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Here are a few of the new books available at the library! Go check them out!

GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU IN THE AUTUMN By Sam McBratney
(age: Baby 0-3yrs)
Little Nutbrown Hare and Big Nutbrown Hare and playing in the Autumn wind. As the leaves blow, Big Nutbrown Hare decides he needs a rest. He is woken by a box monster coming towards him. Should he run away? No, it’s Little Nutbrown Hare!

YOU’RE ALL MY FAVOURITES By Sam McBratney
(age: Toddler 3-5yrs)
Mummy Bear and Daddy Bear tell their three baby bears that they are the most wonderful baby bears in the whole wide world. However, one day the bears start to wonder which of their their parents like best. They couldn’t all be their favourites, could they?

CAILLOU – SECRET PLACE By Marion Johnson
(age: Toddler 3-5yrs)
When Caillou spends the day with his grandparests,Grandpa shows him a fantastic secret place-a hollowed out tree trunk in the backyard -that used to be Daddy’s favorite spot when he was Caillou’s age.

HARVEY THE CARPENTER By Lars Klinting
(age: 5-7yrs)
Harvey’s workshop is messy, so he decides to build a toolbox for storing his tools. He saws and sands, hammers and drills, until his toolbox is done—with only a few mishaps along the way.
Plans at the end show children how to make a toolbox like Harvey’s.

MY WOBBLY TOOTH MUST NOT EVER NEVER FALL OUT – CHARLIE AND LOLA By Lauren Child
(age: 5-7yrs)
Charlie and Lola are back with another ever so completely good story – this time involving Lola’s wobbly tooth. It’s her first ever wobbly tooth and Lola is determined to hang on to it – until she finds out about the tooth fairy!

GOONEY BIRD GREENE By Lois Lowry
(age: 7-9yrs)
It seemed like an ordinary October day in Mrs. Pidgeon’s second grade classroom until the door opened and a red-headed girl introduced herself. “I’m Gooney Bird Greene,” she said. “That’s Greene with an ‘e’ on the end, and I’d like to have a desk right smack in the middle of everything.” Gooney Bird Greene was wearing pajamas and cowboy boots, and carrying a lunchbox and a dictionary. Mrs. Pidgeon’s classroom would never be the same.

AMELIA WRITES AGAIN By Marissa Moss
(age: 7-9yrs)
Amelia’s school is on fire! Amelia always gets in trouble but this time someone sets her school on fire and everyone is sad. Plus her friend Leah wants to see what is in her notebook and she says she won’t be Amelia’s friend if Amelia doesn’t let her see what is in her notebook. What will Amelia do? Will she show Leah, or will she keep her secrets to herself? If you think this sounds good to you then I think you should read this book to find out what happens.

LITTLE MOUSE’S BIG BOOK OF FEARS By Emily Gravett
(age: 7-9yrs)
Little Mouse is scared of most things, from creepy crawlies and loud noises, to getting lost. These fears are pinpointed in intricate detail in a fold-out map of the Isle of Fright at the end of the book.

THE TAO OF POOH By Benjamin Hoff
(age: 9-12yrs)
Winnie the Pooh has a certain way about him, a way of doing things which has made him the world’s most beloved bear. And Pooh’s Way, as Benjamin Hoff brilliantly demonstrates, seems strangely close to the ancient Chinese principles of Taoism. The ‘Tao of Pooh’ explains Taoism by Winnie the Pooh and explains Winnie the Pooh by Taoism.

LEVEN THUMPS AND THE WHISPERED SECRET By Obert Skye
(age: 12+)
After escaping a deranged dream-master and destroying the hidden gateway, Leven Thumps and his band of travelers must now journey across Foo and restore Geth from his shape as a toothpick to the rightful king he once was. But Foo is still in chaos, and Leven must overcome several adversaries and survive the Swollen Forest in order to save his friends and keep hope alive. As fate would have it, nothing goes as planned, and even Geth begins to wonder if they will succeed. Bad goes to worse as Leven digs up a long buried seceret- one that stalks him, determined to whisper a truth that could be deadly in the wrong hands. Through it all, Leven finds the courage to do what is right and continues to discover an inner strength and a power he never thought possible.

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO HUMPHREY By Betty G. Birney
(age: 12+)
You can learn a lot about life by observing another species. That’s what Humphrey was told when he was first brought to Room 26. And boy, is it true! In addition to his classroom escapades, each weekend this amazing hamster gets to sleep over with a different student, like Lower-Your-Voice-A.J. and Speak-Up-Sayeh. Soon Humphrey learns to read, write, and even shoot rubber bands (only in self-defense, of course). Humphrey has friends, adventures, and a cage with a lock-thatdoesn’t- lock. His life would be perfect, if only the teacher, Mrs. Brisbane, wasn’t out to get him!

PICTURE GANDHI By Sandhya Rao
(General)
PICTURE GANDHI heads off the beaten track and follows Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi himself, in spirit as much as chronology. The author views him with affection, but sparely, guided by what he himself valued most – truth and love – and what was important to him. Visually, too, the book enhances this perspective. Thought bubbles paraphrase Gandhi’s words and peep into his mind. Colourful hand-done elements add interesting extensions to old black and white photographs.

October 13, 2008 at 8:32 pm Leave a comment