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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

How to make a librarian happy, September 2012 (part 1)

This is a great week for the library!  So many good things have come its way.  The Scholastic order and the Demco order were there when I went in for a staff meeting, and last night my lovely assistant (read: boyfriend) and I cataloged the new books from Scholastic and started covering dust jackets with the protective covers from Demco.  Then, today I visited the Superiorland Preview Center and picked out another boxful of all sorts of new books.  Exciting!

Let me showcase the Scholastic books for you now.  Links will be to Goodreads when available.  Tomorrow, the books from Superiorland will be displayed.

Nonfiction books from series previously reviewed here
The Girl's Guide to Wizards
The Girl's Guide to Werewolves
(Two other Girl's Guides reviewed)
Investigating Hauntings, Ghosts, and Plotergeists
(Aliens and beasts seen here)

Books that will fly off the shelves
The Kane Chronicles 3: The Serpent's Shadow by Rick Riordan
The Slayer Chronicles 1: First Kill  by Heather Brewer
Chomp by Carl Hiaasen
Bone: Out From Boneville graphic novel by Jeff Smith


YA lit from bestselling adult authors
Changeling by Philippa Gregory
Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult, and her daughter Samantha Van Leer

Neat nonfiction
USA Today's Cultural Mosaic series (well, 5 out of 6)

Author biographies
Rick Riordan
Suzanne Collins
(Pardon the Amazon links)

Fresh fiction
Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Wonder Struck by Brian Selznick
Rush for the Gold by John Feinstein

Caldecott Medal winner
A Ball for Daisy

For my princess problem
Purplicious
 
 More nonfiction
Scholastic's Year in Sports 2012

Harry Potter
The Tales of Beedle the Bard

And I ordered a preview pack, K-8.
Picture books
Skippyjon Jones, Class Action
Dog in Charge
Ruby's New Home

Fiction for upper elementary and middle school
The Ghost of Graylock by Dan Poblocki
Ninth Ward by Jewel Parker Rhodes
The Savage Fortress by Sarwat Chadda
Between Shades of Gray, by Ruta Sepetys (which has nothing to do with the erotica of a similar title!)

More elementary fiction
Eight Keys by Suzanne LaFleur
Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai
Whatever After 1: Fairest of All by Sarah Mlynowski
Wolf Storm by Dee Garretson (who also wrote Wildfire Run, a book I reviewed last year)

And last but not least, some quirky nonfiction

I'm sure the kids will enjoy these books, and the ones I'll show off here tomorrow.

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