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Library Books

25 New Books

I just ordered these from the Durham Country Library.  

I got my recommendations from:

Jim Trelease: The Read-Aloud Handbook: Sixth Edition

Jim Trelease: The Read-Aloud Handbook: Sixth Edition

My latest thing is not to request books that are already out and need to be recalled.  There are enough books that are available and the recalled books trickle in too slowly so that I have to make multiple trips to the library. 

Beautiful warrior : the legend of the Nun's kung fu / written and illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully.
by McCully, Emily Arnold.
E MCCULLY, E.
Date Placed: 10/16/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 04/14/2010  
Big bad Bruce / by Bill Peet.
by Peet, Bill.
E
Date Placed: 10/15/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 04/13/2010  
Could be worse! / James Stevenson.
by Stevenson, James, 1929-
E
Date Placed: 10/15/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 04/13/2010  
Do you know what I'll do? / by Charlotte Zolotow ; pictures by Javaka Steptoe.
by Zolotow, Charlotte, 1915-
E ZOLOTOW, C.
Date Placed: 10/15/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 04/13/2010  
Dogzilla : starring Flash, Rabies, and Dwayne and introducing Leia as the Monster / written and directed by Dav Pilkey.
by Pilkey, Dav, 1966-
E PILKEY, D.
Date Placed: 10/15/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 04/13/2010  

Eli / by Bill Peet ; illustrated by the author.
by Peet, Bill.
E
Date Placed: 10/15/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 04/13/2010  
The hole in the dike / retold by Norma Green ; pictures by Eric Carle.
by Green, Norma B.
E
Date Placed: 10/16/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 04/14/2010  
I lost my bear / Jules Feiffer.
by Feiffer, Jules.
E FEIFFER, J.
Date Placed: 10/15/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 04/13/2010  
I'm dirty! / Kate & Jim McMullan.
by McMullan, Kate.
E MCMULLAN, K.
Date Placed: 10/16/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 04/14/2010  
I'm mighty! / Kate & Jim McMullan.
by McMullan, Kate.
E MCMULLAN, K.
Date Placed: 10/16/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 04/14/2010  
If it weren't for you / by Charlotte Zolotow ; pictures by G. Brian Karas.
by Zolotow, Charlotte, 1915-
E ZOLOTOW, C.
Date Placed: 10/15/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 04/13/2010  
The lost boy and the monster / Craig Kee Strete ; illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher.
by Strete, Craig.
E STRETE, C.
Date Placed: 10/15/2009 Pickup Locat
ion: North Regional
Active 1 04/13/2010  
My first word board book / Angela Wilkes.
by Wilkes, Angela.
E WILKES, A.
Date Placed: 10/16/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 04/14/2010  
Rolie Polie Olie / by William Joyce.
by Joyce, William.
E JOYCE, W.
Date Placed: 10/16/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 04/14/2010  
Snowie Rolie / by William Joyce.
by Joyce, William.
E JOYCE, W.
Date Placed: 10/16/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 04/14/2010  
Sweet dream pie / Audrey Wood ; pictures by Mark Teague.
by Wood, Audrey.
E WOOD, A.
Date Placed: 10/16/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 04/14/2010  
Thomas' snowsuit / story, Robert Munsch ; art, Michael Martchenko.
by Munsch, Robert N., 1945-
E MUNSCH, R.
Date Placed: 10/16/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 04/14/2010  
The three robbers / Tomi Ungerer.
by Ungerer, Tomi, 1931-
E UNGERER, T.
Date Placed: 10/16/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 04/14/2010  
Truman's aunt farm / Jama Kim Rattigan ; illustrated by G. Brian Karas.
by Rattigan, Jama Kim.
E RATTIGAN, J.
Date Placed: 10/16/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 04/14/2010  
Uncle Jed's barbershop / by Margaree King Mitchell ; illustrated by James Ransome.
by Mitchell, Margaree King.
E MITCHELL, M.
Date Placed: 10/16/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 04/14/2010  
The very clumsy click beetle / Eric Carle.
by Carle, Eric.
E CARLE, E.
Date Placed: 10/16/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 04/14/2010  
Wagon wheels / by Barbara Brenner ; pictures by Don Bolognese.
by Brenner, Barbara.
ER BRENNER, B.
Date Placed: 10/16/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 04/14/2010  
What's under my bed? / James Stevenson.
by Stevenson, James, 1929-
E STEVENSON, J.
Date Placed: 10/15/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 04/13/2010  
Where's Waldo? / Martin Handford.
by Handford, Martin.
E HANDFORD, M.
Date Placed: 10/15/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 04/13/2010  
Zeke Pippin / William Steig.
by Steig, William, 1907-
E STEIG, W.
Date Placed: 10/15/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 04/13/2010

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Library Books

50 new library books

I just requested 50 new library books.

