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Epic Reads

These are the specially chosen books DCL's youth librarians will talk about in schools during the 2018-2019 school year, for kids in grades 1-8 (listed by grade levels).

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  • Grades 1-3. Sunny's new little sister, Rosy, is getting her paws into everything. When Rosy takes Sunny's favorite toy, Mr. Bunny, and loses him, Sunny is barking mad.
    Book, 2018New York : Scholastic Press, 2018.
  • Grades 1-3. When King Viking and his evil robot army attack Animal Town, and kidnap Singing Dog, it is up to Super Rabbit Boy, with some help from Sunny and his video game console, to save the day.
    Book, 2017New York : Branches/Scholastic Inc., 2017.
  • Grades 1-3. When Captain Tornado begins robbing banks, will Peter Powers and his totally lame superpowers step up to save the day?
    Book, 2016New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2016.
  • Grades 1-3. When a mysterious letter written in code arrives at King's house for his human, Kayla, he follows the trail of the person who left it.
    Book, 2017Atlanta, Georgia : Peachtree Publishers, [2017]
  • Grades 1-3. Yellow Bird has found a button and wants to share it with Red Bird and Blue Bird. The ordinary button does not do anything when you press it. But when Red Bird and Blue Bird give it try, they are delighted to find that the button does…
    Book, 2017New York : Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group, [2017]
  • Grades 1-3. Tina isn't like the other cows. She believes that everything is possible. But her sisters aren't convinced — and when Tina tells them she has climbed a tree and met a dragon, they decide that her nonsense has gone too far. Off they go…
    Unknown, 2016Chicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman & Company, 2016.
  • Grades 1-3. After encountering a Jersey Devil while on a field trip to the Pine Barrens, Elliot and his new friend Uchenna help their weird teacher, Professor Fauna, rescue the mythological creature from a pair of greedy billionaire brothers.
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Dutton Children's Books, [2018]
  • Grades 1-3. Young King Edwin has it all — a castle, crown, and money to buy all the chocolate he wants, which he shares with his adoring subjects. Then his riches run out. Enter Emperor Nurbison, who has designs on this junior ruler's territory.…
    Book, 2017New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2017.
  • Grades 1-3. Perodia is threatened by a powerful vulture who is spreading a terrible darkness.
    Book, 2017New York, NY : Branches/Scholastic Inc., 2017.
  • Grades 1-3. Abby and her stepbrother, Doc, must persuade Abraham Lincoln to play his part in history after one too many comments about history being boring cause him to go on strike.
    Book, 2018New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2018.
  • Grades 1-3. Baby Monkey, private eye, will investigate stolen jewels, missing pizzas, and other mysteries — if he can manage to figure out how to put on his pants.
    Book, 2018New York : Scholastic Press, [2018]
  • Grades 1-3. Book #5 in the "Piper Green and the Fairy Tree" series, about a precocious young girl who receives gifts from a hole in the “Fairy Tree.” These small treasures have a useful purpose during the story and serve to enlighten young Piper.…
    Book, 2017New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
  • Grades 1-3. The seven kingdoms of Dreamside need a legendary hero. Instead, they'll have to settle for Cucumber, a nerdy magician who just wants to go to school. Graphic novel.
    Book, 2017New York : First Second Books, 2017.
  • Grades 1-3. Unhappy queen-in-training Cora receives a pet crocodile from her fairy godmother, who disrupts her mundane daily routine.
    Book, 2017Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2017.
  • Grades 1-3. Sybil sees a dinosaur; it is her neighbor. But everyone in NYC is too busy to see it too. This is her story about getting people to see her dinosaur. Presented as a graphic novel.
    Unknown, 2017Los Angeles, California : Archaia, a division of Boom Entertainment Inc., [2017]
  • Grades 1-3. A dangerous black fog looms outside the village, whose inhabitants are kept safe by an ingenious machine known as the dam. Pig's father built the dam and taught him how to maintain it. But a new threat is on the horizon, and Pig, Fox and…
    Book, 2017New York, New York : First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, 2017.
  • Grades 1-3. A trip through time at the Grand Canyon. An inspirational book for all young biologists and explorers.
    Book, 2017New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2017.
  • Shark Lady

    the True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist

    Keating, Jess
    Grades 1-3. This picture book shares the story of a woman who fell in love with sharks when she was very young and went on to become an expert in all things shark.
    Book, 2017Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, [2017]
  • Grades 1-3. A fascinating, fun take on nonfiction. The author investigates a seemingly small trait of America's most emblematic statue and finds that the Statue of Liberty's right foot holds a powerful message of acceptance that is essential to an…
    Book, 2017San Francisco, California : Chronicle Books, [2017]
  • Grades 1-3. A numerical exploration of the world around us. Most intriguing? The idea that you'll eat 70 pounds of insects in your lifetime! Yikes! Wow! Eeeewwww!
    Book, 2017New York, NY : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]