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kids picks, news & reviews
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Dear Friends,   Last month's highlights (in case you missed our Facebook posts) included Marilyn Singer and SMAPA dancers at Saturday Storytime and George O'Connor sharing his latest Olympians graphic novel. Both to spellbound audiences! It's time for 2013 kids' bookmark co ntestThis year our inspiration is Isabella, Star of the Story by Jennifer Fosberry. This is one of our favorite projects each year. Don't miss out! Applications are online or you can pick up at the store. Entries due by May 4th. Regularly scheduled kids' events include our ever popular
Saturdays, 10:30am
with SPECIAL GUEST
Corey Rosen Schwartz
Saturday, April 27, 10:30am
Corey Rosen Schwartz serves up a fun combination of smart-aleck dialogue and tongue-in-cheek rhymes that'll have kids howling in this fractured fairy tale.
NEW TO THE CALENDAR
YA Advisory Board Meeting
Friday, April 26, 5:00-6:00pm
We are thrilled to have author Henry Neff ( the Tapestry Series) join us to discuss writing and what it is like to be an author.
Members of the YA Advisory Board will also have the opportunity to read a short piece of their creative writing. Readings should be no more than 5 minutes.
This YA Advisory Board Meeting is open to all 8th-12th grade students. If you would like to attend but are not yet a member just RSVP to Liane at
liane@watchungbooksellers.com
Thank you and happy reading,
Nicole, Margot, Carolyn, Marisela, Liane and Marina
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Picture Perfect
 
The Darkby Lemony Snicket and Jon Klassen
Laszlo is afraid of the dark.
The dark lives in the same house as Laszlo. Mostly, though, the dark stays in the basement and doesn't come into Lazslo's room. But one night, it does.
This is the story of how Laszlo stops being afraid of the dark. Also available as an eBook.
(ages 2-5)
Some tea parties are for grown-ups.
Some are for girls.
But this tea party is for a very special guest.
Introducing Tea Rex, a guest that just about any child would love to have to tea!
(ages 3-5)
by Jonny DuddleThe universe is about to be conquered . . .by a six year old. Rex may look like an average six-year-old, living on his parents' moog farm and going to mini intergalactic citizen school, but he knows he's destined to become . . . the King of Space!
(ages 3-7)
by Eliza Wheeler
Fans of Miss Rumphius will adore this gorgeous picture book which introduces the kind, nature-loving Miss Maple. She celebrates the miracle in each seed - even the grandest tree and most brilliant flower grew from the smallest of seeds. (ages 3-5)
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Middle Readers Rule!
 
 
by Adina Rishe Gewirtz
In an extraordinary debut novel, an escaped fugitive upends everything two siblings think they know about their family, their past, and themselves. Driven by suspense and psychological intrigue, Zebra Forest deftly portrays an unfolding standoff of truth against family secrets - and offers an affecting look at two resourceful, imaginative kids as they react and adapt to the hand they've been dealt.
by Stephan Pastis
Meet "detective" Timmy Failure, star of the kids' comedy of the year. Created byNew York Times best-selling cartoonist Stephan Pastis. Take Timmy Failure - the clueless, comically self-confident CEO of the best detective agency in town, perhaps even the nation. Add his impressively lazy business partner, a very large polar bear named Total. Throw in the Failuremobile - Timmy's mom's Segway - and what you have is Total Failure, Inc., a global enterprise destined to make Timmy so rich his mother won't have to stress out about the bills anymore.
(ages 8 & up) Ungifted
by Gordon Korman The word gifted has never been applied to a kid like Donovan Curtis. It's usually more like Don't try this at home. So when the troublemaker pulls a major prank at his middle school, he thinks he's finally gone too far. But thanks to a mix-up by one of the administrators, instead of getting in trouble, Donovan is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction (ASD), a special program for gifted and talented students.
(ages 9 & up)
eBook Editionby Kristen Kladstrup
Dig in to this middle-grade fantasy featuring a horticulturally minded princess, a beautiful butevil witch, and a magpie with a shameful secret. Princess Adela is not a typical princess. She's neither particularly beautiful nor particularly graceful, and she'd rather spend her days digging new plots for her garden than listening to teatime gossip. But when her friend Garth is invited to a garden party hosted by Lady Hortensia. But the moment Adela sets eyes on Hortensia's garden, she knows
something is amiss
(ages 9 -13)
eBook Edition |
 Not only do we have eBooks (download onto any device except the Kindle) - we also have the KOBO eReaders available HERE!
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YA Picks
   by EE Charlton-Trujillo
Her sister was captured in Iraq, she's the resident laughingstock at school, and her therapist tells her to count instead of eat. Can a daring new girl in her life really change anything? With an offbeat sensibility, mean girls to rival a horror classic, and characters both outrageous and touching, this darkly comic anti-romantic romance will appeal to anyone who likes entertaining and meaningful fiction. Also available as an eBook.(ages 14 & up) Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits-smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try. When Eleanor meets Park, you'll remember your own first love-and just how hard it pulled you under.
Also available as an eBook.
(ages 13 & up)
Scowler
by Daniel Kraus
"Kraus's story also functions as a look at how intense trauma can fracture and eventually break the human psyche, as seen through the eyes of the fragile, tormented Ry and his three imaginary friends. But above all, Scowler is a hard-edged tale of teenage survival, told with a grim-faced respect for the real life horrors that lurk behind closed doors." Bloody-Disgusting.com eBook Edition
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For the Whole Family
selected by Caroline Kennedy
illustrated by Jon J. Muth
 There's a poem to celebrate every moment in life-whether it's hitting a home run, watching a sunset, or laughing with your best friend. A poem is a gift of the heart that can inspire, reassure, or challenge us. Memorize it-share it-it's yours forever.
by Terry Jones
illustrated by Michael Forman
Packed full of adventure, magic, and fantasy, a fabulous new edition of the collection written by Monty Python's Terry Jones and illustrated by Michael Foreman These 21 hilarious tales will have both children and parents rolling with laughter.
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This riveting picture book captures the powerful and tender bond between the two men and offers unique portraits of both, while highlighting aspects of the Revolutionary War. Includes a bibliography, places to visit, and Lafayette's legacy in America. (ages 8 & up) 
by Ronald Takaki
Drawing on Professor and Scholar of American Ethnic History Takaki's vast array of primary sources, and staying true to his own words whenever possible, A Different Mirror for Young People brings ethnic history alive through the words of people, including teenagers, who recorded their experiences in letters, diaries, and poems. (Ages 10 & up) Also available as eBook.
Tracy Kidder This magnificent, inspiring account of Dr. Paul Farmer shows how radical change can be fostered in situations that seem insurmountable, and how one person can make a difference in solving global health problems.
Also available as an eBook.
(Ages 12 & up)
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kid stuff april 2013
Discount applies to the following titles only:
The Dark, Tea Rex, The King of Space, Miss Maple's Seeds, Zebra Forest, Timmy Failure, Ungifted, Garden Princess, Fat Angie, Eleanor and Park, Scowler, Poems to Learn by Heart, Fantastic Stories, Revolutionary Friends, A Different Mirror for Young People, and Mountains Beyond Mountains for Young People.
All other titles in-store and online receive
our customary 10% off.
| Offer Expires: April 18, 2013
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