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Adult

Judaic Non-Fiction

The book of separation: a memoir, by Tova Mirvis. Born and raised in a tight-knit Orthodox Jewish family, Mirvis committed herself to observing the rules and rituals: to observe was to be accepted and to be accepted was to be loved. She married a man from within the fold and quickly began a family. Her doubts became noisier than her faith, and it became a suffocating existence. Leaving her husband and her faith, Mirvis set out to discover what she does believe and who she really is. Call number: Z 920 MIR

The heart of Torah, v. 2: essays on the weekly Torah portion: Leviticus, Numbers and

Deuteronomy, by Rabbi Shai Held. The essays open new horizons in Jewish biblical commentary. Held mines Talmud and midrashim, great writers of world literature, and astute commentators of other religious backgrounds to ponder fundamental questions about God, human nature, and what it means to be a religious person in the modern world. Call number: Z 263.2 HEL

Out of the depths: the story of a child of Buchenwald who returned home at last, by Israel Meir Lau. Israel Meir Lau, one of the youngest survivors of Buchenwald Descended from a 1,000-year unbroken chain of rabbis, he grew up to become Chief Rabbi of Israel. The book is his harrowing, miraculous, and inspiring account of life in one of the Nazis' deadliest concentration camps, and how he managed to survive against all possible odds. Also chronicles his life after the war. Call number: Z 920 LAU

Stumbling on history: an art project compels a small German town to face its past, by Fern Schumer Chapman. When 89-year-old Edith Westerfeld returns to the small German town where her Jewish family had lived for hundreds of years to witness the installation of a memorial to her family-- part of an effort throughout Europe to confront the genocide of World War II, she experiences how art is helping today's

generation face and atone for crimes of the past. Call number: J 940.53 CHA

Judaic Fiction

Almost dead: a novel, by Assaf Gavron. Eitan Einoch, nicknamed Croc, is an ordinary Israeli thirtysomething. He works as a time management expert, lives with his girlfriend, and goes about his life. Then, he narrowly escapes dying in three separate terrorist attacks. Suddenly, Croc is a national celebrity and he finds himself re-examining his relationships and his life. Meanwhile, a young Palestinian suicide bomber lies in a coma, alternately aware of his surroundings and lost in the past that led him to become an unwilling terrorist. What is the connection between this man and Croc?

Are more attacks to come? Call number: Z FIC GAV

Annotated List of New Resources at

The Kaufman Silverberg Library

December 2017

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And after the fire: a novel, by Lauren Belfer. A powerful and passionate novel about two women, one European and one American, and the mysterious choral masterpiece by Johann Sebastian Bach that changes both their lives. National Jewish Book Awards Winner, 2016. Call number: Z FIC BEL

For two thousand years, by Mihail Sebastian. A young Jewish student in Romania tries to make sense of a world that has decided he doesn't belong. This is the chronicle of resilience and despair, broken layers of memory and the terrible forces of history. Call number: Z FIC SEB

In the land of armadillos: stories, by Helen Maryles Shankman. A collection of linked stories from a two-time Pushcart nominee set in the German-occupied town of Wlodawa, Poland, where mythic tales of Jewish folklore meet the real-life monsters of the Nazi invasion. Call number: Z FIC SHA

Audio Books

The doctor is in: Dr. Ruth on love, life, and joie de vivre, by Dr. Ruth Westheimer with Pierre A. Lehu. Everyone knows Dr. Ruth as America's most famous and trusted sex therapist, but few people know she was raised in an orphanage in Switzerland, narrowly escaping death during the Holocaust-- or that she was an ace sniper in the Israeli army. After years spent as a student in Paris, Dr. Ruth came to America with big dreams and even bigger chutzpah. And, at the age of eighty-seven, she is as feisty as ever. Call number: AUD 920 WES

General Non-Fiction

Life on the ground floor: letters from the edge of emergency medicine, by James Maskalyk. A celebrated humanitarian doctor's unique perspective on sickness, health and what it is to be alive. Draws upon his experience treating patients in the world's emergency rooms. From Toronto to Addis Ababa, Cambodia to Bolivia, he discovers that although the cultures, resources and medical challenges of each hospital may differ, they are linked indelibly by the ground floor: the location of their emergency rooms. Call number: 362.18 MAS

