pepper Weenies 

and Other Warped and Creepy Tales 

by David Lubar 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, CL, SLJ 

“It started last week. Though I guess it would make 

more sense to say it started next week. . . .” So 

begins “Yesterday Tomorrow,” in which time moves 

backward before moving forward again—in a most 

unpleasant way. In other stories in this collection, an 

umbrella eats a boy, a girl casts a spell on herself and 

can’t stop talking, and two boys battle it out to see 

who can eat the hottest pepper. Thirty-five original 

“warped and creepy” tales range from scary to weird 

to disgusting to silly. Author notes on story 

ideas and origins. 



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Beneath My Mother’s Feet u 

by Amjed Qamar 

C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BCCB, H, HGs, K, SLJ 

Though her parents urge her to, fourteen-year-old 

Nazia doesn’t want to get married, as it will mean 

leaving school and her hometown, Karachi, Pakistan. 

Besides, she barely knows her fiancé, an older cousin. 

Then, misfortune befalls Nazia’s family: her father 

suffers an injury at his construction job, and Nazia’s 

dowry is stolen. Destitute and desperate, Nazia’s 

mother pulls her out of school so that they can clean 

houses to support their family. With Nazia’s newly 

degraded status, marriage seems unattainable, and 

education just an absurd dream. 



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Benny and Omar 

by Eoin Colfer 

C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, KL, PW, WM 

No wonder Benny’s grumpy when he moves from 

Ireland to Tunisia—he lives on a compound, his 

parents are stricter than ever, he has hippies for 

teachers, and all his classmates seem to hate him! 

Then Benny befriends a local boy, Omar, who 

learned English from TV and who takes Benny on 

some great adventures. Still, something’s bothering 

Benny: “Where’s your family, Omar?” To which 

Omar replies, “No Homer. No Marge.” 


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The Big Field u 

by Mike Lupica 


Reviews: BL, HG, K, KLH, PW, SLJ, V, WM 

Hutch loves baseball. He knows the stats and the 

history, he’s the captain of his team, and he’s the 

best shortstop in town. He just wishes his dad, a 

former baseball player, would notice. When Darryl, 

“the LeBron James of baseball,” joins the team and 

takes over at shortstop, Hutch’s dad suddenly starts 

showing up at games. Soon after, Hutch finds his dad 

practicing with Darryl, something his dad hasn’t done 

with Hutch in years. Hutch can’t hide his anger any 

longer, but will it ruin the game he loves? 



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Bird 

by Rita Murphy 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: CL, H, HGs, K, WC 

Miranda, who lives an isolated life with Wysteria, 

an elderly widow, recollects little about the time 

before she arrived at Bourne Manor. Blown there 

by the wind and pulled from a tree by Wysteria’s 

wolfhounds, Miranda says, “I was lost and Wysteria 

found me. Or perhaps the Manor itself found 

me, beckoning me to its gates.” The Manor is a 

mysterious, menacing place, and Miranda is kept 

inside its locked doors. Then one day a boy named 

Farley appears and inspires Miranda to discover a 

destiny beyond Wysteria and Bourne Manor. 



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Bird Lake Moon u 

by Kevin Henkes 


Reviews: BLH, H, HGs, K, PWH, SLJH 

After Mitch’s father leaves the family, Mitch and his 

mother retreat to her parents’ house on Bird Lake. 

To stave off his misery, Mitch imagines taking over 

the abandoned house next door and living a new, 

better life there. So, when the house’s rightful owners 

show up to claim it, Mitch decides to haunt the 

house and “drive the intruders away.” Unfortunately, 

only Spencer, the ten-year-old boy next door, notices 

the haunting. 




Black Box u 

by Julie Schumacher 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, HG, K, KLH, PWH, SLJH, V 

Dora and Elena are as different as two sisters can be. 

Dora’s tall and theatrical; Elena is short and practical. 

“It was as if, growing up, Dora had occupied a certain 

space and developed a certain kind of personality,” 

Elena says, “and I had taken what was left over. On 

a barometer, Dora was a storm on the horizon; I was 

the needle that always pointed to steady.” But after 

Dora is admitted to the local hospital following a 

suicide attempt, Elena finds it increasingly difficult 

to remain the family’s “steady Eddie.” Author’s Note. 

Resources. 



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*NEW* The Black Death: 

Pivotal Moments in History 

by Diane Zahler 

HH GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) • Reviews: CL, SLJ 

“In 1347 western Europe teetered on the brink 

of disaster.” The Great Famine, followed by the 

widespread death and destruction of the Hundred 

Years’ War, had weakened the population, had 

worsened already filthy living conditions, and had 

created a breeding ground for disease. When the 

bubonic plague arrived in Sicily by trading boat, 

it rapidly spread to every corner of Europe. This 

“black death” killed an estimated 30 to 60 percent 

of the population—devastating and transforming 

the continent in just five years. Map. Primary source 

research. Time line. Glossary. Who’s who. Source 

notes. Selected bibliography. Further reading and 

Web sites. Index. Full-color illustrations 

and reproductions. 

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*NEW* Blade: Playing Dead 

by Tim Bowler 

Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, PWH, V 

Fourteen-year-old Blade has been on the run most 

of his life. A girl from his past gave him his name 

because he was so good with a knife. Too good. Now 

she’s gone, and he’d just as soon leave all that behind 

him, including his name. But he’s been followed to 

this new city where he’s been “playing dead” so no 

one can find him. This works for a while, until he 

meets people he comes to care about, only to watch 

them slip into his past, too. 



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Bog Child u 

by Siobhan Dowd 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, HGs, KH, KLH, PWH, SLJH, V 

Ireland, 1981: Death looms over Fergus’s first 

summer out of high school. His brother, Joey, a 

convicted member of the IRA, has joined a hunger 

strike in prison. That same week, while digging 

for peat in the mountains by his home, Fergus 

discovers the body of a girl, murdered and buried 

hundreds of years ago. Soon, the girl, dubbed Mel, 

is haunting Fergus’s dreams, and Fergus is helping 

an archaeologist and her teenage daughter uncover 

Mel’s story. Author’s note. Winner of the 2009 

Carnegie Medal. 



JLG: $9.00 • David fickling: $19.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2009

Bonechiller u 

by Graham McNamee 

Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K, SLJ 

Danny and his father have moved from town to 

town, trying to stay one step ahead of their grief over 

the death of Danny’s mother. Now they’ve landed in 

Harvest Cove, tucked away in Canada’s Big Empty, 

during an especially severe winter. One night a large, 

vicious creature attacks and bites Danny; a couple of 

days later, it also crosses paths with Danny’s friend 

Howie. Looking through newspaper archives, the 

boys discover a pattern: every harsh winter, Harvest 

Cove teens begin disappearing. First the teens get 

attacked, then they turn delirious, and two weeks 

later they vanish into the night. Or, as Danny and 

Howie suspect, the creature returns to claim them. 



JLG: $9.00 • Wendy lamb: $18.99 • JlG Month: feb 2009 

Book of a Thousand Days u 

by Shannon Hale • illustrated by James Noel Smith 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, K, SLJH, WM, WS 

“My lady and I are being shut up in a tower for 

seven years.” Dashti has sworn to serve Lady Saren 

however the Ancestors see fit . . . even if that means 

imprisonment. Then Lady Saren orders Dashti to do 

something “worse than sin”: Dashti must impersonate 

her when her lady’s betrothed, Khan Tegus, crouches 

outside the tower for a visit. Worse yet, Dashti falls in 

love with him. 



JLG: $9.00 • bloomsbury: $17.95 • JlG Month: DeC 2007 

The Book of Mordred u 

by Vivian Vande Velde 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, KH, SLH, V, WM, WS 

He is known in legend as the traitor who betrayed 

King Arthur and destroyed Camelot. Sir Mordred, 

however, was once a great Knight of the Round 

Table whose exploits have been lost to history—until 

now. Mordred rescues Kiera, a young enchantress 

kidnapped for her power to see the future, and helps 

Nimue, Merlin’s former lover, defeat an evil wizard. 

Against the backdrop of a Camelot in decline, a 

complex, enigmatic, and ultimately tragic Mordred 

is revealed. 



JLG: $9.00 • Houghton Mifflin: $18.00 • JlG Month: oCT 2005 

*NEW* The Book of Tormod: A Templar’s Apprentice 

by Kat Black 

FM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL 

Scotland, 1307: Thirteen-year-old Tormod MacLeod 

is one of nine children. “The one who was never 

still, never quiet, never listening,” he says. “I was 

different.” Tormod is burdened with visions of the 

future—visions that always come true. When a 

Knight Templar learns of Tormod’s power, he knows 

the boy is destined to help the Knights protect a 

relic of enormous significance. As the enemies of the 

Knights Templar draw closer, Tormod must learn to 

control his visions—and his impulsive behavior—or 

risk putting himself and his new friends in even 

greater danger. 


aR level: 5 • aR Points: 9 

JLG: $13.25 • scholastic: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2009 

Box Out 

by John Coy 

SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BLH, HG, KL, SLJ 

When a varsity basketball player is injured, Liam 

Bergstrom is tapped to move up to varsity from JV. 

He’s thrilled and knows that he must stay focused for 

the notoriously tough Coach Kloss to keep him on 

the team. As Liam learns that Coach Kloss requires 

strict adherence to his extracurricular requirements 

and overtly religious pre-game rituals, he grows more 

and more uncomfortable. Will Liam join the flock, 

or will he speak out? 




The Boxer and the Spy 

by Robert B. Parker 

Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ, V 

When Terry’s classmate Jason dies in an alleged 

suicide from steroid-induced depression, Terry grows 

suspicious. Jason, artistic and withdrawn, seems 

an unlikely candidate for steroid use. Terry and his 

girlfriend Abby’s amateur investigation soon attracts 

attention—and threats—from the high school 

quarterback and the principal. Scared, but sure they’ve 

uncovered criminal activity, Terry and Abby organize 

a spy network of classmates. What they find goes far 

beyond steroids—all the way to the race for governor. 



JLG: $9.00 • Philomel: $17.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2008 

The Boy Who Dared: 

A Novel Based on the True Story of a Hitler Youth u 

by Susan Campbell Bartoletti 


Reviews: BLH, CL, HG, K, PWH, SLJ, WM 

“To break the Radio Law would be a selfish act. It 

could endanger our family,” Helmuth Hübener’s 

brother tells Helmuth. Defying his brother, his Nazi 

stepfather, and German law, Helmuth, a teenager, 

listens to Allied radio stations. He is infuriated to 

learn that the Nazis are distorting the facts about 

the war and is determined to let his fellow Germans 

know the truth, even if it means risking his life. 

Based on real events. Time line of the Nazi regime. 

Bibliography. Suggestions for further reading. 

Photographs. 



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Brooklyn Bridge u 

by Karen Hesse • illustrated by Chris Sheban 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, KH, KLH, PWH, SLJ, WC 

Brooklyn, 1903: “My life, it’s better than most guys 

have it. I got plenty to eat. I got Mama and Papa 

both. And they don’t hit,” fourteen-year-old Joseph 

Michtom says. Still, Joe feels deprived because he 

hasn’t yet visited Coney Island’s new amusement 

park. Joe’s parents, though, have just invented the 

Teddy bear, and between running the booming 

new business, caring for Joe’s sick little brother, and 

mourning the death of Joe’s aunt Golda, they have 

no time for entertainment. Angry at his parents, Joe 

heads to Coney Island alone and quickly discovers 

what bad luck really is. Author’s note. Winner of the 

2009 Sydney Taylor Award. 



JLG: $9.00 • feiwel and friends: $17.95 • JlG Month: oCT 2008 

*NEW* The Brooklyn Nine: A Novel in Nine Innings u 

by Alan Gratz 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, K, PW, SLJ, V, WC 

In 1845, Felix Schneider crafts a baseball from the 

burned remains of his leather shoes and vows to 

“find a way to get back in the game” after damaging 

his legs in a fire. His son, Louis, carries this baseball 

as a good luck charm throughout his service in the 

Civil War, then trades it for a Confederate soldier’s 

homemade bat after the two bond over baseball. 

The bat will eventually be lost, but a love of baseball 

will connect nine consecutive generations of this 

Brooklyn family. Author notes. 



JLG: $13.25 • Dial: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2009 

I really enjoyed following this family 

through the decades and seeing 

characters from earlier stories reappear 

years later. And the seamlessly 

incorporated, lesser-known baseball 

anecdotes and facts were fascinating. 

—Lucas, JLG Assistant Editor 

The Buddha’s Diamonds 

by Carolyn Marsden and Thấy Phâp Niệm 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, PW, SLJ, WC 

Every day, Tinh goes out fishing with his father to 

provide food for the family and to earn money at the 

market of their tiny Vietnamese village. Tinh wants 

to make Ba proud and hopes that one day he will 

inherit the boat. When a terrifying storm hits, Ba 

expects him to secure their boat. Instead, Tinh leaves 

it on the beach, where an enormous wave has tossed 

it, and runs away from the raging ocean. Tinh feels 

guilty that he wasn’t more responsible. How can he 

regain his father’s trust? Author’s note. 




*NEW* Bull Rider 

by Suzanne Morgan Williams 

SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K 

Fourteen-year-old Cam O’Mara is a skateboarder, 

not a bull rider, despite his family’s long-running 

association with the rodeo ring and his older brother 

Ben’s bull riding success. But when Ben returns 

partially paralyzed from a tour in Iraq, Cam decides 

to lift his brother’s spirits by learning to compete in 

the sport Ben loves best. Cam is a natural, riding like 

a professional after only a few tries. Gifted though he 

may be, can he last eight terrifying seconds on Ugly, 

the one bull no one’s ever managed to conquer? 



JLG: $13.25 • Mcelderry: $16.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2009 

*NEW* The Carbon Diaries: 2015 

by Saci Lloyd 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, HH, HGs, K, PW, SLJH 

The year is 2015, and Londoner Laura Brown just 

wants a regular teenage life—to play in her band, 

finish her design studies, avoid her self-centered 

sister, Kim, and maybe get to know that dishy 

boy next door. But huge storms have tipped off 

an environmental disaster, causing Great Britain 

to institute carbon rationing. Laura struggles to 

maintain some normalcy while staying within her 

yearly carbon allotment. Her friendships, love 

life, and family relations all suffer from living under a 

system on the brink of collapse, and she struggles to 

keep everything from falling apart in the face of ever 

more frightening weather. 


JLG: $13.25 • Holiday House: $17.95 • JlG Month: JUn 2009 

“Gripping, perceptive, and impassioned, 

this provocative debut is speculative 

fiction at its finest.” 


*NEW* The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline: 

An Enola Holmes Mystery 

by Nancy Springer 

MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) 

“CARRIER PIGEON, DELIVER YOUR BIRD- 

BRAINED MESSAGE AT ONCE OR YOU 

WILL BE SORRY YOU EVER LEFT SCUTARI.” 

Enola Holmes is shocked when her unassuming 

landlady, Mrs. Tupper, receives a threatening letter 

through the morning’s post. Mrs. Tupper became 

a widow during the Crimean War, so Scutari is 

familiar to her, but she can’t make sense of the rest 

of the message. Hoping to end the matter quickly, 

Enola places ads in the local papers noting that 

“Mrs. T.” knows nothing and that “further inquiries 

are pointless”—only to return home that evening to 

find that Mrs. Tupper has been kidnapped. 



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The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan: 

An Enola Holmes Mystery u 

by Nancy Springer 

MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ, WC 

In the eight month period since Enola Holmes ran 

away from home, she has rescued three missing 

persons and brought three dangerous criminals to 

justice. Now, in her toughest case yet, Enola must 

save Lady Cecily Alistair from an arranged marriage. 

Unfortunately, Enola’s only clue is a message written 

in invisible ink on a pink paper fan: “Help! I am 

being locked in my room and starved—unless . . .” 

Can Enola fill in the blanks and stay one step ahead 

of her brothers—one of whom is Sherlock? 



JLG: $9.00 • Philomel: $14.99 • JlG Month: noV 2008 

*NEW* Cat Burglar Black 

by Richard Sala 


Bellsong Academy for Girls isn’t what Katherine 

“K.” Westree had imagined when she was invited 

to live there with her newly discovered aunt who 

owns the school. There are only three other girls at 

the academy, and classes have been suspended. The 

creepy faculty members are plotting to find and 

steal a hidden treasure protected by residents of a 

neighboring town, and they need K.’s help. K. had 

hoped to escape the life of crime she was forced to 

lead at her old orphanage. Now she will have to use 

all her wits and skill if she is to survive. Full-color 



JLG: $13.25 • first second: $16.99 • JlG Month: seP 2009 

Chains u 

by Laurie Halse Anderson 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, KH, KLH, PWH, SLJ, V, WC 

1776: Isabel and her younger sister Ruth were 

promised freedom upon the death of their owner. 

Instead, they find themselves the property of the 

Locktons, a cruel Tory couple who bring the girls to 

New York City. There, Curzon, a slave boy with ties 

to the patriots, approaches Isabel, asking her to spy 

on her loyalist masters. Isabel is reluctant at first, but 

when she overhears Mr. Lockton’s plot against the 

rebels, she informs on him, hoping it will improve 

her chances for freedom. Appendix. A 2008 National 

Book Award Finalist. Winner of the 2009 Scott 

O’Dell Award. 



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Chanda’s Wars u 

by Allan Stratton 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, HGs, KH, KL, SLJ, WM 

As rumors of civil war circulate in Ngala, Chanda 

travels to her extended family’s village, hoping to 

reconcile with them. Chanda’s family welcomes her 

and her younger brother and sister, but soon they 

demand she marry a surly (if somewhat charming) 

tracker named Nelson. Chanda refuses and prepares 

to leave town. Before she can flee, the brutal guerrilla 

General Mandiki attacks and kidnaps all the children, 

including Chanda’s siblings. Now Chanda and 

Nelson must join together to try to save what remains 

of their families. Author’s note. 




Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith 

by Deborah Heiligman 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, HH, K, PWH, SLJH, V 

Only after writing a list of pros and cons did 

Charles Darwin convince himself of the benefits 

of marriage. Yet once he’d decided in favor of 

matrimony, Charles had another concern: would 

his religious doubts cause marital strife? Though 

devout, the woman Charles married, Emma 

Wedgwood, happily read and edited Charles’s writing 

on evolution. She also debated him when she felt it 

necessary—and he gave her thoughts considerable 

weight. While their marriage was full of hardship, 

it was also full of happiness, not to mention 

intelligent and interesting discourse. 

Isbn: 9780805087215 • Dewey: 576.8/2092 • 6" x 9" • 288 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: MaR 2009 

Chase u 

by Jessie Haas 

C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BL, CL, HG, K, KLH, SLJ 

When Phin Chase witnesses the murder of a mine 

boss, the killers plan to frame him for the crime. 

Now Phin is on the run through Pennsylvania coal 

country. Once Phin eludes the killers, he thinks his 

troubles are over. Then he discovers that a mysterious 

stranger is hot on his trail. What he wants, or who 

he is, Phin doesn’t know. But he does know that 

the man has an unfair advantage in this game of 

hide-and-seek: a horse that can track by scent! 



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Chiggers 

written and illustrated by Hope Larson 

GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, HG, SLJ, V, WC 

Abby is back at camp, but this year things are 

difficult. Her friend Rose is busy helping the 

counselors, and Abby’s first bunkmate gets sent 

home with chiggers. Her new bunkmate, Shasta, 

seems great—she’s pretty and fun, and she likes the 

same books that Abby does. But Abby’s other friends 

think Shasta is snobby and dishonest, and they 

can’t stand her. Abby is caught in the middle, and 

when she begins spending time with Teal, a boy she 

has a crush on, things only get more complicated. 




JLG: $9.00 • atheneum: $17.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2008 

*NEW* Children of War: Voices of Iraqi Refugees 

by Deborah Ellis 

NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BLH, KH, SLJ, V 

This book features nineteen interviews with Iraqi 

children between the ages of eight and nineteen, all 

of whom fled Iraq because of the Iraq War. At the 

time of the interviews, they were all living in Jordan. 

The children describe their experiences, their hopes, 

and their feelings about the United States. Michael, 

age twelve, says, “I have nothing in common with 

American children, except if there is maybe an 

American child whose father has died, whose house is 

destroyed. . . . Then he and I would have something 

to talk about.” Introduction. Glossary. Further 

reading. Black-and-white photographs. 

Isbn: 9780888999078 • Dewey: 305.23086/91409567 • 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" • 144 pp 


JLG: $13.25 • Groundwood: $15.95 • JlG Month: MaY 2009 

*NEW* The Civil Rights Movement: 


by Heather Adamson 


It’s the late 1950s, and the civil rights movement is 

underway across the United States. Many Americans 

are working for change despite the dangers and 

difficulties they face. Will you work for or against the 

desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, 

Arkansas? Help desegregate bus lines as a Freedom 

Rider? Get involved in the Project C protests in 

Birmingham, Alabama? Three fact-based storylines 

let readers choose a path through one of America’s 

most contentious periods. Introduction. Conclusion. 

Time line. Further reading and Internet sites. 

Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Full-color and blackand-white 

photographs. 

Isbn: 9781429623452 • Dewey: 323.1196/073 • 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" • 112 pp 

JLG: $13.25 • Capstone: $20.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2009 

*NEW* Closed for the Season 

by Mary Downing Hahn 

MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: K 

All Logan wants out of his family’s move is a fresh 

chance to fit in and become one of the cool kids. 

No one warned him that his new house would be 

a ramshackle cottage in the backwoods of Virginia 

where the former resident had been murdered. Living 

in the “murder house” next door to fact-spewing 

misfit Arthur doesn’t bode well for Logan’s new 

beginning. But the closer the boys come to solving 

Mrs. Donaldson’s death and the mystery of the 

abandoned amusement park at the edge of town, the 

more Logan embraces his outsider status. 



Cover-Up: Mystery at the Super Bowl 

by John Feinstein 

SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, CL, H, HGs, K, V 

Stevie Thomas swears to his dad that his days of 

solving international mysteries at major sporting 

events are over. But then he and fellow teen reporter 

(and girlfriend) Susan Carol Anderson are hired to 

work at the Super Bowl. At first, the only problem 

Stevie has is figuring out which sports celebrity he’ll 

interview next. Then Susan Carol gets word of a 

doping scandal that’s being kept under wraps by 

cutthroat team owner Don Meeker. Stevie can’t help 

himself—he and Susan Carol are on the case again. 



JLG: $9.00 • Random House: $19.99 • JlG Month: oCT 2007 

Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam u 

by Cynthia Kadohata 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, HH, K, PW, SLJ 

Cracker is a German shepherd, “born to be a beloved 

queen and eat good snacks.” Rick is a teenage soldier 

out to have some adventures and “whip the world.” 

Both are headed for Vietnam, where Rick will have 

to make Cracker the best bomb-sniffing dog in the 

Army. If he doesn’t, Cracker and Rick might not 

make it home alive. A 2008 IRA Children’s Choices 

selection and a 2008 IRA Teachers’ Choices selection. 




*NEW* Creature of the Night 

by Kate Thompson 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, K 

Bobby’s mother recently moved the family to a 

cottage in the country, far from his “bad influence 

friends” in Dublin. Bobby laughs at the simple 

country folk, such as old Mrs. Dooley, the landlady’s 

mother, with her tales of malicious fairies. When 

Bobby steals a car from the cottage and crashes it, 

he is forced to pay for it by working at the Dooleys’ 

farm. There he learns the disturbing history of 

the cottage: the previous renter went missing, the 

Dooleys say, and a girl was murdered there. And 

now that Bobby’s brother insists that a strange little 

woman is visiting the cottage at night, Mrs. Dooley’s 

tales suddenly seem terrifyingly real. 



JLG: $13.25 • Roaring brook: $17.95 • JlG Month: MaY 2009

A Curse Dark as Gold u 

by Elizabeth C. Bunce 


Reviews: BCCBH, BL, HGs, K, SLJ, V 

When Charlotte Miller inherits her family’s 

troubled woolen mill, she is determined to make 

it a success—and to ignore the rumors of the curse 

that haunts it. But strange accidents frighten the 

workers and threaten to sink the business. One day, 

a mysterious man named Jack Spinner arrives and 

offers his assistance. “You’d have to be able to make 

gold appear from thin air to be much help to us now, 

I’m afraid,” Charlotte says. With straw, not air, Jack 

Spinner obliges. Though he hasn’t yet named his 

ultimate price. . . .Winner of the 2009 William C. 

Morris Award. 



JLG: $9.00 • arthur a. levine: $17.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2008 

Darkside 

by Tom Becker 


Reviews: BL, HG, K, KL, SLJ, V, WM 

Fourteen-year-old Jonathan Starling isn’t sure 

how to help his father, Alain, who suffers mental 

breakdowns. Jonathan only knows that Alain’s 

sickness originated in Darkside—whatever or 

wherever that might be. When a family friend helps 

him enter Darkside, Jonathan’s amazed: it’s a seedy 

underbelly of London stuck in a Victorian-era 

time warp, inhabited by criminals, monsters, and 

combinations of the two. Even if Jonathan does 

manage to stay alive on Darkside’s mean streets, can 

he ever unearth Alain’s secret? And if he does, will 

anyone in London believe him? 



JLG: $9.00 • orchard: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2008 

Darkwing u 

by Kenneth Oppel 


Reviews: BLH, H, HGs, KH, KLH, SLJ 

In the waning days of the dinosaurs, a new world 

emerges. Dusk is different from the other chiropters 

in his colony. While they glide to get from tree to 

tree, Dusk has the urge—and, he soon discovers, 

the ability—to actually fly. As the leader’s son, he 

is protected for a time, but his father asks him to 

suppress his unusual talent to avoid being shunned— 

or worse. Then a new threat emerges, when a group 

of felids, led by Carnassial, stops eating only fruit, 

roots, and grubs to become predators. Black-andwhite 

illustrations. Author’s note. A 2008 TD 

Canadian Children’s Literature Award Finalist. 



JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $17.89 • JlG Month: noV 2007 

*NEW* Darkwood 

by M. E. Breen 

FM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, KH 

Annie has been raised by a strict aunt and a greedy 

uncle in the hardscrabble farming community of 

Dour County in Howland. The whole country lives 

in fear of the surrounding forest inhabited by fierce 

kinderstalk who hunt for children after dark. But 

when Annie overhears her uncle preparing to sell 

her to the mines, her only chance to save herself is 

to escape into the woods. While on the run, Annie 

uncovers some surprising truths about the kingdom, 

its mines, and the ferocious kinderstalk. 



JLG: $13.25 • bloomsbury: $16.99 • JlG Month: seP 2009 

The Dead & the Gone u 

by Susan Beth Pfeffer 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, HG, K, PWH, SLJ, V 

An asteroid hits the moon, throwing it out of orbit 

and causing tsunamis, earthquakes, and general 

devastation on Earth. In Manhattan, Alex and his 

two younger sisters must fight to survive as their food 

supply dwindles and the weather gets increasingly 

severe. All the while they pray that their mother, 

last known to be at her job in Queens, and their 

father, who was visiting relatives in Puerto Rico, 

will return home. 




