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Gifts Galore (Spring 2016)

This winter, we’re featuring books about gifts in all shapes and forms! These titles center around gift-giving, discovering inner gifts, and what it means to be gifted.

 
The Lunch Witch #1

The Lunch Witch #1

By: Deb Lucke
ISBN: 9781629911625
 
The League of Scientists: Ghost in the Water

The League of Scientists

By: Editors at Science, Naturally!
Illustrated by:
 Bob Al-Greene
ISBN: 9780970010629
 
Paper Craft

Paper Craft

By: DK
ISBN: 9781465439437
 
The Nesting Quilt

The Nesting Quilt

By: Cathryn Fallwell
Illustrated by:
 Cathryn Fallwell
ISBN: 9780884484189
 
Job Wanted

Job Wanted

By: Teresa Bateman
Illustrated by:
 Chris Sheban
ISBN: 9780823433919
 
Monster Needs a Christmas Tree

Monster Needs a Christmas Tree

By: Paul Czajak
Illustrated by:
 Wendy Grieb
ISBN: 9781938063657
 
Seaver the Weaver

Seaver the Weaver

By: Paul Czajak
Illustrated by:
 The Brother Hilts
ISBN: 9781938063572
 
Say It!

Say It!

By: Charlotte Zolotow
Illustrated by:
 Charlotte Voake
ISBN: 9780763681159
 
Because You’ll Never Meet Me

Because You’ll Never Meet Me

By: Leah Thomas
ISBN: 9781619635906
 
Found

Found

By: Salina Yoon
Illustrated by:
 Salina Yoon
ISBN: 9780802735591
 
How to Mend a Heart

How to Mend a Heart

By: Sara Gillingham
Illustrated by:
 Sara Gillingham
ISBN: 9780553510935
 
Hedgehugs

Hedgehugs

By: Steve Wilson
Illustrated by:
 Lucy Tapper
ISBN: 9781627794046
 
Penguin’s Hidden Talent

Penguin’s Hidden Talent

By: Alex Latimer
Illustrated by:
 Alex Latimer
ISBN: 9781561456291
 
Where Teddy Bears Come From

Where Teddy Bears Come From

By: Mark Burgess
Illustrated by:
 Russell Ayto
ISBN: 9781561454877
 
I Love You Snow Much

I Love You Snow Much

By: Sandra Magsamen
Illustrated by:
 Sandra Magsamen
ISBN: 9780316378765
 
Different Just Like Me

Different Just Like Me

By: Lori Mitchell
Illustrated by:
 Lori Mitchell
ISBN: 9781570914904
 
23 Things To Do Before You are 11 1/2

23 Things To Do Before You are 11 1/2

By: John Haslam
Illustrated by:
 Mike Warren
ISBN: 9781609928254
 
Rotten Pumpkin: A Rotten Tale in 15 Voices

Rotten Pumpkin

By: David Schwartz
Illustrated by:
 Dwight Kuhn
ISBN: 9781939547033
 
Winter Candle

Winter Candle

By: Jeron Ashford
Illustrated by:
 Stacey Schuett
ISBN: 9781939547101
 
All The Answers

All The Answers

By: Kate Messner
ISBN: 9781619633742
 
Penguin and Pinecone

Penguin and Pinecone

By: Salina Yoon
Illustrated by:
 Salina Yoon
ISBN: 9780802728432
 
Dinosaurs 3-D

Dinosaurs 3-D

By: Arnaud Plumeri
Illustrated by:
 Bloz
ISBN: 9781629911885
 
The Shark Whisperer

The Shark Whisperer

By: Ellen Prager
Illustrated by:
 Antonio Javier Caparo
ISBN: 9781938063442
 
Crystal Cadets

Crystal Cadets

By: Anne Toole
Illustrated by:
 Katie O’Neill and Paulina Ganucheau
ISBN: 978-1-63140-431-3
 
Little Shaq

Little Shaq

By: Shaquille O’Neal
Illustrated by:
 Theodore Taylor III
ISBN: 9781619637214
 
The Plan

The Plan

By: Alison Paul
Illustrated by:
 Barbara Lehman
ISBN: 9780544283336
 
Dennis the Menace #1

Dennis the Menace #1

By: Fred Toole, created by Hank Ketcham
Illustrated by:
 Al Wiseman and Owen Fitzgerald
ISBN: 9781629912813
 
