New Kids Reads (July 26)

I'm trying something new. Instead of a recap of everything new, I'm picking out a few titles you might miss. If you are still interested in a full listing of new titles hitting our shelves, sign up for Wowbrary. I look at it every week now and enjoy seeing what new titles will be reaching the shelves. There is a section for "Kids" on the left hand side. Just scroll down.

Wumbers by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld (JJ ROS)
Now here is a book to challenge you and your child! Wumbers is a delightful trip through the English language, but with replacing letters with numbers. What you get is the sound of the word, but not necessarily the right spelling of the word. Think about the vanity license plates on cars, like "IM GR8". That's the idea. (This book doesn't use numbers to spell the words like "Aw3som3" where the "3" is just an "e"). Each two page spread is like a mini, one paneled cartoon with a phrase to be interpreted and read aloud. Check out this book today: Wumbers : it's a Word Cre8ed with Numbers!:.

I Know a Wee Piggy by Kim Norman and Illustrated by Henry Cole (JJ NOR)
Jump into this picture in colors! This little piggy went to the fair, but decided to "wallow" in a variety of colors. This messy adventure is silly and fun. What will the piggy get into next? A great story for read-alouds (one of the reasons I'm highlighting it) and learning about colors. Check out I Know a Wee Piggy:

Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman by Marc Tyler Nobleman and illustrated by Ty Templeton (J B FINGER NOB)
For the older readers among us (elementary age), and Batman fans, this biography highlights the little known history of Bill Finger, the (at first) uncredited writer and co-creator of Batman. Bob Kane set it up so that he would have exclusive creator rights to Batman, but he had a lot of help in the stories from Bill Finger. Unfortunately, due to the times, it was not uncommon for writers to be "ghost writers." This fascinating biography reads as a story and talks about Bill's uneasiness at the situation, and his love of writing in general. There is hope at the end for Finger earning the recognition  he deserves. Check out Bill the Boy Wonder : the Secret Co-Creator of Batman.


Keep on reading! Don't forget: August 7 is the last day to log books into the Online Summer Reading Log!

New Kids Reads (July 12)

New books for kids found their way to the shelves! Check these books out and sign up for our Wowbrary Newsletter which highlights the latest books for everyone! All links are clickable and take you to the catalog. Lots of good picks for everyone this week!

New Picture Books

• Oh no! Not again! : Or How I Built a Time Machine to Save History or at Least My History Grade: by Barnett Mac; illustrated by Dan Santat - JJ BAR 
• Barnum's Bones : How Barnum Brown Discovered the Most Famous Dinosaur In the World: by Tracey Fern; illustrated by Boris Kulikov - JJ FER
• Dinosoaring: by Deb Lund; illustrated by Howard Fine - JJ FIN
• Dog In Charge: by K.L. Going; illustrated by Dan Santat - JJ GOI
• Catty Jane Who Hated the Rain: by Valeri Gorbachev -  JJ GOR
• Dog Gone!: by Leeza Hernandez. - JJ HER
• Scribbles and Ink: by Ethan Long - JJ LON 
• Zelda the Varigoose: by Sebastian Loth - JJ LOT
• On My Way to the Bath: by Sarah Maizes; illustrated by Michael Paraskevas - JJ MAI
• Jean Laffite : The Pirate Who Saved America: by Susan Goldman Rubin; Illustrated by Jeff Himmelman - JJ RUB
• My Dad: by Steve Smallman; illustrated by Sean Julian - JJ SMA
  
• A World of Food: by Carl Warner - JJ WAR
• Ruby's Sleepover: by Kathryn White; illustrated by Miriam Latimer - JJ WHI

New Chapter Books (J Fiction)

• Cupcake Diaries
• Mia in the Mix: by Coco Simon - J SIM
• Emma on Thin Icing: by Coco Simon - J SIM
• Game Changers: by Mike Lupica - J LUP
• The Classroom : the Epic Documentary of a Not-Yet-Epic Kid: by Robin Mellom - J MEL 

