Jasper Rabbit’s Creepy Tales: Unsettling Salad! by Aaron Reynolds

Jasper Rabbit, in a suit, eyebrow quirked, introduces Unsettling Salad, with promises of encounters with the weird, the spooky, the goofy and the nonsensical. Parents will clock the manner and appearance of Jasper for the nod to the Twilight Zone that it is. For kids, it’s a brilliant technique to hook their interest.

At 82 pages and heavily illustrated, this series continues as a fine choice for kids too old for leveled readers, but not quite ready for novels. It’s also a fun read for your garden variety grown-up reader. I dare you not to laugh-out-loud. (Spoiler alert: WERE-BROCCOLI!!)

First Chapter Book pr8190247

Maggie Lou Meets Her Match by Arnolda Dufour Bowes

Libraries are asking for Indigenous content. This book is a fine example. Some of our rural libraries have been asking for stories set on farms. What isn’t as obvious, is that this book checks that box too. Maggie Lou learns to ride a horse, care for a horse, etc. Reading this book details how hard everyone works on a farm, from the smallest kids up to grandparents.

Maggie Lou also has a LOT of farm-centric fun and some truly funny hijinks.

Middle Grade Fiction pr7949707