Preschool to Grade 4

Surfer Chick (Dempsey) ©2012 by Henry Cole  Preschool to Grade 4 ALLEN, Jonathan. Don’t Copy Me! illus. by author. Boxer Bks., dist. by Sterling. p. 66. COOMBS, Kate. Water Sings Blue. illus. by Meilo So. More...

DEMPSEY, Kristy. Surfer Chick. illus. by author. 32p. Abrams. May 2012. RTE $16.95. ISBN 978-1-4197-0188-7.  PreS-Gr 3–A humorous story of a surfer chick coming into her own. Her dad rules the Roost Surf Shop and More...

BARNETT, Mac. Chloe and the Lion. illus. by Adam Rex. unpaged. CIP. Hyperion/Disney. Apr. 2012. RTE $16.99. ISBN 978-1-4231-1334-8. LC 2011006561.  K-Gr 3–After Barnett and Rex introduce themselves, readers meet Chloe, the main character. The More...

PRESCHOOL TO GRADE 4 BARNETT, Mac. Chloe and the Lion . illus. by Adam Rex. Hyperion/Disney. Apr. 2012. p. 129. GREY, Mini. Traction Man and the Beach Odyssey. illus. by author. Random. May 2012. p. 134. HARTNETT, More...

Just Ducks! (Davies) ©2012 by Salvatore Rubbino Preschool to Grade 4 BINGHAM, Kelly. Z Is for Moose. illus. by Paul O. Zelinsky. HarperCollins/Greenwillow. Mar. 2012. p. 114. DAVIES, Nicola. Just Ducks! illus. by Salvatore Rubbino. More...

BINGHAM, Kelly. Z Is for Moose. illus. by Paul O. Zelinsky. unpaged. CIP. HarperCollins/Greenwillow. Mar. 2012. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-06-079984-7; PLB $17.89. ISBN 978-0-06-079985-4. LC 2011002148.   PreS-Gr 2–This zany alphabet book will make children More...

The Hero of Little Street (Rogers) ©2012 Illustration by Gregory Rogers.  Preschool to Grade 4 BUZZEO, Toni. One Cool Friend. illus. by David Small. Dial. p. 83.     COREY, Shana. Here Come the Girl More...

In this Article Nonfiction BUZZEO, Toni. One Cool Friend. illus. by David Small. unpaged. Dial. 2012. RTE $16.99. ISBN 978-0-8037-3413-5. LC 2011021637.  PreS-Gr 3–Sporting a tuxedo and a sly smile, Elliot is the type of More...

Preschool to Grade 4 CLINE-RANSOME, Lesa. Words Set Me Free. illus. by James E. Ransome. S & S/Paula Wiseman Bks. Jan. 2012. p. 91. CORDELL, Matthew. Another Brother. illus. by author. Feiwel & Friends. Jan. More...

CLINE-RANSOME, Lesa. Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass. illus. by James E. Ransome. unpaged. bibliog. chron. CIP. S & S/Paula Wiseman Bks. Jan. 2012. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-1-4169-5903-8. LC 2011013323.   More...

In this Article Nonfiction Fiction ADAMS, Sarah. Dave & Violet. illus. by author. unpaged. Frances Lincoln. 2011. Tr $17.95. ISBN 978-1-84780-052-7. LC number unavailable.  PreS-Gr 1–A dragon and a girl are best friends. Violet wants More...

In this Article Nonfiction Fiction ADLER, Victoria. Baby, Come Away. illus. by David Walker. unpaged. Farrar. Nov. 2011. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-374-30480-5. LC number unavailable.  PreS–Though there’s no shortage of books that delight in toddler More...

In this Article Nonfiction Fiction AGEE, Jon. My Rhinoceros. illus. by author. unpaged. Scholastic/Michael di Capua Bks. 2011. Tr $16.95. ISBN 978-0-545-29441-6. LC 2010906971.  PreS-Gr 1–After buying a pet rhinoceros, a young boy wonders if More...

In this Article Nonfiction Fiction ALTEIN, Chani. Hashem Is Truly Everywhere. illus. by Marc Lumer. unpaged. Hachai. 2011. Tr $12.95. ISBN 978-1-929628-57-5. LC 201091501.   PreS-Gr 2–A simple message about the omnipresence of Hashem (literally More...