My life with Bob: flawed heroine keeps book of books, plot ensues, by Pamela Paul. With humor

and warmth, the editor of The New York Times Book Review shares the stories that have shaped her life. For twenty-eight years, Pamela Paul has been keeping a diary that records the books she reads, rather than the life she leads. Or does it? Over time, it's become clear that this Book of Books, or Bob, as she calls him, tells a much bigger story. Call number: 920 PAU

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General Fiction A column of fire, by Ken Follett. In 1558, the ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down

on a city torn apart by religious conflict. As power in England shifts precariously between Catholics and Protestants, royalty and commoners clash, testing friendship, loyalty, and love. Call number: FIC FOL

The black widow, by Daniel Silva. Gabriel Allon, the art restorer, spy, and assassin, is poised to become the chief of Israel secret intelligence service. But on the eve of his promotion, events conspire to lure him into the field for one final operation. ISIS has detonated a massive bomb in the Marais district of Paris, and a desperate French government wants Gabriel to eliminate the man responsible before he can strike again. Call number: FIC SIL

The burning girl: a novel, by Claire Messud. Julia and Cassie have been friends since nursery school. But as the two girls enter adolescence, their paths diverge, and Cassie sets out on a journey that will put her life in danger and shatter her oldest friendship. The Burning Girl is a complex examination of the stories we tell ourselves about youth and friendship, and straddles, expertly, childhood's imaginary worlds and painful adult reality—crafting a true, immediate portrait of female adolescence. Call number: FIC MES

House of spies, by Daniel Silva. Four months after the deadliest attack on the American homeland since 9/11, terrorists leave a trail of carnage through London's glittering West End. The attack is a brilliant feat of planning and secrecy, but with one loose thread. The thread leads Gabriel Allon and his team of operatives to the south of France and to the gilded doorstep of Jean-Luc Martel and Olivia Watson. A beautiful former British fashion model, Olivia pretends not to know that the true source of Martel's enormous wealth is drugs. And Martel, likewise, turns a blind

eye to the fact he is doing business with a man whose objective is the very destruction of the West. Together, under Gabriel's skilled hand, they will become an unlikely pair of heroes in the global war on terrorism. Call number: FIC SIL

Little fires everywhere: a novel, by Celeste Ng. explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, and the ferocious pull of motherhood – and the danger of believing that following the rules can avert disaster. Call number: FIC NG

The ministry of utmost happiness, by Arundhati Roy. Transports us across a subcontinent on a journey of many years. It takes us deep into the lives of its gloriously rendered characters, each of them in search of a place of safety - in search of meaning, and of love. Call number: FIC ROY

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Moonlight over Paris: a novel, by Jennifer Robson. An aristocratic young woman leaves the sheltered world of London to find adventure, passion, and independence in 1920s Paris in this mesmerizing story. Call number: FIC ROB

My grandmother sends her regards and apologies, by Fredrik Backman. From the author of the internationally bestselling A Man Called Ove, a charming, warmhearted novel about a young girl whose grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters, sending her on a journey that brings to life the world of her grandmother's fairy tales. Call number: FIC BAC

Videos

Denial, directed by Mick Jackson. When Deborah Lipstadt speaks out against Holocaust denier David Irving over his falsification of history, she discovers that the stakes are higher than ever in the battle for historical truth. Now faced with a libel lawsuit in British court, Lipstadt and her attorney have the heavy burden of proving that the Holocaust actually happened, in a riveting legal fight with stunning consequences. Call number: PUB DVD 940.49 DEN

Farewell Herr Schwarz, a film by Yael Reuveny. A cinematic journey about buried family secrets, the Holocaust (from a third-generation perspective) and how it is never too late to reclaim your heritage. Call number: PUB DVD 940.4 FAR

Gifted, directed by Marc Webb. Frank Adler is a single man raising a child prodigy, his spirited young niece Mary, in a coastal town in Florida. Frank's plans for a normal school life for Mary are foiled when the seven-year-old's mathematical abilities come to the attention of Frank's formidable mother Evelyn, whose plans for her granddaughter threaten to separate Frank and Mary. Call number: PUB DVD FIC GIF

