Sue’s Favorites of 2011: Picture Books
| 11 experiments that failed: Offill, Jenny, 1968-[BKL+ HRN+ KIR* LMC+ PWK* SLJ* WCC+] {Ages 4 – 8, -E-, OCLC 0482553065} — Schwartz & Wade Books, 9/27/2011, 32p 0375847626 Teaches readers how to conduct science experiments through step-by-step instructions for eleven failed inquiries designed to test such hypotheses as whether it is possible to wash dishes in a washing machine, and if it is possible to live through the winter eating nothing but ketchup-covered snowballs. |
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| All the way to America : the story of a big Italian family and a little shovel: Yaccarino, Dan[BKL+ KIR+ LMC+ SLJ* WCC+] {Ages 5 – 9, 813, OCLC 0642842796} — Alfred A. Knopf, 3/8/2011, 34p 0375866426 Map on endpaper. Dan Yaccarino tells the story of his family’s experiences in the United States since his great-grandfather came to America from Italy through Ellis Island. |
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| Ant and Grasshopper: Gray, Luli[BKL+ HRN* PWX+ SLJ*] {Ages 4 – 7, 398.2, OCLC 0646112742} — Margaret K. McElderry Books, 3/8/2011, 32p 1416951407 While he stocks up for the winter, Ant is annoyed by Grasshopper’s singing and dancing all summer long, but soon realizes there is value in having fun. |
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| A ball for Daisy: Raschka, Christopher[BKL* HRN* KIR* NYT+ PWK* SLJ*] {Ages 3 – 7, -E-, OCLC 0649926186} — Schwartz & Wade Books, 5/10/2011, 32p 037585861X Daisy the dog is heartbroken when her favorite toy ball is destroyed while she is playing with another dog, but she realizes she has gained something, too. |
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| Balloons over Broadway : the true story of the puppeteer of Macy’s Parade: Sweet, Melissa, 1956-[BKL+ HRN* KIR+ PWK+ SLJ+] {Ages 4 – 8, 791.5, OCLC 0678923828} — Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 11/1/2011, 34p 0547199457 Includes bibliographical references. Tells the story of puppeteer Tony Sarg, the man who first invented the helium balloons that have become the trademark of the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. |
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| Benjamin Bear in Fuzzy thinking : a Toon book: Coudray, Philippe[BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR* LMC+ NYT+ PWK* SLJ*] {Ages 4 – 8, 741.5, OCLC 0705350640} — Toon Books, 8/23/2011, 32p <Easy-to-read comics. Level 2> 1935179128 Translated from the French. Readers are challenged to think and solve puzzles as they try to follow the fuzzy thinking and antics of Benjamin, a bear who does everything in his own funny way. |
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| Blackout: Rocco, John[BKL* KIR* PWK+ SLJ*] {Ages 4 – 8, -E-, OCLC 0671703134} — Disney/Hyperion Books, 5/24/2011, 40p 1423121902 Neighbors gather on the roof after the power goes out on a hot night in the city and start having so much fun not everyone is happy when the lights go back on. |
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| Blue chicken: Freedman, Deborah (Deborah Jane), 1960-[BKL+ HRN+ KIR* PWK+ RSL+] {Ages 3 to 5, -E-, OCLC 0682892577} — Viking, 9/15/2011, 32p 0670012939 An enterprising chicken attempts to help an artist paint the barnyard and accidentally turns the whole picture blue. |
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| Cookiebot! : a Harry and Horsie adventure: Van Camp, Katie[BKL* HRN* KIR* NYT+ PWK+ SLJ*] {Ages 3 – 6, -E-, OCLC 0643762146} — Balzer + Bray, 5/31/2011, 32p 0061974455 When Harry and his best friend Horsie build a robot that can reach the cookie jar for them, it goes out of control and wreaks havoc around the city. |
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| Drawing from memory: Say, Allen[BKL+ HRN+ KIR+ PWK* SLJ+] {Ages 10 and up, 741.6, OCLC 0701808875} — Scholastic Press, 9/1/2011, 63p 0545176867 Caldecott medalist Allen Say chronicles his experiences as an artist during World War II, and describes his relationship with his mentor Noro Shinpei, Japan’s leading cartoonist. |
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| Everything I need to know before I’m five: Fisher, Valorie[BKL* HRN+ KIR+ NYT+ PWK* SLJ* WCC+] {Ages 1 to 5, 372, OCLC 0664256942} — Schwartz & Wade Books, 7/26/2011, 36p 0375868658 A picture book designed to help children learn the basic concepts they need to know before starting kindergarten, including numbers, letters, colors, shapes, opposites, and seasons. |
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| Harry & Hopper: Wild, Margaret, 1948-[KIR+ PWK+ SLJ+] {Ages 2 to 5, -E-, OCLC 0650212865} — Feiwel and Friends, 1/18/2011, 32p 031264261X Harry is devastated when he returns home from school to find that his beloved dog, Hopper, will no longer be there to greet him. |
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| Hopper and Wilson: Van Lieshout, Maria[BKL+ HRN+ SLJ*] {Ages 3 – 7, -E-, OCLC 0646111888} — Philomel Books, 5/12/2011, 34p 0399251847 An elephant and a mouse embark on a journey to discover what it looks like at the end of the world. |
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| I broke my trunk!: Willems, Mo[BKL+ BUL* HRN+ KIR+ LMC+ PWK* SLJ+ WCC+] {Ages 4 – 8, -E-, OCLC 0641530693} — Hyperion Books for Children, 2/8/2011, 57p <Elephant & Piggie book> 1423133099 Gerald the elephant tells his best friend Piggie a long, crazy story about how he broke his trunk. |
