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Ten years ago, Candice's grandmother had construction crews dig up the tennis courts looking for treasure, causing her to lose her job. Now, Candice finds the same letter that led her grandmother to dig. Can she correctly solve the mystery and find the treasure? Recommended for 3rd Grade and Up.

An artist is drawing a girl. Before the artist can make any changes, the girl comes to life and explains that you have got to "rock what ya got." A very cute rhyming story that reminds children that being unique you is perfect! (Ages 3 and up)

Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells are great friends who run a secret detective agency in Deepdan School for Girls in 1932. Hazel alone discovers the gym teacher Miss Bell dead on the gym floor. When Hazel gets help, the body has disappeared, and she was told that Miss Bell has gone to visit family. It is up to the Wells and Wong Detective Agency to discover the murderer and solve the mystery. Perfect for mystery lovers Grades 4 and up.

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News for Little and Big Kids

Kindness and Good Manners

Written by published on Sat, 07/07/2018 - 3:28pm

It’s always a good time to practice kindness and good manners. Below are some books that are perfect for seeing those good manners in action. Other authors to check out include Elizabeth Verdick, Michael Dahl, Anna Dewdney, and Jane Yolen.

You can also find more books online. Little Parachutes is a website that matches picture books with issues and problems children face. Check out the link below for more picture books about manners. https://www.littleparachutes.com/category/behaviour/manners-...Read more

It's a Fact: Engineer Some Fun this Summer

Written by published on Tue, 06/12/2018 - 4:31pm

Summer is a great time to explore the world around you. Create fun projects from everyday objects using the information in How to Be an Engineer.   Of course, not every project works the first time.   Don’t believe me?  Check out The Book of Massively Epic Engineering Disasters by Sean Connolly.  And if you would rather take things apart, Tamara J. Resler’s book...Read more

It's a Fact: Pets Are "Pawsome"!

Written by published on Thu, 04/19/2018 - 11:06am

Celebrate National Pet Month by learning a few things about some seriously “pawsome” pets.  Everything Pets by James Spears presents a collection of fun facts and amazing photos.  Is history more your thing?  In Presidential Pets: the Weird, Wacky, Little, Big, Scary, Strange Animals that Have Lived in the White House by Julia Moberg, you’ll learn which president kept an...Read more

Popular Author Margaret Peterson Haddix is coming to UAPL!

Written by published on Tue, 04/03/2018 - 1:26pm

photograph of Margaret Peterson HaddixMargaret Peterson Haddix, popular author of many books, including series like the Missing, and the Shadow Children, will be at the UAPL Friends Theater on Wednesday, April 11, 2018.  A book signing will follow her talk. Cover to Cover Children's Books will be on-site...Read more

It's a Fact: You Could Be a Poet and Not Even Know It!

Written by published on Tue, 03/27/2018 - 3:50pm

Poems are not just boring and dry

Poems can teach you things if you just try.

You can learn about horses, carpentry, and bugs

The life of a robin and the...Read more

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