Death in the Air: 

The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His 2nd Case u 

by Shane Peacock 

MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: HG, SLJH, V 

A famed acrobat nearly dies when he falls—right 

at Sherlock Holmes’s feet—during a performance. 

Certain the fall was no accident, the teenage detective 

investigates. When he links the notorious Brixton 

gang to the attempted murder, Sherlock is excited: 

evidence leading to the gang’s arrest is worth £500, 

enough to finance the education he so desperately 

wants. But can Sherlock ever convince the police to 

believe a poor, scruffy boy like him? 



JLG: $9.00 • Tundra: $19.95 • JlG Month: MaY 2008 

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The Devil on Trial: 

Witches, Anarchists, Atheists, Communists, 

and Terrorists in America’s Courtrooms 

by Phillip Marguiles and Maxine Rosaler 

HH GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) • Reviews: BLH, HG, K, SLJ 

Covering some of America’s most contentious trials— 

from the Salem “witches” to the Scopes “monkey” 

trial to the case of Zacarias Moussaoui, convicted 

for his involvement in the September 11 attacks— 

The Devil on Trial demonstrates how “[i]n a 

democracy, when the devil goes on trial, the 

democracy goes on trial as well.” Introduction. 

Epilogue. Glossary. Notes. Bibliography. Photo 

Credits. Index. Black-and-white photographs. 

Artwork and documents related to the trials. 

Isbn: 9780618717170 • Dewey: 345.73'02 • 7 1/2" x 10" • 224 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Houghton Mifflin: $22.00 • JlG Month: Jan 2009 

Diamonds in the Shadow u 

by Caroline B. Cooney 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, KL, PWH, SLJ 

The last thing Jared wants is a family of refugees living 

in his house, but his do-gooder mother has made 

up her mind to host a family from Africa. When the 

family arrives, they are not what anyone expects: the 

father has had his hands amputated, and the daughter 

is so traumatized by her experiences that she can’t 

speak. Jared senses something else suspicious—these 

people do not seem to know each other very well. 

He has no idea that both their family and his are 

in terrible danger. Winner of the 2008 Christopher 

Award. Library edition with trade jacket added. 




Diary of a Wimpy Kid u 

written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K, PWH, SLJ, V, WC, WM 

“Let me just say for the record that I think middle 

school is the dumbest idea ever invented. You got 

kids like me who haven’t hit their growth spurt 

yet mixed in with these gorillas who need to shave 

twice a day. And then they wonder why bullying is 

such a big problem in middle school.” In words and 

cartoons, middle-schooler Greg Heffley holds forth 

on girls, friendship, and the horrors of the “Cheese 

Touch.” Black-and-white drawings. 



JLG: $9.00 • abrams: $14.95 • JlG Month: JUn 2007 

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules u 



Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, H, HGs, K, PWH, SLJ, WM 

In his journal, a mixture of writing and cartoons, 

Greg Heffley describes his less-than-ideal family. It 

includes his put-upon father and his older brother, 

Rodrick, who subjects the family to the “musical” 

stylings of his band, Löded Diper. There’s also 

Greg’s mother, who insists on joining Greg’s game 

of Magick and Monsters, playing a character named 

“Mom.” And there’s Greg’s little brother, Manny, 

who, Greg writes, has “been telling on me ever since 

he could talk. He’s even told on me for stuff I did 

BEFORE he could talk.” Black-and-white drawings. 

Isbn: 9780810994737 • 5 1/2" x 8" • 224 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • abrams: $12.95 • JlG Month: aPR 2008 

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw u 


B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, SLJ, WC 

From New Year’s Day until the start of summer 

vacation, middle-schooler Greg Heffley continues 

his cartoon-filled journal. New experiences and 

responsibilities include doing his own laundry 

(or, rather, not doing it, with some embarrassing 

consequences), playing soccer (or, more accurately, 

shivering on the sidelines while watching his team 

play), and joining the Boy Scouts. Also, Greg is 

interested in classmate Holly Hills, but he isn’t having 

much success getting her to notice him. And Greg’s 

dad is threatening to send Greg to military school— 

during summer vacation. Black-and-white drawings. 



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The Disappeared u 

by Gloria Whelan 

Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K, SLJ, V 

In 1970s Argentina, political dissent can be fatal. So 

when Silvia’s brother Eduardo is “disappeared” to a 

secret jail for speaking out against oppressive policies, 

Silvia knows she must do everything she can to save 

him. As she begins to date the son of a powerful 

politician, she imagines telling Eduardo, “I will make 

him care so much for me that he will ask his father 

for your freedom.” Will Silvia’s plan cost her and her 

brother their lives? 




Dishes 

by Rich Wallace 


Reviews: BCCB, HG, K, KL, PW, SLJ 

Living with his emotionally distant father for 

the summer in the gay resort town of Ogunquit, 

Maine, Danny wishes he had “someone to relate 

to.” Danny befriends Hector, a coworker at Dishes, 

a local bar. Hector has a crush on Danny, who’s 

straight, and Danny wants to be clear that he’s not 

interested. But when Hector starts hooking up with 

Chase, a shameless player, Danny is concerned. 

His reaction surprises him and prompts his new 

girlfriend, Mercy, to question his sexuality. Danny 

wonders: if he and Hector are just friends, why is he 

so upset about Chase? 



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The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks u 

by E. Lockhart 


Reviews: BLH, H, HGs, KH, PWH, SLJH 

Frankie Landau-Banks, a sophomore at the prestigious 

Alabaster Preparatory Academy, thought she 

had her school’s social dynamics figured out. But 

when she begins dating the gorgeous and witty senior 

Matthew Livingston and hanging out with his rich, 

popular friends, Frankie senses there’s something that 

they’re not telling her. She soon discovers that they 

are members of an all-boys secret society. Frankie 

lets them keep thinking she’s just a cute, clueless girl, 

all the while implementing a plan with a seemingly 

impossible goal: to take over the Loyal Order of the 

Basset Hound. A 2008 National Book Award Finalist. 

A 2009 Printz Honor Book. 




Do Not Pass Go u 

by Kirkpatrick Hill 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, K, PW, SLJ, V, WC 

“Police blotter, list of arrests, court column. Everybody 

read those. Tomorrow maybe, Dad would be in 

the newspaper, and everyone would know.” Deet is 

stunned to learn that his dad has gone to jail. Now he 

has a lot of questions. Is getting arrested scary? Will 

his dad be locked up for a long time? And what will 

the kids at school say? 



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The Door of No Return u 

by Sarah Mussi 

MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: HG, KH, KL, SLJH 

Zac, sixteen, lives in Gloucester, England, with 

his grandfather. Pops says that he and Zac are 

descendents of a Ghanaian king and heirs to a hidden 

fortune, but Zac doesn’t believe it. As far as Zac can 

tell, the only proof of his grandfather’s claims are a 

series of diaries Pops wrote, plus the “tribal marks” on 

Zac’s back—scars Pops put there. Then mysterious 

attackers kill Pops and steal his diaries, leaving Zac to 

solve the mysteries of his lineage and his grandfather’s 

murder. Writer’s note. 



JLG: $9.00 • Mcelderry: $17.99 • JlG Month: oCT 2008 

Dope Sick 

by Walter Dean Myers 

HI GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) 

Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, H, PWH, SLJH 

do you want proof that JLG 

picks only the best books? 

Lil J is on the run. The police think he shot a cop, 

and with no way to prove his innocence, Lil J’s future 

looks bleak. Then he stumbles into an abandoned 

crackhouse and meets Kelly, a mysterious man who 

wants to know everything about Lil J’s life, from 

his drug-addicted mother to his failed rap group. 

But most importantly, Kelly wants to know this: 

if Lil J could go back in time to change one thing 

about his past, what would it be? 




Dragon Road: Golden Mountain Chronicles, 1939 

by Laurence Yep 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, SLJ 

Chinatown, San Francisco, 1939: Calvin Chin is a 

basketball hustler who uses a “bumbling immigrant” 

act to con prejudiced local teens out of their money. 

When a scout sees Calvin and his best friend, Barney, 

playing on the streets, he makes them an offer: join 

his traveling Chinese American basketball team and 

receive a steady salary—and fame. The boys sign up 

and hit the road. Calvin’s flashy style distinguishes 

him, and the coach pushes him to be the team’s 

star. As Calvin’s minor renown goes to his head, the 

team falls apart, and so does Calvin and Barney’s 

friendship. Afterword. Bibliography. 




The Dragon’s Child: A Story of Angel Island u 

by Laurence Yep and Dr. Kathleen S. Yep 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, PW, SLJ 

After a long, cramped voyage across the Pacific, 

ten-year-old Gim Lew must pass a grueling oral test 

if he is to join his father in America. It will require 

learning every detail of his native Chinese village 

(including the number and location of his neighbors’ 

windows) and, harder still, speaking without a 

stammer. “If my memory didn’t fail me, I knew my 

tongue would. And then we’d lose . . . everything.” 

Based on interviews with Laurence Yep’s father and 

research on his family’s immigration history. Author’s 

note. Further reading. Bibliography. Black-and-white 

photographs. 



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*NEW* The Duel: The Parallel Lives of 

Alexander Hamilton & Aaron Burr 

by Judith St. George 

Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BL, HGs, K 


The most famous duel in American history took 

place on July 11, 1804, between two renowned 

politicians, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. 

Despite many similarities in their lives (they both 

were orphaned at a young age, attended the same 

college, and served under General Washington), 

Hamilton and Burr often disagreed with each other 

and sometimes used each other to achieve personal 

ends. One final insult led to a duel that immortalized 

one man and ruined the other. Bibliography. Index. 

Isbn: 9780670011247 • Dewey: 973.4/6092 • 6" x 9" • 112 pp 


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Eggs u 

by Jerry Spinelli 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, H, Hs, KH, KL, PW 

David, nine, thinks that obeying the rules and never 

watching the sun rise will bring his mother back. 

Primrose, thirteen, wants to earn enough at the flea 

market to create the cozy home her kooky fortunetelling 

mother can’t provide. Both are missing their 

fathers. After a chance meeting, David and Primrose 

are soon spending late nights picking through the 

trash and going to the all-night Dunkin’ Donuts. It’s 

an unlikely friendship, but they prefer each other to a 

meddling grandmother and a needy mother. 



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Elephant Run u 

by Roland Smith 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, K, SLJ, V, WM 

1942: Fourteen-year-old Nick Freestone is glad to 

leave war-torn London behind and return to his 

father’s teak plantation in Burma, where he lived as a 

small child. There he meets Mya, an aspiring mahout 

whose family tends the plantation’s elephants, and 

Hilltop, a mysterious monk. Then the Japanese army 

arrives. Nick becomes a prisoner in his own room, 

and his father is sent to a labor camp. With the help 

of Hilltop and a rogue elephant named Hannibal, 

Nick and Mya must escape and rescue their families. 




Elijah of Buxton u 

by Christopher Paul Curtis 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, HH, HGs, KH, PW, SLJH 

“It ain’t something I ever boast on, but I was the very 

first child to be born free in the Elgin Settlement 

at Raleigh at Canada West, what we call Buxton.” 

Elijah’s small-town life is full of adventures: riding Old 

Flap the mule to the secret lake to catch fish, trying 

to get a chance to shoot the Preacher’s pearl-handled 

mystery pistol, playing pranks with his best friend 

Cooter. Then, even though “being fragile’s the biggest 

bone Ma’s got to pick with me,” Elijah is given a 

serious, frightening responsibility. A 2008 Newbery 

Honor Book. Winner of the 2008 Scott O’Dell 

Award, the 2008 Corretta Scott King Award, and the 

2008 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award. 




Elvis & Olive 

by Stephanie Watson 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, PW, WC 

Most people find their neighbors boring. 

Neighborhood spies Annie and Natalie—code 

names Elvis and Olive—know better. As Annie 

puts it: “Even the most dull-looking people do all 

kinds of weird, interesting things when they think 

no one’s watching.” Clarissa Jackson, for example, 

plants fake flowers in her garden; Virginia Brooks, 

a former television actress, eats face cream. Spying, 

both girls agree, is the most fun they’ve ever had— 

until, that is, they inadvertently discover big secrets 

about each other. 




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*NEW* Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell in Love 

by Lauren Tarshis 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, PWH 

Spring has arrived and seventh-grader Emma-Jean 

Lazarus is as helpful as ever. This time her friends 

need her to solve the mystery of Colleen’s secret 

admirer. As she and her friends prepare for the 

annual Spring Fling dance, Emma-Jean has her own 

mysteries brewing: Why does she feel so strange 

whenever Will Keeler is around? Could this be love? 



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Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree u 

by Lauren Tarshis 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HH, HGs, K, PWH, SLJH, WM 

“Emma-Jean had observed her peers closely over the 

years. Her painstaking research had given her a much 

clearer understanding of their complex emotional 

lives and surprising sensitivities.” A mathematician’s 

daughter, Emma-Jean leads a rational life. This means 

staying clear of her unpredictable and unhygienic 

fellow seventh-graders. Then Colleen Pomerantz 

unexpectedly confides in her about a mean girl who is 

stealing her best friend. It’s a complicated puzzle, but 

if anyone can solve it, Emma-Jean can. 



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The Entertainer and the Dybbuk u 

by Sid Fleischman 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, KH, KLH, SLJH, V, WM 

World War II is over, and Freddie, a veteran, decides 

not to return to America, but to travel around Europe 

as a ventriloquist. The problem is no one wants to 

hire him, as his act is mediocre at best. Then Freddie 

is visited by the ghost of Avrom Amos, a Jewish child 

who saved Freddie’s life during the war. Avrom offers 

Freddie a deal: he’ll make Freddie a star if Freddie 

helps track down the Nazi who killed him. Winner 

of the 2008 Sydney Taylor Award. 



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*NEW* The Entomological Tales of Augustus 

T. Percival: Petronella Saves Nearly Everyone 

by Dene Low 


“There is something terribly wrong with Mr. 

Augustus T. Percival.” He has suddenly developed a 

voracious appetite for all things insect! Even worse, 

in the eyes of his debutante niece, Petronella Eunice 

Arbuthnot, it has happened just in time for her 

coming-out party. As Petronella and her close friends, 

the Sinclairs, endeavor to sort out an international 

intrigue involving kidnapping and land rights in 

Panama, she must also try to cover up her uncle’s 

ghastly new eating habits. 



Eon: Dragoneye Reborn u 

by Alison Goodman 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, K, PWH, SLJ, V 

For years, Eon—formerly Eona—has been training 

to become a Dragoneye, learning how to manipulate 

Hua, the natural energy that exists in all things, while 

concealing her true identity as a girl. But when her 

dreams come true and the Mirror Dragon, the most 

powerful dragon in the energy world, selects her as a 

Dragoneye, she realizes that she has underestimated 

the cost of her deception. Not only would her 

secret, if exposed, cost her her life, but it could also 

be used to bring down the Emperor. Author’s note. 

Dragoneye zodiac. 




*NEW* Ernest Hemingway: A Writer’s Life 

by Catherine Reef 

HH GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) • Reviews: K 

“Hemingway’s passions and his impulses influenced 

what he wrote. His stories reflected what he honestly 

felt, and not what he had been taught to feel. If he 

wrote about war, or big-game hunting in Africa, or 

fighting off sharks at sea, he was describing things 

that he had done or had seen happen in front of his 

own eyes.” This carefully documented biography 

discusses Ernest Hemingway’s writings in the context 

of his oversized life. Notes. Selected bibliography. List 

of Hemingway’s major works. Picture credits. Index. 

Black-and-white photographs. 



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Everything Is Fine 

by Ann Dee Ellis 

C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BCCB, SLJ 


Mazzy’s mother refuses to get out of bed. 

Nonetheless, when Mazzy answers phone calls 

from her father, she tells him everything is fine. 

Her father knows as well as Mazzy that this is a 

lie, but he avoids the situation by working at an 

out-of-state job. A social worker and some curious 

neighbors also suspect there’s trouble at Mazzy’s 

house, though Mazzy does her best to care for 

herself and her mother. As Mazzy copes with 

her situation by drawing and painting, she also 

recalls the terrible incident that led to her mother’s 

depression. Black-and-white images. 



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*NEW* The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 

by Jacqueline Kelly 

C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BLH, KH, PWH, SLJH, V 

In 1899, just before her twelfth birthday, Callie Tate 

decides she wants to read Darwin’s The Origin of 

Species. Unfortunately, the library near her hometown 

of Fentress, Texas, doesn’t own it. To Callie’s surprise, 

her formidable, taciturn grandfather offers her his 

copy of the book. Even more surprising, Grandfather 

and Callie grow close thanks to their mutual 

interest in nature. The more Callie learns from her 

grandfather and from her own observations, the more 

she wants to be a scientist. But Callie’s mother insists 

that she spend less time exploring and investigating, 

and more time learning to be a lady. 



JLG: $13.25 • Henry Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: MaY 2009 

*NEW* Extra Credit 

by Andrew Clements • illustrated by Mark Elliott 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, PW 

When Abby is assigned a pen pal for extra credit, 

she leaps at the opportunity to write to someone 

in a country with mountains, a place as different as 

possible from the Illinois farmland surrounding her 

own home. When she finds out something she’s not 

supposed to know, Abby discovers just how many 

things can stand in the way when you reach out to 

someone new. Black-and-white pencil drawings. 



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Fairest u 

by Gail Carson Levine 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BCCB, BLH, K, SLJH, V 

Aza is most definitely not the fairest of them all—but 

what she lacks in looks, she makes up for with her 

singing voice, a talent highly prized in the land of 

Ayortha. Her voice is so magical that the beautiful 

new Queen Ivi makes Aza, a commoner, her lady-inwaiting. 

All is not as it seems, however. When Aza 

happens to look into the Queen’s mirror, she learns 

the secret of the Queen’s beauty—and sees a chance 

to become the fairest herself. 




*NEW* Famous Players: 

The Mysterious Death of William Desmond Taylor 

written and illustrated by Rick Geary 


When William Desmond Taylor is found dead of a 

gunshot wound in his home on February 2, 1922, 

the close-knit motion-picture community is thrown 

into chaos. At first glance, it seems unimaginable 

that Taylor, a “sophisticated director of high-spirited 

adventure tales and high-profile literary adaptations,” 

could draw the ire of anyone, let alone a murderer. 

However, the ensuing investigation reveals that 

the well-respected Taylor was not the person he 

seemed—and neither were his friends. A number 

of suspects for the murder are considered in this 

graphic novelization of the homicide case that 

shook Hollywood. Ink-on-paper illustrations, 

including maps. 

Isbn: 9781561635603 • 6" x 9" • 80 pp 

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Firebirds Soaring: 

An Anthology of Original Speculative Fiction 

edited by Sharyn November • decorations by Mike Dringenberg 

YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, K, SLJ, V 

A young girl raised as a mercenary begins to question 

the authority of her leader. Two student mages go 

on a bender in a world where mythological creatures 

use magic like drugs. A girl determined to escape the 

cycle of poverty in her rural southern town begins to 

fall for a boy who goes to remarkable extremes to get 

her attention. This wide-ranging anthology includes 

stories set twenty-five million years ago—and far into 

the future. Authors’ biographies and notes. Blackand-white 




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The Fold u 

by An Na 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K, PW, SLJ, WM, WS 

“John Ford Kang. She was finally going to talk to 

him.” Joyce is determined to impress her crush, but 

when she gathers the courage to actually speak to 

him, he confuses her with another Korean girl, whom 

Joyce considers “the ugliest girl in school.” Joyce is 

devastated, especially when she discovers John has a 

crush on her beautiful older sister, Helen. Then her 

aunt offers to pay for cosmetic eyelid surgery. “You 

will never be as pretty as your sister,” her aunt says, 

“but with my doctor’s help, you can look very nice.” 



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Football Hero u 

by Tim Green 

SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: HG, K, SLJ, V, WC 

Twelve-year-old Ty is devastated when his uncle Gus 

tells him he has to spend afternoons scrubbing toilets 

for the family’s cleaning service instead of playing 

on the football team. But when Ty’s older brother, 

Thane, is selected in the NFL draft, the local mob 

boss takes an interest. He persuades Gus into letting 

Ty play football in exchange for insider information 

about Thane’s team. All Ty wanted was a chance to 

succeed like his brother. Now the brothers are caught 

in the middle of a Mafia betting scheme, and their 

futures are in jeopardy. 




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*NEW* The Forest of Hands and Teeth 

by Carrie Ryan 

Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, PWH, SLJH 

Mary dreams of a world beyond her village. But she 

also knows how impossible that dream is; according 

to the Sisters, no other village still exists. The 

Unconsecrated, the undead who claw at the village’s 

fence, have infected everyone outside it. But one day 

the impossible happens: a normal, healthy-looking 

young woman emerges from the forest outside the 

village. Her presence gives Mary hope. It is hope she 

needs when, soon after, the Unconsecrated breach the 

village fence. To survive, Mary must escape from the 

village into the Forest of Hands and Teeth. 



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“Fresh and riveting.” 

—Publishers WeeklyH 

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Fortune’s Fool 

by Kathleen Karr 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K, KL, WC, WM 

“I shall quest for a new master. An enlightened new 

master.” So declares Conrad the Good, court jester 

to the cruel Count Otto of Schwarzenberg, who 

frequently punishes Conrad with a whip. Conrad 

makes good on his promise, stealing away with his 

beloved Christa and his trusty horse, Blackspur. As 

they travel, their small troupe grows . . . and so do 

their problems. For the road brings not only freedom, 

but plague, fierce winter storms, and a ruler even 

more vicious than Otto. 



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Four Things My Geeky-Jock-of-a-Best-Friend 

Must Do in Europe 

by Jane Harrington 

C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: SLJ, V 


It’s Brady’s first trip to Europe, and she’s been given 

a strict to-do list by her best friend. One: Write letters 

home every day. Two: Wear a bikini. Three: In public! 

Number Four is the most difficult assignment of all: 

“Meet a code-red Euro-hottie.” Will shy and selfconscious 

Brady fulfill her duties? Does she even 

stand a chance with an itinerary-obsessed mom as a 

travel companion? 




The Freedom Business u 

poems by Marilyn Nelson • art by Deborah Dancy 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, H, HGs, KH, SLJ 

Venture Smith’s autobiography, a slave narrative 

first published in 1798, appears on the left-hand 

pages of this volume. Smith was the son of a Guinean 

prince, then slave to various American men, and 

eventually a free man—owner of one hundred 

acres of land and three houses. Juxtaposed with and 

inspired by his story are Marilyn Nelson’s poems, 

which appear on the right-hand pages. Watercolor, 

ink, collage, and acrylic paintings illustrate both the 

narrative and the poems. Includes a preface to the 

poems and an artist’s note. 

Isbn: 9781932425574 • Dewey: 811/.54 • 6" x 10" • 72 pp 


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*NEW* The Frog Scientist 

by Pamela S. Turner • photographs by Andy Comins 


Dr. Tyrone Hayes has been interested in frogs 

since he was a boy. His path from a segregated 

town in South Carolina to science labs at the most 

competitive universities was not an easy one, but 

Hayes’s persistence and dedication to his subject 

helped him prevail. Now a professor in Berkeley, 

California, Dr. Hayes studies the effects of pesticides 

on frog populations. “Even if you don’t care about 

frogs, you have to wonder how this affects us, too,” 

Dr. Hayes says. Glossary. Ideas for helping local frog 

populations. Web sites. Resources for educators. 

Full-color photographs. 

Isbn: 9780618717163 • Dewey: 597.8/917279 • 11" x 9" • 64 pp 


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Frozen Fire 

by Tim Bowler 

Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, KL, V 

Late one night, Dusty receives a strange and 

frightening call from a teenage boy who says he’s in 

trouble . . . and has inexplicably detailed knowledge 

about her brother, who ran away two years ago. 

Dusty rushes to rescue the boy, but he literally 

disappears—as if he were a ghost. Despite threats 

from the boy’s enemies and rumors that girls have 

been mesmerized by him before, Dusty continues to 

search for him. 



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Gabriel’s Journey: 

Racing to Freedom Trilogy, Book Three 

by Alison Hart 

SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: HG 

After Gabriel wins at the Saratoga horse races, his 

dreams of becoming a famous jockey seem closer 

than ever. The Civil War rages on, though, and 

Gabriel feels compelled to join his parents in the 

Union army. “Ma and Pa say I’m too young to 

be a soldier. . . . But that don’t mean I can’t fight 

for freedom my own way.” Gabriel puts aside his 

racing aspirations to join his father’s cavalry unit. 

Courageous though he may be, is Gabriel ready to 

face the dangers of war? 



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*NEW* Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd 

edited by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci 


Some of the brightest stars of young-adult literature 

show their nerdy sides in this anthology of fifteen 

stories about being geeky, unhealthily obsessed, or 

just slightly out of step with the norm. Offerings 

from such luminaries as M. T. Anderson, Libba Bray, 

John Green, and Scott Westerfeld cover the range of 

geekdom, running the nerd gamut from comic books, 

Star Wars, Star Trek, and The Rocky Horror Picture 

Show to more specialized areas of geekiness, such as 

astronomy, paleontology, and baton-twirling. Blackand-white 

comics. 


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Generation Dead u 

by Daniel Waters 

Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: HG, KH, PW, SLJ 

When American teenagers die, some of them don’t 

stay dead. No one is sure why, and this strange 

phenomenon has led to a growing population of 

“living impaired” teenagers who walk, slowly, down 

the halls of American high schools. Sixteen-year-old 

goth girl Phoebe is fascinated with Tommy Williams, 

the undead leader of the town’s “differently biotic” 

kids. But not everyone is so happy with the idea of 

living with “dead” people. Soon Tommy and his 

friends begin to face serious threats, and Phoebe is 

caught in the middle. 




*NEW* Gentlemen 

by Michael Northrop 

HI GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) • Reviews: BLH, PWH 

On the same day their friend Tommy goes missing, 

Mike, Mixer, and Bones’s least-favorite teacher, Mr. 

Haberman, uses a strange teaching aid to start his 

unit on Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment. He asks 

the students to strike a barrel filled with a mysterious 

heavy item and guess what is inside. No one guesses 

correctly, and Haberman does not reveal the answer. 

But when he asks Mike, Mixer, and Bones to help 

him dump the item into the trunk of his car after 

class, they think that whatever is underneath those 

blankets looks a lot like a dead body. 




Girl Overboard 

by Justina Chen Headley 

SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, HG, SLJ, V, WM 

“All I want is to feel invincible and whole again.” 

After Syrah Cheng’s snowboarding accident, her knee 

isn’t the only thing that’s shot—so is her confidence. 

