The Quiet Book
Added to the Lisbon Public Library in honor of Landon Kenneth Knox. Children's Literature: The animals arranged across the jacket, fingers on shushing lips, and the bunnies asleep under books on the cover, assure us that this is indeed a quiet book. Many kinds of quiet are noted, one per page, from: "First one awake […]
Art & Max
Added to the Lisbon Public Library in honor of Caleb Leonard Chase. School Library Journal: K-Gr 4—Underlying this tale of a feisty friendship between two lizards is a thought-provoking exploration of the creative process. Readers first encounter Arthur rendering a formal portrait of a stately reptile, one of several reacting to the unfolding drama in […]
Olivia Goes to Venice
Added to the Lisbon Public Library in honor of Miaya May Dodge. Children's Literature The irrepressible Olivia the Pig is off to Venice for spring vacation. She rather enjoys the search for weapons at the airport but is truly enthusiastic to discover that pizza and ice cream—make that "gelato"—are available everywhere. Falconer's whimsical tale about […]
Little White Rabbit
Added to the Lisbon Public Library in honor of Aniyah Rose Paquin. School Library Journal PreS—A quiet gem of a picture book about a small bunny with a big imagination. "When he hopped through the high grass, he wondered what it would be like to be green." Each burst of curiosity is followed by a […]
Erak's Ransom
VOYA The book 7 and book 8 installments in the popular Ranger's Apprentice series will not disappoint fans. Erak's Ransom, book 7, takes place before the start of book 5, when Will is still an apprentice to Halt. The Skandian leader Erak, an ally of the Araluen's, has been captured and ransomed by a tribe […]
Darkest Mercy
Synopsis The Summer King is missing; the Dark Court is bleeding; and a stranger walks the streets of Huntsdale, his presence signifying the deaths of powerful fey. Aislinn tends to the Summer Court, searching for her absent king and yearning for Seth. Torn between his new queen and his old love, Keenan works from afar […]
Can We Save the Tiger?
School Library Journal PreS-Gr 2—This thoughtful introduction to endangered species is a perfectly packaged call to action that takes readers from desperate to hope. More than just the kakapo, bison, sawfish, and others included, this book is about the thousands of animals in danger of extinction and our responsibility to make changes to save them. […]
Energy Island
School Library Journal Gr 2 6—This account of how the residents of a Danish island made large and small changes to switch to renewable energy sources puts names and faces to processes described in more conventional discussions of alternative energy. Before the transformation, Samsø's most remarkable feature was its continual winds. A determined teacher spent […]
The Lost Hero
School Library Journal Gr 5 9—This book will delight fans of The Lightning Thief (Hyperion, 2005) as Percy, Annabeth, and others play roles in the new prophecy and its subsequent quest. A few months after The Last Olympian (Hyperion, 2009) ends, Jason wakes up on a bus filled with problem kids from the Wilderness School […]
Across the Universe
School Library Journal Gr 10 Up—Imagine leaving everything behind in order to be with the people you love, only to be left with nothing. Amy and her parents have been cryogenically frozen to be awakened in 300 years when their spaceship reaches the planet they will colonize. Unfortunately, Amy is unfrozen 50 years too soon. […]