New Children's Books

Baby Woof Woof - Dawn Sirett
From fluffy kittens to cute puppies, babies will love meeting the baby animals in this chunky board book. Watch as they lift flaps and explore the shape and texture of the tactile tabs.

Amanda Bean's Amazing Dream: A Mathematical Story - Cindy Neuschwander
Amanda loves to count everything, but not until she has an amazing dream does she finally realize that being able to multiply will help her count things faster.

Aggie the Brave - Lori Ries
Although Ben is worried about his dog Aggie when the veterinarian spays her and while she recovers, he laughs at her problems with the cone she must wear on her head until her stitches are removed.

Lost Boy: The Story of the Man Who Created Peter Pan - Jane Yolen
Brief biography of the Scottish writer who created the story of Peter Pan, as well as other works of literature.

Another Important Book - Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrations and simple rhyming text describe how a child grows from ages one through six.

Carl's Birthday - Alexandra Day
Carl the rottweiler and the toddler in his care watch the preparation for Carl's surprise birthday party.

Carl's Afternoon in the Park - Alexandra Day
Carl the rottweiler, in charge of a baby and a puppy, takes advantage of Mom's absence to lead them on a wild romp through the park.

The Curious Garden - Peter Brown
Liam discovers a hidden garden and with careful tending spreads color throughout the gray city.  E.B. White Read Aloud Award for Picture Books, 2010

Fun with Roman Numerals - David A. Adler
Introduces the seven symbols and their values, shows how to add and subtract to make numbers. Teaches how the symbols interact and about the bar across the top and the open box that are used for larger numbers. Shows Roman numerals in real life settings: on clocks, in books, and on buildings.

Olivia Claus - Einhorn, Kama
On the night before Christmas, Olivia discovers that her favorite stuffed monkey, Mathilda, is missing, as are other favorite items from around the house.

New Pop-Up Book

DC Super Heroes: The Ultimate Pop-Up Book - Matthew Reinhart
An introduction to the superheroes and villains of DC Comics with profiles of superheroes such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and others that feature twenty-five pop-up illustrations, and includes a battery-powered, light-up Bat-Signal.

New Children's Books

Chalk - Bill Thomson

A wordless picture book about three children who go to a park on a rainy day, find some chalk, and draw pictures that come to life.

Perfect Snow - Barbara Reid
A perfect snow has fallen, and first-grader Scott and fourth-grader Jim have been daydreaming the morning away, making plans, doodling sketches of snowmen and snow forts, all in anticipation of recess and the endless possiblities of this perfect snow.  Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Medal, 2010

New VeggieTales DVDs

Pistachio: The Little Boy That Woodn't
Lonely toymaker Gelato decides to carve a little boy out of wood and is surprised to learn that this little toy boy can walk and talk, and has a mind of his own! Will Pistachio learn that obeying the wisdom of a loving father will help him find what he really needs?

Silly Little Thing Called Love
Three stories of love combined with lessons of neighbors, families, and God. Includes new animation that features the Veggie Kids talking about love as only kids can, 3 episodes, and 4 silly songs.

New YA Books

Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters - Natalie Standiford
Upon learning on Christmas Day that their rich and imperious grandmother may soon die and disown the family unless the one who offended her deeply will confess, each of the three Sullivan sisters sets down her offenses on paper.





You - Charles Benoit
Fifteen-year-old Kyle discovers the shattering ramifications of the decisions he makes, and does not make, about school, the girl he likes, and his future.

 

No Moon - Irene N. Watts
Louisa Gardener, the fourteen-year-old nursemaid to the young daughters of a wealthy, titled family living in London, England, in 1912, overcomes her fear of the ocean and sails with her charges to New York aboard the Titanic.

New Children's Books

Dust Devil - Anne Isaacs
Having moved to Montana from Tennessee in the 1830s, fearless Angelica Longrider--also known as Swamp Angel--changes the state's landscape, tames a wild horse, and captures some desperadoes.

There's a Princess in the Palace - Zoë B. Alley
Cinderella, Snow White, and three other well-known princesses share a surprising connection in these fairy tale retellings presented in comic book format.

New DVD

B Careful When U TXT: The Dangers of Texting and Sexting - Human Relations Video
Gives tips for keeping yourself safe when texting and shows what the dangerous consequences might be of not following what might be considered common sense practices when sending messages.  Includes dramatizations of situations with negative consequences, including someone  who is in a car with a driver who is texting, someone who sends a nude picture (sexting), someone who texts a rumor, someone who texts to make plans with a friend without confirming the plans by voice, and other scenarios. Includes teacher's resource book.

New Children's Books

Olivia Goes to Venice - Ian Falconer
On a family vacation in Venice, Olivia indulges in gelato, rides in a gondola, and finds the perfect souvenir.

