Saturday, May 5, 2018

Spotlight Friday/Saturday - May releases - chapter books 5.05.18


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!


I know, it's not Friday, but with such a long post yesterday, it had to run over to today!  Wow, May is going to be a busy reading month!  Did you see all the picture books coming our way this month in this post?  Now it's the longer books turn - what book are you looking forward to reading?

Graphic Novels


All Summer Long
by Hope Larson
published by Farrar Straus Giroux
May 1st


I Am Gandhi
written by Brad Meltzer and other graphic novel artists
published by Dial Books
May 8th

Transitional Chapter Books

Polly Diamond and the Magic Book
written by Alice Kuipers
illustrated by Diana Toledano
published by Chronicle
May 1st


Zack and Zoe Mysteries:
The Missing Baseball and The Half-Court Hero
by Mike Lupica
published by Puffin Books
May 1st


Power Forward
written by Hena Khan
illustrated by Sally Wern Comport
published by Salaam Reads
May 8th


Halfway to Happily Ever After
by Sarah Aronson
published by Scholastic
May 29th


On Point
written by Hena Khan
illustrated by Sally Wern Comport
published by Salaam Reads
May 29th


Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Go To School
written by Julie Falatko
illustrated by Colin Jack
published by Scholastic
May 29th

Middle Grade


Bob

written by Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead
illustrated by Nicholas Gannon
published by Feiwel and Friends
May 1st


The Rose Legacy
by Jessica Day George
published by Bloomsbury
May 1st


Endling: The Last
written by Katherine Applegate
published by HarperCollins
May 1st


Evangeline of the Bayou
written by Jan Eldredge
illustrated by Joseph Kuefler
published by Balzer + Bray
May 1st


The Alcatraz Escape
written by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
illustrated by Sarah Watts
published by Henry Holt and Co.
May 1st


Out of Left Field
by Ellen Klages
published by Viking Books for Young Readers
May 1st


Jazz Owls: A Novel of the Zoot Suit Riots
written by Margarita Engle
illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez
published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers
May 8th


Whatshisface
by Gordon Korman
published by Scholastic
May 8th


Amal Unbound
by Aisha Saeed
published by Nancy Paulsen books
May 8th


Captain Superlative
by J.S. Puller
published by Disney-Hyperion
May 8th


Sandapalooza Shack Shake Up
written by Chris Grabenstein
published by Random House
May 22nd


Front Desk
by Kelly Yang
published by Scholastic
May 29th


Confusion is Nothing New
by Paul Acampora
published by Scholastic 
May 29th


Most Valuable Players
written by Phil Bildner
illustrated by Tim Probert
published by Farrar Straus Giroux
May 29th

Young Adult


A Court of Frost and Starlight
by Sarah J. Maas
published by Bloomsbury
May 1st


If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say
by Leila Sales
published by Farrar Straus Giroux
May 1st


Tradition
by Brendan Kiely
published by Margaret K. McElderry Books
May 1st


What I Leave Behind
by Alison McGhee
published by Atheneum
May 15th


Girl Made of Stars
by Ashley Herring Blake
published by HMH
May 15th


We Are All That's Left
by Carrie Arcos
published by Philomel Books
May 15th


All of This is True
by Lygia Day Peñaflor
published by Harper Teen
May 15th


Monday's Not Coming
by Tiffany D. Jackson
published by Katherine Tegen Books
May 22nd

Publishing dates have been checked against what is listed on their corresponding Goodreads page.  Be sure to check publisher websites for all up to date information!

Wow.  I really need more time to read!

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