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| Ice: Geisert, Arthur[BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR* LMC+ PWK+ WCC+] {Ages 4 – 8, -E-, OCLC 0601126307} — Enchanted Lion Books, 3/29/2011, 26p <Stories without words> 1592700985 This wordless tale depicts a community of pigs that suffer from the heat and go in search of ice despite the odds against them. |
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| I’m not: Smallcomb, Pam, 1954-[BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR* NYT+ PWK+ SLJ+ WCC+] {Ages 4 – 8, -E-, OCLC 0494980872} — Schwartz & Wade Books, 12/28/2010, 32p 0375861157 A young girl discovers that best friends can enjoy and do well at different things as long as they are good at being friends. |
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| I must have Bobo!: Rosenthal, Eileen {Ages 3 – 6, -E-, OCLC 0553360932} — Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1/25/2011, 32p 1442403772 When Willy wakes up without his favorite toy, he looks everywhere until he finds it. |
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| The Incredible Hulk : an origin story: Thomas, Rich[BKL+ HRN+ KIR+ LMC+] {Ages 3 – 6, -E-, OCLC 0703205805} — Marvel, 11/15/2011 1423142799 “Based on the Marvel comic book series The Hulk.” Relates the earliest adventures of the Incredible Hulk, based on the original comics, describing the life of Bruce Banner, from his shy childhood to his military career and the experiment that went wrong. |
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| In the meadow: Kato, Yukiko, 1936-[BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ PWK* SLJ+] {Ages 2 to 5, -E-, OCLC 0669754927} — Enchanted Lion Books, 5/17/2011, 25p 1592701086 Translation of: Kusahara. A little girl hears the sounds of nature all around her when she follows a butterfly into a meadow. |
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| I want my hat back: Klassen, J[BKL+ HRN+ KIR* LMC+ PWK* SLJ+] {Ages 4 – 8, -E-, OCLC 0682902500} — Candlewick Press, 9/27/2011, 32p 0763655988 When Bear loses his hat, he patiently asks the animals he comes across if they have seen it, and just as he is about to give up his search, a deer helps him remember exactly where he left his beloved hat. |
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| Jonathan and the big blue boat: Stead, Philip Christian[KIR* NYT+ PWK+ SLJ+] {Ages 3 – 8, -E-, OCLC 0627685187} — Roaring Brook Press, 6/7/2011, 32p 1596435623 “A Neal Porter Book.” Jonathan sets sail in the big blue boat in search of his lost stuffed bear Frederick, and collects a ragtag assortment of friends along the way. |
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| Love, Mouserella: Stein, David Ezra[BKL* HRN* HRN+ KIR* LMC+ NYT+ PWK+ SLJ+ WCC+] {Ages 3 to 5, -E-, OCLC 0707969154} — Nancy Paulsen Books, 9/15/2011, 28p 0399254102 Mouserella describes the things that are happening in her life in a letter she writes to her grandmother who lives in the country. |
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| Me– Jane: McDonnell, Patrick, 1956-[BKL+ BUL* KIR+ PWK+ SLJ+ WCC+] {Ages 3 – 6, -E-, OCLC 0648145481} — Little, Brown, 4/5/2011, 40p 0316045462 Holding her stuffed toy chimpanzee, young Jane Goodall observes nature, reads Tarzan books, and dreams of living in Africa and helping animals. Includes biographical information on the prominent zoologist. |
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| Mitchell’s license: Durand, Hallie[BKL+ HRN* KIR* PWK+ SLJ+] {Ages 3 – 7, -E-, OCLC 0683247649} — Candlewick Press, 4/26/2011, 40p 076364496X Mitchell never wants to go to bed until, at the age of three years, nine months, and five days he gets his license so that he can drive there–at least until he and the car have a disagreement about what fuel goes in the tank. |
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| The money we’ll save: Cole, Brock[BUL+ HRN+ KIR* NYT+ PWK* SLJ*] {Ages 4 – 8, -E-, OCLC 0676062178} — Farrar Straus Giroux, 10/11/2011, 33p 0374350116 “Margaret Ferguson Books.” In nineteenth-century New York City, when Pa brings home a young turkey in hopes of saving money on their Christmas dinner, his family faces all sorts of trouble–and expense–in their tiny apartment. |
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| Mouse & lion: Burkert, Rand[BKL* HRN* KIR* PWK+ SLJ+] {Ages 5 – 7, -E-, OCLC 0706022920} — Michael Di Capua Books, 10/1/2011, 30p 0545101476 An illustrated edition of Aesop’s fable of the mouse and the lion, who learn valuable lessons of friendship from one another. |
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| Naamah and the ark at night : a lullaby: Bartoletti, Susan Campbell {Ages 4 – 8, -E-, OCLC 0692084717} — Candlewick Press, 8/9/2011, 32p 0763642428 Noah’s wife settles the animals on the ark to sleep by singing a soothing lullaby. |
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| A New Year’s reunion: Yu, Li-Qiong, 1980-[BKL* KIR* PWK+ SLJ+] {Ages 3 to 5, -E-, OCLC 0714724636} — Candlewick Press, 10/31/2011, 40p 0763658812 “First published in 2008 by Hsin Yi Publications, Taipei, Taiwan”–P. facing t.p. Little Maomao, whose father works in faraway places, barely recognizes him when he comes home for his annual visit for Chinese New Year, but she quickly warms to him amidst the excitement of the holiday, and it seems the time passes much too quickly until he must leave again. |
