Introducing Dory, better known as Rascal. This six year old has an imagination like no other and it can drive her older brother and sister crazy. Luke and Violet think Dory acts like a baby and won’t play with her. To get her to shape up, they tell her a story about a pretend Mrs.…
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The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents: Macbeth by Ian Lendler
Maybe you've heard of Shakespeare from plays like Romeo and Juliet--sappy--or Othello: boring! But I promise you, this Shakespeare play is not like anything you've ever read before. The animals are putting on the play MacBeth at the zoo. There will be yummy snacks--peanuts, bananas, and even earthworms. You'll want to make sure you get a good seat--not behind the…
Eye to Eye: How Animals See the World by Steve Jenkins
Steve Jenkins has quite a few amazing nonfiction animal books and this one doesn’t disappoint! In Eye to Eye, you can learn how different animals have various types of eyes depending on their environment. For example, did you know that a halibut (fish) is born with an eye on each side of his head, but as…
The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak
This book really does not have a single picture in it! A gimmick? Maybe. But the concept is executed so well. Quite often we are drawn to books because of the pictures or the cover. What’s amazing about this book is that it proves that words have their own power. And that words in the…
The Dumbest Idea Ever! by Jimmy Gownley
If you ask Jimmy why he started creating comics, he would tell you it all began when he caught chicken pox in middle school. Before that he was popular, an athlete, and doing really well in school, but then he had to miss school and the championship basketball game for being sick. His grades begin…
Chomp by Carl Hiaasen
To those that enjoy a book with lots of action and reptiles: this book is for you! Wahoo is a normal middle-schooler living in Florida with his parents. What’s not normal about him is that his dad is a professional animal wrangler, and they have Alice, an alligator, living in their backyard. Once his dad suffers…
The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt
Being a swamp scout in the Sugar Man Swamp is not an easy job. Just ask Bingo and J’miah, the newest raccoon swamp scouts. Bingo and J’miah are in charge of making sure the swamp is safe and if there is a danger, the need to wake up the Sugar Man who is a cousin…
How to Build a Tornado in a Bottle by Lori Shores
Calling all scientists! Do you like to build things and learn how they work? This series is for you! The Hands-On Science Fun series includes titles about making slime, fizzy rockets, mystery smell balloons and….TORNADOs in a bottle! In How to Build a Tornado in a Bottle by Lori Shores, 1st and 2nd graders are given clear directions on how to…
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Things have not been going well for ten-year-old Bud. First, Todd, his foster brother, sticks a pencil up his nose while he’s sleeping. Then when he defends himself, Todd beats him up and Bud is the one who is punished by being locked overnight in the shed. There he sees a huge vampire bat, which…
Rhyme Schemer by K.A. Holt
If you liked Love That Dog, you’ll love Rhyme Schemer by K.A. Holt, another verse novel from the perspective of a boy who says he’s not crazy about poetry… but his cleverly-written stanzas tell us otherwise. Kevin rants about a bully at school, his complicated family, and just about everything that is going wrong in his life. One…
