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January 2012

January’s roundup of New in Paperback titles includes KENNY & THE DRAGON by Tony DiTerlizzi, a fully illustrated retelling of Kenneth Grahame's classic short story "The Reluctant Dragon," about an epic battle between a sophisticated dragon and a retired knight; SPIRITS IN THE STARS, the sixth addition to Erin Hunter's Seekers series, in which Toklo, Lusa, Kallik and Ujurak meet a tribe of bears with a strange illness; THE FOURTH STALL, Chris Rylander’s tale of a rule-breaking problem-solver and his business manager who provide a unique service from the fourth stall in the East Wing boys bathroom --- they can solve any problem; and SKY BOYS by Deborah Hopkinson and James E. Ransome, a riveting brick-by-brick account of how one of the most amazing accomplishments in American architecture --- the Empire State Building --- came to be.

Stand-Alone Chapter Books/Middle Grade Titles

Book Cover Art BEING TEDDY ROOSEVELT
written by Claudia Mills
illustrated by R. W. Alley

Square Fish
ISBN: 9780312640187
Ages 7-10
112 pages

 

Book Cover Art CLOSE TO FAMOUS
Joan Bauer
Puffin/Penguin Young Readers Group
ISBN: 9780142420171
Ages 10-up
240 pages

 

Book Cover Art THE GIANT-SLAYER
Iain Lawrence
Yearling/Random House
ISBN: 9780440239710
Ages 8-12
304 pages

 

Book Cover Art KENNY & THE DRAGON
Tony DiTerlizzi
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9781442436510
Ages 8-12
176 pages

 

Book Cover Art A TRUE PRINCESS
Diane Zahler
HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780061825033
Ages 8-12
298 pages

 

Series Books/Sequels

Books of Dormia

Book Cover ArtWORLD’S END: The Second Book of Dormia
Jake Halpern and Peter Kujawinski
Sandpiper Books
ISBN: 9780547577197
Ages 9-12
496 pages

 

Calvin Coconut

Book Cover ArtCALVIN COCONUT: HERO OF HAWAII
written by Graham Salisbury
illustrated by Jacqueline Rogers

Yearling/Random House
ISBN: 9780375865053
Ages 7-10
160 pages

 

The Fourth Stall

Book Cover ArtTHE FOURTH STALL
Chris Rylander
Walden Pond Press/HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780061994975
Ages 8-12
336 pages

 

The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place

Book Cover ArtTHE INCORRIGIBLE CHILDREN OF ASHTON PLACE: Book II: THE HIDDEN GALLERY
Maryrose Wood
Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780061791130
Ages 8-12
336 pages

 

J.J. Tully Mysteries

Book Cover ArtTHE TROUBLE WITH CHICKENS: A J.J. Tully Mystery
written by Doreen Cronin
illustrated by Kevin Cornell

Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780061215346
Ages 7-11
144 pages

 

Seekers

Book Cover ArtSEEKERS #6: SPIRITS IN THE STARS
Erin Hunter
HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780060871420
Ages 10-up
304 pages

 

Picture Books

Book Cover Art NIGHT RUNNING
written by Elisa Carbone
illustrated by Earl B. Lewis

Dragonfly Books/Random House
ISBN: 9780553112849
Ages 5-8
40 pages

 

Book Cover Art OUR CHILDREN CAN SOAR: A Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change
written and illustrated by Michelle Cook
Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books
ISBN: 9781599907833
Ages 4-8
32 pages

 

Book Cover Art SKY BOYS: How They Built the Empire State Building
written by Deborah Hopkinson
illustrated by James E. Ransome

Dragonfly Books/Random House
ISBN: 9780375865411
Ages 4-9
48 pages

 

--- Compiled by Tom Donadio and written by Dana Wilson

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