On top of that, Syrah’s billionaire parents want her to 

follow in their footsteps, a path of discipline focused 

on global business that doesn’t allow for silly and 

dangerous pastimes. As her lifelong nanny leaves and 

her best friend grows distant, Syrah wonders if she’ll 

ever get back on the board—and if she’ll ever be 

more than just “Ethan Cheng’s daughter.” 




*NEW* Girlfriend Material 

by Melissa Kantor 

Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: PW 

Kate had been looking forward to a fun summer at 

home in Utah taking a fiction writing class, playing 

tennis, and hanging out at her best friend’s pool. 

Instead, she is on her way to Cape Cod with her 

mother. The only saving grace for Kate is the chance 

to renew her friendship with Sarah, the daughter 

of her mom’s friends. But two things soon become 

clear to Kate: Sarah never considered Kate a friend, 

and Kate’s mom isn’t just spending time away from 

her husband; she is considering a divorce. Could 

anything save this from being the worst summer of 

Kate’s life? 




Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: 

Voices from a Medieval Village u 

by Laura Amy Schlitz • illustrated by Robert Byrd 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, KH, PWH, SLJH, WM 

Setting: An English manor, 1255. Dramatis personae: 

a gentle shepherdess who sings all night to a dying 

sheep, a crippled pilgrim who seeks a cure at 

Saint Winifred’s Well, a lord’s nephew who dreads 

hunting boar with his uncle, a tanner’s apprentice 

who defends the stink of leathermaking, and more. 

Here are nineteen monologues and two dialogues 

full of the intriguing (and sometimes gruesome) 

details of medieval life. Full-color ink and watercolor 

illustrations. Foreword. Bibliography. Winner of the 

2008 Newbery Medal. 

Isbn: 9780763615789 • Dewey: 812.6 • 7 1/16" x 10 1/4" • 96 pp 

aR level: 5.6 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 7.6 • sRC Points: 7 • lexile: nP 


The Good Neighbors: Book One, Kin u 

by Holly Black • illustrated by Ted Naifeh 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, KL, SLJ, V 

Ever since Rue’s mother disappeared, Rue has been 

having strange visions of faeries. Then her father is 

arrested both for the murder of one of his students 

and as a suspect in his wife’s disappearance. Sure that 

her father is innocent, Rue hopes the faeries might 

hold the key to the disappearance of her mother and 

to the student’s murder. Volume one of a trilogy. 




JLG: $9.00 • Graphix: $16.99 • JlG Month: noV 2008 

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The Graveyard Book u 

by Neil Gaiman • illustrations by Dave McKean 

MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, HH, 

HGs, KH, KLH, PWH, SLJ, V, WC 

Nobody Owens, better known as Bod, is an ordinary 

boy, except he happens to live in a graveyard and has 

parents who are ghosts. While other living children 

go to school, Bod learns how to Fade, how to Haunt, 

and how to open ghoul-gates—skills that prove 

useful when Jack, the man who killed Bod’s biological 

family, returns to town to finish what he started. 

Black-and-white illustrations. Winner of the 2009 

Newbery Medal. A 2009 Boston Globe–Horn Book 

Honor Book. 



JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $18.89 • JlG Month: Jan 2009 

The Great Adventure: 

Theodore Roosevelt and the Rise of Modern America 

by Albert Marrin 

NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, SLJH 

“His legacy includes a Nobel Prize, the first ever won 

by an American. . . . It includes laws to regulate big 

business, laws to guarantee the purity of our food and 

drugs, national parks, and millions of acres of land set 

aside to protect our national heritage. . . . Although 

Theodore Roosevelt died nearly a century ago, in a 

sense we still live in the America he helped to shape.” 

Includes notes and suggestions for further reading. 

Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. 

Isbn: 9780525476597 • Dewey: 973.91/1092 • 8" x 10" • 256 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Dutton: $30.00 • JlG Month: feb 2008 

*NEW* The Great Death 

by John Smelcer 


The world changes for sisters Millie and Maura the 

day three visitors come to their Alaskan village. The 

girls are amazed to see that two of the men have lightcolored 

skin and blue eyes. The third visitor, from a 

neighboring village, has red spots covering his body. 

He tells of a great death among his people. Shortly 

after this visit, the plague hits Millie and Maura’s 

village, leaving no one alive but the two sisters. As 

winter sets in, the girls must undertake a dangerous 

wilderness trek downriver in search of a new village 

and a new home. 

Isbn: 9780805081008 • Dewey: f • 176 pp 

JLG: $13.25 • Henry Holt: $15.99 • JlG Month: seP 2009 

The Great Race: 

The Amazing Round-the-World Auto Race of 1908 

by Gary Blackwood 

NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K, V, WM 

In 1908, when long distance automobile races were 

all the rage, The New York Times and Paris’s Le Matin 

cosponsored a race from New York to San Francisco 

and from Siberia to Paris. Teams from France, 

Germany, Italy, and the United States competed. 

They were beset by breakdowns, mud, snow, fog, a 

sandstorm, “Chinese brigands, well mounted and 

armed,” the Parisian police (who almost arrested the 

Americans for driving with a broken headlight), and, 

according to one report, a pack of “not less than fifty 

wolves.” Bibliography. Index of quotes. Black-andwhite 

photographs. 

Isbn: 9780810994898 • Dewey: 796.72 • 7" x 9" • 144 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • abrams: $19.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2008 

The Hand You’re Dealt 

by Paul Volponi 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HG, K, SLJ, V 

Each year, the winner of the local poker tournament 

in Huck’s town gains the right to wear a silver watch 

blessed by the Pope. Last year, Mr. Abbott, “the most 

obnoxious poker player anybody had ever seen,” 

won the event and swiped the watch right off Huck’s 

father’s wrist as he lay dying in the hospital. This 

year, Huck is in Mr. Abbott’s precalculus class at high 

school. He’s going to study Abbott’s every move, 

enter the tournament, and get that watch back. 



JLG: $9.00 • atheneum: $16.99 • JlG Month: feb 2009 

Hard Gold: The Colorado Gold Rush of 1859, 

A Tale of the Old West 

by Avi 


Reviews: BL, CL, HG, K, KL, SLJ, V, WC 

1859: A drought has settled on the middle of the 

country, and crops aren’t growing. If fourteen-yearold 

Early Wittcomb’s family can’t pay the mortgage 

on their Iowa farm, the bank will take the land and 

sell it to the Chicago and North Western Railway. 

Uncle Jesse thinks the answer to their problems 

is gold—rumored to be plentiful in the Rocky 

Mountains—and heads west. Then he writes that 

his life is in danger, and Early sets off on a perilous 

journey of his own. Glossary. Author’s Note. 

Bibliography. Black-and-white photographs and 





Hattie Big Sky u 

by Kirby Larson 


Reviews: BCCB, HG, K, SLJH, WM, WS 

“Being of sound mind, I do hereby leave to Hattie 

Inez Brooks my claim and the house and its contents, 

as well as one steadfast horse named Plug and a 

contemptible cow named Violet.” When orphaned 

sixteen-year-old Hattie inherits her uncle’s Montana 

homestead, she jumps at the chance to finally have 

a home of her own. Hattie must “prove up” the 

claim, however, by fencing off and cultivating the 

land within ten months—or she’ll lose everything. 

Recipes. Suggestions for further reading. Library 

edition with trade jacket added. A 2007 Newbery 

Honor Book. 



JLG: $9.00 • Delacorte: $17.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2007

Here Lies Arthur u 

by Philip Reeve 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, HH, HGs, KH, KLH, PWH, SLJH, V 

When Gwyna’s village is burned, a bard named 

Myrddin takes her in. He immediately puts her to 

work helping him invent legends to legitimize the 

violent rule of his master. Myrddin serves the same 

brutish warlord who burned Gwyna’s village, and 

her first job is to present the warlord, who is named 

Arthur, with a supposedly magical sword—by 

swimming underwater with the sword and holding 

it aloft in the middle of a lake. Gwyna enjoys her 

adventurous new life but soon grows uncomfortable 

with her role in enabling Arthur’s vicious reign. 

Winner of the 2008 Carnegie Medal. 




Honeybee: Poems & Short Prose u 

by Naomi Shihab Nye 

Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: HGs, K, SLJH 

The newspaper boy delivers tissues instead of 

newspapers because the news is too sad; a batch of 

cookies brings together strangers at an airport; and 

a hopeful explanation for the disappearance of the 

world’s bees is offered: “They are sick of the word 

‘busy.’ They are on strike.” In these poems and 

narratives about contemporary life, assumptions are 

questioned, surprises are common, and everything— 

and everyone—is interconnected. 

Isbn: 9780060853914 • Dewey: 811/.54 • 5" x 7 1/8" • 128 pp 



How to Ditch Your Fairy u 

by Justine Larbalestier 


Reviews: BCCB, H, HGs, K, PW, SLJ, V 

In New Avalon, almost everyone has a fairy. Most 

people love their fairies, but Charlotte, better known 

as Charlie, isn’t one of them. While other people 

have fairies that give them perfect tennis serves, 

blemish-free skin, or enviable wardrobes, Charlie’s 

fairy gives her good parking spots. Not very useful 

for a girl who’s fourteen, can’t drive, and doesn’t like 

cars. So when Fiorenze—a classmate who, thanks to 

her every-boy-will-like-you fairy, is dating Charlie’s 

crush—suggests that they swap fairies, Charlie 

agrees without a moment’s thought. Includes a list of 

“known fairies” and a glossary of New Avalon slang. 



JLG: $9.00 • bloomsbury: $16.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2009 

The Humming of Numbers 

by Joni Sensel 

Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BCCB, KL, SLJ 

Quantities of the books in this catalog 

are limited. Fax your order to 

800.827.3080 

Ireland, AD 920. Aidan has an unusual gift: “Others 

heard birdsong, windsong, human speech . . . 

Nobody else caught numbers with their ears.” Aidan 

hopes to gain understanding of his mysterious ability 

over years of quiet, solitary contemplation as a monk. 

But when a pretty girl named Lana arrives and hums 

of eleven, a number Aidan has never heard, he is 

enthralled. A devastating attack by Viking raiders 

forces the two together, and as they strive to save 

their village, they also must struggle to understand 

their strong connection. 




The Hunger Games u 

by Suzanne Collins 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, HGs, K, KLH, PWH, SLJH, V 

In a post-apocalyptic future, North America has 

become Panem—a collection of twelve districts 

surrounding a prosperous Capitol City. Each year, 

as punishment for a long-ago rebellion, the Capitol 

selects one boy and one girl from each district to 

compete in the Hunger Games, a televised fight to 

the death. When Primrose, Katniss’s younger sister, 

is among the two names called from District 12, 

Katniss volunteers to take her sister’s place. After all, 

it’s her skill with a bow and arrow that has put food 

on the family table since their father’s death. But 

can Katniss, who is willing to risk her life to save 

her sister’s, learn to kill humans the same way she 

hunts—without mercy? 




I Am Scout: The Biography of Harper Lee u 

by Charles J. Shields 

NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) 

Reviews: BL, CL, HGs, K, SLJ, WM, WS 

As soon as Nelle Harper Lee was old enough to write 

stories of her own, her father gave her a rugged, 

steel-encased Underwood No. 5 typewriter. She and 

her neighbor Truman immediately began writing 

stories set on their street, South Alabama Avenue, 

casting the residents as characters. “In small town life 

and in rural life . . . you know everything about your 

neighbors,” Lee later said. She would draw heavily on 

this knowledge when writing her masterpiece, To Kill 

a Mockingbird. Notes. Bibliography. Media sources. 

Index. Black-and-white photographs. 



JLG: $9.00 • Holt: $18.95 • JlG Month: MaY 2008 

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*NEW* If the Witness Lied 

by Caroline B. Cooney 

MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, K, PW, V 

Siblings Jack, Smithy, Madison, and Tris Fountain 

are famous—because baby Tris unwittingly caused 

both of his parents’ deaths within the same year. 

Now Jack and nearly-three-year-old Tris live with 

cold, calculating Aunt Cheryl while Smithy stays 

at a boarding school and Madison lives with family 

friends. It seems that nothing will bring the family 

together again until Cheryl sells the family story to 

a slimy reality-TV-show producer. The Fountain 

children reunite to save Tris from becoming a 

documentary subject while learning that perhaps 

their father’s death wasn’t accidental after all. 



JLG: $13.25 • Delacorte: $19.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2009 

“This family-drama-turned-thriller will 

have readers racing, heart in throat, 

to reach the conclusion.” 

—The Horn Book Magazine 

I’ll Pass for Your Comrade: 

Women Soldiers in the Civil War 

by Anita Silvey 


Reviews: BL, H, HGs, K, PWH, SLJ, V 

“One fact about [the Civil War] has rarely been 

mentioned until recently. . . . [H]undreds of women 

disguised themselves as men so they could fight as 

soldiers.” Among them were Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, 

who joined the Union army in order to make money, 

and Melverina Peppercorn, who enlisted with the 

Confederate army to stay near her twin brother. 

This book explores the motivations and describes 

the experiences of these and other women who 

fought in the Civil War. Author’s note. Bibliography. 

Source notes. Index. Black-and-white photographs 

and time-period illustrations. 

Isbn: 9780618574919 • Dewey: 973.7/4082 • 7" x 9" • 112 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Clarion: $17.00 • JlG Month: MaR 2009 

In Mozart’s Shadow: His Sister’s Story 

by Carolyn Meyer 

C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: HG, K, V 

Nine-year-old Nannerl Mozart is a wonderful 

musician, but her brother Wolferl, age five, has 

already surpassed her talent. Initially the siblings play 

concerts together across Europe, but then their father, 

Leopold, decides Nannerl should remain in their 

hometown of Salzburg, Austria. Though Nannerl 

pleads with Leopold over many years, he never 

gives her the opportunity to become a professional 

musician. Despite not realizing her dream, Nannerl 

sees a chance for happiness: she hopes to marry 

retired army captain Armand d’Ippold—if her father 

doesn’t stand in her way. Author’s note. 



JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $17.00 • JlG Month: noV 2008 

In the Belly of the Bloodhound: 

Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar 

Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber u 

by L. A. Meyer 

Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: HG, KL, SLJ, V 

When Mary “Jacky” Faber returns to the Lawson 

Peabody School for Girls, she has more trouble fitting 

in than ever. Then a school field trip goes awry, and 

Jacky finds herself trapped on a slave ship with her 

classmates. Jacky has survived the streets of London, 

pirates, finishing school, and the Battle of Trafalgar— 

but can she get thirty teenage girls to listen to 

someone they’ve branded a “shameless hussy”? 




The Invisible Man 

by H. G. Wells, adapted by Rick Geary 


The stranger who recently arrived in Iping has 

begun to raise suspicions: he rarely leaves his 

room at the Coach and Horses Inn, and he always 

keeps himself covered from head to toe. When the 

townspeople question the man after a robbery, he 

exposes his terrifying secret and escapes. Impossible 

to apprehend, the man wreaks havoc as he attempts 

to recover the notebooks in which he has written 

the formula for becoming invisible. In this faithful 

retelling of H. G. Wells’s famous tale, the invisible 

man then makes his way to the home of an old 

colleague and tells his incredible story. Full-color 




JLG: $9.00 • Papercutz: $15.00 • JlG Month: DeC 2008 

The Iranian Revolution: 

Pivotal Moments in History 

by Brendan January 

NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, HG, SLJ 

The 1979 revolution left Iran “torn by drastic 

social changes, invasion, bombing, executions, and 

assassinations. The Iranian Revolution would also 

bring Iran and the United States to the brink of war.” 

The events of 1979 were the result of complicated 

dynamics, both within Iran and internationally. From 

the CIA-engineered overthrow of prime minister 

Mosaddeq to the rise of Ayatollah Khomeini to the 

hostage crisis, Iran’s revolution is a compelling story. 

Maps. Time line. Glossary. Short biographies of key 

figures. Notes. Selected bibliography. Further reading. 

Index. Color and black-and-white photographs. 

Isbn: 9780822575214 • Dewey: 955.05/42 • 6" x 8 1/2" • 160 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Twenty-first Century: $28.95 • JlG Month: aPR 2008

*NEW* Jack Tumor 

by Anthony McGowan 

HI GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) • Reviews: BCCBH, BL, K, PW 

“IN LOVE AND DEATH, THERE ARE NO 

FRIENDS.” So says Jack Tumor, the crass inner 

voice of an undiagnosed brain tumor forcing itself 

upon the consciousness of fourteen-year-old Hector 

Brunty. At first, Jack wreaks havoc on Hector’s social 

life, causing Hector to speak and act inappropriately. 

Over time, though, Jack reveals his actual intention: 

to remake awkward Hector and attract the most 

beautiful girl in school. Could it be that Jack truly 

wants to help Hector? What’s more, could a tumor 

have something to teach Hector about life? 



JLG: $13.25 • farrar, straus & Giroux: $17.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2009 

Jango: Book Two of the Noble Warriors 

by William Nicholson 

Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ, WM 

Seeker has grown more powerful than he ever 

dreamed possible—perhaps too powerful. Some of 

the Nomana want to “cleanse” him and erase all that 

he has learned. Others believe he is the last and only 

hope to save their one true god. As an old enemy and 

a fearsome new warlord team up to launch a final 

assault on the Nomana’s home of Anacrea, Seeker 

is not sure where the real threat lies. Is it from the 

outside or from within Anacrea itself? 




Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life u 

by Wendy Mass 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, HGs, K, PWH, SLJ, WC 

Jeremy Fink doesn’t leave anything to chance—he 

eats peanut butter at every meal, avoids the subway, 

and reminds his teachers to give him homework. 

Then, a month before he turns thirteen, he receives 

a surprise package. It’s a wooden box to open on his 

birthday, and it’s from his father, who died five years 

ago in a freak accident. One more thing: the box is 

locked, and the keys are missing. 




Jim & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure 

by Dan Gutman 

SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: KLH, WM 

Stosh has used his unique time-travel abilities to right 

many wrongs . . . and to meet some of the greatest 

baseball players ever: Jackie Robinson, Mickey 

Mantle, Babe Ruth. So why would he want to help his 

worst enemy, Bobby Fuller, travel to meet Jim Thorpe, 

a player he’s never heard of? Bobby tells Stosh that 

Jim Thorpe was an incredible athlete whose career 

was ruined when his Olympic medals were unfairly 

stripped from him. Now Stosh has one more injustice 

to fight . . . and one more legend to meet. 



JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $16.89 • JlG Month: MaY 2008 

Johnny and the Bomb: The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy u 

by Terry Pratchett 


Reviews: H, HGs, K, KL, SLJ, V, WC, WM 

Johnny Maxwell is doing a school project on the 

Second World War about a German bomb strike 

in his hometown: “Nineteen people got killed! In 

one night! There wasn’t any warning!” Then, due 

to a strange encounter with a mysterious time-filled 

shopping cart, Johnny finds himself in 1941, just 

before the bomb is about to fall. This leaves Johnny 

with a dilemma: Can he save people from the attack? 

And should he meddle with history? 




Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels 

retold by Donald Lemke • illustrated by Cynthia Martin 


Lemuel Gulliver encounters many strange things 

during his sea voyages. In the land of Lilliput, he’s 

trapped and attacked by tiny humans, then forced 

to swear allegiance to their emperor and defend 

their country. Banished from Lilliput due to a 

misunderstanding, Gulliver eventually finds himself 

in a land of giants, where he feels Lilliputian. When 

Gulliver finally returns to people his own size, can 

he convince them that his adventures were not mad 

dreams? Glossary. Additional information about 

the original story. Discussion questions. Writing 

prompts. Internet sites. Full-color art. 

Isbn: 9781434204493 • Dewey: 741.5/973 • 6" x 9" • 72 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • stone arch: $17.95 • JlG Month: aPR 2008 

Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 

retold by Carl Bowen • illustrated by Jose Alfonso Ocampo Ruiz 


French oceanographer Pierre Aronnax has agreed to 

help the U.S. Navy catch a mysterious sea monster. 

What Aronnax, his assistant, Conseil, and the 

expert harpooner Ned Land find surpasses their 

wildest expectations. Their hunt leads them to the 

Nautilus, a remarkable submarine, and the brilliant 

but troubled Captain Nemo. As his prisoners, they 

explore the wonders of the world’s oceans. But when 

Nemo’s ambitions turn deadly, will Aronnax and his 

companions be able to escape? Glossary. Note on 

submarines. Discussion questions. Writing prompts. 

Internet sites. Full-color art. 

Isbn: 9781434204479 • Dewey: 741.5/973 • 6" x 9" • 72 pp 

sRC level: 2.5 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: Gn440l 

JLG: $9.00 • stone arch: $17.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2008 

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The Juvie Three u 

by Gordon Korman 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, HG, K, KLH, SLJ 


If not for Douglas Healy’s halfway house, Gecko, 

Terence, and Arjay would all still be in juvenile 

detention. Together they live in an apartment in 

New York City, going to school and trying to stay 

out of trouble. Then Healy is accidentally knocked 

unconscious one night while trying to break up a 

fight between the boys. When he wakes up in the 

hospital, he doesn’t remember any of the boys, or 

even his own name. Now Gecko, Terence, and Arjay 

have to pretend that everything’s fine so the halfway 

house can pass inspection. Otherwise, their second 

chance will be their last. 



JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $15.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2009 

*NEW* Kaleidoscope Eyes 

by Jen Bryant 

C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BL, KH, PWH, SLJ, V 

It’s the summer of 1968, and thirteen-year-old 

Lyza Bradley has been given an almost impossible 

task by her grandfather, who recently passed away. 

Famous pirate William Kidd buried his treasure in 

Lyza’s New Jersey town four hundred years ago, and 

Lyza’s grandfather left a set of maps and information 

about the treasure to Lyza. With the help of her 

best friends, Malcolm and Carolann, Lyza sets out 

to recover whatever Kidd left behind. But as the 

Vietnam War reaches its peak abroad, distractions 

abound. Can Lyza and her friends find the treasure 

before the summer ends? 




“Readers will fall under the spell of the 

delicious plot and race ahead. . . .” 

—Kirkus ReviewsH 

King George: What Was His Problem? 

by Steve Sheinkin • illustrated by Tim Robinson 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, HGs, K, WC 

Proving that the truth can indeed be stranger than 

fiction, this collection of quirky anecdotes, quotes, 

and miscellany guides readers through the American 

Revolution—from the Townshend Acts of 1767 to 

Britain’s surrender on October 19, 1781. Along the 

way, we learn how a wig started the Boston Massacre; 

how “Molly Pitcher” got her name; and why a man 

in the Continental Army tried to steal a cannonball 

(his explanation: his mother could use it to pound 

spices). Epilogue. Source notes. Index. Black-andwhite 

art. 

Isbn: 9781596433199 • Dewey: 973.3 • 6" x 8 1/2" • 192 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Roaring brook: $19.95 • JlG Month: aUG 2008 

*NEW* A Kiss in Time 

by Alex Flinn 

MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: V 

Talia is a beautiful royal princess whose minor 

rebellion against her overprotective parents results in 

the very thing they fear most. She pricks her finger on 

a spindle and sends the entire kingdom of Euphrasia 

into a sleep that can only be broken by true love’s 

kiss. Jack is a twenty-first-century American slacker 

who has been sent by his parents to spend the 

summer in “sucky” Europe. Jack has an idea of what 

happens when you kiss a sleeping princess, but that 

doesn’t mean he’s ready for the result in this modern 

take on the classic tale of Sleeping Beauty. 



JLG: $13.25 • HarperCollins: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2009 

*NEW* Kiss of Life: A Generation Dead Novel 

by Daniel Waters 

Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: HG, K 

Adam’s return from death has made Phoebe’s love 

life even weirder. Now she has to choose between 

two zombie boys. She knows how Adam needs her, 

but she still has feelings for Tommy. Meanwhile, 

the zombie population of Oakville, Connecticut, 

continues to grow. As their numbers rise, the undead 

community is becoming increasingly divided. Some 

follow Tommy, who favors working within the 

system to gain civil rights for the “differently biotic”; 

others prefer the more militant approach of the Sons 

of Romero, a zombie segregationist group led by 

Takayuki. A sequel to the previous JLG selection, 

Generation Dead. 




The Knife of Never Letting Go: 

Chaos Walking, Book One u 

by Patrick Ness 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, KLH, SLJ, V 

In a town of men, Todd Hewitt is the only boy. 

Everyone is waiting for him to turn thirteen; he 

knows because, like everyone else in Prentisstown, 

Todd hears Noise—the ubiquitous, audible 

thoughts of men and animals. Supposedly silence 

hasn’t existed since the alien attack that killed all 

women and infected all men with the Noise germ. 

But when Todd and his dog, Manchee, discover 

a patch of silence in the swamp outside town, 

all that Todd knows about his world suddenly seems 

false. Confronted with the townsmen’s malicious 

plans for his future, Todd flees through the swamp, 

where he finds something else that shouldn’t exist: 

a girl. Winner of the 2008 Guardian Children’s 

Fiction Prize. Winner of the 2008 Booktrust 

Teenage Prize. 



JLG: $9.00 • Candlewick: $18.99 • JlG Month: DeC 2008

Knucklehead: Tall Tales & Mostly True Stories 

About Growing Up Scieszka 

by Jon Scieszka 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, SLJH, V, WC 

With six boys growing up in the Scieszka house in 

Flint, Michigan, life was never boring. Jon Scieszka, 

the second oldest, says, “I think it was my dad, 

finding that his toast tasted like melted green plastic 

army man, who first asked the question, ‘What 

Knucklehead put an army man in the toaster?’” 

(The answer wasn’t Jon—that time, anyway!) The 

more Jon Scieszka thought about it, the more he 

realized, “I get a lot of my ideas from all the strange 

things that happened to me growing up with five 

brothers.” Index. Afterword. Black-and-white 

photographs. 

Isbn: 9780670011063 • Dewey: 813/.54 b • 6 3/4" x 10" • 96 pp 



Laika u 

written and illustrated by Nick Abadzis 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, KH, PWH, SLJH 

“Gentlemen . . . this will be Laika’s vessel! The first 

spacecraft . . . Sputnik II ! There are still problems, 

but we’ll solve them. Even on such a tight schedule!” 

“How will the satellite return to earth?” “It won’t. . . . 

There is no return option.” Here are the intertwined 

stories of Korolev, the driven engineer at the top of 

the Soviet space program; Yelena, the lab technician 

responsible for Laika’s health; and Laika, an energetic, 

trusting, and beloved dog chosen for a journey she 

will not survive. Full-color illustrations. Afterword. 

Bibliography. 

Isbn: 9781596431010 • Dewey: 741.5973 • 6" x 8 1/2" • 208 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • first second: $17.95 • JlG Month: Jan 2008 

The Landing u 

by John Ibbitson 

Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: CL, HG 

Muskoka, Canada, the Great Depression: Fifteenyear-old 

Ben wants to be a violinist, but his chances 

of leaving Cook’s Landing, the family farm, grow 

slimmer every year. Then one day in early summer, 

possible salvation arrives in the form of a new 

neighbor—Ruth Chapman, a wealthy New Yorker. 

