Nolte's News from the IMC
December 3, 2014
New Books Have Arrived!
There are new titles in the IMC waiting to be checked out.
Vanilla Ice Cream by Bob Graham
Stowing away in the back of a truck that carries interesting-looking food, a curious young sparrow takes a voyage through the rice paddies of India, across the sea, and into a new city, where he transforms the life of a girl at a cafe.
'Twas Nochebuena by Roseanne Greenfield Thong
Explores Latin American traditions for celebrating Christmas Eve in a text that combines English and Spanish words and follows the rhythm of Clement Moore's "The Night Before Christmas".
Give and Take by Chris Raschka
In his apple orchard, a farmer meets a little man named Take and follows his advice, which does not turn out well, and the next day meets a little man named Give, whose advice is just as bad.
The Farmer and the Clown by Marla Frazee
A wordless picture book in which a farmer rescues a baby clown who has bounced off the circus train and reunites him with his clown family.
Take Away the A by Michael Escoffier and Kris Di Giacomo
Text and illustrations look at how subtracting a single letter from a word can make an entirely different word.
Fox's Garden
One snowy night, a fox loses its way, entering a village and sheltering in a greenhouse. A young boy sees the fox from his window and brings a basket of food to the greenhouse, where he leaves it for the fox.
The Circus Goes to Sea by Kate Klise
Many surprises are in store when Miss Flora Endora Eliza LaBuena LaPasta invites Sir Sidney's Circus to travel and perform aboard her elegant ship, the SS Spaghetti.
Nuts to You by Lynne Rae Perkins
After surviving being carried off by a hawk, a young squirrel resolves to find his way home, as his best friends begin their search for him.
The Case of the Stolen Sixpence by Holly Webb
Junior sleuth Maisie Hitchins, who lives in her grandmother's boarding house in Victorian London, uncovers an intriguing plot involving stolen sausages, pilfered halfpennies, and a fast-paced bicycle chase.
Paula Danziger's Amber Brown horses around written by Bruce Coville and Elizabeth Levy ; illustrated by Anthony Lewis.
Amber is excited to be spending the summer after fourth grade with her friends at Camp Cushetunk, but things start getting complicated when she learns that her worst enemy, Hannah Burton, is one of her bunkmates.
Disappearance At Hangman's Bluff: A Felony Bay Mystery by J.E. Thompson
"When Abbey and Bee's neighbor's dog, Yemassee, is kidnapped, they decide it's their job to find the men who took him."
The Turtle of Oman by Naomi Shihab Nye
When Aref, a third-grader who lives in Muscat, Oman, refuses to pack his suitcase and prepare to move to Michigan, his mother asks for help from his grandfather, his Sidi, who takes Aref around the country, storing up memories he can carry with him to a new home.
Twenty-two cents : Muhammad Yunus and the Village Bank by Paula Yoo
A biography of Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, who from a young age was determined to make difference in the world and eventually revolutionized global antipoverty efforts by developing the innovative economic concept of micro-lending. Includes an afterword and author's sources.
Edward Hopper Paints His World by Robert Burleigh
From boyhood, Edward Hopper dreamed of being a painter. A successful commercial artist, Hopper preferred creating his own paintings--but at first, no one wanted to buy them.
The Meaning of Maggie by Megan Jean Sovern
Eleven-year-old Maggie Mayfield is an A-plus student with big plans for herself, but at this moment she is also facing a lot of problems--like starting middle school and figuring out how to help her father who is out of work and in a wheelchair.
The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney
After her tribal village is attacked by militants, Amira, a young Sudanese girl, must flee to safety at a refugee camp, where she finds hope and the chance to pursue an education in the form of a single red pencil and the friendship and encouragement of a wise elder.
Try This: 50 Fun Experiments for the Mad Scientist in You by Karen Romano Young
Provides background information and instructions for fifty science projects involving plants, insects, microbes, human behavior, animals, water, physics, machinery, and other topics, and suggests further ideas to pursue.
The right word : Roget and his thesaurus by Jen Bryant
A picture book biography of Peter Mark Roget, the creator of Roget's Thesaurus, one of the most widely used reference books ever published.