Youth Library News

New Arrivals!

K-3

Little Dinos Don’t Yell (board book) by Michael Dahl, Skid Steers Go to Work (non-fiction) by Emma Carlson Berne, No Lie, I Acted Like a Beast! The Story of Beauty and the Beast as Told by the Beast by Nancy Loewen, Eloise and the Snowman by Lisa McClatchy, Lucille Gets Jealous by Julie Gassman, Do Not Bring Your Dragon to Recess by Julie Gassman, Eloise and the Very Secret Room by Ellen Weiss, Little Dinos Don’t Hit (board book) by Michael Dahl, Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker by Christianne Jones.

Piper is one picky piglet—especially when it comes to food! She refuses to eat anything. Unless it starts with the letter P. The Picky Eater by Betsy Parkinson.

Juvenile

Turning Poop into Power Fuel (non-fiction) by Clara MacCarald, The Spring Dance from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler, Big Nate Payback Time! (graphic novel) by Lincoln Pierce.

McKenna, Ready to Fly! (American Girl) by Mary Casanova. McKenna’s back at the gym and hoping to make the competitive team in March. She’s doing better in school, too, thanks to Josie’s tutoring—so when Josie needs help facing her fear of horseback riding, McKenna gladly signs up for the job. Helping Josie, however, leads to friction between McKenna and her teammate Toulane, who seems jealous of Josie. When McKenna learns the real reason Toulane is upset, she wants to help her teammate. But how can she cheer on Josie at the riding center, support Toulane at the gym, and work toward her own goal of making the competitive team?

Kanani wants to help. She’s having a great time raising money to protect the Hawaiian monk seal by selling shave ice at the beach. If only she hadn’t promised her best friend, Celina, they would be surfing buddies. Although she doesn’t want to admit it, Kanani thinks surfing is a little scary. When Celina finds another surfing partner, Kanani finds herself alone – and lonely. She begins visiting her kindly old neighbor, Tutu Lani, and realizes that the seals aren’t the only ones who need some help. As she searches for a way back to her best friend, Kanani finds inspiration in an unexpected place, and discovers where her own true talents lie. Good Job, Kanani (American Girl) by Lisa Yee.

Young Adult

The powers of evil are strengthening, and only one man holds them back. Now that man needs an apprentice. Tom Ward, the seventh son of the seventh son, has been chosen. Many apprentices have come before. They have failed, or fled or died. If Tom succeeds – and if he survives – he’ll be that last apprentice. The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney.