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Just arrived–new children’s books added to our collection

Posted by gloucestercitylibrary on April 10, 2012

Feel free to stop in or call us at 456-4181 to place a request on any of these titles if they are already checked out.

Fiction

Another brother (Picture Book)

End of the race

Masks

My weird school daze

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Just arrived–new children’s books added to our collection

Posted by gloucestercitylibrary on March 9, 2012

Feel free to stop in or call us at 456-4181 to place a request on any of these titles if they are already checked out.

Fiction

The adventures of Beanboy, by Lisa Harkrader

A diamond in the desert, by Kathryn Fitzmaurice

A monster calls, by Patrick Ness

On the way to Cape May, by Carole Robinson

School. Hasn’t this gone on long enough? by Jim Benton

Small persons with wings, by Ellen Booraem

Tillie Winslow and the castle of courage, by S. E. Sledden

Wonder, by R. J. Palacio

 

Non-Fiction

Technically, it’s not my fault: concrete poems, by John Grandit

The underwear salesman: and other jobs for better or verse, by J. Patrick Lewis

What color is my world?: the lost history of African-American inventors, by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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New children’s books added to our collection

Posted by gloucestercitylibrary on February 14, 2012

Feel free to stop in or call us at 456-4181 to place a request on any of these titles if they are already checked out.

Fiction

Cold cereal, by Adam Rex
Crow, by Barbara Wright
Dead end in Norvelt, by Jack Gantos (2012 Newbery Award Winner)
Easter egg, by Jan Brett (picture book)
An elephant in the garden, by Michael Morpurgo
E-mergency, by Tom Lichtenheld (picture book)
Gossip from the girl’s room, by Rose Cooper
The lions of Little Rock, by Kristin Levine
Moon pie, by Simon Mason
My first Kwanzaa, by Karen Katz (picture book)
The one and only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate
The other half of my heart, by Sundee T. Frazier
Rumors from the boys’ room, by Rose Cooper
St. Patrick’s Day, by Anne Rockwell (picture book)
Stuck, by Oliver Jeffers (picture book)
Tuesdays at the castle, by Jessica Day George
Twinkle, twinkle little star, by Jane Taylor (picture book)
War horse, by Michael Morpurgo

Non-Fiction

Charles Dickens: England’s most captivating storyteller
Eat your math homework
How the dinosaur got to the museum
Just a second: a different way to look at time
Little Rock girl 1957: how a photograph changed the fight for integration
Miles to go for freedom: segregation and civil rights in the Jim Crow years
The worst of friends: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and the true story of an American feud

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Children’s books recently added to our collection

Posted by gloucestercitylibrary on January 17, 2012

Fiction

Abe Lincoln at last (Magic Tree House)

Anya’s ghost

Cabin fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)

A king’s ransom (39 clues Cahills vs. Vespers)

A monster calls (graphic novel)

Neville (picture book)

Red sled (picture book)

Stars (picture)

The US capital commotion (Flat Stanley)

Waiting for the magic

Zita the space girl (graphic novel)

 

Non-Fiction

Abraham Lincoln (a non-fiction companion to Abe Lincoln at last)

Balloons over Broadway: the true story of the puppeteer of Macy’s parade

Billions of years, amazing changes: the story of evolution

If you lived here; houses of the world

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Just arrived–new children’s books being added to our collection

Posted by gloucestercitylibrary on November 22, 2011

Feel free to stop in or call us at 456-4181 to place a request on any of these titles if they are already checked out.

Fiction

Bailey, by Harry Bliss (picture book)
Big Nate strikes again, by Lincoln Peirce
The bippolo seed and other lost stories, by Dr. Seuss (picture book)
Black and white, by David Macaulay (picture book)
Blue chicken, by Deborah Freedman (picture book)
Breadcrumbs, by Anne Ursu
The dragon’s tooth, by N. D. Wilson
Flying high, by Nick Eliopulos (Step Into Reading)
Inheritance, or The Vault of Souls, by Christopher Paolini
King Jack and the Dragon, by Peter Bently (picture book)
Letters from Rifka, by Karen Hesse
Mine!, by Shutta Crum (picture book)
No such thing as ghosts, by Ursula Vernon
Palace of the damned, by Darren Shan
Should I share my ice cream?, by Mo Willems (picture book)
Smoky night, by Eve Bunting (picture book)

Non-Fiction

The BP Oil Spill
Explore Titanic: breathtaking new pictures, recreated with digital technology
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
Oh my gods!: a look-it-up guide to the gods of mythology (Mythlopedia)
Titanic sinks!