Unlike other women in Muskoka, she smokes and 

swears—and introduces Ben to Mozart and Sibelius. 

Ben’s mother keeps telling him that “things can 

happen” if he makes a good impression. . . . But, as 

the summer starts to wane, so does Ruth Chapman’s 

interest in Ben and, consequently, Ben’s hopes for his 

future. Historical note. Note from the author. Winner 

of the 2008 Governor General’s Literary Award. 

Isbn: 9781554532346 • Dewey: 813'.54 • 5 1/4" x 7 7/8" • 160 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Kids Can: $17.95 • JlG Month: oCT 2008 

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Larry and the Meaning of Life 

by Janet Tashjian 

Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BL, K, SLJ 

After losing a presidential campaign and his 

girlfriend, Josh Swensen (a.k.a. Larry) can’t seem to 

get off the couch. His usual overactive imagination 

and save-the-world mindset have all but vanished, 

and his best friend, Beth, is seriously worried. When 

Beth coaxes Josh into taking a walk at Walden 

Pond, he meets Gus Muldarian, a spiritual guru 

who encourages Josh to join his study group as a 

way to find deeper meaning in life. Josh agrees, but 

what begins as a harmless Thoreau-esque search 

for meaning soon turns into Josh’s most chaotic 

and profound adventure yet. Black-and-white 

photographs. 



JLG: $9.00 • Henry Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: DeC 2008 

The Last Knight u 

by Hilari Bell 


Reviews: BL, H, HGs, K, KL, SLJ, WM 

Michael wants nothing more than to be Sir 

Michael. But the knighthood has been dead for two 

hundred years, his squire is a rogue named Fisk, 

and his damsel in distress turns out to be an escaped 

murderess. As Michael says, “The life of a knight 

errant wasn’t quite what I had expected.” However, 

when Michael and Fisk set out on a quest involving 

angry sheriffs, cudgel-crewers, and magical beasts, the 

knight and his squire could finally live out their own 

legendary adventure—or die trying. 




The Last of the High Kings u 



Reviews: BL, HH, HGs, PWH, SLJ, V 

“Jenny had never had a friend before . . . There was 

the púka, of course, but he was more like a teacher or 

a kindly old uncle than a friend.” When the púka—a 

large, shape-shifting goat—asks eleven-year-old Jenny 

to befriend a ghost, she agrees; after all, the ghost 

is sad and lonely. For thousands of years, the ghost 

has guarded a mountaintop beacon from horrible 

monsters . . . such as the púka, Jenny begins to 

suspect. So, she wonders: is the púka actually kind or 

just using her to get to the ghost? Glossary. 




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Lay-ups and Long Shots: 

An Anthology of Short Stories 

by Joseph Bruchac et al. 

SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, HG, SLJ, V, WC 

A fourth-string basketball player gets cut from the 

team but finds a new way to make his shots count; a 

selfish ping-pong enthusiast doesn’t want his friend to 

improve at the game, so he practices alone—and gets 

a fitting comeuppance; a girl’s spunky dog helps her 

cross the finish line and find new confidence. In these 

and six other stories, kids find unexpected challenges 

and rewards in sports. Includes authors’ notes about 

each story and author biographies. 

Isbn: 9781581960785 • Dewey: 863/.0108357 • 5 1/2" x 7 5/16" • 112 pp 



*NEW* Leaving Glorytown: 

One Boy’s Struggle Under Castro 

by Eduardo F. Calcines 

HH GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) • Reviews: BL, K, SLJH 

“To an outsider visiting Cuba, there would have 

been nothing special about my family. We were 

not rich, famous, or politically well-connected. . . . 

What made us remarkable is that we survived and 

escaped.” When Eduardo Calcines was three years 

old, Communists took control of Cuba. Eleven years 

passed before Calcines and his family were finally 

able to leave the country. Now sixty-three, Calcines, 

a successful American businessman, recounts what 

it was like to grow up under Fidel Castro’s rule. 

Epilogue. Black-and-white photographs. 



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Lifeblood: Darkside, Book 2 

by Tom Becker 

Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: CL, HG, SLJ 

In Darkside, “a secret borough of London filled with 

evil creatures,” murder is an everyday occurrence. 

But the murder of Edwin Rafferty is different. “Of 

all the hundreds of corpses I’ve seen, only one body 

has ever looked the way this one did,” a reporter tells 

Jonathan, a young man new to Darkside. “And that 

was James Arkel.” James Arkel was a Ripper, one of 

Jack the Ripper’s descendents, and thus in line for 

Darkside’s throne. And Jonathan’s mother had been 

investigating Arkel’s murder when she disappeared. 

Can this new murder lead Jonathan to his mother 

before it leads the murderer to him? 



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The Lincolns: 

A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary u 

by Candace Fleming 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, HH, HGs, KH, SLJH 

He borrowed nearly every book he read and 

claimed that all his “schooling did not amount to 

one year.” She attended years of boarding school, 

and her “family’s library was filled with leatherbound 

books by Shakespeare, Sir Walter Raleigh, 

and Plato.” Though Abraham and Mary Todd 

Lincoln’s backgrounds differed considerably, both 

were intellectuals who shared interests in literature 

and politics, as well as a great love for each other. 

Photographs, letters, newspaper articles, and many 

other primary source materials illuminate this 

intimate biography of the Lincolns. Introduction. 

Time line. Resource lists. Research notes. Source 

notes. Picture credits. Index. Winner of the 2009 

NCTE Orbis Pictus Award. Winner of the 2009 

Boston Globe–Horn Book Award. 

Isbn: 9780237583618 • Dewey: 973.7092/2 b • 9" x 11 3/4" • 196 pp 



The Lindbergh Child: 

America’s Hero and the Crime of the Century u 

written and illustrated by Rick Geary 

GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, KL, PWH, SLJ 

“At 10:00 pm Betty Gow enters the nursery to 

check on the baby. She feels a chill in the room and 

turns on an electric heater. Finding it strange not to 

hear the boy’s breathing, she looks into the crib to 

find him . . . gone!” When famous aviator Charles 

Lindbergh’s child disappeared in 1932, the nation 

was transfixed. This narrative depicts the many 

curious characters involved and follows the ransom 

demands, false leads, and the final outcome of the 

thrilling mystery. Includes bibliography and maps. 


Isbn: 9781561635290 • Dewey: 364.154092 • 6" x 9" • 80 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Papercutz: $15.95 • JlG Month: oCT 2008 

Lock and Key u 

by Sarah Dessen 


Reviews: BL, HGs, KL, PWH, V, WS 

After years of neglect, Ruby’s mother has abandoned 

her, and now Ruby has to live with her estranged 

sister, Cora, whom she hasn’t seen in ten years. Cora 

and her husband offer Ruby a stable home life and a 

fresh start at a new school. Ruby’s independent streak 

is strong, though, and she attempts to run away the 

very night she arrives. A friendly (and cute) neighbor 

boy named Nate covers for her when she’s nearly 

caught, and suddenly Ruby may have a compelling 

reason to stay. 



JLG: $9.00 • Viking: $18.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2008

Looking for JJ u 

by Anne Cassidy 


Reviews: BL, HG, K, KLH, PW, SLJH, V, WM, WS 

The tabloids are desperate for any information they 

can find about the recently released Jenny Jones: now 

sixteen, she was arrested at age ten for the murder of 

another girl. Details about the killing are all over the 

papers, and columnists are asking whether she even 

deserves a second chance. Jenny follows the story 

in the news—she has begun a new life under a new 

name and is terrified of being discovered. She finally 

has her first boyfriend, a job, and a roommate she 

trusts with her secret. Will she lose it all? 




*NEW* Lost 

by Jacqueline Davies 

HH GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) • Reviews: BL, CL, K, SLJ 

Sixteen-year-old Essie Rosenfeld of Delancey Street 

is working at the Triangle Waist Company when 

she meets the newest employee, Harriet Abbott, a 

seemingly well-educated, upper-crust young woman 

with a big secret. Essie, harboring a few secrets of her 

own, is drawn to the mysterious new girl, but their 

friendship will be tested as both go to great lengths 

to conceal the painful truth about themselves—and 

as a series of disasters tests Essie’s fortitude and 

compassion. 


JLG: $13.25 • Marshall Cavendish: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2009 

The period details in Lost are spot-on 

and really brought me into the world of 

the story. The book’s many unexpected 

twists—both mysterious and tragic— 

compelled me to keep reading. 


Lost and Found u 

by Andrew Clements 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, K, SLJ, WC 

“From the first moment of their lives . . . the twins 

were constantly compared with each other. And 

almost no one was able to see any difference at all. 

Except Jay and Ray themselves.” When Jay and 

Ray are accidentally enrolled as one student in 

their new school, the twins decide to play along, 

attending—and ditching—school on alternate days. 

But can pretending to be one person finally let 

them feel like two? 




Magpie Gabbard and the Quest for the Buried Moon 

by Sally Keehn 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, PWH, SLJ, WM 

All girls receive magic on their thirteenth birthday, 

and Magpie Gabbard is no exception. But magic 

might not be enough to help Magpie reunite her 

brother Milo with his missing foot, satisfy the 

demands of a moody floating head and his wild boar, 

best the pernicious Sizemore family, avoid Goblins, 

and find the buried moon all by herself—especially 

when she has only thirteen days. 



JLG: $9.00 • Philomel: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2007 

Mao’s Last Dancer: Young Reader’s Edition 

by Li Cunxin 

NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: HG, K, SLJ, V 

“Great things don’t come easily!” a ballet teacher 

once told Li Cunxin. It was a lesson that Li knew 

well. Born to bitter poverty in rural China, he was 

chosen by a group of visiting officials to attend the 

Beijing Dance Academy. There, Li had to learn 

extraordinarily difficult dance moves while also 

studying to be a good Maoist. His hard work earned 

him the chance to visit the United States—where Li 

faced his greatest challenge. Afterword. Historical 

note. Time line. Glossary of Chinese words. Blackand-white 

photographs. 




*NEW* Marcelo in the Real World 

by Francisco X. Stork 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, HH, KH, PWH, SLJH, V 

When Marcelo Sandoval’s father challenges him to 

intern at his law firm over the summer, Marcelo is 

anxious. He has a condition similar to Asperger’s 

syndrome and attends a school that caters to his 

needs. Reluctantly, he begins to work at the firm, 

where the complications of the “real world” confront 

him immediately. Marcelo’s coworker, Jasmine, 

is kind and beautiful, but is frustratingly aloof. 

Wendell, the son of another partner in the firm, 

attempts to use Marcelo’s naïveté to manipulate 

him. Then, as Marcelo sorts documents one day, he 

stumbles upon a shocking piece of evidence marked 

“trash” that seems to incriminate his father. 



JLG: $13.25 • arthur a. levine: $17.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2009 

“It is a rare novel that reaffirms 

a belief in goodness; rarer still is one 

that does so this emphatically.” 


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*NEW* Mare’s War 

by Tanita S. Davis 

HH GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) • Reviews: KH, V 


Sisters Tali and Octavia want to spend their summer 

break relaxing with friends. Instead, their parents are 

forcing them to take a road trip with their sportscar-driving, 

push-up-bra-wearing Grandma Mare to 

a family reunion in Alabama. Luckily, Mare knows 

a thing or two about willful teens, having been one 

herself: at age sixteen, she ran away from home to 

join the Women’s Army Corps during World War II. 

As Mare’s story unfolds, Tali and Octavia discover 

their family history and heritage—and a lot about 

themselves as well. 


JLG: $13.25 • Knopf: $19.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2009 

The Mayflower and the Pilgrims’ New World 

by Nathaniel Philbrick 


Reviews: CL, H, HGs, KH, SLJ, V 

“[T]he Indians and English of Plymouth Colony did 

not live in perfect harmony. It was fifty-five years 

of struggle and compromise—a difficult process of 

give-and-take.” From the sailing of the Mayflower to 

the first Thanksgiving to King Philip’s War and its 

aftermath, Nathaniel Philbrick’s adaptation of his 

National Book Award–winning Mayflower describes 

the New England colonies’ earliest history. Time line. 

Mayflower passenger list. Selected reading. Index. 


Isbn: 9780399247958 • Dewey: 973.2'2 • 6" x 9" • 320 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Putnam’s: $19.99 • JlG Month: feb 2009 

Mexican Immigrants in America: 


by Rachael Hanel 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: CL, HG 

Struggling to make ends meet in Mexico, you decide 

to move to the United States. But as an immigrant, 

how will you make a living? Will you work at a 

meatpacking plant in Omaha, Nebraska, become 

a nanny in New York City, or work on California 

farms? This interactive history adventure contains 

three separate fact-based storylines with forty-three 

choices in all and seventeen different endings. An 

introduction and conclusion provide context and 

additional information. Time line. Further reading 

and Internet sites. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. 

Map. Black-and-white and color photographs. 

Isbn: 9781429620130 • Dewey: 973/.046872 • 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" • 112 pp 

lexile: 570l 

JLG: $9.00 • Capstone: $20.95 • JlG Month: MaR 2009 

Mexican WhiteBoy u 

by Matt de la Peña 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HGs, K, KL, SLJ, V 

When Danny can relax, he’s an amazing pitcher. 

But he can’t relax. He’s painfully shy, and his mixed 

racial heritage makes him feel too pale—“albino 

almost”—to fit in with his Mexican relatives. More 

than anything, though, the disappearance of his 

father three years ago still weighs heavily on Danny’s 

mind. Then he meets Uno, a boy with his own 

troubles—and a lot of confidence. As Uno takes 

Danny under his wing, can he help Danny get his 

head back in the game? 




Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf: 

A Year Told Through Stuff u 

by Jennifer L. Holm • illustrated by Elicia Castaldi 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K, PWH, SLJ, WM 

Genevieve “Ginny” Davis is heading into seventh 

grade with a big to-do list. Among other things, 

she wants to “1. Get a dad. 2. Get the role of the 

Sugarplum Fairy in the Nutcracker. 3. Look good 

in the school photo for once!!!!,” and convince her 

older brother Henry to stop acting like a juvenile 

delinquent. The ephemera of her daily life— 

including receipts, notes, bank statements, and 

school assignments—tell Ginny’s story. Full-color, 

digitally-rendered art. A 2008 IRA Children’s 





The Missing: Book 1, Found 

by Margaret Peterson Haddix 

C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K, PWH 

When Jonah gets a letter reading “YOU ARE ONE 

OF THE MISSING,” he thinks it’s a prank from 

someone who knows he’s adopted. Then Jonah’s 

friend Chip receives an identical note, leading 

Chip to discover that he’s adopted, too. To learn 

more about his background, Chip searches through 

his parents’ files. Attached to his adoption papers 

is a note with an FBI agent’s name and phone 

number. Then, Chip and Jonah receive new letters: 

“BEWARE. THEY’RE COMING BACK FOR 

YOU.” Can the boys unravel the secret of their past 

before it’s too late? 




*NEW* The Missing: Book 2, Sent 

by Margaret Peterson Haddix 


The abduction of thirty-six doomed children from 

the past has caused dangerous ripples in time by 

disrupting the past’s effects on the future. An agent 

named JB is attempting to reverse the damage 

by sending the children back to their rightful 

times—and to their possible deaths. Chip and Alex 

are the first two returnees, but their friends Jonah 

and Katherine defiantly tag along. Now it is 1483, 

and Chip and Alex—crown prince Edward and his 

younger brother—are in danger from their uncle, 

known to posterity as Richard III. How can Jonah 

and Katherine save their friends and still set history 

back on its proper course? 


JLG: $13.25 • simon & schuster: $15.99 • JlG Month: seP 2009

More Bones: Scary Stories from Around the World 

selected and retold by Arielle North Olson and 

Howard Schwartz • illustrated by E. M. Gist 

MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ, WC 

“There, under the rider’s right arm, was a head unlike 

any head Morty had ever seen. It was ashy pale, with 

skin pulled tight against the skull, huge black eyes, 

and a mouth that reached from ear to ear.” These 

twenty-two spooky tales, whose origins span the 

globe from Iceland to Hawaii, include a vengeful 

mermaid, a woman who turns her husband into a 

werewolf, and a physician whose severed head can 

talk. Black-and-white illustrations. 

Isbn: 9780670063390 • Dewey: 398.27 • 6" x 9" • 176 pp 



Morning in a Different Place 

by Mary Ann McGuigan 

C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, SLJ 

In the fall of 1963, the United States is at a moral 

and political crossroads. So is Fiona. To escape 

Fiona’s alcoholic and abusive father, her mother has 

temporarily moved the family into Aunt Maggie’s 

cramped apartment. Meanwhile, Fiona’s friendship 

with Yolanda is causing tension at home and in 

school because Fiona is white and Yolanda is black. 

Now Fiona must decide what is truly important to 

her and then discover within herself the strength to 

stand up and fight for it. 



JLG: $9.00 • front street: $17.95 • JlG Month: feb 2009 

*NEW* The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg 

by Rodman Philbrick 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, H, K, PWH, SLJ, WC 

1863: Twelve-year-old Homer Figg and his older 

brother, Harold, live with their uncle, Squinton 

Leach, “the meanest man in the entire state of 

Maine.” When Squinton illegally sells Harold to the 

Union Army, Homer runs away to find his brother 

and save him from the war. As Homer makes his 

way south looking for Harold, he is captured by 

slave catchers, stars as the “Amazing Pig Boy” in a 

medicine show, flies off in a surveillance balloon, and 

is arrested as a spy. Back matter includes glossary of 

Civil War facts and slang. 




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The Musician’s Daughter 

by Susanne Dunlap 

Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K, SLJ, V 

Eighteenth-century Vienna: Amid the glamour of 

musical court life, fifteen-year-old Theresa Maria 

must solve the brutal murder of her father, an 

acclaimed violinist. Who stole his violin, and why 

was he found near a Gypsy encampment, wearing a 

valuable pendant Theresa has never seen before? Her 

quest for answers soon puts her in the middle of an 

ongoing battle between serf sympathizers and the 

Hungarian nobility. 




My Bonny Light Horseman: Being an Account of the 

Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, in Love and War 

by L. A. Meyer 

Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, KL, V 

At last, Jacky Faber is reunited with her beloved 

Jaimy—in a French jail. Though she escapes, he 

remains imprisoned. Jacky is forced into a treacherous 

deal: the British authorities will trade prisoners and 

free Jaimy, but only if Jacky spies for the British in 

Paris, the heart of Napoléon’s empire. Jacky’s sharp 

mind and stunning looks are more than a match for 

the French intelligence service, but then she meets a 

dashing Frenchman named Jean-Paul. Will her heart 

lead her to ruin? 



JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $17.00 • JlG Month: noV 2008 

My One Hundred Adventures u 

by Polly Horvath 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, H, HGs, KH, PWH, SLJH, WC 

Jane lives with her poet mother and three younger 

siblings in a beach house in a small Massachusetts 

town. Twelve-year-old Jane wants “something more 

to do . . . than the usual wading in the shallows and 

reading and building castles on the shore.” She wants 

the “I know not what, which is what adventures 

are about” and decides to pray for one hundred 

adventures. All summer long, Jane gets her wish— 

in one unexpected way after another. 



JLG: $9.00 • schwartz & Wade: $19.99 • JlG Month: feb 2009 

Mysteries of the Mummy Kids 


C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, SLJ 

Mummies aren’t just artfully preserved Egyptian 

royalty. Explorers and archaeologists have discovered 

mummies all over the world, from the Andes 

Mountains to the deserts of China. Mummies may 

be children or adults, wealthy or poor, revered or 

reviled members of society, and inadvertently or 

intentionally preserved. Looking at child mummies 

from different countries and cultures, Halls asks 

how these mummies came to exist and why people 

find them so fascinating. Full-color diagrams and 

photographs. Interviews with specialists. 

Isbn: 9781581960594 • Dewey: 393.3 • 11" x 9 3/8" • 72 pp 


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Nation u 

by Terry Pratchett 

FM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, HH, 

HGs, KH, KLH, PWH, SLJH, V 

Mau is canoeing alone when he gets caught in a giant 

wave that also hits his home island. He survives to 

discover that his entire village has been destroyed 

and everyone killed. Ermintrude is traveling to see 

her father, heir to the throne of England, when the 

wave deposits her ship on Mau’s island; like Mau, 

she is the sole survivor. The pair must not only learn 

to understand each other and survive together, they 

must also make sense of the mysterious, insistent 

voices of Mau’s ancestors, which hold powerful 

secrets about the island’s past. Winner of the 2009 

Boston Globe–Horn Book Award. A 2009 Printz 

Honor Book. 




Neandertals: A Prehistoric Puzzle 

by Yvette La Pierre 

NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: SLJ 

On a sunny day 150 years ago, workers digging 

in a valley near Düsseldorf, Germany, found 

some strange bones in a cave. They weren’t animal 

bones, but they also differed from those of human 

skeletons—they were the bones of Neandertals, early 

hominids. The discovery ushered in the new science 

of paleoanthropology and began a debate about how 

Neandertals lived and how much they resembled 

modern humans—a debate that continues to this day. 

Glossary. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Suggestions for 

further reading. Full-color photographs, chart, map, 

and drawings. 

Isbn: 9780822575245 • Dewey: 569.9/86 • 7 3/8" x 8 5/8" • 112 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • lerner: $22.95 • JlG Month: JUn 2008 

The New Policeman u 


C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BCCB, BLH, HGs, KH, 

KLH, PWH, SLJH, V, WM, WS 

When J.J. Liddy asks his mother what she wants for 

her birthday, she says, “Time. That’s what I want. 

Time.” There never seems to be enough of it in 

Kinvara, or anywhere else in Ireland for that matter. 

Where does it all go? J.J. is determined to find out. 

With the help of a local history expert, he sets out 

on an adventure that takes him all the way to the 

mythical Tír na n’Óg—the land where time is said to 

stand still. Sheet music. Bibliography. 




Night of the Howling Dogs u 

by Graham Salisbury 


Reviews: BLH, H, HGs, K, SLJ, V, WM 

After a short drive and a long hike, Dylan and his 

Eagle Scout troop reach their campsite, a remote 

beach on Hawaii’s Big Island. It has a great view and 

a swimming hole, but it also has wasps, stinging ants, 

and foul-smelling drinking water. Another problem? 

Louie, a tough older boy who bullies Dylan. Then, 

a violent earthquake and tsunami rip the campers’ 

world apart, and all previous troubles are forgotten. 

Dylan and Louie, who are the least injured, now 

must work together to help themselves and their 

fellow Scouts survive. Based on a true story. Library 

edition with trade jacket added. 



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*NEW* Night Wings 

by Joseph Bruchac • illustrated by Sally Wern Comport 

MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HG, K 

“In my family, we believe that dreams can be more 

than just your subconscious acting out its insecurities. 

Sometimes they are warnings.” Paul, an Abenaki 

thirteen-year-old, has been dreaming of the winged 

monster Pmola. Only Paul’s family knows the exact 

location of Pmola’s treasure, which is buried atop Mt. 

Washington. But now an opportunistic reality-show 

host and his crew want Paul and his Grampa Peter 

to lead them to it—at gunpoint. Paul and Grampa 

Peter must use their knowledge of the wilderness 

and Abenaki mythology to escape their captors and 

protect Pmola. 



No Choirboy: 

Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row u 

by Susan Kuklin 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HH, HGs, K, SLJH, V 

“I ask myself, What’s to be done with my life now?” 

Until a U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2005, 

sentencing juvenile offenders to death for their crimes 

was still legal in twenty states. In separate interviews, 

the author speaks to three young men sentenced to 

death prior to the Supreme Court decision. She also 

speaks with the family of a teen who was executed, 

the family of a murder victim, and an anti–death 

penalty advocate. Author’s note. Further reading. 


Isbn: 9780805079500 • Dewey: 364.66092/273 • 6" x 9" • 256 pp 



Noman: Book Three of the Noble Warriors 

by William Nicholson 

Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, KL 

Seeker’s power has grown immensely, and he has 

nearly fulfilled his destiny—to destroy the Savanters, 

the sworn enemies of his clan. As Seeker pursues 

some of the final remaining Savanters in distant 

lands, a charismatic figure, the Joy Boy, rises in 

his absence. The Joy Boy’s message of peace and 

happiness mesmerizes everyone who comes in contact 

with him, including Seeker’s old friends Morning Star 

and the Wildman. When Seeker’s destiny places him 

at odds with his friends and the Joy Boy, Seeker must 

question all he believes. 



JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $17.00 • JlG Month: seP 2008

Number 8 

by Anna Fienberg 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, V, WM 

Thirteen-year-old Jackson has just moved to the 

suburbs with his mother, Valerie, an aspiring singer. 

They no longer live in a rough part of the city, and 

Valerie has escaped from her drug-dealing boss. Soon 

Jackson has a best friend and a potential girlfriend, 

and Valerie has a decent new job. Though life 

isn’t perfect, it seems nice and normal. However, 

when Valerie starts receiving creepy phone calls 

and a mysterious blue Mustang appears in the 

neighborhood, Jackson wonders if everything is 

normal after all. 




Off to War: Voices of Soldiers’ Children 

by Deborah Ellis 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, H, HGs, K, SLJ, V, WC 

“Dad is always a little different when he comes 

back from deployments because he has to get used 

to America again,” says Allison. Her brother Matt 

adds, “He’s always overjoyed that he’s in the States 

where no one is trying to shoot at him.” In candid 

and moving interviews, children of American and 

Canadian military personnel who have served in 

Iraq and Afghanistan describe their experiences. The 

interviews touch on subjects such as the children’s 

worries, what it is like when a parent returns from 

combat, and whether the children plan to join the 

military. Glossary. Further information. Black-andwhite 

photographs. 

Isbn: 9780888998941 • Dewey: 303.6'6083 • 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" • 176 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Groundwood: $15.95 • JlG Month: oCT 2008 

One Good Punch u 

by Rich Wallace 


Reviews: BL, HG, K, KL, V, WM, WS 

As captain of the track team and a decent student 

who’s never been in trouble, Michael Kerrigan is 

“almost too good to be true.” He wants to go on to 

college and be an inspiration for his aging factory 

town, but his bright future is threatened when the 

police find marijuana in his locker. When an ex-boxer 

tells him all it took was “one good punch” to take 

him out of competition, Michael wonders if his 

dreams are about to be knocked out for good. Library 

edition with trade jacket added. 



JLG: $9.00 • Knopf: $18.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2008 

One-Handed Catch u 

by MJ Auch 

SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BCCB, HG, K, SLJ, V 

Norm is good-natured about the accident in his 

family’s store and the surgery afterward—maybe 

when he came into this world, his left hand had a 

return-trip ticket for July 4, 1946. But he does have 

some questions for the social worker who tells him 

about getting a prosthesis: “Can you catch a baseball 

with a hook? . . . What about batting? Do they have 

special hooks for that?” 




