Category Archives: New Children Books

Old Wolf

 by Avi

Casey’s expertise with a computer hunting-game doesn’t prepare him for a real-life encounter-with a wolf and a raven during the early spring “starving time.”

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The Doldrums

 by Nicholas Gannon

Archer’s mother tries to squelch his urge to explore, but Archer is determined to rally his new friends and rescue his grandparents from the iceberg where they were last seen.

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James To The Rescue

 by Elise Broach

While Marvin-a beetle- and his family collect items for their home, Uncle Albert stabs himself with a pair of scissors.  They need James, Marvin’s human friend, to help!

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Firefly Hollow

 by Alison McGhee

Firefly and Cricket each have been taught that “giants” are dangerous, but when they each leave the Hollow to pursue their dreams, they end up befriending one.

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Lenny and Lucy

 by Philip C. Stead

Peter creates Lenny, a life-sized doll, to guard the bridge from the “dark, unfriendly” woods outside his home.  But when night falls, Peter can’t sleep.  What if Lenny is lonely?

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We Forgot Brock

 byCarter Goodrich

Phillip’s parents say Brock is “imaginary,” but Phillip is devastated when Brock gets left behind at the Big Fair.  Luckily, a little girl and her friend Princess Sparkle Dust are also at the fair.

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The Wild Ones

 by C. Alexander London

Kit, a young raccoon, flees from his country home to rough Ankle Snap Alley, carrying a mysterious heirloom his mother left him…an heirloom that leaves the fate of the alley in his paws.

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Fuzzy Mud

 by Louis Sachar

After smearing some fuzzy-looking mud in a bully’s face to end a fight out in the woods, Tamaya’s hand is red and blistered.  If this is how her hand looks, the how does Chad’s face look?

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