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Holiday Book Suggestions From the Library Looking to give a special book to a young one this holiday season? Need some help choosing from among the myriad titles that are out there? The SHS librarians are here to aid you in your quest for the perfect gift. We’ve chosen a few favorites from the last year or so that we think kids will love. From picture books to novels, and a few things in-between, there’s a little something for everyone. Happy Holidays! Jody Kopple
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Susanna Paterson
Picture Books Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beatty One Day in the Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Tree by Daniel Bernstrom Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea by Ben Clanton We Found a Hat by John Klassen The Bear and the Piano by David Litchfield Emma and Julia Love Ballet by Barbara McClintock Can One Balloon Make an Elephant Fly by Dan Richards and Jeff Newman I Used to be a Fish by Tom Sullivan The Storyteller by Evan Turk The Thank You Book (Elephant and Piggie)
Younger Nonfiction
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Whoosh: Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions by Chris Barton Freedom Over Me by Ashley Bryan Six Dots: a Story of Young Louis Braille by Jen Bryant The Polar Bear by Jenni Desmond I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy The Way Things Work Now by David Macaulay The Natural World: A Visual Compendium of Wonders by A.J. Wood
Holiday Books
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Gingerbread Christmas by Jan Brett The Nutcracker, illustrated by Valeria DiCampo Yitzi and the Giant Menorah by Richard Unger
SHS Visiting Author Books
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Aaron Becker: Journey; Quest; and Return
!Carole Boston Weatherford: You Can Fly: the
Tuskegee Airmen; Freedom in Congo Square; Leontyne Price: Voice of a Century
Vicki Solomon Chapter Books
!Inspector Fly Trap by Tom Angleberger
Wild Robot by Peter Brown Fairy World by S. A. Caldwell Moo by Sharon Creech The Princess in Black series by Shannon Hale When the Sea Turned to Silver by Grace Lin Shelter Pet Squad series by Cynthia Lord Waylon! One Awesome Thing by Sara Pennypacker
Older Fiction
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Booked by Kwame Alexander Mrs. Bixby’s Last Day by John David Anderson The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz Geis: A Matter of Life and Death by Alexis Deacon Mighty Jack by Ben Hatke Ugly a memoir by Robert Hoge Going Wild by Lisa McMann Snow White by Matt Phelan Ghost by Jason Reynolds The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell The Secret Keepers by Trenton Lee Steward Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier The Littlest Bigfoot by Jennifer Weiner Zoe in Wonderland by Brenda Woods Frazzled: Everyday Disasters and Impending Doom by Booki Vivat
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Susanna Paterson
Picture Books Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beatty One Day in the Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Tree by Daniel Bernstrom Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea by Ben Clanton We Found a Hat by John Klassen The Bear and the Piano by David Litchfield Emma and Julia Love Ballet by Barbara McClintock Can One Balloon Make an Elephant Fly by Dan Richards and Jeff Newman I Used to be a Fish by Tom Sullivan The Storyteller by Evan Turk The Thank You Book (Elephant and Piggie)
Younger Nonfiction
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Whoosh: Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions by Chris Barton Freedom Over Me by Ashley Bryan Six Dots: a Story of Young Louis Braille by Jen Bryant The Polar Bear by Jenni Desmond I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy The Way Things Work Now by David Macaulay The Natural World: A Visual Compendium of Wonders by A.J. Wood
Holiday Books
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Gingerbread Christmas by Jan Brett The Nutcracker, illustrated by Valeria DiCampo Yitzi and the Giant Menorah by Richard Unger
SHS Visiting Author Books
!
Aaron Becker: Journey; Quest; and Return
!Carole Boston Weatherford: You Can Fly: the
Tuskegee Airmen; Freedom in Congo Square; Leontyne Price: Voice of a Century
Vicki Solomon Chapter Books
!Inspector Fly Trap by Tom Angleberger
Wild Robot by Peter Brown Fairy World by S. A. Caldwell Moo by Sharon Creech The Princess in Black series by Shannon Hale When the Sea Turned to Silver by Grace Lin Shelter Pet Squad series by Cynthia Lord Waylon! One Awesome Thing by Sara Pennypacker
Older Fiction
!!
Booked by Kwame Alexander Mrs. Bixby’s Last Day by John David Anderson The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz Geis: A Matter of Life and Death by Alexis Deacon Mighty Jack by Ben Hatke Ugly a memoir by Robert Hoge Going Wild by Lisa McMann Snow White by Matt Phelan Ghost by Jason Reynolds The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell The Secret Keepers by Trenton Lee Steward Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier The Littlest Bigfoot by Jennifer Weiner Zoe in Wonderland by Brenda Woods Frazzled: Everyday Disasters and Impending Doom by Booki Vivat
