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Poetry
Far from You
By: Lisa Schroeder
This edition: Hardcover, 368 pages
Publication date: December 23, 2008
Ages: above 14
Lost and alone€¦down the rabbit hole. Alice thought she knew what solitude was: Her mother—gone Her father—remarried with a newborn daughter. Now€¦ trapped in the icy embrace of...
Dinothesaurus
Prehistoric Poems and Paintings
By: Douglas Florian
Illustrated by: Douglas Florian
This edition: Hardcover, 56 pages
Publication date: March 10, 2009
Ages: above 6
This book is full of dinosaurs,
Both carnivores and herbivores.
You'll find a big Iguanodon,
As well as a clever Tro-o-don.
There's Spinosaurus and T. rex,
Plus plesiosaurs with giant necks,
And others from...
A Whiff of Pine, a Hint of Skunk
A Forest of Poems
By: Deborah Ruddell
Illustrated by: Joan Rankin
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: March 10, 2009
Ages: 4 - 8
In a watery mirror
the rugged raccoon
admires his face
by the light of the moon:
the mysterious mask,
the whiskers beneath,
the sliver of cricket
still stuck in his teeth.
Take a lighthearted romp through four seasons in...
The Bill Martin Jr Big Book of Poetry
By: Various
Afterword by: Steven Kellogg / Edited By: Bill Martin Jr / Foreword by: Eric Carle / Illustrated by: Various / with: Michael Sampson
This edition: Hardcover, 176 pages
Publication date: November 4, 2008
Ages: 4 - 8
The definitive anthology of children's poetry, collected by a beloved author
Years in the making, this full-color treasury contains nearly two hundred poems, all of them handpicked by Bill Martin Jr. Traditional children's...
The Underwear Salesman
And Other Jobs for Better or Verse
By: J. Patrick Lewis
Illustrated by: Serge Bloch
This edition: Hardcover, 64 pages
Publication date: March 10, 2009
Ages: 7 - 10
Have you ever talked at length with an exterminator?
Or had a heart-to-heart with an ice sculptor?
Or waxed philosophical with an acrobat?
No?
Well, look inside.
Truckery Rhymes
(Part of Jon Scieszka's Trucktown)
By: Jon Scieszka
This edition: Hardcover, 64 pages
Publication date: August 25, 2009
Ages: 3 - 8
For generations, Trucks have been sharing these beloved tales, rowdy rhymes, and honk-along songs. Finally these classics have been gathered into one big, noisy, high-octane collection! All the favorite truckery rhymes are...
Picture Book
Chicken Cheeks
By: Michael Ian Black
Illustrated by: Kevin Hawkes
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: January 6, 2009
Ages: 3 - 7
Some bears will go to any length to get some honey. This one recruits every animal that comes along to form, well, a stack. The result? Tail of the duck to the gluteus maximus of the duck-billed platypus (with many other...
That Book Woman
By: Heather Henson
Illustrated by: David Small
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: October 7, 2008
Ages: 4 - 8
Cal is not the readin' type. Living way high up in the Appalachian Mountains, he'd rather help Pap plow or go out after wandering sheep than try some book learning. Nope. Cal does not want to sit stoney-still reading some...
Young Adults Books
Chains
By: Laurie Halse Anderson
This edition: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publication date: October 21, 2008
Ages: above 10
If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl?
As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight...for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and her...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
Children's Fiction
Extra Credit
By: Andrew Clements
Illustrated by: Mark Elliott
This edition: Hardcover, 192 pages
Publication date: June 23, 2009
Ages: 8 - 12
It isn't that Abby Carson can't do her schoolwork, it's just that she doesn't like doing it. And that means she's pretty much failing sixth grade. When a warning letter is sent home, Abby realizes that all her slacking off...
2010 Beehive Award Nominees
Children's Poetry Books
Oops!
By: Alan Katz
Illustrated by: Edward Koren
This edition: Hardcover, 176 pages
Publication date: March 4, 2008
Ages: 7 - 10
Find your funny bone and grab your giggles!
You're about to embark on an adventure through the hilarious landscape created by ALAN KATZ and EDWARD KOREN.
From the kingdom of His Royal Sloppiness (also known as the...
Young Adults' Books
Shift
By: Jennifer Bradbury
This edition: Hardcover, 256 pages
Publication date: May 20, 2008
Ages: above 12
Imagine you and your best friend head off on a cross-country bike trek. Imagine that you get into a fight -- the cheap s.o.b. won't kick in any cash. Imagine you stop riding together. Imagine you reach Seattle then come home...
Other Formats: eBook
Unwind
By: Neal Shusterman
This edition: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publication date: November 6, 2007
Ages: above 14
Connor's parents want to be rid of him because he's a troublemaker. Risa has no parents and is being unwound to cut orphanage costs. Lev's unwinding has been planned since his birth as part of his family's strict religion....
Children's Picture Books
When Dinosaurs Came with Everything
By: Elise Broach
Illustrated by: David Small
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: September 25, 2007
Ages: 3 - 7
Get a WHAT!?
Free WHAT!?
DINOSAURS?
Just when a little boy thinks he's going to die of boredom from running errands with his mom, the most remarkable, the most stupendous thing happens. He discovers that on this day, and...
Children's Fiction Books
Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf
A Year Told Through Stuff
By: Jennifer L. Holm
Illustrated by: Elicia Castaldi
This edition: Paper Over Board, 128 pages
Publication date: July 24, 2007
Ages: 8 - 12
Ginny has ten items on her big to-do list for seventh grade. None of
them, however, include accidentally turning her hair pink. Or getting
sent to detention for throwing frogs in class. Or losing the lead role
in the...