Night, P. J. YOU CAN'T COME IN HERE!

Night, P. J.
YOU CAN'T COME IN HERE!
New York : Simon Spotlight, 2018
IL 3-6
ISBN 978-1-53441-658-1

Emily lives in a very nice house in a good part of town. The only problem is that there are no kids her age that she can hang around with. Until Drew and Vicky moved in across the street. Their house had been vacant for some time and is really run down.  The family has made no effort to clean things up in the months they lived there. Emily's parents complain about it but it didn't bother Emily.  She spends most nights hanging with Drew and Vicky playing games and just having fun.  She knows there is something different about the siblings but ignores it. None of her friends have met them and now her parents want to meet their parents.  Now things will really get weird.

Pingk, Rubin. SAMURAI SCARECROW

Pingk, Rubin.
SAMURAI SCARECROW
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018
IL K-3
ISBN 978-1-48143-059-3

Kashi loves being with her brother.  And she loves the spooky story of the Samurai Scarecrow.  As Halloween approaches, the kids are having fun choosing their costumes. Yukio decides to dress as a Ninja.   Kashi wanted to be a Ninja too.  But when Yukio sees her costume, he gets really mad and yells at her to stop copying him, she goes home crying. Yukio and his friends go and enjoy their night until ... Samurai Scarecrow appears!

Rille, Lauren. I FEEL TEAL

Rille, Lauren.
I FEEL TEAL
New York : Beach Lane Books, 2018
IL K-3, RL 0.8
ISBN  978-1-48145-846-7

Have you ever heard someone say they feel blue? Or that they are in the pink? The child in this book feels lots of colors. From pink in the morning, to purple, and yes, even teal. What color are you feeling today?

Mack, Jeff. MR. MONKEY BAKES A CAKE

Mack, Jeff.
MR. MONKEY BAKES A CAKE
New York : Simon and Schuster Books, 2018
IL K-3
ISBN  978-1-53440-431-1

Mr. Monkey really likes bananas. He decides to make a banana cake and enter it into a contest. He can't resist eating a few first. But sometimes he eats too many. Do you ever do that? At first they taste yummy but then he doesn't feel so good. But he gets the cake made and is ready to enter the contest. You will never guess what happens.

Parker, Aura. TWIG

Parker, Aura.
TWIG
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018
IL K-3, RL 2.6
ISBN 978-1-53442-468-5
Have you ever felt invisible? As though no one even knows you are there?  Well, Heidi certainly does. She is a stick insect and when she starts insect school, no one even sees her.  Her teacher even mistakes her for a coat rack. Will Heidi find a way to let people know she is there? It is hard to make friends when no one even sees you.

Silvera, Adam. THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END

Silvera, Adam.  
THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END   


Mateo freezes when the phone rings a little past midnight. It can't be. He is only 18 and hasn't even lived yet. Rufus is beating up Peck when his phone rings a bit later. He tries to ignore the call but knows he can't. Death Cast has called them both. In a future world, Death Cast decides who lives and dies. When you get your call, you are told you will die within the next 24 hours. You don't know when or how but it will happen.  Rufus and his friends at the orphanage decide to hold his funeral so he can go out laughing with friends. But Peck has filed a complaint and called the police about the beating. Now Rufus is alone and on the run. Not a great way to spend your last day. Mateo usually stays in the apartment playing video games and is afraid to go outside. Both boys decide they don't want to spend their last day alone so reach out to Last Friend. This is a site where you can find someone to spend your day with. The two boys with nothing in common spend the day together finding out about each other. And about themselves. One thing we know. They both die in the end.

Turk, Evan. HEARTBEAT

Turk, Evan.
HEARTBEAT
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readres, 2018
IL K-3
ISBN 978-1-48143-520-8

A whale is born. There are two heartbeats as the love between mother and child grows and changes. Two hearts, one song. A young whale and her mother sing together. This beautifully illustrated picture book aptly conveys the relationship between animals.
 