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| Nursery rhyme comics : 50 timeless rhymes from 50 celebrated cartoonists: [BKL+ BUL+ KIR* LMC+ PWK+ SLJ+ WCC+] {Ages 5 – 7, 741.5, OCLC 0697267333} — First Second, 10/11/2011, 119p 159643600X Presents fifty traditional nursery rhymes in comic book format, with illustrations by well-known cartoonists. |
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| Owly & Wormy, friends all aflutter!: Runton, Andy[BKL+ HRN+ KIR* PWK+ SLJ*] {Ages 3 – 7, -E-, OCLC 0588998854} — Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 3/8/2011, 40p 141695774X Good friends Owly and Wormy are disappointed when their new plant attracts fat, green, bug-like things, instead of butterflies, until a metamorphosis occurs. |
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| Pig kahuna: Sattler, Jennifer Gordon[BKL+ HRN+ KIR* SLJ*] {Ages 3 – 6, -E-, OCLC 0667871754} — Bloomsbury, 5/24/2011, 32p 159990635X Fergus is afraid to go in the water, but he and his baby brother Dink find a surfboard while collecting treasures along the seashore. |
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| Rah, rah, radishes! : a vegetable chant: Sayre, April Pulley[BKL* HRN+ KIR+ NYT+ PWK* SLJ*] {Ages 3 – 7, 641.3, OCLC 0666573458} — Beach Lane Books, 6/14/2011, 32p 144242141X Rhyming text and colorful illustrations describe the tastes, scents, and appearance of different vegetables. |
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| Stars: Ray, Mary Lyn[BKL+ HRN+ KIR* LMC+ PWK+ SLJ+ WCC+] {Ages 2 – 6, -E-, OCLC 0667210486} — Beach Lane Books, 10/4/2011, 32p 1442422491 Explores the wonder of stars, whether they are in the night sky, on a plant as a promise of fruit to come, or in one’s pocket for those days when one does not feel shiny. |
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| These hands: Mason, Margaret H., 1954-[HRN+] {Ages 4 – 8, -E-, OCLC 0598304915} — Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 3/7/2011, 32p 0547215665 An African American man tells his grandson about a time when, despite all the wonderful things his hands could do, they could not touch bread at the Wonder Bread factory. Based on stories of bakery union workers; includes historical note. |
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| The three bears : a folk tale classic: Galdone, Paul[HRN+] {Ages 4 – 8, 398.2, OCLC 0670041068} — Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 3/21/2011, 33p <Folk tale classic> 0547370199 Three bears return from a walk and find a little girl asleep in baby bear’s bed. |
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| Three little kittens : a folk tale classic: Galdone, Paul[HRN+] {Ages 4 – 8, 398.8, OCLC 0024342690} — Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 3/21/2011, 32p <Folk tale classic> 0547575750 Three little kittens lose, find, soil, and wash their mittens. |
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| The three little pigs : a folk tale classic: Galdone, Paul[BKL+ HRN* HRN+ KIR+ PWK+ SLJ+ WCC+] {Ages 4 – 8, 398.24, OCLC 0698361351} — Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 3/21/2011, 41p <Folk tale classic> 0547370202 Three little pigs leave home to seek their fortunes, but their independence is threatened by the arrival of the big bad wolf. |
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| Tweak, tweak: Bunting, Eve, 1928-[HRN+ KIR+ PWK* SLJ*] {Ages 1 to 3, -E-, OCLC 0650821903} — Clarion Books, 5/23/2011, 40p 0618998519 While out for a walk, Mama Elephant answers her child’s questions about a monkey, a frog, a songbird, a butterfly, and a crocodile, all the while teaching about Little Elephant too. |
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| The twins’ blanket: Yum, Hyewon[BKL+ BUL+ HRN* HRN+ KIR* PWX* SLJ+ WCC+] {Ages 3 – 6, -E-, OCLC 0474867923} — Farrar Straus Giroux, 8/16/2011, 32p 0374379726 “Frances Foster Books.” Two twin girls, who have always shared everything, sleep in separate beds with their own blankets for the first time. |
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| Where’s walrus?: Savage, Stephen, 1965-[KIR+ NYT+ SLJ+] {Ages 3 – 6, -E-, OCLC 0646112430} — Scholastic Press, 2/1/2011, 32p 0439700493 An adventurous walrus escapes from the zoo and dons a number of different disguises in order to avoid being caught by the zookeeper. |
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| You will be my friend!: Brown, Peter, 1979-[KIR+ NYT+ SLJ+] {Ages 3 – 6, -E-, OCLC 0707964971} — Little, Brown, 9/5/2011, 34p 0316070300 Lucy, a young bear, starts her day determined to make a new friend but her enthusiasm leads to all sorts of problems until, just as she is about to give up, an unexpected friend finds her. |
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Sue’s Favorites of 2011: Youth Fiction
| The adventures of Sir Gawain the True: Morris, Gerald, 1963-[BKL+ HRN+ KIR* SLJ+] {Ages 6 – 9, -Fic-, OCLC 0607083619} — Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 4/18/2011, 118p <Knights’ tales ; bk. 3> 0547418558 Relates the adventures of Sir Gawain, the only undefeated knight in King Arthur’s court, who eventually learns the value of friendship, courtliness, and courtesy after a challenge from the Green Knight. |
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| Clementine and the family meeting: Pennypacker, Sara, 1951-[KIR* PWX+] {Ages 7 – 10, -Fic-, OCLC 0671703132} — Disney/Hyperion Books, 9/13/2011, 162p 1423123565 Third-grader Clementine tries to adjust to the news that her perfect family of four is adding a new brother or sister. |
