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october 2013
Dear Friends,  

What do we have in store for the kids?

Halloween is in the air...and hopefully no hurricane or Nor'easter in sight!

Watchung Plaza Halloween Parade
Saturday, October 26, 11am sharp
For Kids ages 6 and under.  Meet on the Plaza Green - Prizes!

Mischief Night Party!
Wednesday, October 30th, 5:30-7
The Legend of the Jersey Devil Storytime
Devilish Snacks, Spooky Games and come in costume (especially with horns)
Ages 5 and up


Author/Illustrator Storytime
November 2, 10:30am  
Audrey Vernik 
A completely made-up story of friendship!

 
Thank you and happy reading,
Nicole, Margot, Carolyn, Marisela, Liane and Marina
Picture Perfect
             

by David Weisner
A wordless masterpiece where the mundane and magical collide.  A humorous exploration of cooperation between aliens and insects, and of the universal nature of communication involving symbols, "cave" paintings, and gestures of friendship.  
(ages 3-6)  

 Never Play Music Right Next to the Zoo
by John Lithgow, illus Leeza Hernandez
A concert gets out of hand when the animals at the neighboring zoo storm the stage and play the instruments themselves in this hilarious picture book based on one of John Lithgow's best-loved tunes, with CD.
(ages 3-7)

by Emma Yarlett
Twins Sidney and Stella love doing everything together. Everything except share. When a quarrel over a bouncy ball spells cosmic disaster, the twins must face their biggest-ever challenge: working together to find a new moon!

(ages 4-7)  

 
by Smiljana Coh
Even the prettiest dresses, latest toys, and friendliest elephant can't cure Princess Antonia's boredom. And when she becomes so bored, she decides to run away! Luckily, with friends like Rapunzel, Cinderella, Snow White, and Sleeping Beauty, a big adventure is sure to follow!
(ages 4-7)

Early Chapter Books Rise
 
by John Bemelmans  Marciano
Alexander Baddenfield is a horrible boy-a really horrible boy-who is the last in a long line of lying, thieving scoundrels.  One day, Alexander has an astonishing idea.  Why not transplant the nine lives from his cat into himself?
ages 9 and up
eBook Edition

by Alexander McCall Smith
A Precious Ramotswe mystery for young readers.  Yes, this is No. 1 Ladies Detective Mystery for our young ones.  Precious makes two friends and solves a mystery.
Ages 8 and up

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Middle Readers Rule! 

   

by Tone Almhjell, Illus Ian Schoenherr
A classic fantasy with a clever heroine and the animals loved by children who have died and live again, all set in a magical wintery world.  
(ages 9 & up)  
eBook Edition 

by Octavia Spencer 

Meet Randi Rhodes, the world's first ninja detective!  From actress Octavia Spencer, The Help,  a middle grade mystery about a missing  time capsule that many people believe hold the town's treasure.  Will the kids save the day?        
 (ages 9 & up)    
  Momo
by Michael Ende
After the sweet-talking grey men come to town, life becomes terminally efficient. Can Momo, a young orphan girl, vanquish the ashen-faced time thieves before joy vanishes forever.  Translated from German, the first US publication in 25 years.
(ages 10 and up)

For the Family

McSweeney's
Prepare to be entertained (and informed) by the award-winning McSweeney's team. Unremitting amusement in a literary funfair of games, puzzles, comics, and other diversions. Thoughtfully conceived and visually unsurpassable,
kobo2 Not only do we have eBooks (download onto any device except the Kindle) - we also have the KOBO eReaders available HERE!  
YA Picks

 


 
by Katie Cutugno
For fans of Sarah Dessen and John Green, How to Love is a breathtaking debut about a couple who falls in love . . . twice.
 eBook Edition

(ages 12 & up)  

 

Russian Roulette  

by Anthony Horowitz      

The final Alex Rider book!  The Story of an Assassin.  Alex, ready or not, was thrust into the world of international espionage - the world's only teenage spy.
 eBook Edition
 (ages 10 & up)

 The Eye of Minds

by James Dashner  

From the author of the NYT bestselling Maze Runner series, comes an all-new, edge-of-your seat adventure. The Eye of Minds is the first book in The Mortality Doctrine, a series set in a world of hyperadvanced technology, cyberterrorists, and gaming beyond your wildest dreams . . . and your worst nightmares.
Also available as an  eBook.

 (ages 12 & up)  

 

Just One Year 

by Gayle Forman

The romantic, emotional companion to Just One Day, this is a story of the choices we make and the accidents that happen-and the happiness we can find when the two intersect.

eBook Edition 

(agesn12 and up) 

Just the Facts

Chip Kidd
Kids love to express themselves, and are designers by nature.  Award-winning graphic designer Chip Kidd offers a stunning introduction to the ways in which a designer communicates his or her ideas to the world.

 

   

How the Meterite Got to the Museum 

Jessie Hartland

How did a meteorite get from the moon to the American Museum of Natural History? Great science-as-entertainment book for all! 

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kid stuff
October 2013
Discount applies to the following titles only: 
Mr. Wuffles, Never Play Music at the Zoo, Sidney Stella and the Moon, Princesses on the Run, The Nine Lives of Alexander Baddonfield, The Mystery of Meerkat Hill, Twistrose Key, The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit, Momo, The Goods, How to Love, Russian Roulette, The Eye of Minds, Just One Year, Go, and How the Meteorite Got to the Museum.

 

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Offer Expires: October 31, 2013