Cool New Books for March
 ATTACK OF APOLLYON
Left Behind: The Kids, Book 19
by Jerry B. Jenkins and Timothy Lahaye
Tyndale House Pub
ISBN: 084234313X
Ages 9-12
176 pages
......and....
 A DANGEROUS PLAN
Left Behind: The Kids, Book 20
by Jerry B. Jenkins and Timothy Lahaye
Tyndale House Pub
ISBN: 0842343148
Ages 9-12
176 pages
What dangerous plan is in store for us in this series? Follow the teens "left behind" in these next two series installments.
 EMERIL'S THERE'S A CHEF IN MY SOUP! Recipes for the Kid in Everyone
by Emeril Lagasse
Harpercollins Juvenile Books
ISBN: 0688177069
Ages 9-12
256 pages
What's better than making really good food? Eating it! Chef Emeril Lagasse shows us how to cook great foods, step-by-step. You will really cook with this book, so get ready to make some delicious food that your family and friends will love!
 THE FOLLOWERS
Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice, Special Edition #2
by Jude Watson
Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN: 0439139392
Ages 9-12
160 pages
Upon discovering that the Sith cult still exists Obi-Wan and Anakin make plans for revenge that threaten the heart of the Jedi. Join Obi-Wan and his apprentice, Anakin Skywalker as they face off against the leader of the cult.
 GIRLS THINK OF EVERYTHING: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women
by Catherine Thimmesh
illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Houghton Mifflin Co.
ISBN: 0618195637
Ages 9-12
57 pages
This attractive and very informative book profiles a dozen women and their inventions. Did you know that Ruth Wakefield, baking chocolate-butter drop cookies one day, decided not to melt the chocolate and instead tossed chunks of it in the batter, and thus created Toll House Cookies? This is just one of the interesting stories in this intriguing book, including many great illustrations!
 INDIGO
by Alice Hoffman
Scholastic Trade
ISBN: 0439256356
Ages 10-14
96 pages
Thirteen-year-old Martha Glimmer longs to leave Oak Grove and travel with her best friends. Her friends, Trout and Eel (named so because of the thin webbing between their fingers and toes), want to see the ocean. Everything changes for the three friends on the night they decide to begin their journey.
 PRINCESS IN THE SPOTLIGHT
The Princess Diaries, Volume II
by Meg Cabot
HarperTrophy
ISBN: 0064472795
Ages 9-12
272 pages
Fifteen-year-old Mia Thermopolis has had it with "torture" lessons (also known as torture sessions). See how Mia does on her forced television interview which is broadcast to all of America. Also check in on Mia to see how her crush on Michael is going!
 THE SECRET LIFE OF FOOD
by Clare Crespo
Eric Staudenmaier (Photographer)
Hyperion Press
ISBN: 0786808462
Young Adult
108 pages
This creative book about cooking has beautiful photographs, great style and a fun approach to creative food and preparation.
 THE SKY'S THE LIMIT: Stories of Discovery by Women and Girls
by Catherine Thimmesh
illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Houghton Mifflin Co (Juv)
ISBN: 0618076980
Ages 9-12
80 pages
This is a wonderful tribute to the curious and brilliant women who have changed the world with their discoveries. Women have been responsible for many remarkable discoveries, from the X and Y chromosomes to a 3.5 million-year-old hominid skull, to the dark matter of the universe. You'll also meet a 19th century Spanish girl who discovered 15,000-year-old cave paintings that cast a new light on Stone Age people.
 SO YOU WANT TO BE A TEENAGER?: What Every Pre-Teen Must Know About Friends, Love, Sex, Dating, and Other Life Issues
by Dennis, Barbara & Samuel Rainey
Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 0785266151
Ages 9-12
160 pages
Samuel and Rebecca Rainey, who were preteens themselves not so many years ago, add their own perspective as young adults who recall their own successes and failures as teenagers. Covering such topics as friends, peer pressure, boundaries, dating and sex. SO YOU WANT TO BE A TEENAGER? addresses the most common problems of adolescence and teaches preteens how to avoid making poor choices.
 THE THREAT WITHIN
Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice, Book 18
by Jude Watson
Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN: 0439139376
Ages 9-12
130 pages
Obi-Wan Kenobi is now 16 and he's ready to take a big step towards becoming a Jedi Knight.
 THE ULTIMATE PETER RABBIT
by Camilla Hallinan
DK Publishing
ISBN: 0789485389
Ages 9-12
128 pages
Discover many of the whys and hows and might-have-beens behind the classic stories by Beatrix Potter. THE ULTIMATE PETER RABBIT is packed with photos, illustrations, and tidbits about the author and her time. Meet the children for whom Beatrix Potter wrote many of her stories and learn the tragic love story behind the scenes while the author wrote THE TALE OF MRS. TIGGY-WINKLE.
 CAN YOU SEE WHAT I SEE?: Picture Puzzles to Search and Solve
by Walter Wick
Cartwheel Books
ISBN: 0439163919
Ages 4-8
40 pages
If you like games, this book's for you. It has hours of puzzle-solving fun! There are lots of challenges in every rhyme, but when you think you have things under control, the end of each rhyme offers a new puzzle. Sometimes it's a maze, sometimes you have to uncover an optical illusion or sometimes find differences in like objects. Regardless of the types of games you like to play, we think CAN YOU SEE WHAT I SEE? will offer you much brain-building opportunity.
 THE RED WOLF
by Margaret Shannon
Houghton Mifflin Co (Juv)
ISBN: 0618055444
Ages 4-8
32 pages
Seven-year-old Princess Roselupin wants to go out into the "wild and dangerous" world. Roselupin receives a golden box full of yar for her seventh birthday and decides to knit herself a magical red wolf suit. Can Roselupin knit herself the magical red wolf suit and escape her trappings? You'll have to read THE RED WOLF to find out.
 STAGE FRIGHT ON A SUMMER NIGHT
Magic Tree House #25
by Mary Pope Osborne
illustrated by Sal Murdocca
Random House
ISBN: 0375806113
Ages 4-8
96 pages
Jack and Annie climb into their magic tree house once again. This time they are going to England and also to Shakespeare's theater. They are searcing for "a special magic" that will, "without wand, spell, or charm --- turn daytime into night." With only their backpacks and a book about 16th century England, Jack and Annie manage to solve Morgan le Fay's rhyme. Additional information about Shakespeare is included, plus a partial list of the more than 2,000 words and expressions he invented.
 TESSA'S TIP-TAPPING TOES
by Carolyn Crimi
illustrated by Marsha Gray Carrington
Orchard Books
ISBN: 0439317681
Ages 4-8
32 pages
Tessa the mouse loves to dance, but her mother won't let her. Her mother tells her to keep quiet for safety's sake. Tessa really tries to stop dancing, but without her toes tapping, she just doesn't feel right. Then Tessa meets Oscar, the resident housecat. Oscar loves to sing, but his owner, Mrs. Timboni, won't let him for fear the neighbors will complain. Pretty soon Tessa and Oscar are great friends, and the entire household is hip-hopping and sing-songing along with them!
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