Brand new middle grade fiction
New books! New books! New books! It's so exciting to get new books! I just got a big box of new books for our library! I don't even remember how I chose them, but here are some of my new favorites. The first one is called "My life in pictures" by Deborah Zemke. It's a short chapter book about a charming girl named Bea (short for Beatriz). Bea likes to draw and has a very annoying little brother that she calls "The Big Pest". She has a best friend who lives next door named Yvonne and they have marvelous adventures together until Yvonne moves away to Australia. A new family moves in and guess what? They have a child the same age as Bea! Except he is a monster. Bea draws to work her way through this problem and it has a great ending. This one would pair up well with "Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie " by Julie Sternberg-it has the same short chapter format, as well as a similar art and writing style. The kid...