*NEW* The Orange Houses 

by Paul Griffin 

HI GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) • Reviews: BLH, PWH, SLJ 

Tamika is an insecure, hearing-impaired teenager 

with a talent for drawing. Fatima is a refugee from 

a war-torn country who creates origami from the 

newspapers she sells on the streets of the Bronx. The 

two artists are introduced to each other by a young, 

traumatized veteran named Jimmi, who instructs 

them to create something “beautiful” together. 

Through their friendship and their art, Tamika and 

Fatima strive to hold off the violence and ignorance 

that must inevitably come crashing into their lives. 



“Swift, tense, and powerful.” 

—Booklist H 

The Other Side of the Island u 

by Allegra Goodman 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, HGs, KL, PWH, SLJ, V 

In the eighteenth glorious year of Enclosure, long 

after The Flood, a young girl named Honor and her 

parents are relocated to Island 365 in The Tranquil 

Sea. Life on the Island is Orderly and Predictable: the 

government writes (or rewrites) every book, Watchers 

patrol every neighborhood, and the Enclosure 

regulates the Island’s weather. But Honor’s parents 

are Unpredictable; they contradict the lessons Honor 

learns in school, regularly break curfew, and hide 

writing implements in their house. Honor pleads 

with them to be more like her, because she knows 

what happens to parents who don’t follow the rules: 

they disappear and don’t ever come back. 



JLG: $9.00 • Razorbill: $16.99 • JlG Month: DeC 2008 

Our Farm: 

Four Seasons with Five Kids on One Family’s Farm 

written and photographed by Michael J. Rosen 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: CL, HG, SLJH, V, WC 

What would life be like with a herd of cows in 

your yard, twenty-four chicks in your living room, 

a coonhound and a beagle sleeping on your porch, 

and a work-crazed border collie who wants to herd 

everything? How long does it take to mow ninety 

acres and move five hundred tons of manure? Caleb, 

Chase, Cayne, Grey, and Ali, along with their 

parents, Becky and Dave, share a year of their life in 

this intimate depiction of one family and their small 

Ohio farm. Author’s note. Resources. Illustrated with 

full-color photographs. Black-and-white illustrations. 

Isbn: 9781581960679 • Dewey: 630/.9771/59 • 7 3/8" x 8 5/8" • 144 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Darby Creek: $18.95 • JlG Month: oCT 2008 

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Out of Reach 

by V. M. Jones 

SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K, SLJ, V 

Pip dreads every soccer match. His dad has pressured 

him into playing the sport and, at every game, argues 

with the refs and yells at Pip: “Don’t cringe away 

from the bloody ball!” One day, riding his bike home 

from soccer practice, Pip stops at the “Igloo,” a sports 

facility under preparation for its grand opening. 

Inside, Pip scales one of the climbing walls with ease 

and has a revelation: “Suddenly it all made sense. 

Climbing. Climbing! ” Pip has found his passion, 

but he can’t let his dad find out—his relentless 

competitiveness would ruin the only sport Pip has 

ever enjoyed. 



JLG: $9.00 • Marshall Cavendish: $16.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2009 

Paper Towns u 

by John Green 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, K, KLH, SLJH, V 

Although they were friends as kids, Margo is now at 

the center of the popular crowd, and Quentin just 

idolizes her from afar. Then one night, Margo shows 

up at Quentin’s window and, mysteriously, asks him 

to help her do “eleven things,” including five that 

involve a “getaway man.” Quentin is still reliving 

their adventures the next day when he learns that 

Margo has disappeared. He thinks she must be 

“. . . doing Margo stuff. Making stories. Rocking 

worlds.” But as he follows the trail of clues she left 

behind, he discovers a far different Margo from the 

one he thought he knew. Author’s note. Winner of 

the 2009 Edgar Allan Poe Award. 



JLG: $9.00 • Dutton: $17.99 • JlG Month: oCT 2008 

Paralyzed 

by Jeff Rud 


Reggie “Stick-’em” Scott is a hard-hitting senior 

linebacker. During a game, Nate, a player on the 

opposing team, tackles Reggie improperly and ends 

up in the hospital, possibly paralyzed for life. Though 

Reggie’s family, friends, teammates, and coaches 

all say the accident wasn’t his fault, Reggie still feels 

guilty. When Nate’s mother blames Reggie, his 

remorse becomes overwhelming, and his performance 

on the field suffers. Reggie realizes he has to somehow 

clear his head and his conscience, or his senior season 

may be over. Special hardcover edition. 



JLG: $9.00 • orca: $16.95 • JlG Month: feb 2009 

Partly Cloudy: Poems of Love and Longing 

by Gary Soto 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, SLJ, V 

In free verse, National Book Award finalist Gary Soto 

channels the voices of teenage boys and girls in love 

and sets their relationships against a backdrop of the 

seasons. One girl thinks of her boyfriend while eating 

alphabet soup; she spells out, “I love you,” then 

drinks the sentence to find warmth on a “cold day, 

cold without you.” A boy, longing for his girlfriend, 

scans the clouds for some semblance of her face. 

“Love,” he reflects, “is like weather, cold or hot, / 

Nothing between.” 

Isbn: 9780152063016 • Dewey: 811/.54 • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 112 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Houghton Mifflin: $16.00 • JlG Month: MaR 2009 

*NEW* Peace, Locomotion u 

by Jacqueline Woodson 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs,PWH, SLJH, V, WC 

“. . . I know when you and me get sad, all we think 

about is the other Before Time—before the fire, 

before we lived apart from each other.” Twelve-yearold 

Lonnie, a.k.a. Locomotion, wishes that he and his 

sister, Lili, who have different foster mothers, could 

be growing up together. And he misses their parents, 

who died in a fire several years ago. But Lonnie knows 

that they’re both lucky to have—and love—their new 

families, too. In letters to Lili, he reflects on family 

and friends, loss, love, and the importance of peace. 



JLG: $13.25 • Putnam’s: $15.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2009 

“Woodson again captures the 

hearts of younger readers . . . 

masterfully juxtaposing sadness and 

loss with hope and optimism.” 

—Voice of Youth Advocates 

Peace, Locomotion—JLG Reading Guide 













JLG: $5.00 • Isbn: 9780982296448

*NEW* Peace, Love & Baby Ducks 

by Lauren Myracle 

Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BL, K 

“Anna’s wearing capris and a white tank top with 

straps that just barely meet the two-fingers-width 

requirement. She looks fantastic. I, on the other 

hand, opted for jeans and a T-shirt to show how 

little I care.” Sisters Carly and Anna share a common 

bloodline, but at times it seems they share little else. 

Retro-girl Carly and her little sister Anna are trying 

to hold on to their childhood connections, but 

growing up doesn’t always make it easy. 



JLG: $13.25 • Dutton: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2009 

I am impressed by Lauren Myracle’s 

honest depiction of Carly’s jealousy 

and self-doubt. As a character, Carly is 

complex enough to be sympathetic even 

when she isn’t likable—an effect I think 

is only possible in great writing. 

—Nathalie, JLG Editorial Assistant 

Peace, Love & Baby Ducks—JLG Reading Guide 













JLG: $5.00 • Isbn: 9780982350614 

Phenomena: Secrets of the Senses 

by Donna M. Jackson 


Reviews: BL, CL, H, HGs, K, SLJ, V 

Is it possible that dogs can be trained to smell 

cancer? What is synesthesia? How can soundscapes 

be used to help blind people “see”? These and many 

other questions are answered in this fascinating 

investigation of the senses. Phenomena explores not 

only sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell, but also 

balance, intuition, and a host of other ways that 

people and animals receive and process information 

about the world. Further reading. Glossary. Source 

notes. Index. Black-and-white photographs and 


Isbn: 9780316166492 • Dewey: 152.1 • 7" x 9" • 176 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • little, brown: $16.99 • JlG Month: noV 2008 

*NEW* Pip: The Story of Olive 

by Kim Kane 

C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BCCB, PW 

“Olive believed that everything had two perfect 

halves—that halves were somehow essential, 

oats in the porridge of life.” Olive thinks that 

best friend Mathilda Graham is her other half. 

However, Mathilda suddenly dumps Olive for a 

more popular girl. Confused and intensely lonely, 

Olive copes by finding friendship in an unlikely 

place: within herself. From there springs Pip, who 

is everything Olive is not: spunky, resilient, and 

self-assured. Through Pip, Olive learns her true 

worth and finds the courage to face not only her 

bullying ex-confidante, but also the father who had 

abandoned Olive before she was born. 


JLG: $13.25 • David fickling: $18.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2009 

The Porcupine Year u 

written and illustrated by Louise Erdrich 


Reviews: BLH, CL, HG, KH, KLH, SLJH, WC 

Minnesota, 1852: Now that white settlers have taken 

over the Island of the Golden-Breasted Woodpecker, 

twelve-year-old Omakayas and her family must 

search for a new home where they can live in peace. 

As they journey westward, they face many challenges: 

the fearsome Bwaanag tribe, a raid in which all their 

belongings are stolen, near-starvation, and the loss of 

a loved one. Author’s note on the Ojibwe language. 

Glossary. Book notes. Black-and-white illustrations. 




The Postcard u 

by Tony Abbott 

MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BCCBH, BL, SLJ, V, WC 

While packing up his late grandmother’s house, Jason 

discovers a hidden postcard and an old pulp-fiction 

periodical. In the magazine, he reads a story written 

by a former boyfriend of his grandmother’s. Though 

the story is supposedly fiction, Jason notices that 

the characters are remarkably like his grandmother 

and some of her acquaintances. And there’s another 

strange coincidence: one character plans to send 

another character a postcard . . . “with a clue.” 

Winner of the 2009 Edgar Allan Poe Award. 



JLG: $9.00 • little, brown: $15.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2008 

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Princess Nevermore 

by Dian Curtis Regan 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: PWH, SLJ 


Life in the underground kingdom has become 

predictable and boring for Princess Quinn of 

Mandria. When Cam, the wizard’s apprentice, uses 

his magic ring to transport them together to “outer 

Earth,” he discovers that the spell works for Quinn, 

but not for him. Is she lost forever in the outer 

world? This revised version of the 1995 original 

includes author updates and additional back story 

to its sequel, Cam’s Quest: The Continuing Story of 

Princess Nevermore and the Wizard’s Apprentice. 

Isbn: 9781581960556 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 • 246 pp 



*NEW* Punkzilla 

by Adam Rapp 

YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP) • Reviews: BLH, H, K, PW 

Jamie Wyckoff (nickname: Punkzilla) is a fourteenyear-old 

runaway in Portland, Oregon, when he gets 

a letter that will change his life. Jamie’s older brother 

has cancer, and he wants to see Jamie one last time 

before he dies. Jamie boards a bus to Memphis with 

nothing but a duffel, a notebook, and a talent for 

attracting trouble. Along the way he meets a series 

of strangers—some kind, some treacherous—and 

worries: Will he get to his brother in time to say 

good-bye? 



JLG: $13.25 • Candlewick: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2009 

Jamie’s voice is so true to life, 

and his experiences are so memorable, 

that I felt as if he were real. This is one of 

the most affecting young adult 

books I’ve ever read. 

—Lucas, JLG Assistant Editor 

The Quest of the Fair Unknown 

by Gerald Morris 


Reviews: BL, HGs, K, KL, SLJ, V, WM 

When Beaufils’s mother is on her deathbed, she 

leaves Beaufils with a quest: to find the father he’s 

never known, a knight of King Arthur’s court. The 

naïve youth has never seen the world beyond his 

isolated forest and doesn’t know what a knight is, or 

who King Arthur is, or even his own name; Beaufils 

simply means “Fair Son.” Somehow, though, he ends 

up at the Round Table, where he finds a different 

quest—for a “very pretty” serving dish called the 

Holy Grail. 




Ramp Rats: A Graphic Guide Adventure 

by Liam O’Donnell • illustrated by Mike Deas 

GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, SLJ, WC 

Ten-year-old friends Benny and Pema just want to 

ride their skateboards. But a bully is keeping them 

out of the park, and the police are keeping them from 

skating around town. Meanwhile, Benny and Pema 

work with Benny’s brother, Marcus, on learning 

some new skateboarding tricks in hopes of winning 

an upcoming competition. When a gang of vandals 

begins trying to frame local skaters, Benny and Pema 

must clear Marcus’s name by identifying the real 

criminals. Includes tips on how to do ollies, 50-50s, 

and several other skateboarding tricks. Full-color 

illustrations. Special hardcover edition. 



JLG: $9.00 • orca: $16.95 • JlG Month: feb 2009 

Rapunzel’s Revenge u 

by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale • illustrated by Nathan Hale 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, HH, HGs, K, PWH, SLJH, V 

Rapunzel is raised in a grand villa surrounded by 

towering walls. Gothel, the woman she calls Mother, 

dismisses her recurring dreams about a different, 

loving mother, but when Rapunzel climbs over the 

wall she finds out the truth. Her real mother, Kate, 

is a slave in Gothel’s gold mine, and Gothel’s power 

extends over a barren landscape that stretches as far as 

the eye can see. In this Old West retelling, Rapunzel 

doesn’t let down her hair to a prince; she uses it as a 

lasso and to take on outlaws—including Gothel. Fullcolor 

graphic novel. 

Isbn: 9781599900704 • Dewey: 741.5/973 • 8" x 10" • 144 pp 

aR level: 3.2 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 2.7 • sRC Points: 6 • lexile: Gn500l 


The Real Benedict Arnold u 

by Jim Murphy 


Reviews: BLH, H, HGs, K, PW, SLJH, V, WM, WS 

Benedict Arnold was a heroic soldier and patriot, yet 

the only monument to his bravery at the Battle of 

Saratoga is a statue of a leg. Why? Because his leg, 

wounded in the battle, was believed to be the only 

part of Arnold that did not later betray his country. 

This biography tells the fascinating, tragic story of 

Arnold’s life—his conversion to the Revolutionary 

cause, his military adventures, and the frustrations 

that led him to turn against the country to which he 

had devoted his life. Notes. Sources. Index. 

Isbn: 9780395776094 • Dewey: 973.3/82092 • 7" x 9 1/2" • 256 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Clarion: $20.00 • JlG Month: oCT 2007

The Reminder 

by Rune Michaels 

C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BL, HG, KL, SLJ, V 

“The first time I heard my dead mother’s voice, 

there was a logical explanation,” Daze recalls. Her 

father was watching an old home movie. Months 

later, though, Daze hears her mother again, talking 

to Daze’s father about how Daze “needs a mom.” 

What is going on? Did Daze’s mother fake her own 

death? Determined to discover her father’s secret, 

Daze sneaks into his office, where she finds her 

mother’s head—replicated in plastic and “talking” via 

a computer program. 




*NEW* Response 

by Paul Volponi 

HI GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, V 

Seventeen-year-old Noah Jackson needs to make 

some quick cash to provide for his baby girl. He 

joins his friends Asa and Bonds one night as they 

leave their predominantly black neighborhood for a 

nearly all-white neighborhood, looking for a Lexus to 

steal. Inexperienced thieves, the boys soon abandon 

their plan, only to be confronted by some local teens. 

Asa and Bonds escape, but Noah is viciously beaten 

and mocked with racial epithets. As Noah seeks legal 

recourse, the racism that infects his everyday life 

threatens to provoke him to violence. 



JLG: $13.25 • Viking: $15.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2009 

The Restless Dead: 

Ten Original Stories of the Supernatural u 

edited by Deborah Noyes 

Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BLH, H, K, SLJ 

What’s to be done when the dearly departed refuse 

to depart? In these ten stories, which take place in a 

variety of historical and contemporary settings, the 

dead refuse to stay buried. They return to haunt the 

living, deliver warnings, and settle scores from beyond 

the grave. This anthology features the work of some of 

today’s most popular young adult authors, including 

Chris Wooding, Libba Bray, and M. T. Anderson. 

Includes a short author’s note for each story. 




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*NEW* Riley Park 

by Diane Tullson 

HI GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) • Reviews: BL 

When Darius ignores his best friend’s feelings for 

Rubee and hooks up with her at a party in Riley Park, 

Corbin drowns his jealousy in a six-pack. Waking up 

after the party, Corbin finds that he and Darius are 

alone. Moments later, Darius is viciously assaulted 

from behind by three assailants. Corbin is severely 

injured trying to defend Darius, who later dies in the 

hospital. Corbin thinks that Rubee’s ex-boyfriend is 

responsible for the attack, but he’s unable to recall 

useful details about the incident. As Corbin struggles 

to get his life back, he also strives, with the help 

of Rubee and a sympathetic policeman, to bring 

Darius’s murderer to justice. 



JLG: $13.25 • orca: $16.95 • JlG Month: JUn 2009 

*NEW* Road to Revolution! 

by Stan Mack and Susan Champlin 

GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, K 

Nick is an orphan who lives on what he can steal 

from the (mostly Loyalist) moneyed classes. Penny 

is a determined patriot and the daughter of a local 

tavern owner. They meet on the streets of 1775 

Boston when Penny helps rescue Nick from a prank 

gone awry. They discover that they are both fed up 

with the soldiers who constantly harass the people 

of Boston. They find ways to spy on the British, 

but they soon find themselves at the center of the 

fight for a new nation. Teacher’s guide. Full-color 



JLG: $13.25 • bloomsbury: $16.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2009 

Roanoke: The Mystery of the Lost Colony 

by Lee Miller 

NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K, V, WM 

When John White returned to look for the settlers 

at Roanoke in 1590, all he found was an abandoned 

stockade with the word “CROATOAN” scratched 

into it. The fate of the settlers has been a subject 

of speculation ever since. Now, taking a fresh look 

at the historical evidence—from the Maryland 

marshes to the palaces of the English court—the 

author presents a bold new theory that sheds light on 

this centuries-old mystery. Full-color photographs, 

drawings, and watercolor illustrations. Time line, 

glossary, and index. 

Isbn: 9780439712668 • Dewey: 975.6/175 • 7" x 9 1/2" • 112 pp 



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*NEW* The Roar 

by Emma Clayton 

FM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BCCB, K, SLJ 

Twelve-year-old Ellie Smith is trapped in a space 

station orbiting Earth, having been kidnapped by 

evil Mal Gorman. Her parents think she’s dead, but 

her twin brother, Mika, is certain she is alive. Back 

on Earth, in the slums of a futuristic London, Mika 

fights a losing battle against his paranoia: he is sure 

that the world has become one large government 

conspiracy. A video-game competition could bring 

the twins back together—but only if Mika and his 

friends are clever enough to uncover a secret that will 

put the lie to everything they have ever been taught. 


aR level: 6 • aR Points: 18 

JLG: $13.25 • Chicken House: $17.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2009 

*NEW* The Rock and the River u 

by Kekla Magoon 

Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, K, SLJ 

1968: Racial tensions are escalating in cities 

across America, including fourteen-year-old Sam’s 

hometown of Chicago. The struggle for racial 

equality has even divided Sam’s own family—his 

father is a civil rights activist, but Sam’s older brother, 

Stephen, a.k.a. Stick, has joined the Black Panthers. 

Sam respects his father, but as he sees an increasing 

number of violent acts perpetrated by whites against 

blacks, he begins to think that Stick has the right 

idea. Author’s note. 



JLG: $13.25 • aladdin: $15.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2009 

*NEW* Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone: 

The Midnight Sun 

adapted by Mark Kneece from Rod Serling’s original screenplay 

illustrated by Anthony Spay 


Global climate change has reached the tipping point. 

“There’s only one season now, a parching eternity 

of heat filled with desperate human beings. And in 

a few minutes it’ll be high noon . . . the hottest day 

in history . . . and you’re about to spend it . . . in 

the Twilight Zone.” The issues touched on in this 

adaptation from Rod Serling’s seminal series are as 

fresh today as they were when the show first aired. 

Full-color graphic novel. 

Isbn: 9780802797209 • Dewey: 741.5/973 • 6 5/8" x 10" • 72 pp 

JLG: $13.25 • Walker: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2009 

Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone: 

The Odyssey of Flight 33 

adapted by Mark Kneece from Rod Serling’s original screenplay 

illustrated by Robert Grabe 

GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: SLJ 

Flight 33 to New York City begins normally, but the 

flight crew soon notices that the plane has begun to 

accelerate uncontrollably. One nervous passenger, 

a former military pilot who knows that the plane’s 

behavior is unusual, panics. His fear is confirmed 

by an enormous flash of light, followed shortly by 

the plane’s arrival in the skies over New York, where 

the crew discovers they have traveled thirty years 

into the past. Terrified, they fly back to where they 

first encountered the flash of light. Again and again, 

Flight 33 hurtles through time, trying in vain to 

return home. Full-color art. 


aR level: 4.2 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 3.3 • sRC Points: 4 • lexile: Gn390l 

JLG: $9.00 • Walker: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2009 

Runner 

by Robert Newton 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, K, PWH, SLJ, V, WM 

Charlie Feehan began running the frigid Melbourne 

streets at night simply to keep warm. Soon, however, 

“the sleazy streets seduced me, and, like a moth to the 

flame I gladly surrendered.” Now Charlie is an errand 

runner for notorious bootlegger Squizzy Taylor. The 

pay is good and the job is a thrill, but Charlie yearns 

to put his running skills to a different use: he wants 

to leave the criminal world behind and enter the 

prestigious Ballarat Mile race. Library edition with 

trade jacket added. 



JLG: $9.00 • Knopf: $18.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2007 

Sandy Koufax 

by Matt Doeden 


In 1960, after six years in Major League Baseball, 

pitcher Sandy Koufax had an 8–13 record, the worst 

of his career. At the same time he was second in the 

league with 191 strikeouts. Then in 1961, backup 

catcher Norm Sherry gave him some advice: “If you 

get behind the hitter, don’t try to throw hard. When 

you force your fastball, you’re always high with it.” 

Something clicked, and in an afternoon the famously 

inconsistent Koufax seemed to become a brand-new 

pitcher. Stats. Bibliography. Web sites. Index. 

Isbn: 9780822559610 • Dewey: 796.357 • 5 3/4" x 7 3/4" • 120 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • lerner: $27.93 • JlG Month: DeC 2006 

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Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow u 

by James Sturm • illustrated by Rich Tommaso 


Reviews: BCCBH, BLH, HG, KH, PWH, SLJ, V, WM 

Emmet Wilson loves playing in the Negro Leagues. 

He makes good money and doesn’t have to work for 

a white man. Then a slide into home—scoring a run 

off the great pitcher Satchel Paige—blows out his 

knee. Now stuck working as a sharecropper, Emmet 

longs for the day when blacks and whites will be 

treated equally, for the day when his son can attend 

school instead of working the fields. Throughout 

Emmet’s hard life, Satchel Paige, with his indomitable 

spirit, provides hope and inspiration. Three-color 

artwork. 

Isbn: 9780786839001 • Dewey: 796.357 • 6 3/4" x 10" • 96 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $16.99 • JlG Month: feb 2008 

The Savage u 

by David Almond • illustrated by Dave McKean 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, H, HGs, K, V 

When Blue Baker’s father dies, Blue begins writing 

stories about a wild, vicious boy he calls the savage. 

“When I drew him and wrote about him, I could see 

him, I could hear him, I could smell him. Sometimes 

it was nearly like I was him and he was me.” The 

stories make Blue feel better, especially when he 

writes about the savage threatening Hopper, a local 

bully—but then Blue realizes that the savage has 

come to life. Full-color art done in ink and Adobe 

Photoshop. 




*NEW* A Savage Thunder: 

Antietam and the Bloody Road to Freedom 

by Jim Murphy 

HH GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) • Reviews: KH 

In September 1862, two great armies faced each 

other across Antietam Creek. The outnumbered 

Confederate forces were led by famed General 

Robert E. Lee. The Union army was led by overly 

cautious General George B. McClellan. As the epic 

confrontation played out across the battlefield, 

President Abraham Lincoln was finishing his 

final draft of the Emancipation Proclamation 

in Washington, DC. Jim Murphy uses archival 

photographs, maps, and firsthand accounts to 

recreate one of America’s most important battles. 

Notes and sources. Bibliography. Index. Battlefield 

maps. Black-and-white photographs. 

Isbn: 9780689876332 • Dewey: 973.7/336 • 10" x 9" • 112 pp 

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*NEW* Saving the Ghost of the Mountain: 

An Expedition Among Snow Leopards in Mongolia 

by Sy Montgomery • photographs by Nic Bishop 


“People call it ‘the ghost of the mountain.’ A pale, 

spotted, almost cloudlike coat makes the snow 

leopard uncannily invisible in its rocky mountain 

habitat. People live their entire life among snow 

leopards and never see one.” Author Sy Montgomery 

and photographer Nic Bishop accompany 

conservationist Tom McCarthy and his team as they 

travel to Mongolia’s Altai Mountains to gather data 

about snow leopard populations in an attempt to save 

this endangered species. Notes from the author and 

the photographer. Index. Full-color photographs. 

Isbn: 9780618916450 • Dewey: 599.75/5509517 • 11" x 9" • 80 pp 

JLG: $13.25 • Houghton Mifflin: $18.00 • JlG Month: seP 2009 

*NEW* Scat 

by Carl Hiaasen 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, K, SLJH, V, WC 

Mrs. Starch, the cruelest teacher at the Truman 

School, humiliates Duane Scrod Jr., an extremely 

volatile student. Then Mrs. Starch vanishes during 

a biology field trip to Black Vine Swamp. The 

authorities initially suspect Duane, but they can’t 

question him; he’s been missing since the day before 

the field trip. Certain that something strange is going 

on, Duane’s classmates Nick and Marta investigate 

the disappearances. What they discover is definitely 

strange—it involves endangered panthers, a sleazy oil 

prospector, and a rampant environmentalist named 

Twilly Spree. 



JLG: $13.25 • Knopf: $19.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2009 

The Séance 

by Iain Lawrence 

MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: H, HGs, PW, SLJ, WC 

Scooter King is very excited when Harry Houdini 

comes to town, though he wishes Houdini didn’t 

revel in exposing fake mystics—he could ruin 

Scooter’s mother! Still, the boy can’t wait to see 

the magician perform. Houdini’s run at the local 

theater is plagued with trouble: a man is found 

murdered inside the Burmese Torture Tank and, 

during a performance, Houdini nearly drowns while 

attempting to escape from the same tank. Sure that 

these events are more than just bad luck, Scooter 

resolves to find out who wants to bring down 

Houdini. Afterword. Library edition with trade 

jacket added. 



