Category Archives: New Children Books

Dark on Light

 

 by Dianne White

 When the family dog trots away from the house at sunset, three siblings tumble out the door to go find him.  Soon they find themselves immersed in the luminous colors, shades, and shadows of nature at night–both dark and light. 

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Zara’s Rules for Finding Treasure

 

 by Hena Khan

 Zara lives for bike rides with her friends–so when her shiny, brand-new bike goes missing from the park one day, she’s crushed.  After her parents insist she earn the money for another one herself, Zara’s determined to start a business,  But what kind? 

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Unbreakable: The Spies Who Cracked the Nazis’ Secret Code

 

 by Rebecca E. F. Barone

 During WWII, as the Germans waged war, every Nazi plan, every attack, was sent over radio.  But to the Allies listening in, the messages sounded like gibberish.  The communications were encoded with a powerful cypher–unless you could unlock the key to Germany’s Enigma machine. 

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Where The Lost Ones Go

 

 by Akemi Dawn Bowman

 Eliot is mourning Babung, her beloved grandmother who just passed away.  She’s less than excited to move to her new house, which smells like lemons and deception, and is searching for a sign, any sign, that ghosts are real.  Because if ghosts are real, it means she can find a way back to Babung. 

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Snow Horses

 

 by Patricia MacLachlan

 On the very last evening before the new year, when the snow is falling soft and thick, two black horses wait for the jingle of their sled.  As they ride about town, they will spread light to their beloved neighbors bidding farewell to the last night–and saying hello to the first morning. 

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I’m Ogre

 

 by Jeffrey Ebbeler

A family gets a surprise when a fun-loving ogre moves in next door and helps a sister bond with her screen-obsessed brother. 

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Walter Has A Best Friend

 

 by Sergio Ruzzier

Walter and Xavier are best friends.  They do everything together!  But then…quietly…slowly…Xavier becomes best friends with someone else.  Walter goes from feeling hurt and left out to feeling confused and angry to feeling just plain lonely.  Until one morning he wakes up feeling a tiny bit hopeful.  That day, while out for a hike, he meets Ollie.  Could this be the beginning of a new friendship.

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Izzy’s Tail of Trouble

 

 by Caroline Adderson

Isabel and Rollo are back…but, who’s in the doghouse now?  Isabel’s dog, Rollo–“the cutest, funniest puppy”–just doesn’t seem like himself lately.  Besides not fitting into her best friend Zoe’s doll clothes anymore, he’s become much harder to handle.  Sure, Isabel bent the rules for Rollo when he was a baby.  But now he’s a teenager–and he’s out of control!!  Is there a cure for this?  Has Isabel created a monster?  

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