HCPL's Book Bites [2] column appears monthly in Houston Family Magazine [3]. Each column features suggested books for toddlers through teens. Get the new list every month in the magazine, available at all of our branches. Previous columns [4].
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Toddlers (Ages 1-3) |
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A Sick Day for Amos McGee [5]by Philip C. Stead Amos McGee is too sick to make it to the zoo, so his animal friends decide to return the favor and visit him, making it the best sick day ever. |
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Sleepy, Oh So Sleepy [6]by Denise Fleming Depicts a number of animal babies sleeping as a mother puts her own baby to bed. |
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No [7] by Claudia Rueda It’s winter and little bear doesn’t want to go to sleep. He’d rather play, and he’s sure he won’t get cold outside, no matter how long the winter is, how deep the snow might get, or how hard the storm might blow. Until, that is, little bear finds himself all alone in a snowstorm. |
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Picture Books (Pre K-K) |
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The Boss Baby [8]by Marla Frazee |
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Brontorina [9] by James Howe |
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Fleabag [10] by Helen Stephens |
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Early Readers (Grades 1-3) |
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Art & Max [11]by David Wiesner |
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Nana Cracks the Case [12]by Kathleen Lane |
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Look Out, Jeremy Bean! [13] by Alice Schertle Jeremy Bean has a problem. Several, in fact. But a kid like Jeremy Bean can come up with some pretty unusual solutions, such as putting a bug in his pocket, wearing a lamp shade on his head, hiding in the school janitor's closet, and collecting everyone's shoes. If you're looking for adventure with a laugh along the way, meet Jeremy Bean! |
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Children's Fiction (Grades 4-6) |
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Cosmic [14] by Frank Cottrell Boyce |
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Emily's Fortune [15]by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor In this comedy-adventure in the Wild West, shy young Emily and her turtle, Rufus, team up with fellow orphan and troublemaker jackson to outsmart mean Uncle Victor, who is after Emily's inheritance. |
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The Private Thoughts of Amelia E. Rye [16]by Bonnie Shimko |
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Teen Fiction (Ages 12 & Up) |
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The Daughters [17]by [18] Joanna Philbin |
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Ship Breakers [19]by Paolo Bacigalupi In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl. |
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No Moon [20]by Irene N. Watts Fourteen year old nursemaid, Louisa Gardener overcomes her fear of the water to accompany her wealthy employers on an ocean voyage to New York, aboard the Titanic. |
- Childrens [21]
- Houston Family Book List [22]