Look and Be Grateful

Look and Be Grateful

By: Tomie DePaola
Illustrated by:
 Tomie dePaola
ISBN: 9780823434435
 
The Smurfs and Friends #1

The Smurfs and Friends #1

By: Peyo
Illustrated by:
 Peyo
ISBN: 9781629911991
 
Baking with Mary Berry

Baking with Mary Berry

By: Mary Berry
ISBN: 9781465453235
 
Natural Beauty

Natural Beauty

By: DK
ISBN: 9781465429834
 
Digital Photography Complete Course

Digital Photography Complete Course

By: DK
ISBN: 9781465436078
 
One Ball of Yarn

One Ball of Yarn

By: DK
ISBN: 9781465436092
 
Jane Bull’s Get Set, Sew

Jane Bull’s Get Set, Sew

By: Jane Bull
ISBN: 9781465435873
 
One Maine Christmas Eve

One Maine Christmas Eve

By: Douglas Coffin
ISBN: 9780884484691
 
Give a Goat

Give a Goat

By: Jan West Schrock
Illustrated by:
 Aileen Darragh
ISBN: 9780884483434
 
The Lunch Thief: A Story of Hunger, Homelessness and Friendship

The Lunch Thief

By: Anne C. Bromley
Illustrated by:
 Robert Casilla
ISBN: 9780884488378
 
Remember Me: Tomah Joseph’s Gift to Franklin Roosevelt

Remember Me

By: Donald Soctomah and Jean Flahive
Illustrated by:
 Mary Beth Owens
ISBN: 9780884484608
 
Before We Eat: From Farm to Table

Before We Eat

By: Pat Brisson
Illustrated by:
 Mary Azarian
ISBN: 9780884483526
 
The Poetry Friday Anthology for Celebrations (Children’s Edition): Holiday Poems for the Whole Year in English and Spanish

The Poetry Friday Anthology for Celebrations (Children’s Edition)

By: Ed. Sylvia Vardell & Janet Wong
ISBN: 9781937057459
 
Gift Tag

Gift Tag

By: Ed. Sylvia Vardell & Janet Wong
Illustrated by:
 Sylvia Vardell
ISBN: 9781937057121
 
Crow Made a Friend: An I Like to Read® title

Crow Made a Friend

By: Margaret Peot
Illustrated by:
 Margaret Peot
ISBN: 9780823432974
 
A Perfect Home for A Family

A Perfect Home for A Family

By: David L. Harrison
Illustrated by:
 Roberta Angaramo
ISBN: 9780823423385
 
The Bullet Catch: Murder by Misadventure

The Bullet Catch

By: Amy and David Axelrod
ISBN: 9780823428588
 
New Red Bike!

New Red Bike!

By: James E. Ransome
Illustrated by:
 James E. Ransome
ISBN: 9780823422265
 
Monster Needs a Party

Monster Needs a Party

By: Paul Czajak
Illustrated by:
 Wendy Grieb
ISBN: 9781938063558
 
The Ugly Dumpling

The Ugly Dumpling

By: Stephanie Campisi
Illustrated by:
 Shahar Kober
ISBN: 9781938063671
 
The Kids’ Book of Simple Science

The Kids’ Book of Simple Science

By: Kelly Doudna
ISBN: 9781938063428
 
If an Elephant Went to School

If an Elephant Went to School

By: Ellen Fischer
Illustrated by:
 Ellen Fischer
ISBN: 9781938063619
 
The Red Shoes and Other Tales

The Red Shoes and Other Tales

By: Metaphrog
Illustrated by:
 Metaphrog
ISBN: 9781629912837
 
Ariol: Where’s Petula?

Ariol

By: Emmanuel Guibert
Illustrated by:
 Marc Boutavant
ISBN: 9781629911861
 
Paddington and the Christmas Surprise

Paddington and the Christmas Surprise

By: Michael Bond
Illustrated by:
 R.W. Alley
ISBN: 9780062318428
 
Little Elfie One

Little Elfie One

By: Pamela Jane
Illustrated by:
 Jane Manning
ISBN: 9780062206732
 
The Naughty List

The Naughty List

By: Michael Fry and Bradley Jackson
ISBN: 9780062354754
 
The School for Good and Evil Series Complete Box

The School for Good and Evil Series Complete Box

By: Soman Chainani
ISBN: 9780062434975
 
My Weird School Christmas 3-Book Box Set

My Weird School Christmas 3-Book Box Set

By: Dan Gutman
Illustrated by:
 Jim Paillot
ISBN: 9780062424365
 
The Sleeper and the Spindle

The Sleeper and the Spindle

By: Neil Gaiman
Illustrated by:
 Chris Riddell
ISBN: 9780062398246
 
Lost. Found.

Lost. Found.

