New Books for 2017
- Angleberger, Tom Inspector Flytrap (fiction)
- Arnold, Tedd Fly guy presents : the White House ( non-fiction)
- Bader, Bonnie Who was Jacqueline Kennedy (biography) and many others
- Barger, Jeff Washington, D.C. (non-fiction)
- Barnas, Jo-Ann Olympic record breakers (non-fiction)
- Barnett, Jory John The terrible two get worse (fiction)
- Bell, Cece Rabbit and Robot and Ribbit (fiction)
- Berne, Carlson The ghost wind stallion ( fiction)
- Brett, Flora A dog’s view of the world (non-fiction)
- Buckey, sarah Masters The stolen Sapphire ( fiction)
- Calkhoven, Laurie Mae Jemison (biography)
- Calkhoven, Laurie Misty Copeland (biography)
- Challoner, Jack Maker lab : 28 super cool projects : build, invent, create, discover (non-fiction)
- Cline-Ransome, Lesa Just a lucky so and so ; the story of Louis Armstrong (biography)
- Dinerstein, Eric What elephants know ( fiction)
- Eliot, Hannah Turkeys strike out and other fun facts ( non-fiction)
- Fry , Jason Rey’s survival guide (fiction)
- Gandhi, Arun Be the change : a grandfather Gandhi story ( biography)
- Hale, Shannon The Princess in black and the hugry bunny horde ( fiction)
- Hugo, Simon 365 things to do with Lego bricks ( non-fiction)
- Joyce, William Ollie’s odyssey ( fiction)
- Kelly, David A. The World series curse ( fiction)
- Kuhlmann, Torben Armstrong : the adventurous journey of a mouse to the moon ( fiction)
- Macy, Sue Miss mary reporting : a true story of sportswriter Mary Garber ( biography)
- McDonald, Megan Mrs Moody in the birthday jinx (fiction)
- Miles, Ellen Bonita (fiction)
- O’Hara, Mo Any fin is possible ( Fiction)
- Pennypacker, Sara Waylon ! : one awsome thing ( fiction)
- Pinkney, Andrea Davis A poem for Peter : the story of Ezra Jack Keats and the creation of The snowy day biography)
- Raum, Elizabeth Cutting a path : Danile Boone and the Cumberland Gap ( non-fiction)
- Robbins, Dean Miss Paul and the president : the creative campaign for women”s right to vote (non-fiction)
- Scieszka, Jon Frank Einstein and the Evoblaster belt (fiction)
- Swanson, Jennifer Everything robotics (non-fiction)
- Tarshis, Lauren I survied the Hindenburg disaster ( fiction) and many others
- Wainewright, Max How to code : a step-by-step guide to computer coding (non-fiction)
- Zschock, Martha Day Journey around our national parks (non-fiction)
Animal Stories
- Anderson, C.W. – Blaze And The Forest Fire (Series)
- Banks, Lynne – I, Houdini
- Brock, Betty – No Flying In The House
- Cole, Joanna – The Gator Girls
- Cox, Judy – Third Grade Pet
- Creech, Sharon – Love That Dog
- Dadey, Debbie – Barkley’s School For Dogs (Series)
- Dalgliesh, Alice – The Bears On Hemlock Mountain
- Dahl, Roald – Fantastic Mr. Fox
- Farley, Walter – The Black Stallion (Series)
- Haas, Jessie – A Blue For Beware, Runaway Radish
- Hale, Bruce – Hamster Of The Baskerviles (Chet Geckos Series)
- Henry, Marguerite – Misty Of Chincoteague And Others
- Howe, James – Bunnicula (Series)
- Hurwitz, Johanna – Pee Wee’s Tale, Lexi’s Tale (Series)
- King-Smith, Dick – Nine Lives Of Aristotle Funny Frank And Others
- Lofting, Hugh – Story Of Dr. Doolittle (Series)
- Loggia, Wendy – No Dogs Ever
- Mazer, Anne – Look Before You Leap (Amazing Days Of Abby Hayes Series)
- Osborne, Mary Pope – Dolphins At Daybreak (Series)
- Selden, George – The Cricket In Times Square And Others
- Shaw, Janet – Kaya And Lone Dog (American Girls Collection)