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*NEW* Secret Subway: The Fascinating Tale 

of an Amazing Feat of Engineering 

by Martin W. Sandler 

NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, K, V 


A nearly insurmountable challenge faced inventor 

Alfred Beach in 1869. He wanted to build America’s 

first air-powered railway underneath New York City, 

but Boss Tweed, powerful politician and notorious 

crook, stood opposed. Working under the cover of 

night, Beach and his crew carved a three-hundredfoot 

tunnel beneath an unassuming department 

store. It wasn’t long before Beach’s secret project was 

discovered and the public began to rave about its 

potential. But no further tunnels were ever built, 

and it was many years before New York began 

construction on another subway. What happened 

to Beach’s railway, and where is it now? Black-andwhite 


Isbn: 9781426304620 • Dewey: 388.4/28097471 • 8 3/4" x 9 3/4" • 96 pp 


JLG: $13.25 • national Geographic: $17.95 • JlG Month: JUn 2009 

The Serial Garden: 

The Complete Armitage Family Stories 

by Joan Aiken 

C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BL, HG, K 

For the first time, all twenty-four of Joan Aiken’s 

stories about the Armitage family are assembled 

in one volume. Set in and around British suburbs, 

Aiken’s stories follow the escapades of young Harriet 

and Mark Armitage. The children, always engaged 

in high adventure, find a unicorn in the garden, 

restrain disobedient robots, struggle with a cursed 

Egyptian mask, and more—much to their parents’ 

chagrin. This collection includes four previously 

unpublished stories as well as Aiken’s prelude to the 

series. Introductions by Lizza Aiken and Garth Nix. 




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Seven Paths to Death 

by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler 

MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, HG 

Eighteenth-century Japan: Seven men volunteered 

to have their backs tattooed with maps in exchange 

for money. Now, one by one, the men are turning 

up dead. To prevent more murders, sixteen-yearold 

Seikei and his foster father, Judge Ooka, must 

find the men and make copies of their maps before 

the ninja Kitsune gets to them. If Judge Ooka is 

correct, those maps, when pieced together, lead to a 

cache of outlawed weapons—weapons that Kistune’s 

employer, Lady Osuni, plans to use to overthrow the 

shogun. Authors’ note. 



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Shadowed Summer 

by Saundra Mitchell 

MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, SLJ 

“Nothing ever happened in Ondine, Louisiana, 

not even the summer Elijah Landry disappeared.” 

Fourteen-year-old Iris and her friend, Collette, expect 

their summer to be as boring as everything else in 

their town—until they raise the ghost of a boy who’s 

been missing from Ondine for twenty years. Iris is 

eager to uncover the mystery behind Elijah’s death, 

but her neighbors aren’t talking—and Elijah may be 

more dangerous than Iris first thought. 



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She Touched the World: 

Laura Bridgman, Deaf-Blind Pioneer u 

by Sally Hobart Alexander and Robert Alexander 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, HG, KH, SLJH, WC 

“In the early 1800s people who were ‘just’ deaf or 

‘just’ blind were considered impossible to educate.” 

So it was especially remarkable that Laura Bridgman, 

deaf and blind from age two, was recognized as 

having great promise to learn. She left home to 

attend the first American school for blind children; 

by the age of twelve she had become so famous that 

Charles Dickens and Charles Darwin wrote about her 

and people came from all over the world to see her. 

Introduction. Afterword. Source notes. Bibliography. 

Web sites. Index. Black-and-white photographs. 




The Shepherd’s Granddaughter u 

by Anne Laurel Carter 

C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: CL, BL, HG, KH, SLJ 

In the hills of Palestine, Amani learns from her 

grandfather, Seedo, how to herd sheep. When Seedo 

dies, Amani struggles to continue his legacy. Her 

uncle Hani continually sells off sheep to support the 

family, and Israeli settlers encroaching on the family’s 

land limit where the flock can graze. Amani knows 

that it’s unsafe for anyone, not to mention a young 

girl, to travel alone in the disputed land, even if she 

is just herding her sheep. But with the occupation 

threatening her flock—and her family—what choice 

does Amani have? Glossary. A 2009 Jane Addams 

Honor Book. 



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Shield of Stars: The Shield, Sword, and Crown u 

by Hilari Bell 

C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K, SLJ, WM 

Weasel was a pickpocket until kindly Justice Holis 

took him off the streets. As his clerk, Weasel learns 

that the judge belongs to an underground movement 

planning to overthrow corrupt Regent Pettibone. 

Before Justice Holis and his allies can realize their 

goal, Pettibone arrests the judge for treason. Weasel 

petitions on the judge’s behalf, but only gets himself 

thrown in jail. Seeing his honest endeavors scorned, 

Weasel realizes that to restore justice he must return 

to a life of crime. 



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Shooting the Moon u 

by Frances O’roark Dowell 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, HGs, KH, SLJH, WM 

Since Jamie can’t fight in Vietnam, she looks 

forward to hearing about her big brother TJ’s heroic 

adventures in the jungle. Meanwhile, she volunteers 

at the local Army recreation center and competes 

against her friend Private Hollister in a hotly 

contested summer-long series of gin rummy games. 

Instead of letters, however, TJ sends Jamie nothing 

but rolls of film, which the soldiers at the Rec Center 

teach her to develop. And when Jamie sees TJ’s 

pictures, she starts to change her mind about the war. 

A 2008 Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book. 




Side Effects u 

by Amy Goldman Koss 


Reviews: BCCB, HG, KH, PW, SLJ, V, WM 

Izzy thinks her swollen lymph glands just mean she 

gets to miss algebra for a day. Then she goes to the 

doctor and finds out she has cancer. Before she knows 

it she’s hooked to an IV in the hospital, surrounded 

by nurses using words like “chemotherapy” and 

“PICC line.” Mom is crying, her best friend’s parents 

won’t let her visit, and classmates she barely knows 

are writing her cards saying they miss her. Yuck. Even 

if the biopsy hadn’t made her nauseated, Izzy would 

want to puke. 



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Sisters of the Sword 

by Maya Snow 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K, SLJ, WC 

“The blade was buried deep in my father’s back.” 

Hana and Kimi’s uncle Hidehira has launched a 

surprise attack on their father, a great samurai warrior 

and local government official. Hana and Kimi escape 

by using their martial arts training, but their uncle’s 

soldiers aren’t far behind. The only place to hide is a 

nearby dojo, which trains only boys. “So,” says Kimi, 

taking her sword to her hair, “we’ll become boys.” 



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Skim u 

by Mariko Tamaki • illustrated by Jillian Tamaki 


Reviews: BCCBH, HH, HGs, K, PW 

“Skim” is Kimberly Keiko Cameron, a would-be 

Wiccan goth who attends a private girls’ school in 

Toronto. She has a broken arm, an increasingly 

distant best friend, and she thinks she is falling in 

love with her favorite teacher, Ms. Archer. When 

Kim’s classmate Katie Matthews is dumped by her 

boyfriend, who then kills himself, their entire school 

becomes obsessed with preventing suicide. Kim’s 

classmates talk incessantly about taking care of one 

another and “celebrating life”—but all Kim gets is 

their disdain when she won’t pretend to be happy. 

Graphic novel. Black-and-white art. 



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*NEW* Slam Dunk 

by Kate Jaimet 


“I know what you’re thinking: a guy’s got better 

things to do with his time than volunteer as an 

assistant coach of a chick’s high school basketball 

team. But trust me, I’ve got a good reason.” Salvador 

Luis “Slam” Almaro wants to play basketball for 

Canada in the Olympics, and he figures that helping 

the Brookfield Blues will make him look better to 

the coaches running the tryouts. His job becomes 

more demanding than expected when star player 

Inez Ramirez is beaten up before an important game 

and her mother, Coach Ramirez, responds by quietly 

removing herself and her daughter from the team. 

Special hardcover edition. 



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*NEW* Slob 

by Ellen Potter 

C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BL, K 


Owen Birnbaum is “fatter and smarter” than most 

twelve-year-olds, and his middle-school classmates 

bully him. At home, his younger sister has been 

acting strange, and Owen often fights with his 

mother about dieting. The one thing he looks 

forward to each day is eating the Oreos in his lunch, 

and lately someone’s been stealing them. Owen is 

determined to catch the culprit, but when he can’t 

manage even that, he worries he’s incapable of doing 

more complex, important things—like completing 

the mysterious invention that he’s certain will 

improve his life. 



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Owen Birnbaum admits he’s fatter and 

smarter than most people, but he’s 

funnier and more interesting than most, 

too. I rooted for Owen throughout all of 

Slob’s surprising, inventive plot. 


Smiles to Go 

by Jerry Spinelli 


Reviews: BL, H, HGs, K, PWH, SLJ, WM 

“I looked at the clock.10:15. Saturday. September 26. 

And for me, the start of a new calendar: PD1 (The 

Day I Heard of the Proton’s Death).” When Will, a 

high school freshman, learns about proton decay, he 

realizes that nothing lasts forever. Will doesn’t want 

things like his Saturday night pizza-and-Monopoly 

tradition with his best friends to change, but he 

would love it if his little sister, Tabby, weren’t such a 

brat anymore. Then Tabby is badly injured, and Will 

sees that, like the world around him, he may need to 

change, too. 




Soccer Chick Rules u 

by Dawn FitzGerald 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, SLJ, V, WC, WM 

“I hate to miss. As a forward, I know it’s my job to 

score the goals for the team, and somehow, I usually 

find a way to make it happen.” This time, though, 

soccer-mad Tess Munro may have met her match. 

The school board is threatening to cut funding for 

sports, and if she and the other athletes can’t help 

convince the town to pass a levy, her goal-scoring 

days may be over. What to do? Follow Soccer Chick 

Rule Number 7: Never, ever give up! 



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*NEW* Soccer Sabotage: 

A Graphic Guide Adventure 

by Liam O’Donnell • illustrated by Mike Deas 

GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL 

The London Lions have worked hard all year to 

get to the Under 18 Canadian National Soccer 

Championships. With his big sister Nadia as team 

captain, Devin Chang gets to tag along as water 

boy. Now he’s taking orders from his sister’s bossy 

teammates while Nadia struggles to get them all 

working together and improve her own game at the 

same time. Meanwhile, the Lions are beset by a slew 

of mysterious accidents, beginning with their coach’s 

tumble down a flight of stairs. The police think it’s 

just an accident—but what if someone really is out 

to sabotage the Lions? Full-color illustrations. 



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Sold u 

by Patricia McCormick 


Reviews: BCCBH, BLH, H, HGs, K, SLJ, V, WS 

Lakshmi, thirteen, lives in the mountains of Nepal, 

tending her cucumber plants and daydreaming with 

her mother about a tin roof for their hut. But after 

monsoons destroy the family’s crop, her stepfather 

sends her away to earn money. Lakshmi believes she 

will work as a maid in the city; instead, she ends up 

in a foreign country, in a house full of girls—“young 

ones dressed to look old, and old ones dressed to look 

young.” Powerless and alone, Lakshmi realizes that 

something is terribly wrong. Author’s note. A 2006 

National Book Award Finalist. 




Solving Crimes with Trace Evidence 

by Gary Jeffrey • illustrated by Peter Richardson 


How are fingerprints, hair, and blood alike? Each 

can be traced to a specific person and can therefore 

be used as evidence in criminal investigations. Three 

stories of actual crimes solved using trace evidence 

are presented here in full-color graphic-novel format: 

Great Britain’s first use of forensic detection helped 

convict two brothers of murder; stray hairs gave 

detectives a lead in a revenge killing; and a blood 

sample resolved a decades-old cold case. Glossary. 

Additional case summaries. Overviews of how a 

crime is investigated and how trace evidence is 

analyzed. Suggestions for more information and 

further reading. Index. 

Isbn: 9781404214316 • Dewey: 363.25/62 • 6 1/2" x 10" • 48 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Rosen: $29.25 • JlG Month: JUn 2008

Someone Named Eva u 

by Joan M. Wolf 

C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BLH, K, PW, SLJH, V, WM 

Ten-year-old Milada and her family lead a pleasant 

life in Czechoslovakia in spite of wartime privations. 

Then one night, the Nazis come. Within hours, 

Milada, her mother, grandmother, and sister are 

separated from her father and brother. Within days, 

Milada is taken from her female relatives, too. All 

Milada has now are questions: Why did the Nazis 

tear her family apart? Why did they send her to an 

all-girls’ school in Poland? And why does every girl in 

the school have blond hair and blue eyes? 




Something Rotten: A Horatio Wilkes Mystery u 

by Alan Gratz 


Reviews: BCCB, HG, K, KLH, WM, WS 

“Denmark, Tennessee, stank. Bad. Like dead fish 

fricasseed in sewer water.” Horatio Wilkes is visiting 

his friend Hamilton Prince in Denmark, but the 

sulfurous air created by the Elsinore Paper Plant isn’t 

the only thing that smells fishy. Hamilton’s father is 

dead, and Hamilton’s mother just married Hamilton’s 

uncle. Horatio detects murder, but the killer is harder 

to determine when there are several possible suspects 

and motives. Can Horatio figure out whodunit before 

anyone else falls prey to rotten deeds? 



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Something Wicked: A Horatio Wilkes Mystery 

by Alan Gratz 

YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, KL, V 

Horatio Wilkes joins his good friend, Mac, at the 

Mount Birnam Highland Games, an annual festival 

of Scottish food, sport, and family. When the founder 

of the games, Duncan MacRae, is murdered, the 

clues point to his son, Mal, as the culprit. However, 

Horatio soon realizes that the case against Mal 

is weak . . . and the true killer still roams the 

mountain. A modern murder mystery inspired by 

Shakespeare’s Macbeth. 



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Sovay 

by Celia Rees 

HH GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, PWH, V 

1794: Sovay Middleton’s father, a British noble, is 

falsely accused of being a Jacobin spy. Sovay cleverly 

intercepts the warrant for his arrest, then travels to 

the family’s London estate to warn her father of the 

danger he faces. When she arrives, she learns that 

Sir Middleton is missing, as is Sovay’s brother, Hugh. 

Rumor has it that both men are trapped—and likely 

in danger—in France. To reunite her family, Sovay 

must risk her life, evading revolutionaries and traitors 

at every turn. 



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Sports Shorts: Eight Short Stories 

edited by Tanya Dean 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, K, KL, SLJ, WC, WM 

An “undergrown, inept, suicidally eager kid” finds 

triumph in a gym-class game of Bombardment. A 

runner starts a race “like a cheetah on fire”—and is 

shocked to see his opponents fly past him. A girl tries 

to set her school’s high jump record, only to end up 

famous for a different—and embarrassing—reason. In 

this collection of short tales, eight authors remember 

pivotal sports moments from their childhoods. 




*NEW* Sprout 

by Dale Peck 

YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP) • Reviews: BL, K, SLJ, V 

Fleeing all that reminds him of his wife’s death, 

Bob Bradford runs out of gas in the middle of 

nowhere. That’s why native Long Islander Daniel 

Bradford, a.k.a. Sprout, ends up living in a trailer in 

Hutchinson, Kansas. Sprout’s preternatural writing 

talent has earned him the attention of Mrs. Miller, a 

teacher who’s determined to make Sprout a winner at 

the state’s annual essay-writing contest. Sprout wants 

to write about his sexual identity, but Mrs. Miller 

knows that won’t fly in her conservative state. Then 

Sprout meets Ty, a neighboring boy from an abusive 

family, whose friendship raises questions Sprout 

can’t answer. 



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Starclimber u 

by Kenneth Oppel 

FM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: H, K, SLJH, V 

The Canadian government has invited budding 

zoologist Kate de Vries on the first trip into outer 

space, and there’s a place for her boyfriend, airship 

pilot Matt Cruse, too, if he manages to pass the 

grueling series of tests required to become an 

astralnaut. Will Matt be able to compete with the 

world’s best and brightest? Can Kate convince the 

scientific community that all her discoveries are real? 

And what will happen when the Starclimber’s mission 

is targeted by saboteurs? 




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The Starry Rift: Tales of New Tomorrows 

edited by Jonathan Strahan 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, SLJH 


A boy struggles to drop below his spaceship’s 

weight limit so that he can bring his most treasured 

possession with him to a distant planet; a girl’s 

obsession with tanning cream causes her to turn 

orange and draws the attention of extraterrestrials; an 

Internet celebrity switches from one custom-made 

body to another, desperate to keep his fans interested. 

In sixteen stories, authors including Neil Gaiman, 

Scott Westerfeld, and Margo Lanagan imagine 

the lives of teens in the near and distant future. 

Introduction. Brief author’s note and biography after 

each story. Editor’s note. 




Streams of Babel u 

by Carol Plum-Ucci 

YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP) • Reviews: H, HGs, KH, SLJ, V 

A terror cell has injected a deadly biochemical agent 

into the water supply of Trinity Falls, New Jersey. The 

first to die is Cora’s mother; next is Mrs. Eberman, 

mother of Cora’s classmate Owen and his brother 

Scott, on whom Cora has a hopeless crush. To help 

find the terrorists, U.S. Intelligence brings Shahzad 

Hamdani, a sixteen-year-old Pakistani computer spy, 

to the United States. As Cora and Owen begin to 

suffer the effects of the mysterious poison, Shahzad 

races to find the terrorists and discover just what 

they’ve done to the water. 




Sunrise over Fallujah u 

by Walter Dean Myers 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, HH, HGs, KH, PWH, SLJH, V, WM, WS 

Robin Perry of Harlem, New York, has enlisted 

and been shipped off to Iraq. There, he and his 

Civil Affairs unit undertake a series of missions 

that lead to some baffling interactions with Iraqis. 

They help arrest an old man who Robin thinks may 

be innocent; they search the house of a seemingly 

harmless family and find bomb detonators hidden 

in the kitchen. Increasingly unsure of who is a friend 

and who is an enemy, Robin and his fellow soldiers 

are suddenly sent on their most dangerous mission: 

to rescue three kidnapped Iraqi children. Glossary. 

Winner of the 2009 Christopher Award. 




*NEW* Super Stock Rookie 

by Will Weaver 

SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, K, SLJ, V 

“Team Blu is a division of Karchers and Ladwin, a 

worldwide privately owned agribusiness corporation. 

We are gearing up to launch an energy drink 

marketed to twelve- to eighteen-year-olds.” Sixteenyear-old 

small-town stock-car racer Trace Bonham 

is everything Team Blu wants in a driver—he’s 

articulate, attractive, and polite. He also knows how 

to handle himself on the track. The custom-built 

Team Blu machine is a dream ride, and it comes with 

an impressive paycheck. But is Trace prepared to 

leave behind his family, friends, and hometown crush 

for the glories—and loneliness—of the road? 




The Surrender Tree: 

Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom u 

by Margarita Engle 


Reviews: BLH, H, HG, K, SLJ, V, WM, WS 

“I know his face, and I can tell that he recognizes 

me. / We were children, we were enemies. . . . / now 

he is my patient, / but why should I cure him, / 

wasting precious medicines / on a spy who must 

have been sent / to kill me?” During Cuba’s fight for 

independence from Spain, Rosa and her husband, 

José, hide in caves and use natural remedies to heal 

anyone in need—even “Lieutenant Death.” Winner 

of the 2009 Jane Addams Award and the 2009 Pura 

Belpré Award. A 2009 Newbery Honor Book. 

Isbn: 9780805086744 • Dewey: 811/.54 • 5 1/2" x 8" • 176 pp 

aR level: 6.4 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 5.2 • sRC Points: 6 • lexile: nP 


Swindle u 

by Gordon Korman 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K, SLJ, V 

Griffin’s father’s invention, the Smartpick Fruitsafe 

picking mechanism, has endangered the family’s 

finances. So when Griffin finds a Babe Ruth baseball 

card, he takes it to a collectibles shop, hoping to cash 

in. The proprietor, S. Wendell Palamino, declares it 

a knockoff and pays him just one hundred twenty 

dollars—only to display the card on TV the next day 

as one that could “break the million-dollar barrier.” 

Furious at the injustice, Griffin assembles a group of 

kids with unique talents to get the card back. 



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Sword of Waters: The Shield, Sword, and Crown 

by Hilari Bell • illustrated by Drew Willis 

C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: HG, K, SLJ 

Arisa hates court life. But her mother, the Falcon, 

has given up banditry to join Deorthas’s government, 

so Arisa must endure dull balls and etiquette classes. 

For the Falcon’s own benefit, and to alleviate Arisa’s 

boredom, the Falcon instructs her daughter to find 

the Sword of Waters. This long-lost relic of the 

Kingdom of Deorthas will strengthen the Falcon’s 

tenuous hold on her position as military commander. 

While Arisa looks for the ancient weapon, she 

discovers something far more dangerous than a 

sword: plans for a coup. The second book in the 

Shield, Sword, and Crown trilogy. 



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*NEW* Tales from Outer Suburbia u 

written and illustrated by Shaun Tan 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, KH, PWH, SLJH, V 

The suburbs are presented in a wholly unique way 

in fifteen odd, whimsical, and haunting stories. 

Whether it is an “old palace garden” discovered 

inside a house or an expedition to the literal edge 

of a suburb, these tales follow children’s lives on the 

margins of suburbia—the overgrown lots, movie 

theaters, highway underpasses, backyards, and 

sidewalks. These everyday spaces are invaded by a 

water buffalo, walking stick figures, a man in a diving 

suit, and other surprises. Full-color illustrations. 




“The . . . reader will take from 

these stories an experience as deep 

and profound as with anything 

he or she has ever read.” 

—Booklist H 

Tamar u 

by Mal Peet 

YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP) • Reviews: BCCBH, BLH, CL, 

H, HG, KH, KL, PW, SLJH, V, WM, WS 

When Tamar’s grandfather died, he left her a boxful 

of strange clues and messages. As the fifteen-yearold 

sets out to unravel the box’s meaning, the story 

of another Tamar—her namesake—emerges. He 

was a spy for the Dutch resistance during World 

War II whose job was to send and receive coded 

transmissions to England. Now young Tamar must 

decode a message from the past that will have a 

shocking impact on her and her family’s life. 




Teen, Inc. 

by Stefan Petrucha 

Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BL, SLJH, WM 

Someday, Jaiden Beale hopes to tell the world “what 

it was like to be the first kid raised by a corporation.” 

For now, though, his secret identity is pretty 

embarrassing. NECorp, a global firm that adopted 

Jaiden after one of its products accidentally killed 

his parents, controls Jaiden’s life. After fourteen 

years of “corporate existence,” Jaiden finally rebels, 

hanging out with an “unapproved” girl and running 

away on his bike. Then Jaiden discovers damaging 

information about NECorp and has to decide what 

his “family” really means to him. 



JLG: $9.00 • Walker: $16.95 • JlG Month: Jan 2008 

Tender Morsels u 

by Margo Lanagan 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, KH, HH, HGs, PWH, SLJH, V 

Ever since her mother died, Liga has been neglected 

and sexually abused by her father and ostracized and 

preyed upon by the people in her town. As a result, 

she has given birth to one child and is pregnant with 

another by the age of fifteen. She has no hope for 

the future until a mysterious force transports her, 

her daughter, and her unborn child to a heavenly 

world free of danger and malice. As Liga raises her 

daughters, Branza and Urdda, the borders guarding 

their isolated world begin to break down. And 

one day, Urdda finds her way out. A 2009 Printz 

Honor Book. 



JLG: $9.00 • Knopf: $19.99 • JlG Month: feb 2009 

*NEW* Thirteenth Child: Frontier Magic, Book 1 

by Patricia C. Wrede 

FM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, KH 

“Everybody knows that a seventh son is lucky. . . . 

And everybody knows that the seventh son of a 

seventh son is a natural-born magician.” Lan, Eff’s 

younger twin, is just such a lucky double-seventh son. 

Eff, on the other hand, is considered unlucky simply 

because she is a thirteenth child. While Lan receives 

respect from his peers, his extended family, and even 

government figures, Eff is criticized and humiliated 

by her aunts and uncles. But when her family moves 

to Mill City on the edge of the frontier, Eff discovers 

that she, too, has been given powers, if she can only 

learn to control them. 




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*NEW* This Full House 

by Virginia Euwer Wolff 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, H, K, PWH, SLJ, V 


LaVaughn, a high school senior, is finally seeing her 

hard work pay off. She’s just been accepted to WIMS 

(Women in Medical Science), a prestigious afterschool 

program for girls from impoverished areas of 

the city. At first, Dr. Moore, the program’s founder, 

takes a special interest in LaVaughn and agrees to 

write her a college recommendation letter. But when 

LaVaughn uncovers a dark secret from Dr. Moore’s 

past, their relationship quickly turns sour—and 

LaVaughn sees her chance at a college education 

“falling through the air.” 




Thoreau at Walden u 

by John Porcellino 

GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: HG, KH, SLJ, WM 

“The greater part of what my neighbors call good I 

believe in my soul to be bad. . . . I hear an irresistible 

voice which invites me away from all that.” Henry 

David Thoreau followed that voice to Walden Pond. 

This graphic novel, narrated in Thoreau’s own 

words, weaves together elements from Walden, “Civil 

Disobedience,” “Walking,” and Thoreau’s journals 

to tell the story of his two years in the woods and of 

the night he spent in jail for refusing to pay a poll 

tax. Introduction. Afterword. Discussion of details in 

panels. Notes. Bibliography. Two-color art. 

Isbn: 9781423100386 • Dewey: 818/.303 • 6 3/4" x 10" • 112 pp 



*NEW* Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Journey to 

Change the World . . . One Child at a Time 

by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin 

adapted by Sarah Thomson 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BCCB, PW, SLJ, V, WC 

In 1993, Greg Mortenson was climbing K2, the 

second-highest mountain on Earth, when he became 

lost and sick. He wandered into the isolated Pakistani 

village of Korphe, where the villagers took him in 

and nursed him back to health. Although he had 

no money or relevant experience, Mortenson vowed 

to repay the villagers’ kindness by building a school 

for their children. Three years later, he had fulfilled 

his promise—and discovered his life’s calling. Map. 

Foreword by Jane Goodall. Letter from Mortenson. 

Q&A with Mortenson’s daughter, Amira. Time line. 

Glossary. Who’s who. Maps. Black-and-white and 

color photographs. 

Isbn: 9780142414125 • Dewey: 371.82209549 • 9 1/4" x 6 1/4" • 192 pp 


JLG: $13.25 • Dial: $16.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2009 

Three Little Words: A Memoir u 

by Ashley Rhodes-Courter 


Reviews: BL, HG, PWH, SLJ, V, WS 

Taken from her mother at age three, Ashley Rhodes 

spent most of her childhood being moved from one 

foster home to another, sometimes with her younger 

brother, often separated from him. “I have had more 

than a dozen so-called mothers in my life,” Ashley 

says. She survived neglectful and abusive homes, and 

for years she hoped in vain that her biological mother 

would return. When a stable family finally did want 

to adopt Ashley, she didn’t know whether she could 

trust them. . . . 

Isbn: 9781416948063 • Dewey: 362.73/3092 • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 320 pp 



Throwing Stones 

by Kristi Collier 

SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, K, KL, V 

Andy Soaring’s brother Pete was a local basketball 

hero before he died in the Great War. Now, five years 

later, it’s Andy’s turn to try to lead his high school 

team to the Indiana state championship. Andy wants 

more than anything to live up to his brother’s legacy 

and help make his family feel whole again, but it’s not 

going to be easy. He finds himself dealing with injury, 

a mysterious rival, a broken heart, and a Prohibition 

scandal that shocks his small town. Author’s note. 