My Mommy Hung the Moon - Jamie Lee Curtis
A hard-working mother's extraordinary accomplishments are listed by her devoted child.

Pinkalicious: Pink Around the Rink - Victoria Kann
Pinkalicious's new ice skates are plain white, so before she takes them out on the ice she decides to color them with her cotton candy pink magic marker.

New Children's Books

Snook Alone - Marilyn Nelson
Through the power of faith, a monk named Abba Jacob and his loyal rat terrier, Snook, are reunited after being separated by a ferocious storm.






 

Art & Max - David Wiesner
Max wants to be an artist like Arthur, but his first attempt at using a paintbrush sends the two friends on a whirlwind trip through various media, with unexpected consequences.






The 3 Little Dassies - Jan Brett
In this adaptation of the traditional folktale, three little dassies (also called rock hyraxes) build their houses in the Namib Desert of Southern Africa, hoping for protection from the eagle that lives atop a nearby mountain.






Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night - Joyce Sidman
A collection of poems that celebrate the wonder, mystery, and danger of the night and describes the many things that hide in the dark.

Little Red Riding Hood - Gennady Spirin
A little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest while on her way to visit her grandmother. Includes a note about the history of the tale.

Round Trip - Ann Jonas
Black and white illustrations and text record the sights on a day trip to the city and back home again to the country. The trip to the city is read from front to back and the return trip from back to front, upside down.

Birmingham Sunday - Larry Dane Brimner
Learn about the bomb blast that rocked the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church on Sunday morning, September 15, 1963, killing four young girls.

Emma's Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty - Linda Glaser
The story of Emma Lazarus, who, despite her life of privilege, became a tireless advocate for the immigrants who arrived in New York City in the 1880s and wrote a famous poem for the Statue of Liberty.

You Are the Best Medicine - Julie Aigner Clark
A mother who has cancer gently informs her child of what the effects will be, and reminds her little one of all the special times they have shared, and will continue to share, even while she undergoes treatment.





Trickster: Native American Tales: A Graphic Collection
Collects over twenty trickster stories, in graphic novel format, from various Native American traditions, including tales about coyotes, rabbits, ravens, and other crafty creatures and their mischievous activities.

New YA Books

Annexed - Sharon Dogar
What was it like hiding in the Annex with Anne Frank? To be with Anne every day while she wrote so passionately in her diary? To be in a secret world within a world at war ?alive on the inside, everything dying on the outside? Peter Van Pels and his family have lost their country, their home, and their freedom, and now they are fighting desperately to remain alive. Look through Peter's eyes. He has a story to tell, too.

The Crowfield Curse - Pat Walsh
In 1347, when fourteen-year-old orphan William Paynel, an impoverished servant at Crowfield Abbey, goes into the forest to gather wood and finds a magical creature caught in a trap, he discovers he has the ability to see fays and becomes embroiled in a strange mystery involving Old Magic, a bitter feud, and ancient secrets.

The Danger Box - Blue Balliett
In small-town Michigan, twelve-year-old Zoomy and his new friend Lorrol investigate the journal found inside a mysterious box and find family secrets and a more valuable treasure, while a dangerous stranger watches and waits.

The Immortals - Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell

Nate Quarter, a lowly lamplighter in the phraxmines of the Eastern Woods, must flee for his life when the mine sargeant wants him killed, while elsewhere, a storm unlike any ever seen is building.

The White Horse Trick - Kate Thompson

In the late twenty-first century, dramatic climate change has made life in Ireland almost impossible, and soon Tir na n'Og is faced with a refugee problem, partly because of a warlord who is a member of the Liddy family.

Guardian of the Gate - Michelle Zink
In 1891 London, sixteen-year-old orphan Lia Milthorpe continues her quest to end an ancient prophecy requiring her to search for missing pages and human"keys" and develop her powers for an inevitable final confrontation with her twin sister Alice.





They Called Themselves the K.K.K. - Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Documents the history and origin of the Ku Klux Klan from its beginning in Pulaski, Tennessee, and provides personal accounts, congressional documents, diaries, and more

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Christopher and Jeanette Canyon Visit the CMC

Children’s book illustrators Christopher and Jeanette Canyon visited the Centennial Library on September 14, 2010.  The husband-and-wife team spoke to an audience of approximately 50 people, including students, faculty, staff, and guests, in the Curriculum Materials Center.  The Canyons spoke about their backgrounds and what led each of them to become children’s book illustrators.  They also discussed their experiences in the book publishing business, including how picture books are created and designed.  Using video and pictures, each demonstrated how their art is created.  Christopher’s publications include a series of four picture books based on John Denver songs, including Grandma’s Feather Bed and Take Me Home, Country Roads, as well as books about the environment.  Jeanette’s publications include counting books that use rhyming meter not only to teach counting, but also to teach about nature (Over in the Ocean in a Coral Reef and Over in the Jungle: A Rainforest Rhyme), and City Beats: A Hip-Hoppy Pigeon Poem.   During the reception following their presentation, audience members had an opportunity to visit with Canyons and learn more about their experiences.  The Canyons’ visit to Cedarville was made possible by Rebecca Stroble, elementary librarian for the Xenia Community Schools, where they were serving as Xenia’s 2010 visiting authors.

