Spotlight Friday - September releases 9.01.17

Time to get ready for the weekend!

Kick up your feet and find a good place to read.

Sharing #booklove for your classroom or library.

Spotlighting a book or two because these books deserve the spotlight!

Happy September 1st!  It's the first Friday of the month which means it's a roundup of releases!  Do you remember my August post?  It was seriously dangerous for your pocket book.  Goes what?  This month is worse!  Get your library holds ready!

Picture Books


When's My Birthday
written by Julie Fogliano
illustrated by Christian Robinson
Sept. 5th


Where Oliver Fits
by Cale Atkinson
Sept. 5th


In the Middle of Fall
written by Kevin Henkes
illustrated by Laura Dronzek
Sept. 5th


Sam, the Most Scaredy-Cat Kid in the Whole World
by Mo Willems
Sept. 5th


Little i
by Michael Hall
Sept. 5th


Sarabella's Thinking Cap
by Judy Schachner
Sept. 5th


Come With Me
written by Holly McGhee
illustrated by Pascal Lemaitre
Sept. 5th


La Princesa and the Pea
written by Susan Middleton Elya
illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal
Sept. 5th


The Little Red Cat Who Ran Away and Learned His ABCs (the Hard Way)
by Patrick McDonnell
Sept. 5th


Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter
by Kenard Pak
Sept. 5th


Hooray for Books
by Brian Won
Sept. 12th


The Antlered Ship
written by Dashka Slater
illustrated by The Fan Brothers
Sept. 12th


Smoot: A Rebellious Shadow
written by Michelle Cuevas
illustrated by Sydney Smith
Sept. 12th


In Your Hands
written by Carole Boston Weatherford
illustrated by Brian Pinkney
Sept. 12th


Fly Guy's Big Family
by Tedd Arnold
Sept. 12th


Red and Lulu
by Matt Tavares
Sept. 19th


Flashlight Night
written by Matt Esenwine
illustrated by Fred Koehler
Sept. 19th


Are We Pears Yet?
written by Miranda Paul
illustrated by Carin Berger
Sept. 19th


It's Not Jack and the Beanstalk
written by Josh Funk
illustrated by Edwardian Taylor
Sept. 19th


There's Nothing to Do
written by Dev Petty
illustrated by Mike Boldt
Sept. 19th


The Alphabet Book With No Pictures
by B.J. Novak
Sept. 26th


I Have a Balloon
written by Ariel Bernstein
illustrated by Scott Magoon
Sept. 26th


Bruce's Big Move
by Ryan T. Higgins
Sept. 26th


It Takes a Village
written by Hillary Rodham Clinton
illustrated by Marla Frazee
Sept. 26th

Nonfiction Picture Books


Dazzle Ships
written by Chris Barton
illustrated by Victo Ngai
Sept. 1st
my review here


Big Machines: The Story of Virginia Lee Burton
written by Sherri Duskey Rinker
illustrated by John Rocco
Sept. 5th


Muddy: Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters
written by Michael Mahin
illustrated by Evan Turk
Sept. 5th


Older Than Dirt
by Don Brown and Michael Perfit
Sept. 5th


Imagine That! How Dr. Seuss Wrote the Cat in the Hat
by Judy Sierra
illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
Sept. 12th


Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
written by Carole Boston Weatherford
illustrated by Eric Velasquez
Sept. 12th
read my thoughts here


How to Be an Elephant
by Katherine Roy
Sept. 19th


Her Right Foot
written by Dave Eggers
illustrated by Shawn Harris
Sept. 19th

Nonfiction Middle Grade


Fault Lines in the Constitution
written by Cynthia Levinson and Sanford Levinson
Sept. 1st


Poison: Deadly Deeds, Perilous Professions and Murderous Medicines
by Sarah Albee
Sept. 5th

Poetry


Read! Read! Read!
poems by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
illustrated by Ryan O'Rourke
Sept. 19th
read my thoughts here

Early Readers/Transitional Chapter Books


Princess in Black and the Mysterious Playmate
written by Shannon and Dean Hale
illustrated by LeUyen Pham
Sept. 5th


Wallace and Grace and the Lost Puppy
written by Heather Alexander
illustrated by Laura Zarrin
Sept. 12th
my thoughts here


Infamous Ratsos Are Not Afraid
written by Kara LaReau
illustrated by Matt Myers
Sept. 12th


Beatrice Zinker, Upside Down Thinker
written by Shelley Johannes
Sept. 19th


That's My Book! And Other Stories
by Salina Yoon
Sept. 19th


Graphic Novels


Mighty Jack and the Goblin King
by Ben Hatke
Sept. 5th


Swing It Sunny!
written by Jenni Holm
illustrated by Matt Holm
Sept. 12th


Graveyard Shakes
by Laura Terry
Sept. 26th


Babysitter's Club Dawn and the Impossible Three
written by Ann M. Martin
illustrated by Gale Galligan
Sept. 26th

Middle Grade


Halfway Normal
by Barbara Dee
Sept. 5th


Elsie Mae Has Something to Say
by Nancy Cavanaugh
Sept. 5th


The Great Hibernation
by Tara Dairman
Sept. 12th


The Explorer 
by Katherine Rundell
Sept. 12th


The Daybreak Bond
by Megan Frazer Blakemore
Sept. 12th


Nyxia
by Scott Reintgen
Sept. 12th


The Rise of the Jumbies
by Tracey Baptiste
Sept. 19th


Chasing Augustus
by Kimberly Newton Fusco
Sept. 19th


The Way to BEA
by Kat Yeh
Sept. 19th


Ethan Marcus Stands Up
by Michele Weber Hurwitz
Sept. 19th


No Place Like Home
by Dee Romito
Sept. 19th


Saving Marty
by Paul Griffin
Sept. 19th


The Stars Beneath Our Feet
by David Barclay Moore
Sept. 19th


Wishtree
by Katherine Applegate
Sept. 26th


Frazzled 2: Ordinary Mishaps and Inevitable Catastrophes
by Booki Vivat
Sept. 26th

Young Adult


Genuine Fraud
by E. Lockhart
Sept. 5th


Wild Bird
by Wendelin Van Draanen
Sept. 5th


Warcross 
by Marie Lu
Sept. 12th


Jane, Unlimited
by Kristin Cashore
Sept. 19th

* all release dates are according to Amazon and/or Goodreads.  They may be subject to change.  Double check with publishers for accuracy.


Yup.  There went my paycheck.  Actually, I have a lot of these on hold already.  Thank goodness for the public library!