Ali-A.
ALI-A ADVENTURES : GAME ON!
New York : Random House, 2017
IL 3-6, RL 5.5
ISBN 1524770957
Have you ever watched Ali-A's videos on youtube? If you are into video games, I bet you have. And now you can read his new graphic novel. It's launch time for the much anticipated video game Alien Liberator 2. The crowds are here waiting to see Ali to officially launch the game. But weird things start happening right from the start. The launch is taken over by a group of aliens who are out to enslave everyone. And now it is up to Ali to save the world.
Alexander, William.
A PROPERLY UNHAUNTED PLACE
New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2017
IL 3-6, RL 3.9
ISBN 1481469150
Rosa would rather be anywhere but here. They have lived in some great libraries in their time but now they are stuck in the basement of the Ingot library. She doesn't even know why her mother would even take this job. Her mother is the best ghost appeaser in the country. You see, all libraries are haunted and must hire ghost appeasement librarians to keep things safe. All libraries have apartments where the family lives while the librarian works. But why has her mom taken a job in the only unhaunted town in the world. Or are things not as they seem? What happens when a town tries to banish ghosts rather than appease them?
Winter, Jeanette.
THE WORLD IS NOT A RECTANGLE : A PORTRAIT OF ZAHA HADID
New York : Beach Lane Books, 2017
IL K-3, RL 2.4
ISBN 148144669X
When you look around nature,
what shapes do you see? Ovals, circles, curves. But when you
look at buildings, what shapes do you see? Rectangles. Zaha
Hadid grew up in Iraq looking at nature. She loved the shapes of
nature and when she grew up, she became an architect. She didn't
want to design rectangles. She wanted to draw from natural
shapes. She studied in London and became a fine architect.
Unfortunately, people who looked at her drawings were not
interested in circles and curves. They wanted rectangles. Will
Zaha ever be able to build what she wanted or will she have to
go back to rectangle?
Tonatiuh, Duncan.
THE PRINCESS AND THE WARRIOR
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2016
IL K-3, RL 2.9
ISBN 1419721305
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess who loved poetry. Since she was beautiful and rich, she had many men from around the kingdom ask her to marry. She didn't want just anyone and would always say no. When a warrior said he loved her for her poetry, she was in love. But her father didn't want her to marry a mere soldier.
Rosenthal, Amy Krouse.
UNI THE UNICORN AND THE DREAM COME TRUE
New York : Random House, 2017
IL K-3
ISBN 1101936592
You probably read the first book
about Uni the Unicorn. He believed that there will little
girls in the world. None of his friends believed him. Now Uni
and the little girl are working together to help unicorn
world. There hasn't been much sunshine -- only rain. The
unicorns need sunshine to survive. Can Uni and the little girl
find a way to bring the sun back?
Rosenstock, Barb.
VINCENT CAN'T SLEEP
New York : Knopf, 2017
IL K-3
ISBN 1101937106
Vincent van Gogh was an artist who lived a long time ago. When he was a boy, he had trouble getting to sleep. He kept watching the night sky and the brilliant colors he saw. As a young man, he tried several jobs but never really fit in. When he began to paint, he found his true passion. He painted hundreds of paintings but very few actually sold during his lifetime. Throughout his life, he kept coming back to the night sky.
Rockwell, Anne F.
ZOO DAY
New York : Aladdin, 2017
IL K-3, RL 3.4
ISBN 1481427342
Have you ever been to a zoo?
If not, this may be the next best thing. A young boy and his
family are visiting a zoo. First they look at the guide book and
decide what they want to see. They they start exploring. The
visit the Jungle House, and the African Plain. They go to the
Reptile House. Come along and share the visit.
Ali-A. 
