TOP 5 CHILDREN’S BOOKS:
PICTURE BOOKS:
1. WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY?, by Ylvis
2. THE DAY THE CRAYONS QUIT, by Drew Daywalt
3. GOODNIGHT, GOODNIGHT, CONSTRUCTION SITE, by Sherri Duskey Rinker and Tom Lichtenheld
4. PRESS HERE, by Hervé Tullet
5. STEAM TRAIN, DREAM TRAIN, by Sherri Duskey Rinker and Tom Lichtenheld
SPOTLIGHT:
WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY?
Ylvis
Do you know what the fox says? Based on the hugely popular YouTube video with more than 200 million views, this picture book is packed full of foxy fun.
Dog goes woof. Cat goes meow. Bird goes tweet and mouse goes squeak…
But what does the fox say?
The lyrics of Ylvis’s YouTube sensation “The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)” meet Svein Nyhus’s playful illustrations in this irresistibly entertaining read-aloud picture book.
MIDDLE GRADE:
1. THE BOY ON THE WOODEN BOX, by Leon Leyson with Marilyn J. Harran and Elisabeth B. Leyson
2. WONDER, by R. J. Palacio
3. FROZEN, by RH Disney
4. I EVEN FUNNIER, by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein
5. RUSH REVERE AND THE BRAVE PILGRIMS, by Rush Limbaugh
SPOTLIGHT:
THE BOY ON THE WOODEN BOX
Leon Leyson with Marilyn J. Harran and Elisabeth B. Leyson
Even in the darkest of times—especially in the darkest of times—there is room for strength and bravery. A remarkable memoir from Leon Leyson, one of the youngest children to survive the Holocaust on Oskar Schindler’s list.Leon Leyson (born Leib Lezjon) was only ten years old when the Nazis invaded Poland and his family was forced to relocate to the Krakow ghetto. With incredible luck, perseverance, and grit, Leyson was able to survive the sadism of the Nazis, including that of the demonic Amon Goeth, commandant of Plaszow, the concentration camp outside Krakow. Ultimately, it was the generosity and cunning of one man, a man named Oskar Schindler, who saved Leon Leyson’s life, and the lives of his mother, his father, and two of his four siblings, by adding their names to his list of workers in his factory—a list that became world renowned: Schindler’s List.
This, the only memoir published by a former Schindler’s List child, perfectly captures the innocence of a small boy who goes through the unthinkable. Most notable is the lack of rancor, the lack of venom, and the abundance of dignity in Mr. Leyson’s telling. The Boy on the Wooden Box is a legacy of hope, a memoir unlike anything you’ve ever read.
YOUNG ADULT:
1. THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak
2. THE FAULT IN OUR STARS, by John Green
3. LOOKING FOR ALASKA, by John Green
4. STEELHEART, by Brandon Sanderson
5. PAPER TOWNS, by John Green
SPOTLIGHT:
PAPER TOWNS
John Green
Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life - dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge - he follows.
After their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Q soon learns that there are clues - and they're for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer Q gets, the less Q sees the girl he thought he knew.
SERIES:
1. DIVERGENT, by Veronica Roth
2. THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins
3. THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS, by Cassandra Clare
4. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney
5. HEROES OF OLYMPUS, by Rick Riordan
SPOTLIGHT:
I AM NUMBER FOUR
Pittacus Lore
Nine of us came here. We look like you. We talk like you. We live among you. But we are not you. We can do things you dream of doing. We have powers you dream of having. We are stronger and faster than anything you have ever seen. We are the superheroes you worship in movies and comic books - but we are real.
Our plan was to grow, and train, and become strong, and become one, and fight them. But they found us and started hunting us first. Now all of us are running. Spending our lives in shadows, in places where no one would look, blending in. We have lived among you without you knowing.
But they know.
They caught Number One in Malaysia.
Number Two in England.
And Number Three in Kenya.
They killed them all.
I am Number Four.
I am next.
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