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Outline Picture Books / Non-fiction picture books Juvenile / Middle Grade Graphic Novels Young Adult Special Guest
Picture Books
Treat By Mary Sullivan HMH Books : March 1st 2016 9780544472709 PS Grade 2 Kirkus*; PW*
You Are One Sara O'Leary Illustrated by Karen Klassen Owlkids : March 2016 9781771470728
The Blobfish Book: A Book All About Me! By Jessica Olien Harper Collins : May 2016 Grades PreSc - Grade 2 9780062394156
Chicken in Space By Adam Lehrhaupt Harper Collins : May 2016 Grades PreSc - Grade 2 9780062364128
Sky Pig By Jan L. Coates Pajama Press : 2016 April 9781927485989 K-2
Fish, Wordless. By Liam Francis Walsh Roaring Books Press: May 2016 PreSc-Grade 2 9781626723337 Kirkus*
A Hungry Lion, or A Dwindling Assortment of Animals by Lucy Ruth Cummins Atheneum Books : March 15th 2016 PS Grade 3 9781481448895 Kirkus*; PW*
I Am Bear By Ben Bailey Smith, Illustrated by Sav Akyuz Candlewick Entertainment : March 8th 2016 PS - K 9780763677435 I love this bear. Actor, Ricky Gervais
I Want a Monster! By Elise Gravel Harper Collins : May 2016 PreSc-Grade 3 9780062415332
My Heart Fills with Happiness By Monique Gray Smith Illustrated by Julie Flett Orca Book Publishers : February 23rd 2016 9781459809574 Board Book CM*; PW*
Nobody Likes a Goblin By Ben Hatke First Second : June 1 2016 Grades PreSc - Grade 2 9781626720817
Thunder Boy Jr. By Sherman Alexie, Illus. Yuyi Morales Little Brown : May 2016 PreSc Grade 3 9780316013727 Booklist*; Horn Book* PW*; SLJ*
Poor Little Guy By Elanna Allen Dial Press : June 7 2016 Grades PreSc - K 9780525428251
Skunk on a string Wordless. By Thao Lam Owlkids : March 2016 9781771471312 PS Grade 2 Kirkus*
Beard Boy By John Flannery Illus. Steven Weinberg Random House: May 2016 PreSc - Grade 2 9780399173363
Swatch: The Girl Who Loved Color By Julia Denos Harper Collins: March 2016 PreSc-Grade 3 9780062366382 Kirkus*
There Is a Tribe of Kids By Lane Smith Roaring Book Press : May 3 2016 Grades PreSc - Grade 2 9781626720565 Booklist*; PW*
The White Cat and the Monk: A Retelling of the Poem "Pangur Bán" Jo Ellen Bogart Illus. Sydney Smith Groundwood Books : March 2016 K-Grade 3 9781554987801 Booklist*; CM; Kirkus*; PW*; QQ*; SLJ*
Non-Fiction
Anything but Ordinary Addie: The True Story of Adelaide Hermann, Queen of Magic By Mara Rockliff Illustrated BY Iacopo Bruno 9780763668419 Booklist*; Booklist*; SLJ* 793.8
When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons By Julie Fogliano Illustrated by Julie Morstad Roaring Brook Press : March 1st 2016 9781596438521 K Grade 5 Booklist*; CM; Kirkus*; PW* march 13 politely but tired of mittens i asked the winter to please tell the snow thank you very much, but no
Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay By Susan Hood Illus. Sally Wern Comport Simon & Schuster : May 3 2016 9781481430951 Grade 1-4
Juvenile Fiction
The Hidden Oracle (Trials of Apollo #1 of 5) Rick Riordan Disney/Hyperion : May 2016 Grade 5-9 9781484732748
Grayling's Song Karen Cushman Clarion : June 2016 Grades 3-7 9780544301801
Moone Boy: The Fish Detective By Chris O'Dowd & Nick V. Murphy Feiwel and Friends : May 2016 Grades 4-7 9781250059475
Raymie Nightingale Kate DiCamillo Candlewick Press : Arpil 12 2016 Grade 4-7 9780763681173 Booklist*; Kirkus*; PW*
The Most Important Thing: Stories about Sons, Fathers, and Grandfathers Candlewick Press : April 2016 Grade 5-8 9780763681111 Kirkus*
Ms. Bixby's Last Day John David Anderson Walden Pond Press : June 21 2016 Grades 3-7 9780062338174
My Seventh-Grade Life in Tights Brooks Benjamin Delacorte Press : April 2016 Grade 4-8 9780553512502
Once Was a Time By Leila Sales April 5th 2016 Chronicle Books Grade 4-7 9781452140094
Shadow Magic Author: Joshua Khan Illustrator: Ben Hibon Disney-Hyperion : Apr. 2016 Grade 3-7 9781484732724 SLJ* Read alike:
Six Kids And A Stuffed Cat Gary Paulsen Simon & Schuster : May 10 2016 Grade 3-7 9781481452236
The Storyteller Riverman Trilogy #3. Conclusion. Aaron Starmer Farrar Straus Giroux : March 2016 Grade 5-8 9780374363130 Booklist*; Kirkus*; SLJ*
Waylon! One Awesome Thing Sara Pennypacker Illustrator: Marla Frazee Disney-Hyperion : Apr. 2016 Grade 3-7 9781484701522 Booklist*; SLJ*
The Wild Robot By Peter Brown Little, Brown : April 5th 2016 Grade 3-6 9780316381994 Booklist*; Kirkus*; PW*; SLJ*
Graphic Novels
Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection (Vol. 1) Edited by Hope Nicholson 2015 by Alternate History Comics Inc. Grade 5-12 9780987715258 SLJ*; SLJ-BB
Red's Planet Graphic novel Eddie Pittman Amulet Books : Apr. 2016 9781419719073 Grade 3-7
Feasts of Fury, Rutabaga the Adventure Chef #2. By Eric Colossal Amulet Books : May 2016 Grade 3-7 9781419716584
Bera the One-Headed Troll By Eric Orchard First Second : August 1 2016 Grade 2-5 9781626721067
The Nameless City By Faith Erin Hicks First Second : April 5 2016 Grade 4-7 9781626721579
Young Adult Fiction
The Raven King. Raven Cycle #4. Final. Maggie Stiefvater Scholastic Canada : May 2016 Grade 9-12 9780545424981 Booklist*
The Last Star (5th Wave #3) By Rick Yancey May 24 2016 - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers January 2016 9780399162435 Grade 9-12
Half Lost By Sally Green Viking : March 2016 9780670017140 Grade 9-12 Booklist*; Kirkus*; PW*
Salt to the Sea By Ruta Sepetys Philomel : February 2016 9780399160301 Grade 9-12 Booklist* PW*SLJ*
Drag Teen Jeffrey Self Scholastic : May 2016 Grade 9-12 9780545829939 Booklist*
Everland (Everland #1.) By Wendy Spinale Scholastic : May 2016 Grade 7-9 9780545836944
Booked Companion to "The Crossover". By Kwame Alexander Houghton Mifflin : April 2016 Grades 5-7 9780544570986
Character Driven David Lubar Tor Teen : March 2016 Grade 9-12 9780765316332 Booklist*; Kirkus*, PW*
Exit, Pursued by a Bear By E.K. Johnston 9781101994580 Mar. 2016 Grade 9-12 Booklist*; Kirkus*; SLJ*
The Hill Karen Bass Pajama Press : March 31 2016 9781772780024 Grades 7-12 Sometimes scared is the smartest thing you can be.
Flannery by Lisa Moore Groundwood Books: May 2016 Grade 9-12 9781554980765 CM; Kirkus*
The Haters By Jesse Andrews Amulet Books : April 2016 Grade 7-12 9781419720789 Booklist*
The Lie Tree By Frances Hardinge Amulet Books : April 19 2016 Grade 7-12 9781419718953 Kirkus*;PW*;SLJ* CostaBook of the Year, CostaChildren's
Saving Montgomery Sole By Mariko Tamaki Razorbill : April 19th 2016 9780670070015 Grade 8-12 Booklist*; PW* Caldecott Honor (2015); Governor General's Literary Awards - Illustration (2014)...
This Savage Song By Victoria Schwab Greenwillow Books : June 2016 Grade 9-12 9780062380852
Tell Me Three Things By Julie Buxbaum Delacorte Press : April 2016 Grade 7-12 9780553535648 PW*
Defender Graham McNamee Random House : April 2016 Grade 9-12 9780553498950