I got my recommendations from:

Jim Trelease: The Read-Aloud Handbook: Sixth Edition

Jim Trelease: The Read-Aloud Handbook: Sixth Edition

and

Mary Ruth Wilkinson & Heidi Wilkinson Teel: A Time to Read: Good Books for Growing Readers

Mary Ruth Wilkinson & Heidi Wilkinson Teel: A Time to Read: Good Books for Growing Readers

All the places to love / by Patricia MacLachlan ; paintings by Mike Wimmer.
by MacLachlan, Patricia.
E MACLACHLAN, P.
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
Bearsie Bear and the surprise sleepover party / Bernard Waber.
by Waber, Bernard.
E WABER, B.
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
Chicken soup with rice : a book of months / Maurice Sendak.
by Sendak, Maurice.
E SENDAK, M.
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
The gardener / Sarah Stewart ; pictures by David Small.
by Stewart, Sarah, 1939-
E STEWART, S.
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
Grandfather Twilight / Barbara Berger.
by Berger, Barbara, 1945 Mar. 1-
E BERGER, B.
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
Grandpa's face / Eloise Greenfield ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper.
by Greenfield, Eloise.
E GREENFIELD, E.
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
It looked like spilt milk.
by Shaw, Charles Green, 1892-
E SHAW, C.
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
Just a dream / Chris Van Allsburg.
by Van Allsburg, Chris.
E VAN ALLSBURG, C.
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
Max and Ruby's first Greek Myth: Pandora's box / Rosemary Wells.
by Wells, Rosemary.
E WELLS, R.
Date Placed: 03/20/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 09/16/2009  
Mr. Nick's knitting / written by Margaret Wild ; illustrated by Dee Huxley.
by Wild, Margaret, 1948-
E
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
Mrs. McNosh and the great big squash / by Sarah Weeks ; pictures by Nadine Bernard Westcott.
by Weeks, Sarah.
E WEEKS, S.
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
My little sister ate one hare / by Bill Grossman ; illustratedby Kevin Hawkes.
by Grossman, Bill.
E GROSSMAN, B.
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
My mama had a dancing heart / by Libba Moore Gray ; illustrated by Raul Colon.
by Gray, Libba Moore.
E GRAY, L.
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
My Minnie is a jewel / by Tricia Springstubb ; pictures by Jim LaMarche.
by Springstubb, Tricia
ER SPRINGSTUBB, T.
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
No no Jo / by Kate and Jim McMullan.
by McMullan, Kate.
E MCMULLAN, K.
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
Old black fly / Jim Aylesworth ; illustrations by Stephen Gammell.
by Aylesworth, Jim.
E AYLESWORTH, J.
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
Pierre : a cautionary tale in five chapters and a prologue / Maurice Sendak.
by Sendak, Maurice.
E SENDAK, M.
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
Rain rain rivers. Words and pictures by Uri Shulevitz.
by Shulevitz, Uri, 1935-
E
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
She'll be comin' round the mountain / adapted by Tom Birdseye and Debbie Holsclaw Birdseye ; illustrated by Andrew Glass.
by Birdseye, Tom.
E BIRDSEYE, T.
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
Sitting in my box / by Dee Lillegard ; pictures by Jon Agee.
by Lillegard, Dee.
E LILLEGARD, D.
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
This is the bread I baked for Ned / by Crescent Dragonwagon ; illustrated by Isadore Seltzer.
by Dragonwagon, Crescent.
E DRAGONWAGON, C.
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
A three hat day / Laura Geringer ; pictures by Arnold Lobel.
by Geringer, Laura.
E GERINGER, L.
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
Waiting for the evening star / Rosemary Wells ; paintings by Susan Jeffers.
by Wells, Rosemary.
E WELLS, R.
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
What Baby wants / Phyllis Root ; illustrated by Jill Barton.
by Root, Phyllis.
E ROOT, P.
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
Aardvarks, disembark! / Ann Jonas.
by Jonas, Ann.
E JONAS, A.
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
An angel for Solomon Singer / story by Cynthia Rylant ; paintings by Peter Catalanotto.
by Rylant, Cynthia.
E RYLANT, C.
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
Baby animals.
 