In this Article Nonfiction Fiction AINSWORTH, Kimberly. Hootenanny!: A Festive Counting Book. illus. by Jo Brown. unpaged. S & S/Little Simon. Aug. 2011. RTE $12.99. ISBN 978-1-4424-2273-5. LC number unavailable.   PreS-K–Five owls help youngsters More...

In this Article Nonfiction BARDEN, Stephanie. Cinderella Smith.illus. by Diane Goode. 154p. CIP. HarperCollins. 2011. Tr $14.99. ISBN 978-0-06-196423-7. LC 2010015980.   Gr 3-5–Josephine-Kathryn Smith just can’t seem to keep track of her shoes, earning More...

In this Article Nonfiction Fiction ALLEN, Joy. Princess Palooza. illus. by author. unpaged. CIP. Putnam. June 2011. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-399-25455-0. LC 2009047519.  PreS-K–Allen continues her princess-themed stories, and this time the girls take over More...

In this Article Fiction Nonfiction Fiction BARDOE, Cheryl. The Ugly Duckling Dinosaur: A Prehistoric Tale. illus. by Doug Kennedy. 32p. bibliog. further reading. CIP. Abrams. May 2011. Tr $16.95. ISBN 978-0-8109-9739-4. LC 2010021624.   PreS-Gr More...

In this Article Fiction Nonfiction Fiction ANDREAE, Giles. I Love My Mommy. illus. by Emma Dodd. unpaged. Hyperion/Disney. 2011. RTE $12.99. ISBN 978-1-4231-4327-7. LC number unavailable.  PreS–This appealing oversize book has a rhyming text and More...

Also in this Issue Fiction Nonfiction Fiction ABRAHAMS, Peter. Quacky Baseball. illus. by Frank Morrison. unpaged. HarperCollins. Mar. 2011. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-06-122978-7. LC number unavailable.   PreS-K–Thumby, the smallest duckling on the team, is More...

Fiction Also in this Issue Fiction Nonfiction ADKINS, Laura. Ordinary Oscar. illus. by Sam Hearn. unpaged. Tiger Tales. 2010. Tr $15.95. ISBN 978-1-58925-085-7; pap. $7.95. ISBN 978-1-58925-418-3. LC number unavailable. K-Gr 2–Oscar Slimeglider is an More...

Also in this Issue Fiction  Nonfiction  Fiction BARRIE, J. M. Michael Foreman’s Peter Pan and Wendy . 149p. ISBN 978-1-84365-136-9. BAUM, L. Frank. Michael Foreman’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz . unpaged. ISBN 978-1-84365-157-4. ea More...

Also in this Issue Fiction   Non-Fiction   Fiction ALLEN, Jonathan. When the Snow Comes. illus. by author. unpaged. Boxer Bks., dist. by Sterling. 2010. Tr $16.95. ISBN 978-1-907152-54-2. LC number unavailable. PreS–Little Yak senses something in More...

Fiction   ADAMS, Sarah. Gary and Ray. illus. by author. unpaged. Frances Lincoln. Oct. 2010. Tr $17.95. ISBN 978-1-84507-955-0. LC number unavailable.    PreS-Gr 1–Gary is lonely because the other forest animals find a gorilla More...

  Fiction AKIN, Sara Laux. Three Scoops and a Fig. illus. by Susan Kathleen Hartung. unpaged. glossary. CIP. Peachtree. Aug. 2010. Tr $15.95. ISBN 978-1-56145-522-5. LC 2009024519.   PreS-Gr 1–Little Sofia’s family is making special More...

SLJ talks to Rick Riordan about his latest bestseller 'The Red Pyramid,' book one of the Kane Chronicles. More...

If you'venoticedthe toys, jewelry, and other non-book items being sold by Scholastic in its elementary and middle school book club flyers, you're not alone. A Boston-based advocacy group says the children's publisher is abusing its More...

I heard that your greatest ambition as a child was to play shortstop for the Boston Red Sox.I haven't actually given that up. I had a real narcissistic conviction that I was meant to be More...

Edwardo: The Horriblest Boy in the Whole Wide World is about an ordinary boy who is constantly told he’s messy, nasty, and noisy—and he acts accordingly. His life is eventually transformed when he’s praised, instead More...