 Good morning everyone and welcome to our chapter chat or monthly Talk about books with miss Janine and myself and she'll introduce herself and then I'll introduce me All right, I'm Janine from the Mark Twain library. Welcome to our chapter chat We'll be highlighting books from our elementary and middle school Collections and this will be airing the second Wednesday of every month And I miss Pam from the main library and I guess we're ready to go So this month we will each talk about Five new books that have been published within the last three months Since October and Halloween is at the since it's October and Halloween is at the end of the month We thought we would at least mention of a new book or two that might be more of a scary tale or mystery All right, so let's go ahead and begin and we'll start with All right, thanks Janine Okay, this is our first book my first book This is called Fabio the world's greatest flamingo detective mystery on the ostrich express And this is by Laura James illustrated by Emily Fox Fabio and his assistant Gilbert giraffe are out to capture a jewel thief Even though they're supposed to be on vacation, but there are sacrifices to make when you're a famous detective There are plenty of illustrations in addition to a lot of pink. I'll show you the pages there's some bright pink and Where's an orange one Pink and a lot of orange and different colors So this is a very vivid colorful read just is enjoyable. There's a number first There's a first book in the series and it's a lot of fun It's a beginning chapter book and you can challenge yourself to solve the mystery before Fabio does and that is Mystery on the ostrich express Very cool very cool So my first one that I wanted to highlight was This book scary stories for young foxes as you can see you understand why I chose this So I actually listened to this book and it was amazing It's basically about it's told first. You're set up in story These young foxes actually want to go to a storyteller. They want to hear a story that will turn their entire tails white And so I guess it's one of those things where if you see a fox with a white tail That means they actually sat through the entire story and listened to it Many of many of the little fox the kits there's little kits that actually go to the storyteller and They there's seven of them. I believe I think it was yeah seven of them and each of them Obviously they are they range in age But the oldest is actually the bravest and even the beta the alpha than the beta You know, they're all really brave, but then They find out that you can't they can't all really sit through the entire story because it's so bone-chilling So it's really good. It's actually um, I I was really worried throughout the entire book About what was going to happen to these two foxes and it was pretty pretty interesting story because you actually get to see them Fight for serve like actually try to survive and fight All the different challenges that actually they actually encounter in the woods including humans So it's pretty interesting. I really enjoyed it and they have some pretty scary illustrations inside too Oh, yeah So it's all black and white And it's pretty cool because it's like a sketch art, but it's really really cool I love it. It's all the details. It was really good. So Yeah, and it also is a new very honor book as well. So it it's pretty pretty good Sounded too scary to me and I haven't been able to read it yet. So I guess my tail would not turn white My next book is called Iggy Peck and the mysterious mansion by Andrea Beatty illustrations by David Roberts And this is part of the questionnaire series. But have you ever been to a real haunted house? Iggy Peck thinks he has During a storm he shelters at the mysterious mansion that has a rumor that it's haunted He's an architect. So he's fascinated because there's lots of architectural styles in this house It's like they Did some and then they added some and then they did more and more so it's it's really exciting to him But it's also still still spooky especially in a storm Luckily for him his friend Ada twist and her great aunt Bernice show up to give him a ride home She has actually been given the house by the former owner because he wanted to give it to someone who loved their town which is blue river creek and Expected the history of it and she owns a store where she sells artifacts from the town's history. So She was the perfect choice But when they go back the next day The porch sports start moving like piano keys up and down and up and down and they begin to wonder Is this house really haunted and also when they go in there's no furniture and she needs the furniture in order to open it to the public Excuse me So it's up to Iggy and his friends to use their Technology and their engineering skills and their curiosity to find out is the house really haunted and where is that furniture? And so the questionnaires they inspire us to ask our own questions And follow our own unique Interests. So this is Iggy Peck and the mysterious mansion. Very cool. Very cool I really want furniture in my own house. So I can't imagine if you don't have furniture there. Yeah And then having to hunt for it like a scavenger hunt. I know Oh boy, okay. So My next one is another Newberry honor book as well This one is called other words for homes. This is actually in our middle school collection We just received this in august. So it's a very interesting story This is jude that you see on the cover. She's actually from the war-torn country, syria and it Is so heartbreaking that she has to leave her beloved father and older brother It and she has to leave the country and leave them behind unfortunately and move to america in sincenade Um, so she's on