Indignation, directed by James Schamus. Passion ignites culture clash in this provocative coming-of-age story, based on the best-selling novel by Philip Roth. Marcus, a student from New Jersey arrives at a small conservative college in Ohio. He becomes infatuated with his class mate Olivia. The mutual attraction sparks a torrid encounter with consequences no one ever could have imagined. He puts his family's best-laid plans and his own beliefs to the ultimate test. Call number: PUB DVD FIC IND

Maudie, directed by Aisling Walsh. Based on a true story, the unlikely romance between Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis and reclusive fishmonger Everett Lewis. Call number: PUB DVD FIC MAU

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A tale of love and darkness, directed by Natalie Portman. Based on the international bestseller by Amos Oz, the story of his youth, set against the backdrop of the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the early years of the State of Israel. The film details the young man's relationship with his mother and his beginnings as a writer, while looking at what happens when the stories told become the stories lived. Call number: PUB DVD HEB FIC TAL

The zookeeper's wife, directed by Niki Caro. The real-life story of one working wife and mother who became a hero to hundreds during World War II. In 1939 Poland, Antonina Zabinska and her husband, Dr. Jan Zabinski, have the Warsaw Zoo flourishing under his stewardship and her care. When the Germans invade their country, they are forced to report to the Reich's newly appointed chief zoologist, Lutz Heck. To fight back on their own terms, Antonina and Jan covertly begin working with the Resistance. Call number: PUB DVD 940.53 ZOO

Young Adult Fiction (Gr. 9 and up)

13 minutes, by Sarah Pinborough. They say you should keep your friends close and your enemies closer, but when you're a teenage girl, it's hard to tell them apart. Natasha doesn't remember how she ended up in the icy water that night, but she does know this--it wasn't an accident, and she wasn't suicidal. Her two closest friends are acting strangely, and Natasha turns to Becca, the best friend she dumped years before when she got popular, to help her figure out what happened. Natasha's sure that her friends love her. But does that mean they didn't try to kill her?

Call number: YA FIC PIN

Dangerous lies, by Becca Fitzpatrick. After witnessing a murder, high school senior Stella Gordon is sent to Nebraska for her own safety where she chafes at her protection, but when she meets Chet Falconer it becomes harder for her to keep her guard up, and soon she has to deal with the real threat to her life as her enemies are actually closer than she thinks. Call number: YA FIC FIT

Genuine fraud, by E. Lockhart. Told through flashbacks, best friends Jule and Imogen are orphaned outcasts who will do almost anything to attain a happy, wealthy life. Call number: YA FIC LOC

How it ends, by Catherine Lo. Jessica is a good student who hates school because she is bullied by the "cool" girls and she is startled and grateful when Annie, the new girl in her southern Ontario high school, seeks her out on the first day of tenth grade and defends her from the bullying--it is a friendship that both girls need, but one based on assumptions and misunderstandings that ultimately threaten to drive them apart. Call number: YA FIC LO

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The impossible knife of memory, by Laurie Halse Anderson. Hayley Kincaid and her father move back to their hometown to try a 'normal' life, but the horrors he saw in war threaten to destroy their lives. Call number: YA FIC AND

Mosquitoland, by David Arnold. When she learns that her mother is sick in Ohio, Mim confronts her demons on a thousand-mile odyssey from Mississippi that redefines her notions of love, loyalty, and what it means to be sane. Call number: YA FIC ARN

Nowhere wild, by Joe Beernink. Izzy is just thirteen when a flu pandemic turns the world upside down. After her sister is attacked by a roving gang of looters in what remains of their town, Izzy flees to the wilderness with a man who claims he will protect her. Sixteen-year-old Jake is stranded and alone in the unforgiving northern Manitoba backcountry. Desperate to find a way home, he begins a trek over some of the most forbidding landscape in the country. Both Jake and Izzy are forced to make decisions and take on responsibilities they could never have imagined.

