Annotated List of New Resources at The Kaufman Silverberg Library
January 2018
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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. Call number: M FIC RIO
Red's planet: friends and foes, by Eddie Pittman. Soon after Red crash lands on a distant planet, she finds herself in a strange paradise surrounded by a host of odd and intriguing aliens, including her small gray companion, Tawee, and the planet's grumpy custodian, Goose. But even paradise has its problems… Call number: M FIC PIT
The serpent's shadow: a graphic novel, by Rick Riordan; adapted by Orpheus Collar. When Apophis, the chaos snake, threatens to plunge the world into eternal darkness, siblings Carter and Sade Kane plan to use an ancient spell to destroy the snake, but first must rely on the murderous ghost of a powerful magician. Call number: M FIC RIO
Snoopy to the rescue : a Peanuts collection, by Charles M. Schulz. Helping the Peanuts gang through various adventures (and misadventures), Snoopy continues his standoff with the Red Baron, finds every opportunity to kiss Lucy on the nose, and ventures out to find the mysterious Lila. Call number: J FIC SCH
Star Wars: Jedi Academy - The force oversleeps, by Jarrett J. Krosoczka. Returning to the Jedi Academy, Victor struggles with his older sister's upcoming graduation and contemplates returning to his old ways of being the class clown. Call number: J FIC STA
Star Wars: Jedi Academy - A new class, by Jarrett J. Krosoczka. Excitedly embarking on his course of training at the Jedi Academy despite his older sister's jealousy, Victor Starspeeder struggles with Master Yoda's assignments, which include a requirement to join the drama club to channel his high energy. Call number: J FIC STA
5 Super Narwhal and Jelly Jolt, by Ben Clanton. Happy-go-lucky Narwhal and no-nonsense Jelly find their inner superheroes in three new under-the-sea adventures. Call number: J FIC CLA
The throne of fire: a graphic novel, by Rick Riordan; adapted by Orpheus Collar. In this exciting second installment of the three-book series, Carter and Sadie, offspring of the brilliant Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane, embark on a worldwide search for the Book of Ra, but the House of Life and the gods of chaos are determined to stop them. Call number: M FIC RIO
Woodstock, master of disguise: a Peanuts collection, by Charles M. Schulz. Whether you're a fussbudget like Lucy, Flying Ace like Snoopy, or a lovable loser like Charlie Brown, there is something to make you laugh in Peanuts. Call number: J FIC SCH
Juvenile Fiction Absolutely Alife and the first week friends, by Sally Warner. Alfie Jakes's summer was better than she expected. Even though her best friend Lulu was away on vacation, she found a new friend in her next-door neighbor, Hanni. Now that second grade is about to start, and Lulu is back in town, Alfie is worried. All she wants is for her trio to be first week friends, but what if Lulu and Hanni don't get along? Call number: J FIC WAR
Absolutely Alife and the furry purry secret, by Sally Warner. Alfie falls in love with a little gray kitten and wants to give it a home. But one of her house’s rules is 'no pets' because she is supposedly allergic. Alfie is sure she's outgrown that allergy, but how can she convince her parents? Wouldn't it be better to sneak the kitten home and prove that she's not allergic? But keeping a kitten, a secret is lot harder than she ever thought! Call number: J FIC WAR
Ada Lace sees red, by Emily Calandrelli. Eight-year-old Ada Lace is determined to win the robot-building competition but is struggling with her art class, so she soon wonders if there might be a way to use both science and art to solve her problems. Call number: J FIC CAL
Arctic freeze: Race the wild, bk 3, by Kristin Earhart. As the four members of Team Red begin the third stage of the race in Alaska, Dev must learn to focus and trust his instincts if he is going to help his team pull out a victory. Call number: J FIC EAR
6 Best friends forever: Bink & Gollie bk. 3, by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee. The friendship of tall Gollie and short Bink is tested by Gollie's queenly airs, a lack of pancakes, and their shared profile in a book of record holders. Call number: J FIC DIC
Bink & Gollie, by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee. Two roller-skating best friends--one tiny, one tall--share three comical adventures involving outrageously bright socks, an impromptu trek to the Andes, and a most unlikely marvelous companion. Call number: J FIC DIC
Bookmarks are people too!, by Henry Winkler & Lin Oliver. Hoping to land the lead in the class play, Hank freezes during his audition and is only able to buzz like a fly, inspiring his teacher to create a special role for him as a silent bookmark that saves the show when a rival suffers an attack of stage fright. Call number: J FIC WIN
The brilliant world of Tom Gates, by L. Pichon. Meet Tom Gates - a master of excuses, an expert doodler, a comic story writer extraordinaire, and the bane of his teacher's existence! Call number: J FIC PIC
Frightmares: a creepy collection of scary stories, by Michael Dahl. There are plenty of chills in this compilation of four separately published books of scary stories: The stranger on the stairs, The doll that waved goodbye, The voice in the boys' room, and The phantom on the phone. Call number: J FIC DAH
Great reef games: Race the wild, bk 2, by Kristin Earhart. Sage is used to being the fastest runner, the quickest climber, and the strongest swimmer around. And she's also used to taking charge. But when the second race course has the red team diving underwater to explore the Great Barrier Reef, it's trusting her teammates that matters most. It's sink or swim time. Call number: J FIC EAR