not just a life changing Uh environment, but she's also learning about all these different things that the american movies that she adored Um in the past they really did not prepare her for the the Current american uh society and so she's learning terms like middle eastern um Like a new identities that she's discovering about herself or what other people say about her or think of her So it's very interesting. She's also But she is trying her hardest to making friends Trying to become accustomed to american culture And also just trying to find herself and figure out what her true identity really is Um, it's a great great story. It is actually told in verse. So if you look inside It's more of a um an easier read. This is best for reluctant readers So if you're not really really into reading and you are a little, you know Hesitant to pick up a book. This one is pretty good Not only is it a good story not only do you learn a lot, but it's pretty A quite a fast read. So pretty cool, huh? Yeah, I like those books in verse Yeah, I know and um and it probably gives you some real insights into what it would be like to move to a different country and Leave everything behind And that's kind of why I kind of chose it too because I know it's not a scary tale But we all do when moving is is already scary for anybody. Um, even an adult even for me Yeah, but imagine for a middle schooler or elementary school kid. It's it's uh, it's very scary Especially if you're leaving your friends and everything you knew Yeah Well, this is ghost squad by claire bell or tega And this is the story of loosely l u c e l y loosely Enjoys breakfast every morning where their cousins or aunts or uncles and most especially her beloved grandmother But if someone was to peek in their kitchen window, they would only see loosely and her dad because the others are ghosts And they are in Firefly form When they are not in human form and they live in little jars hanging from the willow tree outside their house Well loosely's dad has a ghost tour, but business is bad So they might lose their house unless something happens and even worse There's something strange happening with the fireflies. They're kind of flickering in and out So it seems like they're losing their strength and they seem to also be reliving How they died which is kind of creepy in some cases But worst of all her grandmother one day flickers out completely So sit her best friend and loosely they decide that they're going to use a spell and wake the spirits Just to get her grandmother back But unfortunately they wake up the evil spirits too when they try this spell And they have to get Sid's Mother who's a powerful witch. She's one of las brujas moradas, which means purple witches that used to guard their town And she kind of kept that quiet, but now she has to use her power to help save The relatives and the town from the evil spirits that want to take it over they're seeking Oh, well, I don't want to give it away But it's a very cool book and very different very very different because it seems like Everyone takes ghosts for granted in this town But the best thing is Sid and loosely his friendship. Oh, and I just wanted to share grandma's rules for Dealing with evil spirits Be prepared respect the dead always have a cat And that is ghost squad I like the always have a cat one Yes, that's library that's library folks, you know Yeah, we we would love to have cats Very cool. It kind of reminds me of The last book one of the books gallon set or get uh I think I got there Their names mixed up that they save the universe or something like that or they break the universe Oh, Sal and Gabby. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, they took they took ghosts and spirits They're granted to also Very interesting when you said like oh, they're trying to save their grandmother Her spirit and all that and I was like, oh, it reminds me. I think they saw Sal and Gabby saw Her the grandmother that passed away. Oh his mom. Yeah, his mom. Yeah Very interesting very interesting pretty cool Okay, um I wanted to share this one 96 miles by jls splint This also is I chose a lot of award winners. This also is an award winner. It won the jl g junior library guild the gold standard right there So what it is about is about these two boys they have a I think I believe they live with their father and their father has always been You must be prepared kind of like the the Boy Scout motto just always be prepared So they would always be prepared with any disaster there. He would be fully supplied Um with food and whatever emergency supplies that they have But unfortunately there comes a day where their dad Wasn't home or he was uh, I believe he was out for the day or he was busy with something So he wasn't home and there was a a blackout in their small little community and they actually Live 96 miles away from the nearest town where they could get any type of supplies or Any food or anything like that and that probably is why they tried to be disaster prepared But unfortunately when this blackout happens they are robbed From of all their supplies of all their emergency supplies And it's just I just can't I just can't imagine how terrifying that must be you're in complete darkness and people just all of a sudden Raiden lute It's horrible So they have to embark on this journey 96 miles on foot To it through this big Expansive desert and I believe that it takes place in Nevada And as you most people probably know that is pretty pretty big on desert so But this is a a really good survival type story And I know it's not a scary story but I kind of chose this because it can be scary being out in the middle of nowhere and Trying to figure out how to survive Especially if possibly your dad didn't