Check Out These New Pop-Up Books

THE WHISTLE ON THE TRAIN

by Margaret Mcnamara

All aboard! Take a ride on the train as it takes you

all around the town...

BRAVE STREGA NONA!

A Heartwarming Pop-up Book

by Tomie Depaola

Remember Strega Nona stroies? They come to life in this pop-up book that has a book within a book.

YELLOW SQUARE:

A Pop-up Book For Children Of All Ages

by David A. Carter

Not only does it pop up, but you have to find the yellow square on each page.

See if you think the last page is the most challenging.

Cute Board Books For Toddlers

ALL ABOUT ME!

A Baby's Guide to Babies

by David Salariya

SWING! A Scanimation Picture Book

by Rufus Seder

TWINKLE TOES

by Karen Katz

Knuckle Heads by Joan Holub, illustrations by Michael Slack.

If you are looking for a book to make you laugh, this is it! Meet Handsel & Gretel, Handerella, Thumbelina and Nose White who will bring a whole new twist to traditional fairy tales. You will NEVER look at your hands in the same way again. Punny, punny, punny!

Check out a cool Christmas picture book

So many different kinds of holidays!


Zelda and Ivy: one Christmas / Laura McGee Kvasnosky

Two little sister foxes named Zelda and Ivy love Christmas. They bake gingerbread cookies with their neighbor, Mrs. Brownlie and try to decide what they want Santa to bring on Christmas eve.

When they find out that Mrs. Brownlie is going to spend Christmas all along, the sisters decide that they must find a way to make her holiday as bright and happy as they can.



An Ellis Island Christmas / Maxinne Rhea Leighton ; ill. by Dennis Nolan

A young girl, her two brothers and her mother travel from Poland to New York around the turn of the 20th century to join their father and make a better life for themselves. They arrive by ship at Ellis Island on Christmas Eve after a long journey. Their father finds them and they go to their new home on a most memorable Christmas Day.




Aunt Olga's Christmas postcards / Kevin Major ; ill. by Bruce Roberts

Anna's Aunt Olga is 95 and still sassy. At Christmas, they like to bake cookies and Aunt Olga shares her Christmas stories with Anna. Aunt Olga has a beautiful collection of old Christmas photos, postcards and poems that she shows to Anna. Anna loves them, so Aunt Olga teaches her how to make Christmas rhymes of her own.





Santa Claws / Laura Leuck ; ill. by Gris Grimly

Even monsters have Christmas, and boy, do they get excited! Little monsters boys Mack and Zack have tried to be good all year! It is Christmas Eve, and they've hung up their smelly socks on the fireplace and left out some slimy, smelly treats for Santa Claws. They are really hoping Santa Claws will come down their chimney and bring them a new potion kit and a vampire bat for Christmas.

The Lump of Coal by Lemony Snicket

Lumps of coal have bad reps, especially at Christmas time, but this Lump is determined to follow his dream. Lemony Snicket, the author of the popular Series of Unfortunate Events books, has written a whimsical and charming Christmas story, perfect for all ages. Bet you've never seen a lump of coal like this!

Piper Reed the Great Gypsy by Kimberly Willis Holt

Piper Reed, the nine-year-old daughter of a Navy Chief, keeps herself and her family very busy while her father is away on sea duty . New neighbors, Chrismas at a beach house shaped like a space ship, and school fill the days on her calendar. But most importantly, she is planning for the Gypsy Club pet show, set to take place after her father’s return. Piper is determined to teach her dog Bruna such spectacular tricks that she is will win the contest, but Bruna doesn’t want to cooperate. How can Piper solve this problem?

Ballots for Belva by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen

Belva Lockwood felt so strongly that women should be allowed to vote, that she ran for President of the United States in order to change that law! And even though American women could not vote for her, she was so persuasive she received a significant number of votes from men who agreed that she should become President.

This fascinating biography is a concise, but well-documented story of an early pioneer in the fight for women's rights in the United States. Just in time for another history-making election, it also includes a helpful timeline of the women's suffrage movement in the United States and a bibliography of other sources about this important, but little-known trailblazer.

Some not-so-scary Halloween books

Here are some Halloween books with lots of thrills but not many chills! Enjoy!





Mrs. McMurphy’s pumpkin by Rick Walton

Julius’ candy corn by Kevin Henkes

The Halloween house by Erica Silverman

The Hallo-weiner by Dav Pilkey

Frank was a monster who wanted to dance by Keith Graves

The biggest pumpkin ever by Stephen Kroll

Dragonflies In Fact and Fiction

Breen, Steve Stick
E Breen
A young frog with a very long tongue zaps a dragonfly
and gets carried away to New Orleans. He has all kinds of
adventures until he longs for his home. A heron helps out
and soon he is reunited with his mother. Again, he gets
hungry….and find out what happens as he zaps a firefly!
Colorful, detailed illustrations.















Camper, Cathy Bugs Before Time:
Prehistoric Insects and Their Relatives
J 565.7 Camper
Did you know that the prehistoric dragonfly was the largest insect
that ever lived? Did you know their wings measured 30 inches across?
This book will give you an idea of the ancient version of the cockroach
(one kind could grow 6 inches), and I’m guessing it would be exceedingly
difficult to step on a bug that’s as big as your shoe! Also, check out the
gigantic ants, and the ancient millipede called “Arthropleura” that could
reach six feet long! This book presents scientific information is a fun way!
This book would be of interest to a dinosaur lover or aspiring entomologist.















Rodanas, Kristina Dragonfly’s Tale
J 398.21 Rodanas
This legend is based on an ancient Zuni legend.
The Ashiwi people were blessed with plenty of food.
They decided to show off for their neighbors, so they
devised a food fight to show that they had so much food
they could waste it. The Corn Maidens, who were
responsible for the abundance, were not treated well during
a visit and they were also angered at the wasting. Two little
forgotten children save the day with kindness and a hand-fashioned
dragonfly. Beautifully illustrated.


Simon, Hilda The Racer: Speed in the Animal World J 591.1852 Simon
This book discusses 14 of the speedy animals. One chapter covers the dragonfly. I discovered that South American Indians thought they were spirits of the dead and the Japanese believe
they are symbols of victory. I found out that dragonflies can fly at speeds over 30 miles per hour. Check out the information on other “speeders” like the jackrabbit, marlin and sand lizard.
Beautiful illustrations.

Salami In Children's Books

Levy, Elizabeth
A Hair-Raising Tail
J Mys Levy
After Fletcher, a salami-loving basset hound, is wrongly accused
of eating a pet rabbit, he and his sidekick, Jasper the flea, must find
the true culprit before Fletcher is sent back to the dog pound.


Pinkwater, Daniel Manus
The Worms Of Kukumlima
J Fic Pinkwate
Ronald accompanies his grandfather, the salami snap magnate,
and the world famous explorer Sir Charles Pelicanstein,
on an expedition to Africa to search for the intelligent worms of Kukumlina.















Smath, Jerry
Sammy Salami
E Smath
When chubby cat Sammy Salami's owner Pete goes missing,
Sammy boards a train to look for him, is adopted by a passenger
and has a nice vacation, but he continues to look for Pete.















Winkler, Henry
I Got A “D” In Salami
J Fic Winkler
Antics ensue after Hank throws his report card into a meat grinder.