Nolte's News from the IMC
January 27, 2014
More New Books
Our monthly box of new books has arrived in the IMC. Come in and check them out!
Blizzard by John Rocco
After a massive blizzard, a boy becomes a hero when he manages to walk to the local store and bring supplies back to his neighborhood which has been snowed in for days. Based on the author's childhood experience.
Once Upon an Alphabet by Oliver Jeffers
From an Astronaut who's afraid of heights, to a Bridge that ends up burned between friends, to a Cup stuck in a cupboard and longing for freedom, this series of interconnected stories and characters explores the alphabet.
Dear Mr. Washington by Lynn Cullen
In April, 1796, young Charlotte Stuart writes a series of letters to George Washington, whose portrait is being painted by her father, reporting on her efforts and those of her brothers to follow the rules of good behavior in the book Mr. Washington gave them. Includes historical notes.
EllRay Jakes Rocks the Holiday by Sally Warner
Third-grader EllRay dreads the upcoming Winter Wonderland school assembly in which he must emcee and sing "Jingle Bell Rock."
A Simple Case of Angels by Caroline Adderson
Nicola's adorable little dog, June Bug, keeps getting into trouble. She steals the neighbor's turkey, yanks down the Christmas tree, and destroys Mum's almost-finished giant crossword. Everyone is in a bad mood, including Nicola's big brother, Jared, who holes up in front of the computer playing Inferno 2, eagerly sending winged creatures into a fiery abyss. When Nicola overhears her father say "It's not working out with that dog," it looks as though June Bug's days are numbered. Or can a good deed make up for June Bug's bad behavior?
Shouldn't You Be In School by Lemony Snicket
Young Lemony Snicket investigates a rash of fires that have plagued the town of Stain'd-by-the-Sea, revealing secrets that involve the Department of Education and the notorious villain Hangfire.
Seeds of freedom : the peaceful integration of Huntsville, Alabama by Hester Bass
In 1963, peaceful protests against segregation were met with violence in other parts of Alabama. So why did sit-ins, boycotts, and notes asking for "Freedom in Huntsville" actually work?
Spic-and-span! : Lillian Gilbreth's Wonder Kitchen by Monica Kulling
In her lifetime, Lillian Gilbret was an efficiency expert, an industrial engineer, an inventor, a psychologist, an author, and a professor. Highly intelligent, enormously creative and accomplished, Lillian was the first woman elected to the National Academy of Engineering, the subject of two movies, and had a U.S. postage stamp issued in her honor.
The Madman of Piney Woods by Christopher Paul Curtis
Even though it is now 1901, the people of Buxton, Canada (originally a settlement of runaway slaves) and Chatham, Canada are still haunted by two events of half a century before--the American Civil War, and the Irish potato famine, and the lasting damage those events caused to the survivors.
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