Have you met the newest historical American Girl? Caroline Abbott is from New York in 1812, helping her mother run the shipyards while her father is a British prisoner of war. The books are filled with a lot of adventure and drama and we’ve got them all here for you to read!
October is the perfect month to settle in with a scary ghost story or two! Here are some of my favorite Kids' Fiction titles for kids in grades 4 and up.
Dollhouse Murders
Amy goes to visit her aunt and finds an old dollhouse in the attic. What’s cool is that the dollhouse matches her aunt’s house and the dolls
are her grandparents and dad and aunt as children. What’s scary is that every night, the dolls re-enact her grandparents’ murders. It’s up to Amy to solve the mystery of who really committed the crime.
Graveyard Book
Bod Owens’ parents were murdered when he was a toddler, but he escaped into a cemetery. The ghosts of those buried there have raised him and kept him safe, but the man who killed his family is still searching for him. Bod doesn’t belong in the cemetery forever, but he needs to figure out how to leave and stay alive.
On the Day I Died
Mike was driving home late one night when he stopped to pick up a dripping wet girl and take her home. He is directed towards a cemetery where a number of teen ghosts are waiting to tell their death stories and he can’t leave until he’s heard from all of them. This book is set in the Chicago suburbs, so see how many places you can recognize!
Wait ‘Till Helen Comes
Molly doesn’t like her new little step-sister Heather very much, and tries to avoid her whenever possible. Their new house used to be a church, and Heather starts playing in the next door cemetery. Molly realizes that Heather is actually playing with Helen, the ghost of a little girl who died a long time ago, and Helen wants to make sure that Heather never leaves her. Can Molly save Heather’s life?
I'm the lucky person who gets to order books for our popular Series Paperbacks collection. These are very fun books to order, shelve, and share with kids. Here are some of the latest additions to Series Paperbacks!
OPPL has been thinking a lot about the future of libraries lately. I wonder what picture books will look like in the future, as well as what the library building itself will look like.
Here are three interesting and different and exciting visions of where libraries are going...I'm having fun dreaming up my own, too!
What do you think? How will people get to the library when you're grown up? What will they do once they get there? Will there still be paper books, or only e-books, or both? Email us your future library design ideas and drawings and we'll post them on this blog.
We all very much enjoyed a visit from Future Hits (aka Matt, Ben and Emma) this summer. Their kid-friendly indie/rock songs were a treat for the families of Oak Park. If you dug the music or missed the show, never fear! You can listen to some of their songs on their website. My favorite is "Night Moon"--how about you?