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Here are some recent books that might make good holiday presents for the children in your life.
ALL AGES | Upper Elementary | Middle Elementary
Preschool and Primary Grades | Audio
ALL AGES
Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out
Candlewick
ISBN-13: 9780763620677: $29.99
This anthology of White House history is presented in poetry, fiction, anecdote, and more, by 108 children's authors and illustrators, as well as scholars and former White House employees and residents. A wonderful gift for an election year.
Upper Elementary
Barry, Dave
Science Fair : A Story Of Mystery, Danger, International Suspense, And A Very Nervous Frog
Disney Editions
ISBN-13: 9781423113249; $18.99
A boy saves America from terrorists who infiltrate the science fair at a suburban Maryland school.
Flemming, Candace
The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary
Schwartz & Wade, Random House
ISBN-13: 9780375836183; $24.99
Greene, B
Icarus At The Edge Of Time
Knopf
ISBN-13: 9780307268884; 19.95
A visually stunning re-imagining of the Icarus fable from a physicist’s point of view
Ibbotson, Eva
The Dragonfly Pool
Dutton
ISBN-13: 9780525420644; $17.99
A young girl attends an experimental boarding school in England, meets a prince, and finds adventure.
Macaulay, David
The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body
Houghton Mifflin
ISBN-13: 9780618233786; $35.00
Middle Elementary
Deen, Paula, and Martha Nesbit
Paula Deen's My First Cookbook
Illustrated by Susan Mitchell
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-13: 9781416950332; $21.99
Diterlizzi, Tony
Kenny & The
Dragon
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-13: 9781416939771; $15.99
Kenny Rabbit comes up with a ruse to save his dragon friend
Don't Kiss The Frog! :--Princess Stories with Attitude
Kingfisher
ISBN-13: 9780753459539; $14.95
Kessler, Liz
Philippa Fisher's Fairy Godsister
Candlewick
ISBN-13: 9780763640705; $15.99
Each wish makes life worse
Sabuda, Robert
Peter Pan: A Classic Collectable Pop-up
Little Simon
ISBN-13: 9780689853647; $29.99
Preschool and Primary Grades
Bataille, Marion
ABC3D
Roaring Brook
ISBN-13: 9781596434257; $19.95
An amazing pop-up book
Fearnley, Jan
Martha in the Middle
Candlewick
ISBN-13: 9780763638009; $16.99
Gentle reassurance for the middle child
Fox, Mem
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
Harcourt
ISBN-13: 978-0152060572
A poem that celebrates babies around the world
George, Jean
Goose and Duck
Harper Collins. I Can Read
ISBN-13: 978-0061170768
What's a little boy to do when a goose and a duck think that he's their mother?
Himmelman, John
Katie Loves the Kittens
Henry Holt
ISBN-13: 9780805086829; $16.95
But why are the kittens frightened of this loving dog?
Gravett, Emily
Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-13: 9781416959304; $17.99
Die-cut and nibbled pages illustrate Little Mouse's phobias.
Grey, Mini
Traction Man meets Turbodog
Knopf
ISBN-13: 9780375855832; $16.99
Library: 9780375955839;
Traction Man’s pet Scrubbing Brush is almost deposed.
Hines, Anna Grossnickle
1, 2, Buckle My Shoe
Harcourt
ISBN-13: 9780152063054; $16.00
A counting book with quilted illustrations.
Isadora, Rachel
Peekaboo Bedtime
G.P. Putnam’s Sons
ISBN-13: 9780399243844; $16.99
A board book
McDonnell, Patrick
The Gift of Nothing
Little, Brown and Company
ISBN-13: 978-0316114882; $14.99
What does a cat get a dog who has everything?
Seeger, Laura
One Boy
Roaring Brook
ISBN-13: 978-1596432741; $14.95
A die-cut book exploring counting and words within words
Swanson, Susan Marie
The House in the Night
Houghton Mifflin Company
ISBN-13: 9780618862443; $17.00
Audio
Gaiman, Neil
Coraline
Audio CD: $9.95; unabridged
Reader: Neil Gaiman
HarperChildrensAudio
ISBN-13: 978-0061660160
A spooky tale with a movie coming out soon
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