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| Darth Paper strikes back : an Origami Yoda book: Angleberger, Tom[HRN* KIR* LMC+ PWK* SLJ+] {Ages 8 – 12, -Fic-, OCLC 0707968794} — Amulet Books, 8/23/2011, 159p 1419700278 “Bonus game and origami instructions”–Cover p. 4. After several Origami Yoda-related incidences, Dwight is suspended for being a troublemaker and Yoda asks Tommy and Kellen to save Dwight by creating a case file that proves Dwight is an asset to Ralph McQuarrie Middle School. |
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| Dead end in Norvelt: Gantos, Jack {Ages 10 – 14, -Fic-, OCLC 0692290969} — Farrar Straus Giroux, 9/13/2011, 341p 0374379939 In the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbor with a most unusual chore involving the newly dead, molten wax, twisted promises, Girl Scout cookies, underage driving, lessons from history, typewriting, and countless bloody noses. |
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| Diary of a wimpy kid : cabin fever: Kinney, Jeff[KIR+] {Ages 8 – 12, -Fic-, OCLC 0731731477} — Amulet Books, 11/15/2011, 217p <Diary of a wimpy kid ; 6; v. 6> 1419702238 Greg, stuck indoors with his family over the holiday because of a blizzard, suffers from claustrophobia and worries they will not be able to weather the storm. |
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| Dude : fun with Dude and Betty: Pliscou, Lisa[BKL+ HRN+ KIR* PWK* SLJ+ WMJ+] {Ages 5 and up, -E-, OCLC 0615338342} — Harper, 5/3/2011, 35p 0061756903 Simple text and illustrations describe Dude and Betty’s fun adventures as they take part in California’s surfer culture. |
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| The grand plan to fix everything: Krishnaswami, Uma, 1956-[BKL* HRN* HRN+ KIR* PWK* SLJ* WCC+ WMJ+] {Ages 8 – 12, -Fic-, OCLC 0646113171} — Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 5/24/2011, 266p 1416995897 Eleven-year-old Dini loves movies, and so when she learns that her family is moving to India for two years, her devastation over leaving her best friend in Maryland is tempered by the possibility of meeting her favorite actress, Dolly Singh. |
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| Inside out & back again: Lai, Thanhha[BKL+ KIR* PWK+ SLJ+] {Ages 8 – 12, -Fic-, OCLC 0606403465} — Harper, 2/22/2011, 262p 0061962783 Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama. |
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| Killer koalas from outer space : and lots of other very bad stuff that will make your brain explode!: Griffiths, Andy, 1961-[BKL+ HRN+ KIR+ LMC+ PWK*] {Ages 8 – 12, -Fic-, OCLC 0698332896} — Feiwel and Friends, 10/11/2011, 172p 0312367899 “Portions of this book were originally published in Australia as The bad book and The very bad book”–P. facing t.p. A collection of silly stories by Andy Griffiths, including selections featuring zombie kittens, rocket stealing ants, and killer koalas. |
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| Missing on Superstition Mountain: Broach, Elise[BKL* HRN+ KIR+ SLJ+] {Ages 8 – 12, -Fic-, OCLC 0664667517} — Henry Holt, 6/21/2011, 262p 0805090479 “Christy Ottaviano Books.” Simon, Henry, and Jack Barker decide to ignore their parents’ warning to stay away from Superstition Mountain in order to search for their missing cat Josie, but they begin to see the wisdom of their mom and dad’s advice when they find three human skulls. |
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| Mo Wren, lost and found: Springstubb, Tricia[BKL* BUL+ HRN+ KIR* LMC* NYT+ SLJ* VOY+ WCC+ WMJ+] {Ages 8 – 12, -Fic-, OCLC 0703205796} — Balzer + Bray, 8/23/2011, 248p 0061990396 When eleven-year-old Mo’s mother dies in an accident and Mo’s devastated father deals with the loss by moving the family to a new town and starting a new life as the owner of a sports bar, Mo must leave her much loved neighborhood on Fox Street to live in an apartment above the “cursed” Corkey’s Tavern. |
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| Okay for now: Schmidt, Gary D[BKL* BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ PWK* SLJ+ WCC+] {Ages 10 – 14, -Fic-, OCLC 0697552072} — Clarion Books, 4/5/2011, 360p 0547152604 Fourteen-year-old Doug Swieteck faces many challenges, including an abusive father, a brother traumatized by Vietnam, suspicious teachers and police officers, and isolation, but when he meets a girl known as Lil Spicer, he develops a close relationship with her and finds a safe place at the local library. |
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| The Penderwicks at Point Mouette: Birdsall, Jeanne[BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ LMC+ PWK* SLJ+ VOY+] {Ages 8 – 12, -Fic-, OCLC 0697552297} — Knopf, 5/10/2011, 295p 0375858512 Sequel to: The Penderwicks on Gardam Street. Rosalind heads to the beach when summer arrives, and the rest of the Penderwick girls go to a cozy cottage in Maine with Aunt Claire, leaving Skye feeling slightly overwhelmed with her new role as the oldest available Penderwick. |
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| The summer I learned to fly: Reinhardt, Dana[BKL* KIR*] {Ages 12 and up, -Fic-, OCLC 0663772838} — Wendy Lamb Books, 7/12/2011, 216p 0385739540 Thirteen-year-old Drew starts the summer of 1986 helping in her mother’s cheese shop and dreaming about co-worker Nick, but when her widowed mother begins dating, Drew’s father’s book of lists, her pet rat, and Emmett–a boy who is on a quest of his own–help her cope. |
