In Honor of Those Who Have Served: Books About Soldiers and War

Veterans Day is a time to honor those who have served in our country's armed forces.  This week, in honor of the upcoming Veterans Day, we are sharing chapter books about soldiers and wars . . . .

Skyward by Sally Deng
Follows three young girls in the United States, England, and Russia as they grow up wanting to be pilots and end up flying for their respective countries during World War II.

Soldier Bear by Bib Dumon Tak

An orphaned Syrian brown bear cub is adopted by Polish soldiers during World War II and serves for five years as their mischievous mascot in Iran and Italy.

Allies by Alan Gratz

It is June 6, 1944, D-Day, and Dee Carpenter , an underage private in the United States Army, is headed for Omaha Beach, seeking revenge for his uncle, who was arrested by Nazis when Dee was a little boy.

More Books --

Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam by Cynthia Kadohata

Duke by Kirby Larson

How I Became a Spy by Deborah Hopkinson

Island War by Patricia Reilly Giff

Lost Boys by Darcey Rosenblatt

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

Salt: A Story of Friendship in a Time of War by Helen Frost

The Skylark's War by Hilary McKay

Sophia's War by Avi

Under the Broken Sky by Mariko Nagai

Village of Scoundrels by Margi Preus

War Is Over by David Almond

War Stories by Gordon Korman

The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

The Witching Hour Is Upon Us

This week, enjoy some teen stories of magic and witches.  Here are a few of our favorites . . . .

The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco

When Tea accidentally resurrects her brother from the dead, she learns she is different from the other witches in her family. Her gift for necromancy means that she's a bone witch.

Enter Three Witches by Caroline Cooney

When her father betrays the Scottish king and is hung as a traitor, Lady Mary's future is bleak after she loses her only true protector and ends up locked away in the tower by the powerful and deadly Lord and Lady Macbeth.

Black Spring by Alison Croggon

Lina is enchanting, vibrant but wilful. And her eyes betray her for what she truly is - a witch. With her childhood companion, Damek, she has grown up privileged and spoiled and the pair are devoted to each other to the point of obsession. But times are changing. Vendetta is coming. And tragedy is stalking the halls of the Red House.

Three Kisses, One Midnight by Roshani Chokshi

Told in interconnected stories, three witchy best friends brew a love potion on Halloween that is said to produce a love that will last forever as long as it is sealed by true love's kiss before the stroke of midnight.

More Books --

A Break with Charity by Ann Rinaldi

Bring Me Their Hearts by Sara Wolf

Ever Cursed by Corey Ann Haydu

Extasia by Claire Legrand

Heart of Thorns by Bree Barton

Improbable Magic of Cynical Witches by Kate Scelsa

Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova

Mark of the Wicked by Georgia Bowers

Our Crooked Hearts by Melissa Albert

Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin

Teeth in the Mist by Dawn Kurtagich

Witch Child by Celia Rees

The Witch Hunter by Virginia Boecker

Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart

The Quest (for a Good Book)

This week, I'm sharing chapter book stories about going on a quest.  Here are a few of our favorites . . . .

Wizard at Work by Vivian Vande Velde

A young wizard, who runs a school to teach wizards, looks forward to a quiet summer off but is drawn into adventures with princesses, unicorns, and ghosts instead.

So B. It by Sarah Weeks

After spending her life with her mentally retarded mother and agoraphobic neighbor, Heidi sets out from Reno, Nevada, to New York to find out who she is.

The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander

Taran sets out on a mission to save Prydian from the forces of evil.

The Inquisitor's Tale by Adam Gidwitz

Crossing paths at an inn, thirteenth-century travelers impart the tales of a monastery oblate, a Jewish refugee, and a psychic peasant girl with a loyal greyhound, the three of whom join forces on a chase through France to escape persecution.

More Books --

Abeni's Song by P. Djeli Clark

Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk

Cleo Porter and the Body Electric by Jake Burt

Con Quest! by Sam Maggs

Dragon Rider by Cornelia Caroline Funke

Ever by Gail Carson Levine

Have Sword, Will Travel by Garth Nix

Hollow Dolls by MarcyKate Connolly

Mananaland by Pam Munoz Ryan

Nessie Quest by Melissa Savage

The Not-So-Chosen One by Andrew Auseon

Once Upon Another Time by James Riley

The Quest of the Cubs by Kathryn Lasky

A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying by Kelley Armstrong

The Runaway Twin by Peg Kehret

Trundle's Quest by Allan Frewin Jones

Wed Wabbit by Lissa Evans

October = Velocirapter Awareness Month

Did you know that October is Velociraptor Awareness Month?  So we're sharing books are velociraptors and other dinosaurs . . . .

Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems

A spin on the traditional tale with dinosaurs who visit Norway as the main characters.

Crunch the Shy Dinosaurs by Cirocco Dunlap

Advises the reader on how to interact with a very shy dinosaur.

T Is for Terrible by Peter McCarthy

A tyrannosaurus rex explains that he cannot help it that he is enormous and hungry and is not a vegetarian.

More Books --

All Aboard the Dino Train by Deb Lund

Bop Bop Dinosaur by Jim Cosgrove

Dig Those Dinosaurs by Lori Haskins Houran

Dinosaur Kisses by David Ezra Stein

Dinosaur Rescue by Penny Dale

Dinosaurs on Kitty Island by Michael Slack

Duck, Duck, Dinosaur by K. George

How Dinosaurs Went Extinct by Ame Dyckman

If I Had a Raptor by George O'Connor

I'm Big by Kate McMullan

One-osaurus, Two-saurus by Kim Norman

Pterodactyl Show and Tell by Thad Krasnesky

Some Dinosaurs Are Small by Charlotte Voake

The Somethingosaur by Tony Mitton

Tea Rex by Molly Idle

Tiny Dino by Deborah Freedman

What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night by Refe Tuma

When Dinosaurs Came With Everything by Elise Broach

Then, Now, Forever: Classic Books for Kids

 We often get asked where to find the classic books.  Unfortunately, they are spread throughout the library.  So here is a handy list of just some classic books for kids . . . .

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
After moving to the small village of Sleepy Hollow, superstitious schoolmaster Ichabod Crane hears the tall tale of The Headless Horseman, a ghost haunting the nearby woods.

Hans Brinker by Mary Mapes Dodge

A Dutch brother and sister work toward two goals--finding the doctor who can restore their father's memory and winning the competition for the silver skates.

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

A scientist invents a machine that transports him far into the future where he discovers a changed world inhabited by two unusual races, the Eloi and the Morlocks.

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

Black Beauty spends his youth in a loving home, surrounded by friends and cared for by his owners. But when circumstances change, he learns that not all humans are so kind.

Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

The three Darling children, Wendy, John, and Michael, travel to Neverland where they share great adventures with Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up.

More Classics --

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

The Call of the Wild by Jack London

A Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

The Mysterious Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson