James is a very picky eater. He finds broccoli disgusting and milk repulsive. There are also many other foods he does not like, but Dad knows that James need to eat and drink these things. After all, we wouldn’t want to hurt the troll’s feelings that lives in the basement and makes the family’s food.…
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E-audio King & Kayla series
Several titles in the King & Kayla beginning chapter book series are available as audio books from Hoopla. This series is about Kayla and her dog King, who solve mysteries in their neighborhood. Great for fans of Nate the Great and The Chicken Squad books by Cronin. Books recommended by Julie J., Assistant Head of…
E-book-Are You Scared, Darth Vader?
Celebrate May the Fourth (Be With You!) by reading Are You Scared, Darth Vader? by Adam Rex with all your Jedis, big and small. Available on Hoopla, along with many other great Star Wars titles! Book recommended by Julie J., Assistant Head of Youth Services Want to make sure you don't miss any of the…
E-book-The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey
The Bad Guys, by Aaron Blabey, is a story about an unexpected bond between some of the baddest animal guys on the face of the planet, a shark, a snake, a piranha, and their gang leader, a big bad wolf. Mr. Wolf wants this group to stop being known as the bad guys, and to turn…
E-audio read-along book-Dragons Love Tacos and Dragons Love Tacos 2
image of Dragons Love Tacos and Dragons Love Tacos 2 by Adam Rubin, illustrated by Daniel Salmieri Dragons do love tacos, but they definitely do NOT love spicy salsa! Both Dragons Love Tacos and Dragons Love Tacos 2: The Sequel are available as e-audio books with a read-along option (the text will appear on the…
I am not a chair! by Ross Burach
Here’s a super funny story about giraffe’s first day in the jungle, when all the other animals think he’s a chair! After a full day of being sat on, giraffe has had it. He’s just about to tell the next animal he sees that he is not a chair, when along comes lion and boy…
My Pet Humanby Yasmine Surovec
Get inside the mind of a street-smart cat in this fun, beginning chapter book filled with black and white cartoon drawings. The cat, later named Oliver, knows the best places to find food and how to avoid getting caught by animal control. Oliver has friends—a rat, a dog, and another cat—but they all go home…
Purloining of Prince Oleomargerine by Mark Twain and Philip C. Stead
Hooray Mark Twain has a new book out! Well sort of, Mark Twain used to make up bedtime stories for his children and this story is based on the recently found notes he left for one of those stories. Those notes made it into the hands of Phillip Stead to turn into a completed story…
Princess Cora and the Crocodile by Laura Amy Schlitz
Princess Cora never gets to have any fun. Ever since she was born, her parents have been busy preparing her to become queen. This includes taking three baths a day, studying boring books on how to run a kingdom, and exercising so that she’ll be strong. She writes a letter to her fairy godmother, but…
Yours Sincerely, Giraffe by Megumi Iwasa
Giraffe is bored and looking for a friend, so he writes a letter for Pelican to deliver across the horizon. There Pelican finds Penguin, and a series of letters result, with some pretty funny misunderstandings when Giraffe decides to dress up as his new friend, Penguin, and visit him. Since Giraffe has never seen a…
