New Books
We have some new titles in the Curriculum Collection:
Nikki & Deja, Nikki & Deja: The Newsy News Newsletter and Nikki & Deja: Birthday Blues by Karen English and illustrated by Laura Freeman are available at call numbers PZ7.E7232 Ni 2009, PZ7.E7232 Niq 2010 and PZ7.E7232 Nik 2009. This early chapter book series follows best friends and neighbors through third grade trials, tribulations and friendship.
Immi’s Gift, written and illustrated by Karin Littlewood showcases a young Inuit girl who catches brightly-colored objects while ice fishing and uses them to decorate her igloo until the ice begins to melt. In the end she drops in a gift of her own before leaving for the season. Find this at call number PZ7.L73647 Imm 2010.
Information on science fair projects can be found in four new books: Ace Your Physical Science Project: Great Science Fair Ideas, Ace Your Forces and Motion Science Project, Ace Your Space Science Project and Ace Your Sports Science Project. All books by Robert Gardner and Madeline Goodstein can be found here.
Sports-themed early chapter books are very popular with young readers. If you’re looking for a new author you may not have heard of, we have books by Fred Bowen and you can find a variety of them here.
A new book for teens by Ken Oppel, Half Brother focuses on thirteen year old boy whose researcher parent brings home a chimpanzee and asks the teen to treat it as a brother. It can be found at call number PZ7.O614 Hal 2010.
