Harris County Public Library has 26 branch libraries across the county. We have over 60 staff members dedicated to serving the children in our community. Let's meet a couple of them!
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New Children's Books and Audio
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Mara Bergman. Yum Yum! What Fun!
A series of animals sneaks into the house, looking for something to eat.
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Elizabeth Bluemle. Dogs on the Bed
What's a family to do when the bed is overrun by dogs? Move over, of course! In this rollicking, rhyming romp, Mom, Dad, and the kids settle in for a peaceful story before sleep, but their canine companions have other plans.
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Emma Dodd. Best Bear
A simple rhyming text tells the story of a boy and his teddy bear.
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Emily Gravett. The Odd Egg
Duck is trying to hatch the oddest egg of all.
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Tonya Hegamin. Most Loved In All the World
Even though Mama is an agent on the Underground Railroad, in order to help others she must remain a slave, but she teaches her daughter the value of freedom through a gift of love and sacrfice.
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Janice N. Harrington. Roberto Walks Home
Roberto is very angry when his older brother Miguel promises to walk him home from school and then forgets.
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Eric A. Kimmel. Anansi's Party Time
When Anansi the spider invites Turtle to a party just to play a trick on him, Turtle gets revenge at a party of his own.
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Jan Thomas. Rhyming Dust Bunnies
As three dust bunnies, Ed, Ned, and Ted, are demonstrating how much they love to rhyme, a fourth, Bob, is trying to warn them of approaching danger.
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Ellen Olson-Brown. Ten Stinky Babies
A stinky baby countdown goes from ten to zero as one-by-one, ten toddlers get their diapers changed and settle down for a nap during their stay at daycare.
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Robert E. Wells. Polar Bear, Why Is Your World Melting?
Learn why the Earth is heating up and threatening the polar bears.
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David A. Adler. Bones and the Roller Coaster Mystery
Junior sleuth Jeffrey Bones and his grandfather enjoy a day at the amusement park until their tickets to ride the giant roller coaster mysteriously disappear.
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Holly Keller. The Van
A family runs into difficulty when preparing for a trip in their van.
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Jane O'Connor. Fancy Nancy Sees Stars
When a rainstorm prevents Nancy and her best friend, Robert, from getting to the planetarium the night of a class field trip, she has a brilliant idea for making things better.
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Mercer Mayer. Going to the Firehouse
Little Critter and his classmates are taking a trip to the firehouse--join Little Critter as he learns to stop, drop, and roll with Fireman Joe!
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Katherine Applegate. Don't Tap-Dance On Your Teacher
Roscoe cannot wait to tap dance in the school talent show until some older boys make fun of him and say that tap dancing is just for girls.
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Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. A Giant Problem
As giants start waking up and destroying everything around their Florida neighborhood, Nick, Laurie, Jules, and Cindy work frantically to find a solution.
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Helen Hemphill. The Adventurous Deeds of Deadwood
Jones Thirteen-year-old Prometheus Jones and his eleven-year-old cousin Omer flee Tennessee and join a cattle drive that will eventually take them to Texas, where Prometheus hopes his father lives, and they find adventure and face challenges as African Americans in a land still recovering from the Civil War.
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Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler. Seven Paths to Death
Samurai Seikei and Judge Ooka, his foster-father, seek seven men who have seven maps on their backs in order to locate a cache of dangerous weapons before they fall into the wrong hands.
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Anthony Horowitz. The Switch
When wealthy, spoiled, thirteen-year-old Tad Spencer wishes he were someone else, he awakens as Bob Snarby, the uncouth, impoverished son of carnival workers, and as he is drawn into a life of crime he begins to discover truths about himself and his family.
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Patrick Jennings. We Can't All Be Rattlesnakes
When Crusher the snake is captured, her only thought is to escape but as time goes by and she befriends the other inmates of the "zoo," she realizes that freedom also means leaving companions behind.
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Nancy Viau. Samantha Hansen Has Rocks in Her Head
Ten-year-old Samantha Hanson must try to control her temper and get along with her older sister if she wants to go on a vacation to the Grand Canyon, but she has some bigger problems too, like figuring out why her mother will not talk about her father, who died when Sam was very young.
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New Children's Nonfiction
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Howard J. Bennett. Harry Goes to the Hospital: A Story
for Children About What It's Like to Be in the Hospital Harry loves macaroni and cheese, but when he gets sick, he can't eat it! And his parents take him to the hospital. The story then follows Harry (with his Mom and Dad) through the experience of going to the hospital. Harry doesn't like having to meet lots of new people, getting poked with needles, and staying the night in a strange place, all the while feeling sick to his tummy. But with his parents' comfort and the help of lots of doctors, nurses, and other people, Harry learns that the hospital doesn't have to be a big, scary place. This is a good first book to help children who have to go to or are in the hospital. It talks about and shows many of the things they will see, hear, and experience.
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Carmen Bredeson. Giraffes Up Close
Giraffes are the tallest animals in the world. Did you know that a giraffes legs are as tall as a grown man? Find all sorts of fun and exciting facts about giraffes in this easy-to-read text.
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Kris Hirschmann. LEGO Toys
Describes the invention and development of LEGO toys. Includes glossary, websites, and bibliography for further reading.
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Noah McCullough. First Kids: The True Stories of all the
President's Children From the private quarters of the White House, this book, written by a kid for kids, highlights all of the 43 presidents' children leading into their adulthood.
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Rebecca Wingard-Nelson. Amusement Park Word
Problems Starring Pre-Algebra Explores methods of solving pre-algebra word problems using amusement park examples.
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David Shannon. Alice the Fairy
Alice, who claims to be a Temporary Fairy, still has a lot to learn, such as how to make her clothes put themselves away in the closet. Read by Kate Simses.
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Susan Meddaugh. Martha Speaks
Problems arise when Martha, the family dog, learns to speak after eating alphabet soup. Read by Kathy Najimy.
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Dan Gutman. Jim & Me
Joe and his longtime enemy, Bobby Fuller, use a vintage baseball card to travel in time, hoping to stop Jim Thorpe from participating in the 1912 Olympics and losing his medals, but instead they watch Thorpe struggle during his first season with the New York Giants. Read by Johnny Heller.
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Jeff Kinney. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Greg Heffley tells about his summer vacation and his attempts to steer clear of trouble when he returns to middle school and tries to keep his older brother Rodrick from telling everyone about Greg's most humiliating experience of the summer. Read by Ramon de Ocampo.
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Helen Frost. Diamond Willow
In a remote area of Alaska, twelve-year-old Willow helps her father with their sled dogs when she is not at school, wishing she were more popular, all the while unaware that the animals surrounding her carry the spirits of dead ancestors and friends who care for her. Read by Jennifer Ikeda and others.
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Jonathan Stroud. Heroes of the Valley
Halli Sveinsson has grown up a peaceful society where the violence of the past has been outlawed and disputes are settled by the Council. But young Halli has never quite seemed to fit in with the others and when a practical joke goes too far, he sets in motion a chain of events that will forever alter his destiny. Read by David Thorn.
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