Tuesday, January 18, 2011

New Children's and YA Books; Award Books

Freddy! King of Flurb - Peter Hannan
Freddy, his jealous sister Babette, and their parents are abducted by slimy aliens and taken to the planet Flurb, where Freddy is made king, much to the dismay of Wizbad.

Lockdown - Walter Dean Myers
Teenage Reese, serving time at a juvenile detention facility, gets a lesson in making it through hard times from an unlikely friend with a harrowing past.  Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor book


The Pirate of Kindergarten - George Ella Lyon
Ginny's eyes play tricks on her, making her see everything double, but when she goes to vision screening at school and discovers that not everyone sees this way, she learns that her double vision can be cured.  Schneider Family Book Award

Just in Time, Abraham Lincoln - Patricia Polacco
When two brothers visit a museum in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, with their grandmother, they find themselves in a very realistic Civil War setting where they see the Antietam battlefield and meet historical figures from the aftermath of that momentous battle. Includes author's note on the Battle of Antietam.

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