The Kneebone Boy
Children's Literature: The Hardscrabble kids are weird. Otto doesn't speak and perpetually wears a scarf around his neck; Lucia is shamelessly blunt and fiercely protective of Otto, and Max does his best thinking on the roof of their house in the town of Little Tunks, England. Their mother has been missing and presumed dead for […]
Girl's Best Friend
Children's Literature: Maggie Brooklyn seems to find herself in one mysterious situation after another, but being the clever seven-grader that she is, it's no problem for her to follow the clues. This entry in the series centers on finding out who's stealing and reselling dogs, but Maggie also works on finding the courage to talk […]
The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic
School Library Journal Gr 4 7—Ten-year-old Persimmony Smudge has a bad day and loses her hat. She finds herself lost as well, survives an encounter with a poison-tongued jumping tortoise, and overhears a conversation between two underground-dwelling Leafeaters, who have total distain for humans. Persimmony travels to tell the king what she's learned and is […]
Grounded
School Library Journal: Gr 4 7—When her father, older brother, and young sister died in a plane crash, Daralynn was at home, grounded for having been out fishing without her parents' permission. Her mother opens a beauty salon in their small Missouri town (population 402) and also prepares the hair of the deceased at the […]
Zita the Spacegirl
School Library Journal Gr 2 5—While exploring a meteoroid crater, young explorers Zita and Joseph discover an unusual device featuring a conspicuous red button. Zita's curiosity compels her to press it, only to discover that it summons an alien creature that instantly abducts Joseph. The fearless heroine follows him to a planet inhabited by Scriptorians, […]
Colo's Story : the Life of One Grand Gorilla
Kirkus Reviews A surprise baby, the first zoo-born gorilla in the world, put the Columbus, Ohio, zoo on the map. Now well over 50, Colo has entertained zoo-goers, taught researchers, spurred the study and protection of gorillas in the wild and mothered five subsequent generations of gorillas now in zoos around the county. This chronicle […]
Totally Human : Why We Look and Act the Way We Do
The Washington Post – Abby McGanney Nolan Cynthia Pratt Nicolson makes young readers think about actions we take for granted…The text explains scientific concepts with concision and wit…Each action described is accompanied by a playful illustration…
Knuffle Bunny Free : an Unexpected Diversion
Added to the Lisbon Public Library in honor of Sawyer Joseph Fenoff. School Library Journal: PreS-K—Knuffle Bunny goes international when Trixie and her family fly to Holland to see Oma and Opa. Trixie, excited and slightly sleepy, leaves her toy rabbit behind and doesn't miss him until the plane is on the way to China. […]
City of Ashes
School Library Journal: Gr 9 Up: In this sequel to City of Bones (S & S, 2007), the nonstop action continues. The Shadowhunters are battling a world of demons that few people can see. Guided by the laws of the Clave, these hunters balance fighting with the other more mundane aspects of life-love, betrayal, and […]