New+Books

Recent books Rachel Best has read/liked: City of Ember, the Missing series by Haddix, & Binky the Space Cat. Binky the Space Cat was probably my favorite! It is a cute graphic novel for young children. It records the adventure of Binky, a house cat, who imagines himself to be an astronaut/space explorer. Anything outside the house is thought of as "outer space." Bugs, who seem to make their way into the house from "outer space" are aliens to Binky. Binky builds a spaceship and blasts off into outer space to save his human family from the aliens. Such a sweet story...this must be how house cats think! :) Kids will love both the clever cartooning and the story-line, especially cat-lovers!

New Volunteer State Book Awards Nominees 2011-2012: Breen, Steve. Violet the Pilot. Dial, 2008. Brown, Peter. The Curious Garden . Little Brown, 2009. Buckley, Carol. Tarra & Bella: The Elephant and Dog Who Became Best Friends. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2009. Gourley, Robbin. Bring Me Some Apples and I’ll Make You a Pie . Clarion Books, 2009. Jenkins, Steve. DOWN DOWN DOWN: A Journey to the Bottom of the Sea . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009. Kajikawa, Kimiko. Tsunami! Illustrated by Ed Young. Philomel, 2009. Kimmel, Eric. Three Little Tamales. Illustrated by Valeria Docampo. Marshall Cavendish, 2009. Kirk, Daniel. Library Mouse . Abrams Books, 2007. Larson, Kirby and Mary Nethery. Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival. Illustrated by Jean Cassels. Walker and Company, 2008. Lyons, George Ella. You and Me and Home Sweet Home. Illustrated by Stephanie Anderson. Antheneum Books, 2009. Mortenson, Greg and Susan L. Roth. Listen to the Wind. Dial. 2009. Pinkney, Andrea Davis. Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation . Illustrated by Brian Pinkney. Greenwillow, 2008. Pinkney, Jerry. The Lion and the Mouse . Little, Brown, 2009. Rappaport, Doreen. Eleanor Quiet No More: The Life of Eleanor Roosevelt. Illustrated by Gary Kelley. New York: Hyperion Books, 2009. Ruddell, Deborah. A Whiff of Pine, A Hint of Skunk; A Forest of Poems . Illustrated by Joan Rankin. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2009. Scieszka, Jon. Truckery Rhymes . Simon & Schuster, 2009. Spinelli, Eileen. Silly Tilly . Illustrated by David Slonim. Marshall Cavendish, 2009. Swain, Gwenyth. Riding to Washington . Illustrated by David Geister. Sleeping Bear Press: 2008. Urbanovic, Jackie. Duck and Cover . HarperCollins, 2009. Williams, Karen Lynn and Khadra Mohammed. Four Feet, Two Sandals . Illustrated by Doug Chayka. Eerdmans Books, 2007.