Friday, January 12, 2007

New children's books

New trade books in the CMC today include:

To Dance: A Memoir - Siena Cherson Siegel
The author describes how she first decided she wanted to be a ballerina at the age of six, and how that dream carried her from her home in Puerto Rico to dance class in Boston to performing with the New York City Ballet, in the form of a graphic novel.



Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything - Lenore Look
After Ruby Lu's deaf cousin, Flying Duck, and her parents come from China to live with her, Ruby finds life challenging as she adjusts to her new family, tries to mend her rocky relationship with her friend Emma, and faces various adventures in summer school.


Banjo Granny - Sarah Martin Busse and Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Baby Owen's grandmother learns that he is wiggly, jiggly, and all-around giggly for bluegrass music, so with her banjo, she travels by curious means to visit and play for him.



The Moon - Robert Louis Stevenson
Pictures of a father and child out in the moonlight illustrate Stevenson's poem from "A Child's Garden of Verses."




Clip-Clop! - Nicola Smee
When Mr. Horse gives a ride to his friends, Cat, Dog, Pig, and Duck, they urge him to go faster and faster.

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