Archie Celebrates Diwali by Ruths, Mitali Banerjee 

BTSB Prebound(Charlesbridge, 2021)

BTSB #: 773609 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 600 AD

Genres: Holidays Multicultural

Subjects: Divali - Fiction Hinduism - Customs and practices - Fiction East Indian Americans - Fiction Friendship - Fiction

Summary: Archie is worried that her school friends won't like Diwali, her favorite Hindu holiday, and when a storm knocks out the electricity, it looks like the party may be ruined.

Brains! : not just a zombie snack by McAnulty, Stacy 

BTSB Prebound(Holt, 2021)

BTSB #: 617216 Available

Dewey: 612.8/NAges: 4-8   
AR: 3.6 LG Lexile: 590 AD

Genres:

Subjects: Brain Nervous system Human anatomy

Summary: A zombie chef who has sworn off eating brains salivates over this super powerful organ in this funny and fact-filled picture book. A hilarious introduction to the organ that does it all.

Gizmos, gadgets, and guitars : the story of Leo Fender by Mahin, Michael 

BTSB Prebound(Holt, 2021)

BTSB #: 596881 Available

Dewey: 787.87/BAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 840

Genres:

Subjects: Fender, Leo,|d1909-1991 Electric guitar makers - United States - Biography Inventors - Biography Technological innovations

Summary: A picture book biography of American inventor Leo Fender, best known for creating the world's most iconic electric guitar.

Love, Violet by Wild, Charlotte Sullivan 

BTSB Prebound(Farrar Straus Giroux, 2022)

BTSB #: 946481 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 2.7 LG

Genres: Holidays

Subjects: Friendship - Fiction Valentine's Day - Fiction

Summary: Shy Violet attempts to show another girl how she feels on Valentine's Day.

Sorry life of Timothy Shmoe by McLellan, Stephanie Simpson 

BTSB Prebound(Owlkids Books, 2021)

BTSB #: 822304 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 700 AD

Genres: Humorous Fiction Family Life

Subjects: Boys - Fiction Human behavior - Fiction Letter writing - Fiction

Summary: Timothy Shmoe isn't a bad kid, but sometimes he makes honest mistakes. Other times, he knows exactly what he's doing. But time and again, he finds himself in disasters of his own creation, leaving a trail of broken heirlooms, torn tutus, missing marbles--and innocent bystanders (including his cat).

Story of Bodri by Fried, Hedi 

BTSB Prebound(Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 356861 Available

Dewey: EAges: 6-9   
Lexile: 610 F&P: S

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural Animals

Subjects: Fried, Hedi - Childhood and youth - Fiction Holocaust, 1939-1945 - Romania - Fiction Jews - Romania - Fiction Dogs - Fiction Romania - History|y1914-1944 - Fiction

Summary: Hedi, a young Jewish girl, spends her days playing with her best friend and their dogs until Adolf Hitler's soldiers take Hedi's family away, while her dog, Bodri, awaits their return.

This very tree : a story of 9/11, resilience, and regrowth by Rubin, Sean 

BTSB Prebound(Holt, 2021)

BTSB #: 769570 In Bindery

Dewey: 973.931/NAges: 4-8   
AR: 2.9 LG Lexile: 520 AD

Genres:

Subjects: September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 Trees Memorials - New York (State) - New York Terrorism - United States

Summary: A portrait of the Callery pear tree that survived the attacks on September 11 and now stands amidst the beauty of the 9/11 Memorial.

We are still here! : Native American truths everyone should know by Sorell, Traci 

BTSB Prebound(Charlesbridge, 2021)

BTSB #: 836056 Available

Dewey: 973.04/NAges: 6-9   
AR: 5.9 MG F&P: V

Genres:

Subjects: Native Americans - North America - History Native Americans - Social conditions - History Indigenous peoples - United States - Government relations Persistence

Summary: A group of Native American kids from different tribes presents twelve historical and contemporary time periods, struggles, and victories to their classmates, each ending with a powerful refrain: we are still here.