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Winter 2015 Dewey Diva Picks- HarperCollins Canada
Children’s & Young Adult Books
Bunnies!!! By Kevan Atteberry- Katherine Tegan Books- 9780062307835- HC- $15.99Picture Book Fiction / Animals / Rabbits- 32 pp. – January 2015- Ages Ages 4-8
Declan is the friendliest sort of little monster. Just a friendly monster out one day taking a
peaceful walk...that is, until he sees BUNNIES!!! Seeing bunnies brings unfettered joy and
excitement. Once they’re gone, it’s the depths of despair. Sound familiar? For the right audience,
this story couldn’t be more spot-on.
Goodnight Already! By Jory John & Benji Davies- HarperCollins- 9780062286208- HC$21.99- Picture Book Fiction / Bedtime & Dreams- 32 pp.- December 2014- Ages 4-8
Bear can’t wait to go to sleep. He’s exhausted, but his persistent next-door neighbor, Duck, is
wide awake and wants to hang out. Each time Bear is just about to fall asleep, Duck comes back
with some great plans. Will Bear ever be able to catch some ZZZs?
Melvis And Elvis by Dennis Lee
, Illustrated by Jeremy Tankard
- HarperCollins
Canada- 9781443411486- HC- $19.99- Poetry- 48 pp. - Feb 2015- Ages 3+ /Gr. K-3
Melvis and Elvis is classic Dennis Lee, featuring more than thirty new poems. This irresistible
blend of narrative, word play, and pure nonsense, combined with Jeremy Tankard's whimsical
and energetic illustrations, will appeal to both the very young and developing readers.
Red: A Crayon's Story by Michael Hall- Greenwillow Books- 9780062252074- HC- $21.99Picture Book/Social Issues- 40 pp.- January 2014- Ages 4 to 8/Grades K to 3
A blue crayon mistakenly labeled “red” suffers an identity crisis in a new book by the creator of
My Heart Is Like a Zoo. With the help of family, classmates, teachers, and a brand-new friend, he
finds the courage to be true to his inner self.
Who Wants a Hug? By Jeff Mack- HarperCollins- 9780062220264- HC- $21.99- Picture
Book/ Fiction / Social Issues / Friendship- 40 pp.- January 2015- Ages 4 to 8/Grades K to 3
EVERYONE likes hugs. Especially when Bear gives them! Everyone, that is, except for Skunk.
Bear really gets on Skunk’s nerves. He’s too happy…and he’s always giving way too many hugs!
Skunk has the perfect plan to keep Bear from giving any more hugs. Will it work, or will he be
thwarted once again?
Blackbird Fly by Erin Entrada Kelly & Betsy Peterschmidt- Greenwillow- 9780062238610HC- $21.99- Middle Grade Fiction / Social Issues / Emigration & Immigration- March
2015- Ages Ages 8 to 12
Apple has always felt a little different from her classmates. She and her mother moved to
Louisiana from the Philippines when she was little, and her mother still cooks Filipino foods,
makes mistakes with her English, and chastises Apple for becoming “too American.” It becomes
unbearable in middle school, when the boys in Apple’s class put her name on the Dog Log, the
list of the most unpopular girls in school. When Apple’s friends turn on her and everything about
her life starts to seem weird and embarrassing, Apple turns to music.
Clover's Luck by Kallie George
- HarperCollins Canada—9781443419802- HC- $16.99Chapter Book- 144 pp. - Feb 2015- Ages 7 to 10
Young Clover seems to have the worst luck until she finds a help-wanted ad from an animal
adoption agency that houses magical creatures. All of a sudden, Clover finds herself in a new
world of wizards, princesses and witches who will test her strength, courage and luck.
Listen, Slowly by Thanhha Lai- HarperCollins- 9780062229182- HC- $$21.00- Middle
Grade Fiction / Family / Multigenerational- 272 pp.- February 2015- Ages Ages 8 to 12
Mia has been shipped off to Vietnam with her grandmother, who is traveling there to find out
what really happened to her husband during the Vietnam War. Mia’s parents think this trip is a
great opportunity for her to learn more about her roots. But Vietnam is hot, smelly, and besides
barely speaking the language, she doesn’t know the geography, the local customs, or even her
distant relatives. To survive this trip, Mia will be forced to find the balance between her two
completely different worlds.
Bone Gap by Laura Ruby- HarperCollins- 9780062317605- HC- $21.99- YA Fiction /
Fantasy & Magic- 368 pp.- March 2015- Ages 14 And Up
Everyone knows Bone Gap is full of gaps—gaps to trip you up, gaps to slide through so you can
disappear forever. So when young, beautiful Roza went missing, the people of Bone Gap weren’t
surprised. Finn knows she was kidnapped, ripped from the cornfields by a dangerous man whose
face he cannot remember. But the searches turn up nothing, and no one believes him anymore.
The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand- HarperCollins- 9780062318473-HC$21.99- YA Fiction / Social Issues / Death & Dying -400 pp. - Feb 2015- Ages 13+ ,
Since her brother, Tyler, committed suicide, Lex has been trying to keep her grief locked away.
But as memories of Tyler haunt her every step, she realizes she needs to face her feelings, stop
pushing away her parents and friends, and try to understand what her brother was going through
that night.
None of the Above by I. W. Gregorio- HarperCollins- 9780062335319- HC-$21.99Fiction/Social Issues/Dating/Sexuality- 352 pp. – April 2015- Ages 14+/ Gr 9+
When Kristin Lattimer decided that she’s ready to take things to the next level with her boyfriend,
she finds that her first time isn’t the perfect moment she’s planned—something is very wrong. A
visit to the doctor reveals the truth: Kristin is intersex, which means that though she outwardly
looks like a girl, she has male chromosomes, not to mention boy “parts.” Dealing with her body is
difficult enough, but when her diagnosis is leaked to the whole school, Kristin’s entire identity is
thrown into question. Incredibly compelling and sensitively told, None of the Above is a thoughtprovoking novel that explores what it means to be a boy, a girl, or something in between.
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard- HarperTeen- 9780062310637- HC- $21.99- Young Adult/
Fantasy- 400 pp. – Feb 2015- Ages 13+
Graceling meets The Selection in debut novelist Victoria Aveyard’s sweeping tale of seventeenyear-old Mare, a common girl whose once-latent magical power draws her into the dangerous
intrigue of the King’s palace. Will her power save her or condemn her? Love YA Fantasy? Also try: The
Orphan Queen by Jodi Meadows (9780062317384, March 2015, $21.99) or A Wicked Thing by Rhiannon
Thomas (9780062303530, Feb 15, $21.99)
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli- HarperCollins- 9780062348678HC- $21.99- Fiction / Social Issues / Homosexuality- 320 pp.- April 2015- Ages 14+/Gr. 9+
Sixteen-year-old (and not-so-openly gay) Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school
musical, but when an email from his secret Gmail account falls into the wrong hands, his secret is
at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now, change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out
of his comfort zone before he’s pushed out—without alienating his friends, compromising
himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he’s never met.
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