Little Flower

Little Flower by Gloria Rand E RAN—Miss Pearl’s pet potbellied pig knows how to play dead.  When Miss Pearl falls and can’t get up, Little Flower takes her act to the porch, the gate and then to the middle of the street to get help for her friend and owner. 

Silverlicious

Silverlicious by Victoria Kann E KAN—Pinkalicious, our favorite pink-loving friend, loses her first tooth. But this is no ordinary tooth, it’s her sweet tooth. Suddenly nothing tastes sweet anymore. When Pinkalicious writes a note to the tooth fairy, she gets letters from Cupid, the Easter Bunny and an elf instead. It is not until the Tooth Fairy finally writes back that Pinkalicious discovers where sweetness really comes from.

Stonewall Hinkleman and the Battle of Bull Run

Stonewall Hinkleman and the Battle of Bull Run by Michael Hemphill & Sam Riddleburger J HEM—Stonewall is tired of three things: his name, the bugle boy role he’s forced to play at Civil War reenactments, and the story of his ancestor Cyrus, who died of a bullet wound to the butt during the Battle of Bull Run. Because of Cyrus’ injury, Stonewall has always thought of him as a coward (who else would get shot in the butt during the first battle of the Civil War?). Then Stonewall is suddenly transported back in time to the real Battle of Bull Run where he finds himself fighting alongside Cyrus! While he fights to keep Cyrus alive – and keep the outcome of the war from changing – Stonewall learns to view reenactments, real history, his own ancestors and himself in a new light.

Legend of Spud Murphy

Legend of Spud Murphy by Eoin Colfer J COL—When their mother starts dropping them off at the library several afternoons a week, William and his brother dread boredom and the overbearing librarian nicknamed the Spud because of the rumors that she throws potatoes at misbehaving children, but they are surprised at how things turn out. Laugh-out-loud funny!

Pappy’s Handkerchief

Pappy’s Handkerchief by Devin Scillian J SCI—Young Moses and his family embark on the adventure of a lifetime when they leave Baltimore and a life of poverty to stake a claim for free farmland in Oklahoma in 1889.  But danger and hardship follow them.  It’s up to Moses to bring their story to a happy ending.  Beautiful pictures accompany the text.

The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: the Mysterious Howling

The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: the Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood J WOO—Miss Penelope Lumley, fresh from the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, starts her first position as governess at Ashton Place.  Eager to meet the children, she is surprised to learn they are being kept in a barn. More surprising is that they have been raised by wolves and are being kept as a sort of trophy. How it all turns out is a mystery!

The Sixty-Eight Rooms

The Sixty-Eight Rooms by Marriane Malone J MAL—During a sixth-grade field trip to the Art Institute of Chicago, Ruthie and her best friend Jack find a magic key that shrinks them! They are able to explore and discover the secrets of the Thorn Rooms – the collection of sixty-eight miniature rooms from various time periods and places.