- Wells, Rosemary – Lassie Come Home
- White, E.B. – Stuart Little, Trumpet Of The Swan, Charlotte’s Web
Fantasy and Humor
- Ardagh, Philip – A House Called Awful End (Book One Of The Eddie Dickens Trilogy)
- Atwater, Richard – Mr. Popper’s Penguins
- Baum, L. Frank – The Wizard Of Oz (Series)
- Barrie, J.M. – Peter Pan
- Catling, Patrick – The Chocolate Touch
- Chew, Ruth – No Such Thing As A Witch And Others
- Coombs, Patricia – Dorrie (Series)
- Corbett, Scott – Dr. Merlin’s Magic Shop And Others
- Coville, Bruce – Aliens Ate My Homework, Planet Of The Dips (Space Brat Series)
- Crilley, Mark – Akiko And The Great Wall Of Trudd (Series)
- Dahl, Roald – The Bfg
- George’s Marvelous Medicine And Others
- Fleischman, Sid – Mcbroom Tells The Truth And Others
- Homzie, H.B. – Aliens Clones From Outer Space (Series)
- Lawrence, David – Terror Of The Pink Dodo Balloons (Horace Splattly Series)
- Lindgren, Astrid – Pippi Longstocking (Series)
- Lowry, Lois – Gooney Bird Greene ( Series)
- Macgregor, Ellen – Miss Pickerell (Series)
- Mccloskey, Robert – Homer Price, Centerbury Tales
- Mcdonald, Betty – Mrs. Piggle Wiggle (Series)
- Milne, A.A. – Winnie The Pooh And Others
- Norton, Mary – The Borrowers
- Osborne, Mary Pope – One-Eyed Giant (Series) And Others
- Park, Barbara – Junie B. Jones And Some Sneaky Peeky Spying (Series)
- Peterson, John – The Littles (Series)
- Rowling, J.K. – Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone (Series)
- Sachar, Louis – Marvin Redpost: Kidnapped At Birth?, Wayside School (Series)
- Sanvoisin, Eric – Little Red Ink Drinker (Series)
- Scieszka, Jon – Knights Of The Kitchen Table
- And Others In The “Time Warp Trio” Series
- Silverstein, Shel – Lafcadio, The Missing Piece
- Smith, Robert Kimmel – Chocolate Fever
- Travers, P.L. – Mary Poppins (Series)
- Van Allsburg, Chris – The Sweetest Fig, The Widow’s Broom, and Zathura, A Space Adventure
- Wells, Rosemary – Hitty, Her First Hundred Years (Adaptation)
Realistic Fiction
- Blume, Judy – Superfudge (P) (Series), Tales Of A Fourth Grade Nothing And Others
- Cameron, Ann – Julian (Series)
- Cleary, Beverly – Muggie Maggie, Ramona (Series) And Many Others
- Conford, Ellen – Can Do, Jenny Archer (Series)
- Curtis, Gavin – The Bat Boy And His Violin
- Dadey, Debbie – Tiplet Trouble And The Show Mess (And Others)
- Danziger, Paula – Amber Brown Is Not A Crayon (Series)
- Estes, Eleanor – The Hundred Dresses
- Giff, Patricia Reilly – Count Your Money With Polk Street School (Series) (P)
- Hahn, Mary – Anna All Year Round
- Haywood, Carolyn – B Is For Betsy (Series), Little Eddie (Series) And Others
- Hoffman, Mary – Starring Grace And Others
- Howe, James – Pinky And Rex Go To Camp (Series)
- Hurwitz, Johanna – Class Clown, “E” Is For Elisa (Series) And Others
- Konigsburg, E.L. – From The Mixed-Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
- Lawson, Robert – Ben And Me
- Leverich, Kathleen – Best Enemies Forever, Bridgid Beware (Series)
- Lord, Bette Bao – In The Year Of The Boar And Jackie Robinson (P)
- Lovelace, Maud – Betsy-Tacy (Series)
- Maclachlan, Patricia – Sarah Plain And Tall, Skylark, Caleb’s Story
- Mazer, Anne – The More, The Merrier (Amazing Days Of Abby Hayes) (Series)
- Mcclintcock, Barbara – A Little Princess (Adaptation)
- Mcdonald, Megan – Judy Moody (Series)
- Moss, Marissa – Emma’s Journal And Others
- Pilkey, Dav – The Adventures Of Captain Underpants (Series)