really take you on a 96 mile journey to show you what it takes to actually survive through that so But that that's uh 96 miles and it's in our children's fiction collection And to have all your stuff stolen from you Yeah, it's kind of like the people who would dare to loot the homes now as people are evacuating Yeah, it's just I know. Yeah And a lot of kids still have to read hatchet. I think so that's another survival story too. So And they have the whole series. I survived the whatever true stories, but Yeah, good story. Yeah. Yeah, for sure. All right Well, this is night of the living Ted by Barry hatchison It's illustrated by lee cosgrove And when I was reading this book, I remembered that when I was little I thought that my dolls and my stuffed animals came to life at night So I checked them in the morning to make sure that they hadn't moved But what if I was right? Well, Lisa Marie and her stepbrother Vernon Excuse me. Sorry They're looking for a birthday present for Lisa Marie's dad And they see one of those creative bear stuffed bear stores They think great. Let's do that And because especially because it has a sign in the window that says free bears And so Vernon thinks oh good. I can keep the money then if it's a free bear, but there's always a catch So they get inside they find out that yes, they can have the free bears But they have to buy a bear too So well there goes the money but Lisa Marie is thrilled to have bear vis because her dad is an Elvis fan He just loves Elvis Presley And the other two bears they dress in Halloween costumes. They take them home because of course it is Halloween And at that night Something strange begins to happen and the bears come to life And bears all throughout the town are coming to life and they're taking on the roles of their costumes their zombies monsters witches vampires And all these bears are just creating havoc in the town And the lead bear which was created by Vernon because he just threw on any old thing His his bear is the leader. His name is gris And so Lisa Marie has to figure out how to stop gris and his bear buddies from taking over the town so It is pretty scary. Let me see if I can find some pictures to show you But there they are surrounded by some of the bears and it's a very creepy book and There are two sequels one is revenge and one is invasion So watch for those And this is night of the living Ted Interesting Yeah, very cool It's kind of when you say like, oh, I wonder if my stuffed animals come to life. I'm like, oh, yeah Yeah, you look a little differently at the map reading this. I know oh my goodness Interesting interesting Okay, so the next book that I wanted to mention is called the middler Yeah, there it is by Christie apple bomb Um, I kind of chose this because I know I don't I shouldn't do it But I kind of looked at the cover and thought this seemed very interesting Um, I'm not one to usually judge a book by its cover, but this one seemed pretty cool So as you can see, there's a girl and there's wall here, which they call the boundary And I noticed gravestones Right here. And I was like, oh, okay Very interesting. So Um, this book is kind of a dystopian novel dystopian like And if you are a fan of the giver by Lois Lowry You'll definitely enjoy this book It's about a girl who has been taught all her life to Never look beyond the boundary, but as you can see it seems like she is And she happens to see somebody on the other side But as she peeks through over everything that she has been taught all her life has It's completely different from what she actually sees They say don't ever cross the boundary don't ever look beyond the boundary And but unfortunately there is supposedly a quiet war. They call it the quiet war and her older brother is recruited to actually fight in this war, but She's always saw his her older brother as the as a hero And she's always wanted to be the hero as well like her brother But unfortunately, uh, she She kind of has never gotten the opportunity until she's actually seeing a little girl Which they call wanderers But they also teach them all their life don't ever talk to these people don't ever talk to the wanderers They are dangerous. They are very very dangerous But of course as she sees over the boundary, she sees the little girl who they call they would consider as an intruder and She's actually in hiding as you can see she's kind of It looks like she's trying to search for a safe safe place a safe haven But she's in hiding and This little girl the the main girl her name is jude Jude or yes jude. Oh, no. I'm sorry. Maggie jude was another character jude the other character Maggie actually sees her and feels like she wants to be the hero just like her older brother and catch this intruder And of course as you can see just like the giver. It's a little bit different when you actually physically see the real world So I thought this was an interesting book I think this is a very interesting book and I think anybody who's fan of the giver and packs Packs by sarah pennypecker. It's a really good. Um, you'll really enjoy this book Yeah, it's interesting. I love dystopian novels too Oh, yeah. Yeah, there's that whole series called the unwanted Yes, or I read the first one. Yeah, that's a really good series. I know and I think that Mary Han I think she has some A couple of series that kind of deal with the same thing. So yeah, yeah, headaches. I think also Alex headaches is another one. So so is this going to be a series? I didn't notice that. Um, at least when I was looking at the book, but Yeah, if it is I I really want to I would really want to read the whole series Oh, yeah Yeah Well, I saved my favorite one for last This is the incredibly dead pets of rex dexter by erin reynolds Rex really