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| Toys come home : being the early experiences of an intelligent stingray, a brave buffalo, and a brand-new someone called Plastic: Jenkins, Emily, 1967-[BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ LMC* NYT+ PWK* SLJ+ TEL+ WCC+] {Ages 6 – 10, -Fic-, OCLC 0595738681} — Schwartz & Wade Books, 9/13/2011, 132p 0375862005 Contains six linked stories that tell how Lumphy, StingRay, and Plastic become part of a little girl’s toy collection and follow their adventures as they make friends with some of her other toys and try to navigate in the world of real people. |
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| The trouble with chickens: Cronin, Doreen[BKL+ HRN* HRN+ KIR+ LMC+ PWK* SLJ+ WCC+ WMJ+] {Ages 8 – 12, -Fic-, OCLC 0435917597} — Balzer + Bray, 3/1/2011, 119p 0061215325 “A J.J. Tully mystery.” A hard-bitten former search-and-rescue dog helps solve a complicated missing chicken case. |
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| The trouble with May Amelia: Holm, Jennifer L[BKL+ BUL+ KIR* PWK* SLJ+] {Ages 8 – 12, -Fic-, OCLC 0646112893} — Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 4/5/2011, 204p 1416913734 Sequel to: Our only May Amelia. May Amelia Jackson has grown up a tomboy thanks to her seven brothers and a father who claims girls are useless, so when her father needs May to translate for a gentleman interested in buying their farm, she jumps at the chance to earn his respect. |
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| The unforgotten coat: Cottrell Boyce, Frank[BKL* BUL+ HRN+ KIR* NYT+ PWK* SLJ* VOY+] {Ages 8 – 12, -Fic-, OCLC 0699484405} — Candlewick Press, 9/13/2011, 92p 0763657298 Julie’s life becomes more complicated after the two Mongolian brothers in her Year Six class declare her to be their “Good Guide,” which means she is responsible for welcoming the brothers to their new home, helping them with school uniforms, and explaining British slang; meanwhile, Julie tries to win the attention of a boy and gain an invitation to Mimi’s house. |
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| Wonderstruck : a novel in words and pictures: Selznick, Brian[BKL* BUL+ HRN+ KIR* NYT+ PWK* SLJ* VOY+] {Ages 9 and up, -Fic-, OCLC 0714505154} — Scholastic, 9/13/2011, 637p 0545027896 Includes bibliographical references (p. 635-637). Relates the stories of twelve-year-old Ben, who loses his mother and his hearing in a short time frame and decides to leave his Minnesota home in 1977 to seek the father he has never known in New York City; and Rose, who lives with her father but feels compelled to search for what is missing in her life. Ben’s story is told in words; Rose’s in pictures. |
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Sue’s Favorites of 2011: Teen Fiction
| Beauty queens: Bray, Libba[BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR* LMC* PWK* RSL+ SLJ* VOY+] {Ages 12 and up, -Fic-, OCLC 0679937904} — Scholastic Press, 5/24/2011, 396p 0439895979 When a plane crash strands thirteen teen beauty contestants on a mysterious island, they struggle to survive, to get along with one another, to combat the island’s other diabolical occupants, and to learn their dance numbers in case they are rescued in time for the competition. |
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| Blink & Caution: Wynne-Jones, Tim[BKL* BUL* HRN* HRN+ KIR* LMC+ PWK* SLJ* WMJ+] {Ages 14 and up, -Fic-, OCLC 0641997535} — Candlewick Press, 3/8/2011, 342p 0763639834 Blink, hoping to steal some breakfast, is forced to go on the run after stumbling upon the fake kidnapping of a CEO and recovering the man’s cell phone, and he meets up with Caution, a girl trying to ditch her drug-dealing boyfriend, who identifies Blink as a mark until he tugs at her heart strings. |
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| Chime: Billingsley, Franny, 1954-[BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ LMC* NYT+ PWK* SLJ* VOY+] {Ages 12 and up, -Fic-, OCLC 0535490686} — Dial Books, 3/17/2011, 361p 0803735529 In the early twentieth century in Swampsea, seventeen-year-old Briony, who can see the spirits that haunt the marshes around their town, feels responsible for her twin sister’s horrible injury until a young man enters their lives and exposes secrets that even Briony does not know about. |
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| Divergent: Roth, Veronica[BKL+ HRN+ LMC+ PWK+] {Ages 14 and up, -Fic-, OCLC 0670476176} — Katherine Tegen Books, 5/3/2011, 487p 0062024027 In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomoly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all. |
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| Don’t stop now: Halpern, Julie, 1975-[BKL* BUL+ HRG* HRN* HRN+ KIR+ PWK* SLJ* VOY+] {Ages 13 and up, -Fic-, OCLC 0670481844} — Feiwel and Friends, 6/7/2011, 232p 0312643462 Recent high school graduates Lil and Josh leave Illinois for Oregon seeking Lil’s sort-of friend Penny, who faked her own kidnapping to escape problems at home and an abusive boyfriend, but Lil also wants to find out if she and Josh are meant to be more than friends. |