By: Marsha Diane Arnold
Illustrated by:
 Matthew Cordell
ISBN: 9781626720176
 
The Smallest Gift of Christmas

The Smallest Gift of Christmas

By: Peter H. Reynolds
Illustrated by:
 Peter H. Reynolds
ISBN: 9780763679811
 
Too Many Toys

Too Many Toys

By: Heidi Deedman
Illustrated by:
 Heidi Deedman
ISBN: 9780763678616
 
Peekaboo Presents

Peekaboo Presents

By: Night and Day Studios
Illustrated by:
 Corey Lunn
ISBN: 9780763675677
 
The Most Wonderful Thing in The World

The Most Wonderful Thing in The World

By: Vivian French
Illustrated by:
 Angela Barrett
ISBN: 9780763675011
 
Snow

Snow

By: Sam Usher
Illustrated by:
 Sam Usher
ISBN: 9780763679583
 
Snowy Bear

Snowy Bear

By: Tony Mitton
Illustrated by:
 Alison Brown
ISBN: 9781619639058
 
The Friendship Riddle

The Friendship Riddle

By: Megan Frazer Blakemore
ISBN: 9781619636309
 
The Only Child

The Only Child

By: Guojing
Illustrated by:
 Guojing
ISBN: 9780553497045
 
Dear Santa, Love Rachel Rosenstein

Dear Santa, Love Rachel Rosenstein

By: Amanda Peet and Andrea Troyer
Illustrated by:
 Christine Davenier
ISBN: 9780553510614
 
Everything I Need to Know About Christmas I Learned From a Little Golden Book

Everything I Need to Know About Christmas I Learned From a Little Golden Book

By: Diane Muldrow
ISBN: 9780553497359
 
The Reindeer Wish

The Reindeer Wish

By: Lori Evert
Illustrated by:
 Per Breiehagen
ISBN: 9780385379212
 
How to Catch Santa

How to Catch Santa

By: Jean Regan
Illustrated by:
 Lee Wildish
ISBN: 9780553498394
 
Oskar and the Eight Blessings

Oskar and the Eight Blessings

By: Richard and Tanya Simon
Illustrated by:
 Mark Siegel
ISBN: 9781596439498
 
Little Elliot, Big Family

Little Elliot, Big Family

By: Mike Curato
Illustrated by:
 Mike Curato
ISBN: 9780805098266
 
Love Monster and the Last Chocolate

Love Monster and the Last Chocolate

By: Rachel Bright
Illustrated by:
 Rachel Bright
ISBN: 9780374346904
 
Boats to Papa

Boats to Papa

By: Jessixa Bagley
Illustrated by:
 Jessixa Bagley
ISBN: 9781626720398
 
Agatha’s Feather Bed

Agatha’s Feather Bed

By: Carmen Agra Deedy
Illustrated by:
 Laura L. Seeley
ISBN: 9781561450084
 
The Story Blanket

The Story Blanket

By: Ferida Wolff and Harriet May Savitz
Illustrated by:
 Elena Odriozola
ISBN: 9781561454662
 
Immi’s Gift

Immi’s Gift

By: Karin Littlewood
Illustrated by:
 Karin Littlewood
ISBN: 9781561454544
 
14 Cows for America

14 Cows for America

By: Carmen Agra Deedy and Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah
Illustrated by:
 Thomas Gonzalez
ISBN: 9781561454907
 
The Nuts: Sing and Dance in Your Polka Dot Pants

The Nuts

By: Eric Litwin
Illustrated by:
 Scott Magoon
ISBN: 9780316322508
 
The Daughter of Smoke & Bone Trilogy Gift Set

The Daughter of Smoke & Bone Trilogy Gift Set

By: Laini Taylor
ISBN: 9780316134026
 
The Curvy Tree

The Curvy Tree

By: Chris Colfer
Illustrated by:
 Brandon Dorman
ISBN: 9780316406857
 
Thank You and Good Night

Thank You and Good Night

By: Patrick McDonnell
Illustrated by:
 Patrick McDonnell
ISBN: 9780316338011
 
Lair of Dreams

Lair of Dreams

By: Libba Bray
ISBN: 9780316126045
 
Rudolfoletto

Rudolfoletto

By: Douglas Wheeler
Illustrated by:
 Gordon Carlisle
ISBN: 9781937721268
 
Charley

Charley

By: Donna Seim
Illustrated by:
 Susan Spellman
ISBN: 9781937721107
Fiction, 7-12, Music / Art
 
