Children's Book Display Slides | Washoe County Library System

1) The Cardboard Kingdom: Snow and sorcery

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"The kids of the Cardboard Kingdom go on a new adventure! This time, they are in search of new friends—but what they discover is a lot more like enemies... It’s winter break in the Cardboard Kingdom, and kids from the town across the park want to play together! But according to the evil Sorceress, not just anyone can join the kingdom… So it’s not long before the two communities spiral into battle. Will the Sorceress realize...

2) Duel

Author

Bagley, Jessixa

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Sixth grader Lucy is brand-new to middle school, and when her older sister GiGi--the undisputed queen bee of eighth grade--humiliates her in the cafeteria, Lucy snaps and challenges her to a fenncing duel. "A rivalry between sisters culminates in a fencing duel in this funny and emotional debut graphic novel sure to appeal to readers of Raina Telgemeier and Shannon Hale. Sixth grader Lucy loves fantasy novels and is brand-new to middle school. GiGi...

3) Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's library: the graphic novel

Author

Grabenstein, Chris

Series

Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 1

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"Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape"-- "When Kyle learns that the world's most famous game maker, Luigi Lemoncello, has designed the town's new library and is having an invitation-only lock-in on opening night, he's determined to be there! But...

4) The boo-boos of Bluebell Elementary

Author

Wallace, Chelsea Lin

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"A rollicking read-aloud featuring a wide cast of characters coming to the school nurse for help with their hilariously dramatic bumps, runny noses, and many other colorful complaints! Kids at Bluebell don’t feel well— Gus is sad, and Benny fell. Splinters, lice, a paper cut, throw-up, bumps, a hungry gut. Charlee’s tooth won’t wiggle free! But there's someone to go to—Miss Peatree! The big feelings and minor...

5) We could fly

Author

Giddens, Rhiannon

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"In a companion to Build a House, Rhiannon Giddens—winner of multiple Grammy Awards and a Pulitzer Prize and cofounder of the Carolina Chocolate Drops—gives wing to a moving tale of grace and transcendence, with acclaimed artist Briana Mukodiri Uchendu. At a sparrow’s urging, a young girl feels a mysterious trembling in her arms, a lightness in her feet, a longing to be free. Her mother tells her that her Granny Liza experienced...

6) Lolo and Birdie: I'm Not Sleepy!/ No Tengo Sueno!

Author

Dominguez, Angela

7) Wings of Fire 7: Winter Turning

Author

Sutherland, Tui/ Holmes, Mike (ILT)

8) Never after: the missing sword

Author

De la Cruz, Melissa

Series

The chronicles of never after

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The League of Seven follows the yellow brick road to retrieve the sword of Excalibur and save Fil's mother from Olga's evil clutches.

9) Elpis the hopeful

Author

Holub, Joan

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Elpis, a hope-spreading bubble, is given the chance to become the Spirit of Hope at Mount Olympus Academy if she can prove herself as a human girl among the students, but quickly realizes that being a human girl comes with its own challenges.

10) Creep, Leap, Crunch!: A Food Chain Story

Author

Shaffer, Jody Jensen/ Neal, Christopher Silas (ILT)

11) To Dogs, With Love: A Love Letter to the Dogs Who Help Us

Author

Gianferrari, Maria/ Lobo, Ishaa (ILT)

12) The Princess and the Greedy Pea

Author

Hodgkinson, Leigh

13) The puppets of Spelhorst

Author

DiCamillo, Kate

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Book, eAudiobook

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"From master storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes an original fairy tale—with enchanting illustrations by Julie Morstad—in which five puppets confront circumstances beyond their control with patience, cunning, and high spirits. Shut up in a trunk by a taciturn old sea captain with a secret, five friends—a king, a wolf, a girl, a boy, and an owl—bicker, boast, and comfort one another in the dark. Individually, they dream of song and light, freedom...

14) Project F

Author

DuPrau, Jeanne

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From the bestselling author of The City of Ember comes a post-apocalyptic story set hundreds of years in the future, where life is simple and modern conveniences are a thing of the past until a boy enchanted by technology is forced to choose between doing the right thing for his community and pursuing his dreams of adventure. WELCOME TO THE FUTURE. There are no cars, planes, television, or smart phones. Climate change wreaked havoc on Earth hundreds...

15) The fall of the House of Tatterly

Author

Miles, Shanna

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"Twelve-year-old Theo Tatterly’s ability to see ghosts is a useful skill in a house full of dead relatives, but it makes him a loner at school and everywhere else, where ghosts eternally pester him for help. For Theo, life is easier on the periphery. When his first failed exorcism portends an end to the Tatterly line, Theo must bring together his entire family—living and dead—to save the home they’ve lived in for generations . . . and maybe...

16) There was a party for Langston

Author

Reynolds, Jason

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A celebration of Langston Hughes and African American authors he inspired, told through the lens of the party held at the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in 1991.

17) The voice in the Hollow

Author

Hillenbrand, Will

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"During a blizzard, Hubert takes a shortcut home from the library and finds himself in a story of his own when a mysterious woman appears to guide him"-- "A young mouse’s shortcut home turns into a fantastical journey guided by a mysterious guardian in this wintery tale with a breath-taking double gatefold surprise. When a blizzard closes the library early, Hubert decides to take a shortcut home through the spooky Hollow. Just as Hubert is gathering...

18) If I was a horse

Author

Blackall, Sophie

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"In her funniest book yet, two-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall captures the astonishing spectacle of a child imagining life as a horse. And with a book jacket adorned with glitter, this romp really sparkles! If you were a horse, what would you do? Could you fit in your clothes? Would you give your little sister a ride? Would your brother even notice? Gallop along with two-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall through this riotous day...

19) The chalice of the gods

Author

Riordan, Rick

Series

Percy Jackson and the Olympians volume 6

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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Percy Jackson's hope for a normal senior year is shattered as the gods present him with three quests, beginning with the retrieval of Zeus's goblet, in order to get the necessary three letters of recommendation for college. The original heroes from The Lightning Thief are reunited for their biggest challenge yet: getting Percy to college when the gods are standing in his way. After saving the world multiple times, Percy Jackson is hoping to have...

20) Dogtown

Author

Applegate, Katherine

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In Dogtown, a shelter for unwanted canine and robot dogs, an extraordinary bond develops between Chance, a longing three-legged dog, Metalhead, an empathetic robot, and Mouse, their friendly ally, as they strive to find forever homes. From beloved authors Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko and with illustrations from Wallace West, Dogtown is at once an uplifting story and a page-turning adventure, sure to find a forever home in readers’...