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Our Suggestions - Early
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Babies
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Picture Books
Jack and Annie are on their third mission to find (and inspire!) creative people to bring happiness to others through the arts (Mozart and Louis Armstrong so far). Set in Ireland, Jack and Annie meet an Irish girl and go on a magical adventure that changes the girl’s life—she grows up to be Lady Gregory, who helped bring back the Irish legends, started a theater, and helped the Irish people regain both their heritage and their pride.
(Hardcover $15.99)
Look! It’s a book with a mouse and his house, and a mole in a hole, and a bike with a spike, And, of course, A big, fat cow that goes . . . 5,4,3,2,1 . . . KAPOW! New York Times- bestselling author Andy Griffiths, follows up his slimy, rhymey, easy-to-read hit, The Cat on the Mat is Flat, with ten more hilarious short, rhyming stories guaranteed to make kids laugh. Great for new or reluctant readers. (Hardcover $18.99)
We're excited to announce that the spunky little redhead is back! Clementine has been picked for Friend of the Week, which means she gets to be line leader, collect the milk money, and feed the fish. Even better, she’ll get a Friend of the Week booklet in which all the other third grade kids will write why they like her. Clementine’s best friend, Margaret, has all sorts of crazy ideas for how Clementine can prove to the class she is a friend. Clementine has to get a great booklet, so she does what Margaret says. What begins as one of the best weeks ever may turn out to be the worst. Who knew that being a friend could be so hard?
Whisker-tingling adventure and fun are the main ingredients of this new story set in faraway Japan. Geronimo Stilton gets caught up in the World Karate Championships thanks to the efforts of Bruce Hyena and Piccolo Tao, Bruce’s super-sporty cousin. Geronimo only has a week to become real champion material! Will Geronimo manage to overcome his fears in order to win the competition? (Paperback $8.99)
Zac’s family holiday is boooooring--until he gets his latest mission: find and rescue a top GIB agent missing near the Vanishing Tomb somewhere in the Amber Sands. The tomb keeps vanishing and once inside, booby traps are everywhere. Zac will need more than a bag full of super-cool gadgets to complete the mission--and get out alive! The Zac Power books are perfect engaging titles for the reluctant reader. Featuring action, adventure, technological gadgets, humor, and the coolest protagonist since James Bond, they are both an excellent and entertaining read. (Paperback $5.99)
Authors Who Can Do No Wrong Judy Blume, Andy Griffiths, & Dick King-Smith Perennial Favourites Clementine series by Sara Pennypacker Dear Max by Sally Grindley Dodsworth series by Tim Egan Mini Winnie series by Laura Owen & Korky Paul Read It, Write It, Draw it series by Nora Gaydos Roxie and the Hooligans by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
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