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| Paper covers rock: Hubbard, Jenny[BKL+ HRN+ KIR+ PWK* SLJ+ VOY+ WMJ+] {Ages 14 and up, -Fic-, OCLC 0649700079} — Delacorte Press, 6/14/2011, 183p 0385740557 In 1982 Buncombe County, North Carolina, sixteen-year-old Alex Stromm writes of the aftermath of the accidental drowning of a friend, as his English teacher reaches out to him while he and a fellow boarding school student try to cover things up. |
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| Where she went: Forman, Gayle[BKL* KIR* SLJ*] {Ages 14 and up, -Fic-, OCLC 0535490690} — Dutton Books, 4/5/2011, 264p 0525422943 Sequel to: If I stay. Adam, now a rising rock star, and Mia, a successful cellist studying at Juilliard, are reunited in New York City and reconnect for the first time since Mia’s near-fatal car accident three years earlier drove them apart. |
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| Why We Broke Up: Handler, Daniel[BKL* BUL+ HRN+ KIR* NYT+ PWK* SLJ* VOY+] {Ages 15 and up, -Fic-} — Little, Brown Books for Y, 12/27/2011 0316127256 Sixteen-year-old Min Green writes a letter to Ed Slaterton in which she breaks up with him, documenting their relationship and how items in the accompanying box, from bottle caps to a cookbook, foretell the end. |
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| You against me: Downham, Jenny[BKL* BUL+ HRN+ KIR* NYT+ PWK* SLJ* VOY+] {Ages 14 and up, -Fic-, OCLC 0696942317} — David Fickling Books, 9/13/2011, 412p 0385751605 Eighteen-year-old Mikey’s younger sister claims to have been raped and he seeks to avenge the crime, but when he meets and makes friends with Ellie, the sister of the accused, he complicates the situation considerably for all of them. |
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Sue’s Waiting to be Read 2011
| Alvin Ho : allergic to dead bodies, funerals, and other fatal circumstances: Look, Lenore[BKL+ HRN* KIR* NYT+ PWK* SLJ*] {Ages 6 – 10, -Fic-, OCLC 0694394352} — Schwartz & Wade Books, 9/13/2011, 197p 0375968318 A fearful second grader in Concord, Massachusetts, learns about death when his grandfather’s best friend passes away and he offers to accompany his grandfather to the funeral. |
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| Daughter of smoke & bone: Taylor, Laini[KIR+ PWK+ SLJ+] {Ages 15 and up, -Fic-, OCLC 0694509722} — Little, Brown, 9/27/2011, 418p 0316134023 Seventeen-year-old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters–the chimaerae who form the only family she has ever known. |
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| Icefall: Kirby, Matthew J., 1976-[BKL+ BUL+ KIR* NYT+ PWK* SLJ*] {Ages 9 – 12, -Fic-, OCLC 0706022919} — Scholastic Press, 10/1/2011, 325p 0545274249 Princess Solveig and her siblings are trapped in a hidden fortress tucked between towering mountains and a frozen fjord, along with her best friend and an army of restless soldiers, all awaiting news of the king’s victory in battle, but as they wait for winter’s end and the all-encompassing ice to break, acts of treachery make it clear that a traitor lurks in their midst. |
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| Liesl & Po: Oliver, Lauren, 1962-[BKL* BUL+ HRN+ KIR* NYT+ PWK* SLJ* VOY+] {Ages 8 – 12, -Fic-, OCLC 0703206376} — Harper, 10/4/2011, 307p 006201451X After her father’s death, Liesl is locked away in a tiny attic room by her stepmother, where she meets Po, a lonely ghost, and Will, an alchemist’s apprentice who bungles an important delivery and enlists Liesl and Po’s help in setting things right. |
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| A monster calls : a novel: Ness, Patrick, 1971-[BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ PWK+ SLJ+ VOY+] {Ages 12 and up, -Fic-, OCLC 0690584334} — Candlewick Press, 9/15/2011, 204p 0763655597 Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill–an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss. |
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| The name of the star: Johnson, Maureen, 1973-[BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ SLJ* VOY+] {Ages 12 and up, -Fic-, OCLC 0682892599} — G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 9/29/2011, 372p <Shades of London ; bk. 1> 0399256601 Rory, of Boueuxlieu, Louisiana, is spending a year at a London boarding school when she witnesses a murder by a Jack the Ripper copycat and becomes involved with the very unusual investigation. |
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| Planet Middle School: Grimes, Nikki[BKL* HRN+ KIR+ PWK+ SLJ+ VOY+] {Ages 10 – 14, -Fic-, OCLC 0701672239} — Bloomsbury, 9/13/2011, 154p 1599902842 A series of poems describes all the baffling changes at home and at school in twelve-year-old Joylin’s transition from tomboy basketball player to not-quite-girly girl. |
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| Ruby red: Gier, Kerstin[BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR* LMC+ PWK* SLJ*] {Ages 12 and up, -Fic-, OCLC 0656453174} — Henry Holt, 5/10/2011, 330p 0805092528 “Originally published in 2009 by Arena Verlag GmbH under the title Rubinrot: Liebe geht durch alle Zeiten”–T.p. verso. Sixteen-year-old Gwyneth Shepherd unexpectedly travels through time to the eighteenth century, and she must find out why her mother lied about her date of birth to hide her ability, research her history, and work with Gideon, another time traveler. |
