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These titles were submitted by Siouxland Libraries Children’s Division staff
for the Recommended for Kids feature in the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.
- Sunday, May 11
Ages 5 to 7 - Goose and Duck by Jean Craighead George.
A young boy becomes mother to a goose, who becomes mother to a duck, as they learn about the nature of birds together.
Ages 11 to 14 - Go Big Or Go Home by Will Hobbs.
Fourteen-year-old Brady and his cousin Quinn love extreme sports, but nothing could prepare them for the aftermath of Brady's close encounter with a meteorite after it crashes into his bedroom in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
- Sunday, May 4
Ages 3 to 6 - Bye-Bye, Big Bad Bullybug! by Ed Emberley.
Die-cut pages reveal the scary and mean parts of a bullybug as it prepares to attack some itty-bitty baby bugs, but a rescuer arrives on the scene before the bully can make good on its threats.
Ages 10 to 13 - Pandora gets Jealous by Carolyn Hennesy.
Thirteen-year-old Pandy is hauled before Zeus and given six months to gather all of the evils that were released when the box she brought to school as her annual project was accidentally opened.
- Sunday, April 27
Ages 5 to 8 - Duck Soup by Jackie Urbanovic.
When Maxwell Duck goes out to look for the missing ingredient for his perfect soup, his friends show up and think he has fallen into the soup.
Ages 9 to 12 - The Key to Rondo by Emily Rodda.
Through an heirloom music box, Leo and his cousin Mimi enter the magical world of Rondo to rescue Mimi's dog from a sorceress, who wishes to exchange him for the key that allows free travel between worlds.
- Sunday, April 20
Ages 4 to 8 - Never Take a Shark to the Dentist (and Other Things not to Do) by Judi Barrett.
Advice on what not do with various animals, such as "never take a goat with you to the library."
Ages 10 to 14 - The Redheaded Princess by Ann Rinaldi.
Nine-year-old Lady Elizabeth strives to get back into the good graces of her father, King Henry VIII, and as the years pass she faces his death and those of other close relatives until she finds herself next in line to ascend the throne of England in 1558.
- Sunday, April 13
Ages 3 to 6 - Righty and Lefty: a Tale of Two Feet by Rachel Vail.
Even though Lefty and Righty like different things, they find they must learn to get along together without tripping over each other.
Ages 5 to 10 - Tomie dePaola's Front Porch Tales & North Country Whoppers.
This collection of folk tales, original stories, and jokes, arranged by seasons, reflects the regional humor of northern New England.
- Sunday, April 6
Ages 5 to 8 - Big Mama's Baby by Lacy Finn Borgo.
Having raised Baby, a bull calf, since just after he was born, Big Mama has a hard time accepting that he is getting too big for her yard.
Ages 7 to 10 - Finding Home by Sandra Markle.
The story of a koala mother and her joey who are fighting for survival after a brushfire destroys their home range.
- Sunday, Mar. 30
Ages 5 to 8 - When Randolph Turned Rotten by Charise Mericle Harper.
Best friends Randolph, a beaver, and Ivy, a goose, do everything together until Ivy is invited to a girls-only birthday sleepover party and Randolph, full of bad feelings, tries to spoil her fun.
Ages 9 to 13 - The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd.
When Ted and Kat's cousin Salim disappears from the London Eye Ferris wheel, the two siblings must work together--Ted with his brain that is "wired differently" and impatient Kat--to try to solve the mystery of what happened to Salim.
- Sunday, Mar. 23
Ages 2 to 5 - Bunny Fun by Sarah Weeks.
A lively young rabbit finds many ways to have fun--and cause havoc--on a rainy day.
Ages 8 to 10 - Isabel and the Miracle Baby by Emily Smith Pearce.
Eight-year-old Isabel feels her mother no longer cares about her because she has no time or energy even to listen when Isa tries to share her sadness about being unpopular, her jealousy over her new baby sister, and, most importantly, her fear that her mother's cancer will come back.
