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Fiction Jonathan Auxier – The Night Gardener (Ages 10 and up) The Night Gardener follows two abandoned Irish siblings who travel to work as servants at a creepy, crumbling English manor house. BookPage: Most Anticipated Children's and Teen Books of 2014
Michael D. Beil – Lantern Sam and the Blue Streak Bandits (Ages 8-12) Lantern Sam is the wise-cracking, sarcastic, talking cat (for those who can hear him, that is) who lives onboard the Lake Erie Shoreliner train and is one of the best detectives no one knows about. An Amazon Best Book of the Month
G. M. Berrow – Rarity and the Curious Case of Charity (Ages 8-9) Rarity is excited to welcome her new apprentice, Charity, to Ponyville. Rarity is sure that the two of them will become best friends, bonding over their love of fashion and glamour.
Jean Craighead – Ice Whale (Ages 9-11) In 1848 in Barrow, Alaska, a young Eskimo boy witnesses a rare sight—the birth of a bowhead, or ice whale, that he calls Siku. But when he unwittingly guides Yankee whalers to a pod of bowhead whales, all the whales are killed. Read about how the late beloved author's last book was completed, thanks to her children
Gitty Daneshvari – Monster High: Ghoulfriends 'til the End (Ages 9-11) The ghoulfriends’ new GFF, Wydowna Spider, starts to clear the cobwebs about the mysterious threat to Monster High. The previous generation of monsters formed a secret society that seems bent on turning the school into something that’s more like a prison! 200,000 print run.
Kate de Goldi & Gregory O'Brien – The ACB with Honora Lee (Ages 10 and up) The story is a meditation on kindness and patience and acceptance; that of the very young and the very old. It’s a story that will resonate with echoes of recollection for many — from Perry’s endearing perspective on the adult world to the embracing kindness of those who care for the elderly.
Marisa de los Santos & David Teague – Saving Lucas Biggs (Ages 8-12) Thirteen-year-old Margaret knows her father is innocent, but that doesn’t stop the cruel Judge Biggs from sentencing him to death. Margaret is determined to save her dad, even if it means using her family’s secret and forbidden ability to time travel. 75,000 print run.
Paul Durham – The Luck Uglies (Ages 8-12) Strange things are happening in Village Drowning, and a terrifying encounter has eleven-year-old Rye O’Chanter convinced that the monstrous, supposedly extinct Bog Noblins have returned. 100,000 print run.
Tad Hills – Duck & Goose Go to the Beach (Ages 3-7) In this delightful follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Duck & Goose and Duck, Duck, Goose, Duck wants to go on an adventure. Goose doesn’t. He doesn’t see the point. After all, why would they go anywhere when they’re happy right where they are?
Erin Hunter – The First Battle: Warriors: Dawn of the Clans series, Book 3 (Ages 8-12) The Dawn of the Clans series takes readers back to the earliest days of the Clans, when the cats first settled in the forest and began to forge the warrior code. The rivalry between Gray Wing and Clear Sky has driven a bitter wedge between all of the forest cats. 200,000 print run.
Wendy Mass, Michael Brawer, & Elise Gravel – Space Taxi: Archie Takes Flight (Ages 8-9) It’s not every day a regular kid like Archie gets to wake up at midnight. But today is Take Your Kid to Work Day, and Archie is finally allowed to ride along in his dad’s taxi cab.
James Patterson, Chris Tebbetts, Laura Park – Middle School, the Worst Years of My Life, Book 1 (Ages 8-12) Rafe Khatchadorian has enough problems at home without throwing his first year of middle school into the mix. Luckily, he’s got an ace plan for the best year ever, if only he can pull it off:
Aaron Reynolds & Jeremy Tankard – Here Comes Destructosaurus (Picture Book, Ages 3-5) Anyone who has witnessed (or been) a toddler in the throes of a full-blown fit will delight in this clever book’s moviemonster rampage, and may just come away from it with a bit more sympathy for toddler and caregiver.
Dianne K. Salerni & David McClellan – The Eighth Day (Ages 8-12) In this riveting fantasy adventure, thirteen-year-old Jax Aubrey discovers a secret eighth day with roots tracing back to Arthurian legend.
Darren Shan – Zom-B Mission, Zom-B series, Book 7 (Ages 12-14) B Smith and the other Angels are relieved to finally receive their first mission – to safely escort a group of human survivors from the zombie-infested streets of London to New Kirkland, a barricaded safe haven in the country.
Natalie Standiford – Countdown: 39 Clues Unstoppable Series, Book 3 (Ages 8-12) The clock has run out for 13-year-old Dan Cahill. As head of the most powerful family the world has ever known, he and his older sister, Amy, have been in the crosshairs for too long.
