 |  |  |
Fiction Graphic Novel Twelve-year-old Astrid discovers roller derby just as she and her best friend, Nicole, begin growing apart. Now Astrid must learn who she is--and how to be a Roller Girl--without Nicole. | Nonfiction Photographs, illustrations, and text teach children about the history, uses, and styles of snowboards, skateboards, rollerblades, and scooters. | Everybody Two roller-skating best friends--one tiny, one tall--share three comical adventures involving outrageously bright socks, an impromptu trek to the Andes, and a most unlikely marvelous companion. Available from Dakota County Library |
Fiction Graphic Novel
Twelve-year-old Astrid discovers roller derby just as she and her best friend, Nicole, begin growing apart. Now Astrid must learn who she is--and how to be a Roller Girl--without Nicole.
Nonfiction
Photographs, illustrations, and text teach children about the history, uses, and styles of snowboards, skateboards, rollerblades, and scooters.
Everybody
Two roller-skating best friends--one tiny, one tall--share three comical adventures involving outrageously bright socks, an impromptu trek to the Andes, and a most unlikely marvelous companion. Available from Dakota County Library
Win a copy of this book!
Jorge and Laura Posada are not the kind of parents who say to their children, "Do as I say." Their parenting mantra instead is, "Let's do it together," and the Posadas have always made good nutrition and fitness a core element of their family lifestyle. Fit Home Team is their formula for getting parents and kids off the couch, arming families with key tools for optimal health, wellness, and overall balance by offering: a simple guide to eating right; nutrition-packed kid-friendly recipes; tips for taking the "work" out of "working out"; inexpensive seasonal activities for staying fit; and an easy-to-follow family progress chart.--From publisher description.
If you'd like to try to win a copy of this book, send an email to Julianne.Ninteman. One entry per family.
 |  |  |
Printed Book- DCL Kirigami is a variation of origami, which includes cutting of the paper as well as folding. Descamps gives instructions for making kirigami projects. She also offers tips on using papercrafting tools, paper selection, and folding techniques. Request it today from Dakota County Library! | eBook - Hoopla Kirigami will introduce kids to the Japanese art of folding and cutting paper to make amazing creations. They will learn how to make a spiderweb, a snowflake, fun decorations, and more! Easy-to-follow instructions accompanied by how-to photos keep projects accessible for readers brand-new to paper art. The captivating creations are sure to appeal to young crafters everywhere. | eBook - Hoopla The 25 origami projects in this book provide great ideas for every occasion, with Heart Variations For Your Valentine, Pop-ups, Dress-up Paper Dolls, Gift Box Borders, Woven Gift Wrap, Appliqued Gift Bag, and many, many more! The projects and simple instructions will appeal to anyone who crafts for fun or as an activity. |
Printed Book- DCL
Kirigami is a variation of origami, which includes cutting of the paper as well as folding. Descamps gives instructions for making kirigami projects. She also offers tips on using papercrafting tools, paper selection, and folding techniques. Request it today from Dakota County Library!
eBook - Hoopla
Kirigami will introduce kids to the Japanese art of folding and cutting paper to make amazing creations. They will learn how to make a spiderweb, a snowflake, fun decorations, and more! Easy-to-follow instructions accompanied by how-to photos keep projects accessible for readers brand-new to paper art. The captivating creations are sure to appeal to young crafters everywhere.
eBook - Hoopla
The 25 origami projects in this book provide great ideas for every occasion, with Heart Variations For Your Valentine, Pop-ups, Dress-up Paper Dolls, Gift Box Borders, Woven Gift Wrap, Appliqued Gift Bag, and many, many more! The projects and simple instructions will appeal to anyone who crafts for fun or as an activity.
 |  |  |
Mr. Oase & Chomp Who needs a scarf to keep warm when you have a pet snake?!? | Mr. Huling Bennet, a Morkie (Maltese and Yorkie), listens intently to a story about dogs. | Mr. McCay Can you guess the book character and title based on the costume? Clue-- it's really wonderful! |
Mr. Oase & Chomp
Who needs a scarf to keep warm when you have a pet snake?!?
Mr. Huling
Bennet, a Morkie (Maltese and Yorkie), listens intently to a story about dogs.
Mr. McCay
Can you guess the book character and title based on the costume? Clue-- it's really wonderful!
