Check out the new additions to our library!
Wonderstruck
Love That Dog
Brown Girl Dreaming
El Deafo
These new, award-winning books will definitely keep you guessing from one page to the next. All very different in style, they have the characteristics of great literature. Interested in poetry? Love That Dog and Brown Girl Dreaming will be great books for you! In each novel below, the characters are searching for a unique identity, passion, or friends. Each novel is different in its own right but still motivates and encourages individuality. Read below for more information about each exciting new addition.
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
This story is unlike any other book you may have read. Told in both illustrations and text, this book intertwines the stories of two young adventurers named Ben and Rose. Ben is looking for his father and Rose is aspiring to be an actress. Both with their own journeys ahead, this novel is unique based on the timeline of the characters' lives because they are separated by 50 years. Both thrilling and dangerous, their stories will be sure to leave you surprised. The author and illustrator, Brian Selznick, has filled 460 pages with incredible, original artwork that makes this novel one of a kind.
Take a sneak peek of the book here:
http://www.wonderstruckthebook.com/home.htm
Awards:
2012 Schneider Family Book Award Winner
Genre:
Historical Fiction
Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
Inspired by the author of Love That Boy, Sharon Creech creates an inspirational story through free verse poetry that is heart-warming and motivational. Anyone can relate with a teacher who has been there to encourage and support them at some point. In addition, there has more than likely been a point of feeling insignificant and small in the world. This award-winning story shares the story of Jack, who is inspired by a teacher to express himself through writing.
Awards:
New York Times Bestseller
Carnegie Medal Commended Book
ALA Notable Children’s Book
ALA Best Book for Young Adults
IRA/CBC Children’s Choice
NCTE Notable Children’s Book in the Language Arts
Christopher Award
Amazon.com Editors’ Pick
Book Sense 76 Pick
Publishers Weekly Best Book
School Library Journal Best Book
Maine Student Book Award
Michigan’s Mitten Award
New Hampshire’s Great Stone Face Book Award
Vermont’s Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award
New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
Genre:
Free Verse Poetry
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
This powerful story of a young African American girl growing up during the 1960s is told through poetry. Each page has vivid and beautiful pictures drawn using the words of author Jacqueline Woodson. She uses this story to tell about her life through the characters as a struggling reader and how she overcame her challenges.
Awards:
2015 Newbery Honor
2015 National Book Award for Young People's Literature
2015 NAACP Image Award
Genre:
Poetry/Autobiography
El Deafo by Cece Bell
Feeling like you are insignificant or have something in life holding you back? This heartfelt and bittersweet autobiography is told through the eyes of a girl who just wants to make a true friend. She is hearing impaired and wears a Phonic Ear which is a large device used to assist with deafness. The way she explains her situation and story is so enlightening because she brings humor and positivity to each part of the story. Rather than being just a girl who is hearing impaired, she nicknames herself "El Deafo, Listener for All".
Awards:
2015 John Newbery Medal
Genre:
Autobiography/Graphic Novel
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