Several years ago, the author thought it would be nice to keep a nature sketchbook. She would sit outside drawing trees, rocks and flowers…and couldn’t help but notice lots of birds…some she knew, and others she did not recognize. Had they been there all along and she just wasn’t paying attention? YES! She couldn’t stop…
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The Big Book of Superheroes by Bart King
This is not a book about Superman, Spiderman, or the Hulk. This is a book about how YOU can be a superhero. What do superheroes need? Well, there are chapters about choosing a superhero name, discovering your superpower, finding a sidekick, dressing like a superhero, and more. Each section is sprinkled with hilarious comic panels,…
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein
Kyle is really not a fan of reading. He would rather play games whether their board games or video games. However, that changes when Kyle is selected along with 11 other kids to spend the night at the new library in their town. The library was built by Luigi Lemoncello, the creator of all the…
Vulture Verses: Love Poems for the Unloved by Diane Lang
This poetry book starts out with a boy deciding to write friendship notes to all his friends, especially those who probably would never get a note like vultures, moles, snakes, etc. Each page is a note written in poetic form to a forgotten, somewhat disliked, animal or insect. Underneath each poem is a fact or…
Dory Fantasmagory by Abby Hanlon
Introducing Dory, better known as Rascal. This six year old has an imagination like no other and it can drive her older brother and sister crazy. Luke and Violet think Dory acts like a baby and won’t play with her. To get her to shape up, they tell her a story about a pretend Mrs.…
The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents: Macbeth by Ian Lendler
Maybe you've heard of Shakespeare from plays like Romeo and Juliet--sappy--or Othello: boring! But I promise you, this Shakespeare play is not like anything you've ever read before. The animals are putting on the play MacBeth at the zoo. There will be yummy snacks--peanuts, bananas, and even earthworms. You'll want to make sure you get a good seat--not behind the…
Eye to Eye: How Animals See the World by Steve Jenkins
Steve Jenkins has quite a few amazing nonfiction animal books and this one doesn’t disappoint! In Eye to Eye, you can learn how different animals have various types of eyes depending on their environment. For example, did you know that a halibut (fish) is born with an eye on each side of his head, but as…
The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak
This book really does not have a single picture in it! A gimmick? Maybe. But the concept is executed so well. Quite often we are drawn to books because of the pictures or the cover. What’s amazing about this book is that it proves that words have their own power. And that words in the…
The Dumbest Idea Ever! by Jimmy Gownley
If you ask Jimmy why he started creating comics, he would tell you it all began when he caught chicken pox in middle school. Before that he was popular, an athlete, and doing really well in school, but then he had to miss school and the championship basketball game for being sick. His grades begin…
Chomp by Carl Hiaasen
To those that enjoy a book with lots of action and reptiles: this book is for you! Wahoo is a normal middle-schooler living in Florida with his parents. What’s not normal about him is that his dad is a professional animal wrangler, and they have Alice, an alligator, living in their backyard. Once his dad suffers…