Every Turtle Counts

Every Turtle Counts

By: Sara Hoagland Hunter
Illustrated by:
 Susan Spellman
ISBN: 9781931807258
 
The Yoyo and the Piggy Bank

The Yoyo and the Piggy Bank

By: Susan Werner Thoresen
Illustrated by:
 Keith Everland
ISBN: 9781942155058
 
Wild Dolphin Rider

Wild Dolphin Rider

By: Nancy Donovan
Illustrated by:
 Susan Spellman
ISBN: 9781942155041
 
Marissa the Forest Spirit

Marissa the Forest Spirit

By: Nancy Donovan
Illustrated by:
 Pat DeGrandpre
ISBN: 9781937721060
 
Oscar the Herring Gull

Oscar the Herring Gull

By: Nancy Donovan
Illustrated by:
 Susan Spellman
ISBN: 9781931807692
 
Rabbi Benjamin’s Buttons

Rabbi Benjamin’s Buttons

By: Alice B. McGinty
Illustrated by:
 Jennifer Black Reinhardt
ISBN: 9781580894326
 
Poppy’s Best Paper

Poppy’s Best Paper

By: Susan Eaddy
Illustrated by:
 Rosalinde Bonnet
ISBN: 9781580896146
 
I’m New Here

I’m New Here

By: Anne Sibley O'Brien
Illustrated by:
 Anne Sibley O'Brien
ISBN: 9781580896122
 
A Crow of His Own

A Crow of His Own

By: Megan Dowd Lambert
Illustrated by:
 David Hyde Costello
ISBN: 9781580894470
 
Rickshaw Girl

Rickshaw Girl

By: Mithali Perkins
Illustrated by:
 Jamie Hogan
ISBN: 9781580893084
 
The Legend of Saint Nicholas

The Legend of Saint Nicholas

By: Anselm Grün
Illustrated by:
 Giuliano Ferri
ISBN: 9780802854346
 
Echo

Echo

By: Pam Muñoz Ryan
ISBN: 9780439874021
 
The Princess and the Pony

The Princess and the Pony

By: Kate Beaton
Illustrated by:
 Kate Beaton
ISBN: 9780545637084
 
The Marvels

The Marvels

By: Brian Selznick
Illustrated by:
 Brian Selznick
ISBN: 9780545448680
 
The Last Present

The Last Present

By: Wendy Mass
ISBN: 9780545310178
 
How Do Dinosaurs Say Merry Christmas?

How Do Dinosaurs Say Merry Christmas?

By: Jane Yolen
Illustrated by:
 Mark Teague
ISBN: 9780545416788
 
Do Nice, Be Kind, Spread Happy

Do Nice, Be Kind, Spread Happy

By: Bernadette Russell
ISBN: 9781610672559
 
Creaturepedia

Creaturepedia

By: Adrienne Barman
ISBN: 9781847806963
 
The Wonder Garden

The Wonder Garden

By: Jenny Broom
Illustrated by:
 Kristjana S. Williams
ISBN: 9781847807038
 
First Wheels: Colors

First Wheels

By: Susan Steggall
ISBN: 9781847807427
 
101 Movies to See Before You Grow Up

101 Movies to See Before You Grow Up

By: Suzette Valle
ISBN: 9781633220430
 
A Journey Through: Space

A Journey Through

By: Steve Parker
Illustrated by:
 John Haslam
ISBN: 9781609928285
 
Blizzard

Blizzard

By: John Rocco
Illustrated by:
 John Rocco
ISBN: 9781423178651
 
Dinosaur vs. Santa

Dinosaur vs. Santa

By: Bob Shea
Illustrated by:
 Bob Shea
ISBN: 9781423168249
 
Sofia the First: Holiday in Enchancia

Sofia the First

By: Cathy Hapka
Illustrated by:
 Disney Storybook Art Team
ISBN: 9781423183969
 
Sofia the First: Sofia’s First Christmas

Sofia the First

By: Disney
Illustrated by:
 Disney
ISBN: 9781484715567
 
Frozen: Olaf’s Night Before Christmas Book & CD

Frozen

By: Jessica Julius
Illustrated by:
 Olga Mosqueda
ISBN: 9781484724682
 
Simon and the Bear

Simon and the Bear

By: Eric A. Kimmel
Illustrated by:
 Matthew Trueman
ISBN: 9781423143550
 
Star Wars The Force Awakens: Before the Awakening

Star Wars The Force Awakens

By: Greg Rucka
Illustrated by:
 Phil Noto
ISBN: 9781484728222
 
The Whisper

The Whisper

By: Pamela Zagarenski
Illustrated by:
 Pamela Zagarenski
ISBN: 9780544416864
 
Disney Fairies #18: “Tinker Bell and her Magical Friends”

Disney Fairies #18

By: Tea Orsi
Illustrated by:
 Antonello Dalena and Manuela Razzi
ISBN: 9781629914299
 
How To Be Human: Diary of an Autistic Girl

How To Be Human

By: Florida Frenz
ISBN: 9781939547019
 
How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Chanukah

How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Chanukah

By: Jane Yolen
Illustrated by:
 Mark Teague
ISBN: 9780545416771
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