- Sunday, Mar. 16
Ages 3 to 7 - Apples and Oranges: Going Bananas with Pairs by Sara Pinto.
Presents pairs of related items, such as an apple and an orange or a bicycle and a motorcycle, and asks why they are similar, while offering unexpected answers.
Ages 10 to 12 - 100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson.
After his parents are kidnapped, timid twelve-year-old Henry York leaves his sheltered Boston life and moves to small-town Kansas, where he and his cousin Henrietta discover and explore hidden doors in his attic room that seem to open onto other worlds.
- Sunday, Mar. 9
All ages - Nothing by Jon Agee.
When Suzie Gump, the richest lady in town, walks into Otis's empty antique shop and insists on buying nothing, she starts a fad that has everyone buying nothing and emptying their homes and stores to make room for it--until Suzie realizes things have gone too far.
Ages 11 to 14 - What-the-Dickens: the Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy by Gregory Maguire.
As a terrible storm rages, ten-year-old Dinah and her brother and sister listen to their cousin Gage's tale of a newly-hatched, orphaned, skibberee, or tooth fairy, called What-the-Dickens, who hopes to find a home among the skibbereen tribe, if only he can stay out of trouble.
Sunday, Mar. 3
Ages 3 to 6 - Hug Time by Patrick McDonnell.
Jules the kitten learns that giving a hug is the simplest but kindest gift of all.
Ages 9 to 12 - Eleven by Patricia Reilly Giff.
When Sam, who can barely read, discovers an old newspaper clipping just before his eleventh birthday, it brings forth memories from his past, and, with the help of a new friend at school and the castle they are building for a school project, his questions are eventually answered.
- Sunday, Feb. 24
Ages 3 to 6 - Rabbit's Gift: A Fable from China by George Shannon.
Woodland animals, all thinking of their neighbors, share a turnip left on their doorstep.
Ages 10 to 12 - The Puzzling World of Winston Breen by Eric Berlin.
Puzzle-crazy, twelve-year-old Winston and his ten-year-old sister Katie find themselves involved in a dangerous mystery involving a hidden ring. Puzzles for the reader to solve are included throughout the text.
- Sunday, Feb. 17
Ages 3 to 6 - Three Little Ghosties by Pippa Goodhart.
Three mischievous ghosts love scaring little children, until the children decide to take matters into their own hands.
Ages 10 to 12 - Paint the Wind by Pam Muñoz Ryan.Maya, an orphan, leaves her extremely restricted life in California to stay with her mother's family on a remote Wyoming ranch, where she discovers a love of horses and encounters a wild mare that her mother once rode.
- Sunday, Feb. 10
Ages 5 to 8 - The Sheep in Wolf's Clothing by Helen Lester.
Ewetopia’s carefully-chosen wolf outfit fails to impress the other sheep at the Woolyones' costume ball until a real wolf, dressed as a sheep, mistakes her for his mother, and throws a tantrum when she outsmarts him.
Ages 10 to 12 - No Castles Here by A.C.E. Bauer. Eleven-year-old Augie dreams of escaping his run-down New Jersey neighborhood, when things start to turn around with help from a Big Brother, a music teacher, and a mysterious bookstore owner, and when his school is in trouble, he pulls the community together to save it.
- Sunday, Feb. 3
Ages 6 to 8 - Abracadabra! Magic with Mouse and Mole by Wong Herbert Yee.
Mole is mad about magic until he takes his friend Mouse to a show that turns out to be all tricks, but then Mouse conjures up a special night program to show him the enchantment found in nature.
Ages 9 to 12 - Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in it by Sundee Frazier.
Brendan Buckley, a biracial ten-year-old, applies his scientific problem-solving ability and newfound interest in rocks and minerals to connect with his white grandfather, the president of Puyallup Rock Club, and to learn why he and Brendan's mother are estranged.
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