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New & Coming Soon Books for Elementary SchoolersSeptember 2019
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Click on the title to check availability. Log-in to our online catalog to place holds. To place holds by phone, please call us at 708-366-5205. During open hours, you can also chat with us at www.riverforestlibrary.org. It's easy!
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Fabio, the World's Greatest Flamingo Detective
by Laura James
Flamingo detective Fabio and his giraffe associate, Gilbert, investigate when a singing hippopotamus disappears during auditions for a talent show being staged to save the failing Hotel Royale.
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Polly Diamond and the Magic Book
by Alice Kuipers
A little girl who loves words, reading and writing believes that her dreams have come true when a magic book appears on her doorstep and makes everything she writes happen in real life, before unexpected consequences show her that what she writes and what she means may not be the same thing.
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Not If I Can Help It
by Carolyn Mackler
Struggling with changes that are made difficult by her Sensory Processing Disorder, young Willa is thrown for a loop when her father reveals that he has been dating her best friend's mom.
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Nixie Ness, Cooking Star
by Claudia Mills
Required to attend an after-school program apart from her best friend when her mother gets a new job, third-grader Nixie begrudgingly joins the cooking camp and struggles to make the best of things in the wake of jealousy over her friend's growing bond with another girl.
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The Boy at the Back of the Class
by Onjali Q. Raúf
When a Syrian refugee boy joins their class, the determined students in Mrs. Kahn's schoolroom learn the newcomer's sad story before concocting a plan to reunite him with his loved ones.
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Sam Wu is Not Afraid of the Dark
by Katie Tsang
When he is forced to go camping with his best friend, Sam must deal with his fear of the dark and his annoying cousin who is visiting from Hong Kong.
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If the Hat Fits
by Erica-Jane Waters
Entering an engineering competition to raise funds for their school, aspiring inventor Millie and her friends, Pearl and Halinka, follow the guidance of their eccentric headmistress, Miss Bunsen. By the creator of the Petticoat Pirates series.
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Clyde
by Jim Benton
When Clyde the bear decides to leave his peaceful life in Cubville and head off for the mean streets of Crizzly City, he learns--with the help of a reformed juvenile delinquent butterfly--that the bad life isn't always so great.
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Best Friends
by Shannon Hale
A follow-up to Real Friends finds Shannon embarking on a promising sixth-grade year before the constantly changing rules of her best friend's in-crowd make her question whether popularity is worth the trouble.
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Science Comics : Cats: Nature and Nurture
by Andy Hirsch
In Andy Hirsch's Science Comics: Cats , we meet feline friends from the tiniest kodkod to the biggest tiger, and find out what makes your neighborhood domestic cats so special. Equipped with teeth, claws, and camouflage to survive everywhere from deserts to mountaintops, how did these ferocious felines make the leap from predators to playmates... and are they even done leaping?
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For Whom the Ball Rolls
by Dav Pilkey
While Dog Man works with the Supa Buddies to overcome his paranoia about a new supervillain, Petey the Cat is released from jail before he is forced to reckon with family troubles and the difference between being good and doing good.
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Sadiq and the Desert Star
by Siman Nuurali
Sadiq's father is going on a business trip, but before he goes he tells Sadiq a story of the Desert Star, which fits in perfectly with Sadiq's third grade class field trip to the planetarium, and inspires Sadiq to build a simple telescope to study the stars when his father returns.
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Charlotte Spies for Justice : a Civil War survival story
by Nikki Shannon Smith
In 1864 twelve-year-old former slave Charlotte is lucky enough to live on a plantation near Richmond, Virginia, owned by a Miss Van Lew, who hates slavery, and when Charlotte overhears a conversation she realizes that her mistress is gathering information and passing it on to the Union army; Charlotte is eager to help, (especially since her own cousin, Mary, is involved) but her enthusiasm may endanger them all--or help free 400 Union soldiers who are being moved from Richmond further south.
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Frost Friends Forever
by Christina Soontornvat
When Lina invites her best friend to her house for a sleepover, the girls decide to escape the palace and Great-Aunt Eastia's rules by using Lina's winter magic.
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Pencils, Pens & Brushes : A Great Girls Guide to Disney Animation
by Mindy Johnson
This nonfiction picture book is a fun and inspiring look at many of the amazing women who have worked at Disney Animation over the years-from Story Artists, to Animators to Inkers and Painters, all with unique personalities and accomplishments, such as becoming a record-holding pilot, or designing Hollywood monsters, or creating an international club for tall people!
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How to Draw Cute Animals
by Angela Nguyen
The illustrator of Are Mommy and Daddy Like Me? presents a follow-up to How to Draw Cute Stuff that instructs aspiring young artists on the steps of drawing a number of adorable creatures, from cats and dogs to bunnies and unicorns.
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Skulls!
by Blair Thornburgh
Revealing how skulls are more than just spooky Halloween symbols, an introduction to the human skull and its importance combines upbeat, engaging facts with kid-friendly artwork by the award-winning illustrator of Zombie in Love.
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