Advisory Lists · fiction

Spooky Tales Part 2: Middle Grade Fiction

The spooky Lists continues. Please check out these titles and others at your local library.

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The Last Gargoyle by Paul Durham

Penhallow Fitch, a gargoyle assigned to protect a Boston apartment building, must fight against evil spirits called Netherkin and the Boneless King to keep the residents of the building and the city safe.

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Evangeline of The Bayou by Jan Elderdge

When Evangeline and her grandmother are called to New Orleans to resolve an unusual case, she uncovers a secret that will shake her to the soles of her silver-tipped alligator-skin boots.

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The House In Poplar Wood by K.E. Ormsbee

The Vickery twins, Lee and Felix, live in a house in Poplar Wood, where, because of the “Agreement,” their mother serves Memory, and their father assists Death, and only Lee is allowed to leave the house, except for Halloween; but when a local girl is murdered, Gretchen Whipple, daughter of the mayor, offers the boys a deal–help her solve the crime and she will help them break the Agreement, and regain their freedom.

Where The Woods End by Charlotte Salter

Twelve-year-old Kestrel must defeat the Grabber, a creature that builds its body to reflect her greatest fear.

The Bone Garden by Heather Kassner

Made from bone dust and imagination, Irreélle accidentally destroys another of Miss Vesper’s creations and flees to the underside of the graveyard, seeking the magic that brings bones to life.



The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane by Julia Nobel

Emmy searches for answers of her father’s disappearance which may be linked to a secret society at her prestigious English boarding school.

Shadow Weaver By MarcyKate Connoly

Emmeline has the power to control shadows. When her powers are threatened by a noble family, she desperately turns to Dar, her shadow friend, who offers to save her if Emmeline in exchange for making Dar flesh again, but this bargain only puts Emmeline’s life in further jeopardy.

Dead Voices by Katherine Arden

Ollie, Coco, and Brian are trapped at a haunted ski resort and must rely on each other and their sharp minds if they want to escape.

Trace by Pat Cummings

When Trace takes a wrong turn in the New York Public Library, he finds a ghost. Trace finds out that the boy he saw is connected to him that he himself may be the key to setting the dead to rest.

Watch Hollow by Gregory Funaro

Lucy and Oliver must join forces with a host of magical clock animals to defeat the Garr–a vicious monster that not only wants Blackford House for itself, but also seeks to destroy everything the Tinkers hold dear.

Advisory Lists · fiction · Non-Fiction · Picture Books

Questions From The Reference Desk: Books about siblings

Hello Everyone!

Books on siblings such as new siblings and sibling interactions are a common request at the children’s reference desk. Below are are list of books that may be helpful when you get such as request. Happy Reading!!!

Non-Fiction Titles:

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New Fiction Must Reads

Hello Everyone!

May is almist over and June is upon us. This means the year is half way through!

I have read a great deal of Middle Grade fiction and here is a list of the ones I have enjoyed.

Please check out these titles and others at your local library.

Happy Reading 🙂

A child eating monster’s adventure and transformation.

A coming of age story in which a girl learns through lost about the people around.

A night guardian, last of his kind, protects his home from an age old foe.

A young girl must clear her grandmother’s name by solving an important mystery.

A well written ghost story meant to chill your bones and elevate your mind.

In this sequel Roz must fight to return to the wild.

A historical fiction told from a unique perspective.

A cast of seven unusual children must rush to save their new home from those who wish to take it from them.

Advisory Lists · Picture Books

Rainy Days

Hello Everyone!!!

This week in New York it has being raining heavily. I thought I would share some picture book titles about rain and rainy days.

Happy reading 🙂

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Advisory Lists · Non-Fiction

Non-Fiction—Seeds

Hello Spring!!!

It is Spring and one of the topics that often comes up at the Information Desk at the library is seeds. How they grow, what they need to grow and  the different  types that are. Here is a list of non-fiction titles about seeds. Please check out these titles and others at your local library.

Happy Reading 🙂

 

 

 

 

Advisory Lists · Picture Books

Picture Books—Mothers

The list continues.  Please share these titles and check them out at your local library.

Happy Reading!!!

 

Advisory Lists · Picture Books

Picture Books—Mothers

Happy May Everyone!!!

Mother’s Day is coming  and for the occasion here is a list of picture books featuring moms.  This is not a list of Mother’s Bay books but rather picture books featuring mother and child relationships. There are more lists to come.

Please check out these titles and others at your local library. Happy Reading!!!

 

 

Advisory Lists · Non-Fiction · Poetry

Poetry Selection of The Week

Hello Everyone!

This is the last selection for National Poetry Month. Hope you all enjoyed the selections featured. Please check out this title and others at your local library,.

Happy Reading!!!

 

 

I Found An Endless Land

 Its promise flowering in lush fields

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Purple mountains etching their majesty in pure air

 

Flat plains that absorbed the warm summer rains

Canyons that swallowed the imagination

And freedom

Freedom like water on the tongues of thirsting men

Freedom as sweet as young love

From We Are America: A Tribute From The Heart by Walter Dean Myers and Illustrated by Christopher Myers

Advisory Lists · Non-Fiction · Poetry

Poetry Selection of The Week

Hello Everyone!

This week I will be featuring two poems from two different collections that focus on science. One title is about the Earth and the  other  about the different creatures in a specific habitat, a meadow. Please check out these titles and others at  your local library.

Happy Reading!!!

 

 

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third one from the sun,

Earth’s blue and white majesty

dwarfs her lunar child

From Earth Verse: Haiku From The Ground Up by Sally M. Walker and Illustrated by William Grill

 

 

 


 

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trots

through

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furred

mysterious

a word

hunting

its own

meaning

Who is he?

From Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets Of The Meadow by Joyce Sidman and Illustrated by Beth Krommes