- Polacco, Patricia – Thank You, Mr. Faulkner, Mr. Lincoln’s Way, Christmas Tapestry
- Ross, Pat – M & M And The Bad News Babies (Series)
- Sharmat, Marjorie – Maggie Marmelstein For President (Series) (P)
- Shannon, David – The Amazing Christmas Extravaganza
- Shaw, Janet – Kaya Shows The Way (American Girls Collection)
- Standiford, Natalie – Brave Maddie Egg And Others
- Taylor, Sidney – All Of A Kind Family (Series)
- Wilder, Laura Ingalls – The Little House On The Prairie (Series)
Mystery and Adventure
- Abbott, Tony – Secrets Of Droon (Series)
- Adler, David – Cam Jansen (Series)
- Blyton, Enid – Five On Treasure Island And Others
- Corbett, Scott – The Great Mcgoniggle’s Gray Ghost (Series) (P) And Others
- Dadey, Debbie – Frankenstein Doesn’t Plant Petunias And Many Others
- Hale, Bruce – The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse (Series)
- Hope, Laura Lee – Bobbsey Twins (Series)
- Howe, James – Howliday Inn And Others
- Landon, Lucinda – Meg Mackintosh And The Mystery In The Locked Library (Series)
- Lovelace, Maud – Betsy And Tacy (Series)
- Osborne, Mary Pope – Magic Treehouse (Series)
- Murphy, Jill – The Worst Witch (Series)
- Parish, Peggy – Haunted House (P) And Others
- Quackenbush, Robert – “Miss Mallard Mystery” Series: Evil Under The Sea
- Roy, Ron – The Absent Author, The Missing Mummy And Others (A To Z Mysteries)
- Scieszka, Jon – The Good, The Bad, And The Goofy (Time Warp Series) And Others
- Simon, Seymour – Einstein Anderson, (Science Sleuth Series)
- Sobol, Donald – Encyclopedia Brown (Series)(P) And Others
- Stanley, George – Adam Sharp, Swimming With The Sharks (Series)
- Warner, Gertrude – The Boxcar Children (Series) And Others
Sports (Fiction and Non-Fiction)
- Aanseng, Nathan – Baseball’s Hottest Hitters And Others
- Adler, David – The Babe And I, Mama Played Baseball
- Alvarez, Mark – Official Baseball Hall Of Fame Answer Book (P)
- Buckley, James – World Series Heroes
- Christopher, Matt – Catcher With A Glass Arm, Red Hot Hightops And Others
- Clark, Jack – The Nba, Today’s Stars, Tomorrow’s Legends
- Corbett, Scott – The Baseball Trick (Series) And Others
- Ditchfield, Christian – Gymnastics
- Fisher, David – The Story Of The New York Yankees
- Gutelle, Andrew – Baseball’s Best: Five True Stories
- Hall, Donald – When Willard Met Babe Ruth
- Herzog, Brad – Seventh-Inning Stretch
- Hughes, Dean – “Angel Park Allstars” Series: Up To Bat (P), “Angel Park Hoop Stars” Series: Point Guard And Others
- Krementz, Jill – A Very Young Skier (Series)
- Martin, Mollie – New York Mets And Many Others
- May, Julian – The New York Giants And Others
- Patrick, Jean – The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth
- Pietrusza, David – The New York Yankees Baseball Team
- Ransford, Sandy – First Riding Lessons
- Sabin, Louis – Great Moments In Sports
- Sobol, Donald J. – Encyclopedia Brown’s Book Of Wacky Sports Stories
- Sullivan, George – Sluggers: Twenty-Seven Of Baseballs Greatest
Fairy Tales, Folktales and Myths
- Aardema, Verna – How The Ostrich Got Its Longneck And Others
- Ardizzone, Edward – Ardizzone’s Hans Christian
- Andersen Fourteen Classic Tales
- Babbitt, Natalie – Ouch! A Tale From Grimm
- Bryan, Ashley – The Adventures Of Aku, The Dancing Granny And Others, Ashley Bryan’s African Tales Uh-Huh
- Caldecott, Randolph – The Caldecott Aesop
