New Release Books

Today’s first Featured New Release is Boy’s Best Friend ($9.99 Kindle), by Kate Banks and Rupert Sheldrake [Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) / Macmillan].

Book Description
Eleven-year-old George has a dog, Bart, who seems to know everything about him-from when he is feeling sad to when he will arrive home from school. George’s new neighbor and classmate, Lester, also has a dog, Bill Gates, and Lester thinks he is the smartest animal in the world. When their teacher assigns a school science project about animal behavior, George and Lester decide to conduct an experiment based on the world-famous Rupert Sheldrake’s experiments about dogs. George even has an email exchange with Dr. Sheldrake to help him with the project-and he and Lester soon find out that, through a few simple experiments, kids can make scientific discoveries, too. This middle-grade boys and dogs story is inspired by Rupert Sheldrake’s bestselling adult novel. Dogs that Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home.

Age Level: 8 – 12; Grade Level: 3 – 7

Today’s second Featured New Release is Rebel Mechanics: All is Fair in Love and Revolution ($9.99 Kindle), by Shanna Swendson [Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) / Macmillan].

Book Description
It’s 1888, and seventeen-year-old Verity Newton lands a job in New York as a governess to a wealthy leading family–but she quickly learns that the family has big secrets. Magisters have always ruled the colonies, but now an underground society of mechanics and engineers are developing non-magical sources of power via steam engines that they hope will help them gain freedom from British rule. The family Verity works for is magister–but it seems like the children’s young guardian uncle is sympathetic to the rebel cause. As Verity falls for a charming rebel inventor and agrees to become a spy, she also becomes more and more enmeshed in the magister family’s life. She soon realizes she’s uniquely positioned to advance the cause–but to do so, she’ll have to reveal her own dangerous secret.

Age Level: 12 – 18; Grade Level: 7 and up

Today’s third Featured New Release is Little Bites: 100 Healthy, Kid-Friendly Snacks ($18.71 Paperback), by Christine Chitnis and Sarah Waldman [Roost Books].

Book Description
Leave the packaged snacks behind! Little Bites offers 100 wholesome, seasonal, vegetarian snacks perfect for active families.

Anyone with children knows the stampede that occurs whenever the phrase “snack time” is uttered. Children associate snacks with fun, tasty, easy-to-eat foods, but as parents, we know that the very best snacks are all that and more. Snacks, when done right, serve an important purpose–they give our kids a needed boost of energy, whether after a long day of school or during an especially active trip to the playground. While at home with their young sons, Chitnis and Waldman discovered that when you are on the go with little ones, snacks become an important part of the day, nutritionally speaking. Never ones to settle for premade crackers or bags of sugary treats, they used their creativity and love of food to develop wholesome snacks that are easy to pack and simple to make. The result is a collection of inspired recipes that are healthier, tastier, and just right for active families that care about what they eat.

About the Authors
CHRISTINE CHITNIS is a writer, photographer, and mother. Her writing has appeared in Country Living, Time Out New York, the Boston Globe, and Edible Rhody, among many other local and national publications. She served as a contributing editor at Yankee Magazine, and her work has been praised by the Washington Post and The Today Show, as well as by numerous popular blogs, including Design*Sponge, Apartment Therapy, Decor8, and Cup of Jo. She is the author of Markets of New England.

SARAH WALDMAN Sarah Waldman is a home cook, certified health counselor, recipe developer, and mother. She lives with her husband and two young sons on Martha’s Vineyard. While pregnant with her first son, she attended the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, acting on her urge to stop the cycle of processed and low-quality food appearing on America’s dinner tables. Follow Sarah’s island adventures in cooking local, seasonal, wholesome family food at SarahWaldman.com.

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