Category Archives: New Children Books

The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne

by Jonathan Stroud

Scarlett McCain is a shoot-first ask-questions-later kind of outlaw.  She scrapes by on bank heists, her wits–and never looking back.  She’s on the run from her latest crime when she comes across Albert Browne.  He is the sole survivor of a horrific accident, and against her better judgement, Scarlett agrees to guide him to safety.  This is a mistake.  Soon there are men with dogs and guns and explosives hot on their heels.  Scarlett’s used to being chased by the law, but this is extreme.  It was only a little bank she’d robbed…As they flee together across the wilds, fighting off monstrous beasts, and dodging their pursurers, Scarlett comes to realize that Albert Browne is hiding a terrible secret.  And that he may be the most dangerous threat of all.

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Negative Cat

by Sophie Blackall

A winning tale about Max, a feline whose behavior doesn’t win any raves, except from the boy who believes in him and finds a way to turn a negative into a positive. 

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Bathe The Cat

by Alice B. McGinty

Bathe the floor? Sweep the dishes? This riotous romp of a picture book follows a frantic family as they try to get some chores done–with no help from the family cat, who keeps scrambling the list of chores with hilarious effects.

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Off-Limits

by Helen Yoon

For every child who has ever felt that grown-ups have all the fun, here is a vicarious chance to slip behind the office door–and play with all the tempting things that are off-limits.

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Long Road to the Circus

by Betsy Bird

Twelve-year-old Suzy Bowles is tired of summers filled with chores on her family farm in Burr Oak, Micigan, and desperate to see the world.  When her wayward uncle moves back home to the farm, only to skip his chores every morning for mysterious reasons, Suzy decides to find out what he’s up to once and for all.  and that’s when she meets legendary former circus queen Madame Marantette and her ostriches. 

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Black Hole Chasers

by Anna Crowley Redding

Award-winning investigative journalist Anna Crowley Redding presents the riveting true story of one of the most inspiring scientific breakthroughs of our lifetime–the Event Horizon Telescope team’s reveal of the first image of a super massive black hole. 

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Pax Journey Home

by John Klassen

This sequel to the #1 NY Times bestselling novel Pax is another powerful and timeless tale of a boy, a fox, and the unshakable bonds of found family.

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