Chris and J.J. Grabenstein talk about working together and how they wrote SHINE. Everyone deserves to shine in this sparkling new book from the New York Times bestselling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library, Chris Grabenstein, and coauthor J.J. Grabenstein--just right for fans of Word of Mouse and The Fourteenth Goldfish. "Who do you want to be?" asks Mr. Van Deusen. "And not when you grow up. Right here, right now." Shine on! might be the catchphrase of twelve-year-old Piper's hero--astronaut, astronomer, and television host Nellie Dumont Frisse--but Piper knows the truth: some people are born to shine, and she's just not one of them. That fact has never been clearer than now, since her dad's new job has landed them both at Chumley Prep, a posh private school where everyone seems to be the best at something and where Piper definitely doesn't fit in. Bursting with humor, heart, science, possibilities, and big questions, Shine! is a story about finding your place in the universe--a story about figuring out who you are and who you want to be. Buy the book: http://bit.ly/2WonBxb

John Patrick Green's goofy graphic novel series follows the super spy alligator duo the InvestiGators as they travel through the sewers and fight the forces of evil. MANGO and BRASH are the INVESTIGATORS: sewer-loving agents of S.U.I.T.* and scourge of supervillains everywhere! *Special Undercover Investigation Teams CALL 1-888-SPY-G8ERS InvestigatorsBooks.com

Trialer for the book, KAYLA AND KUGEL'S HAPPY HANUKKAH. On amazon at: https://amzn.to/3lso5xC

OUT OF THIS WORLD: The Surreal Art of Leonora Carrington ISBN 978-0-06-244109-6 Written by Michelle Markel, illustrated by Amanda Hall. Published by children’s book publisher Balzer & Bray / Harper Collins US 22nd January 2019. Distributed UK 7th March 2019. The children’s picture book OUT OF THIS WORLD tells of the dramatic life and strikingly original art of Leonora Carrington and her determination to forge her own creative and personal authenticity. That was all the more remarkable in the context of the historical and global turbulence of the period she lived through. NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW 17/3/19 ‘From the first sentence of OUT OF THIS WORLD: The Surreal Art of Leonora Carrington (Balzer + Bray, 40pp., $17.99; ages 4 to 8), written by Michelle Markel and illustrated by Amanda Hall, readers know that the artist is a rebel. “Leonora’s parents wanted her to be like every other well-bred English girl,” Markel writes. “But she was not.” Boarding schools and debutante balls could not quash Leonora’s artist spirit, and she heads off to art school, then off to Paris and into the orbit of the Surrealists. But it isn’t until she flees to Mexico ahead of the Nazis that Leonora discovers her true artistic voice. Wisely, Hall chooses not to recreate Carrington’s art (which can be brooding and sexually suggestive). Instead, she creates bright, busy spreads filled with enchantment. Hyenas sport wild, black manes (much like Leonora’s own hair). Tortoises peek from pockets. Green potions bubble. Markel’s telling – evocative and poetic – feels enchanted, too, even if she does occasionally overstate for effect: “Leonora and the other female Surrealists … had no interest in painting women who looked like pretty decorations, as men had done for centuries.” One could argue that artists from Rembrandt to Goya to Millet depicted women as they lived and worked, not just as ornaments. But the author’s point is understood. Carrington’s depiction of women is singular. And Markel’s gorgeous description of Carrington’s paintings is the perfect summation of the extraordinariness found in all females: In them, “women have special gifts; they can do things beyond anybody’s wildest dreams – which is marvellous, and it’s powerful, and it’s true.” — New York Times/ Candace Fleming

Celebrate Patricia Hruby Powell & Illus R. Gregory Christie. As they tell the story of Ella Baker through words and picture.

Astro Pea Narrated by author/ illustrator/ storyteller Amalia Hoffman Follow Amalia and her finger puppet, Pete the pea on an exciting cosmic adventure. Discover how our imagination can take us all the way to space when simple veggies turn into a spaceship, satellite, planets and much more.

Betty can build just about anything! She lives in a fabulous workshop home full of tools and spare parts. Determined to make a friend who can do the same things she likes to do, she visits the junk pile and turns up the perfect toaster friend! After a few additions, she tests it out. And what about her little brother, Toby? Besides the friendship and engineering themes, the book explores sibling relationships.

Vince Vawter, former News Sentinel managing editor, reads an excerpt from his new book "Paperboy." See story: http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2013/may/18/retired-kns-journalist-vince-vawter-shares-lifes/