Many people think that Narwhal are imaginary creatures. Actually, like Belugas, they are a part of the whale family. Narwhal have a horn like a unicorn, but it is more like a tusk or a tooth. In Ben Clanton’s first book in his Narwhal and Jelly series, Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea!, readers are introduced…
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Comics Squad: Recess! edited by Jennifer L. Holm, Matthew Holm & Jarrett J. Krosoczka
In each of these short comic stories, recess plays a part. This book features stories by some of the best graphic novel writers today: Gene Luen Yang, Dav Pilkey, Raina Telgemeier, and more! You’ll hear stories about familiar characters, like Babymouse, Betty from Lunch Lady, and George and Harold from Captain Underpants. You’ll also meet…
My Pen by Christopher Myers
In My Pen by Christopher Myers, a boy celebrates the power of imagination by creating images with the simplest of supplies. For example, his pen rides dinosaurs…has x-ray vision…and tells everyone that he loves them. The phrases and images are thought-provoking, moving, and beautifully drawn. This book will inspire the artist and the humanitarian in…
Apocalypse Bow Wow by James Proimos III
Brownie and Apollo are dogs that love their home and the people that take care of them. The people know when to feed them, let them out of the house to do their business, and play with them. However, that changes one day when their people don’t come back and they start to get really…
The Adventures of Arnie the Doughnut: Bowling Alley Bandit by Laurie Keller
Arnie is a pet “doughnut dog.” His owner, Mr. Bing, was hoping to eat him for breakfast, but when Arnie started talking he knew he had to come up with something else to do with his doughnut. He’s exactly the kind of pet you might like to have: he tells jokes, does impressions, and most…
Inspector Flytrap and the Big Deal Mysteries by Tom Angleberger and Cece Bell
Inspector Flytrap is a venus flytrap (that's a plant that eats insects) on a skateboard, who solves mysteries with the help of his sidekick, Nina the Goat. They only take "Big Deal" mysteries, like the case of a mysterious blob on a famous painting or a single giant stinky shoe! This book has mysteries that…
Lulu’s Mysterious Mission by Judith Viorst
Have your parents ever gone on vacation without you?!? In Lulu’s Mysterious Mission, Lulu’s parents have decided to leave her home with “the best babysitter in town—maybe the world—,” Ms. Sonia Sofia Solinksy. Lulu doesn’t agree with any of this, so she comes up with several plans to try to get rid of the stern…
How to Capture an Invisible Cat by Paul Tobin
Invisible Cats? Dogs that can talk? Villains chasing Nate and Delphine? In How to Capture an Invisible Cat by Paul Tobin, Nate and Delphine have to figure out how to shrink Nate's cat, Proton, to his original size (Nate loves science and experimenting and made Proton the size of an elephant and invisible). The Red Death…
Big Red Lollipop by Rukhsana Khan
This wonderful picture book tells the story of Pakistani sisters and their first experience with a birthday party invitation. When oldest sister Rabina receives her first invitation to a birthday party, her younger sister begs to go along and the girls’ mother insists that Rabina take her sister to the party. This, of course, has…
The Boy Who Fell Off the Mayflower or John Howland’s Good Fortune by P.J. Lynch
This longer non-fiction picture book immerses the reader in the early life of John Howland, an indentured servant who, in the year 1620, sailed across the ocean on the Mayflower with his master to become one of the first settlers in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The incredibly rich illustrations and first-person narrative detailing the unbelievable challenges he…
