Category: Book of the Day

The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life by Kwame Alexander

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The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life by Kwame Alexander

I was sent a copy of The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life by Kwame Alexander   The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life by Kwame Alexander Release Date: 2017-02-14 You gotta know the rules to play the game. Ball is life. Take it to the hoop. Soar. What can we imagine for our lives? What if we were the star players, moving and grooving through the game of life? What if we had our own…

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Whose House? by H. A. Rey

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Whose House? by H. A. Rey

I was sent a copy of Whose House? by H. A. Rey   Whose House? by H. A. Rey Release Date: 2017-02-14 Find out who lives in a hive, a shell, a garage, and a hangar in this lovely rhyming book by Curious George creator H. A. Rey. Each spread features a four line poem and an image of a particular “house” with a big, sturdy flap to lift to reveal who or what lives inside! It’s all saturated in Rey’s familiar, classic color palette and makes for a multi-sensory…

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Flicker and Mist by Mary G. Thompson

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Flicker and Mist by Mary G. Thompson

I was sent a copy of Flicker and Mist by Mary G. Thompson   Flicker and Mist by Mary G. Thompson Release Date: 2017-01-03 Romance, intrigue, and plenty of action are woven into a rich and suspenseful narrative in this powerful YA fantasy. The mixed-race heroine Myra is a Flickerkin and can flicker (become invisible) at will. She hasn’t cultivated or revealed this ability, since Flickerkin are persecuted as potential criminals and spies. When invisible people become tricksters and then murderers, Myra’s Flickerkin heritage becomes a deadly secret, putting her…

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Farm Babies by H. A. Rey

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Farm Babies by H. A. Rey

I was sent a copy of Farm Babies by H. A. Rey   Farm Babies by H. A. Rey Release Date: 2017-02-14 A mother hen counts her chicks from one to ten and a mother cow makes her calf laugh in this rhyming book by Curious George creator H. A. Rey. Each spread features a four line poem and an image of a mother farm animal with a big, strudy flap to lift to reveal the her babies! It’s all saturated in Rey’s familiar, classic color palette and makes for…

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Mae and June and the Wonder Wheel by Charise Mericle Harper

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Mae and June and the Wonder Wheel by Charise Mericle Harper

I was sent a copy of Mae and June and the Wonder Wheel by Charise Mericle Harper   Mae and June and the Wonder Wheel by Charise Mericle Harper Release Date: 2017-02-07 In this chapter book for young readers, June is thrilled to get a new neighbor: Mae! Soon the two of them are best friends and are having adventures determined by the Wonder Wheel that they spin each morning. Whether it’s pretending to be a dog for a day or collecting things that are blue, the girls never know…

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Stay!: Keeper’s Story by Lois Lowry

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Stay!: Keeper's Story by Lois Lowry

I was sent a copy of Stay!: Keeper’s Story by Lois Lowry   Stay!: Keeper’s Story by Lois Lowry Release Date: 2017-02-07 Keeper was born between a board fence and a set of trash cans. Just a lowly stray dog, he was separated from his mother and his siblings at a young age. Still, he faces every challenge with his nose upturned and his lustrous tail held high. His journey out of puppyhood, during which he becomes the loyal companion to a homeless man, discovers an ear for poetry, and…

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Hermanas/Sisters by David McPhail

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Hermanas/Sisters by David McPhail

I was sent a copy of Hermanas/Sisters (Bilingual Board Book) (Spanish and English Edition) by David McPhail   Hermanas/Sisters (Bilingual Board Book) (Spanish and English Edition) by David McPhail Release Date: 2017-01-03 Sisters can be different in so many ways, but there is one heartfelt way in which they are most alike–they love each other so very much. David McPhail’s celebration of the joys–and trials–of sisterhood has been a favorite with sisters of all ages for almost twenty years.  Now available in a bilingual board book featuring Spanish and English…

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Heart of the Storm: Undertow Trilogy Book 3 by Michael Buckley

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Heart of the Storm: Undertow Trilogy Book 3 by Michael Buckley

I was sent a copy of Heart of the Storm: Undertow Trilogy Book 3 by Michael Buckley   Heart of the Storm: Undertow Trilogy Book 3 by Michael Buckley Release Date: 2017-02-07 After seven months as a captive of Minerva, the insane Alpha queen, Lyric Walker has escaped to the surface. Her only goal is to warn the world about the Great Abyss. When she finally arrives back in Coney Island, she discovers a world she never expected, one where humans and Alpha are finally working hand in hand to…

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Factory Girl by Josanne La Valley

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Factory Girl by Josanne La Valley

I was sent a copy of Factory Girl by Josanne La Valley   Factory Girl by Josanne La Valley Release Date: 2017-01-10 In order to save her family’s farm, Roshen, sixteen, must leave her rural home to work in a factory in the south of China. There she finds arduous and degrading conditions and contempt for her minority (Uyghur) background. Sustained by her bond with other Uyghur girls, Roshen is resolved to endure all to help her family and ultimately her people. A workplace survival story, this gritty, poignant account…

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The Key to Cabo: A Rock Pounder Novel by Dave Harrold

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The Key to Cabo: A Rock Pounder Novel by Dave Harrold

I was sent a copy of The Key to Cabo: A Rock Pounder Novel by Dave Harrold   The Key to Cabo: A Rock Pounder Novel by Dave Harrold Release Date: 2016-10-13 Danger is a way of life for Rock Pounder, so when the DEA asks him to recover $250 million in drug money hidden somewhere in Mexico, the 10% finder s fee makes the risk worthwhile for Rock and his team. The money comes from an Asian drug lord for the purchase of drug routes into the United States…

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