New Children's Books

Elephants of Africa - Gail Gibbons
Details the habitats, physical characteristics, diet, offspring development, and behavior of the African elephant.

Moon: Science, History, and Mystery - Stewart Ross
The moon has always been a magical and mystical icon throughout human history. It is the only natural satellite of the earth and the second-brightest object in the sky after the sun. July 20, 2009, is the fortieth anniversary of the day that man first walked on the moon.

Slither and Crawl: Eye to Eye with Reptiles - Jim Arnosky
Explains how to identify venomous snakes and their harmless cousins, where to find a 200-pound lizard, how to avoid becoming an alligator's lunch and features snake fangs, alligator claws, and turtle shells--all life-size!

Watch Me Throw the Ball! - Mo Willems
Gerald the elephant tries to tell Piggie that ball-throwing is serious business, but Piggie just wants to have fun.

Emmaline and the Bunny - Katherine Hannigan
Everyone and everything in the town of Neatasapin is tidy, except Emmaline who likes to dig dirt and jump in puddles, and wants to adopt an untidy bunny.

The Swamps of Sleethe - Jack Prelutsky
A collection of poems with a planetary theme.

All in a Day - Cynthia Rylant
Illustrations and rhyming text pay homage to a new day, with promises for the future in its "perfect piece of time."





Panorama: A Foldout Book - Fani Marceau
Illustrations and simple text invite the reader to visit different places around the world, then to view the same scenes at night on the reverse of the fanfolded page.

The Bill Martin Jr Big Book of Poetry
The definitive anthology of children's poetry with beautiful illustrations.

The Sneetches and Other Stories - Dr. Seuss
Includes four humorous verse fantasies: The Sneetches, The Zax, Too Many Daves, and What was I Scared of?

Little Red Riding Hood/Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Ana Lomba
The classic fairy tale retold in both French and English through text and on CD.

New YA Books

Scat - Carl Hiaasen
Nick and his friend Marta decide to investigate when a mysterious fire starts near a Florida wildlife preserve and an unpopular teacher goes missing.

The Amaranth Enchantment - Julie Berry
Orphaned at age five, Lucinda, now fifteen, stands with courage against the man who took everything from her, aided by a thief, a clever goat, and a mysterious woman called the Witch of Amaranth, while the prince she knew as a child prepares to marry, unaware that he, too, is in danger.

The Brooklyn Nine - Alan Gratz
Follows the fortunes of a German immigrant family through nine generations, beginning in 1845, as they experience American life and play baseball.

Creature of the Night - Kate Thompson
Bobby lives a reckless life smoking, drinking, and stealing cars in Dublin. So his mother moves the family to the country. But Bobby suspects their cottage might not be as quaint as it seems. And spooky details of the history of their little cottage gradually turn Bobby into a detective of night creatures real and imagined.

New Children's and YA Books

If I Stay - Gayle Forman
While in a coma following an automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weights whether to live with her grief or join her family in death.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk High School - Jack Canfield
A collection of 101 stories for high school students written by other teens and by adults about their experiences in high school. All stories are true personal anecdotes covering a range of topics from funny and embarrassing moments to teen love and friendship, family issues, self-respect, and others.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Relationships - Jack Canfield
A compilation of true stories written by teenagers, and by adults writing about their teenage years, focusing on teen relationships with parents, friends, crushes, boyfriends and girlfriends.

My People - Langston Hughes
Hughes's spare yet eloquent tribute to his people has been cherished for generations. Now, acclaimed photographer Smith interprets this beloved poem in vivid sepia photographs that capture the glory, the beauty, and the soul of being a black American today.

Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 - Brian Floca
Here is the story of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon -- a story of leaving and returning during the summer of 1969, and a story of home, seen whole, from far away by steady astronauts in their great machines.

New Nonfiction Books

From the series Looking at Nature by Bobbie Kalman:

How Does It Move?
Looks at the many different ways in which people and animals move.







What Are Natural Structures?
Simple text and photographs explore the forms and structures of animals and plants as well as landforms.

What Are These Animals Doing?
Simple text and photographs explore animal behaviors, such as hiding from predators, dancing, migrating, and caring for their young.





What Time Is It?
Explains what time is and how people tell time, and looks at different segments of time, focusing on a year of seasons.

Shel Silverstein, Poet - Rachel Lynette
Examines the life of poet and children's author, Shel Silverstein.

Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland - Sally M. Walker
This book reports on the work of forensic scientists who are excavating grave sites in James Fort, in Jamestown, Virginia, to understand the people who lived in the Chesapeake Bay area in the 1600s and 1700s.

Ed Emberley's Complete FunPrint Drawing Book
Instructions for creating a variety of shapes and figures using fingerprints and a few simple lines.

Transportation Technology - Brian Williams
Describes new technologies that are helping make road transportation, railroads, ships, airplanes, and space travel more efficient and discusses how transportation will change in the future.

Military Technology - Ian Graham
Describes new technologies that are helping make military aviation, land warfare, warships and submarines, intelligence, non-lethal weapons, and space weapons more efficient and discusses the implications these technologies have on current and future warfare.

New Teen Books

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Middle School
A collection of 101 stories for middle school students written by other young teens and by adults about their experiences in middle school. All stories are true personal anecdotes covering a range of topics from funny and embarrassing moments, to teen love and friendship, to family issues and others.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Tough Times
A collection of stories written by teenagers and adults reflecting on their teenage years, offering support and inspiration in tough times. Topics range from abuse to disease to death to self-destructive behavior.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Getting in...to College
A collection of 101 stories for high schools students who are applying to college written by teens and by adults about their experiences applying to college. Stories cover everything from grade pressure, to peer pressure, to parental pressure, to SATs and ACTs, interviews and essays, filling out college applications, to waiting for the letters, dealing with good and bad news, wait lists, and alternative paths to college such as gap years.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Growing Up
Collects anecdotes from teenagers about friendship, peer pressure, self-acceptance, family life, relationships, and overcoming obstacles.

Blinded: The Story of Paul the Apostle - Steve Ross
Saul of Tarsus is good at his job. He hunts down "Flesh Eaters," members of a strange and threatening religious sect that meets in secret and worships by eating and drinking the body and blood of their Lord. What happens when Saul discovers that's he's wrong? What happens when he becomes the Apostle Paul?

New Nonfiction Books

Larry Page and Sergey Brin: The Google Guys - Gail B. Stewart
A brief biography of Larry Page and Sergey Brin, co-founders of the Google Internet Search Engine.

From the First Guide to Government series:

What's the Declaration of Independence? - Nancy Harris
What is the Declaration of Independence? -- The American colonies -- Unhappy colonists -- Taxes -- Taking a stand -- The Second Continental Congress -- Writing the Declaration of Independence -- Parts of the Declaration of Independence -- Signing the Declaration of Independence -- The Revolutionary War -- Celebrating the Declaration of Independence

What's the Constitution? - Nancy Harris
What is the United States Constitution? -- History of the Constitution -- The Articles of Confederation -- Writing the constitution -- Parts of the Constitution -- The amendments -- Why is the constitution important?

What's the Bill of Rights? - Nancy Harris
Simple text and illustrations provide an introduction to the Bill of Rights, discussing the history of the Constitution, when it was added, who wrote it, other amendments, and why it is important.

What Are the Amendments? - Nancy Harris
What is the United States Constitution? -- Why do we have amendments? -- How to amend the constitution -- The first ten amendments -- Other amendments -- Repealing amendments -- Why are the amendments important?

New Christian Education Resources Database

A new database is now online that helps users locate Christian education resources that are available in the CMC. There are approximately 700 items in the database, which includes such things as children's and youth Bibles, activity and idea books, Christian children's books, children's devotional books, and much more. Users may also limit their search to eleven specific publishers if desired. All new Christian education resources will be added to the database as they arrive in the CMC. Visit this new database by clicking here.

New Resources for Middle School Phonics

Month-by-Month Phonics for Upper Grades
This Month-by-Month book explains how to help struggling readers - whether they are fourth graders, tenth graders, or students learning English - become fluent decoders and spellers.

"Make Words" for Month-by-Month Phonics for Upper Grades Card Set
For use with the book "Month-by-Month Phonics for Upper Grades" (372.465 C973M). Contains 372 cards

Big Words for Big Kids : Systematic Sequential Phonics and Spelling
Contains 100 lessons which teach 33 common roots and all of the common prefixes and suffixes. The lessons are arranged in five-lesson cycles...Following the 100 lessons are some review and extension activities.

Big Words for Big Kids Word Card Set
For use with the book "Big Words for Big Kids" (372.465 C973B). Contains 662 cards.