New Non-Fiction

• Your Land and My Land : The Middle East
• We Visit Turkey: by Amelia LaRoche - J 956.1 LAR
• We Visit Iraq by Claire O'Neal - J 956.7 O'Ne
• We Visit Oman: by Khadija Ejaz - J 953.53 EJA
• We Visit Pakistan: by Bonnie Hinman - J 954.91 HIN 
• We Visit Iran: by Pete DiPrimio - J 955 DIP
• Busy Builders: by Roxie Munro - J 595.7156 MUN
• Buried alive! : How 33 Miners Survived 69 Days Deep Under the Chilean Desert: by Elaine Scott - J 363.11 SCO
• Zach Apologizes: by William Mulcahy - J 395.122 MUL
• How Markets Work by Diane Bailey - J 381 BAI
• The World In Your Lunch Box : [the wacky history and weird science of everyday foods]: by Claire Eamer - J 641.3 EAM
• The Little Black Dress and Zoot Suits : Depression and Wartime Fashions from the 1930s to 1950s: by Alison Marie Behnke - J 391.0097 BEH
• Charles Dickens : England's Most Captivating Storyteller: by Catherine Wells - J 823.8 WEL
• Bird Talk : What Birds Are Saying and Why: by Lita Judge - J598.159 JUD
• The Ultimate Guys' Body Book : Not-So-Stupid Questions About Your Body: by Dr. Walt Larimore - J 613.0423 LAR
• The Plant Hunters : True Stories of their Daring Adventures to the Far Corners of the Earth by Anita Silvey - J 580.75 SIL
• Earth-Friendly Buildings, Bridges and More : the Eco-Journal of Corry LaPont: by Etta Kaner - J 720.47 KAN

Teen Tech Club Topics

Join our newly forming Teen Tech Club! This multi-week session includes an hour lesson and playtime on an online tool that you can use. The Club meets on Wednesday afternoons from July 11 to August 8, at 4 PM to 5 PM. Sign-up today as class sizes are limited to 8 students. You do not have to attend every session. Sign up and attend those you would like to attend. For ages 13-17 and at Blue Bell Library.

Teen Tech Club Topics

• July 11 - Topic: eResources at WVPL
• July 18 - Topic: Online Comic Creation
• July 25 - Topic: Image Editing
• August 1 - Topic: Edit a podcast
• August 8 - Topic: Video Editing

Visit this page for more Teen Events!

Summer Events at WVPL - BB, Week of July 9

Summer is in full swing here at WVPL. Have you been reading and logging your books on our Summer Reading Log? Join our Summer Reading Club today! We have something for everyone from a newborn to 100 years and older! For children, sign up and read to the goal to earn a free t-shirt and free book of your choice. For teens, read a book or few and be entered into a raffle at the end of summer. Join today! The last day to join and log your books is August 7 (Adult Reading Club dates vary).

We have lot of great events happening this coming week. Are you attending? (All links are click-able and most events have online registration).

KIDS

Heard of Lego Club? Want to see what it is all about? This summer, we have special Lego Club sessions every Thursday in July! For all ages (parents/guardians of children ages 5 and under must attend with child). Register today for July 12; July 19; July 26.

Stories and Puppets! On Wednesday, July 11 at 7 PM, visit us to hear Native American Stories and see puppetry by Steve Abrams at this free library event! No registration is required so drop by!

Read to Dogs. Yes, real dogs visit the library on Thursday mornings from 10 AM to 11 AM just to hear your child read stories (these are special service dogs). Have you signed up for your 10 minute slot today? Call the library or stop by!

TEENS

Teen Tech Club on Wednesday, July 11 at 4 PM. We’ll be playing with the online tools that the library offers for free! We have spaces available (a max of 8 participants). Ages 13-17. Sign-up now! July 11, July 18, July 25, Aug. 1, Aug. 8

Teens Talk Books. On Friday, just for teens, we’ll be getting together to discuss books. Love your summer reading? Hate your summer reading? Want to find out why others think a book is so popular? Want to discuss the “it” book of the moment? Join our Teens Talk Books on Friday, July 13 at 3 PM at Blue Bell to enjoy a free-form book discussion group. For ages 13-17. Sign-up now!


Check out our Events page for more!

Fresh Picks for Teens (June 28)

Join our Summer Reading Club and read these books and more toward cool prizes like a Wawa Gift Card, iTunes gift card, a bag of books and more! Summer Reading Books count! (Must read two books to be qualified for a prize).