Early rules of basketball. 



JLG: $9.00 • Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: MaR 2007 

Time’s Chariot 

by Ben Jeapes 

FM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG 

In a future period known as Home Time, humans 

have the ability to travel to any point in the 

past—but they must abide by strict rules so as not 

to compromise the future. When a top government 

official is found dead in the Himalayas in 5000 BC, 

Operative Rico Garron is convinced that someone 

has broken the rules and committed murder. His 

investigation leads him through history—from 

seventeenth-century France to “the Dark Ages” of the 

early twenty-first century, where he discovers a plot 

that threatens the very stream of time. . . . 



JLG: $9.00 • David fickling: $18.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2009 

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The Titanic: An Interactive History Adventure u 

by Bob Temple 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: CL 

You are a passenger on the Titanic’s maiden voyage, 

and you choose what happens next. Will you travel as 

a wealthy first-class passenger, or will you experience 

a modest third-class voyage? Will you chat with 

your friends the Astors in the grand dining room, 

or will you make new societal acquaintances? Will 

you stay up and dance in the general room, or will 

you go to bed early? And when the captain’s warning 

sounds, will you head for the lifeboats? Or will you 

be locked below decks? Illustrated with photographs. 

Afterword. Discussion questions. Additional reading. 

Glossary. Bibliography. Index. A 2008 IRA Teachers’ 


Isbn: 9781492601634 • Dewey: 910.9163/4 • 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" • 112 pp 

lexile: 650l 

JLG: $9.00 • Capstone: $27.93 • JlG Month: oCT 2007 

*NEW* T-Minus: The Race to the Moon 

by Jim Ottaviani • illustrated by Kevin Cannon and Zander Cannon 


Counting down from the first failed rocket launches 

in 1957 to the moment when Neil Armstrong steps 

onto the surface of the moon, T-Minus follows 

the race between the American and Soviet space 

programs. While showing the contributions of U.S. 

and Soviet scientists, astronauts, and cosmonauts, the 

book focuses on engineer Max Faget and designer 

Johnson “C.C.” Caldwell as representatives of all 

those who played an important role in the American 

moon mission. End note. Black-and-white drawings. 

Isbn: 9781416986829 • Dewey: 629 • 7" x 9" • 128 pp 

JLG: $13.25 • aladdin: $21.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2009 

Toby Wheeler: 

Eighth-Grade Benchwarmer 

by Thatcher Heldring 

SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, HG, SLJ 

“Gym rat”—it’s a nasty name, but it suits Toby 

Wheeler just fine. He likes playing pickup basketball 

at the rec center. Then the school coach recruits 

him, and he accepts—after all, his best friend JJ will 

be on the team, too. As school starts, though, JJ 

starts treating Toby like an embarrassment, and after 

Toby performs poorly on the court, he feels like an 

embarrassment. Toby may no longer be a gym rat, 

but will he ever be more than just a benchwarmer? 





The Tomorrow Code 

by Brian Falkner 

FM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, CL, K, SLJ 

An idle conversation about the possibilities of time 

travel leads Tane and his best friend Rebecca to 

search transmissions from the depths of space for 

information sent from the future. After decoding the 

data, they discover an urgent SOS from their future 

selves. The messages tell Tane and Rebecca that they 

must stop a deadly plague. The pair, joined by Tane’s 

older brother, travel through New Zealand by plane, 

submarine, and helicopter, escaping from military 

commandos and trying to determine the nature of a 

strange mist that is killing all humans in its path. 



JLG: $9.00 • Random House: $19.99 • JlG Month: feb 2009 

The Traitor Game 

by B. R. Collins 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, HG, SLJ, V 

Michael switched schools because he was viciously 

bullied; now he can’t quite believe that he’s found 

such a good friend in Francis. Together, they spend 

hours creating an imaginary world called Evgard, 

where a cruel duke oppresses the weak tribes that 

live in the swamps around his walled city. Michael 

is adamant that no one find out about Evgard—he 

is terrified that if anyone does, the bullying will 

begin again. When Michael receives notes in his 

locker telling him that the secret is out, he becomes 

convinced that Francis has betrayed him. 




*NEW* The Treasure Map of Boys 

by E. Lockhart 

HI GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) • Reviews: BL, K, PW 

It’s been a rough couple of years for Ruby Oliver. 

First she alienated her entire high-school class by 

kissing her best friend’s boyfriend—even though he 

was Ruby’s boyfriend first! Now all Ruby wants is to 

repair her reputation by avoiding boys and being a 

good friend, which means repressing her feelings for 

another friend’s crush. But in between running a bake 

sale, defending the rights of a pygmy goat, and trying 

to interpret the advances of Jackson, Gideon, and 

Finn, Ruby finds time to get herself in hot water all 

over again. 


JLG: $13.25 • Delacorte: $18.99 • JlG Month: seP 2009 

Tree Shaker: The Story of Nelson Mandela 

by Bill Keller 

NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, H, HG, SLJ, WM 

“He was not called ‘Nelson’ until he was seven. . . . 

The name his parents gave him at birth, Rolihlahla, 

was the Xhosa word for ‘treeshaker.’ Later in life 

Mandela enjoyed pointing out that his people 

use the word to mean ‘troublemaker.’” From 

humble beginnings, Mandela went on to become a 

revolutionary, the world’s most famous prisoner, and 

the first black president of South Africa. Written by 

the former chief of the New York Times bureau in 

Johannesburg. Includes contemporary articles about 

the end of apartheid and an afterword. 

Isbn: 9780753459928 • Dewey: 968.06/5092 • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 128 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Kingfisher: $17.95 • JlG Month: MaR 2008 

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*NEW* Troll’s Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales 

edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, K, SLJ 

A dissatisfied housemaid who longs to become a 

princess. A boy who worries he might turn into a 

wolf and devour his family. A hungry troll taunted 

by the goats that pass over his bridge each day. A 

beautiful girl made all of sugar. These are some of 

the characters that populate this collection. In fifteen 

original stories and poems by well-known children’s 

authors, here is a look at fairy-tale villains and the 

truth behind the events that made them so famous— 

and so reviled. Introduction. Author and editor 

biographies. Further reading. 




Troll’s Eye View—JLG Reading Guide 













JLG: $5.00 • Isbn: 9780982296479 

Trouble u 

by Gary D. Schmidt 

Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BCCB, HGs, SLJH, V 

After Henry Smith’s brother is hit by a car, Henry 

needs to get away from his grieving family. He 

and his best friend Sanborn decide to hitchhike to 

Maine and take the hike that Henry and his brother 

had planned—a dangerous climb to the top of Mt. 

Katahdin. But the only driver to offer Henry and 

Sanborn a ride is a boy fleeing demons of his own: 

Chay Chouan, who was convicted of hitting Henry’s 

brother. As they drive north, the three struggle to 

deal with the truth of what happened the night of 

the accident. 




The True Adventures of Charley Darwin 

by Carolyn Meyer 

C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, PW, SLJ 

Young Charles Darwin’s interest in natural history 

dismayed his father and many of his teachers—they 

wished Charles would study instead of wandering 

about in nature or playing with chemistry sets. But 

Charles’s obsession paid off: at age twenty-two, he 

was awarded the post of naturalist on a surveying 

ship about to make a trip around the world. After 

spending several years investigating exotic places, 

plants, and animals, Charles returned to England 

to compile his notes about what he experienced 

and observed. He also found a new passion—for 

Emma Wedgwood, his future wife. Map. Afterword. 

Bibliography. 



JLG: $9.00 • Houghton Mifflin: $17.00 • JlG Month: MaR 2009 

The True Meaning of Smekday u 



Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, PWH, SLJH, V 

“What is the Smekday holiday? How has it changed 

in the year since the aliens left? You may use your 

own personal experiences from the alien invasion to 

make your points.” Gratuity “Tip” Tucci isn’t sure 

where to begin her essay about Smekday. Should she 

start with her mother’s alien abduction? Or maybe 

with the Boov taking over Earth—er, Smekland. 

Well, as long as she gets in all the details about 

driving her hover-car cross-country and her cat 

saving the human race, it probably doesn’t matter 

how she begins. 




The Truth About My Bat Mitzvah 

by Nora Raleigh Baskin 

C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, SLJ, WM 

When Caroline’s maternal grandmother dies and 

leaves her a Star of David necklace, Caroline begins 

to wonder about her religious identity. With a 

Christian dad and a non-religious mom, can Caroline 

call herself Jewish without feeling like she’s lying? 

And, if she chooses to become religious, what will 

her mother, a science-loving doctor, think? “Would it 

make her happy or sad? Would she think I was trying 

to be someone I wasn’t?” Includes a glossary of Jewish 

terms and holidays. 



JLG: $9.00 • simon & schuster: $15.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2008 

Twice Upon a Marigold 

by Jean Ferris 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, PWH, V 

Marigold and her husband, Christopher, live in an 

enchanted world populated by characters such as 

Sleeping Beauty and Alison Wonderland. It’s a world 

of fairy tales, magic, and happy endings—which is 

why no one expected Marigold’s evil mother, Queen 

Olympia, to survive her fall into Beaurivage’s river. 

But survive she did, and now she’s back, ready to 

reclaim her throne and put Marigold’s kindly father, 

King Swithbert, on the chopping block. 



JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $17.00 • JlG Month: aUG 2008

Two Girls of Gettysburg 

by Lisa Klein 

HH GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) • Reviews: BL, CL, HG, SLJ, V 

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1861: When Lizzie’s 

favorite cousin, Rosanna, moves to town from 

Richmond, Virginia, Lizzie is happy. Before long, 

however, things change. Lizzie’s father and twin 

brother join the Union army, meaning she must 

manage the family’s shop and give up her dream of 

attending school. Lizzie and Rosanna argue about 

abolition; then Rosanna runs away to Richmond, 

marries, and follows her husband onto the battlefield. 

As Rosanna nurses Confederate soldiers and Lizzie 

prepares for the battle coming to Gettysburg, both 

girls realize that not only is the fate of the country 

at stake, but so are the fates of their families and 

friendship. Author’s note. Suggestions for further 

reading and research. 




*NEW* Under Siege!: 

Three Children at the Civil War Battle for Vicksburg 

by Andrea Warren 

NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BLH, H, K, SLJ, V 

Union success in the Civil War depended on 

controlling the fortress of Vicksburg, Mississippi. 

Unable to take the town by storm, forces under 

General Ulysses S. Grant staged a brutal fortyseven-day 

siege and artillery barrage. This detailed 

account draws from the true stories of three child 

participants as it examines events in the days leading 

up to, during, and after the siege. Introduction. 

Afterword. Suggestions for additional information. 

Selected bibliography. Endnotes. Acknowledgements. 

Photo credits. Index. Black-and-white photographs, 

illustrations, and maps. 

Isbn: 9780374312558 • Dewey: 973.7/344 • 8 1/8" x 9 1/4" • 176 pp 



The Unnameables u 

by Ellen Booraem 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, KH, KLH, SLJ, V 

Everything on Medford and Prudy’s island has a 

purpose and a proper name, and Useless items are 

forbidden. The two friends discover an artifact 

depicting a strange, goat-like figure—an object so 

Useless it is Unnameable. Prudy knows her duty: 

she should report the object or destroy it. Medford’s 

decision to hide the beautiful object places a strain on 

their friendship. Then a living Goatman turns up at 

Medford’s house and uncovers Medford’s other secret: 

he’s been carving Unnameable objects. The tempest 

accompanying the Goatman’s appearance grips the 

entire town, forcing Prudy and the others to question 

their strictly utilitarian beliefs. 



JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $16.00 • JlG Month: oCT 2008 

*NEW* Up Close: Babe Ruth 

by Wilborn Hampton 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HG, K, SLJ, V 

“It is almost impossible to exaggerate the place Babe 

Ruth occupies in American lore, not only in baseball 

but also in the national psyche. His very name is 

synonymous with greatness.” But what is the truth 

about George Herman Ruth Jr. after the myth and 

sugarcoating have been stripped away? Forward. 

Introduction. Source notes. Bibliography. Index. 




JLG: $13.25 • Viking: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2009 

“[A] terrific blend of sports history 

and personal narrative.” 

—Voice of Youth Advocates 

*NEW* Up Close: Bill Gates 

by Marc Aronson 

C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BLH, HG, KH 

Who is the real Bill Gates? Is he a ruthless 

entrepreneur or a global philanthropist? Does his 

story prove that hard work is rewarded or that Gates 

benefited from opportunities few others had? In 

this fascinating biography, author Marc Aronson 

addresses these and other questions in the form of a 

“how-to” book that examines what Bill Gates did to 

become one of the great entrepreneurs of our time. 

Source notes. Bibliography. Web sites. Glossary. 

Index. Black-and-white photographs. 

Isbn: 9780670063482 • Dewey: 338.7/610053092 • 5" x 7" • 144 pp 



Up Close: Frank Lloyd Wright 

by Jan Adkins 

NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: HG, V 

Considered by many to be America’s greatest 

architect, Frank Lloyd Wright was certainly its most 

notorious. While his innovative buildings appeared 

on magazine covers, newspaper headlines followed 

the tragic series of fires, violent crimes, and romantic 

intrigues that beset Wright. This biography tells 

the story of Frank Lloyd Wright’s life and traces the 

development of his work from his apprenticeship 

during the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair to the creation 

of his iconic Usonian homes. It also considers the 

effect of Wright’s work on the way Americans live 

today. Black-and-white photographs. Author’s 

foreword. Bibliography. 

Isbn: 9780670061389 • Dewey: 720.92 • 5" x 7" • 208 pp 



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Up Close: Ronald Reagan 

by James Sutherland 

NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ, V 

“Honey, I forgot to duck,” Ronald Reagan said to 

his wife when she arrived at the hospital after he 

had been shot in a failed assassination attempt. This 

biography follows “The Great Communicator” from 

a hardscrabble upbringing in Illinois to a successful 

acting career to his two terms as president of the 

United States. Foreword. Introduction. Source notes. 

Bibliography. Index. Black-and-white photographs. 



JLG: $9.00 • Viking: $16.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2009 

Up Close: Thurgood Marshall u 

by Chris Crowe 

NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, HG, K 

The first African American appointed to the Supreme 

Court, Thurgood Marshall built his reputation 

working for the NAACP; it was in this capacity 

that he won the seminal civil rights case Brown v. 

Board of Education of Topeka. The story of Marshall’s 

education and of his years spent arguing civil rights 

cases across the country shows not only his brilliance, 

but also his personal courage, generosity, and sense 

of humor. “I intend to wear life like a very loose 

garment,” Marshall once said, “and never worry 

about nothin’.” Notes. Bibliography. Further reading. 

Web sites. Black-and-white photographs. 



JLG: $9.00 • Viking: $16.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2008 

Venom u 

by Marilyn Singer 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BLH, HG, K, SLJ 

“The most famed toxic critters are venomous. 

This means they must inject their poison—their 

venom—into a victim by means of fangs, teeth, 

spines, stingers, or spurs.” From the rattlesnake to 

the platypus, this book surveys the stunning variety 

of venomous animals that live on land, in trees, 

in rivers, and in the sea. Illustrated with full-color 

photographs. Bibliography. Glossary. Index. A 2009 

NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book. 

Isbn: 9781581960433 • Dewey: 592.16/5 • 9 3/8" x 11" • 96 pp 



Waiting for Normal u 

by Leslie Connor 


Reviews: BL, HGs, KH, KLH, PWH, SLJH 

“When the judge decided my sisters should live with 

Dwight, I knew it was going to change my life.” After 

the divorce, Addie’s half-sisters moved upstate with 

their natural father, Dwight, and Addie moved to a 

trailer home—parked off a busy city intersection— 

with her increasingly unstable mother. But Addie still 

remembers—and longs for—a “normal” family life. 

“Normal is being able to count on certain things. 

Good things. And it’s having everyone together—just 

because they belong that way.” Winner of the 2009 

Schneider Family Book Award. 




Walker Evans: Photographer of America u 

by Thomas Nau 


Reviews: BL, CL, H, HGs, K, V, WM 

Determined to see what was in front of him without 

sentimentality or judgment, Walker Evans found 

beauty in the ordinary. Whether photographing 

buildings and workers in New York City or 

documenting the lives of tenant families in Alabama 

for the book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, he 

let the character of his subjects come to the fore. 

Evans gave people a unique and lasting picture of 

America and forever changed the art of photography. 

Black-and-white photographs. Bibliography. 

Chronology. Index. 

Isbn: 9781596432253 • Dewey: 770.92 • 9" x 10 1/2" • 64 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Roaring brook: $19.95 • JlG Month: JUn 2007 

The Walls of Cartagena u 

by Julia Durango • illustrated by Tom Pohrt 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: HG, SLJ, WC 

Cartegena, Colombia, the seventeenth century: 

Thirteen-year-old Calepino, an educated slave and 

translator, talks to Mara and her son, Tomi, both 

newly arrived aboard a slave ship. He wants to help 

them escape, but it’s impossible. Soon after, Calepino 

is sent to help Dr. Mendo López de Campo at a 

local leper colony. Initially repulsed, Calepino soon 

finds that he enjoys learning from Dr. López. When 

Calepino learns that Tomi and Mara are being abused 

by their owner, he resolves to save them . . . but his 

plan may endanger Dr. López. Author’s note. Blackand-white 

art. 




War, Women, and the News: How Female Journalists 

Won the Battle to Cover World War II u 

by Catherine Gourley 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HG, K, V, WM 

The bombing of London, the liberation of Dachau, 

the battle for Iwo Jima—many of the most important 

stories of the Second World War were covered by 

female writers and photographers. This book traces 

the work of women correspondents from the Great 

Depression through the end of the war in the Pacific. 

They not only kept Americans informed about the 

darkest moments of the twentieth century, but also 

opened doors for women who came after them. 

Black-and-white photographs. Suggestions for further 

reading. Select bibliography. 

Isbn: 9780689877520 • Dewey: 07.082'0973 • 7" x 9" • 208 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • atheneum: $21.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2007

Washington at Valley Forge u 

by Russell Freedman 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, K, SLJH, V, WC 

“That winter, the British had their best chance to 

crush the American rebellion. Washington himself 

warned that his army was about to ‘starve, dissolve, 

or disperse.’ And yet the army did not fall apart. 

In June, the rebels marched out of Valley Forge 

tested, toughened, and ready to fight.” In addition 

to providing fascinating details about how the 

soldiers of the Continental Army lived in Valley 

Forge, this book also paints brilliant portraits of 

the men who led them: Alexander Hamilton, the 

Marquis de Lafayette, Friedrich von Steuben, and, of 

course, George Washington. Source notes. Selected 

bibliography. Index. Black-and-white, sepia-toned, 

and full-color illustrations. A 2009 NCTE Orbis 

Pictus Honor Book. 

Isbn: 9780823420698 • Dewey: 973.3/341 • 10 1/2" x 9" • 80 pp 


JLG: $9.00 • Holiday House: $16.95 • JlG Month: DeC 2008 

*NEW* The Waters & the Wild 

by Francesca Lia Block 

Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BL, PWH 

Bee believes she is a changeling. Always feeling 

somewhat awkward and out of step with other kids 

her age, Bee finally finds her place in the world when 

she befriends two other outcasts, one a self-professed 

alien and another who insists she is a reincarnated 

slave. Their friendship works a magic that lets Bee 

feel as if she can do anything—except stop her 

shadowy double from haunting her. 


JLG: $13.25 • HarperCollins: $17.89 • JlG Month: seP 2009 

The Way u 

by Joseph Bruchac 

Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BL, HG, KL 

In his dreams, Cody LeBeau is a ninja who stops 

terrorist attacks on his school. In real life, he says, 

“There’s nothing different or special about me at all.” 

Then one day Cody’s mysterious uncle John arrives. 

Uncle John is a martial-arts fighter, and when he says 

he will train Cody in “The Way,” Cody expects to 

learn martial arts. Instead Cody discovers that “The 

Way” is a different set of skills—skills that might just 

help him stop an attack after all. 



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Ways to Live Forever u 

by Sally Nicholls 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HH, HGs, K, PWH, SLJH, WC 

“Five facts about me: My name is Sam. I am eleven 

years old. I collect stories and fantastic facts. I 

have leukemia. By the time you read this, I will 

probably be dead.” Living through the last stages of 

cancer, Sam writes a book about himself, in which, 

along with facts and his story, he includes pictures, 

questions, and lists. Lists like “Things That I Want 

to Do,” “What to Do When Someone Dies,” and 

“Ways to Live Forever.” Includes a list of cancer 

Web sites and literature about death and dying. 



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*NEW* When You Reach Me 

by Rebecca Stead 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BLH, HH, KH, PWH 

Miranda doesn’t understand why her best friend 

Sal has stopped talking to her. She thinks it has 

something to do with his embarrassment at getting 

punched by a bully, and she hopes he will come 

around if she gives him some space. Then strange, 

mysterious notes begin to appear in odd places. 

Whoever is writing these notes knows things no one 

could possibly know and predicts that something 

horrible will soon befall a friend. 


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The White Gates 

by Bonnie Ramthun 

SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, WC 

When Tor’s mother, Susan Sinclair, is hired as the 

new town doctor in Snow Park, Colorado, Tor 

is excited—but nervous—about his new home. 

He’s eager to learn to snowboard on the beautiful 

mountains that loom over the town, but he can’t 

figure out why the school’s snowboarding team hates 

him already or why his mother is the only doctor 

in town. Tor learns from his new friends, Raine and 

Drake, that it has something to do with an old mine 

and a Ute curse, but he has no idea just how deep the 

mystery really runs. 



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White Sands, Red Menace 

by Ellen Klages 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, KL, PWH, SLJ, WC 

Dewey’s mother left years ago, and her father recently 

died, so Dewey lives with her best friend, Suze 

Gordon, and Suze’s parents. They’ve just moved to 

Alamogordo, New Mexico, where Mr. Gordon builds 

V-2 rockets. Soon the girls are exploring their artistic 

and scientific interests and making new friends. 

After a year has passed, though, life is tense: Mrs. 

Gordon wants to go home to Berkeley, California, 

while Mr. Gordon insists on continuing his work for 

the space program. What’s more, Dewey’s unreliable 

mother reappears to claim her daughter. Author’s note 

includes list and descriptions of research sources. 




Who Was First?: Discovering the Americas u 

by Russell Freedman 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, KH, SLJH 

While it is commonly believed that Christopher 

Columbus was the first to make a successful roundtrip 

voyage to the Americas, in recent years new 

evidence has cast this idea into doubt. It suggests that 

there may have been Chinese and Viking “discoveries” 

of the New World that predate Columbus’s arrival. 

This book considers these possibilities and describes 

the complex societies explorers would have found, 

built by the tens of millions of people native to North 

and South America. Full-color illustrations. Includes 

notes and a select bibliography. 

Isbn: 9780618663910 • Dewey: 970.01 • 9 1/2" x 9 1/2" • 96 pp 


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The Whole Sky Full of Stars u 

by René Saldaña Jr. 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, K, SLJ, V, WM 

Alby is in serious trouble. He got in over his head 

in a poker game, and he owes a loanshark money 

he doesn’t have. There might be a way out, though: 

the upcoming “Man o’ Might” boxing competition, 

which has a cash prize for the winner. Not that Alby 

will be doing the fighting—he wants to manage his 

best friend Barry, who’s never boxed in a ring but 

can punch hard enough to make anyone see stars. All 

Alby has to do now is convince him. Library edition 

with trade jacket added. 



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*NEW* Why I Fight 

by J. Adams Oaks 

Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BLH, K, V 

When Uncle Spade, an unemployed drifter, saves 

twelve-year-old Wyatt Reaves from his neglectful 

parents, Wyatt thinks he’s found a real home. But 

all Spade sees in Wyatt is a potential meal ticket: a 

taller-than-average kid with a mean punch who could 

become a bare-fist fighting champion with the proper 

training. By the time Wyatt is fourteen, he can win 

any fight—but that doesn’t mean he enjoys it. How 

can he break away from his uncle when Spade is the 

only family who’s ever really cared for him? 



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Wild Cats: Past & Present u 

by John Becker, PhD • illustrated by Mark Hallett 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, CL, HG 

Wild cats are ruthless hunters. Servals and caracals 

can jump off ledges, grabbing birds in flight. The 

“fishing cat,” thanks to its webbed toes, can swim 

underwater after prey. A jaguar’s jaws can crush 

the shell of a four-hundred-pound turtle. So why, 

then, are so many members of the Felidae family 

disappearing? Includes contact information for 

conservation groups. Web sources. Bibliography. 

Index. Full-color photographs and artwork. 

Isbn: 9781581960525 • Dewey: 599.75 • 9 3/8" x 11" • 80 pp 



Wild Dogs: Past & Present u 


B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, SLJ, WM 

Not all dogs are pets. In fact, many canines around 

the world are wild and even dangerous. From 

canines’ prehistoric ancestors to their connection 

with humans to links between wild and domestic 

dogs, here is a comprehensive exploration of some of 

Earth’s most fascinating creatures. Includes sidebars. 

Full-color illustrations and photos. Diagrams. Maps. 

Bibliography. Index. Winner of the 2006 Benjamin 

Franklin Award. 

Isbn: 9781581960273 • Dewey: 599.77 • 9 3/8" x 11" • 64 pp 


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Wild Horses: Galloping Through Time 

by Kelly Milner Halls • illustrations by Mark Hallett 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, CL, HG, K, SLJ, V, WC 

Did you know that the earliest horses stood less than 

two feet high and had multiple toes and hooves on 

each foot? Or that only one undomesticated wild 

horse species remains on the planet? Starting with the 

petite Hyracotherium, this wide-ranging survey traces 

the history of wild horses from forty-five million 

years ago to the present day. Includes a list of U.S. 

wild horse sanctuaries, a “You Can Help” section, 

bibliography, and index. Full-color photographs 

and illustrations. 

Isbn: 9781581960655 • Dewey: 599.665/5 • 9 3/8" x 11" • 72 pp 



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written and illustrated by Lois Lowry 


Reviews: BLH, HGs, KH, PWH, SLJH, V 

Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby want, above all, to be 

childless; in fact, they “frequently forgot that they 

had children and became quite irritable when they 

were reminded of it.” The Willoughby children, 

meanwhile, want to be orphans—“worthy and 

deserving orphans,” like their favorite literary 

characters. Now, both parents and children are 

crafting “ruthless” and “thoroughly despicable” 

schemes to get rid of each other. . . . Black-and-white 

line drawings. 




