New Books

Did you know the Children's Department gets new books often? We do! Here's just some of the great new books we have. As always with new books, if they're not on the new books displays, they'll be on the shelf (if they're not checked out).

E FEENEY 
Little Owl’s Orange Scarf

 
E PIZZOLI  
The Watermelon Seed 
 


E SAUER 
Mostly Monsterly

E YOON 

Penguin on Vacation

New Books

Here's some of the awesome new books in the Children's Department. As always with new books, if they're not on the new books displays, they'll be on the shelf (if they're not checked out).

E BLECHMAN
Night Light
 











E DOMINGUEZ 
Let’s Go, Hugo!











E KLAUSMEIER 
Open this Little Book










 
The book below isn't exactly newly published (it originally came out in 1964), but it does have a newly updated and reissued cover! That means this is the perfect time to read this book if you haven't already! Many of you may have seen the movie before (J DVD CHITTY), but have you read the book? Bonus tidbit: the book was written by Ian Fleming, the author of the James Bond novels. He wrote it for his son!

J FIC FLEMING
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang : the magical car

Little Golden Books (LGB) at the Smithsonian

The Smithsonian Institution's American History Museum in Washington, D.C. is having a special display of classic Little Golden Books (LGB) from now until January in person, but you can also visit an online exhibit of some of the books here. These are the books with golden spines that changed the world of children's books. As the Smithsonian's website says: "Prior to World War II, large-format, classic story books for children were prohibitively expensive and available to a privileged few. Little Golden Books (LGB) offered new ideas and modern stories in an affordable format." Where would we be today with these books?

Example of a LGB our library has: The Poky Little Puppy (E LOWREY)

New Books

We've gotten some really cool new books in recently! Here's just a few of them. As always with new books, if they're not on the new books displays, they'll be on the shelf (if they're not checked out).

 It's a firefly night written by: Dianne Ochiltree and illustrated by: Betsy Snyder (E OCHILTREE)

The Museum written by: Susan Verde and illustrated by: Peter Reynolds (E VERDE)

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library written by: Chris Grabenstein (J FIC GRABENSTEIN)

 The natural world written by: Jon Richards (J 508 RICHARDS)
 







 

How an Illustrator Creates a Picture Book

Adam Rex, author and illustrator of several books, has a fascinating blog post about how he creates a picture book. There are awesome pictures of his work and good details about the "insider" process of book illustrating. Check it out here to learn what it's really like to make a book!

On Adam's blog, he shows cool stuff like these "thumbnail" illustrations-in-progress for Chloe and the Lion written by Mac Barnett (E BARNETT)

 After you read his blog post, why not check out some of his many other excellent books?

 Frankenstein makes a sandwich written and illustrated by Adam Rex (J 811.6 REX)


 









Chu's Day, written by Neil Gaiman and illustated by Adam Rex (E GAIMAN)












Billy Twitters and his Blue Whale Problem written by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Adam Rex (E BARNETT)

Pssst! written and illustrated by Adam Rex (E REX)

Books by Jon Klassen

Jon Klassen is an influential up-and-coming author and illustrator of children's books.  He's even won a Caldecott Award, one of the most important book awards ever!

Here's an awesome book trailer for This is Not My Hat by: Jon Klassen (E KLASSEN), the 2013 Caldecott Award winner.

The first book Jon Klassen has written, also involving hats, is I Want My Hat Back (E KLASSEN)

 

He's also illustrated some other books written by others, including Extra Yarn written by: Mac Barnett (E BARNETT), The Dark written by: Lemony Snicket (E SNICKET), and Cats Night Out written by: Caroline Stutson (E STUTSON)

New Books

Below are some awesome new books! As always with new books, if they aren't checked out or on the shelf when you look using their call number, they will be on the "Children's New Books" display. (Look for them below the orange sign hanging from the ceiling!)

 
E GWYNNE
Ruby learns to swim by: Phillip Gwynne
Simple and well-told story about a girl learning how to swim.

E STAAKE 
Bluebird  by: Bob Staake
A lonely boy makes friends with a wild bird, who eventually helps him when he is bullied by other kids. Sad at times, but has a happy ending. It has wonderful illustrations and no words! The illustrations tell the story.

 

E YERKES
A Funny Little Bird by: Jennifer Yerkes
 A lonely and invisible bird wears brightly-colored feathers and flowers to try to make friends, but ends up learning a simple lesson about friendship in the end!

 

ER WILLEMS
A Big Guy Took My Ball! by: Mo Willems
Piggie is sad because a big whale took a ball she found, but Gerald the Elephant helps her find out why the whale took it. The answer will surprise kids and help them learn about why we shouldn't judge others.

 

E RASCHKA
Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle by: Chris Raschka
Like Ruby Learns to Swim, this is a great and staight-forward story, but instead of about learning how to swim, it's about learning how to ride a bike.