really Really wants a pet, but his parents don't think he's responsible enough But on his 11th birthday, they give him a practice pet a rooster of all things So he takes the rooster to the pet store To get him some food and supplies And he takes along his best friend darvish darvish is Such a loyal friend. No matter what kind of things rex does darvish sticks by him Well, unfortunately right outside the pet store. There's like a carnival game the grim reaper and rex gets distracted by that because He just wants to know what the grim reaper would say to him and while he's doing that the rooster gets run over by a steamroller So so much for a practice pet and also rex gets a little card from the grim reaper And it it has the strangest thing it has something about Dead animals and oh, it's just very very odd. Well, when he gets home The rooster's there and the rooster is well, you can see he's dead, but he's alive to rex and darvish can't see him, but The rooster can move things and so darvish knows he's really there And then other animals start appearing in rex's room dead animals, of course An elephant and some others and they're all from the zoo And it's up to rex to solve their murders because they didn't die naturally And he has a high opinion of himself as I mentioned before and that adds a lot to the humor of this book It's kind of over the top But what else would you expect from the author of Creepy carrots And goodness knows we need some humor in these times So this is the incredibly dead pets of rex dexter by erin reynolds and I really Really liked this one Oh, that's so cool. I love creepy carrots is one of my favorite books Very cool. Very cool, you know Kind of reminds me of the book. I think I talked to you about it. Um belly up Oh, yes. Yeah It's like trying to find that miss or solve that mystery Yeah, everything like that and It's pretty cool. Oh, sorry So and that one has a great cover too. Oh, yeah the belly. I know The hippo like upside down like Okay, so I wanted to highlight this book Oh, I love that cover. I know it's actually shiny in the the wording and everything and certain highlights in the actual cover or in the illustration So I wanted to highlight this one. Obviously you can tell by the cover it looks kind of Interesting and spooky in a way So this is warren the 13th. This is actually a series And this is the third in the series. I was going to bring the other two to kind of show But unfortunately, we don't have it here in the actual location. I know but Um, it's pretty popular. So those who are watching you'll most likely Be able to identify and notice any of the it looks really familiar And it's the black spine and everything with the color with the color Title So as you can see, we recently got this in June. It's in our children's fiction collection So what it is about at least I'll I'll give you the brief summary of the the series This is more in And in like the first book, I believe he was he inherited his family's hotel And unfortunately, he is he has to be the bus boy. He has to be the ballet He has to be the manager. He has to be everything basically. He has to wear all the hats so Through the first two books, he kind of discovers new things about the hotel and it's pretty mystical It's uh, it can It actually can transport tourists or guests to specific locations in the world to different countries It's kind of like howl's moving castle. I believe that that's what it kind of reminded me of There's another there's another show. I think also where the castle actually transports to different locations, but anyways This book he actually the hotel actually turns into a floating hotel and I Yeah, you can and when I mean floating I believe they think they believe it floats on the water And that's why you can see he has an octopus friend named sketchy And as you can see he looks like he's in scuba diving gear as well So the illustrations are pretty interesting. The text I think is interesting as well It's not like traditional. It kind of looks more like a like a tour guide ish type, you know More informative type brochure or pamphlet in a way Um a lot of it is like sketch art. It's pretty cool And I think that's kind of funny because they're his octopus friend is named sketchy So in this book he is trying to work on the floating hotel But also later on his friend sketchy gets kidnapped So he has to go on this Crazy mysterious journey and try to solve who kidnapped him where he where he can find him and bring him back So it's kind of a suspense adventure story With plenty of illustrations As you can see. Oh cool. Yeah pretty full full length illustrations But every spread practically has a little bit of an illustration So it's pretty fun. It gives a more More to the imagination So I think it's pretty interesting Yeah, so that's Warren the 13th Oh, and it's by i'm sorry more in the 13th and a 13 year curse I believe 13 is a big thing for this little guy because he's actually 12 and he's going to have his 13th birthday soon So, uh, yeah, I know 13 13 13 Yeah Yeah All righty So that was all five of our books or by each 10 total 10 books um, but yeah Yeah, and we hope that you enjoyed them. You can request them from the library get them through that Contactless pickup that we encourage you to use and you if you're looking in the catalog you look under chapter chat 10 20 so each of our chapter tats it will say chapter chat and we'll have that month So this is 10 20 and we will tag our books in there. So you don't have to remember Or write down the titles as we're talking you can just enjoy the books and We hope that you um continue to stay safe and healthy And we will see you next month Yep. See you all next month. 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