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This month's featured titles . . .

Alligators and Crocodiles

written and illustrated by Gail Gibbons

Alligator or crocodile? It's hard to tell! But best-selling author and illustrator Gail Gibbons will have young readers learning in no time as she covers everything from the reptiles' history and habitat to their diet and physical characteristics. Discovering crocodilians has never been such fun!

"Gibbons's signature artwork splashes across the pages of this . . . colorful introduction."—School Library Journal

NONFICTION PICTURE BOOK

	I Love Bugs! by Emma Dodd Emma Dodd, Illustrator Follow a little boy's backyard safari as he shares his love of bugs. From fly-around-the-light bugs to curl-up-tight bugs, fun springy leapy bugs to slimy creepy crawly bugs, bugs are fun! But the best bugs are hairy bugs, the scary send-me-squealing bugs. With a bouncy rhyming text and colorful collagelike art, this book is perfect for miniscientists everywhere. PICTURE BOOK Read More >>

	The Buzz on Bees Why Are They Disappearing? by Shelley Rotner and Anne Woodhull Why are bees disappearing—and how does something as small as a honeybee affect our food supply? Bees are disappearing at an alarming rate. We use honeybees to pollinate nearly all of our domestic fruits, nuts, vegetables, cotton, and grains. This book looks at possible explanations for bees' disappearance, what scientists are doing to address the problem, and also what young readers can do. Bibliography and fascinating facts included. NONFICTION PICTURE BOOK Read More >>

	Fireboy to the Rescue! A Fire Safety Book by Edward Miller Edward Miller, Illustrator With his trusty tips on preventing fires and staying safe if a fire does start, Fireboy will educate and empower young readers. Here comes Fireboy to the rescue! Combining fun and facts, this practical guide to fire safety tells young readers what goes on at a fire station, how to act if there is a fire, and much more. NONFICTION PICTURE BOOK Read More >>

	Vulture's Wake by Kirsty Murray In this page-turning futuristic novel, a young woman finds out what it means to be living in a world destroyed by war, and a young man discovers that his only chance of survival is to question everything his parents taught him. Even though he is half dead, Callum is lucky. It is Bo's roboraptor who finds him�not the rogue Outstationers from whom the boy has escpaped. But even as Bo nurses Callum back to health, the Outstationers are homing in. The two barely escape capture when Callum discovers something incredible: Bo is a girl, maybe the last girl in a world in which females are thought to be extinct. And now, by helping Callum, she has put her own life at risk. With the Outstationers in hot pursuit, the two set off across a dangerous continent in hopes of finding haven in the city of Vulture's Gate. But nothing can prepare them for what they encounter at the end of their journey. YOUNG ADULT SCIENCE FICTION Read More >>

	Possessing Jessie by Nancy Springer Two-time Edgar Award winner Nancy Springer has written a chilling psychological thriller about a teenage girl possessed by her dead brother. Quiet, cautious Jessie had always lived in the shadow of her dynamic younger brother—her mother's clear favorite. His recent death in an automobile accident stuns all who knew him and leaves Jessie and her mother numb with grief. That is, until the morning Jessie cuts her hair and dresses in Jason's clothes, swaggering out of the house in an uncanny imitation of her brother. Her mother is visibly cheered, and for once, Jessie is the center of attention at school. But each day Jason takes over Jessie more and more. Can she escape his power? Fast-paced, accessible, and truly creepy, this novel will have readers on the edge of their seats. YOUNG ADULT SUSPENSE Read More >>

Classroom Picks . . . New Paperbacks for Back-to-School!

The Anne Frank Case
Simon Wiesenthal's Search for the Truth
by Susan Goldman Rubin
Bill Farnsworth, Illustrator

This inspiring and suspenseful account of Simon Wiesenthal's search for the Gestapo officer who arrested Anne Frank and her family testifies to the difference that one man's dedication can make.
In October 1958 renowned Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal received a disturbing phone call at his home in Linz, Austria. He rushed to the Landes Theater, where a group of teenagers were disrupting a performance of The Diary of Anne Frank. Wiesenthal, a Holocaust survivor, had made it his life work to ensure that Anne Frank and others who had died in the Holocaust were not forgotten. He was deeply concerned that many local teenagers seemed to agree with the neo-Nazi protesters that Anne's diary was a hoax. Determined to find definitive proof that the diary was authentic, Wiesenthal began a five-year-long search for the Gestapo officer who arrested the Frank family.