Great reads just in time for the holiday break. Check out the new children’s books in the Houston Cole Library. Click on each title to view book reviews, book details, and book covers from Amazon.
My Favorite Picks from Our Latest Acquisitions
- It’s a Book / Lane Smith
- A Bedtime for Bear / Bonny Becker ; illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton
- Diary of a Baby Wombat / by Jackie French ; illustrated by Bruce Whatley
- Dog Loves Books / Louise Yates
- The Firehouse Light / by Janet Nolan ; illustrated by Marie Lafrance
- Guyku : a Year of Haiku for Boys / written by Bob Raczka ; art by Peter H. Reynolds
- Kakapo Rescue : Saving the World’s Strangest Parrot / text by Sy Montgomery ; photographs by Nic Bishop
- Knuffle Bunny Free : an Unexpected Diversion / by Mo Willems
- My Garden / Kevin Henkes
- A Pebble for Your Pocket : Mindful Stories for Children and Grown-ups / Thich Nhat Hanh
- Tell the truth, B.B. Wolf / written by Judy Sierra ; illustrated by J.otto Seibold
- Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon / written by Jules Bass ; illustrated by Debbie Harter
- My Daddy is a Pretzel : Yoga for Parents and Kids / Baron Baptiste ; with illustrations by Sophie Fatus
Alphabet Adventures
- AlphaOops! : H is for Halloween / Alethea Kontis ; illustrated by Bob Kolar
- AlphaOops: The Day Z Went First / Alethea Kontis ; illustrated by Bob Kolar
- The Dangerous Alphabet / Neil Gaiman ; illustrated by Gris Grimly
Go West, Young People!
- The Cowgirl Way : Hats off to America’s Women of the West / by Holly George-Warren
- Dust Devil / by Anne Isaacs ; illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky
- Home on the Range : John A. Lomax and his Cowboy Songs / by Deborah Hopkinson
Informational & Biographies
- Ballet for Martha : Making Appalachian Spring
- Bones : Skeletons and How they Work / Steve Jenkins
- The Chiru of High Tibet: a True Story / written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
- Dave the Potter : Artist, Poet, Slave / by Laban Carrick Hill ; illustrated by Bryan Collier
- I Want your Moo : a Story for Children about Self-esteem / by Marcella Bakur
- Liberty or Death : the Surprising Story of Runaway Slaves who Sided with the British during the American Revolution / by Margaret Whitman Blair
- Autism and Me : Sibling Stories / Ouisie Shapiro ; photographs by Steven Vote
- If America were a Village : a Book about the People of the United States / written by David J. Smith ; illustrated by Shelagh Armstrong
- Long Walk to Freedom / Nelson Mandela ; abridged by Chris van Wyk ; illustrated by Paddy Bouma
- Michelle / by Deborah Hopkinson ; Illustrated by A.G. Ford
- Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker : the Unlikely Friendship of Elizabeth Keckley & Mary Todd Lincoln
- Follow that Map! : a First Look at Mapping Skills / [written and illustrated by] Scot Ritchie
- Heroes of the Environment : True Stories of People who are Helping to Protect our Planet / by Harriet Rohmer
- Trains / Lynn Curlee
- If I Had a Hammer : Stories of Building Homes and Hope with Habitat for Humanity / David Rubel
- That’s Like Me! : Stories about Amazing People with Learning Differences / Jill Lauren
- Tricking the Tallyman / by Jacqueline Davies ; illustrated by S.D. Schindler
- We are the Weather Makers : the History of Climate Change / Tim Flannery
- Boy on the Lion Throne : the Childhood of the 14th Dalai Lama / by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Poetry
- Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night / written by Joyce Sidman; illus. by Rick Allen
- Time You Let Me In : 25 Poets Under 25 / selected by Naomi Shihab Nye
- Guyku : a Year of Haiku for Boys / written by Bob Raczka; art by Peter H. Reynolds
Graphic Novel…ish
- Adventures in Cartooning / James Sturm, Andrew Arnold, Alexis Frederick-Frost
- Yummy : the Last Days of a Southside Shorty / by G. Neri ; illustrated by Randy DuBurke
- There’s a Princess in the Palace / [retold] by Zoë B. Alley ; pictures by R.W. Alley
- Meanwhile / Jason Shiga
Multicultural
- Tibetan Tales from the Top of the World / Naomi C. Rose ; translated into Tibetan by Tenzin Palsang
- The Boy in the Garden / written and illustrated by Allen Say
- The Tooth Fairy meets El Ratón Pérez / by René Colato Laínez ; illustrated by Tom Lintern
- 14 Cows for America / Carmen Agra Deedy
- Hamzat’s Journey : a Refugee Diary / Anthony Robinson ; series editor Annemarie Young ; illustrated by June Allan
- El Barrio / Debbi Chocolate ; illustrated by David Diaz
- January’s Sparrow / Patricia Polacco
- Lin Yi’s Lantern : a Moon Festival Tale / written by Brenda Williams ; illustrated by Benjamin Lacombe
- My Name is Sangoel / written by Karen Lynn Williams and Khadra Mohammed
- The Story of Divaali / retold by Jatinder Verma ; illustrated by Nilesh Mistry
- Up and Down the Andes : a Peruvian Festival Tale / Laurie Krebs, Aurélia Fronty
- A Calendar of Festivals : Celebrations from Around the World / retold by Cherry Gilchrist
- Motherbridge of Love / text provided by Mother Bridge of Love ; illustrated by Josée Masse
- Catch that Goat! : a market day in Nigeria / Polly Alakija
- Duck for Turkey Day / Jacqueline Jules ; illustrated by Kathyrn Mitter
- Little Leap Forward : a Boy in Beijing / by Guo Yue and Clare Farrow
- The Barefoot Book of Earth Tales / retold by Dawn Casey ; illustrated by Anne Wilson
- Babushka / retold by Sandra Ann Horn ; illustrated by Sophie Fatus
- Tales from Celtic Lands / retold by Caitlín Matthews ; illustrated by Olwyn Whelan
- Fireside stories : Tales for a Winter’s Eve / retold by Caitlin Matthews ; illustrated by Helen Cann
- Indian Tales / written by Shenaaz Nanji ; illustrated by Christopher Corr
- We all Went on Safari : a Counting Journey through Tanzania / written by Laurie Krebs ; illustrated by Julia Cairns
- Mama Panya’s Pancakes : a Village Tale from Kenya / written by Mary and Rich Chamberlin
- Elephant Dance : Memories of India / written by Theresa Heine ; illustrated by Sheila Moxley
- The Miracle of the First Poinsettia : a Mexican Christmas Story / written by Joanne Oppenheim
New Arrivals
- Aggie the Brave / Lori Ries ; illustrated by Frank W. Dormer
- April and Esme, Tooth Fairies / Bob Graham
- Art & Max / David Wiesner
- Elsie’s Bird / Jane Yolen ; illustrated by David Small
- Hallowilloween: Nefarious Silliness from Calef Brown / [by Calef Brown].
- Kate, the Ghost Dog: Coping with the Death of a Pet / by Wayne L. Wilson
- Ling & Ting : Not Exactly the Same! / by Grace Lin
- Monsters Eat Whiny Children / Bruce Eric Kaplan
- A Pirate’s Guide to First Grade / by James Preller ; illustrated by Greg Ruth
- Roslyn Rutabaga and the Biggest Hole on Earth / by Marie-Louise Gay
- Thomas and the Dragon Queen / story by Shutta Crum ; pictures by Lee Wildish
- No! / David McPhail
- If You’re a Monster and You Know It / by Rebecca Emberley and Ed Emberley
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