Mack, Jeff. MR. MONKEY VISITS A SCHOOL

Mack, Jeff.
MR. MONKEY VISITS A SCHOOL
New York : Simon and Schuster Books, 2018
IL K-3
ISBN  978-1-53440-429-8

Mr. Monkey is practicing his juggling and thinks this would be a good show for a school to see.  First he has to find a school.  Then he has to get all his props there. Sounds pretty easy, right? Not for Mr. Monkey! You will never believe what goes wrong. Once you know Mr. Monkey, you will.

Fulton, Kristen. WHEN SPARKS FLY : THE TRUE STORY OF ROBERT GODDARD, THE FATHER OF US ROCKETRY

Fulton, Kristen.
WHEN SPARKS FLY : THE TRUE STORY OF ROBERT GODDARD, THE FATHER OF US ROCKETRY
New York : Margaret K. McElderry, 2018
IL K-3, RL 2.3
ISBN 978-1-48146-098-9
Have you ever heard of Robert Goddard? If not, I bet you have seen many of the things he invented. Way back in the 1880s, Robert wasn't able to go to school since he was often sick.  His parents wanted to be sure that he got a good education so they taught him at home. They gave him lots of scientific items and even bought him a subscription to the magazine Scientific American. He read every issue and did his own experiments.  When he learned about diamonds, he tried to make diamonds from pencil graphite and flame.  He didn't make diamonds but it lead to a many years of research.

Cronin, Doreen. CLICK, CLACK, QUACK TO SCHOOL!

Cronin, Doreen.
CLICK, CLACK, QUACK TO SCHOOL!
New York : Atheneum Books, 2018
IL K-3, RL 2.2
ISBN 978-1-53441-449-5

Farmer Brown is very excited to get an invitation to visit the school.  When he tells the animals, they are get very excited and start jumping and being very loud. No, No, No. Schools are quiet places. Schools are calm places. The animals will have to behave and be very quiet.  What do you think is going to happen?

Calabrese, Keith. LENA'S SHOES ARE NERVOUS : A FIRST-DAY-OF-SCHOOL DILEMMA

Calabrese, Keith.
LENA'S SHOES ARE NERVOUS : A FIRST-DAY-OF-SCHOOL DILEMMA
New York : Atheneum, 2018
IL K-3, RL 2.0
ISBN 978-1-53440-894-4

Lena is all ready for her first day of Kindergarten. She has laid out her dress and socks and headband and shoes.  This is going to be a big day. But when she starts to get dressed, she realizes she has a very big problem.  Her shoes are nervous about going to school and won't go. Lena's father tries to help but Lena knows there is only one thing she can try.

Cline-Ransome, Lesa GAME CHANGERS : THE STORY OF VENUS AND SERENA WILLIAMS

Cline-Ransome, Lesa
GAME CHANGERS : THE STORY OF VENUS AND SERENA WILLIAMS
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018
IL 3-6
ISBN 9781481476843

Growing up in Compton, the Williams family didn't have much. But they did have a love of tennis. Venus and Serena were the youngest of the famlly and they were the ones who took the game most seriously. They would get up very early and go to the public tennis court. Before they could play, they needed to sweep broken glass off the courts and pull the weeds. Sometimes they even needed to duck bullets when the gangs got too close. Learn about how these remarkable women went from Compton to Wimbleton becoming two of the best tennis players in the world.

Weatherford, Carole Boston. SCHOMBURG : THE MAN WHO BUILT A LIBRARY

Weatherford, Carole Boston.
SCHOMBURG : THE MAN WHO BUILT A LIBRARY
Somerville : Candlewick, 2017
IL K-3, RL 6.8
ISBN 978-0-7636-8046-6

When Arturo Schomburg was a young boy in Puerto Rico, he loved listening to the men who read to them in the cigar shop.  His love words and his curiosity was born. When he was in 5th grade, his teacher told him that his people did not have any history. As he watched his white classmates take pride in their heritage, he longed to have that same pride. And that is when he started reading and collecting everything he could find about the history of African Americans.  He moved to New York City when he was 17 but could not continue school because his school records were lost and he could not prove he had a formal education. That did not deter Arturo. He continued to read and collect information about African Americans whose accomplishments were overlooked in the mainstream education. This is a biography of an amazing man.  He believed that "the American Negro must remake his past in order to make his future ... History must restore what slavery took away."