• Learn all about the birds of North Carolina on Thursday, March 25 at 1 p.m. during our Audubon N.C. program for all children ages 5 to 12
• Join us for the Storytime Spring Series starting March 18 at 10:30 a.m. for Toddlers and 11:30 a.m. for Pre-school
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“SUNNY’S PICKS” - EASY AND EASY READER
Are you ready for spring? We are and we think Sunny is, too! So, we selected a few books that are all about baby animals enjoying the springtime – bunnies and foals, birds and calves and even an iguana and dragon - just for you. When we showed this springtime collection to Sunny – he wiggled his ears and thumped his foot in approval.
EASY Books (E)
• The Easter Egg by Jan Brett
Hoppi wants to win the egg-decorating contest in order to help the Easter Bunny deliver eggs but ends up guarding a baby bird that fell out of its nest.
• Horse by Malachy Doyle
Describes the first year of a foal’s life from his spring birth to the next spring when he receives his first bridle.
• Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms by Julia Rawlinson
Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms Fletcher loves everything about Spring –the birds singing, chasing butterflies but then he sees something he never expected….
• Red Sings from the Treetops: a Year in Colors by Joyce Sidman
The names of the colors are woven into poems that celebrate the seasons.
• Cesar Takes a Break by Susan Collins Thoms
Cesar the class iguana takes his spring break in the school by visiting all the other school pets.
EASY READER Books (ER)
• Spring Surprises by Anna Jane Hays
A rhyming tribute to the wonders of spring.
• It’s Spring, Dear Dragon by Margaret Hillert
A boy and his dragon enjoy a spring day by playing outside.
• Spring is Here! a Story about Seeds by Joan Holub
In the fall, friends plant seeds then wait until spring to watch the plants appear.
• Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa: Spring Babies by Erica Silverman
Cowgirl Kate and her horse Cocoa watch over the new calves, a puppy and baby barn owls.
JUVENILE AND YOUNG ADULT “STAFF PICKS”
After the long, cold winter, springtime brings thoughts of travel to far-off lands to seek new sights. Join these intrepid young adventurers as they match wits with their enemies and battle to save their friends and family.
JUVENILE Books (J)
• Knights of the Ruby Wand by Tony Abbott, Book 36 in The Secrets of Droon series
Third graders Julie, Neal, and Keeah are on a quest to find the famous Ruby Wand, a powerful magical instrument Galen created centuries ago. It’s the only thing that might restore the ailing wizard to his former self. Together they venture deep into the jungle and match wits with Anga, the power-hungry ruler who commands the wand. But can they trick the feisty weasel king into giving it up?
• Leprechaun in Late Winter by Mary Pope Osborne, Book #43 in The Magic Treehouse series
Jack and Annie are on their third mission to find (and inspire!) creative people to bring happiness to others through the arts. Set in Ireland, Jack and Annie meet an Irish girl and go on a magical adventure that changes the girl’s life—she grows up to be Lady Gregory, who helped bring back the Irish legends, started a theater, and helped the Irish people regain both their heritage and their pride.
• The Sable Quean by Brian Jacques, Book 21 in the Redwall series
He appears out of thin air and vanishes just as quickly. He is Zwilt the Shade, and he is evil. Yet he is no match for his ruler, Vilaya the Sable Quean. Along with their hordes of vermin, these two have devised a plan to conquer Redwall Abbey. And when the Dibbuns go missing, captured one by one, their plan is revealed. Will the Redwallers risk the fate of their Abbey and all of Mossflower Wood to save their precious young ones from imprisonment? Perhaps Buckler, Blademaster of the Long Patrol, can save the day. And fear not, these Dibbuns are not as innocent as they appear. After all, they’re from Redwall.
YOUNG ADULT Books (YA)
• Leviathan by Scott Westerfield
On the eve of World War I, the machine-loving Austro-Hungarians and Germans have their big steam-powered Clankers. Inspired by Darwin, the British have fabricated animals into warships. Their mothership, "Leviathan," is a marvelous whale-dirigible, in this new trilogy by the bestselling author of the Uglies series.
• Thirteenth Child by Patricia C. Wrede
Eff was born a thirteenth child. Her twin brother, Lan, was born the seventh son of a seventh son. This means he’s supposed to possess amazing talent—and she’s supposed to bring only bad things to her family and her town. Undeterred, her family moves to Frontier, where her father will be a professor of magic at a school perilously close to the magical divide that separates settlers from the beasts of the wild. With wit and wonder, the author creates an alternate history of westward expansion that will delight fans.
Our Special Feature – A Book Review by Shannon “Max” Lynch, Grade 6, Harnett Central Middle School
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz, Book 1 in the Alex Rider series
A young teenage boy, Alex Rider, is shocked by the sudden death of his uncle Ian. A group of mysterious men begin popping up everywhere, and Alex is suspicious. To find the killer of Ian Rider, Alex must receive assistance from British Intelligence, MI6. Alex is reluctantly dragged into the same mission that took his uncle's life. Fast-paced and full of adventure, Stormbreaker will keep you hanging on the edge of your seat until the last page.
DID YOU KNOW? . . .
Each year children throughout North Carolina recommend recent books for the
North Carolina Children’s Book Awards. Here’s how you can help pick the 2010 winner: read at least 5 of the nominated Juvenile or Easy books, then vote for your favorite at the library during March 2010. Just stop by the Fuquay-Varina Library to pick up a book list and check out the books. You’ll see the display in the Juvenile fiction section.
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