Prefixes and Suffixes : Systematic Sequential Phonics and Spelling
Includes 120 lessons, arranged in five-lesson cycles, which teach the most common prefixes, suffixes, and spelling changes.

Word Cards for Prefixes and Suffixes: Systematic Sequential Phonics and Spelling
For use with book "Prefixes and Suffixes: Systematic Sequential Phonics and Spelling" (372.465 C973P). Contains 708 word cards. For grades 3 and above.

Phonics & Vocabulary - Grade 4
Provides activities with a major emphasis on vocabulary development along with phonics and structural analysis. Includes lessons using the dictionary, using vowels, consonant blends, vowel pairs, accents, antonyms, synonyms, homonyms, and more.

Phonics & Vocabulary - Grade 5
Provides activities with a major emphasis on vocabulary development along with phonics and structural analysis. Includes lessons using the dictionary, using vowels, consonant blends, vowel pairs, accents, antonyms, synonyms, homonyms, and more

Phonics & Vocabulary -Grade 6
Provides activities with a major emphasis on vocabulary development along with phonics and structural analysis. Includes lessons using the dictionary, using vowels, consonant blends, vowel pairs, accents, antonyms, synonyms, homonyms, and more.

Making Words: Lessons for Home or School -Patricia M. Cunningham
Making Words is an active, hands-on activity in which children manipulate letter cards to construct words, sort words by spelling patterns, and use the sorted patterns to spell and read new words. This collection of 50 reproducible lessons familiarizes students with many common spelling patterns.

Phonics for Middle-Grade Students
Designed for students who have not yet mastered basic phonics skills. Includes consonant and vowel sounds, blends, digraphs, dictionary skills, answer key, teacher instructions, and more.

New Nonfiction Books

Remember Little Rock - Paul Robert Walker
Just over 50 years ago, in Little Rock, Arkansas, nine brave black students stood up for their rights and made history. The integration of Central High School in Little Rock changed the course of education in America forever, and became one of the pivotal points in the Civil Rights Movement. In Remember Little Rock award-winning author Paul Robert Walker uses eyewitness accounts and on-the-scene news photography to take a fresh look at a time of momentous consequence in U.S. history. Here, we get the story from all sides: the students directly involved; their fellow students, black and white; parents on both sides; military, police, and government officials. The author uses personal interviews with many of those who attended the 50th anniversary celebration in 2007, and explores what happened, what's changed, what hasn't, and why.

Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Through The Gates and Beyond - Jan Greenberg
Examines the lives and work of the Christo and Jeanne-Claude, a married couple who create environmental art installations, and features "The Gates," which was on displayed in New York City's Central Park in the winter of 2005.

When the Wolves Returned: Restoring Nature's Balance in Yellowstone - Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
When wolves were eliminated from Yellowstone National Park the natural system was out of balance. Shows the return of the wolves to the park and the natural balance being restored. Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children Honor book

Mr. Lincoln's High-Tech War - Thomas B. Allen
Lincoln knew that winning the war would take more than the same old strategies and maneuvers. It would require using technology to create new ways of waging war. Lincoln worked to make sure his soldiers and sailors had the best and latest hardware. By combining new tools with time-tested tactics, he helped revolutionize warfare.

Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, Jawed Karim : YouTube Creators - Katy S. Duffield
Presents a biographical discussion of the inventors of YouTube, a video sharing website, covering their education, development of their product, and changes as they worked together.

Genocide in Darfur - Janey Levy
Chronicles the events that led to the mass killings of thousands of Africans in Sudan's Darfur region, and efforts by many around the world to bring an end to it.

Genocide in Rwanda - Frank Spalding
Discusses the modern history of Rwanda, the violent events and single-party politics that led to the genocide in 1994, and the after effects in the country as the remaining ninety percent of Rwandans struggled to survive, and includes a timeline and glossary.

Afghanistan - Nicola Barber
Afghanistan is one of the least economically developed countries in the world. It will be hard for it to develop economically until peace is achieved.

Energy Technology - Chris Oxlade
Describes new technologies that are helping make fossil fuels, biofuels, water and wind energy, and solar energy more efficient, and discusses different ways we will get energy in the future.

Environmental Technology - Andrew Solway
Describes new technologies that can help us reduce pollution and global warming, such as alternative energy sources, buildings that cost less to heat, reducing waste, reducing threats to endangered species, and combining all of these to promote sustainable living.