Two more children’s Midwest Connections Picks join our list of recommended titles of regional interest. All of our children’s Midwest Connections Picks make great choices for summer reading!
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Nico & Lola:
Kindness Shared Between a Boy and a Dog
By Meggan Hill
Photographs by Susan M. Graunke
Genuine Prints LLC
www.nicoandlola.com
Available May 2009
ISBN: 978-0-615-23040-5
$16.95 Hardcover
Children’s Picture Book / Ages 2-11 / Children and pets
Author, photographer, and Nico and Lola live in northern Illinois
How will I be so kind? Young Nico must search his heart to find ways to be so kind when he takes care of his canine friend Lola. A book for every child to read, share, and remember!
“It’s not often a book comes along that has such a delightful presentation. Nico & Lola, by Meggan Hill, does a wonderful job expressing the meaning of kindness. Young children will easily identify with Nico and will be drawn to the great photographs.”
– Sharon, Beaverdale Books, Des Moines, IA
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MBA Booksellers — A Midwest Connections sign, shelf-talker, and lots of other display and promo materials are available for this title!
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Julia Gillian (And the Quest for Joy)
By Alison McGhee
Illustrated by Drazen Kozjan
Scholastic Press
www.scholastic.com
On sale April 15, 2009
ISBN-13: 978-0545033503
$16.99 Hardcover
Children’s Middle Grade Fiction / Ages 9-12 /
Second book in Julia Gillian series / set in Minneapolis
kids, friends, and elementary school experiences
And now available in paperback for Spring 2009!
Julia Gillian (and the Art of Knowing)
Scholastic Paperbacks
On sale April 15, 2009
ISBN-13: 978-0545033497
$6.99 Trade Paperback
Irresistible heroine Julia Gillian is back again for a second adventure in the complex world of elementary school.
“McGhee’s story will ring true true to young readers dealing with their own fears.”
– Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Julia Gillian (and the Art of Knowing)
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Midwest Connections flyer and shelf-talker available now! Go to the JULIA GILLIAN web page to download them.
Here are more terrific children’s Midwest Connections Picks you’ll want to read –
Super Stock Rookie and Saturday Night Dirt
The Dragonfly Door and The Dragonfly Secret
