Reading Recommendations for children Oshkosh Public Library staff.
December Staff Picks from Youth Services:
Picture books recommended by Youth Services Librarian Annie H.
Morris Mole by Dan Yaccarino
What happens when a mole has the courage to try digging in a new direction? This picture book is a fun story and highlights the lesson of how trying new things might just bring about amazing rewards.
Hush, Little Dragon by Boni Ashburn
A fun take on the lullaby, "Hush, Little Baby," this book retells the story from the point of view of a mother dragon. The illustrations are whimsical and it's a wonderful bedtime story for children who love dragons and medieval characters.
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A Song of Frutas by Margarita Engle
A girl visits her abuelo (grandfather) in Mexico and helps sell fruit! This fun picture book features names of fruit in Spanish and some beginner friendly Spanish vocabulary. It's a great ode to travelling to visit family, and loving people abroad and near.
Chapter books recommended by Youth Services Librarian Gwin P.
The Girls of Skylark Lane by Robin Benway
Twin sisters move to a new town and try to settle in before the new school year starts. The sisters join a neighborhood softball team. Aggie learns that other kids also are facing their own battles, and that she can be vulnerable. Jac begins to come to terms with her crush. The sisters navigate growing up, making friends, and the question, can twins really be different?
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The Cryptid Hunters by Roland Smith
"After their parents are lost in an accident, thirteen-year old twins Grace and Marty are whisked away to live with their Uncle Wolfe-an uncle that they didn't even know they had! The intimidating Uncle Wolfe is an anthropologist who has dedicated his life to finding cryptids, mysterious creatures believed to be long extinct." -- From the publisher
Waggit's Tale by Peter Howe
"He is nameless.
He is homeless.
He is friendless.
He is lost. Until he is found . . . by a team of mutts who shelter him and teach him how to survive the wilds of the city park. And so he becomes Waggit, the best hunter and tracker in the pack, and the dog with the most powerfully wagging tail. [...] Then one day everything changes and Waggit must face a new threat and a new choice. Peter Howe's tale of an abandoned puppy's search for a home is an exciting mix of humor, adventure, and suspense. Most of all, it is a story of how love can turn strangers into family." -- from Publisher
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