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Just arrived–new children’s books being added to our collection

Posted by gloucestercitylibrary on October 25, 2011

Feel free to stop in or call us at 456-4181 to place a request on any of these titles if they are already checked out.

Fiction

13 gifts, by Wendy Maas
Along a long road, by Frank Viva (picture book)
Around the World, by Matt Phelan
Betty Bunny loves chocolate cake, by Michael B. Kaplan (picture book)
Blood, by Kevin Wignall
The Cheshire Cheese Cat: a Dickens of a tale, by Carmen Agra Deedy
Children make terrible pets, by Peter Brown (picture book)
Get to Work, Hercules (Myth-O-Mania), by Kate McMullan
The girl who circumnavigated Fairyland in a ship of her own making, by Catherynne Valente.
Grandfather’s journey, by Allen Say (picture book)
Have a hot time, Hades (Myth-O-Mania), by Kate McMullan
Have you filled a bucket today? by Carol McCloud (picture book)
I spy with my little eye, by Edward Gibbs (picture book)
Keep a lid on it, Pandora (Myth-O-Mania), by Kate McMullan
The lost stories (Ranger’s Apprentice), by John Flanagan
The Medusa plot (39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers), by Gordon Korman
NERDS 3: the cheerleaders of doom, by Michael Buckley
Never forgotten, by Patricia C. McKissack
Nice shot, Cupid (Myth-O-Mania), by Kate McMullan
No sleep for the sheep! by Karen Beaumont (picture book)
Pie, by Sarah Weeks
Rah rah radishes!: a vegetable chant, by April Pulley Sayre (picture book)
Smells like treasure, by Suzanne Selfors
Snow what fun!: when snowmen come to life on Christmas Eve, by Cheryl Hawkinson (picture book)
Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus), by Rick Riordan
Super Diaper Baby 2: the invasion of the potty snatchers, by Dav Pilkey
Swirl by swirl: spirals in nature, by Joyce Sidman (picture book)
Turtle in paradise, by Jennifer Holm
Underdogs, by Mike Lupica
A very Babymouse Christmas, by Jennifer Holm
Water balloon, by Audrey Vernick
Wonderstruck, by Brian Selznick
Words of questionable wisdom (Popularity Papers), by Amy Ignatow

Non-Fiction

Drawing from memory, by Allen Say
Every thing on it: poems and drawings, by Shel Silverstein
Foxes (Exploring the world of:), by Tracy C. Read
Hail! Ancient Egyptians, by Jen Green
Haiti (Countries around the world), by Elizabeth Raum
Heart and soul: the story of America and African Americans, by Kadir Nelson
How to tell a fable, by Suri Rosen
How to tell a folktale, by Carol Alexander
How to tell a legend, by Janet Stone
How to tell a myth, by Robert Walker
Jefferson’s sons: a founding father’s secret children, by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Spanish missions of California, by Megan Gendell
Vampires, by S. L. Hamilton
Werewolves, by S. L. Hamilton
Westward expansion (a True Book), by Teresa Domnauer
Winning softball for girls, by Mark Gola
Winning track and field for girls, by Ed Housewright
Yemen (Countries around the world), by Jean F. Blashfield
You wouldn’t want to travel with Captain Cook, by Mark Bergin

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Just arrived–new children’s books being added to our collection

Posted by gloucestercitylibrary on September 27, 2011

Feel free to stop in or call us at 456-4181 to place a request on any of these titles, even if they are not yet in our catalog.

Fiction

Astonishing secret of Awesome Man (picture book)
A bad case of tattle tongue (picture book)
A ball for Daisy (picture book)
Big Nate on a roll
Bumble-ardy (picture book)
Charlie Joe Jackson’s guide to not reading
Darth Paper strikes back (Origami Yoda)
Dork diaries 3: tales from a not-so-talented pop star
Dot (picture book)
Flat Stanley’s worldwide adventures: The Australian boomerang bonanza
The girl is murder
Grandpa Green (picture book)
It’s the first day of school forever
Justin Case: school, drool, and other daily disasters
Louise the big cheese and the back-to-school smarty-pants (picture book)
Pete the Cat: I love my white shoes (picture book)
Richard Scarry’s cars and trucks and things that go (picture book)
Sammy in the sky (picture book; parents’ box)
Sidekicks
Silhouetted by the blue
Non-Fiction

Dog heroes

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Just arrived–new children’s books being added to our collection

Posted by gloucestercitylibrary on August 30, 2011

Feel free to stop in or call us at 456-4181 to place a request on any of these titles, even if they are not yet in our catalog.

Fiction

Non-fiction


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