At home resources #26

Book suggestions
Younger readers

The Buddy Files: The Case of the Missing Family by Dori Hillestad Butler
Buddy is a dog who solves mysteries. He has just been adopted by a new family. One night he sees people taking things out of Kayla's old house and loading them into a van. What's up? In the middle of the night Buddy decides to make a daring move, leaving everything to find Kayla. Available as an ebook in Overdrive.


Middle grade readers

Ways to Make Sunshine by Renee Watson
This book was published yesterday! Ryan Hart is all about trying to see the best in people, to be a good daughter, a good sister, a good friend. But even if her life isn't everything she would wish for, when her big brother is infuriating, her parents don't quite understand, and the unexpected happens, she always finds a way forward, with grace and wit. And plenty of sunshine. This is the first in a new middle grade series.

Older readers

Scythe by Neal Shusterman
A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now Scythes are the only ones who can end life—and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control. I have this one in my To Be Read pile-- it's the first in a trilogy and it's supposed to be a real page-turner. Available as an ebook through Overdrive. 

Author/ Illustrator Interview

How Do You Dance? by Thyra Heder
This new book by Thyra Heder will make you want to DANCE! Check out this video with the author and learn some new moves!


Arnold Arboretum activities
Reinterpret these activities and do them in your own neighborhood if you can't make it to the Arnold Arboretum! There are wildlife BINGO cards and a photo hunt on this page. Print out the directions and head outside!