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Check it Out August 2018 New and notable items from the Children's Department Highlights of new and exciting titles for caregivers, educators and children birth-twelve
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Sometimes you fly by Katherine ApplegateIllustrations and simple, rhyming text remind the reader that any achievement may be preceded by mistakes, and learning from them makes accomplishments sweeter.
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The little ice cream truck by Margery CuylerEveryone smiles when the little ice cream truck, loaded up with tasty treats, shows up at parties, baseball games, parks, and zoos.
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Crash! Boom! : A Math Tale by Robie H. HarrisElephant has a bucket of blocks and wants to build something tall. Something as tall as Elephant. But will it stay up? Crash! Boom! Not this time. Build it again? One block. Two blocks? Four blocks? It's still not as tall as Elephant. More blocks! Now will it stay up? Now will it be as tall as Elephant? Build, balance, count - question, estimate, measure - predict, crash and build again!
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We don't eat our classmates! by Ryan T. HigginsWhen the class pet bites the finger of Penelope, a tyrannosaurus rex, she finally understands why she should not eat her classmates, no matter how tasty they are.
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Drawn Together by Minh LêA boy and his grandfather cross an language and cultural barrier using their shared love of art, storytelling, and fantasy.
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Little Robot alone by Patricia MacLachlanWhen Little Robot finds a creative solution to his lonliness he gets straight to work on shaping the perfect companion out of metal, and affectionately names him Little Dog.
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This story is for you by Greg PizzoliIllustrations and easy-to-read text celebrate a friendship that recognizes what makes one person special and guarantees a closeness that will last through time and across distance.
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How do dinosaurs learn to read? by Jane YolenTold in rhyming text young dinosaurs learn to read, but only after many mishaps, like chewing their books and throwing them at the cat--but eventually they learn to respect their books, and treat them properly.
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Play This Book by Jessica YoungIllustrations and simple, rhyming text invite the reader to try various instruments and join a band.
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Heartseeker by Melinda BeattyWhen the King hears that Only Fallow can see lies and only tells the truth, he summons her, and she must learn to navigate the dangerous, political world of the King's court.
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Al Capone Throws Me a Curve by Gennifer CholdenkoMoose has his hands full during the summer of 1936 watching his autistic sister, Natalie, and the warden's daughter, Piper, and trying to get on a baseball team by proving he knows Al Capone.
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The Jamie Drake Equation by Christopher EdgeJamie has a close encounter with an alien who tells him his father, an astronaut on a mission at the International Space Station, is in trouble and needs Jamie's help.
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Whatshisface by Gordon KormanTwelve-year-old Cooper Vega and his military family has moved so often that he is used to new schoolmates not knowing his name, but at the moment he has a bigger problem--his new phone is haunted by the ghost of Roderick Northrop, a boy from the sixteenth-century, who needs his help to finish a quest, which is somehow tied up in the Stratford Middle School production of Romeo and Juliet.
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Scarlet Ibis by Gill LewisWhen a fire leaves twelve-year-old Scarlet in a different foster home than her autistic little brother, she does everything she can to find her way back to him - even if it means sacrificing a better life for herself.
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Freddie Mole : Lion Tamer by Alexander McCall SmithWhen Freddie gets a job at the circus to help his family financially, he is surprised - and frightened - to learn he will be the understudy for some of the acts.
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Not So Normal Norbert by James PattersonHaving been judged Different, Norbert, Drew, and Sophie are banished from the United State of Earth to Astronuts Camp on Zorquat 3 in the Orion Nebula, interfering with Norbert's quest to find his parents.
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The House That Lou Built by Mae RespicioLonging for an escape from her extended Filipino family, Lou plans to build a tiny house on land inherited from her father, but difficulties quickly arise.
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The language of spells by Garret WeyrGrisha the dragon is born in the Black Forest in 1803, the last year any dragon was born, and while young he was trapped by the emperor's sorcerer, and turned into a teapot, which was frustrating but kept him alive while magic and other dragons were disappearing--until one day he meets Maggie, a poet's daughter, and the two of them set out to discover what happened to all the other dragons.
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Light Waves by David A. AdlerAn introduction to the physics of light for young readers, with an overview of photons, transparency, and the electromagnetic spectrum, and the mechanics of reflection.
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Katherine Johnson Guiding Spacecraft by Megan Borgert-SpaniolReaders will meet some of history's most influential female scientists, inventors and mathematicians in this appealing series that examines how each smart, determined woman overcame cultural barriers to make important scientific breakthroughs. Easy-to-read text, timelines and special features explore these women's early lives, educations, careers and accomplishments. Graphics and photos introduce key technologies and concepts. Simultaneous eBook.
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Library on Wheels : Mary Lemist Titcomb and America's First Bookmobile by Sharlee GlennMary Leist Titcomb (1852-1932) was always looking for ways to improve her library. As a librarian at the Washington Country Free Library in Maryland, Titcomb was concerned that the library was not reaching all the people it could. She was determined that everyone should have access to the library, not just adults and those who lived in town. Realizing its limitations and inability to reach the county's 25,000 rural residents, including farmers and their families, Titcomb set about to change the library system forever with the introduction of book-deposit stations throughout the county, a children's room in the library, and her most revolutionary idea of all - a horse-drawn Book Wagon. Soon wagons were appearing in other parts of the country, and by 1922, the book wagon idea had received widespread support. The bookmobile was born!
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What Is Climate Change? by Gail HermanPresents an overview of climate change, discussing if humans are at fault for the rapidly warming Earth, and describes why climate change has recently become a political issue.
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Pearl Harbor by Jennifer SwansonPearl Harbor features real stories of that fateful Sunday morning in 1941 when Japanese planes executed a surprise attack on the American base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. American Girl Nanea Mitchell shares her own experiences adjusting to the drastic changes to everyday life in Hawaii following the attack.
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