Kids

Scarlett Hart : monster hunter book cover

Scarlett Hart : monster hunter

Marcus Sedgwick

jGRAPHIC NOVEL Sedgwick
Kids, Graphic Novels

"Scarlett Hart, orphaned daughter of two legendary monster hunters, is determined to carry on in her parents' footsteps--even if the Royal Academy for the Pursuit and Eradication of Zoological Eccentricities says she's too young. Whether it's creepy mummies or a horrid hound, Scarlett won't back down, and with the help of her loyal butler and a lot of monster-mashing gadgets, she's on the case. But with her parents' archrival, Count Stankovic, taking all the monster-catching rewards for himself, it's getting hard for Scarlett to do what she was born to do. And when more monsters start mysteriously manifesting than ever before, Scarlett knows she has to get to the bottom of it and save the city...whatever the danger!"--Page [4] of cover.

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Full of adventure and creepy creatures! A great tween read for fans of Sherlock and Scooby Doo. Scarlett Hart is a brave, adventure seeking, and driven tween girl. Together with her butler Napoleon, they hunt down the monsters that threaten a British-like country reminiscent of the early 20th century. Together they must out-smart and out-hunt her nemesis. -Angie

Hello Lighthouse book cover

Hello Lighthouse

Sophie Blackall

jE Blackall
Picture Books, Historical Fiction, Nature, Kids

"Explores the life of one lighthouse as it beams its message out to sea through shifting seasons, changeable weather, and the tenure of its final keeper."--

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All in all,"Hello Lighthouse" radiates as much warmth as light and will surely be pored over for its lustrous details and touching story. -Casey

The great big book of families book cover

The great big book of families

Mary Hoffman

jE Hoffman
Kids, LGBTQ+

Features illustrations and descriptions of different types of families and how their lives are similar and different.

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Dear Yeti book cover

Dear Yeti

James Kwan

jE Kwan
Kids, Humor

Told through a series of notes, two boys go on a hike hoping to find Yeti but run into trouble along the way.

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Two young hikers set out to look for Yeti one day, and with the help of a bird friend, they trek further and further into the woods, sending letters to coax the shy creature out of hiding. -Angie

XO, Ox : a love story book cover

XO, Ox : a love story

Adam Rex

jE Rex
Kids, Humor

"The hilarious tale of an ox who is in love with a gazelle, told in correspondence"--

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Picture Book: An epic, if initially unrequited, love affair between a graceful gazelle and a clumsy, hapless ox. Romance will never be the same. -Angie

Click, clack, moo : cows that type book cover

Click, clack, moo : cows that type

Doreen Cronin

jE Cronin
Kids, Humor

When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making demands and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want.

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Picture Book: When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making demands and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want. -Angie

The day the crayons quit book cover

The day the crayons quit

Drew Daywalt

jE Daywalt
Kids, Humor

When Duncan arrives at school one morning, he finds a stack of letters, one from each of his crayons, complaining about how he uses them.

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Picture Book: When Duncan arrives at school one morning, he finds a stack of letters, one from each of his crayons, complaining about how he uses them. -Angie

Unusual chickens for the exceptional poultry farmer book cover

Unusual chickens for the exceptional poultry farmer

Kelly (Kelly Anne) Jones

jFICTION Jones Kelly
Kids, Fiction, Humor

Through a series of letters, Sophie Brown, age twelve, tells of her family's move to her Great Uncle Jim's farm, where she begins taking care of some unusual chickens with help from neighbors and friends.

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Through a series of letters, Sophie Brown, age twelve, tells of her family’s move to her Great Uncle Jim’s farm, where she begins taking care of some unusual chickens with help from neighbors and friends. -Angie

Love, Ruby Lavender book cover

Love, Ruby Lavender

Deborah Wiles

jFICTION Wiles, Deborah
Kids, Fiction

When her quirky grandmother goes to Hawaii for the summer, nine-year-old Ruby learns to survive on her own in Mississippi by writing letters, befriending chickens as well as the new girl in town, and finally coping with her grandfather's death.

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When her quirky grandmother goes to Hawaii for the summer, nine-year-old Ruby learns to survive on her own in Mississippi by writing letters, befriending chickens as well as the new girl in town, and finally coping with her grandfather’s death. -Angie

Dying to meet you book cover

Dying to meet you

Kate Klise

jFICTION Klise, Kate
Kids, Fiction

In this story told mostly through letters, children's book author, I.B. Grumply, gets more than he bargained for when he rents a quiet place to write for the summer.

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Ignatius B. Grumply moves into the Victorian mansion at 43 Old Cemetery Road hoping to find some peace and quiet so he can crack a wicked case of writer’s block. But 43 Old Cemetery Road is already occupied by eleven-year-old Seymour, his cat Shadow, and an irritable ghost named Olive. -Angie