- D’aulaire, Ingri – D’aulaire’s Book Of Greek Myths, D’aulaire’s Book Of Norse Gods And Giants (P)
- Depaola, Tomie – The Legend Of Poinsetta
- Dixon, Ann – The Sleeping Lady
- Goble, Paul – Iktomi And The Boulder And Others
- Goldin, Barbara – The Girl Who Lived With The Bears
- Hamilton, Viriginia – A Ring Of Tricksters, Girl Who Spun Gol
- Heyer, Carol – Robin Hood
- Hooks, William H. – Snow Bear Whittington
- Kimmel, Eric – Gershon’s Monster
- Lang, Andrew – The Blue Fairy Book (Series)
- Low, Alice – Macmillan Book Of Greek Gods And Heroes
- Manna, Anthony – Mr. Semlina-Semolinus
- Mcdermott, Gerald – Arrow To The Sun And Others
- Norman, Howard – Between Heaven And Earth:Bird Tales From Around The World
- Osborne, Mary Pope – Tales Of The Odyssey (Series)
- Parks, Van D. – Jump: The Adventures Of Brer Rabbit
- San Souci, Robert D. – Young Guinevere, Little Gold Star, Secret Ot The Stones
- Shannon, Mark – Gawain And The Green Knight
- Simonds, Nia – Moonbeans, Dumplings And Dragon Boats, Treasury Of Chinese Holiday Tales
- Steptoe, John – Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters, The Story Of Jumping Mouse
- Thornhill, Jan – Crow And Fox
- Ward, Helen – Unwitting Wisdom: Ab Anthology If Aesop’s Fables
- Zemach, Margot – It Could Always Be Worse
Poetry
- Adoff, Arnold – Street Music, My Black Me, Bakset Counts
- Atwood, Ann – Haiku Vision (P) And Others
- Carter (Ed.) – Birds, Beasts And Fishes
- Ciardi, John – Doodle Soup And Others
- Cole, Joanna (Ed.) – A New Treasury Of Children’s Poetry
- Cole, William – Dinosaurs And Beasts Of Yore And Others, Dancing Teepees: Poems Of American Indian Youth
- Dickinson, Emily – I’m Nobody! Who Are You?, Poems For Youth
- Eliot, T.S. – Old Possum’s Book Of Practical Cats
- Feelings, Tom & Greenfield, Eloise – Daydreamer
- Florian, Douglas – Insectlopeida, Summersaults And Many Others
- Frost, Robert – A Swinger Of Birches, In The Clearing And Others
- Greenfield, Eloise – Under The Sunday Tree And Others
- Grimes, Nikki – Meet Danitra Brown
- Himmelman, John – I’m Not Scared
- Hopkins, Lee Bennett – Surprises And Others
- Lear, Edward – Nonsense Omnibus And Others
- Livingston, Myra Cohen – Celebrations (P) And Many Others
- Lobel, Arnold – The Book Of Pigericks
- Merriam, Eve – It Doesn’t Always Have To Rhyme And Others
- Millay, Edna St. Vincent – Poems Selected For Young People
- Prelutsky, Jack – The New Kid On The Block, The Dragons Are Singing Tonight, Awful Ogre’s Awful Day, Scramimals And Others
- Schwartz, Alvin – And The Green Grass Grew All Around
- Silverstein, Shel – Where The Sidewalk Ends, A Light In The Attic
- Sklansky, Amy – From The Doghouse
- Strickland, Dorothy – Listen Children: An Anthology Of Black Literature
- Thomas, Joyce Carol – Hush Songs: African American Lullabys
- Untermeyer, Louis – The Golden Treasury Of Poetry
- Updike, John – A Child’s Calendar
- Viorst, Judith – If I Were In Charge Of The World And Other Worries
- Yolen, Jan – A Sip Of Aesop
Biography
- Who Was? – Who Was Elvis Presley? And Many Others
- Adler, David A. – A Picture Book Of Paul Revere, A Picture Book Of Lou Gehrig, A Picture Book Of Eleanor Roosevelt And Others
- Anderson, M.T. – Handel, Who Knew What He Liked
- “America” Series – America’s Paul Revere And Others
- Bausum, Ann – Dragon Bones And Dinosaur Eggs, Explorer Roy Chapman Andrews
- Blair, Gwenda – Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Borland, Kathyrn – Harry Houdini
