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Title: Ballet Cat: The Totally Secret Secret         Author:  Bob Shea Illustrator: Bob Shea Publisher: Disney Hyperion ISBN:  9781484713785 Audience:  PreS – Grade 2 Summary: Ballet Cat is just the tiniest bit overbearing with her enthusiasm for ballet.  When her friend Sparkles

Title:  A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat Author: Emily Jenkins Illustrator:  Sophie Blackall Publisher:  Schwarz & Wade Publication Date: January 27, 2015 ISBN: 978-0375868320 Audience: Ages 4 – 8 years Summary: The title is a good summary of

Name of Book:  I Am Number Four Author:  Pittacus Lore Publisher: Harper. ISBN: 978-0061969553 Audience: Ages 14 and up Summary:  This is a science-fiction story about an alien race’s struggle for survival from an evil enemy. Literary elements at work in the story: There are

Name of Book: The Host Author: Stephenie Meyer Illustrator: none Publisher: Little, Brown and Company ISBN: 9780316068048 Audience: 15 and up.  Young adult readers will enjoy the challenge of what is considered to be an adult novel.  Although intended for adults, the reading

Name of Book: Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx Author: Jonah Winter Illustrator: Edel Rodriguez Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers Audience: Ages 4-10 Summary: Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge grows in the Bronx is the life story of Supreme Court Justice, Sonia

Name of Book:   The Black Snowman Author:   Phil Mendez Illustrator: Carole Byard Publisher:  Scholastic Paperbacks Audience:  ages 8+ Summary:  Christmas stories don’t usually begin in the grasslands of Africa with an old man preparing to tell the stories of his people, aided by

Name of Book:   John Calvin Author:   Simonetta Carr Illustrator: Emanuele Taglietti Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books Publisher’s Intended Audience: Ages 9-12 Summary: This Christian biography for young readers is a chapter book about the life of the reformer John Calvin.