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The twelve titles in the new Smithsonian Prehistoric Zone series tell the stories of day-to-day life for Ankylosaurus, Spinosaurus, Velociraptor, and all our other favorites, including the mighty T. Rex. Thrill at accounts of dinosaurs battling predators and surviving the elements, while they raise their young and just try to get along. Our collection includes lots of the dinosaur books that keep preschoolers coming back for more!
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“Where words fail, music speaks.” Our new music instruction books will help anyone learn guitar, clarinet, flute, piano, trumpet, or violin with practical advice for getting started, step-by-step instructions, and helpful tips to make learning fun. They cover everything from basics to advanced skills. Learn to read music, master technique, and enhance your performance at your own pace!
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New to our nonfiction collection, the You Can Write series gives you all the tools you need to write awesome stories, cool poems, excellent reports, and great letters and emails. Fun examples and easy-to-follow exercises help you every step of the way. If you do everything according to the instructions in these books, you can express your feelings, persuade anyone to do anything, and wow your teachers with your great writing!
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I loved this amazing mix of mystery, poetry, creativity and hope! Early is an inspiring young girl whose father is a library page at the Harold Washington Library and has recently gone missing. The plot thickens as the family discovers how they can survive without their head of the household and eventually, without their house!
This is an amazing account of a loving family that loses their home but not their hope. Through the inspiring lines of Langston Hughes’ poetry and the deep love of reading these parents have instilled in their children, Early learns to “Hold Fast to her dreams…”
Joy is too quiet of a word for this one! I just adored this book and will own a copy soon so I can underline all of the wonderful phrasing and reread this brilliant story!
–Margaret
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A powerful witch with a deadly inheritance. A sinister puppeteer who manipulates children to achieve his dark purposes. A wealthy daughter whose life is shadowed by grief, guilt and secrets. And two orphaned children, caught up in an ancient rivalry. Is this really a book for kids? The latest work by Newbery Medal winner Laura Amy Schlitz, and a 2013 Newbery Honor Book, Splendors and Glooms is an absorbing, nightmarish journey through 19th Century London, filled with fog, poverty, and magic, that will appeal to older kids, and also to any adult who appreciates complex, well-drawn characters in a compelling and highly original story.
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Leo has a brand new, fancy bicycle and is proudly showing it off to his friends. Suddenly, he runs into a big, cardboard box in the middle of the schoolyard! Leo is not hurt physically, but his feelings are another issue. Kenny is the creative genius positioned in this cardboard box, and he has a great deal to teach Leo the cyclist. This is a wonderful story about the gifts of friendship and imagination, and how they both can take you many more places than a bicycle!
-Margaret
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Our Preschool Story Timers love Miss Carole! Carole Peterson’s music-and-movement album, Dancing Feet, features gems like “Dancing Scarf Blues,” “The Freeze!” and an all-animal version of “Shoo-Fly” that has ‘em hopping like frogs, flying like birds, crawling like bugs, and laughing all the while. Try it for your next playgroup or toddler dance party!
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Our new favorite guitar player, Bill Hooper, will be in the library for a Super Saturday show on Saturday, April 6. Get ready for this fun musical event by learning The Cowbell Song so that you can sing along! Bill’s newest album is full of good-natured, imaginative movement songs for young children.
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When Dylan accidentally drops her expensive “it” handbag into the mall fountain, she is surprised that film geek Josh retrieves it for her. In exchange for rescuing her bag, Dylan must agree to be the subject of Josh’s documentary film. Dylan hopes the film will help her campaign for Blossom Queen. Josh plans to make a hard-hitting expose about popularity, but, as he gets to know Dylan, he learns that the real Dylan is much more interesting than the persona she’s created. At the last minute, Josh decides that his film should introduce this awesome girl to the world, but how will Dylan react when she sees it?
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Did you ever wonder where big trucks came from or how they were made? Learn all about fire trucks, concrete trucks and school buses in these great videos. See assembly lines over a mile long, look at each stage of construction from nuts and bolts to seat belts and paint, and get to know these big guys up close and from the inside out.
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