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| Sidekicks: Ferraiolo, Jack D[BKL+ HRN+ KIR* LMC+ PWK* SLJ* TEL+ WCC+ WMJ+] {Ages 10 – 14, -Fic-, OCLC 0657596090} — Amulet Books, 5/1/2011, 309p 0810998033 Scott Hutchinson, aka Bright Boy, the sidekick of Phantom Justice, begins to question how long he can remain in the shadow of the superhero after discovering that his nemesis, supervillain sidekick Monkeywrench, might be one of the most popular kids at his school. |
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| Small persons with wings: Booraem, Ellen[BKL+ HRN+ KIR* LMC+ PWK* SLJ* TEL+ WCC+ WMJ+] {Ages 10 – 17, -Fic-, OCLC 0535490635} — Dial Books for Young Readers, 1/20/2011, 302p 0803734719 Mellie Turpin learns her family’s legacy when her grandfather wills her his run-down inn and bar and embarks on a magical quest when fairies demand that Mellie finds and returns a magical ring that is missing. |
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Sue’s Favorites of 2011: Youth Non-Fiction
| Amelia lost : the life and disappearance of Amelia Earhart: Fleming, Candace[BKL+ HRN* SLJ*] {Ages 8 – 12, 629.13, OCLC 0531718706} — Schwartz & Wade Books, 2/8/2011, 118p 0375841989 Includes bibliographical references (p. 112-116) and index. Traces the life of female aviator Amelia Earhart from her childhood to her final flight, discusses the extensive search for her and her missing plane, and includes photographs, maps, handwritten notes by Amelia, and sidebars. |
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| America is under attack : September 11, 2001 : the day the towers fell: Brown, Don, 1949-[BKL* BUL* HRN+ KIR* SLJ*] {Ages 6 – 10, 973.931, OCLC 0676067559} — Roaring Brook Press, 8/16/2011 1596436948 Includes bibliographical references. Provides a chronological account of September 11, 2001, and the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and the hijacking of a plane that crashed in Pennsylvania. |
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| Around the world : three remarkable journeys: Phelan, Matt[HRN* HRN+ KIR* LMC* PWK* SLJ* WCC+] {Ages 9 – 12, 741.5, OCLC 0693553921} — Candlewick, 10/11/2011, 235p 0763636193 Includes bibliographical references (p. 237).;The journey of Thomas Steves, wheelman, 1884 — The journey of Nellie Bly, girl reporter, 1889 — The journey of Joshua Slocum, mariner, 1895. Fictionalized accounts of the true stories of three people who made separate attempts to travel around the world in the late nineteenth century, including Thomas Stevens, who made the journey on a bicycle, reporter Nellie Bly, who used conventional methods of travel, and sea captain Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail around the world alone. |
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| Can we save the tiger?: Jenkins, Martin, 1959-[HRN+ KIR* LMC+ PWK+ SLJ+] {Ages 5 – 7, 591.68, OCLC 0612958123} — Candlewick Press, 2/22/2011, 50p 0763649090 Includes bibliographical references and index. Contains illustrations of rare animals, including tigers, ground iguanas, white-rumped vultures, and others, discusses the impact of human activities on the animals, and looks at how they can be saved. |
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| Coral reefs: Chin, Jason, 1978-[BKL* HRN* KIR* NYT+ PWK+ SLJ*] {Ages 5 – 9, 577.7, OCLC 0671541691} — Roaring Brook Press, 10/25/2011, 32p 1596435631 “A Neal Porter Book.”;Includes bibliographical references. A girl pulls an extraordinary book about coral reefs from the library shelf, and as she turns the pages, finds herself immersed in the coral cities of the sea. |
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| Drawing from memory: Say, Allen[BKL* BUL+ HRN* KIR* NYT+ PWK* SLJ*] {Ages 10 and up, 741.6, OCLC 0701808875} — Scholastic Press, 9/1/2011, 63p 0545176867 Caldecott medalist Allen Say chronicles his experiences as an artist during World War II, and describes his relationship with his mentor Noro Shinpei, Japan’s leading cartoonist. |
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| Heart and soul : the story of America and African Americans: Nelson, Kadir[KIR* PWK+ SLJ*] {Ages 9 and up, 973, OCLC 0685120438} — Balzer + Bray, 9/27/2011, 108p 0061730742 Includes bibliographical references (p. 104) and index. Examines the history of the United States, focusing on events that influenced African-Americans and how they advanced liberty and justice in America. |
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| How the dinosaur got to the museum: Hartland, Jessie[BKL+ BUL+ HRN* HRN+ KIR+ LMC+ SLJ* VOY+ WCC+ WMJ+] {Ages 6 – 9, 567.913, OCLC 0714724618} — Blue Apple Books, 10/11/2011, 34p 1609050908 Includes bibliographical references. Describes how the bones of a diplodocus ended up in the Smithsonian Institution, from their discovery in Utah in 1923 to their assembly. |
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| Into the unknown : how great explorers found their way by land, sea, and air: Ross, Stewart[BKL+ HRN+ KIR* SLJ+ WCC+ WMJ+] {Ages 8 – 13, 910.9, OCLC 0641520848} — Candlewick Press, 4/12/2011, 82p 0763649481 “With fantastic unfolding cross sections!”–Dust jacket.;Includes bibliographical references and index. Describes the methods explorers throughout history have used to find their way by land, sea, and sky. |
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| The manatee scientist : saving vulnerable species: Lourie, Peter[BKL+ BUL* HRN+ KIR+ SLJ*] {Ages 9 – 12, 599.55, OCLC 0580088521} — Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 4/11/2011, 80p <Scientists in the field> 054715254X Includes bibliographical references (p. 72-73) and index. An introduction to manatees and manatee conservation that includes photographs and information on the three different manatee species, their migration patterns, and their natural habitat. |
