NBS recommends kids' chronicles
Big Nate: Fun Blaster
By Lincoln Peirce
MANILA, Philippines - P245
Big Nate Fun Blaster will rock your socks off! This second Big Nate themed paper-over-board activity book is bursting with awesome new activities for Nate fans, including trivia quizzes (How well do you know Nate?), Timber Scout badges, super sudoku puzzles, crackable codes, create your own comix, amazing mazes, poetry slams, ridiculous rhymes, marvelous Mad Libs, and much more. Nate’s world pops off the pages with more than 500 black-and-white illustrations . . . that you get to help create!
The Wimpy Kid: Do-It-Yourself Book
By Jeff Kinney
P299
With The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book, you’re the author, illustrator, and main character. Filled with loads of interactive pages and plenty of space to write your own life’s story, this book is all you need to create your masterpiece. Whatever you do, make sure you put it someplace safe after you finish. Because when you’re rich and famous, this thing is going to be worth a fortune.
The Land Of Stories: The Wishing Spell
By Chris Colfer
P489
Alex and Conner Bailey’s world is about to change in this fast-paced adventure that uniquely combines our modern day world with the enchanting realm of classic fairy tales. The Land of Stories tells the tale of twins Alex and Conner. Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, they leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about. But after a series of encounters with witches, wolves, goblins, and trolls alike, getting back home is going to be harder than they thought.
The Rise Of Nine
By Pittacus Lore
P395
They caught Number One in Malaysia. Number Two in England. And Number Three in Kenya. They caught Number Six in New York—but she escaped. Now they want to finish what they started.
Dork Diaries: Tales From Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess
By Rachel Renee Russell
P489
Nikki Maxwell isn’t at all surprised to find out that her crush Brandon volunteers at a local animal shelter. He’s such a sweet guy—of course he wants to help those adorable puppies! Then Brandon tells her that the shelter is in danger of closing, and Nikki knows she can’t let that happen. Especially when she discovers a shocking secret about Brandon that makes keeping that shelter open more important than ever. So Nikki and her friends Chloe and Zoey enter an ice skating competition to help raise money for the shelter, but (big surprise) Mackenzie has to stick her nose in and cause trouble so that she can be the one to swoop in and save the day. No way will Nikki let that happen: She’ll just have to come up with some extra creative ideas this time!