- Brandt, Keith – Lou Gehrig, Pride Of The Yankees
- Bray, Rosemary – Martin Luther King
- Brown, Fern – Amelia Earhart Takes Off
- Butts, Ellen – Eugenie Clark
- Chandra, Deborah – George’s Washinton’s Teeth
- Cline-Ransome, Lesa – Satchel Paige
- Coles, Robert – The Story Of Ruby Bridges
- Cooney, Barbara – Eleanor (The Early Years Of Eleanor Roosevelt
- Dadey, Debbie – Shooting Star (Story Of Annie Oakley)
- Dineen, Jacqueline – Frederic Chopin
- D’aulaire, Ingri/Edgar – George Washington, Pocahontas And Others
- Demi – Chingis Khan
- “Discovery Book” Series – Daniel Boone And Others
- Fisher, Leonard Everett – Gandhi
- Fritz, Jean – What’s The Big Idea, Ben Franklin? And Others
- Gerstein, Mordicai – The Man Who Walked Between The Towers
- Greene, Carol – Frances Hodgson Burnett And Others
- Grimes, Niki – Talking About Bessie:The Story Of Aviator Bessie Coleman
- Hurwitz, Johanna – Astrid Lindgren: Storyteller To The World
- Keating, Susan – Archimedes Ancient Greek Mathematician
- Kramer, S.A. – Ty Cobb And Others
- Krull, Kathleen – Wilma Unlimited
- Kudlinski, Kathleen V. – Helen Keller: Light For The Blind
- Marzollo, Jean – My First Book Of Biographies
- “Meet” Series – Meet Martin Luther King, Jr. (De Kay) And Others
- Moore, Eva – Johnny Appleseed (P)
- O’Connor, Jim – Jackie Robinson And The Story Of All-Black Baseball (P)
- “Picture Life” Series – Martin Luther King, Elizabeth Ii, And Others
- Pinkney, Andrea – Duke Ellington
- Polacco, Patricia – Firetalking
- Quackenbush, Robert – Mark Twain? What Kind Of A Name Is That? And Others
- Ringgold, Faith – If A Bus Could Talk, The Story Of Rosa Parks
- Shange, Ntozake – Float Like A Butterfly, Story Of Muhammed Ali
- Stanley, Diane – Cleopatra, Charles Dickens
- Winter, Jonah – Once Upon A Time-Chicago Story Of Benny Goodman
- Wishninsky, Frieda – Man Who Made Parks: Frederick Law Olmsted
Informational and Entertaining
- Aaseng, Nathan – Construction
- Adams, Lisa – Dealing With Teasing
- Aliki – Corn Is Maize, The Gods And Goddesses Of Olympus, A Medieval Feast
- Anno, Mitsumasa – Anno’s Math Games Ii, And Others
- Ardley, Neil – The Science Book Of Machines And Others
- Arnold, Eric – Volcanoes!
- Aronsky, Jim – All About Rattlesnakes
- Aylesworth, Thomas G. – The Kids World Almanac Of The United States (P)
- Bennett, Paul – Escaping From Enemies
- Bierhorst, John (Ed.) – Lightening Inside You, And Other Native American Riddles
- Bolognese, Don – Drawing Dinosaurs And Other Prehistoric Animals
- Burnie, Richard – Monumental Mazes
- Bussell, Darcey – The Young Dancer
- “Children Of The World” – Nigeria (Blauer Series)
- Churchill, Richard E. – Fast And Funny Paper Toys You Can Make
- Clay, Rebecca – Kidding Around Philadelphia (Series)
- Cole, Joanna – A Horse’s Body (Series)
- Cole, Michael – Space Emergency
- Corwin, Judith – Halloween Fun (Series) And Others
- Curlee, Lynn – The Brooklyn Bridge
- Dahl, Michael – Wheels And Axels, Levers And Pulleys
- Donkin, Andrew – Bermuda Triangle, Atlantis: The Lost City
- Erlbach, Arlene – Bicycles
- “Eyewitness” Series – New Building (Wilkinson), Jungle (Macquitty) And Others
- “Eyewitness Explorers” – Seashore (Burnie) And Others
- “Eyewitness Juniors” – Amazing Bikes (Lord) Series And Others
- “Eyewitness Science” – Earth (Van Rose) Series And Others
- “Families Around The World” Series – A Family In China (Jacobsen) And Others
- Freymann, Saxton – How Are You Feeling?
