New Books
November 2009
Princess Hyacinth : (the surprising tale of a girl who floated) (#00237V5)
byHeide, Florence Parry.
Publisher's Hardcover
1st ed.
48 p. : col. ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.
$15.29
Title Details
Title: Princess Hyacinth : (the surprising tale of a girl who floated) / by Florence Parry Heide ; illustrated by Lane Smith ; design by Molly Leach.
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade Books, p2009, c2009
ISBN-13: 978-0-375-84501-7ISBN-10: 0-375-84501-1 / LCCN: 2008039923
Dewey: -E- / Classifications: / Fiction
Easy
Interest Level: K-3 / Reading Level: 2.5
Subjects: / Princesses Fiction.
Floating bodies Fiction.
Picture books for children.
Illustrator: Smith, Lane
Notes: Princess Hyacinth is bored and unhappy sitting in her palace every day because, unless she is weighed down by specially-made clothes, she will float away, but her days are made brighter when kite-flying Boy stops to say hello.
I will be especially very careful (#00807Y3)
by Child, Lauren.
Publisher's Hardcover
32 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
$14.44
Title Details
Title: I will be especially very careful / characters created by Lauren Child ; text based on the script written by Anna Starkey ; illustrations from the TV animation produced by Tiger Aspect.
Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers, p2009, c2009
ISBN-13: 978-0-8037-3379-4ISBN-10: 0-8037-3379-8 / LCCN: 2008048049
Dewey: -E- / Classifications: / Fiction
Easy
Interest Level: K-3 / Reading Level: 2.8
Series: Charlie and Lola
Included in These Sets/Series: / Charlie And LolaSubjects: / Charlie (Fictitious character : Child) Fiction.
Lola (Fictitious character : Child) Fiction.
Coats Fiction.
Picture books for children.
Tracings: Starkey, Anna. ; Tiger Aspect Productions.
Notes: When Lola's best friend Lotta gets a fluffy new coat, Lola borrows it and proceeds to almost ruin and lose the fluffy, pristine garment while running errands.
Big Wolf & Little Wolf, the little leaf that wouldn't fall (#00569V5)
byBrun-Cosme, Nadine.
Publisher's Hardcover
1st American ed.
26 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
$14.40
Title Details
Title: Big Wolf & Little Wolf, the little leaf that wouldn't fall / Nadine Brun-Cosme, Olivier Tallec ; translated by Claudia Bedrick.
Publisher: Enchanted Lion Books, p2009, c2009
ISBN-13: 978-1-59270-088-2ISBN-10: 1-59270-088-8 / LCCN: 2009027594
Dewey: -E- / Classifications: / Fiction
Easy
Interest Level: K-3 / Reading Level: 2.9
Subjects: / Wolves Fiction.
Leaves Fiction.
Friendship Fiction.
Picture books for children.
Tracings: Tallec, Olivier. ; Bedrick, Claudia Zoe.
Notes: Translation of: Grand Loup et Petit Loup, La Petite feuille qui ne tombait pas. When Big Wolf decides to surprise Little Wolf in the dead of winter by fetching a little leaf from an otherwise bare tree, both of them are rewarded in different ways by Big Wolf's effort.
Killer ants (#15437Z5)
byNirgiotis, Nicholas.
Publisher's Hardcover
1st ed.
29 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
$16.16
Title Details
Title: Killer ants / by Nicholas Nirgiotis ; illustrated by Emma Stevenson.
Publisher: Holiday House, p2009, c2009
ISBN-13: 978-0-8234-2034-6ISBN-10: 0-8234-2034-5 / LCCN: 2007046922
Dewey: 595.79 / Classifications: / Nonfiction
Interest Level: 3-6 / Reading Level: 6.0
Subjects: / Ants.
Predatory insects.
Tracings: Stevenson, Emma.
Notes: Includes index. Describes the different types of killer ants that are found around the world, providing information on their habitats, behavior, physical characteristics, and the ways they help and hurt humans.
Murder at midnight (#00882T7)
byAvi, 1937-
Publisher's Hardcover
1st ed.
254 p. ; 22 cm.
$15.29
Title Details
Title: Murder at midnight / Avi.
Publisher: Scholastic Press, p2009, c2009
ISBN-13: 978-0-545-08090-3ISBN-10: 0-545-08090-8 / LCCN: 2009003214
Dewey: -Fic- / Classifications: / Fiction
Interest Level: 5-8 / Reading Level: 5.4
Subjects: / Magicians Fiction.
Orphans Fiction.
Renaissance Italy Fiction.
Mystery and detective stories.
Historical fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Notes: Falsely accused of plotting to overthrow King Claudio, scholarly Mangus the magician, along with his street-smart servant boy, Fabrizio, face deadly consequences unless they can track down the real traitor by the stroke of midnight.
Odd and the Frost Giants (#21157Z7)
byGaiman, Neil.
Publisher's Hardcover
1st ed.
117 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
$12.74
Title Details
Title: Odd and the Frost Giants / Neil Gaiman ; illustrated by Brett Helquist.
Publisher: Harper, p2009, c2009
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-167173-9ISBN-10: 0-06-167173-8 / LCCN: 2009014574
Dewey: -Fic- / Classifications: / Fiction
Interest Level: 3-6 / Reading Level: 4.5
Subjects: / Heroes Fiction.
Loki (Norse deity) Fiction.
Thor (Norse deity) Fiction.
Odin (Norse deity) Fiction.
Giants Fiction.
Mythology, Norse Fiction.
Norse mythology Fiction.
Illustrator: Helquist, Brett
Notes: An unlucky twelve-year-old Norwegian boy named Odd leads the Norse gods Loki, Thor, and Odin in an attempt to outwit evil Frost Giants who have taken over Asgard.
The naming of Tishkin Silk (#03341X3)
by Millard, Glenda.
Publisher's Hardcover
1st American ed.
101 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
$13.59
Title Details
Title: The naming of Tishkin Silk / Glenda Millard ; illustrated by Patrice Barton.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, p2009, c2003
ISBN-13: 978-0-374-35481-7ISBN-10: 0-374-35481-2 / LCCN: 2008016796
Dewey: -Fic- / Classifications: / Fiction
Interest Level: 3-6 / Reading Level: 6.3
Subjects: / Names Fiction.
Families Fiction.
Death Fiction.
Friendship Fiction.
Self-acceptance Fiction.
Australia Fiction.
Illustrator: Barton, Patrice
Notes: Griffin Silk feels responsible for the absence of his mother and baby sister, but he and his new friend Layla find the perfect way to make everyone feel a little bit better.
The unfinished angel (#00739W5)
by Creech, Sharon.
Publisher's Hardcover
1st ed.
164 p. ; 20 cm.
$16.89
Title Details
Title: The unfinished angel / Sharon Creech.
Publisher: Joanna Cotler Books, p2009, c2009
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-143096-1ISBN-10: 0-06-143096-X / LCCN: 2009002796
Dewey: -Fic- / Classifications: / Fiction
Interest Level: 3-6 / Reading Level: 4.7
Subjects: / Angels Fiction.
Orphans Fiction.
Villages Fiction.
Switzerland Fiction.
Notes: In a tiny village in the Swiss Alps, an angel meets an American girl named Zola who has come with her father to open a school, and together Zola and the angel rescue a group of homeless orphans, who gradually change everything.