Call number: YA FIC BEE

They both die at the end, by Adam Silvera. In a near-future New York City where a service alerts people on the day they will die, teenagers Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio meet using the Last Friend app and are faced with the challenge of living a lifetime on their End Day. Call number: YA FIC SIL

Wildman, by J. C. Geiger. Lance Hendricks, eighteen, is an over- achiever headed to the last big party before graduation when his car breaks down in a remote Washington town, leading to life-changing experiences. Call number: YA FIC GEI

For Middle Years Students and Younger Readers

Judaic Books for Young Readers

Adam's animals, by Barry L. Schwartz. In the beginning.... Adam said to the animals, 'I need to name you.' Adam gives a name to every animal, from the aardvark and the aardwolf to the bandicoot and the bongo, all the way to the zebra and the zebu. Call number:

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Avi the ambulance and the snowy day, by Claudia Carlson and Ann D. Koffsky . Avi the Ambulance helps people in Jerusalem during a snowstorm. Call number: E CAR

Drop by drop: a story of Rabbi Akiva, by Jacqueline Jules. With his wife's encouragement, a shepherd learns to read at age 40 and eventually becomes one of the greatest sages in Jewish history. Call number: E JUL

Flying high, by Julian Edelman with Assaf Swissa. Jules the squirrel wants to play football, but the eagle, buffalo, and bear tell him he's all wrong for the game. But then the goat tells him that a wise person once said, "If you will it, it is no dream." Jules decides to work hard and give it his best shot, despite all the discouragement. And guess what happens? Call number: E EDE

Journey through Jerusalem, by Amanda Benjamin. A mother cat and her three kittens travel to Jerusalem, seeing the city's iconic structures presented through a combination of photographic and illustrative elements. Call number: E BEN

Koala challah, by Laura Gehl. Lila the koala just wants to help her family get ready for Shabbat, but she always ends up making a mess instead. So, she spends a whole week practicing making challah, and comes up with the perfect recipe just in time for Shabbat. Call number: J 296.41 GEH

Moti the mitzvah mouse, by Vivian Newman. Readers identify the mitzvahs that Moti the mouse performs for the family he lives with. On Shabbat Moti enjoys rest and cheese from the house cat Pepper. Call number: E NEW

Noah and God's great promise, by Dennis G. Jones. Retells, in illustrations and simple text, the biblical story of Noah, from the time God told him to build an ark through God's promise never to send a flood again. Call number: J 222 JON

Not this turkey!, by Jessica Steinberg. Although Mel and his family have lived in America for several years, they have never celebrated Thanksgiving, just the Jewish holidays. But this year, after Papa wins a turkey at work, Mama invites all their relatives to their Brooklyn tenement for dinner. There's just one thing -- Mel has a soft spot for the turkey! Call number: E STE

A patch on the peak of Ararat, by Gary Bower. Uses a cumulative "House That Jack Built” construction to playfully recount the story of Noah's ark. Call number: J 222 BOW

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Passover scavenger hunt, by Shanna Silva. Rachel sends her cousins on a scavenger hunt to

find the afikomen using clues that reference each item on the Passover seder plate and together lead the cousins to the afikomen's surprising hiding place. Call number: J 296.437 SIL

Rosie saves the world, by Debbie Herman. When Rosie learns about tikkun olam in Hebrew class she sets out to save the world, but then realizes she is neglecting important responsibilities at home. Call number: E HER

Way too many latkes: a Hanukkah in Chelm, by Linda Glaser. When Faigel can't find her latke recipe her husband asks the rabbi, whose advice leads them to make way too many latkes, in this Hanukkah story about the foolish people of Chelm. Call number: J 296.435 GLA

General Non-Fiction

Haunted Canada 7: chilling true tales, by Joel Sutherland. Collects the he creepiest, most bone-chilling tales from coast to coast. Call number: J 133.1 SUT

Haunted Canada 6: more terrifying true stories, by Joel Sutherland. These terrifying true stories from across Canada will keep you up at night. Call number: J 133.1 SUT

A poem for Peter: the story of Ezra Jack Keats and the creation of The Snowy Day, by Andra Davis Pinkney. A biography of Ezra Jack Keats and a love poem to the famous 1962 picture book he created, The Snowy Day. Call number: J 920 KEA

