New Children's Fiction Books
New arrivals added to our Children's Fiction Collection in the last 7 days
| Title | Date added | |
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| All the Dear Little Animals by Nilsson, Ulf/ Eriksson, Eva (ILT) |
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Mar 6, 2020 |
| Amelia Bedelia & Friends Arise and Shine by Parish, Herman/ Avril, Lynne (ILT) |
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Mar 6, 2020 |
| Armadillo and Hare - small tales from the big forest by Strong, Jeremy, 1949- author. |
Armadillo and Hare are best friends who are very different from each other, but no matter what happens they always come together and help each other. |
Mar 6, 2020 |
| Avram's gift by Blumberg, Margie. |
Mark is afraid of the photograph of his great-great grandfather Avram from Russia. Who was Avram, and was he really as stern as he looks in that photograph? One special Rosh Hashanah, Mark learns the answers to these questions from his Grandpa Morris and discovers Avram's gift. |
Mar 13, 2020 |
| Awesome Dog 5000 vs. Mayor Bossypants by Dean, Justin, author. |
"When Awesome Dog's heroics gain media attention, Marty, Skyler, and Ralph find themselves targeted by the narcissistic mayor of Townville"-- |
Mar 12, 2020 |
| Can you see me? by Scott, Libby, author. |
Eleven-year-old Tally is starting sixth grade at Kingswood Academy and she really wants to fit in, which means somehow hiding her autism, hypersensitivity to touch, and true self, and trying to act "normal" like her former best friend, Layla, who is distancing herself from Tally and her fourteen-year-old sister, Nell, who is always angry with Tally for being different; but as she records her thoughts and anxieties in her coping diary, Tally begins to wonder--what is "normal" anyway? |
Mar 9, 2020 |
| Coo by Noel, Kaela, author. |
"Coo, a ten-year-old girl raised by a flock of pigeons, delights in finally making human contact, but quickly learns that our world is more cruel and complicated than she could have guessed"-- |
Mar 11, 2020 |
| Could you survive the Ice Age? - an interactive prehistoric adventure by Hoena, B. A., author. |
The reader's choices determine whether three friends will survive after being mysteriously transported back in time to when the climate was cold and saber-toothed cats and wooly mammoths roamed the land. |
Mar 9, 2020 |
| Double cross by McMullen, Beth, 1969- author. |
While participating in The Challenge at Briar Academy, Abby and friends learn that their nemesis is using Briar as headquarters for planning an attack, and that The Ghost has inside help. |
Mar 9, 2020 |
| Ereth's birthday by Avi, 1937- |
Feeling neglected on his birthday, Ereth, the cantankerous old porcupine, sets out looking for his favorite treat and instead finds himself acting as "mother" to three young fox kits. |
Mar 13, 2020 |
| Escape from Hat by Kline, Adam (Adam K.), author. |
"We all have good luck and bad, courtesy of our very own lucky rabbits and black cats. Most people never even notice them. Cecil Bean had certainly never noticed his villainous cat, Millikin, or his devoted rabbit, Leek. At least not until Millikin hatched a deliciously evil plan to have Leek vanish within a magician's hat, leaving Cecil with no good luck at all. Thrown into a shadowy, perilous world, Leek will stop at nothing to return to his boy--even though no rabbit has ever escaped the land |
Mar 11, 2020 |
| Fly back, Agnes by Atkinson, E. J. (Elizabeth Jane), 1961- author. |
Provided by Publisher. |
Mar 11, 2020 |
| Hamster in a handbasket by Baglio, Ben M. |
James is chosen to look after the school hamster during the summer, but someone vandalizes his garden and steals the poor little thing. Who's behind the theft? City kids visiting the town or someone closer to home? |
Mar 13, 2020 |
| Itch by Farquhar, Polly, author. |
Ohio sixth-grader Isaac "Itch" Fitch strives to fit in, but everything seems to be going wrong, even before a school lunch trade sends his best friend, Sydney, to the hospital. |
Mar 9, 2020 |
| King Flashypants and the toys of terror by Riley, Andy, author, illustrator. |
"Something strange is afoot in Edwinland--King Edwin's arch nemesis Emperor Nurbison isn't acting like himself. He's smiling. He's cheerful. He's even making toys for the peasants! King Edwin knows he must be up to something. But what? Dangerous dolls anddastardly plots await in this latest rib-tickling adventure."--Page [4] of cover. |
Mar 6, 2020 |
| Mañanaland by Ryan, Pam Muñoz, author. |
Twelve-year-old Max, who loves the legend Buelo tells him about a mythical gatekeeper who can guide brave travelers on a journey into tomorrow, sets out on a dangerous quest to discover if he is true of heart and what the future holds, armed with a treasured compass, a mysterious stone rubbing, and Buelo's legend as his only guides. |
Mar 9, 2020 |
| Nikki Tesla and the fellowship of the bling by Keating, Jess, author. |
When Mary Shelley is kidnapped by a mad scientist, Nikki Tesla and the other members of the Genius Academy team are forced to agree to steal a priceless, lethal high-tech ring in order to free her; but Nikki also plans to use the heist to get closer to her long-lost father who claims he is not the criminal mastermind she believes him to be. |
Mar 9, 2020 |
| Prairie lotus by Park, Linda Sue, author. |
Prairie Lotus is a powerful, touching, multilayered book about a girl determined to fit in and realize her dreams: getting an education, becoming a dressmaker in her father's shop, and making at least one friend. Acclaimed, award-winning author Linda Sue Park has placed a young half-Asian girl, Hanna, in a small town in America's heartland, in 1880. Hanna's adjustment to her new surroundings, which primarily means negotiating the townspeople's almost unanimous prejudice against Asians, is at the |
Mar 11, 2020 |
| Show me a sign by LeZotte, Ann Clare, author. |
It is 1805 and Mary Lambert has always felt safe among the deaf community of Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard where practically everyone communicates in a shared sign language, but recent events have shattered her life; her brother George has died, land disputes between English settlers and the Wampanoag people are becoming increasingly bitter, and a "scientist" determined to discover the origins of the islands' widespread deafness has decided she makes the perfect "live specimen"--and kidnapped he |
Mar 9, 2020 |
| Storm dog by Shotz, Jennifer Li, author. |
When Scout and his master Matt arrive in Puerto Rico in the wake of a hurricane, the dog they are fostering, Rosita, runs off into the forest, prompting Scout and Matt to go in after her. |
Mar 9, 2020 |