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CHILDREN'S FICTION / PICTURE BOOK / ADOPTION / BLENDED FAMILIES
The Baby with Three Families, Two Countries, and One Promise: An International Adoption Story
By Julie Gianelloni Connor, illustrated by Saman Chinthaka Weerasinghe
Bayou City Press
December, 2020
40 pages, recommended ages: 3 to 7
Available in hardcover, paperback, and eBook
Called by reviewers "essential," "unique," and "charming," The Baby with Three Families, Two Countries, and One Promise is a children's book designed to be read by parents to a child adopted from a foreign country. The story recounts the separate emotional journeys taken by prospective adoptive parents and a biological mother in order to arrive at an adoption. The complex adoption process is "stripped down to its simplest form, for a concise and sincere look at the topic." In the final pages of the book, the adoptive parents tuck their baby in at night, telling him his story: he has three families, two countries, and a promise to visit the country of his birth in the future.
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CHILDREN'S FICTION / PICTURE BOOK / PARENT & CHILD ACTIVITY / CONCEPT BOOK
Boo's Shoes - A Rabbit and Fox Story: Learn to Tie Shoelaces
By Sybrina Durant, illustrated by Pumudi Gardiyawasam
41 pages, recommended ages: 3 to 11
Available in eBook (11/7/21), paperback (11/14/21), and hardcover (11/21/21)
No Laces! That’s what Boo, the bunny, always says. He doesn’t want to learn to tie them. He has plenty of shoes for every occasion and none of them have laces or strings. So, what’s the point of learning to tie? His friend, Farah Fox, convinces him that it’s a skill he can use. . . and one that might make him happier, too. This book is meant to be a parent-child activity. Youngsters can read Boo’s story and their parents can help with the how-to-tie instruction pages. A fun shoelace-themed “I Did It” badge is included at the back of the book to give in celebration of conquering this difficult task.
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CHILDREN'S FICTION / PICTURE BOOK / PARENT & CHILD ACTIVITY / CONCEPT BOOK
Cleo Can Tie A Bow: A Rabbit and Fox Story
By Sybrina Durant, illustrated by Pumudi Gardiyawasam
Sybrina Publishing
October 1st, 2020
38 pages, recommended ages: 3 to 8
Available in hardcover, paperback, and eBook
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Cleo can tie a bow. She learned what she knows from a rabbit and a fox. They can help you learn to tie one, too. There are many uses for a simple bow - shoelaces, hair bows, gift boxes, and ribbon sashes. Tie one around your finger to remember; or around a tree to welcome home a loved one. Velcro just doesn't cut it for decorative purposes. You gotta use a bow for that. And for goodness sake, don't forget to truss up that holiday turkey with a bow tied from twine! With so many uses for bows, make sure your child learns to tie them with this fun parent/child activity book. They will thank you for it.
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CHILDREN'S FICTION / PICTURE BOOK / FAIRY TALES & FOLKLORE
By Lavelle Carlson; Illustrated by Donna Day Mathis
SLP Storytellers
October 31, 2019
35 pages, ages 2-10
Available in paperback
Can the farting four-toed troll carry out his kind deeds secretly, so no one hears him? Will he inspire others to help feed the hungry animals? Poop! Fart! These are the words that can be so embarrassing for parents and grandparents. Well, Farting Four-Toed Troll gives a great opportunity for parents and teachers to talk about these words in a way that is more appropriate. Living in Norway for 9 years, the author was also exposed to some of the old folklore of the trolls. Yes, there is a tradition of the Christmas troll who loves the animals and feeds them. The illustrations are reminiscent of Jan Brett's Scandinavian books.
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CHILDREN'S NONFICTION / ADVENTURE / INSPIRATIONAL
Four Legged Heroes: The Mama Magina Books
By Mary Virginia McCormick Pittman, illustrated by Carol A. Howell
Xlibris, 2018
UrLink Print & Media, 2021
42 pages, ages 2-99
Available in hardcover, paperback, and eBook
Is it animal magic or the unique DNA of the Wolf? Three incredible stories that will transport you into a world of canine courage, endurance, bravery, and fortitude, which can be called nothing less than miraculous. Animal lovers will be brought to tears, and new fans of the husky will be created for life. These are stories that are adventurous, heartwarming, and never to be forgotten.
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CHILDREN'S FICTION / PICTURE BOOK / HISTORICAL
By Gerónima Garza, illustrated by Noé González Garza
Del Alma Publications
November 6, 2021
32 pages, ages 6-10
Available in hardcover, paperback, and library binding
Teresa’s school is abuzz with the upcoming visit of President Lyndon B. Johnson. With her friend Licha in tow, Teresa has a chance encounter with Lady Bird Johnson. In this delightful story of friendship, set in the historic Welhausen School in Cotulla, Texas, readers will see the impact of treating the less fortunate with dignity.
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CHILDREN'S FICTION / PICTURE BOOK
Mia and Nattie: One Great Team!
