Book Recommendations 2012

• I'M BORED, by Michael Ian Black, ill. by Debbie Riddpath Ohi
• THE IMPOSSIBLE RESCUE: THE TRUE STORY OF AN AMAZING ARCTIC ADVENTURE, by Martin W. Sandler
• BEYOND COURAGE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF JEWISH RESISTANCE DURING THE HOLOCAUST, by Doreen Rappaport
• MARATHON, by Boaz Yakin and Joe Infurnari
• A PASSION FOR VICTORY: THE STORY OF THE OLYMPICS IN ANCIENT AND EARLY MODERN TIMES, by Benson Bobrick
• SOME CAT!, by Mary Casanova, ill. by Ard Hoyt
• THE PLANT HUNTERS, by Anita Silvey
• CREATURE COUNT: A PREHISTORIC RHYME, by Brenda Huante, ill. by Vincent Nguyen
• ROBOT ZOMBIE FRANKENSTEIN! by Annette Simon
• MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN, by Jean Craighead George
• THE SINISTER SWEETNESS OF SPLENDID ACADEMY, by Nikki Loftin
• DINOSAUR THUNGER, by Marion Dane Bauer, ill. by Margaret Chodos-Irvine
• WHEN DINOS DAWNED, MAMMALS GOT MUNCHED, & PTEROSAURS TOOK FLIGHT: A CARTOON PREHISTORY OF LIFE IN THE TRIASSIC, written and illustrated by Hannah Bonner
• THE INQUISITOR'S APPRENTICE, by Pat Moriarty, ill. by Mark Edward Geyer
• CHAINED, by Lynne Kelly
• WE'VE GOT A JOB: THE 1963 BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S MARCH, by Cynthia Levinson
• INVISIBLE SUN, by David Macinnis Gill
• CROW, by Barbara Wright
• BLIZZARD OF GLASS: THE HALIFAX EXPLOSION OF 1917, by Sally M. Walker
• VODNIK, by Bryce Moore
• LARKLIGHT, by Philip Reeve
• RANDY RILEY'S REALLY BIG HIT, by Chris Van Dusen
• BILLIONS OF YEARS, AMAZING CHANGES, by Laurence Pringle, ill. by Steve Jenkins
• LITTLE DOG LOST: THE TRUE STORY OF A BRAVE DOG NAMED BALTIC, by Monica Carnesi
• I AM TAMA, LUCKY CAT: A JAPANESE LEGEND, by Wendy Henrichs, ill. by Yoshiko Jaeggi
• FOR THE BIRDS: THE LIFE OF ROGER TORY PETERSON, by Peggy Thomas, ill. by Laura Jacques
• THE GREAT MOLASSES FLOOD: BOSTON 1919, by Deborah Kops
• ZAHRA'S PARADISE, by Amir, ill. by Khalil
• THE WATCH THAT ENDS THE NIGHT, by Allan Wolf
• ON THE BLUE COMET, by Rosemary Wells, ill. by Bagram Ibatoulline
• CHOPSTICKS, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, ill. by Scott Magoon
• BIRD TALK: WHAT BIRDS ARE SAYING AND WHY, by Lita Judge
• DANGEROUS WATERS, by Gregory Mone
• ONE COOL FRIEND, by Toni Buzzeo, ill. by David Small