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Carolrhoda Books Releases Six New Titles, Including Fun-Filled Picture Books and Critically Acclaimed Middle-Grade Novels
[August 17, 2017]

Carolrhoda Books Releases Six New Titles, Including Fun-Filled Picture Books and Critically Acclaimed Middle-Grade Novels


This fall, follow a girl growing up in a Kenyan community ravaged by AIDS, spend a summer at the lake with a boy who struggles with obsessive-compulsive disorder, help an awfully smelly dog find a home, and more, in six new picture books and middle-grade titles from Carolrhoda Books, a division of Lerner Publishing Group.

Celebrated children's book author and illustrator Chris Monroe introduces her latest Monkey with a Tool Belt picture book. In Monkey with a Tool Belt and the Silly School Mystery, Chico Bon Bon is having the most unusual school day. Half the library books are missing and someone (or something!) has chewed up the classroom map. Chico Bon Bon is on the case-with his trusty tool belt, of course!

Award-winning picture book and middle-grade author Laurie Friedman presents Merry Christmas, Mary Christmas!, an entertaining holiday picture book. The Christmas family LOVES Christmas! Well, everyone except seven-year-old Mary Christmas. But after a talk with Santa Claus, Mary discovers a way to celebrate the holiday with her family while spreading joy throughout the town. Kathryn Durst's bright illustrations are the perfect accompaniment to Friedman's festive tale.

David Zeltser's new picture book Stinker tells the story of a puppy stuck in the pound. Stinker is playful and loving and wants more than anything to be adopted. Unfortunately, little Stinker is always making big smells. Through a crafty cat's narration and charming illustrations from Julia Patton, readers will cheer as Stinker and the cat stage a great escape in order to find just the right home for Stinker.



The competitive dinos of Lisa Wheeler's Dino Sports picture book series are at it again in Dino-Dancing! The Paleo Theater is packed with cheering fans ready for a dance showdown. When the music starts the dinosaurs show off their killer moves. With bold and colorful illustrations from Barry Gott, this prehistoric dance competition will keep readers on the edge of their seats!

A BEA (News - Alert) Editors' Buzz Pick, Eucabeth Odhiambo's debut middle-grade novel, Auma's Long Run, is set in 1980s Kenya and loosely based on Eucabeth's own childhood. As a strange new sickness called AIDS ravages her village, thirteen-year-old Auma must decide whether to pursue a track scholarship that will let her attend high school or stay home to help her struggling family.


Jane O'Reilly, author of Kirkus Best Middle-Grade Books of the Year pick The Secret of Goldenrod, introduces her second middle-grade novel, The Notations of Cooper Cameron. After his grandfather dies, Cooper invents obsessive rituals to protect his loved ones from harm. But when his strange behavior causes family relationships to fray, Cooper vows to cure himself and bring his family back together while spending the summer at his grandpa's cabin.

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Carolrhoda Books, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, has been publishing award-winning, high-quality picture books, fiction, and nonfiction titles since 1969.

Monkey with a Tool Belt and the Silly School Mystery
August 2017
$17.99 Hardcover, Jacketed
eBooks Also Available
Ages 4-8
HC: 978-1-5124-3010-3
32 Pages ? 9 1/4 x 11

Merry Christmas, Mary Christmas!
September 2017
$17.99 Hardcover, Jacketed
eBooks Also Available
Ages 4-9
HC: 978-1-4677-9261-5
32 Pages ? 9 1/4 x 11

Stinker
September 2017
$17.99 Hardcover, Jacketed
eBooks Also Available
Ages 4-9
HC: 978-1-5124-1792-0
32 Pages ? 9 x 9

Dino-Dancing
October 2017
$17.99 Hardcover, Jacketed
eBooks Also Available
Ages 5-9
HC: 978-1-5124-0316-9
32 Pages ? 10 5/8 x 8 7/8

Auma's Long Run
September 2017
$17.99 Hardcover, Jacketed
eBooks Also Available
Ages 8-12
HC: 978-1-5124-2784-4
304 Pages ? 5 1/4 x 7 1/2

The Notations of Cooper Cameron
October 2017
$17.99 Hardcover, Jacketed
eBooks Also Available
Ages 8-11
HC: 978-1-5124-0415-9
320 Pages ? 5 1/4 x 7 1/2


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