Another great week of book releases! Below you will find my list of books coming out Jan 29 – Feb 4. I caught a little slack for not including kid lit on last week’s list, so I have included it this week. A note about this book list: this listing contains books in both hardback and paperback. If I missed a book, or if you added one of these to your wish list, make sure you leave a comment. I would love to talk about them with you! New Book…
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I was sent a copy of How to Find a Friend by Maria S. Costa How to Find a Friend by Maria S. Costa Release Date: 2017-04-11 A rabbit and a squirrel are alone and lonely, each wishing for a friend. Obviously they’d be perfect friends for each other. But as they go through their day, they keep missing each other, each totally oblivious to the other’s presence. When they finally—and literally—bump into each other, each has found a friend at last. Young children will enjoy being smarter and…
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I was sent a copy of The Mesmerist by Ronald L. Smith The Mesmerist by Ronald L. Smith Release Date: 2017-02-07 Thirteen-year-old Jessamine Grace and her mother make a living as sham spiritualists—until they discover that Jess is a mesmerist and that she really can talk to the dead. Soon she is plunged into the dark world of Victorian London’s supernatural underbelly and learns that the city is under attack by ghouls, monsters, and spirit summoners. Can Jess fight these powerful forces? And will the group of strange children…
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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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Happy Wednesday, you guys! I haven’t done one of these posts in a while, so I thought I would pop in and show you a few of the books off my current wishlist. Before we get going, I need to specify something very important. This post isn’t to try to get you guys to buy me stuff! It is to just show you books I am really wanting right now. Why on Wednesday? Well, I’ve seen a lot of book posts like “Waiting on Wednesday” “Wanting Wednesday” etc. so I…
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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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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…
Read More One of my goals for 2017 was to get myself back into the habit of seeing what books were coming out at the beginning of month. I used to do it every month, adding each one that caught my eye to my wishlist. Once I realized how huge my wishlist had gotten, I stopped. I stopped doing a lot of things, with regards to my book habit and reading, in 2016. I miss being in “the know”, now, though. So, 2017 we will get back into seeing what’s coming out…
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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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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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