The children’s librarians of Rockland County have chosen their titles for the Mock Newbery discussion on January 14 at Valley Cottage Library. They are as follows:
New Kid by Jerry Craft; The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart; Extraordinary Birds by Sandy Sark-McGinnis; Pay Attention, Carter Jones by Gary D. Schmidt; Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds and Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga. Stay tuned for the winner to be announced on 1/14/20!

Raina Telgemeier’s latest novel Guts,  received a very favorable review in this week’s NY Times Book Review. It deals with childhood anxiety, and is autobiographical, as revealed in the review and protagonist In fact, the author of the review states that reading Guts caused his feelings to arise about his own anxiety at the same age as the character. It’s comforting to know that there are authors brave enough to share their own vulnerabilities with young readers, in the hope that they will find some kindred spirits and realize that they are not alone with their struggles…