By Marlene M. Bell, illustrated by Grace Sandford
Ewephoric Publishing
October 3, 2020
32 pages; recommended for ages Pre-K 3 to 7
Available in hardcover and eBook
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On a visit to her grandma’s farm, eight-year-old Mia discovers a newborn, orphaned lamb outside in the cold and takes her to the laundry room, naming her Nattie. As she tries to nurse the lamb back to health, Mia discovers that Nattie is different from the other lambs and struggles to fit in with them like Mia does with other kids her age.
When her grandmother says she will sell Nattie to a neighbor, Mia must come up with a plan to keep her friend around—one that will show the family just how special Nattie truly is.
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CHILDREN'S FICTION / PICTURE BOOK
SandyBoy and the Christmas Blizzard (A SandyBoy Adventure)
By Cindi Flow, illustrated by Judy Gaudet
Texas Sisters Press
October, 2021
34 pages
Available in hardcover, paperback, and eBook
SandyBoy loves Oceanview Farm in the snowy winter, but a blizzard is scary with so much snow and wind. He worries about the safety of all his forest friends. He is puzzled by some of the changes inside the barn with decorations hanging from the stalls. Join SandyBoy for this heartwarming adventure as a blizzard hits the farm close to Christmas and he discovers the meaning of Christmas for the first time.
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MIDDLE GRADE FICTION/ HISTORICAL / FRIENDSHIP
By Kathi Appelt, illustrated by Eric Rohmann
Atheneum / Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
September 7, 2021
336 pages, ages 8-12
Available in hardcover, eBook, and audio book
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Zada is a camel with a trove of stories to tell. She’s won camel races for the Pasha of Smyrna, crossed oceans to new land, led army missions with her best camel friend by her side, and outsmarted a far too pompous mountain lion. But those stories were from before. Now, Zada wanders the desert as the last camel in Texas. But she’s not alone. Two tiny kestrel chicks are nestled in the fluff of fur between her ears—kee-killy-keeing for their missing parents—and a dust storm the size of a mountain is taking Zada on one more grand adventure. And it could lead to this achy old camel’s most brilliant story yet.
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YOUNG ADULT FICTION / SCIENCE FICTION / ACTION & ADVENTURE / SPORTS
Edison Jones and the Anti-Grav Elevator
By Michael Scott Clifton
Book Liftoff
February 12, 2020
282 pages
Available in paperback and eBook
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Edison Jones is a prodigy with a passion for technology. Although a car accident at age five left him orphaned and paralyzed from the waist down, Edison hasn’t let his disability slow him down. In his underground lab, he happily busies himself with his latest inventions. Then one day his world changes overnight. His grandfather, a billionaire tech company owner, fears Edison’s isolation from kids his own age is dangerous and unhealthy. Instead of private tutors, he decides to enroll Edison in a public school. Thrust into the chaotic world of seventh-grade boys and girls, Edison struggles to adjust. Algorithms, quantum physics, and digital engineering are easy, but despite his genius, what Edison really wants is to fit in and be just like everyone else.
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FICTION / HISTORICAL / SCIENCE FICTION / FANTASY
Einstein’s Compass: A YA Time Traveler Adventure
By Grace Allison
Modern Mystic Media, LLC
January 8, 2019
398 pages
Available in paperback, audio book, and eBook
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Take a YA time traveler adventure with young Albert Einstein.
When young Albert Einstein’s father gives him a jeweled compass, he has no idea the adventure that awaits. Spanning from 10,400 BCE on the Islands of Poseidon to Switzerland in 1903, Einstein’s Compass sweeps across dimensions all while Albert Einstein is growing into his destiny. But a dangerous creature hunts Albert and the compass. In this fantasy adventure, cosmic forces of good and evil clash around a budding scientist on the cusp of his greatest discovery.
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FICTION / YOUNG ADULT / ROMANCE / COMING OF AGE
By Allison Pittman
Wander, an imprint of Tyndale House Publishers
352 pages
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Pudge and Prejudice is an homage to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, transported to the fictitious Northfield Texas High School in the year 1984. After moving to Northfield with her family, Elyse Nebbit faces the challenge of finding her place in a new school, one dominated by social status and Friday night football. When Elyse’s effortlessly beautiful older sister Jayne starts dating Charlie Bingley, the captain of the school football team, Elyse finds herself curious about Charlie’s popular and brooding best friend, Billy Fitz. Elyse’s body insecurities eventually complicate her relationship with Billy, leaving Jayne and Elyse’s exceedingly blunt friend, Lottie, to step in and help Elyse accept herself for who she is, pant size and all.
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FICTION / YOUNG ADULT / HISTORICAL FANTASY / ACTION & ADVENTURE
By Michael Scott Clifton
2011, 398 pages
Available in paperback, audio book, and eBook
Nick Hollister's luck usually runs only one way...bad. At thirty-two, his life is a disappointment, nothing but a series of dead-end jobs and broken relationships. Just when he thought things couldn't get worse, he loses his job, his girlfriend, and even manages to get beaten up. Then he discovers a magical book in an unusual antique shop owned by the eccentric and dwarf-sized, Hank Harper.
This mystical book, The Book of Lost Treasures, proves to be able to find anything down through history which has ever been lost. Nicks decides to use the book like a treasure map to find and recover lost items. Nick becomes wealthy practically overnight and falls in love with the girl of his dreams. Then his troubles really begin.
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