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| The many faces of George Washington : remaking a presidential icon: McClafferty, Carla Killough, 1958-[BKL* HRN* HRN+ KIR* LMC+ NYT+ PWK+ SLJ+ WCC+] {Ages 8 – 12, 973.4, OCLC 0645790960} — Carolrhoda Books, 4/1/2011, 120p 0761356088 Includes bibliographical references (p. 112-117) and index. Describes the project undertaken by historians, scientists, and artisans at Mount Vernon in 2005 to create accurate images of George Washington as he looked as a nineteen-year-old surveyor in the American wilderness, a forty-five-year-old general of the Continental Army, and the first president of the United States at fifty-seven, and reveals the results of their efforts. |
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| Me– Jane: McDonnell, Patrick, 1956-[BKL* BUL+ HRN+ LMC+ NYT+ PWK* SLJ* WCC+] {Ages 3 – 6, -E-, OCLC 0648145481} — Little, Brown, 4/5/2011, 40p 0316045462 Holding her stuffed toy chimpanzee, young Jane Goodall observes nature, reads Tarzan books, and dreams of living in Africa and helping animals. Includes biographical information on the prominent zoologist. |
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| A nation’s hope : the story of boxing legend Joe Louis: Pena, Matt de la[BKL+ HRN* HRN+ KIR* SLJ* WMJ+] {Ages 6 – 8, 796.83, OCLC 0535490590} — Dial Books for Young Readers, 1/20/2011, 40p 0803731671 An illustrated introduction to the life and accomplishments of professional boxer Joe Louis. |
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| The notorious Benedict Arnold : a true story of adventure, heroism, & treachery: Sheinkin, Steve[BKL+ BUL* HRN+ KIR+ LMC* PWK* SLJ* WCC+] {Ages 11 – 14, 973.3, OCLC 0606786088} — Roaring Brook Press, 11/9/2010, 337p 1596434864 “RB Flash Point.”;Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-317) and index. An introduction to the life of Benedict Arnold that highlights not only the traitorous actions that made him legendary, but also his heroic involvement in the American Revolution. |
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| Queen of the Falls: Van Allsburg, Chris[BKL+ HRN+ KIR+ LMC+ PWK+ SLJ+] {Ages 6 – 9, 971.3, OCLC 0605010700} — Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 4/4/2011, 40p 0547315813 Includes bibliographical references. Recounts the stunt performed by sixty-two-year-old retired charm school instructor Annie Edson Taylor, who went over Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel in an effort to gain fame and fortune. |
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| The quite contrary man : a true American tale: Hyatt, Patricia Rusch[BKL* HRN* KIR+ LMC* PWK* SLJ*] {Ages 5 – 9, 974, OCLC 0505419597} — Abrams Books for Young Readers, 5/1/2011, 32p 0810940655 In nineteenth century New England, Joseph Palmer flouts the law against wearing a beard and is accused by his fellow citizens of being unpatriotic and sinful, stubbornly refusing to shave even when he is sent to jail. |
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| Trapped : how the world rescued 33 miners from 2,000 feet below the Chilean desert: Aronson, Marc[BKL+ BUL* HRN+ KIR* LMC* PWK* SLJ* WCC+] {Ages 8 – 12, 363.11, OCLC 0668192671} — Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 8/30/2011, 134p 1416913971 Includes bibliographical references (p. 112-127) and index. Provides a detailed account of rescue efforts to save thirty-three miners, who got trapped in a copper-gold mine in San Jose, Chile, examining the psychological, physical, and environmental factors influencing the course of the rescue, and describing the efforts of experts from around the world–drillers, astronauts, submarine specialists, and others–came together in response to the crisis. |
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| Underground: Evans, Shane[BUL+ HRN+ KIR* PWK* SLJ* WCC+] {Ages 4 – 8, 973.7, OCLC 0542263693} — Roaring Brook Press, 1/18/2011, 32p 1596435380 “A Neal Porter book.” Follows a family’s journey toward freedom as they travel along the Underground railroad. |
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| The unforgettable season : the story of Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams and the record-setting summer of ’41: Bildner, Phil[BKL+ HRN+ KIR+ LJW+ PWK*] {Ages 5 – 8, 796.357, OCLC 0535490577} — G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 3/3/2011, 32p 039925501X Includes bibliographical references. Illustrations and text describe the 1941 baseball season, in which Red Sox players Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams set hitting records. |
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| The Wilder life : my adventures in the lost world of Little house on the prairie: McClure, Wendy[BKL+ HRN+ KIR+ LJW+ PWK*] {Ages Adult, 813, OCLC 0646111796} — Riverhead Books, 4/14/2011, 336p 1594487804 Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-336) and index. The author pays homage to Laura Ingalls Wilder by retracing the pioneer journey taken by the Ingalls family from Wisconsin to Plum Creek and South Dakota, and examines how Wilder’s life and books have influenced ideas about girlhood and the American West. |
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