*NEW* Wintergirls 

by Laurie Halse Anderson 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, KH, PWH, SLJH, V 

On Saturday night Lia ignores thirty-three phone 

calls from her ex-best friend Cassie. On Monday 

morning Lia learns that Cassie has been found dead 

in a motel room. Lia has always been skilled at hiding 

her emotions, and her ongoing struggle with anorexia 

has taught her how to keep secrets—she sews quarters 

into her bathrobe to trick the bathroom scale and 

simulates eating by smearing ketchup on her mouth 

and making a mess in the microwave. But hiding 

her guilt over Cassie’s death will push her to the 

edge—and visions of Cassie’s ghost, beckoning Lia to 

join her, might push her over it. 




*NEW* The Word Snoop 

by Ursula Dubosarsky • illustrated by Tohby Riddle 

NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: K, PW 

For years, the Word Snoop has been “listening to, 

speaking, reading, writing, and yes—snooping on 

words.” Now she is ready to share with readers what 

she has learned. Beginning with alphabets and the 

origins of English, and ending with Internet slang, 

the Word Snoop explores what makes English so 

quirky and so rich. Coded message. Time line. 

Glossary. Answer key. Spot art. Two-color printing. 

Isbn: 9780803734067 • 5" x 7" • 272 pp 



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*NEW* Written in Bone: 

Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland 

by Sally M. Walker 


Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, H, KH, SLJH, V 

How do forensic anthropologists examining 

colonial-era skeletons determine that one is the 

remains of a fourteen-year-old boy who was shot by 

an arrow, that another is a respected English trader, 

and that a third is an indentured servant who died of 

suspicious causes? Here is a look into how scientists 

use forensic evidence and historical records to identify 

the remains of people that have been buried in the 

Chesapeake region for hundreds of years. Source 

notes. Time line. Selected blibliography. Further 

reading. Index. Map. Charts. Diagrams. Full-color 

photographs and reproductions. 

Isbn: 9780822571353 • Dewey: 614'.17 • 8 3/8" x 10 1/2" • 144 pp 

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“Those intrigued by 

forensics and history will find 

this absolutely fascinating.” 

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*NEW* The Year of the Bomb 

by Ronald Kidd 

B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: K 

It’s 1955, and thirteen-year-old Paul spends his days 

watching one horror movie after another with his 

best friends Oz, Arnie, and Crank. When the boys 

read that a brand-new thriller called Invasion of the 

Body Snatchers will be filmed in their California 

hometown, they can’t wait to check out the set. 

The boys make friends with two extras in the film 

and even take part in a scene. When one of their 

new friends points the boys toward a possible 

communist spy living in their community, the 

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The Year We Disappeared: 

A Father-Daughter Memoir u 

by Cylin Busby and John Busby 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, PWH, SLJ, V 

When Cylin Busby was nine years old, her father, 

John, a policeman in the small town of Falmouth, 

Massachusetts, was shot and nearly killed. Under 

constant police protection, Cylin and her brothers 

became prisoners at home and outcasts at school. 

John suspected a local mobster of the murder 

attempt, but as the suspect remained at large, John 

began to plot revenge. In alternating chapters, Cylin 

and John Busby describe the harrowing events that 

changed their lives. Includes Where Are They Now? 

and About the Authors sections. 

Isbn: 9781599901411 • Dewey: 363.2092 b • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 320 pp 


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Yellow Flag u 

by Robert Lipsyte 


Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, KL, SLJ, V, WM, WS 

For generations, the Hildebrands have been racing 

legends. But Kyle Hildebrand prefers playing in his 

high school jazz quintet and hanging out with his 

sort-of girlfriend Nicole to working at the track. 

Then his older brother is seriously injured during a 

race, and Kyle has to fill the empty driver’s seat for 

the good of the family. Now Kyle’s caught between 

what he wants and what his family wants. And after 

he meets pretty pit girl Jimmie, Kyle isn’t even sure 

what he wants anymore. 



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*NEW* The Yggyssey: 

How Iggy Wondered What Happened to All the 

Ghosts, Found Out Where They Went, and Went There 

by Daniel Pinkwater 


Reviews: BL, H, HGs, K, PW, SLJ, WC 

Yggdrasil “Iggy” Birnbaum lives in an old, haunted, 

Los Angeles hotel, and she’s friends with the ghosts 

of La Brea woman, Rudolph Valentino, and others. 

So when the spirits start disappearing, Iggy wants to 

know where they’re going and why. Plenty of people 

try to help Iggy during her long, strange journey 

to find the ghosts, including a ghostologist and a 

shaman named Melvin—but it’s a size-shifting bunny 

that finally leads Iggy to the place where she can find 

her supernatural friends. 



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An Abundance of Katherines u Green BCCB, BLH, HH, HGs, K, SLJ, V OCT 2006 9780525476887 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC 

Accidents of Nature u Johnson BCCB, BL, K, PWH, SLJH, V, WS JUN 2006 9780805076349 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC 

Airman u Colfer HGs, KH, PWH, SLJH MAR 2008 9781423107507 C (6–9) AR, SRC 

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Alien Invaders / Invasores Extraterrestres Huggins-Cooper CR, K AUG 2005 9780972497398 PS (K–3) AR 

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The Amethyst Road u Spiegler BL, K, V, WS NOV 2005 9780618485727 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC 

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Around the World Coy HG, K, SLJ APR 2006 9781584302445 SE (2–6) AR, SRC 

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The Beach Patrol Bilkins BCCB, BL, H, HG, K JUL 2004 9780805069112 E (1–3) AR 

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A Birthday for Cow Thomas HG, K MAR 2008 9780152060725 K (PreK–K) AR, SRC 

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Boing! Taylor BL, HG, PWH AUG 2004 9780763624750 P (K–1) AR 

Bones and the Birthday Mystery Adler SLJ FEB 2007 9780670061648 E (1–3) AR, SRC 

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The Boy Book u Lockhart BL, HG, K, PW, SLJ, V FEB 2007 9780385902397 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC 

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The Bronze Pen Snyder BL, HG, K MAR 2008 9781416942016 ME (2–6) AR, SRC 

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Carolinda Clatter! u Gerstein BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, KH, PW, SLJ DEC 2005 9781596430631 E (1–3) AR, SRC 

The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets Springer BL, HG, SLJH MAR 2008 9780399245183 MM (7–11) AR, SRC 

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The Children Who Smelled a Rat Ahlberg BCCB, BL, HG, K, SLJH FEB 2006 9780763628703 I (2–4) AR, SRC 

The Choice Skurzynski HG, SLJ DEC 2006 9780689842672 C (6–9) AR, SRC 

Christmas Tree Farm Purmell BCCB, HG, K OCT 2006 9780823418862 E (1–3) AR, SRC 

Clever Ali u Farmer BCCB, HGs, K, PW, SLJ DEC 2006 9780439370141 I (2–4) AR, SRC 

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Construction Zone u Hudson BL JUL 2006 9780763626846 P (K–1) AR, SRC 

Cork & Fuzz: Short and Tall u Chaconas BL, H, HGs, KH, SLJ MAY 2006 9780670059850 E (1–3) AR, SRC 

Counting on Grace u Winthrop BCCB, BL, HG, K, PW, V APR 2006 9780385908788 A (3–5) AR, SRC 

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Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa: School Days Silverman BL, K, SLJ JUL 2007 9780152053789 E (1–3) AR, SRC 

The Coyote Road Datlow, ed. BCCB, BL, HG SEP 2007 9780670061945 Y (9 & UP) AR 

Crickwing u Cannon BLH, HG, K JAN 2001 9780152017903 E (1–3) AR, SRC 

Crispin: At the Edge of the World u Avi BCCB, H, HGs, KH, SLJH, V OCT 2006 9780786851522 B (5–7) AR, SRC 

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Cyberpals According to Kaley Regan HG, SLJ DEC 2006 9781581960518 A (3–5) AR, SRC 

Deep in the Mountains Cheng HG, KL JUN 2007 9780823004232 C (6–9) AR, SRC 

Dodsworth in New York Egan BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, PWH, SLJ NOV 2007 9780618777082 E (1–3) AR, SRC 

Dog Days Lubar BL, K, SLJ MAR 2004 9781581960136 A (3–5) AR, SRC 

A Dog for Life u Matthews BCCB, HG, K, PWH, SLJ NOV 2006 9780385903813 B (5–7) AR, SRC 

Dogboy u Russell BCCB, BL, HG, K, SLJ, V JUL 2006 9780060841171 B (5–7) AR, SRC 

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Don’t Call Me Ishmael Bauer BL, HG, K DEC 2007 9780061348358 C (6–9) AR, SRC 

Dragon Scales and Willow Leaves Givens BL, HG, K MAR 1998 9780399226199 P (K–1) AR 

Dream Factory Barkley BCCB, BL, HG, KL, SLJ JUN 2007 9780525478027 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC 

A Drowned Maiden’s Hair u Schlitz BCCBH, BL, H, HGs, K, SLJ DEC 2006 9780763629304 B (5–7) AR, SRC 

Duck Cecil BL, HG, PW, SLJ MAR 2008 9780763630720 P (K–1) AR, SRC 

Eddie and the Jets Attanas SLJ SEP 2005 9781581960266 SE (2–6) AR, SRC 

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Eye Of The Crow u Peacock BCCB, BLH, HG, SLJH OCT 2007 9780887768504 MM (7–11) AR, SRC 

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Fat Bat and Swoop Landry K, SLJ FEB 2006 9780805070033 I (2–4) AR, SRC 

Feathered Dinosaurs u Sloan HG, SLJH, WC MAR 2001 9780792272199 B (5–7) AR, SRC 

Finding Home u Markle BLH, HGs, SLJ FEB 2008 9781580891226 E (1–3) AR, SRC 

Firebirds Rising u November, ed. BCCB, BL, H, HGs, KH, V APR 2006 9780142405499 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC 

Fitch & Chip: Invasion of the Pig Sisters u Wheeler HG JUL 2006 9780689849534 E (1–3) AR, SRC 

Fly on the Wall u Lockhart BCCB, H, HGs, K, PW, WS JUN 2006 9780385902991 YM (11 & UP) AR, SRC 

The Foreshadowing u Sedgwick BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, SLJ, V, WS JUL 2006 9780385908818 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC 

Forever In Blue Brashares BCCB, BL, K, SLJ MAR 2007 9780385904131 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC 

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The Gift Stone Eversole BL, HG, SLJ FEB 1999 9780679986843 E (1–3) 

Gimme Cracked Corn & I Will Share O’Malley BCCB, BL, H, HGs, KH, PWH, SLJH DEC 2007 9780802796851 E (1–3) AR, SRC 

A Girl, a Boy, and a Monster Cat Gauthier H, HGs, K, SLJ AUG 2007 9780399246890 I (2–4) AR, SRC 

Go to Bed, Monster! Wing HG, K, SLJ JAN 2008 9780152057756 K (PreK–K) AR, SRC 

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The Good Lion u Markham BL, H, HGs, K, PW DEC 2005 9780618563067 I (2–4) AR, SRC 

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The Happiness of Kati u Vejjajiva BCCB, BL, K, SLJ AUG 2006 9781416917885 A (3–5) AR, SRC 

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Happy Birthday, Monster! Beck HG, K, SLJ DEC 2007 9780810993631 P (K–1) AR, SRC 

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Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies Crimi BL, K, SLJ JAN 2006 9780763624491 P (K–1) AR, SRC 

Henry, the Dog with No Tail Feiffer BL, HG, SLJ FEB 2008 9781416916147 P (K–1) AR, SRC 

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Hiroshima Dreams u Easton BL, HG, K, KL FEB 2008 9780525478218 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC 

Honey Bea u Siegelson BL APR 2006 9780786808533 C (6–9) AR, SRC 

A Horse in the House u Ablow BL, K SEP 2007 9780763628383 I (2–4) AR, SRC 

Hotel Deep u Cyrus HG, K, SLJ MAY 2005 9780152167714 E (1–3) AR, SRC 

Houndsley and Catina u Howe BCCB, BL, HG, K, PW, SLJ JUN 2006 9780763624040 I (2–4) AR, SRC 

Houndsley and Catina and the Birthday Surprise Howe BCCB, HG, K JAN 2007 9780763624057 I (2–4) AR, SRC 

The House of a Million Pets Hodgman BCCBH, BL, HGs, K, PW, SLJ OCT 2007 9780805079746 A (3–5) AR, SRC 

Hurt Go Happy u Rorby HG, SLJ, V OCT 2006 9780765314420 B (5–7) AR, SRC 

I Am René, the Boy / Soy René, el niño u Laínez CR, K, SLJ MAY 2005 9781558853782 PS (K–3) AR 

I Love You, Mister Bear Wickstrom BL, K, PWH, SLJ MAR 2004 9780060293321 P (K–1) AR 

I Want to Live Lugovskaya BL, HG, K, PW, SLJ SEP 2007 9780618605750 C (6–9) AR, SRC 

The Illustrator’s Notebook u Ellabbad HH, HGs, K, SLJ AUG 2006 9780888997005 I (2–4) AR, SRC 

In the Coils of the Snake u Dunkle BCCB, BLH, V, WM JAN 2006 9780805077476 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC 

Indy 500: The Inside Track u Pimm BL OCT 2004 9781581960211 SE (2–6) AR, SRC 

An Innocent Soldier u Holub BL, HH, HGs, K, PW, SLJ, V, WM, WS FEB 2006 9780439627719 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC 

Inside Grandad u Dickinson BCCBH, H, HG, SLJ JUN 2004 9780385908733 A (3–5) AR, SRC 

The Invisible Mistakecase Harper HG, SLJ DEC 2005 9780618448852 P (K–1) AR, SRC 

An Island Grows u Schaefer BCCB, BL, H, HGs, SLJ OCT 2006 9780066239316 K (PreK–K) AR 

Jack and the Night Visitors u Schories BL, H, HGs, SLJ SEP 2006 9781932425338 K (PreK–K) 

Jackal in the Garden Ellis K, PW NOV 2006 9780823004157 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC 

Jeremy’s Muffler Nielsen BL, HG, K, SLJ OCT 1995 9780689803192 P (K–1) 

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¡Jonron! (Out of the Ballpark) Rodriguez BL, K, PW JUN 2007 9780061151972 PS (K–3) AR, SRC 

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The Just-So Woman Blackwood BCCBH, HG, K MAR 2007 9780060577285 I (2–4) AR, SRC 

Kaline Klattermaster’s Tree House Kimmel BL, HG, K, SLJ MAR 2008 9780689874024 A (3–5) AR, SRC 

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King Puck Garland CL, HG, K, SLJ MAY 2007 9780060848101 P (K–1) AR, SRC 

Knife Edge Blackman BL, H, K SEP 2007 9781416900184 YM (11 & UP) AR, SRC 

Landed u Lee BCCB, BLH, K, PW, SLJ MAY 2006 9780374343149 I (2–4) AR, SRC 

The Last Days u Westerfeld BCCB, BL, HG, KH, SLJH, V OCT 2006 9781595140623 YM (11 & UP) AR, SRC 

Lionel’s Birthday u Krensky BL, HG, SLJ, WC FEB 2004 9780803727526 E (1–3) AR, SRC 

Little Eagle Hong BL, HG, PW NOV 2007 9781592700714 SE (2–6) AR, SRC 

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The Magic Raincoat David HG, K, SLJ JUL 2007 9781932425680 E (1–3) AR, SRC 

Mammoths on the Move u Wheeler BL, SLJ JUL 2006 9780152047009 K (PreK–K) AR, SRC 

The Man Who Named the Clouds Hannah BL, HG, K, SLJ JAN 2007 9780807549742 I (2–4) AR, SRC 

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Mary Smith u U’Ren BCCB, BL, H, HG, KH OCT 2003 9780374348427 P (K–1) AR, SRC 

Maxwell’s Mountain u Becker BL, K, SLJ FEB 2006 9781580890472 E (1–3) AR, SRC 

Maybelle in the Soup u Speck BL, H, HGs, KH, SLJ DEC 2007 9780805080926 I (2–4) AR, SRC 

Me, All Alone, at the End of the World u Anderson BL, HG, KH, SLJ DEC 2005 9780763615864 I (2–4) AR, SRC 

Medusa Jones Collins BL, HG, PW FEB 2008 9780439901000 A (3–5) AR, SRC 

Meow Ruff u Sidman BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, K , PW JUN 2006 9780618448944 E (1–3) 

Mercy Watson: Princess in Disguise DiCamillo BL, CL, K, HG SEP 2007 9780763630140 E (1–3) AR, SRC 

Midsummer Knight Rogers BCCB, BL, CL, H, HGs, K, PW, SLJH JUN 2007 9781569431836 E (1–3) 

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Mississippi Jack Meyer HG, KL OCT 2007 9780152060039 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC 

Monsieur Saguette and His Baguette Asch HG, K, SLJ JUN 2004 9781553374619 P (K–1) AR 

Moose and Hildy: Pig Pickin’ Greene HG, K, SLJ FEB 2007 9780761453246 I (2–4) AR, SRC 

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My Way / A mi manera u Reiser BL, HGs, K, SLJ JUL 2007 9780060841010 PS (K–3) 

The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World u Konigsburg BCCB, BL, HG, K, PW, SLJ OCT 2007 9781416949725 C (6–9) AR, SRC 

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The North Pole Was Here Revkin BL, HG, SLJH, V JUN 2006 9780753459935 C (6–9) AR, SRC 

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Notes for a War Story Gipi BCCB, BL, SLJ DEC 2007 9781596432611 GM (7–11) AR, SRC 

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The Off Season u Gilbert BCCB, BL, H, HGs, KLH, SLJH JUL 2007 9780618686957 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC 

Oggie Cooder Weeks BL, HG, SLJ MAR 2008 9780439927918 A (3–5) AR, SRC 

Olivia Kidney and the Secret Beneath the City Potter BL, HG, SLJ JUL 2007 9780399247019 B (5–7) AR, SRC 

One Saturday Evening Baker BL, H, KH, SLJ SEP 2007 9780525471035 E (1–3) AR, SRC 

One Well Strauss BLH, CL, HG, SLJ MAY 2007 9781553379546 A (3–5) AR, SRC 

Paint the Wind u Ryan BL, CL, HG, K, PW, SLJ JAN 2008 9780439873628 B (5–7) AR, SRC 

The Perfect Hamburger and Other Delicious Stories Smith BL, HG, K, SLJ NOV 2007 9781599901343 A (3–5) AR, SRC 

Perfect Timing Trollinger BL NOV 2006 9780670060832 I (2–4) AR, SRC 

Piece = Part = Portion / Pedazo = parte = porción Gifford HG OCT 2007 9781582462257 PS (K–3) 

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Pizza for the Queen Castaldo BCCB, BL, K, SLJ NOV 2005 9780823418657 E (1–3) AR, SRC 

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Playing to Win Deans BL, CL, K, PW, SLJ AUG 2007 9780823419265 SE (2–6) AR, SRC 

The Pluto Project Haber BCCB, BL, HG JUL 2006 9780525477211 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC 

The Poet Slave of Cuba u Engle BCCBH, BLH, HH, HGs, K, SLJH, V, WS MAY 2006 9780805077063 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC 

La primera luna llena de Gatita 

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Punished! Lubar BCCB, BL, SLJH MAY 2006 9781581960426 I (2–4) AR, SRC 

Pure Spring Doyle BCCB, BL, CL, HH, HGs, K, SLJ APR 2007 9780888997746 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC 

The Puzzling World of Winston Breen u Berlin BLH, HG, K, SLJ OCT 2007 9780399246937 ME (2–6) AR, SRC 

¡Qué nervios! (First Day Jitters) Danneberg BCCB, BL, HH, HG, K APR 2006 9781580891479 PS (K–3) AR, SRC 

Quinito’s Neighborhood / El vecindario de Quinito u Cumpiano BL, CR, H, K, SLJH JAN 2006 9780892392094 PS (K–3) AR, SRC 

Rabbit’s Gift u Shannon BL, HG, K, SLJ FEB 2008 9780152060732 P (K–1) AR, SRC 

Rafi And Rosi: Carnival! u Delacre HG, K, SLJ APR 2006 9780060735982 E (1–3) AR, SRC 

Rainstorm u Lehman BL, H, HGs, KH, PWH, SLJH JUN 2007 9780618756391 K (PreK–K) 

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Raleigh’s Page Armstrong BL, H, HGs, KH, SLJ NOV 2007 9780375833196 ME (2–6) AR, SRC 

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The Real Story of Stone Soup Compestine BCCB, BL, CL, HG, K, SLJ APR 2007 9780525474937 E (1–3) AR, SRC 

Red Spikes u Lanagan BLH, HH, HGs, K, PWH, SLJ FEB 2008 9780375945779 YM (11 & UP) AR, SRC 

Resurrection Men Welsh HG, KL, PW, V MAY 2007 9780525476993 YM (11 & UP) AR, SRC 

Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party u Compestine BL, HG, K, SLJ DEC 2007 9780805082074 B (5–7) AR, SRC 

The Rise of Lubchenko Simmons BCCB, BL, HG, V AUG 2006 9781595140616 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC 

Roasted Peanuts u Egan BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, SLJ JUL 2006 9780618337187 SE (2–6) AR, SRC 

Robert Cormier Campbell BCCB, SLJ, V MAR 2007 9780385900744 YM (11 & UP) AR, SRC 

The Rogues Yolen BLH, HG, K, SLJ NOV 2007 9780399238987 C (6–9) AR, SRC 

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A Room with a Zoo u Feiffer BCCB, BL, H, HGs, KH, PW JAN 2006 9780786837021 I (2–4) AR, SRC 

Rosy Cole’s Memoir Explosion u Greenwald BL, H, HGs, K, SLJ MAY 2006 9780374363475 A (3–5) AR, SRC 

Rucker Park Setup u Volponi BCCB, CL, HG, K, KL, SLJ AUG 2007 9780670061303 YM (11 & UP) AR, SRC 

The Rules for Hearts Ryan BCCB, BL, CL, HG, K, SLJ, V JUN 2007 9780670059065 YM (11 & UP) AR, SRC 

Rumpelstiltskin Carrasco CR, HG NOV 2007 9780811859714 PS (K–3) AR, SRC 

The Runaway Dinner Ahlberg BCCB, HG, K, PWH, SLJ AUG 2006 9780763631420 P (K–1) AR, SRC 

Ryan And Jimmy and the Well in Africa That 

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Shoveller HG, K, SLJ JAN 2007 9781553379676 A (3–5) AR, SRC 

Saint Iggy u Going BCCB, HGs, K, PWH, SLJH, V NOV 2006 9780152057954 YM (11 & UP) AR, SRC 

A Samurai Never Fears Death Hoobler BL, HG, K, KL, SLJ MAY 2007 9780399246098 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC 

Science Detectives YES Mag HG NOV 2006 9781553379942 A (3–5) AR, SRC 

Second Fiddle Parkinson BCCB, BL, CL, HGs, K, PWH, SLJ JUL 2007 9781596431225 B (5–7) AR, SRC 

Second-String Center Wallace K SEP 2007 9780670061501 SE (2–6) AR, SRC 

The Secret-Keeper u Coombs BCCB, BL, HG, SLJ AUG 2006 9780689839634 I (2–4) AR, SRC 

Seeker u Nicholson BCCB, BL, KH, SLJ, V MAY 2006 9780152057688 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC 

Shark and Lobster’s Amazing Undersea Adventure u Schwarz BL, PWH SEP 2006 9780763629106 P (K–1) AR, SRC 

Sheep and Goat u Westera BL, HG, KH, SLJ MAR 2007 9781932425819 A (3–5) AR, SRC 

The Shivers in the Fridge u Manushkin BCCB, HGs, KH, PW, SLJ NOV 2006 9780525469438 E (1–3) AR, SRC 

The Show-and-Tell Lion u Abercrombie HG AUG 2006 9780689864087 P (K–1) AR, SRC 

Sidewalk Circus u Fleischman BCCBH, BLH, H, HG, K JUL 2004 9780763611071 P (K–1) 

The Silver Donkey u Hartnett BCCB, H, HGs, K, PW, SLJ, V JAN 2007 9780763629373 B (5–7) AR, SRC 

Simply Sarah: Cuckoo Feathers Naylor BL, HG, K APR 2006 9780761452850 I (2–4) AR, SRC 

Sky Blue Accident / Accidente celeste Luján CL, K, SLJ AUG 2007 9780888998057 PS (K–3) AR 

A Sock Is a Pocket for Your Toes Scanlon BL, HG, K, SLJ MAY 2004 9780060295271 P (K–1) AR 

Sock Monkey Rides Again Bell PW, SLJ FEB 2007 9780763630898 P (K–1) AR, SRC 

Solomon Snow and the Stolen Jewel Umansky BL, HGs, K, SLJ APR 2007 9780763627935 A (3–5) AR, SRC 

Something Invisible u Parkinson BCCBH, BL, H, HGs, K, PWH, SLJ, V APR 2006 9781596431232 B (5–7) AR, SRC 

Something out of Nothing u McClafferty BCCB, BL, HG, K, SLJH, V APR 2006 9780374380366 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC 

Sophie Hartley, on Strike Greene BCCB, BL, HGs, K, SLJ FEB 2007 9780618719600 A (3–5) AR, SRC 

Soupy Saturdays with the Pain & the Great One Blume BL, H, HGs, K, SLJ NOV 2007 9780385903240 A (3–5) AR, SRC 

Spot 7: School Kidslabel HG, SLJ OCT 2006 9780811853248 E (1–3) 

Spring Is Here / Llegó la primavera Gomi HG, SLJH JUN 2006 9780811847599 PS (K–3) AR, SRC 

Starring Miss Darlene Schwartz BCCB, BL, CL, HH, HGs, K, PWH, SLJ OCT 2007 9781596432307 E (1–3) AR, SRC 

Steal Back the Mona Lisa! McCarthy HG, K, PW, SLJ FEB 2007 9780152053680 P (K–1) AR, SRC 

Stick Kid u Holwitz SLJ JUN 2004 9780399241635 E (1–3) AR, SRC 

Stompin’ at the Savoy u Govenar, ed. BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, SLJ MAY 2006 9780763622442 NE (2–6) AR, SRC 

Stop and Go, Yes and No Cleary SLJ MAY 2006 9781575058603 E (1–3) SRC 

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Super Emma u Warner HG, K, SLJ NOV 2006 9780670061402 I (2–4) AR, SRC 

A Swift Pure Cry u Dowd BCCB, BL, HG, K, KL, PWH, SLJ, V JUL 2007 9780385751094 YM (11 & UP) AR, SRC 

The Talented Clementine u Pennypacker BL, CL, H, HGs, KH, PW, SLJH JUL 2007 9780786838707 I (2–4) AR, SRC 

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Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos u Lafevers BCCB, BLH, K, PWH, SLJ JUN 2007 9780618756384 ME (2–6) AR, SRC 

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To Catch a Mermaid Selfors BCCB, HG, K, PW, SLJ DEC 2007 9780316018166 ME (2–6) AR, SRC 

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