New Book Releases

2009

New Book Releases

2009ByBy

Sandra YoonSandra Yoon

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Bakersfield City School DistrictBakersfield City School District

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Sandra YoonSandra Yoon

Library Media ServicesLibrary Media Services

Bakersfield City School DistrictBakersfield City School District

ABC’s

1, 2, buckle

my shoeby

Anna Grossnickle Hines

Gone Fishing

by

David McLima

ns

A Child’s Day: An Alphabet of Play

by

Ida Pearle

One Boy

by

Laura Vacca

ro Seege

r

AnimalsAnimals

The Big Bug Book

by

David A. CArter

Elephants of

Africa

by

Gail Gibbon

s

Spider-tizers and

other Creepy Treats

by

Meish Goldfish

What Are

These Animals Doing

by

Bobbie Kalman

Two Bobbi

esby

Kirby Larson & Mary Nethery

Horse Song

by

Ted & Betsy Lewin

Ask Dr. K.

Fisher About Reptile

s

by

Claire Llewellyn

Adventures of Riley: Polar Bear

Puzzle

by

Amanda Lumry &

Laura Hurwitz

Sneaky, Spinning

Baby Spiders

by

Sandra Markle

Seabiscuit the

Wonder Horse

by

Meghan McCarth

y

What Cats Are Made Of

by

Hanoch Piven

Predators

by

Lucio & Meera

Santoro

Art/PoetryMusic

The Black

Book of Colors

by

Memena Cottin & Rosana Faria

Dinothesaurus

by

Douglas Florian

Ocean’s Child

by

Christine Ford & Trish Holland

Shapeby

David Goodman & Zoe

Miller

Falling Down the

Pageby

Georgia Heard

City I Love

by

Lee Bennett Hopkins

Voice from Afar:

Poems of

Peaceby

Tony Johnsto

n

Going,

Going,

Gone!by

Alan Katz

The Bill Martin, Jr. Big

Book of Poetry

by

Bill Martin,

Jr.

Amiri &

Odette: A

Love Story

by

Walter Dean Myers

The Swamp

s of Sleeth

by

Jack Prelutsk

y

Keeping the Night Watch

by

Hope Anita Smith

The Blacker

the Berry

by

Joyce Carol

Thomas

Mama Says: A book of Love for Mothers and Sons

by

Rob Walker

When Louis

Armstrong

Taught Me

Scat

by

Muriel Harris

Weinstock

Food Hates

You Too, and Other Poems

by

Robert Weinsto

ck

What’s the

Weather

Inside?by

Karma Wilson

Biographies

Our Abe Lincoln: An Old

Tune with New

Lyrics

by

Jim Ayleswort

h

Words to My Life’s Song

by

Bryan Ashley

The Trouble

Begins at Eight

by

Sid Fleischman

The Lincoln’s: A Scrapbook

Look at Abraham and Mary

by

Candace Fleming

Barack Obama: Son of

Promise, Child of Hope

by

Nikki Grimes

Abe Lincoln

Crosses a Creek

by

Deborah Hopkinson

Ain’t Nothing

But A Man

by

Scott Reynolds Nelson

Afghan Dreams…

Young Voices of

Afghanistanby

Tony O’Brien &

Mike Sullivan

The Big Book of

Dummies, Rebels, and

Other Geniuses

by

Jean-Bernard

Pouy, et al.

Abe’s Honest Words

by

Doreen Rappaport

Eleanor, Quiet No

More

by

Doreen Rappaport

Lincoln Through the Lens

by

Martin Sadler

Knucklehead

by

Jon Scieszka

The Fantastic Undersea

Life of Jacques

Cousteau

by

Dan Yaccarino

Fiction

(Older)

Chains

by

Laurie Halse

Anderson

The Underneath

by

Kathi Appelt

Masterpiece

by

Elise Broach

Waiting for Normal

by

Leslie Connor

The London Eye

Mystery

by

Siobahn Dowd

Bird

by

Zetta Elliott

The Graveyard

Book

by

Neil Gaiman

Here’s How I See It – Here’s How It Is

by

Heather Henson

Dragonfly Pool

by

Eva Ibbotson

Dog Lost

by

Ingrid Lee

Alvin Ho Allergic to

Girls, School, and Other

Scary Things

by

Lenore Look

Mogo, The Third Warthog

by

Donna Jo Napoli

The Final Warning

by

James Patterson

Mudshark

by

Gary Paulsen

Kingdom Keepers II: Disney at Dawn

by

Ridley Pearson

Nation

by

Terry Pratchett

Six Innings: A Game In

the Life

by

James Preller

My Fair Godmother

by

Janette Rallison

Wabi Sabi

by

Mark Reibstein

Calvin Coconut: Trouble Magnet

by

Graham Salisbury

Camp Alien

by

Pamela F.

Service

Tales From Outer

Suburbia

by

Shaun Tan

The Gecko & Sticky: the Greatest Power

by

Wendelin Van Draanen

Fiction

(Younger)

“I’m Not

Santa!”

by

Jonathan Allen

Hooray For Fly Guy!

by

Tedd Arnold

The Moon Over Star

by

Dianna Hutts Aston

Beware of the Frog

by

William Bee

Friend or Fiend?

