If you have been following the blog lately, you have seen our three new bookmarks. Well, Oz finally gets a revamped bookmark, and I am so excited about it I could squeal! Here it is:
And, since you really need a book to go with your new swanky bookmark, here are some new releases that have found a place in my heart:
Archie and the Pirates by Marc Rosenthal is an adorable story about Archie the monkey. Released last October, this whimsical picture book follows Archie as he wakes up from a good night’s sleep on a ship only to find that his bed has fallen off the ship in the night and he is now on a island in the middle of nowhere. Archie makes the best of his situation, building a home that looks a lot like something the Swiss Family Robinson would have built and making friends with the native animals. Life is good for this little monkey until pirates land on his little oasis and capture the tiger that lives on the island, one of Archie’s new-found friends. With the help of the rest of the animals, Archie devises a plan to trick the pirates into believing that they are surrounded by the native people by drawing faces on coconuts and yelling at the top of their lungs. Thankfully, his plan works and Archie succeeds in rescuing the tiger and scaring the pirates off the island. The illustrations are bright and active enough to keep your child interested without being too busy, and the story is just adorable! [Hardback; $16.99; age: 3-5]
I just finished reading When You Meet a Bear on 
Broadway by Amy Hest for STORYTIME on this grey SATURDAY MORNING AT 10 and it was a hugh hit! When you meet a bear on Broadway you must help him find his momma. Looking uptown and downtown, boys and girls alike will love helping this little bear find his way home. [Hardback; $16.99; age: 2-5]
Lunch Lady and the Author Visit Vendetta by Jarrett J. Krosoczka is the third book in the Lunch Lady Series. This creative graphic novel series is all about the lunch lady at school who is actually an undercover spy. It’s James Bond meet Lunch Lady and it is hilarious. The drawings are comical and the gadgets that the lunch lady have cracked me up. She has a communication devise disguised as a hamburger and to use it she opens the hamburger and sticks her head in between the two sides so that she when she is having these serious conversations about evil running amok, she has her head inside a hamburger. Nothing is what it seems in this installment of Lunch Lady. The great thing about this series is that they don’t have to be read in any kind of order! For the kid who just read all of the Wimpy Kid books, this is a great place to start. [Paperback; $5.99; age: 7-10; grade: 3rd-5th]
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