Rain forest relay: Race the wild, bk 1, by Kristin Earhart. When Russell entered the race, he knew it was going to be a wild ride. He'd been studying up on the Amazon's animals and culture forever. But nothing could prepare him or his teammates for what they'd find in the rain forest: raging rapids, poisonous venom, and sneaky competitors who'd do anything to win. Can the red team work together to make it to the finish line in one piece? Call number: J FIC EAR 7 A short tale about a long dog, by Henry Winkler & Lin Oliver. Rescuing a Dachshund from an animal shelter after convincing his skeptical father to get the family a dog, Hank struggles to prove his trustworthiness after his new canine friend gets loose at the park. Call number: J FIC WIN
Stop that frog!, by Henry Winkler & Lin Oliver. When the principal has to be away from school at a conference, Hank's class agrees to take care of the principal's special pet frog, and Hank is chosen to take the frog home for the weekend. Call number: J FIC WIN
Two for one, Bink & Gollie bk. 2, by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee. The state fair is in town, and now Bink and Gollie-utter opposites and best friends extraordinaire-must use teamwork and their gray matter while navigating its many wonders. Call number: J FIC DIC
Zoey and Sassafras: dragons and marshmallows, by Asia Citro. A girl, Zoey, and her cat, Sassafras, use science experiments to help a dragon with a problem. Call number: J FIC CIT
Zoey and Sassafras: merhorses and bubbles, by Asia Citro. Making a terrible discovery at the stream about a mysterious threat that is endangering its magical creatures, Zoey and Sassafras race against time to discover the source of the problem and save the Merhorse species. Call number: J FIC CIT
Zoey and Sassafras: monsters and mold, by Asia Citro. Making a terrible discovery at the stream about a mysterious threat that is endangering its magical creatures, Zoey and Sassafras race against time to discover the source of the problem and save the Merhorse species. Call number: J FIC CIT
Picture Books Give me back my book!, by Travis Foster. Two friends, Redd and Bllo argue over the possession of one special book with a green cover, hard cover, a nice spine, and pages turn from right to left--but unite when Bookworm walks off with it. Call number: E FOS
8 Goldilocks and the three dinosaurs, as retold by Mo Willems. Presents the wacky story of three dinosaurs, including a visitor from Norway, who insist that they have not tidied up their home and prepared yummy pudding to trap a tasty little girl. Call number: E WIL
I will not eat you, by Adam Lehrhaup. A dragon resists the urge to eat the animals that approach his cave. Call number: E LEH
If you give a dog a donut, written by Laura Numeroff. Chaos might ensue if you were to give a dog a donut. Call number: E NUM
The leopard's drum: an Asante tale from West Africa, by Jessica Souhami. Osebo the leopard has a drum that is the envy of all the animals, and even of Nyame, the Sky-God. When Osebo refuses to give the instrument to him, Nyame offers a reward to the creature who can bring it. The beasts try and fail until the smallest of them, the tortoise Achi-cheri, succeeds by her wiles. Call number: J 398.2 SOU
Love monster, by Rachel Bright. Googly-eyed Monster looks high and low for someone to love him, and then in the blink of an eye love finds him. Call number: E BRI
Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, adapted by Deborah Hautzig. Retells, in simple text, the tale of a girl who falls down a rabbit hole into a place filled with extraordinary creatures and amazing things. Call number: E HAU
Nanette's baguette, by Mo Willems. Today is the day Nanette gets to get the baguette! Is she set? You bet! Call number: E WIL
Oi frog!, by Kes Gray. A hilarious rhyming tale about a frog who discovers that all animals have their special places to sit! Cats sit on mats, hares sit on chairs, mules sit on stools and gofers sit on sofas, but Frog does not want to sit on a log! Call number: E GRA
Shh! We have a plan, by Chris Haughton. Four friends creep through the woods, and what do they spot? An exquisite bird high in a tree! "Hello birdie," waves one. "Shh! We have a plan," hush the others. They stealthily make their advance, nets in the air. 9 Ready one, ready two, ready three, and go! But as one comically foiled plan follows another, it soon becomes clear that their quiet, observant companion, hand outstretched, has a far better idea. Call number: E HAU
Tap the magic tree, by Christie Matheson. Invites the reader to tap, rub, touch, and wiggle illustrations to make an apple tree bloom, produce fruit, and lose its leaves. Call number: E MAT
There's a monster in your book, by Tom Fletcher. Encourages the reader to shake, tilt, and wiggle the book to remove the little monster inside, but once it is out, another problem arises. Call number: E FLE
We're in the wrong book!, by Richard Byrne. Ben and Bella love the pages of their book. So, when jumping from page to page and suddenly find themselves in the wrong book altogether, they are most perplexed. For Ben, Bella, and readers, what follows is a rollercoaster journey through a counting book, a comic book, a history book, a puzzle book, an ebook, a craft book, a sticker book, a spot-the-difference book, and finally a scary book - which ultimately propels them back into their own book. Call number: E BYR
When it starts to snow, by Phillis Gershator. Various animals tell what they do and where they go when it starts to snow. Call number: E GER
Winter dance, by Marion Dane Bauer. A fox wonders how he should prepare for the coming winter, but what other animals advise will not work for him until another fox comes to his aid. Call number: E BAU
Zog and the flying doctors, by Julia Donaldson. Zog the dragon, Princess Pearl, and Sir Gadabout form a team of flying doctors, treating the kingdoms subjects; but Pearl's uncle, the king, disapproves, and locks her in the castle--until he becomes ill and discovers that only Pearl and her companions can cure him. Call number: E DON
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