Teen Social Group
Dakota County Library is excited to announce our new Discord server—a virtual hangout space exclusively for teens ages 13-18.
Discord is a free online platform that gives participants a place to build community and connect with each other using a variety of text-based channels dedicated to specific topics of interest. The library’s Discord Server includes channel topics such as gaming, books, art, writing, anime and manga, movies and TV, emotional support, and more. Chat with other Discord members about your favorite fandoms, ships, AUs, and more on the #writing channel.
The library’s Discord server is an invite-only virtual space for teens ages 13–18 and is monitored regularly by library staff. Teens who live in Dakota County or attend a Dakota County school can join the library’s Discord server by completing an online form.
 |  |  |
Nonfiction Presents a collection of inspirational works created by fifty diverse authors and artists intended to encourage young activists to keep fighting for human rights. Works include poetry, essays, letters, art, and photographs. | Mystery While out exploring the bayou around his home, twelve-year-old Sam finds a lone boy named Davey mysteriously repairing a rundown shack deep in the woods. As the two get to know each other, danger increases for both boys when long-hidden truths come to light. | Historical FictionIn alternating passages, two Mohawk sisters describe their lives at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, established in 1879 to educate Native Americans, as they try to assimilate into white culture and one of them is falsely accused of stealing. |
Nonfiction
Presents a collection of inspirational works created by fifty diverse authors and artists intended to encourage young activists to keep fighting for human rights. Works include poetry, essays, letters, art, and photographs.
Mystery
While out exploring the bayou around his home, twelve-year-old Sam finds a lone boy named Davey mysteriously repairing a rundown shack deep in the woods. As the two get to know each other, danger increases for both boys when long-hidden truths come to light.
Historical Fiction
In alternating passages, two Mohawk sisters describe their lives at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, established in 1879 to educate Native Americans, as they try to assimilate into white culture and one of them is falsely accused of stealing.
Realistic Fiction & Animals
When Lety offers to write animal profiles at the local shelter where she volunteers, her classmate, Hunter, decides he'd like to do them instead of her. He sets up a competition to see whose profile gets an animal adopted first. Lety is anxious about competing with Hunter because her first language is Spanish and she's still learning English while Hunter is the only fifth grader in her class who reads and writes at a high school level. But she's determined to try her best.
Graphic Novel ~ Historical Fiction
"At the Sevres Children's Home outside Paris, Rachel Cohen has discovered her passion--photography. Although she hasn't heard from her parents in months, she loves the people at her school, adores capturing what she sees in pictures, and tries not to worry too much about Hitler's war. But as France buckles under the Nazi regime, danger closes in, and Rachel must change her name and go into hiding"--Provided by publisher.
 |  |  |
Humor "Hoping to win a cash prize in a pizza eating contest after racking up a tab on his mother's credit card, David must juggle his competitive eating training with the responsibility of looking after his autistic younger brother"--OCLC. | Fantasy & Minnesota Author After discovering a ghost in his apartment, twelve-year-old Danny and his friends traverse Brooklyn's diverse neighborhood together to learn the spirit's origins and bring it to rest. | Mythology / Fantasy Visiting her grandmother in the Louisiana bayou, ten-year-old Maddy begins to realize that she may be the only sibling to carry on the gift of her family's magical legacy. |
Humor
"Hoping to win a cash prize in a pizza eating contest after racking up a tab on his mother's credit card, David must juggle his competitive eating training with the responsibility of looking after his autistic younger brother"--OCLC.
Fantasy & Minnesota Author
After discovering a ghost in his apartment, twelve-year-old Danny and his friends traverse Brooklyn's diverse neighborhood together to learn the spirit's origins and bring it to rest.
Mythology / Fantasy
Visiting her grandmother in the Louisiana bayou, ten-year-old Maddy begins to realize that she may be the only sibling to carry on the gift of her family's magical legacy.
Are you in the mood for books?
Request books through Destiny & Curbside Pickup and get a Mood pencil that changes color with the heat of your hand (while supplies last). After you've requested your book, Mrs. Edelman, Library Clerk, will contact you to let you know your title is ready. Then schedule a time to pick it up at BHMS.
Contact Information
Julianne Ninteman, Library Media Specialist
Black Hawk Middle School & Thomas Lake Elementary