Winter Blues 2024 Picks - 5th Grade | Westchester Library System

1) The astronaut's guide to leaving the planet: everything you need to know, from training to re-entry

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"A kid's guide to leaving the planet from someone who's done it! Former astronaut Terry Virts guides readers through the practical elements of becoming an astronaut, along with the wonders (and challenges!) of space travel. With insider information on training, piloting a ship, and working in space, readers and aspiring astronauts will be inspired to start their own journey to the stars. This practical guide is full of valuable wisdom and insight...

2) bawk ness monster

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3) Bea and the New Deal Horse

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This lyrical middle grade historical novel set during the Great Depression from award-winning author L. M. Elliott is a moving tale of the spirit of American persistence, found family, and the magical partnership between girl and horse. Bea wakes to Daddy's note in a hayloft, where he abandoned her with her little sister after the stock market crash took everything: Daddy's job at the bank, their home, Mama's health and life. How is Bea supposed to...

4) The book that no one wanted to read

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Ayoade, Richard

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"The life of a book isn't easy, especially when people judge you by your cover (not every book can be adorned with sparkly unicorns!). And this narrator should know--it's the book itself, and it has a lot of opinions. It gets irritated when readers bend its pages back, and it finds authors quite annoying. But it does have a story to tell. Through witty direct address and charming illustrations, readers meet a book that has never been read, with a...

5) Cities: how humans live together

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Clendenan, Megan

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"If you could design a city that would be both a great place to live and good for the planet, what would it look like? Today, more than half the world's population lives in cities and many of those cities face big challenges, including the climate crisis, food insecurity and rapid population growth, but they are also places where innovation can thrive. Peek into the past to see how cities have changed through time and explore what could make them...

6) A day in the life of a caveman, a queen and everything in between

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A colorful and comical tour through history from cartoonists Mike Barfield and Jess Bradley. The hilarious minds behind A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu and You have teamed up once again - this time to give a taste of the daily lives of the people, animals and objects who made history. Featuring a day in the life of early humans as they paint mammoths on the walls of a cave, a fierce gladiator battling in the Colosseum and the first woman in space....

7) The deep!: wild life at the ocean's darkest depths

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"Did you know that there are animals that are completely transparent? That some tube worms live for 1,000 years? That the Pigbutt Worm is also known as the "Flying Buttocks"? Or that there is a type of sea cucumber that is nicknamed "the headless chickenmonster?" These are just some of the scientific facts, presented comics-style, that kids will pore over again and again. The Deep! is a rollicking survey of animals that live in the deepest part of...

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Applegate, Katherine

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print, Playaway, Playaway Wonderbook

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Publisher Annotation: From beloved authors Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko and with illustrations from Wallace West, Dogtown is at once an uplifting story and a page-turning adventure, sure to find a forever home in readers' hearts.

9) Doodles from the Boogie Down

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Rodriguez, Stephanie

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eComic, Graphic Novel, Kindle

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"A young Dominican girl navigates middle school, her strict mother, shifting friendships, and her dream of being an artist."--

10) Eerie tales from the school of screams

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Annable, Graham

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"From the director of the Oscar-nominated movie Boxtrolls comes a middle grade horror anthology that will leave you holding onto your blankets for dear life! Perfect for fans of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and Goosebumps! School is tough. School is scary. School is EERIE. No one knows this better than Davis and Emily. But they're not scared of school because of tough tests or merciless vice-principals. No, they're scared because their teacher...

11) From Shore to Ocean Floor: The Human Journey to the Deep

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Arbuthnott, Gill/ Nielsen, Christopher (ILT)

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"July Chen sees ghosts. But her dad insists ghosts aren't real. So she pretends they don't exist. Which is incredibly difficult now as it's Hungry Ghost month, when the Gates of the Underworld open and dangerous ghosts run amok in the living world. When July saves a boy ghost from being devoured by a Hungry Ghost, he becomes her first ever friend. Except William is not a ghost. He's a wandering soul wavering between life and death. As the new friends...

13) The girl from Earth's End

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Publisher Annotation: Gifted gardener Henna embarks from her island home to search for the plant that might save her papa's life in this vibrant story of love, grief, and growth.

14) Greeking Out|National Geographic Kids & Yellow Border Design: Epic Retellings of Classic Greek Myths

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Hughes, Jillian

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From the creators of National Geographic Kids' wildly successful Greeking Out podcast, this lively, tie-in book delivers a clever, tongue-in-cheek retelling of 20 classic Greek myths. This kid-friendly collection of tales from Greek mythology showcases familiar favorites from the well-loved Greeking Out podcast as well as brand-new, never-before-aired stories. Join Persephone on her journey through the mystifying depths of the Underworld. Venture...

15) Grizzly bears: guardians of the wilderness

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Backhouse, Frances

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"This nonfiction book introduces middle-grade readers to grizzly bears. Featuring photos throughout, it discusses their biology, habitats, threats to survival and how scientists, conservationists and young people are working to protect grizzly populations."-- "Grizzlies are one of North America's most iconic wildlife species. They once roamed across half the continent, but today the grizzly population is declining at an alarming rate. Delve into...

16) Hoops

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Publisher Annotation: A work of fiction inspired by a true story, Matt Tavares's debut graphic novel dramatizes the historic struggle for gender equality in high school sports.

17) The house swap

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Publisher Annotation: The Parent Trap meets The Holiday in this heartwarming and funny story of two girls, one American and one British, who become friends and confidantes when their families swap houses.

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Nielsen, Jennifer A

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Twelve-year-old Hazel Rothbury stows away aboard the Titanic and, with the help of a porter named Charlie and a first-class passenger named Sylvia, she sets out to explore the great ship, uncovering a haunting mystery--until the ship hits an iceberg and she must fight to save herself and her friends.

19) is it okay to pee in the ocean

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20) The labors of Hercules Beal

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Schmidt, Gary D

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Playaway Wonderbook

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Seventh-grader Hercules Beal has to figure out how to fulfill his teacher's assignment of performing the Twelve Labors of Hercules in real life, and discovers important things about friendship, community, and himself along the way.