SAVING LUCAS BIGGS By: Marisa de los Santos and David Teague
Laureth's father is a writer. They live in London, and Laureth takes care of all of her father's correspondence. But then her dad goes missing. Laureth gets an e-mail
When the teacher hands out boxes to each of her students, it says Going Places. Rafael can't wait to put his together. When he is done it is a go-cart, he is so proud of his cart. Then he looks next door to see how Maya is doing and she is just sitting on her box looking at a bird. The next time he looks she has made her cart into wings like an airplane. So they decide to collaborate. Amazing what tow minds can come up with. I hope you enjoy this as much as I do. When my son, now grown with a son of his own. Loved the Peter Spier book Oh Were they Ever Happy. I know this will be on the list of books I will purchase for his son. 
Okay, I don't know how Jane O'Connor does it, but she made the perfect book for little girls who would love to be in a wedding. Fancy Nancy is sure she is going to be a flower girl, she will have the most beautiful dress and stay up past midnight. But when her Uncle Cal says the wedding is to be a surprise, Nancy is shocked. There going to have a morning wedding, not a traditional one. Will this be a great wedding or a disappointment. Make sure you get a copy! Ages 4-8 Harper $17.99
Maple is a wonderful little girl, her parents planted a Maple tree when she was born. So when Maple grew so did her tree. When would go out to play and sing to her tree, try to throw snowballs at it, but it didn't throw back. He tree didn't even mind if she was noisy. One day her parents had another baby, and in her honor they plant another tree. Read this book to find out what they name this baby. I read this to my grandson's class and they really loved the book. Ages 2-7 $16.99 Nancy Paulsen Books
Eddie Red is a code name for Edmund. He has a photographic memory and sees a a crime. So the police call him into the station so he can describe the man to a sketch artist. Well the sketch artist isn't doing the drawing right and Edmund says he can draw it better. Well he does and so begins his job with the police department. He is to go undercover and watch for some art thieves. The humor in this book made me laugh out loud while I was reading it. Very entertaining. $16.99 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