E BABY
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
Blueberries for Sal / by Robert McCloskey.
by McCloskey, Robert, 1914-
E MCCLOSKEY, R.
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
Chicken Sunday / Patricia Polacco.
by Polacco, Patricia.
E POLACCO, P.
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
Colors : with Dib, Dab, and Dob.
 
E COLO
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
Dear Mili : an old tale / by Wilhelm Grimm ; newly translated by Ralph Manheim ; with pictures by Maurice Sendak.
by Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859.
J 398.2 GRIMM
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
DK guide to mammals / Ben Morgan.
by Morgan, Ben, 1968-
J 599 MORGAN
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
Elfwyn's saga / story and pictures by David Wisniewski.
by Wisniewski, David.
E WISNIEWSKI, D.
Date Placed: 03/20/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 09/16/2009  
The griffin and the minor canon. With illus. by Maurice Sendak.
by Stockton, Frank Richard, 1834-1902.
JF
Date Placed: 03/20/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 09/16/2009  
The high rise glorious skittle skat roarious sky pie angel food cake / by Nancy Willard ; illustrated by Richard Jesse Watson.
by Willard, Nancy.
E WILLARD, N.
Date Placed: 03/20/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 09/16/2009  
In my mother's house / by Ann Nolan Clark ; illustrated by Velino Herrera.
by Clark, Ann Nolan, 1898-
J 811 CLARK
Date Placed: 03/20/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 09/16/2009  
Julius, the baby of the world / Kevin Henkes.
by Henkes, Kevin.
E HENKES, K.
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
The Lap-time song and play book / edited by Jane Yolen ; with musical arrangements by Adam Stemple ; pictures by Margot Tomes.
 
E LAP
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
Liza Lou and the Yeller Belly Swamp / by Mercer Mayer.
by Mayer, Mercer, 1943-
E
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
My first dinosaur board book.
 
567.9/1
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
The orphan boy a Maasai story / by Tololwa M. Mollel ; illustrated by Paul Morin.
by Mollel, Tololwa M. (Tololwa Marti)
E MOLLEL, T.
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
Paddle-to-the-Sea, written and illustrated by H. C. Holling.
by Holling, Holling Clancy.
JF
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
Peppe the lamplighter / by Elisa Bartone ; illustrations by Ted Lewin.
by Bartone, Elisa.
E BARTONE, E.
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
The Random House book of poetry for children / selected and introduced by Jack Prelutsky ; illustrated by Arnold Lobel.
 
J 811 RAND
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
The selfish giant / Oscar Wilde ; illustrated by S. Saelig Gallagher.
by Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.
E WILDE, O.
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
Shapes : with Dib, Dab, and Dob.
 
E SHAP
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
The tale of the mandarin ducks / Katherine Paterson ; illustrated by Diane and Leo Dillon.
by Paterson, Katherine.
E PATERSON, K.
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
The tale of three trees : a traditional folktale / retold by Angela Elwell Hunt ; illustrations by Tim Jonke.
by Hunt, Angela Elwell, 1957-
E HUNT, A.
Date Placed: 07/16/2009 Pickup Location: Main Library
Active 1 01/12/2010  
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Library Books Parenting website

March 2009 Library Books

See below the latest 25 books I requested from the library.  See my post: How to choose which books to get at the library about where I get recommendations.  These books were recommended by

Mary Ruth Wilkinson & Heidi Wilkinson Teel: A Time to Read: Good Books for Growing Readers

Mary Ruth Wilkinson & Heidi Wilkinson Teel: A Time to Read: Good Books for Growing Readers
or

William Kilpatrick and Gregory and Suzanne M. Wolfe: Books That Build Character: A Guide to Teaching Your Child Moral Values Through Stories

William
Kilpatrick and Gregory and Suzanne M. Wolfe: Books That Build
Character: A Guide to Teaching Your Child Moral Values Through Stories
 

See the blog category to find books we have requested in the past. 

