New Books

J Books
Falling In Frances O. Dowell
Night Fairy Laura N. Schlintz
Calvin Coconut : Dog Heaven Sal Salisbury
Over My Dead Body Kate Klise

Y Books
Cosmic Frank C. Boyce
Woods Runner  Gary Paulsen
Runaway Twin Peg Kehret
Eidi  Bodil Bredsdorff
Boys Without Names Kashmira Sheth

YA Books
For Keeps Natasha Friend
Raven Summer David Almond
Hunger Game Suzanne Collins
Candor Pam Bachorz

E-Books
A Very Big Bunny Marisabina Russo
My Garden Henkes, Kevin
Help Me, Mr. Mutt! Janet Stevens
Backyardigans : Rescue Patrol Catherine Lukas
Rhyming Dust Bunnies Jan Thomas
Big Red Lollipop Rukhsana Khan

JP Books
Here comes the Garbage Barge! Jonah Winter
Strega Nona's harvest Tomie DePaola
My Name is Sangoel Karen L. Williams
Duffy and the Devil Harve & Margot Zemach
Big Fat Cow That Goes Kapow Andy Griffiths

Non Fiction Books
Just the Right Size Nicola Davies
Omnivore's Dilemma : Secrets Behind What You Eat Michael Pollan
Scien-trickery : Riddles in Science J. Patrick Lewis

Know your Author

     For fifteen years, Rick taught English and history at public and private middle schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Texas. In 2002, Saint Mary's Hall honored him with the school's first Master Teacher Award.
     Rick Riordan now writes full-time. He lives in San Antonio with his wife and two sons.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

His first Percy Jackson book The Lightning Thief was a New York Times Notable Book for 2005. The Sea of Monsters was a Child Magazine Best Book for Children for 2006 and a national bestseller. The third title, The Titan's Curse, made the series a #1 New York Times bestseller, and the fourth title, The Battle of the Labyrinth, had a first printing of one million copies. The series concluded with The Last Olympian, which was also a major national bestseller. Rick is also the author of The 39 Clues: The Maze of Bones, another #1 New York Times bestseller. His newest series about Egyptian mythology, The Kane Chronicles, begins May 4, 2010 with The Red Pyramid.

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