New Children's and YA Books

The Secret Life of Ms. Finkleman - Ben H. Winters
Spurred by a special project from her social studies teacher, seventh-grader Bethesda Fielding uncovers the secret identity of her music teacher, which leads to a most unusual concert performance and a tutoring assignment.

Come See the Earth Turn: The Story of Leon Foucault - Lori Mortensen
Explores the life and work of nineteenth-century French physicist Leon Foucault, who invented a pendulum that provided proof that the Earth rotated on its axis.

Interrupting Chicken - David Ezra Stein
Little Red Chicken wants Papa to read her a bedtime story, but interrupts him almost as soon as he begins each tale.

New Children's Books

A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea - Michael Ian Black
Explains precisely why, although it may sound like a good idea, gathering hundreds of pigs to march in a parade through one's hometown is inadvisable.

Pop!: The Invention of Bubble Gum - Meghan McCarthy
Full of fun historical facts, this book is the true story of how bubble gum was invented.


I Know Here - Laurel Croza
A tale about a young girl whose family moves from the forests of northeastern Saskatchewan to a strange new place called 'Toronto'.   Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
 
Pinkalicious: School Rules - Victoria Kann

When Pinkalicious brings her imaginary unicorn, Goldie, to school and teaches him the rules, he helps her and the other students to become better friends.

New YA Books

Heart of a Samurai - Margi Preus
In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro, who dreams of becoming a samurai, learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.

Three Rivers Rising: A Novel of the Johnstown Flood - Jame Richards
Sixteen-year-old Celestia is a wealthy member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, where she meets and falls in love with Peter, a hired hand who lives in the valley below, and by the time of the torrential rains that lead to the disastrous Johnstown flood of 1889, she has been disowned by her family and is staying with him in Johnstown. Includes an author's note and historical timeline.

New YA Books

Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. A revolution is unfolding, and it is up to Katniss to accept responsibility for countless lives and to change the course of the future of Panem.

The Eternal Ones - Kirsten Miller
Seventeen-year-old Haven Moore leaves East Tennessee to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, where she meets playboy Iain Morrow, whose fate may be tied to hers through a series of past lives.

Black Hole Sun - David Macinnis Gill
On the planet Mars, sixteen-year-old Durango and his crew of mercenaries are hired by the settlers of a mining community to protect their most valuable resource from a feral band of marauders.

Ninth Ward - Jewell Parker Rhodes
In New Orleans' Ninth Ward, twelve-year-old Lanesha, who can see spirits, and her adopted grandmother have no choice but to stay and weather the storm as Hurricane Katrina bears down upon them.

New Children's Books

The Boss Baby - Marla Frazee
From the moment he arrives, it is obvious that the new baby is boss and he gets whatever he wants, from drinks made-to-order around the clock to his executive gym.

Dave the Potter - Laban Carrick Hill
Chronicles the life of Dave, a nineteenth-century slave who went on to become an influential poet, artist, and potter.
 

A Sick Day for Amos McGee - Philip C. Stead

Amos McGee, a friendly zookeeper, always made time to visit his good friends: the elephant, the tortoise, the penguin, the rhinoceros, and the owl. But one day--'Ah-choo!'--he woke with the sniffles and the sneezes. Though he didn't make it into the zoo that day, he did receive some unexpected guests.

 

Brand-New Baby Blues - Kathi Appelt

The arrival of a new little brother has his big sister singing the blues.

New Social Studies Game

Ticket to Ride
On October 2, 1900, 28 years to the day that London eccentric Phileas Fogg accepted and then won a wager that he could travel "around the world in 80 days", some of his old friends gathered to celebrate Fogg's adventure and plan an adventure of their own - to see who could travel by rail to the most cities in North America in 7 days. Based on that wager, this game is a cross-country train adventure in which players collect and play matching train cards to claim railway routes connecting cities throughout North America. The longer the routes, the more points they earn. Additional points come to those who can fulfill their Destination Tickets by connecting two distant cities, and to the player who builds the longest continuous railway. For 2-5 players, ages 8 and up. Average game time 30-60 minutes.