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New & Coming Soon
Books for Elementary SchoolersJune 2017 |
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Featured Children's Program
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Summer Reading Kick Off Party Thursday, June 8, 2:30 - 5:30 PMStart your summer off right! Sign up for our summer reading program and then join us in the park for a bounce house, inflatable obstacle course, popcorn, and lawn games. All summer reading participants are welcome to attend. Skip the line! Pre-register for the summer reading program and receive tickets for the Kick Off Party beginning May 22.
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Live Free, Spy Hard by Jonathan BernsteinCIA super-spy Bridget Wilder transitions from middle school to the White House on an undercover mission to rescue the president's daughter, in a conclusion to the popular series. J FICTION BERNSTEIN |
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The Bad Guys by Aaron BlabeyA group of animal companions who look bad but perform good deeds overcome their inborn natures to work together for the sake of rescuing hundreds of dogs from a maximum-security dog pound. J FICTION BLABEY |
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Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss BertmanAfter Emily and her family move to San Francisco, she teams up with new friend James to figure out the secrets of an odd book they find before the men who attacked Emily's hero solve the mystery or come after the friends. J FICTION BERTMAN |
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How to Stage a Catastrophe by Rebecca DonnellySeventh-grader Sidney Camazzola plans to be the director of the Juicebox Theater one day, but for now, he has a great idea--extortion--for keeping the theater open. J FICTION DONNELLY |
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Escape from Funland by Bill H. DoyleWhen a local theme park hosts a contest to turn one family's home into an ultimate fun house, Cal and his family eagerly participate in the competition's challenges, which include a search for a hidden object at the theme park. J FICTION DOYLE |
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The 65-Story Treehouse by Andy GriffithsA New York Times best-selling author invites readers to come hang out with him and his friend Terry in their 65-Story Treehouse—the fifth book in the illustrated middle-grade series filled with signature slapstick humor. J FICTION GRIFFITHS |
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The Lincoln Project by Dan GutmanInvited by the enigmatic billionaire Miss Z to travel through time and photograph some of history's most important events, Luke, Isabel, David and Julia are sent to the year 1863 to capture Abraham Lincoln delivering his famous Gettysburg Address. J FICTION GUTMAN |
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Yours Sincerely, Giraffe by Megumi IwasaWhen Giraffe decides to write a letter and send it to the other side of the horizon, he finds a penguin pen pal and the two curious animals begin to exchange letters to try to learn more about each other. J FICTION IWASA |
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Counting Sheep: Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet by Jacqueline KellyAspiring vet Callie helps a newly hatched butterfly with a broken wing before assisting with the delivery of a prize sheep's new lamb. By the Newbery Honor-winning author of The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate. J FICTION KELLY |
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Dream Magic by Joshua KhanLily the sorcerer queen and Thorn the giant-bat-whisperer are back to solve the mystery of who's behind the many threats to Gehenna: disappearing villagers, vicious jewel spiders, and a pending troll invasion. J FICTION KHAN |
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Charmed, I'm Sure by Sarah LittmanThe daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming gives herself a makeover after failing to secure a date for the Fall Festive dance only to learn that being the fairest in the land is not as exciting as she imagined. J FICTION LITTMAN |
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Blast from the Past by Seamus PilgerThe Fart Squad travels back in time to a sixteenth-century Scottish castle to retrieve the Golden Scratcher that will cure the town of a contagious itch. J FICTION PILGER |
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Secret Origins by James RileyTransported by a strange portal into a comic book city where a formidable darkness has terrified everyone, Bethany and Owen are challenged to defeat the darkness despite a lack of superpowers and discover important clues about Bethany's secret origins. J FICTION RILEY |
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A Blind Guide to Stinkville by Beth VrabelAfter moving to Stinkville from Seattle, where everyone knew her and she was comfortable, blind albino Alice finds herself floundering in her new environment, but she's determined to prove that she can be part of the community and by confronting her own blindness, everyone else in Stinkville seems to see her for the first time. J FICTION VRABEL |
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Forest's First Home by Tara ZannMeeting a boy who has grown up in the wild, Olive welcomes the boy into her home and attempts to train him to behave properly before a formal dinner with her fastidious grandmother, an endeavor that is complicated by the boy's fun-loving nature and her brother's mischief. J FICTION ZANN |
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Super Narwhal and Jelly Jolt by Ben ClantonHappy-go-lucky Narwhal and no-nonsense Jelly discover their inner superheroes in an anthology of three under-the-sea adventures that find them searching for their superpowers, trying to find their way back home and recovering from a case of the blues. J GN NARWHAL |
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CatStronauts: Mission Moon by Drew BrockingtonAn elite group of cat astronauts, from daring commander Major Meowser to ever-hungry pilot Waffles, fearlessly and hilariously embark on a space mission to save the world from a global energy shortage. J GN CATSTRONAUTS |
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When imaginations go wild in the schoolyard, anything can happen. Normal kids become world-saving heroes, girls become power-hungry pirates, and zombies take over the school after being infected by the dreaded epidemic--cooties! It's up to Scrap, his partner Yoshi (don't you dare call her a sidekick!), and Clinton, the baddest cowboy in the, um, badlands, to stop recess from collapsing into total apocalyptic chaos.
J GN RECESS WARRIORS
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The Earth Book by Jonathan LittonExplore the incredible place we call home! Marvel at the physical planet, learn how the weather works, meet some of the most influential people from the past and present, and much more. Examine every corner of the Earth, from outer space to underground and from the Maasai steppe to Manhattan. J 550 LIT |
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