Graphic Novels

Anne of Green Gables: a graphic novel, adapted by Mariah Marsden. When Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert decide to adopt an orphan, who can help manage their family farm, they have no idea what delightful trouble awaits them. With flame-red hair and an unstoppable imagination, 11-year-old Anne Shirley takes Green Gables by storm. Mariah Marsden. Call number: M FIC MON

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Big Nate: what's a little noogie between friends?, by Lincoln Peirce. Nate counts on his friends Teddy, Francis, and Chad to cheer him up when things don't go his way, including when his soccer team loses to a team with a sixty-game winless streak and his crush suddenly moves across the country. Call number: M FIC PEI

Laser moose and rabbit boy, by Doug Savage. Through a series of fun, adventure stories, Laser Moose, who can shoot lasers from him eyes and his sidekick, Rabbit Boy, endeavor to save the forest from looming threats. Call number: J FIC SAV

Laser moose and rabbit boy: disco fever, by Faith Erin Hicks. An accident (involving a pine cone, a fish, and a truck delivering disco supplies) triggers a series of events that leads to the ultimate confrontation between Laser Moose and his nemesis Cyborgupine. And it’s a fight that Laser Moose can’t win with lasers. Especially when faced with a malevolent new enemy: a cute little chickadee. Call number: J FIC SAV

Lucy & Andy Neanderthal #2: the stone cold age, by Jeffrey Brown. When their cave becomes overcrowded with humans, Neanderthal siblings Lucy and Andy start pulling pranks to make some room. Call number: J FIC BRO

Mighty Jack, by Ben Hatke. Jack is the oldest child of a divorced single mom doing her best to keep the family fed. On a trip to the flea market, Jack's sister, Maddy, who is autistic and never speaks, convinces Jack to swap the family car for a packet of seeds. Adventure soon follows, and Jack finds himself planting a garden that produces a variety of strange and bizarre creatures, meeting the neighbor girl, dealing with his sister, and even encountering a dragon. Call number: M FIC HAT

Mighty Jack and the Goblin King, by Ben Hatke. Jack and Lilly follow Maddy's captor to a

strange floating crossroads where they encounter rats, brutal giants, and a fearsome Goblin King. Call number: M FIC HAT

The Nameless City, by Faith Erin Hicks. Every time it is invaded the City gets a new name, but to the natives in is the Nameless City, and they survive by not letting themselves get involved--but now the fate of the City rests in the hands of Rat, a native, and Kaidu, one of the Dao, the latest occupiers, and the two must somehow work together if the City is to survive. Call number: M FIC HIC

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Phoebe and her unicorn in the magic storm, by Dana Simpson. When a massive storm wreaks havoc on their town's electricity, Phoebe and Marigold set out to discover the magical cause, teaming up with Max and frenemy Dakota to save their town from the magic storm. Call number: J FIC SIM

The Stone Heart (The Nameless City, bk 2), by Faith Erin Hicks. Kaidu and Rat have only just recovered from the assassination attempt on the General of All Blades when more chaos breaks loose in the Nameless City: deep conflicts within the Dao nation are making it impossible to find a political solution for the disputed territory of the City itself. To complicate things further, Kaidu is fairly certain he's stumbled on a formula for the lost weapon of the mysterious founders of the City. But sharing it with the Dao military would be a complete betrayal of his friendship with Rat. Can

Kai find the right solution before the Dao find themselves at war? Call number: M FIC HIC

Tower of treasure (Three thieves, bk 1), by Scott Chantler. As an acrobat in a circus, 14-year-old Dessa Redd feels hope when her troupe pulls into the city of Kingsbridge. Maybe here in the royal city she will finally find her twin brother--or the mysterious man who snatched him away. Call number: M FIC CHA

Unicorn crossing: another Phoebe and her unicorn adventure, by Dana Simpson. Phoebe and Marigold are back for a fifth installment of the award-winning series. Join in on their latest adventures - and experiments - in being themselves! Call number: J FIC SIM