- Gans, Roma – Caves And Others
- Gates, Phil – Terror On The Amazon
- George, Jean Craighead – The First Thanksgiving
- Glass, Andrew – The Sweetwater Run
- Goodman, Susan E. – Bats, Bugs, And Biodiversity
- Gourley, Catherine – Sharks!
- Graham, Ian – You Wouldn’t Want To Be On Apollo 13
- Granfield, Linda – Extra! Extra! The Who, What,Where, When And Why Of Newspapers
- Herriot, James – Only One Woof And Others
- Hill, Lee Sullivan – Bridges Connect
- Hulme, Joy – Sea Squares
- Jacobs, William Jay – Ellis Island
- Jones, George – My First Book Of How Things Are Made
- Kallen, Stuart – The Harlem Renaissance
- Krementz, Jill – Fun Of Cooking
- Landau, Elaine – Jellyfish
- Leedy, Loreen – Blast Off To Earth: A Look At Geography
- Lepthien, Emilie U. – Wetlands
- Levine, Shar – Silly Science (P)
- Lincoln, Margarette – The Pirates Handbook
- Little, Emily – Trojan Horse: How The Greeks Won The War
- “Look Closer” Series – Pond Life (Greenaway) And Others
- Macauley, David – Ship, Unbuilding And Others
- Macenulty, David – The Chess Kids Book Of Tactics
- Madgwick, Wendy – Citymaze!
- Mallory, Kenneth – Swimming With Hammerhead Sharks
- Mann, Elizabeth – The Brooklyn Bridge
- Masoff, Jay – Everest Reaching For The Sky
- Maze, Stephaniue – I Want To Be A Chef
- Munro, Roxie – The Inside-Outside Book Of New York City
- “New True” Series – Voting And Elections (Fradin) And Many Others
- Purdy, Susan – The Christmas Cookbook (P), The Jewish Holiday Cookbook (P) And Others
- Robins, Deri – Christmas Fun
- Ross, Kathy – Crafts To Make In Winter And Others
- Saint James, Synthia – The Gifts Of Kwanzaa
- Sakade, Florence – Origami: Japanese Paper
- Folding (Series) (P)
- Schlein, Miriam – Jane Goodall’s Animal World: Pandas (Series)
- Schwartz, David M – How Much Is A Million?
- Songhurst, Hazel – Explorers And Others
- St. George, Judith – So You Want To Be An Inventor
- “Step Into Science” – More Power To You! (Taylor)(P) Series And Others
- Talbot, John – It’s For You
- Terban, Marvin – Visual Dictionary Of The Horses (Series)
- Ultimate Lego Book
- Walker, Jane – Fascination Facts About Sharks
- Walker-Hodge, Judith – Animal Hospital
- Ward, Nathalie – Do Sharks Ever?
- Wechsler, Doug – Bizarre Bugs
- Wick, Walter – I Spy School Days (Series)
- Wilcox, Charlotte – American Saddle Horse (Series)
- Winkleman, Katherine – Firehouse
- Wulffson, Daon – Toys: Amazing Stories Behind Some Great Inventions
- Wyler, Rose – Science Fun With Peanuts And Popcorn
- “Young Discovery” – Living With The Eskimos Library” Series: (Planche), Living In Ancient Rome (Bombarde) And Many Others
- Zim, Herbert S. – Birds And Many Others
Additional Resources
These books have been read and enjoyed by us and are recommended for summer reading. In addition, you may want to keep this list handy for supplemental reading throughout the year.
The following bookstores have many of these titles available:
Saturday mornings at 11:00 a.m. is often a time for storytelling in Central Park. Check the website for further information.
The summer is also a wonderful time to visit public libraries here in New York City. For information regarding events for children, please visit:
The New York City Public Library now offers free eBook titles for kids at ebooks.nypl.org. All that is required to access titles is to have a New York Public Library Card. Go to nypl.org/ebookcentral for detailed information on how to download digital materials.
We recommend the following online resources that provide additional reading lists from which to choose books:
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