New YA Fiction

• Consumed by Kate Cann - YA CAN
• Lia's Guide to Winning the Lottery by Keren David - YA DAV
• My Life in Black and White by Natasha Friend - YA FRI
• Mister Death's Blue-Eyed Girls: by Mary Downing Hahn - YA HAH
• Keeping the Castle : a Tale of Romance, Riches, and Real Estate: by Patrice Kindl - YA KIN
• Alice On Board by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor  - YA NAY
• This is So Not Happening by Kieran Scott - YA SCO
• Infinity by Rachel Ward - YA WAR
• Dust Girl by Sarah Zettel - YA ZET

New YA Non-Fiction

• Just Write : Here's How by Walter Dean Myers - YA 808.02 MYE
  

New Kids Reads (June 28)

Have you joined our Summer Reading Club (visit the link now!) yet? Visit the link and select the Club or Clubs most appropriate for your reader and "Sign Up Now" if you haven't signed up or sign into your log if you have all ready signed up! Here's the new books this week to help you reach the reading goals!

New Picture Books

• Dinosaur Thunder by Marion Dane Bauer; illustrated by Margaret Chodos-Irvine - JJ BAU
• Our House is Round : a Kid's Book About Why Protecting Our Earth Matters by Yolanda Kondonassis; Joan Brush - JJ KON.
• All for Me and None for All by Helen Lester; illustrated by Lynn Munsinger - JJ LES
• Machines Go To Work in the City by William Low  - JJ LOW
• Don't Squish the Sasquatch! by Kent Redeker; illustrated by Bob Staake - JJ RED
• I Have the Right to Be a Child by Alain Serres; illustrated by Aurelia Fronty - JJ SER
• A Home for Bird by Philip C. Stead - JJ STE
• Earth Day, Birthday! by Maureen Wright; illustrated by Violet Kim - JJ WRI

New Easy Readers

• Little Friends by Onur Tukel - JJ TUK

New J Fiction

• Summer at Forsaken Lake by Michael Beil - J BEI
• Voyage of the Sea Wolf by Eve Bunting - J BUN 
• Magical Monty by Johanna Hurwitz - J HUR
• Zac and The Dream Stealers by Ross MacKenzie - J MAC
• Libby of High Hopes by Elise Primavera - J PRI 
• Stuey Lewis Against All Odds : Stories from the Third Grade by Jane Schoenberg - J SCH
• Alien on a Rampage by Clete Barrett Smith - J SMI
• Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage
• The Secret of the Ginger Mice by Frances Watts - J WAT

New J Non-Fiction

• When Dinos Dawned, Mammals Got Munched, & Pterosaurs Took Flight : a Cartoon Prehistory of Life in the Triassic by Hannah Bonner - J 567.9 BON
• The Water Dragon : a Chinese Legend by Jian Li - J 398.2 LI 
• Frogs! : Strange and Wonderful by Laurence Pringle - J 597.89 PRI
• Stars in the Shadows : the Negro League All-Star Game of 1934 by Charles R. Smith, Jr. - J 796.357 SMI

New Reads for Kids! (June 21)

New titles in the children's section today. Check them out! All titles will take you to the catalog for more information about the book.

Reading Olympic Titles New To Us (look for these on the table by the J DVD section)

• Amelia Lost : The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart by Candace Fleming- J B EARHART FLE
• Planet Middle School by Nikki Grimes - J GRI
• Cracker! : The Best Dog in Vietnam by Cynthia Kadohata - J KAD
• Touch Blue by Cynthia Lord - J LOR 
• Two-Minute Drill (Comeback Kids) by Mike Lupica - J LUP
• Ghost Buddy #1: Zero to Hero by Henry Winkler - J WIN

New Kids Books

• Better Than a Lemonade Stand! : Small Business Ideas for Kids by Daryl Bernstein - J 650.12 BER
• The Shabbat Puppy by Leslie Kimmelman -  JJ KIM
• Postcards From Pismo : a novel by Michael Scotto - J SCO
• A Stick Is an Excellent Thing : Poems Celebrating Outdoor Play by Marilyn Singer - J 811.54 SIN