Not sure what to read next? Sometimes, you get caught on the same series, the same author, or even just the same exact book. Below are a list of suggestions and personal favorites, just in case you get stuck! Click on the title to get a description and to see if it's available.

Picture Books

• Punk Farm by Jarrett Krosoczka
• Cupcake: A Journey to Special by Cherise Mericle Harper
• Dancing Feet by Lindsey Craig
• Little Hoot by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
• Peg Leg Peke by Brie Spangler
• Duck on a Bike by David Shannon
• In a Blue Room by Jim Averbeck
• If I Built a Car by Chris Van Dusen
• Otis by Loren Long
• Shark vs. Train by Chris Barton

Juvenile Fiction/Chapter Books

• Kneebone Boy by Ellen Potter
• Powerless by Matthew Cody
• Departure Time by Truus Matti
• I am Regina by Sally Keehn
• Snarf Attack, Underfoodle, and the Secret of Life: The Riot Brothers Tell All by Mary Amato
• Countdown by Deborah Wiles
• The Bartimaeus Trilogy Book One: The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
• My Chocolate Year: A Novel with 12 Recipes by Charlotte Herman
• Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen
• The Gollywhopper Games by Jody Feldman

Is there a favorite of yours that I didn't mention? Leave a comment and let us know which book you would recommend!

Take an audiobook along on that long drive this holiday!

From experience, I can tell you that listening to audiobooks got us through many long car trips to see the family! We all enjoyed listening to them and there were many times we had to just sit in the driveway to finish listening to the chapter!

Here are some of my favorites, both old and new.

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly

As Callie explores the natural world around her, she develops a close relationship with her grandfather, navigates the dangers of living with six brothers, and comes up against just what it means to be a girl at the turn of the century.

On the Blue Comet by Rosemary Wells

This captivating book of time travel, trains, crime and
even celebrities will take you on a journey like no other.
One of my favorites this year.

The True Gift by Patricia MacLachlan

This Christmas story by a Newbery Medal winning author
will help you celebrate the season. All year long Lily and Liam look forward to Christmas on their grandparents' farm. It's always the perfect trip --trimming the tree, giving gifts. But this year, thanks to a white cow alone in the meadow, things will be different. This Christmas, Lily and Liam will find out the meaning of a true gift.

WHO WAS...Elvis Presley?... Sacawagea?, ...Marco Polo?, ...Queen Elizabeth?, ... Daniel Boone? (and many others)

The "Who Was...?" is a paperback series found in the Biography section of the Children's Room.
We have placed them together on the top shelf for easy access. Each one is an entertaining, informative read for children in grades 3-5.

A short chapter introduces the subject, their impact and achievements. The subject's life is then covered from childhood to adulthood. Each story is enhanced with line drawing and maps. Occasionally, an element is expanded upon in a framed box. As in the biography of Claude Monet, the painter, there is an explanation of how the evolution of oil paint allowed painters to work outside the studio for the first time.

The books are not indexed but contain a time-line of the subject's life and a corresponding time-line of the world.

In this era of celebrity fascination, here's a way to get your child interested in some real, long-standing celebrities!