Category Archives: New Children Books

Bob

 by Wendy Mass

It’s been five years since Livy and her family have visited Livy’s grandmother in Australia.  Now that she’s back, Livy has the feeling she’s forgotten something really important.  It turns out she’s right.  Bob, a short greenish creature didn’t forget Livy or her promise.  Five years ago Livy promised she would help him find his way home.  Now it’s time to keep that promise.

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Rosetown

 by Cynthis Rylant

The charming story of nine-year-old Flora Smallwood and the eventful year she spends in the quiet community of Rosetown, Indiana.

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Tiny Infinities

 by Jean Heilprin Diehl

Funny and devastatingly honest, this sharply observed depiction of family, friendship, and determination to prove one’s self rings loud and true.

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Estranged

 by Ethan M. Aldridge

Edmund and the Childe were swapped at birth.  Now Edmund lives in secret as a changling in the World Above, The Childe lives among the fae in the World Below.  The fate of both worlds may be in their hands.

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Breakout

 by Kate Messner

Nora Tucker is looking forward to summer vacation in Wolf Creek.  But when two inmates break out of the town’s maximum security prison, everything changes.  Doors are locked, helicopters fly over the woods, and police patrol the school grounds.  Worst of all, everyone is on edge.

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Friends Stick Together

 by Hannah E. Harrison

Rupert is a rhinoceros of refined sensibilities.  Levi, the new tickbird in class, is not.  it turns out, Rupert could really use a friend like Levi.

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Ocean Meets Sky

 by Eric Fan

This stunning picture book is about a young boy who sets sail to find a place his grandfather described…the spot where the ocean meets the sky.

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