To go along with this year’s summer reading theme, we’re displaying some scary fiction and nonfiction books on our front bookcase in the Youth Services department. We’ve got lots of books on movie monsters, aliens, vampires, skeletons, ghosts and haunted places. We also have fiction novels, such as The Graveyard Book, Coraline, Deep and Dark and Dangerous: A Ghost Story, Cirque du Freak, Dangerous Alphabet, Vampire Island, Night of the Living Gerbil, and A Field Guide to Monsters: Googly-Eyed Wart Floppers, Shadow-Casters, Toe-Eaters and Other Creatures. Come in and check one out today!
Not into scary books? That’s ok! We’ve got themed lists for other kinds of books that might interest you: adventure, comedy, science fiction, award winners, princesses and more! Or ask a librarian to help you find a good book.
Would you like to read the newest Monarch, Bluestem and Caudill nominees? We’ve got a section reserved just for these great books! You’ll find them behind the new book section near our Youth Services Internet computers.
Monarch titles are geared toward readers in grades K-3. In Bad Kitty Gets a Bath, you’ll read the hilarious things that might happen if you try to give a cat a bath. Or you can read some guinea pig poems and learn about this cool little pet in Oh, Theodore! There’s the funny story of three rhyming dust bunnies and their friend who tries to warn them of danger in Rhyming Dust Bunnies. And who doesn’t love a little Mo Willems – Leonardo the Terrible Monster tells the silly tale of a young monster who just can’t seem to frighten anyone…or can he?
Bluestem titles are geared toward readers in grades 3-5. There are lots of fun and exciting books on the Bluestem list! Read about a mouse who befriends a dragon and saves his village in Kenny and the Dragon and a girl who makes friends with a gentle giant and travels to Giantland in the BFG. Learn about the men who built the Empire State Building in New York City in Sky Boys, and discover the history of the two teenagers who created the Superman comic strip in Boys of Steel.
Caudill titles are geared toward readers in grades 4-8. In 11 Birthdays, read about Amanda and Leo, former best friends who haven’t spoken to each other for a year – when things start getting weird and they each keep waking up and having to repeat their 11th birthdays, will they learn to make the changes necessary to patch up their differences? In Found, you’ll read about two adopted 13-year-old boys who try to uncover their past after learning that they were once on a mysterious plane full of other babies and no adults – will they be able to find out their personal histories and discover where they actually came from? In The Alchemyst, travel along with Sophie and Josh on their adventurous and mysterious modern-day journey as these 15-year-old twins try to save their kidnapped boss, the legendary Nicholas Flemel, who cheated death in 1418 with his fantastic elixir of eternal life – will the twins be able to save their boss, his elixir recipe…and the world?
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