New Children's Materials
May 2016
Junior Picture Books
Snappsy The Alligator Did
Not Ask To Be In This Book!
Jack, The King Of Ashes
by Julie Falatko JP Fal
by Andy Jones JP Jon
Jack leaves the coal box he has spent his
life sleeping in and he and his dog go out
into the world to find the lost Princess
Frederica.
Peppa's First Sleepover
by Scholastic Inc. JF Pep
When a meddling Narrator makes
slanderous claims in the hope of creating
a more exciting story, Snappsy the
alligator, who just wanted to go about a
very ordinary day, balks at the accusations made about his
appetite for cute fuzzy critters and refuses to invite
Narrator to his party.
Peppa attends her first sleepover with all
of her friends at Zoe's house and has a
wonderful time.
Chimpanzees For Tea!
by Jo Empson JP Emp
1-2-3 A Calmer Me: Helping Children
Cope When Emotions Get Out Of Control
When Vincent loses his shopping list,
distractions cause havoc with his
memory, replacing the items on the list
with an array of animals.
Buddy And Earl
The Only Child
Cops, Crocs, And Crooks!
Crybaby
A stunningly illustrated graphic picture
book finds a lost little girl following a
mysterious stag deep into the woods and
journeying through a strange and
wondrous world while trying to find her
way back home.
Goldilocks And The Three Bears
Baa Baa Smart Sheep
by Colleen A Patterson JP Pat
by Guojing JP Guo
by Maureen Fergus JP Fer
by Trey King JP Kin
Counting Crows
by Kathi Appelt JP App
by Karen Beaumont JP Bea
by Timothy S. Donehoo JP Don (Reading
Rainbow)
by Mark Sommerset JP Som
Bored Little Baa Baa plays a mischievous
trick on Quirky Turkey, telling him that
small objects on the ground are actually
"smarty tablets," with riotous and groan-
Ideas Are All Around
by Philip C. Stead JP Ste
Meet The Little Charmers
by Jenne Simon JP Sim
The Day The Crayons Came Home
by Drew Daywalt JP Day
The Little Red Hen
by Timothy S. Donehoo JP Don (Reading
Rainbow)
The Three Little Pigs
inducing results.
Cricket Song by Anne Hunter JP Hun
The Bears We Know by Brenda Silsbe JP Sil
The Berenstain Bears Hug And Make Up
by Stan Berenstain JP Ber
A Drop Of Gold by Vlasta van Kampen JP Van
by Timothy S. Donehoo JP Don (Reading
Rainbow)
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New Children's Materials
May 2016
Junior Picture Books
Continued
Emma and Julia Love Ballet
by Barbara McClintock JP McC
The Most Wonderful Thing In
The World
by Vivian French JP Fre
A lavishly illustrated retelling of a classic
tale follows the efforts of a shy young
man who becomes a princess's unlikely suitor when the
king and queen issue a decree that whoever presents
them with the most wonderful thing in the world will win
their daughter's hand in marriage. By the author of the
Tales From the Five Kingdoms series.
Professional ballerina Julia and young
student dancer Emma diligently take
lessons and explore their love for
expressing themselves through dance
while practicing for an upcoming
performance in which Julia will be on stage and little
Emma will watch in the audience before meeting her idol
backstage.
The Nonsense Show
by Eric Carle JP Car
The award-winning creator of The Very
Hungry Caterpillar infuses surrealistic
elements into a trilogy of picture book
stories that blend lighthearted wordplay
with visual jokes while introducing
children to different styles of artwork.
I Will Chomp You!
by Jory John JP Joh
A would-be ferocious blue monster
whimsically roars at readers to stop
progressing through his book so that he
does not have to share his beautiful,
delicious cakes with them. By the author/illustrator of the
Dinosaur vs... series.
Hector and Hummingbird
by Nicholas John Frith JP Fri
Tiger and Badger
by Emily Jenkins JP Jen
Best friends Tiger and Badger work
through disagreements over a toy, a chair
and sharing orange slices by pouting and
making silly faces that help them make
up.
A close friendship between Hector the
Bear and Hummingbird is challenged by
Hummingbird's constant noisy presence
whenever Hector needs peace and quiet.
A B C Dream
by Kim Krans JP Kra
Henry Wants More!
by Linda Ashman JP Ash
When Spring Comes
Listen To Our World
by Kevin Henkes JP Hen
The award-winning husband-and-wife
team behind Birds presents a story that
combines imagery, repetition and
alliteration to introduce basic language
concepts and the seasons as
experienced by animals who observe the
by Bill Martin Jr. & Michael Sampson JP Mar
Sticky, Sticky, Stuck!
by Michael Gutch JP Gut
end of winter.
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New Children's Materials
May 2016
Junior Fiction
The Wrinkled Crown
by Anne Nesbet JF Nes
Pegasus And The New
Olympians
by Kate O'Hearn JF O'He
Learning that a new equine contender
has been winning races with the
fastest times ever recorded, Emily and
her companions return to Earth to
investigate and uncover a CRU plot to
clone Olympians and Nirads. By the
author of the Shadow Dragon series.
A Taste Of Perfection
by Laura Langston JF Lan
Twelve-year-old Erin Morris gets a
chance to train Blue, her grandmother's
black Labrador retriever, for a dog show,
but while Blue may be perfect, Erin knows
that she is not, and embarks on a total
makeover to change that fact.
New Girl In Town
by Marilyn Easton JF Eas
New in town, Olivia volunteers at a pet
adoption booth as a way of making
friends, but when one of the puppies
escapes, Olivia and her new coworkers
must put their anger aside and work
together to find the lost animal.
Bad Bug Blues
by Sigmund Brouwer JF Bro
Long Shot
by Sigmund Brouwer JF Bro
Mystery Pennies
by Sigmund Brouwer JF Bro
Pegasus And The Flame
by Kate O'Hearn JF O'He
Pegasus And The Fight For Olympus
by Kate O'Hearn JF O'He
Strunk Soup
by Sigmund Brouwer JF Bro
Overcome by the temptation to learn to
play the lourka despite the town edict
forbidding use of the musical instrument,
Linna secretly builds a lourka for herself
and is forced to leave her home and set
things right when her best friend is
stricken by a curse.
The Orphan And The Mouse
by Martha Freeman JF Fre
In 1949 Philadephia, Mary Mouse and an
orphan named Caro embark on an
adventure when they team up to expose
criminals and make the Cherry Street
Orphanage a safe haven for mice.
Pathfinder
by Angie Sage JF Sag
The first book in a new arc of the
Septimus Heap series, beginning seven
years after the events of the original, tells
the story of Alice TodHunter Moon, a
young PathFinder who comes to the
Castle with a Magyk all her own.
SandRider
by Angie Sage JF Sag
"Alice TodHunter Moon, now apprentice
to the ExtraOrdinary Wizard Septimus
Heap, must locate the Egg of the Orm--a
source of great Magyk--before the baby
Orm hatches and imprints on the evil
sorcerer Oraton-Marr".
The Trouble With Tink
by Kiki Thorpe JF Tho
Ruby Lee & Me
by Shannon Hitchcock JF Hit
Hurry Up, Houdini!
by Mary Pope Osborne JF Osb
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New Children's Materials
May 2016
Junior Fiction Continued
My Life With The Liars
Scorpion Mountain
by Caela Carter JF Car
Assigned to protect the king's daughter,
Ranger Gilan joins forces with the
Brotherband crew to investigate and foil
a plot by Scorpion Cult assassins.
by E. Paul Zehr JF Zeh
Project Superhero
by John Flanagan JF Fla
The Turn of The Tide
by Rosanne Parry JF Par
Soar
by Joan Bauer JF Bau
The Turn of The Tide
You Can't See The Elephants
by Rosanne Parry JF Par
Discovering that two withdrawn
neighbourhood children are being
physically abused by their father,
13-year-old Mascha bravely takes things
into her own hands when the adults in the
community deny that anything is wrong.
