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Annotated List of New Resources at The Kaufman Silverberg Library January 2018 For our searchable catalogue go to www.winnipegjewishlibrary.ca Our Facebook Page www.fb.com/kaufmansilverberglibrary Adult Judaic Non Fiction Harpoon: inside the covert war against terrorism's money masters, by Nitsana Darshan- Leitner and Samuel M. Katz. Offers a gripping story of the Israeli-led effort, now joined by the Americans, to choke off the terrorists' oxygen supply, money, via unconventional warfare. Call number: Z 953.23 DAR Judaic Fiction The luminous heart of Jonah S., by Gina B. Nahai. The Soleymans, an Iranian Jewish family, are tormented for decades by Raphael's Son, a crafty and unscrupulous financier who has futilely claimed to be an heir to the family's fortune. Forty years later in contemporary Los Angeles, Raphael's Son has nearly achieved his goal--until he suddenly disappears, presumed by many to have been murdered. Call number: Z FIC NAH General Non-Fiction Survival skills of the Native Americans: hunting, trapping, woodwork and more, edited by Stephen Brennan. A practical guide to the techniques that have made the indigenous people of North America revered for their mastery of the wilderness. Readers can replicate outdoor living by trying a hand at making rafts and canoes, constructing tools, and living off the land. Call number: 970.4 BRE General Fiction The buried giant, by Kazuo Ishiguro. The Buried Giant begins as a couple set off across a troubled land of mist and rain in the hope of finding a son they have not seen in years. Sometimes savage, often intensely moving, Kazuo Ishiguro's first novel in a decade is about lost memories, love, revenge and war. Call number: FIC IS Videos The Americans: The complete fourth season, created by Joe Weisberg. The stakes have never been higher for KBG operatives Philip and Elizabeth Jennings than in the pulse-pounding fourth season of The Americans. Still grieving over the death of her own mother, Elizabeth berates Paige for telling her pastor about her parents' cover 1 profession. A deadly bioweapon threatens Gabriel's life, and the couple shatters the lives of loved ones when Martha is told about 'Clark's' true identity. Call number: PUB DVD FIC AME Downton Abbey, season 6, created by Julian Fellowes. The year is 1925. Momentous changes threaten the great house, its owners and its servants, while past scandals continue to loom. Call number: PUB DVD FIC DOW For Middle Years Students and Younger Readers Judaic Books for Young Readers The best Sukkot pumpkin ever, by Laya Steinberg. When Micah and his family volunteer to pick pumpkins for a soup kitchen, he also hopes to get the perfect pumpkin for himself, but soon learns that giving to others can be even better. Call number: J 296.433 STE Culture, customs, and celebrations in Israel, by Gil Zohar. Explores the culture, customs, and celebrations that characterize life in modern Israel. Call number: J 956.94 ZOH Engineer Arielle and the Israel Independence Day surprise, by Deborah Bodin Cohen. Engineer Arielle drives her train through Jerusalem on Israel Independence Day, greeting friends and waiting to celebrate with her brother Ezra, who is the lead pilot in the Israeli Air Force's special air show. Call number: J 296.4375 COH The missing letters: a dreidel story, by Renee Londner. The jealous nuns, heys, and shins in a dreidel maker's shop hide the gimels because everyone likes them best. But when they learn the importance of dreidels and how each letter is special, they're persuaded to return them. Call number: J 296.435 LON General Non-Fiction 125 cute animals, National Geographic. From koalas to kinkajous, chimpanzees to chipmunks, the world is full of adorable animals! Call number: J 591 NAT Best in snow, by April Pulley Sayre. A photographic non-fiction picture book about the wonder of snowfall and the winter water cycle. Call number: J 525.5 SAY 2 The polar bear, by Jenni Desmond. An introduction to the polar bear combines facts and illustrations that make their habits and characteristics easy to comprehend. Call number: J 599.78 DES Polar bears, by Laura Marsh. Learn about polar bears including details regarding their behavior, families, and environment. Call number: J 599.78 MAR When we were alone, by David A. Roberston. by David A. Roberston. A young girl learns about family and heritage in this gentle picture book about the legacy of Native American boarding schools. Call number: J 371.829 ROB Middle Years Fiction Exiles from the war: the war guests