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New Children's/Juvenile/Young Adult October-November 2020 New Children’s/Juvenile/Young Adult October-November 2020 Children’s Room Cats vs. Dogs ER Carney By Elizabeth Carney (Early Reader) Thomas Goes Fishing Based upon the books by Leveled Books Bin Rev. W. Awdry Puppy Mudge Takes a Bath Leveled Books Bin By Cynthia Rylant Some books may be “new to us” or a new edition of an older book. Books with titles in ALL CAPITALS are not yet published but can be requested through our Digital Catalog (MINERVA) https://www.swhplibrary.org/ OR by calling the library at 244-7065 New Children’s/Juvenile/Young Adult October-November 2020 Children’s Room Watch Your Step, Mr. Rabbit Leveled Books Bin By Richard Scarry A Polar Bear in the Snow VERY FIRST By Mac Barnett Every Color of Light NATURE By Hiroshi Osada Some books may be “new to us” or a new edition of an older book. Books with titles in ALL CAPITALS are not yet published but can be requested through our Digital Catalog (MINERVA) https://www.swhplibrary.org/ OR by calling the library at 244-7065 New Children’s/Juvenile/Young Adult October-November 2020 Kid Sheriff and the Terrible HUMOR Toads By Bob Shea Julian at the Wedding FEELINGS By Jessica Love I Am Enough FEELINGS By Grace Byers Magnificent Homespun Brown FEELINGS By Samara Cole Doyon Some books may be “new to us” or a new edition of an older book. Books with titles in ALL CAPITALS are not yet published but can be requested through our Digital Catalog (MINERVA) https://www.swhplibrary.org/ OR by calling the library at 244-7065 New Children’s/Juvenile/Young Adult October-November 2020 The Camping Trip NATURE By Jennifer K. Mann A Stopwatch From Grampa FEELINGS Flash and Gleam: Light in SEASONS Our World The Skin You Live In YOUR WORLD Techno Strike! J FCB Lego Ninjago (a Lego Ninjago book) Some books may be “new to us” or a new edition of an older book. Books with titles in ALL CAPITALS are not yet published but can be requested through our Digital Catalog (MINERVA) https://www.swhplibrary.org/ OR by calling the library at 244-7065 New Children’s/Juvenile/Young Adult October-November 2020 Rise of the Snakes J FCB Lego Ninjago (a Lego Ninjago book) A Ninja’s Path J FCB Lego Ninjago (a Lego Ninjago book) The Green Ninja J FCB Lego Ninjago (a Lego Ninjago book) The Golden Weapons J FCB Lego Ninjago (a Lego Ninjago book) J FCB Lego Ninjago Some books may be “new to us” or a new edition of an older book. Books with titles in ALL CAPITALS are not yet published but can be requested through our Digital Catalog (MINERVA) https://www.swhplibrary.org/ OR by calling the library at 244-7065 New Children’s/Juvenile/Young Adult October-November 2020 Masters of Spinjitzu J FCB Lego Ninjago (a Lego Ninjago book) Way of the Ninja J FCB Lego Ninjago (a Lego Ninjago book) Pirates vs. Ninja J FCB Lego Ninjago (a Lego Ninjago book) Some books may be “new to us” or a new edition of an older book. Books with titles in ALL CAPITALS are not yet published but can be requested through our Digital Catalog (MINERVA) https://www.swhplibrary.org/ OR by calling the library at 244-7065 New Children’s/Juvenile/Young Adult October-November 2020 Juvenile Fiction J Fic Pullman The Tin Princess By Philip Pullman (The Sally Lockhart Quartet: The Ruby in the Smoke, The Shadow in the North, The Tiger in the Well, The Tin Princess.) 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