Picture Books, Series

Baby Brains by Simon James

Ages 3-7baby_brains

Baby Brains by Simon James is a book about the Brains family and their baby. Mrs. Brains reads to and listens to music with her baby every night while he is still in her tummy, and when he is born, he is able to do things like fix the family car and work as a doctor in the local hospital. It seems there is nothing Baby Brains can’t do. Read this and other books in the Baby Brains series!

Middle Grade Fiction, Series

Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls: Moving Day by Meg Cabot

Grades 3-5

0-545-03947-9From the author of The Princess Diaries comes a series for young readers. Meet Allie Finkle: a fourth grader who loves life and the rules that go with it. Rule Number One is “Don’t stick a spatula down your best friend’s throat”-  a good rule to live by if I do say so myself.  There are sixteen rules in the entire book, and Allie follows them very strictly, because they give her a sense of security. That security is threatened, however, when Allie’s parents announce that they are moving. This means a new house, neighborhood, and –gasp!-school for Allie. How will she cope with being the ‘new girl’? Will she be able to be come as comfortable with her new life as she is with her old one? Read the first in the Allie Finkle series, Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls: Moving Day by Meg Cabot to find out.