The witch boy, by Molly Knox Ostertag. In thirteen-year-old Aster's family, all the girls are raised to be witches, while boys grow up to be shapeshifters. Anyone who dares cross those lines is exiled. Unfortunately for Aster, he still hasn't shifted... and he's still fascinated by witchery, no matter how forbidden it might be. When a mysterious danger threatens the other boys, Aster knows he can help -- as a witch. It will take the encouragement of a new friend, the non-magical and non-conforming Charlie, to convince Aster to try practicing his skills. And it will require

even more courage to save his family and be truly himself. Call number: M FIC KIN

Juvenile Fiction

Diary of a wimpy kid: the getaway, by Jeff Kinney. Greg Heffley and his family escape to a tropical island resort for some much-needed rest and relaxation, but sun poisoning, stomach troubles, and venomous creatures all threaten their vacation. Call number: M FIC KIN

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The Yeti files: attack of the Kraken, by Kevin Sherry. The merfolk of Atlantis have called in yeti Blizz Richards and his team of cryptozoologists to capture the kraken that is attacking their city, but when he starts to investigate, Blizz realizes that there is a lot the merfolk are not telling him--and something fishy is definitely going on. Call number: J FIC SHE

The Yeti files: monsters on the run, by Kevin Sherry. Yeti Blizz Richards and his gang of cryptids set out to find a friend for Vanessa, the Loch Ness Monster, even though it means traveling back in time to the dangerous age of the Cretaceous looking for plesiosaurs--unfortunately Vanessa proves to be rather timid about meeting other dinosaurs. Call number: J FIC SHE

Picture Books

Are you ready to play outside?, by Mo Willems. Friends Elephant and Piggie are playing outside when it starts to rain, and then they must decide what to do. Call number: E WIL

The branch, by Mireille Messier. When a branch from her beloved tree snaps off in an icy storm, a plucky girl refuses to let it be hauled away. Her neighbor, Mr. Frank, says it's full of potential. So, with imagination and spirit (and Mr. Frank's help), the girl creates something whole and new out of the broken branch, to be enjoyed again and again! Call number: E MES

The cookie fiasco, by Dan Santat. There are only three cookies and four hungry friends to share them with. This is not good. This is not equal! Call number: E SAN

Even superheroes have bad days, by Shelly Becker. A group of superheroes are having a bad day and learn to cope with their emotions. Call number: E AKU

French toast, by Kari-Lynn Winters. While out on a walk with her blind grandmother, Phoebe tries to describe the skin color of members of her family by comparing them to various foods. Call number: E WIN

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I will take a nap!, by Mo Willems. Gerald is tired and cranky and wants to take a nap, but Piggie is not helping. Call number: E WIL

It's shoe time!, by Bryan Collier. If you choose to wear unmatched shoes, can they still be a pair? Call number: E COL

Listen to my trumpet!, by Mo Willems. When Piggie plays her new trumpet for Gerald, the elephant decides he must be honest in his response. Call number: E WIL

The little boy who lived down the drain, by Carolyn Huizinga. Since learning that one of Baa Baa Black Sheep's three bags of wool went to the Little Boy Who Lived Down the Drain, Sally has wanted to meet him. Now, at every bath time, Sally talks with the Little Boy and discovers more about her new friend. Call number: E MIL

Milo and Georgie, by Bree Galbraith. Resolving to never have fun again when his family moves to a new city, young Milo watches his little sister explore their new neighborhood before reluctantly venturing out himself to see what he has been missing. Call number: E GAL

The owl and the lemming, by Roselynn Akulukjuk. Based on a traditional Inuit story, this book is a fun and cheeky story of the small outwitting the big. As Owl swoops down on an unsuspecting lemming outside her den, he is sure that he has a tasty meal in the little animal he has cornered. But this lemming is not about to be eaten! This smart little rodent will need to appeal to the boastful owl's sense of pride to get

away. Call number: E AKU

A squiggly story, by Andrew Larsen. A young boy wants to write a story, just like his big sister. But there's a problem. Though he knows his letters, he doesn't know many words. The boy tries by starting with the letter I. And from that one skinny letter, the story grows, and the little boy discovers that all of us, including him, have what we need to write our own perfect story. Call number: E LAR

The thank you book, by Mo Willems. Piggie is determined to thank everyone she knows, but Gerald thinks she will forget someone important. Call number: E WIL