Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
(Preschool - Grade 1)

This endearing picture book has become one of my personal favorites. Virtually every child (and adult) loves a good cookie. Author Amy Rosenthal has surrounded cookie-making and baking with the basics of good manners. Children will close this book with a greater understanding of manners and having built a larger vocabulary without even knowing it! Read this warm and inviting book on your next cookie-baking day.

To find this book at our library, visit http://www.newberglibrary.org/


Reviewed by Cynthia S., Children’s Staff

Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls: Moving Day, by Meg Cabot

Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls: Moving Day, by Meg Cabot
(Grades 3-5)

Allie Finkle has rules to live by like, “don’t get a pet that poops in your hand” and “if you don’t want a secret spread around, don’t tell it to Scott Stamphley.” Some rules are easier to follow than others. When Allie finds out she’s moving to a new house and a new school, life gets decidedly more difficult. She had a fight with her best friend, who wasn’t the greatest friend anyway and now isn’t speaking to her, there might not be room for her at her new school, and she isn’t entirely sure that there isn’t a zombie hand living in the attic of their new house. Allie navigates school and family life with hilarious results, standing up for herself and finding her own unique solutions.

To find this book at our library, visit newberglibrary.org.

Reviewed by Korie B., Children’s Staff

New Books @ Your Library

Kid's Chapter Books
Star Jumper, by Frank Asch
Dinosaur Trouble, by Dick King-Smith
The Red Ghost, Marion Dane Bauer
Attack of the Growling Eyeballs, Lin Oliver
Nim at Sea, Wendy Orr

Picture Books

Spot 7 Animals (Seek & Find)

, by KIDSLABEL
The Three Sillies, by Steven Kellogg
In November, by Cynthia Rylant

True Stories for Kids

The Legend of Hong Kil Dong: The Robin Hood of Korea, by Anne Sibley O'Brien

Usborne First Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life, Sam Taplin Just Like Me: Stories and Self-Portraits by Fourteen Artists, Edited by Harriet Rohmer

To find these books at our library, visit http://www.newberglibrary.org/

Posted by Amanda L., Children's Staff

Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller by Sarah Miller

Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller
By Sarah Miller

(Grades 4-6)

Beautifully told, this fictional account of Anne Sullivan’s life with Helen Keller brings this heroine to light. From Anne’s struggles in early childhood, through her struggle to make the Keller family understand the potential of young Helen, this dramatic story told through Sullivan’s eyes reminds the reader that this famous story has two heroines, not just one.

To find this book in our library, visit http://www.newberglibrary.org/

Reviewed by Korie B., Children's Staff

Alvin Ho Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look

Alvin Ho Allergic to Girls, School, and other Scary Things by Lenore Look

(Grades 1-5)

Alvin Ho is a young, second-grade boy with a love for superheroes, a fabulous family and a multitude of fears. These fears, or "allergies" as Alvin calls them, range from school and girls to heights and scary movies. He doesn't talk in school, only at home and on the bus where things feel a bit safer. Alvin struggles to make friends and avoids his best friend because "nobody wants a girl desk buddy, except for maybe a girl." He handles his setbacks well (often with hilarious results) and is always prepared with his PDK (personal disaster kit). Older brother Calvin gives some no-nonsense advice on how to make friends by first saying hello, then trading baseball cards. 

Author Lenore Look has somehow tapped into the excitement and insecurity known to many a young boy.  She does it with humor and sensitivity. Young readers making the jump to chapter books will laugh out loud and hope for more. I loved this book and am anxious to share it with my own son. 

Also check out Lenore Look's Ruby Lu series, Ruby Lu, Brave and True and Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything.

To find this book in our library, visit www.newberglibrary.org.

Reviewed by Amanda L., Children's Staff