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BOOK RESOURCES AND EXTRAS Starting out our August announcements, check out The Wall: A Timeless Tale (ISBN 9781641240383), where a king banishes anyone who’s different from his kingdom and builds a wall to keep them out. He learns an important lesson about diversity by story’s end. Start planning your story time with these printable activities, including a fingerprint city, paper chain making, discussion questions, and more, all focused on acceptance of diversity.

Arriving this month, A Stone Sat Still (ISBN 9781452173184) is a follow-up to Brendan Wenzel’s Caldecott Honor–winning They All Saw a Cat, which tells the story of a seemingly ordinary stone while exploring perspective, perception, sensory experience, color, size, function, and time, with an underlying environmental message that is timely and poignant. Check out the stunning trailer here.

Next up, have a listen to author Randy Ribay as he introduces his new young adult novel, Patron Saints of Nothing (ISBN 9780525554912), from the Kokila imprint’s inaugural list. It's a powerful coming-of-age story about grief, guilt, and the risks a Filipino-American teenager takes to uncover the truth about his cousin's murder which is related to President Duterte's war on drugs. He’s forced to reckon with the many sides of his cousin before he can face the whole horrible truth -- and the part he played in it. This is one new author you’ll want to keep your eye on in the future, too.

And meow, our first yoga title is SumoKitty (ISBN 9781580896825), David Biedrzycki’s sweet story of a stray kitty who gets a job in a sumo stable chasing mice in exchange for food. When eating like a sumo wrestler slows our feline hero down, he realizes he must train like a wrestler, too. Through hard work and perseverance, SumoKitty is born! Download discussion questions, learn Sumo yoga poses, and plan a Sumo party here.

As it turns out, yoga is not just for kitties anymore. In Dino Does Yoga (ISBN 9781623173067), a baby T-rex journeys through a simple, fifteen-pose yoga sequence for kids who love dinosaurs. Parents can join in too, as young children learn the fun, calming effects of yoga. Check out the dino-hat wearing kids practicing the book’s poses here.

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Moving on (get it?), Trini's Big Leap (ISBN 9780999658451) introduces Trini, the highest flyer, the strongest gripper, the most spectacular cartwheeler at her after-school club. She easily masters gymnastic moves, but when she tries to construct buildings out of blocks like her friends do, she discovers that some things don’t come as easily for her. Through the encouragement of her friends, Trini learns the value of collaboration and trying new things, even when they aren’t so easy. An afterword by the founder of The Little Gym Europe outlines the importance of encouraging children to try new and difficult things. Leap into the trailer here.

One Big Heart: A Celebration of Being More Alike Than Different (ISBN 9780310767855) proudly showcases the beauty of diversity while celebrating all the wonderful things we have in common. ABC News correspondent Linsey Davis’ rhymes are combined with Lucy Fleming’s artwork in a multiethnic, multicultural, multiracial children’s picture book that recognizes our unique differences while celebrating how alike we are as well. It’s a perfect read-aloud, too. Check out the trailer here.

Sanity and Tallulah are back in their second book, Field Trip (ISBNs 9781368009782 HRD, 9781368023771 PAP), and they are going on a field trip-to a real live planet! Things get off to a rocky start (asteroid-y start, to be specific) and Sanity and Tallulah find themselves separated from their school group, pursued by a pirate, and stranded on a planet that's about to explode. These best friends will have to stretch their problem-solving skills to the limit in order to get everyone home safe. Find fun activities to share with your S&T fans here.

August wouldn’t be complete without a holiday title, right? Check out the stunning artwork in Matt Tavares new picture book, Dasher (ISBN 9781536201376), the story of an adventurous young reindeer living with her family under the hot sun in a traveling circus. She longs for snow beneath her hooves and the North Star above her head, though, and when the opportunity arises, Dasher takes off in pursuit of her dream. It’s not long before she meets a nice man in a red suit with a horse-drawn sleigh, and soon nothing will be the same.

Get 14 pages of Trials of Apollo fun by downloading this event kit, including party-hosting tips and all sorts of activities. Then, preorder your copies of The Tyrant’s Tomb (ISBN 9781484746448). In this fourth installment, Lester (aka Apollo) is on his path to restoring the five ancient oracles and reclaiming his godly powers. He offers his aid to the Roman demigods preparing for a desperate last stand against the Triumvirate of Roman emperors along the way.

And finally, are you ready for Dog Man’s latest saga, For Whom the Ball Rolls (ISBN 9781338236590)? NO!?! Well, watch the quick and exciting trailer, and you’ll surely change your mind! The Supa Buddies are helping Dog Man overcome his bad habits, but before long Dog Man finds himself the target of an all-new supervillain! Meanwhile, Petey the Cat is out of jail and starting a new life, but when his father arrives, he must face his past to understand the difference between being good and doing good. Want more? Dog Man is about to

get his own ALA READ poster and bookmark, and Scholastic is launched a Dog Man website that features downloadable activities, tour information, and how to share the ways you “Do Good!”

LIBRARY/INDUSTRY NEWS Timbuktu Labs, the creators of the wildly popular Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, has started a Rebel Girls imprint, with the first two titles, Madam C.J. Walker Builds a Business (ISBN 9781733176194 and Ada Lovelace Cracks the Code (ISBN 9781733176187), coming this fall,

and two more arriving in spring 2020. The imprint will include titles focused “on strong and diverse female characters and often tackling tough subjects in an age-appropriate manner.” The titles will be distributed by Simon & Schuster. Read the announcement here. Another new imprint, this one focused exclusively on graphic novels, is coming from HarperCollins in fall 2020. The imprint, HarperAlley, is planning about 30 books per year, and is working on their inaugural list now, building on their existing graphic novel titles and adding to it, including titles from Europe and translations. Read the announcement here.

We’re also excited that Arcadia Publishing, known for their regional-focused titles nationwide, plans to start a new children’s imprint simply name Arcadia Children’s book starting next year. Former DK editorial director Nancy Ellwood is heading up the imprint and it will look for local author to write about what they know best. Stay tuned for more on this new imprint, and read the PW announcement here.

And finally, to round out this month’s news, check out all of the new children’s licensing titles headed our way this fall, including Molly of Denali, The Addams Family, John Deere, the Moomins, and more. You can bet all of the paperback offerings will be available as FollettBound editions as well, with stickers and other “bling” removed where applicable. See the full licensing lineup here.

CONTEST NEWS Next month, we’ll be announcing the winners in our Summer Reading Contest, but until then, watch for several new contests coming this fall! Find our latest contests at CATS.baker-taylor.com and like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CATSlibrary/ to see new contests as they are announced!

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