Because a dreidel just doesn’t cut it

Yes, it is early this year, but Hannukah is upon us. Don’t have enough presents for all eight nights (Dec. 1- 9th)? How could that be? There were so many great books published this year. Here are some suggestions (which will also give you an idea of the authors and illustrators I represent)!

Board Books
For unintentional book-tearing tots
POTTY and TUBBY by Leslie Patricelli

Picture Books
For learning new words
-PEPI SINGS A NEW SONG by Laura Ljungkvist

For words by a Nobel and Pulitzer winner
-LITTLE CLOUD & LADY WIND by Toni Morrison and Sean Qualls


For a smidge of history
-BLACK JACK by Charles Smith, Jr. and Shane Evans
-SIT-IN by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney
(link all about Sit-In http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/features/sitin/index.html )

For a bit of a boost
-DISAPPEARING DESMOND by Anna Alter
-ORLANDO ON A THURSDAY by Emma Magenta

Because practice makes perfect
-LULU’S PIANO LESSON by Arlene Alda

To be thankful
-THANKING THE MOON by Grace Lin

Great nonfiction
POP! THE INVENTION OF BUBBLEGUM by Meghan McCarthy

With just a dash of spice
-COOKING WITH HENRY AND ELLIEBELLY by Carolyn Parkhurst and Dan Yaccarino



To celebrate unlikely friendships
-GRANNY GOMEZ & JIGSAW by Deborah Underwood and Scott Magoon

For those who go against the grain
-MOSTLY MONSTERLY by Tammi Sauer and Scott Magoon
-THE GENTLEMAN BUG by Julian Hector

Along for a wacky odyssey
-LAWN TO LAWN by Dan Yaccarino



At bedtime and all the time
-INTERRUPTING CHICKEN by David Ezra Stein



For big sisters and little brothers
-FLORA’S VERY WINDY DAY by Jeanne Birdsall and Matt Phelan
-MY BROTHER, CHARLIE by Holly Robinson Peete and Shane W. Evans

Early Reader
For those who are “sounding it out”
LING & TING by Grace Lin



Chapter Book
When we know better, we do better
-CONFESSIONS OF A FORMER BULLY by Trudy Ludwig and Beth Adams

Graphic Novel
Serving Justice, Serving Lunch
THE LUNCH LADY series by Jarrett J. Krosoczka


Middle Grade Novels
With girls who will make you laugh and tug at your heartstrings
-NOONIE’S MASTERPIECE by Lisa Railsback
-BETTI ON THE HIGH WIRE by Lisa Railsback(trailer on this page )

Tween Fiction
To follow the yellow brick road
-RUBY’S SLIPPERS by Tricia Rayburn

YA Paranormal Romance
Without vampires
-Siren by Tricia Rayburn
-The Jumbee by Pamela Keyes

MG Non-fiction
For the future authors of the world
*Spilling Ink: A Young Writer’s Handbook by Ellen Potter, Anne Mazer, and Matt Phelan

Print this list and take it to your local independent bookstore and please do post pictures of the books’ new owners holding their Hannukah and/or Christmas gift.

Happy Holidays!

Rebecca

Rebecca Sherman is a fabulous agent with over 9 years of experience at Writer's House. Her clients include Lunch Lady author/illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka, the Scott O'Dell Award Winner Matt Phelan, Caldecott Honor Illustrator Brian Pinkney and Blue Rose Girls Anna Alter and Grace Lin. You can follow Rebecca on twitter @rebeccagent.