Junior Graphic Novel
by Susan Kreller JF Kre
Little Robot
by Ben Hatke JF Hat
Discovering an adorable robot in the
woods, a wrench-wielding 5-year-old
endeavors to save him from big bad
robots that want to use the little robot to
achieve their own nefarious ends.
Fortune Falls
by Jenny Goebel JF Goe
Growing up in a community where
superstitions are real and kids are
segregated according to their luck,
unlucky Sadie, not wanting to be
separated from her lucky friend Cooper,
agrees to his plan to change her destiny
only to lose everything when she breaks a
mirror.
A Week Without Tuesday
by Angelica Banks JF Ban
Audacity Jones To The Rescue
Space Dumplins
by Craig Thompson JF Tho
In a highly acclaimed graphic novelist's
debut book for young readers, Violet
Marlocke sets out with a group of misfit
friends on an outer space mission to save
her father who has gone missing during a
hazardous job, leading them all into a
grand space adventure filled with quirky aliens, awesome
spaceships and sharp commentary on our environmentally
challenged world.
by Kirby Larson JF Lar
Cleo Edison Oliver: Playground Millionaire
Cat Dad, King Of The Goblins
Friday Barnes, Girl Detective
When Miri and Luey's father is
temporarily turned into a cat and runs
into the closet, they discover a secret
world where goblins rule in underground
tunnels, and they must escape the
goblins and find their father before it's too
by Britt Wilson JF Wil
by Sundee T. Frazier JF Fra
by R.A. Spratt JF Spr
late.
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New Children's Materials
May 2016
Junior Non-Fiction
Why We Live Where We Live
by Kira Vermond J304.2 Ver
Colors : With Color Wheel To
Mix and Match
by Susan Steggall J535.6 Ste
Invites readers to learn about colours
through illustrations of over twenty
vehicles from bulldozers and trucks to
cranes and diggers, and includes an
interactive colour wheel.
Discusses the many factors that affect
where humans choose to live, including
the availability of food and water, jobs,
and the need for safety.
The Ultimate Guide To Paper
Airplanes : 35 Amazing StepBy-Step Designs!
Do Fish Fart?
by Keltie Thomas J971.317 Tho
by Christopher L. Harbo
J745.592 Har
Provides step-by-step instructions for
folding paper airplanes at four increasing
levels of difficulty, begining with a simple dart, and includes
flying tips, techniques, and terms.
Bear Tales : Three Treasured
Stories
by Vlasta Van Kampen
J398.24 Van
A collection of three stories adapted from
legends from Russia, the Czech Republic,
and North America.
Animals On Parade :
Favourite Rhymes From Chirp
Magazine
Junior Board Books
Hip Hppos
by Jane Yolen JBB Yol
Children are introduced to a rainbow of
colours through hippos' sometimes
bizarre and always hilarious wardrobe
choices, from purple flip-flops and golden hip boots to
yellow sweat suits and bright red tank tops.
Shapes In The Sky
by Scholastic Inc. JBB Sha
Invites young readers to observe the
different shapes of clouds in the sky.
Published by Owlkids
J810.809282 Ani
Good Morning, Canada
When Green Becomes
Tomatoes : Poems for All
Seasons
by Jane Yolen JBB Yol
by Andrea Lynn Beck JBB Bec
One Hippo Hops
Sad, Mad, Glad Hippos
by Jane Yolen JBB Yol
by Julie Fogliano J811 Fog
A poetic celebration of the seasons by
the author of If You Want to See a Whale
blends gentle illustrations with evocative
verses about elements ranging from
flowers blooming through sheets of snow and happy frogs
dancing in the rain.
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Cobourg, Ontario K9A 5P4 | 905-372-9271
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