All the Answers

ALL THE ANSWERS by Kate Messner. Bloomsbury, 2015 (March).

A magic pencil?
Does it have all the answers?
How best to use it?

Frank Einstein

FRANK EINSTEIN AND THE ANTIMATTER MOTOR by Jon Scieszka with illustrations by Brian Biggs. Amulet, 2014.

Winning the science
fair is essential. Meet Klink,
Intelligent bot.

Mister Max sets out

MISTER MAX: THE BOOK OF LOST THINGS by Cynthia Voigt. Knopf, 2013.

A mysterious message offers to take Max and his family to a faraway land where riches await them. However, circumstances end up with Max left behind while his parents seem to have disappeared. And so the mystery, actually the mysteries, begin. As Max and his grandmother search for clues about his parents, Max stumbles into some mysteries of his own. Before long, he is better known as Mister Max, a solutioneer. Will Max be able to find his parents? Can he survive on his own? An amiable cast of eccentric characters will draw readers in and have them guessing along with Max.

Color-full

THE KNIGHT AT DAWN by Mary Pope Osborne with illustrations by Sal Murdocca. Scholastic, 2013.

Twenty years after its initial publication, THE KNIGHT AT DAWN has been reissued in full color.

Middle Grade Books

STARRING JULES (IN DRAMA-RAMA) by Beth Ain. Scholastic, 2013.

Jules is set to star in a movie. When the shoot is postponed, Jules knows her former friend will be the first one to say something snide. And then a different opportunity opens up for her: starring in the pilot for a TV sitcom. All of this is still new to Jules who has enough to juggle with school and her new friend. Ain handles the day to day stuff of a typical school along with the demands of being a budding actress which makes this a book that will appeal to a wide cross section of readers.

NO SUCH THING AS A WITCH by Ruth Chew. Random House, 2013. (original copyright 1971).

Tad and Nora's new neighbor is a bit, well, different. She just might have a touch of magic. Her fudge seems to work magic on Tad when he heats more than one piece. Fortunately, this knowledge of the magic fudge comes in handy as Tad and Nora attempt to help Maggie Brown, friend to the animals, and next door neighbor witch.