Staff Picks - Children's | Westchester Library System

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"Twelve-year-old Poppy meets a water nymph and exchanges her favorite book for a lion, but her deal has unexpected consequences that Poppy must fight to correct." --

2) The probability of everything

Author

Everett, Sarah

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A heart-wrenching middle grade debut about Kemi, an aspiring scientist who loves statistics and facts, as she navigates grief and loss at a moment when life as she knows it changes forever.

3) Gustav is missing!: a tale of friendship and bravery

Author

Zuill, Andrea

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Little Cap, a shy mushroom, sets off into the scary world to find his best friend, slug Gustav.

4) Jumper: a day in the life of a backyard jumping spider

Author

Lanan, Jessica

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"From critically acclaimed illustrator of The Lost Package comes a bold nonfiction story following a day in the life of a backyard jumping spider"--

5) Mr. Wuffles!

Author

Wiesner, David

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"Mr. Wuffles ignores all his cat toys but one, which turns out to be a spaceship piloted by small green aliens. When Mr. Wuffles plays rough with the little ship, the aliens must venture into the cat's territory to make emergency repairs"--

6) Frank and Ernest

Author

Day, Alexandra

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An elephant and a bear take over a diner and find out about responsibility and food language.

7) I want my hat back

Author

Klassen, Jon

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Book, Board Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Playaway Wonderbook

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A bear almost gives up his search for his missing hat until he remembers something important.

8) The Graveyard Book

Author

Gaiman, Neil

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Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print, Playaway

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HORROR & GHOST STORIES, CHILLERS. A commemorative edition of a perennial favorite--The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, which has sold over one million copies and is the only novel to win both the Newbery Medal and the Carnegie Medal. Special content in this edition includes the story behind The Graveyard Book from Neil Gaiman and sketches by Dave McKean. Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place-he's the only living resident of a graveyard....

9) A tale dark and Grimm

Author

Gidwitz, Adam

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Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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Follows Hansel and Gretel as they walk out of their own story and into eight more tales, encountering such wicked creatures as witches, along with kindly strangers and other helpful folk. Based in part on the Grimms' fairy tales Faithful Johannes, Hanseland Gretel, The seven ravens, Brother and sister, The robber bridegroom, and The devil and his three golden hairs.

10) The three little wolves and the big bad pig

Author

Trivizas, Eugenios

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Book, Audiobook CD

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An altered retelling of the traditional tale about the conflict between pig and wolf--with a surprise ending.

11) Mr. Wolf's pancakes

Author

Fearnley, Jan

12) Let's find Momo!: a hide-and-seek board book

Author

Knapp, Andrew

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Young readers are provided with photographs of everyday scenes paired with vocabulary words of objects in these scenes and are asked to find the border collie, Momo, hiding in each spread.