Don't Bump the Glump and Other Fantasies

Publishers Weekly Back in 1964-the same year that his Giving Tree was published- Silverstein's first poetry collection appeared; it was also his only children's book to contain full-color art. Reissued in a slightly larger trim size, this collection of 45 poems tours readers past imaginary creatures, beginning with a being that looks remarkably like a […]

Hold Tight

Jeff Ayers – Library Journal: Coben (The Final Detail) continues to dominate the thriller genre in this latest examination of suburbia. Mike and Tia Baye's son Adam delivers typically teen angst to his befuddled family. As a precaution, Mike and Tia invest in a spyware program that will report every keystroke on Adam's personal computer […]

Into the Dark : an Echo Falls Mystery

KLIATT: AGERANGE: Ages 12 to 15.:I?ve read the two previous Echo Falls mysteries featuring Ingrid (Down the Rabbit Hole and Behind the Curtain) and enjoyed them, but I think this one may be the best of all. It is solid middle school fare, and any reader age 10 and up would like this mystery. The […]

The Final Warning : a Maximum Ride Novel

A breathtaking new story from the astonishing imagination of James Patterson: a girl who can fly has to save herself from the scientists who want to control her–and maybe save the world in the process.

Monkey and Me

Added to the Lisbon Public Library collection in celebration of the birth of Allie Ann Marie Clement. Synopsis: A little girl and her toy monkey love imitating different animals, everything from jumping like kangaroos to waddling like penguins! Open this book and play along with them.

Gallop

Added to the Lisbon Public Library collection in celebration of the birth of Jonathan Stephen Simpson. Synopsis: There's never before been a book like Gallop! Employing a patented new technology called Scanimation, each page is a marvel that brings animals, along with one shining star, to life with art that literally moves. It's impossible not […]

Big Bad Bunny

Added to the Lisbon Public Library collection in celebration of the birth of Eliahna Pearl Simpson. Publishers Weekly Review :At first glance, Big Bad Bunny seems like a creature that haunts the dreams of sleeping children: Fearlessly crossing "mucky swamps" and "rushing streams" ("Big Bad Bunny can go anywhere"), the monster has furiously knitted eyebrows, […]

Say Cheese!

Added to the Lisbon Public Library collection in celebration of the birth of Emily Rose Mitton. Synopsis: Lola has promised her mother that she will stay clean and tidy for school picture day. "It will be easy peasy, lemon squeezy!" says Lola. But staying clean and tidy is not so easy, especially when there is […]