Kiki Thorpe & Jana Christy – The Woods Beyond, Never Girls series, Book 6 (Ages 6-9) Lainey’s day is turned upside down when she’s captured by the Lost Boys while visiting Never Land! Tinker Bell and the Disney Fairies star in a magical early chapter book series for girls. 125,000 print book.
Marcia Wells & Marcos Calo – Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile (Ages 9-11) When the NYPD is stumped by a mastermind art thief, Eddie becomes their secret weapon to solve the case, drawing Eddie deeper into New York’s famous Museum Mile and closer to a dangerous criminal group known as The Picasso Gang.
J. A. White & Susan Duerden – The Thickety: A Path Begins (Ages 8-12) When Kara Westfall was six years old, her mother was convicted of the worst of all crimes: witchcraft. Years later, Kara and her little brother, Taff, are still shunned by the people of their village, who believe that nothing is more evil than magic. 100,000 print run.
Nonfiction Animal Planet – Finding Bigfoot: Everything You Need to Know (Ages 7-12) Stacked with information for your burning questions, this work features a compelling narrative with commentary from the stars of the show, photographs and extras from the Animal Planet‘s archives, and so much more.
Samone Bos – Twister! (Ages 8-11) Jeremy joins his cousins in Tornado Alley for the holidays. To his surprise, he discovers they are storm chasers and has the ride of his life! There’s great excitement as they chase a twister, but what happens when the twister turns to chase them?
Britannica Educational – Greek Gods & Goddesses (Ages 12 and up) Readers will be introduced to the many figures once believed to populate Mount Olympus as well as related concepts and facts about the Greek mythological tradition.
Renata Fossen Brown – Gardening Lab for Kids (Ages 5-12) This fun and creative book features 52 plant-related activities set into weekly lessons, beginning with learning to read maps to find your heat zone, moving through seeds, soil, composting, and then creating garden art and appreciating your natural surroundings.
Catherine Chambers – Clash of the Gladiators (Ages 8-11) In Clash of the Gladiators, join DK Adventures’ exclusive SLIP club (Secret Living In the Past)—a group of young history buffs who belong to a top-secret club that allows them to travel throughout history to any time, any place, through a phone app.
Barry Denenberg – Nelson Mandela: "No Easy Walk to Freedom" (Ages 8-12) From his humble beginnings in rural South Africa to his tragic death at age 95 in 2013, Nelson Mandela’s life is a tale of inspiration and courage. The most up-to-date biography of Nelson Mandela.
Deborah Hopkinson – Titanic: Voices from the Disaster (Ages 8 and up) Critically acclaimed nonfiction author Deborah Hopkinson pieces together the story of the TITANIC and that fateful April night, drawing on the voices of survivors and archival photographs.
Amanda Kingloff – Project Kid: 100 Ingenious Crafts for Family Fun (Ages 6 and up) Perfect for crafty parents who are eager to get their kids excited about DIY. PW starred review.
Don Mitchell – The Freedom Summer Murders (Ages 12 and up) To coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Summer murders, this will be the first book for young adults to explore the harrowing true story of three civil rights workers slain by the KKK. Kirkus starred review.
Ann Whitehead Nagda & Cindy Bickel – Tiger Math: Learning to Graph from a Baby Tiger (Ages 7-10) Learn to graph while following the growth of T.J., an orphaned Siberian tiger cub who is hand-raised at the Denver Zoo.
Marcel Prins, Peer Henk Steenhuis, & Laura Watkinson – Hidden Like Anne Frank (Ages 12 and up) Jaap Sitters was only eight years old when his mother cut the yellow stars off his clothes and sent him, alone, on a fifteen-mile walk to hide with relatives.
R. Kent Rasmussen – World War I for Kids: A History with 21 Activities (Ages 9 and up) In time for the 2014 centennial of the start of the Great War, this activity book provides an intriguing and comprehensive look at World War I.
Lorna Robinson & Soham De – Telling Tales in Latin: A New Latin Course and Storybook for Children (Ages 9-12) Narrated by the chatty and imaginative Roman poet Ovid, this new course takes young learners on a journey through some of the tales from Ovid's Metamorphoses
Charles J. Shields – I Am Scout: the Biography of Harper Lee (Ages 12 and up) Charles J. Shields is the author of the New York Times bestseller Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee, which he has adapted here for younger readers.
Becky Thomas & Monica Sweeney – Loom Magic Creatures! (Ages 5 and up) According to the New York Times, Rainbow Looms are the hottest trend on the market, and it is continuously growing in popularity.
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Thursday, May 15, 2014
Weekly eHighlights: Children’s edition
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