Calico, the wonder horse, or The saga of Stewy Stinker / story and pictures by Virginia Lee Burton.
by Burton, Virginia Lee, 1909-1968.
E BURTON, V.
Date Placed: 03/20/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 09/16/2009
The chicken book / Garth Williams.
by Williams, Garth.
E WILLIAMS, G.
Date Placed: 01/25/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 07/24/2009
Children's illustrated encyclopedia.
 
J 031 CHIL
Date Placed: 03/20/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 09/16/2009
Chrysanthemum / by Kevin Henkes.
by Henkes, Kevin.
E HENKES, K.
Date Placed: 03/20/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 09/16/2009
Elfwyn's saga / story and pictures by David Wisniewski.
by Wisniewski, David.
E WISNIEWSKI, D.
Date Placed: 03/20/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 09/16/2009
The emperor and the kite / by Jane Yolen ; illustrated by Ed Young.
by Yolen, Jane.
E
Date Placed: 03/20/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 09/16/2009
Forest of dreams / Rosemary Wells ; paintings by Susan Jeffers.
by Wells, Rosemary
E WELLS, R.
Date Placed: 03/20/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 09/16/2009
Frederick / Leo Lionni.
by Lionni, Leo, 1910-
E LIONNI, L.
Date Placed: 03/20/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 09/16/2009
Frog and toad all year / by Arnold Lobel.
by Lobel, Arnold.
ER LOBEL, A.
Date Placed: 03/20/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 09/16/2009
The gold coin / by Alma Flor Ada ; illustrated by Neil Waldman ; translated from the Spanish by Bernice Randall.
by Ada, Alma Flor.
E ADA, A.
Date Placed: 03/20/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 09/16/2009
The griffin and the minor canon. With illus. by Maurice Sendak.
by Stockton, Frank Richard, 1834-1902.
JF
Date Placed: 03/20/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 09/16/2009
Harald and the great stag / Donald Carrick.
by Carrick, Donald,
E
Date Placed: 03/20/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 09/16/2009
The high rise glorious skittle skat roarious sky pie angel food cake / by Nancy Willard ; illustrated by Richard Jesse Watson.
by Willard, Nancy.
E WILLARD, N.
Date Placed: 03/20/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active

1 09/16/2009
Ida and the wool smugglers / by Sue Ann Alderson ; pictures by Ann Blades.
by Alderson, Sue Ann.
E ALDERSON, S.
Date Placed: 03/20/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 09/16/2009
In my mother's house / by Ann Nolan Clark ; illustrated by Velino Herrera.
by Clark, Ann Nolan, 1898-
J 811 CLARK
Date Placed: 03/20/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 09/16/2009
Just like Max / by Karen Ackerman ; illustrated by George Schmidt.
by Ackerman, Karen, 1951-
E ACKERMAN, K.
Date Placed: 03/20/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 09/16/2009
King Bidgood's in the bathtub / written by Audrey Wood ; illustrated by Don Wood.
by Wood, Audrey.
E WOOD, A.
Date Placed: 03/20/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 09/16/2009
The little house / story and pictures by Virginia Lee Burton.
by Burton, Virginia Lee, 1909-1968
E BURTON, V.
Date Placed: 03/20/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 2 09/16/2009
The man who kept his heart in a bucket / by Sonia Levitin ; pictures by Jerry Pinkney.
by Levitin, Sonia, 1934-
E LEVITIN, S.
Date Placed: 03/20/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 09/16/2009
Moonlight kite / by Helen E. Buckley ; illustrated by Elise Primavera.
by Buckley, Helen Elizabeth.
E BUCKLEY, H.
Date Placed: 03/20/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 09/16/2009
The Mousehole cat / written by Antonia Barber ; illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
by Barber, Antonia, 1932-
E BARBER, A.
Date Placed: 03/20/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 09/16/2009
Mr. Belinsky's bagels / Ellen Schwartz ; illustrated by Stefan Czernecki.
by Schwartz, Ellen.
E SCHWARTZ, E.
Date Placed: 03/20/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 09/16/2009
The snow lambs / Debi Gliori.
by Gliori, Debi.
E GLIORI, D.
Date Placed: 03/20/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 09/16/2009
Tim and Ginger / by Edward Ardizzone.
by Ardizzone, Edward, 1900-
E ARDIZZONE, E.
Date Placed: 03/20/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 09/16/2009
The very small / written by Joyce Dunbar ; illustrated by Debi Gliori.
by Dunbar, Joyce.
E DUNBAR, J.
Date Placed: 03/20/2009 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 09/16/2009