by Alex Alice
What if man journeyed into space in 1869, not 1969?
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Castle in the Stars: The Space Race of 1869
Category Archives: New Children Books
Whatshisface
by Gordon Korman
When 12-year-old Cooper Vega moves for the third time in five years, he receives a state-of-the-art smartphone to help him stay in touch with old friends. He’s had phones before, but this one is buggy and unpredictable. When a boy named Roderick Northrop communicates with him through the phone, Cooper realizes the phone isn’t buggy at all; the thing is haunted!
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The Treasure of Mad Doc Magee
by Elinor Teele
Everyone knows the legend of Doc Magee: he found an enourmous gold nugget and hid it in the mountains before disappearing. Jenny and Pandora know that to solve their problems, they must find that gold.
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The House in Poplar Woods
by K.E. Ormsbee
Rites from the Book of Rites. Lee and his mother serve Memory, while Felix and his father assist Death. One Halloween, Gretchen Whipple proposes a bargin: if the twins help her solve a murder, she’ll help them break the Agreement.
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Swallow’s Dance
by Wendy Orr
In Bronze Age Crete, an earthquake, volcano, and tsunami destroy Leira’s home. Society descends into chaos; the privilege of nobility is no more. Along with her injured mother and elderly nurse, Leira must find safety.
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Do Not Lick This Book
by Idan Ben-Barak
This highly interactive and genuinely funny book teaches kids where microbes live, how easily they can be transferred, and how truly tiny they are in relation to us.
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Did You Eat the Parakeet?
by Mark Iacolina
A little girl can’t find her parakeet–her kitty must have eaten it! Right?
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Trevor
by Jim Averbeck
This is an elegantly told, truly unique tale of a canary who befriends a lemon and finds that you don’t have to be two of a kind to form a meaningful and lasting friendship.
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Red Sky at Night
by Elly Mackay
A memorable collection of weather sayings, beautifully arranged in story form and illustrated by renowned paper artist Elly Mackay.
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The Mushroom Fan Club
by Elise Gravel
Explore the science of some of nature’s weirdest and wildest characters-mushrooms!
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