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York County Public Library Youth Services Update
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From the Coordinator Spring has sprung! YCPL is excited to share we are phasing into hybrid programming. There are several opportunities virtually and in-person. Also, everyone needs a good laugh, so check out our staff picks for "National Humor Month" at the bottom of this newsletter. We hope to see you at the library.
- Michelle P., Youth Services Coordinator
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Moose, Goose, and Mouse by Mordicai GersteinMoose, Goose, and Mouse ride a loose caboose on their way to finding a new house. Then . . . BONK! . . . the train hits a tree near the sea, where they find the sunny, funny house of their dreams. An upbeat story about moving to a new house. The hilarious, kid-friendly art is by a Caldecott medalist. Rhyming and alliterative text supports pre-reading skills such as phonemic awareness.
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I am the Longest Dog by Avery MonsenFrom the co-author of the hilarious national bestseller All My Friends Are Dead comes a very tall tale about a very long dog—with a very big surprise at the tail -end! Lucy is the world's longest dog, but just how long is she? Like, are we talking pretty long? Or super-crazy number-one-record-breaking BANANAS long? See for yourself in this hilarious picture book by best-selling author-illustrator Avery Monsen. (Warning: the dog is very long.)
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Arnie is excited to say hello to all his pastry friends in the bakery. There are all the usual confection suspects: Chocolate, Glazed, French Twist, Long John, and Crueller. But there is one pastry that he's never met before. This pastry looks nothing like the others. Who could it be? This charming picture book introduces children to everyone's favorite doughnut. Older readers may enjoy the Arnie the Doughnut chapter books.
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National Geographic Kids Just Joking Funny Animals 2 by National Geographic KidsEven MORE pet puns, witty captions, internet memes, and laugh-out-loud, real-world anecdotes make this collection of hilarious animal pictures and stories the perfect package for jokesters and animal lovers alike. This silly snack-size book is back to bring you more strange facts, comical tales, trippy tongue twisters, and adorable photos, featuring all kinds of our furry, scaly, feathery, and slimy friends.
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A Hatful of Dragons: And more than 13.8 billion other funny poems by Vikram MadanThis funny poetry book is chockful of unusual characters: panda and pangolin musicians, mail-order eggs that hatch (surprise!) dinosaurs, ten aliens with a garden-gnome pal, a robot uncle, lots and lots of dragons, and a professor who uses his Page Machine to travel to multiple pages within the book. Vikram Madan's ingenious poems take many forms, from limerick to rebus to a fill-in-the-blank poem that offers more than 13.8 billion funny combinations. All feature clever wordplay, impeccable rhythm and rhyme, and riotous punchlines.
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Brains on! presents...It's Alive: From neurons and narwhals to the fungus among us by Molly Hunegs BloomJoin the creators of the award-winning science podcast Brains On! as they explore the uber-awesome and sometimes gross world of biology--aka the study of living things. Inside these pages, you'll meet animals with superpowers, plants that eat meat, brains that trick you, and tiny microbes that live, well . . . all over you! Packed with mind-boggling facts and laugh-out-loud jokes, this book promises a brain-bending, jaw-dropping, belly-laughing good time as readers watch the world around them come ALIVE.
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Amanda Adams has always dreamed of running for class president. Her mom is a member of Congress and her dad is a political strategist who manages her mother's campaigns. Politics is in her DNA. She has the perfect VP in mind for the school ticket: her best friend Meghan Hart. But when Amanda finds out that Meghan has political ambitions of her own, these two best friends suddenly find themselves on opposite sides of the aisle, and, as each girl mounts her campaign, it's clear the gloves are about to come off. Perfect for middle schoolers interested in social and political justice.
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The Smartest Kid in the Universe by Chris GrabensteinWhen seventh-grader Jake McQuade mistakes the world's first ingestible knowledge pills for jelly beans, he suddenly knows all about physics and geometry and can speak Swahili (though Spanish would be a lot more useful)—but his sort-of girlfriend Grace thinks they can use his new found brilliance to save their middle school from the new principal, who is conspiring to get it shut down. This is a series debut by the best-selling author of Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library.
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When Dimple met Rishi by Sandhya MenonDimple Shah has it all figured out. With graduation behind her, she's more than ready for a break from her over-bearing family obsessed with finding her a husband. If her parents truly believed she needed a husband right now, they wouldn't have paid for her to attend a summer program for aspiring web developers...right?Rishi Patel is a hopeless romantic. So when his parents tell him that his future wife will be attending the same summer program as him—wherein he'll have to woo her—he's totally on board. Dimple and Rishi may think they have each other figured out. But when opposites clash, love works hard to prove itself in the most unexpected ways.
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Vampires Never get Old: Tales with fresh bite by Zoraida CórdovaIn this delicious new collection, you'll find stories about lurking vampires of social media, rebellious vampires hungry for more than just blood, eager vampires coming out—and going out for their first kill—and other bold, breathtaking, dangerous, dreamy, eerie, iconic, powerful creatures of the night. These stories stake a new claim on old tropes. Welcome to the evolution of the vampire — and a revolution on the page. Featuring authors such as Rebecca Roanhorse, Kayla Whaley, Samira Ahmed, and Heidi Helig.
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There hasn't been a winner of the Miss Meteor beauty pageant who looks like Lita Perez or Chicky Quintanilla in all its history. But that's not the only reason Lita wants to enter the contest, or her ex-best friend Chicky wants to help her. The road to becoming Miss Meteor isn't about being perfect; it's about sharing who you are with the world—and loving the parts of yourself no one else understands. So to pull off the unlikeliest underdog story in pageant history, Lita and Chicky are going to have to forget the past and imagine a future where girls like them are more than enough—they are everything. Perfect for fans of Dumplin' and Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe.
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