New Children's Books

My Pal, Victor: Mi amigo, Victor - Diane Gonzales Bertrand
Two latino boys experience carefree camaraderie despite one boy's disability.

Fun Weather Days - Pam Rosenberg
Word hunt -- Fun in the forecast -- Rainbow recipe -- Spooky fogbows -- Colorful coronas -- Creating clouds -- Strange shapes -- Sky watching -- Weather wonders: contrail -- Your new words -- You can read the sky -- Index -- Find out more -- Meet the author

Rainy Weather Days - Pam Rosenberg
Word hunt -- Looks like rain -- Creating clouds -- Drizzle to drops -- Measuring rain -- Good and bad rain -- Water works -- Weather wonders: flood -- Your new words -- You can read the sky -- Index -- Find out more -- Meet the author

Little Gold Star: A Cinderella Cuento - Joe Hayes
In this variation of the Cinderella story, coming from the Hispanic tradition in New Mexico, Arciá and her wicked stepsisters have different encounters with a magical hawk and are left physically changed in ways that will affect their meeting with the prince.

Dreamer from the Village: The Story of Marc Chagall - Michele Markel
Chronicles the life of Marc Chagall, a celebrated twentieth-century artist who was born in Russia.

The Scallywags - David Melling
The Scallywags, a family of lazy, shiftless, mischief-making wolves, annoy all the other animals to the point where they quit getting invited to eat, play, or join in other activities, but when the wolves decide to improve themselves, they go too far in the other direction--until a full moon appears.