diary of Charlotte Mary Twiss. Guelph, Ontario, 1940, by Jean Little. When a frightened girl and boy arrive on the Twiss family's doorstep to escape the Blitz, Charlotte wonders how she will keep her war guests from missing their parents back home. Charlotte Twiss' diary shows her innermost feelings about her life on the Canadian homefront, as she helps her war guests "settle in". Call number: M FIC LIT The ghosts of Tupelo Landing, by Sheila Turnage. When Miss Lana accidentally buys a haunted inn at the Tupelo Landing town auction, Desperado Detectives--aka Mo LoBeau and her best friend Dale--opens a paranormal division to solve the ghost's identity before the town's big 250th anniversary bash. Call number: M FIC TUR The great Shelby Holmes, by Elizabeth Eulberg. Shelby Holmes is not your average sixth grader. She's nine years old, barely four feet tall, and the best detective her Harlem neighborhood has ever seen-always using logic and a bit of pluck (which yes, some might call bossiness) to solve the toughest crimes. Call number: M FIC EUL Into the lion's den, by Linda Fairstein. Someone has stolen a page from a rare book in the New York Public Library. At least, that’s what Devlin s friend Liza thinks she’s seen, but she can’t be sure. Any other kid might not see a crime here, but Devlin Quick is courageous and confident, and she knows she must bring this man to justice even if it means breathlessly racing around the city to collect evidence. But who is this thief? Call number: M FIC FAI 3 This is just a test, by Madelyn Rosenberg and Wendy Wan-Long Shang. In 1983 seventh-grader David Da-Wei Horowitz has a lot to worry about--his bar mitzvah is coming soon, his Jewish and Chinese grandmothers argue about everything, his teammates for the upcoming trivia contest, Scott and Hector, do not like each other, he is beginning to notice girls, and Scott has persuaded him to begin digging a fallout shelter just in case the Cold War heats up. Call number: M FIC ROS Under suspicion, by R.A. Spratt. Friday Barnes, girl detective, is... under arrest?! Getting arrested was the last thing Friday expected after solving the swamp-yeti mystery at her boarding school. But she better clear her name fast! She's got new cases to investigate, like a scandalous quiche bake-off, a decades old mystery buried in her school's backyard, and why the new boy, Christopher, is being so nice to her. Call number: M FIC SPR Woof: a Bowser and Birdie novel, by Spencer Quinn. Bowser is a mutt, just adopted by eleven-year-old Birdie Gaux and her grandmother, but when they all get home to Grammy’s bait and tackle shop in the bayou they discover that their prize stuffed marlin has been stolen--so Bowser decides to investigate, and things quickly become complicated and dangerous. Call number: M FIC QUI Graphic Novels Awkward, by Svetlana Chmakova. After shunning Jaime, the school nerd, on her first day at a new middle school, Penelope Torres tries to blend in with her new friends in the art club, until the art club goes to war with the science club, of which Jaime is a member. Call number: M FIC CHM Brave, by Svetlana Chmakova. In his daydreams, Jensen is the biggest hero that ever was, saving the world and his friends daily. But his middle school reality is VERY different - math is hard, getting along with friends is hard...Even finding a partner for the class project is a big problem when you always get picked last. Call number: M FIC CHM Caveboy Dave: more scrawny than brawny, by Aaron Reynolds. A young caveman named Dave must complete a dangerous rite of passage with his peers. Call number: M FIC REY The city of Ember: the graphic novel, by Jeanne DuPrau; adapted by Dallas Middaugh. In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions. Call number: M FIC DUP 4 Coraline, by Neil Gaiman; adapted and illustrated by P. Craig Russel. When Coraline steps through a door in her family's new house, she finds another house strangely similar to her own (only better). But there's another mother there and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go. Call number: M FIC GAI The red pyramid: a graphic novel, by Rick Riordan; adapted by Orpheus Collar. Brilliant Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane accidentally unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes the doctor to oblivion and forces his two children to embark on a dangerous journey, bringing them closer to the truth about their family and its links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs.
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