With the Pain &

the Great One

by

Judy Blume

Don’t Look Now

by

Ed Briant

Our Library

by

Eve Bunting

Walking to

School

by

Eve Bunting

Katy Duck is a Caterpill

arby

Alyssa Capucill

i

Thump, Quack, Moo: A Whacky

Adventureby

Doreen Cronin

Stinkyby

Eleanor Davis

Papa’ and Me

by

Arthur Dorros

Dodsworth in Paris

by

Tim Egan

Bone Soup

by

Cambria Evans

My Mom is Trying to Ruin My Life

by

Kate Feiffer

What’s Under

the Bed?

by

Joe Fenton

Buffalo Music

by

Tracey E. Fern

Buster Goes to Cowboy Camp

by

Denise Flemin

g

Goose and Duck

by

Jean Craighead George

Storyteller’s Candle – La Velita

de los Cuentos

by

Lucia Gonzalez

How to Heal A Broken Wing

by

Bob Graha

m

Little Mouse’s Big

Book of Fears

by

Emily Gravett

The Odd Eggby

Emily Gravett

Grizzly Dad

by

Joanna Harriso

n

Old Bear

by

Kevin Henkes

What’s Up,

Duck? A Book of Opposit

esby

Tad Hills

Sugar Would Not Eat

Itby

Emily Jenkins

Library Mouse:

A Friend’s Tale

by

Daniel Kirk

Gooney Bird Is

So Absurd

by

Lois Lowry

Sleepsongby

George Ella Lyon

Kitchen Dance

by

Maurie J. Manning

The Lion’s Share

by

Matthew McElligot

t

Stitchin’ and

Pullin’ – A Gee’s

Bend Quilt

by

Patricia C. McKissack

The Worst Best

Friendby

Alexis O’Neill

Critter Sitter

by

Chuck Richard

s

Duck! Rabbit!

by

Amy Krouse

Rosenthal

Millie in the Snow

by

Alexander Steffensmei

er

The Princess Gown

by

Linda Leopol

d Strauss

What Can

You Do With A Rebozo

?by

Carmen Tafolla

Are You Ready To Play Outside

?by

Mo Willems

Naked Mole Rat Gets

Dressedby

Mo Willem

s

History

Come To the Castle

by

Linda Ashman

Galileo’s Telescope

by

Gerry Bailey & Karen Foster

The Raucous Royals…

by

Carlyn Beccia

March On! The Day My

Brother Martin

Changed the World

by

Christine King Farris

3-D World Atlas &

Tour

by

Marie Javins

Traveling the Freedom

Road: From Slavery and the Civil War

Through Reconstruction

By

Linda Barrett Osborne

Our White

House: Looking

In, Looking

Out

Wangari’s Trees of Peace

by

Jeanette Winter

Language

Chicken Cheeks

by

Michael Ian Black

How To

Talk To

Girlsby

Alec Greven

The Vaniti

esby

Terence Lawlor

Mr. Mosquito Put On

His Tuxedo

by

Barbara Olenyik Morrow

Miscellaneous

The Worst-Case

Scenario Survival

Handbook: Middle School

by

David Borgenicht

101 Things You Wish

You Invented… And Some

You Wish No One Had

by

Richard Horne

Even More Children’s Miscellan

y

by

Guy MacDonal

d

Zany Miscellan

y: A Mixed-UP Encyclopedia of

Fun Facts!

Nature/ Science

Wild Tracks! A Guide to Nature’s

Footprintsby

Jim Arnosky

Living Sunlight:

How Plants Bring the

Earth to Life

by

Molly Bang & Penny

Chisholm

Butterflies & Moths

by

Nic Bishop

Dinosaurs In Your

Backyard

by

Hugh Brewster

Explore: One Encyclopedia – A World Of Knowledge

by

Sean Callery et al.

Wolfsnail: A

Backyard Predator

by

Sarah C. Campbell

How Fast Is It?

by

Ben Hillman

How Weird Is It? A

Freaky Book All About

Strangeness

by

Ben Hillman

How Many Ways Can

You Catch A Fly?

by

Steve Jenkins

The Way We Work

by

David Macaulay & Robin Page

Encyclopedia of the End

by

Deborah Noyes

When the Wolves

Returned

by

Dorothy Hinshaw Patent

Food for Thought:

The Stories Behind the Things We

Eat

by

Ken Robbins

Mars and the Search

For Lifeby

Elaine Scott

Strange But True: The World's

Weirdest Wonders

by

Robert Sullivan

Rain Forests

by

Richard C. Vogt

Sports

You Never

Heard of Sandy

Koufax?!by

Jonah Winter

Stories /

Tall Tales

The Rabbit and the Turtle:

Aesop’s Fables

by

Eric Carle

Chicken Little

by

Rebecca Embersly

Repunzel’s Revenge

by

Shannon & Dean Hale

Knuckleheads

by

Joan Holub

Way Up and Over

Everything

by

Alice McGill

Frankenstein Takes the

Cake

by

Adam Rey

What the Rat Told

Me

by

Marie Sellier, et al.

Fiesta! A Celebration

of Latino Festivals

by

Sherry Shahan