NORTHWEST. FROM THE TRIPLE EIGHT TRAVEL ELCO YOU KNOW A GOOD BOOK IS
LIKE TAKING A MENTAL VACATION
AND WHILE WE'RE ALL COOPED UP
WITH OUR KIDS YOU COULD
CERTAINLY USE SOMETIMES
IMAGINATIVE GETAWAYS FROM THOSE
INSIDE A BOOK.
>> I TALK WITH LORD MAYOR FROM
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND
SHE SHARED FIVE GREAT OPTIONS
FOR THE CHILD IN YOUR LIFE.
CHECK IT OUT.
>> I'M SO EXCITED TO SHARE SOME
OF OUR STAFF FAVORITES THIS
YEAR AND OUR STAFF SELECTED
BOOKS FOR KIDS AND TEENS THAT
THEY READ AND LOVED DURING THE
YEAR.
AND I JUST PULL JUST A FEW FROM
OUR VERY LONG LIST TO SPOTLIGHT
TODAY AND THEY DO ALL FEATURE
JOY AND POSITIVITY AND THE
FIRST ONE IS A PICTURE BOOK FOR
PRESCHOOLERS EARLY AMANT
ELEMENTARY AGES ACTUALLY FOR
EVERYONE CALLED YOU MATTER BY
CHRISTIAN ROBINSON AND THIS IS
LIKE A BIG HUG IN BOOK FORM.
IT'S ALL ABOUT SEEING OUR WORLD
FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES BUT
NEVER LOSING SIGHT THAT WE'RE
ALL CONNECTED.
AND THE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE JUST
DELIGHTFUL AND WHIMSICAL FROM
THE SMALL STUFF THAT'S TOO
SMALL TO SEE.
>> OH WOW.
ZOOMING OUT TO THE MAJESTIC
BEAUTY AND THE UNIVERSE AROUND
US.
>> AND THIS ONE THAT'S YEAH.
>> THIS ONE IS A FUN ONE TO
SHARE BECAUSE THERE ARE LITTLE
DETAILS IN THE ILLUSTRATIONS
THAT LEAD TO THE NEXT PICTURE
AND TELL A DEEPER STORY.
SO THIS IS A WONDERFUL ONE FOR
SHARING.
>> I LOVE THAT ACTUALLY IT'S
KIND OF IN THE SAME VEIN IF I
GET FRIENDS OF MINE WHO
GRADUATE ALL THE PLACES YOU'LL
GO.
I WOULD GET THAT FOR AN ADULT
FRIEND.
I THINK THAT'S SO LOVELY.
WHAT ABOUT THE NEXT BOOK?
I AM EVERY GOOD THING.
YES.
WELL, WHERE YOU MATTER IS MORE
OF A QUIET MEDITATE SORT
OF BOOK.
I AM EVERY GOOD THING BY DEREK
BARNES ILLUSTRATED BY GORDON C.
JAMES JUST SHOUTS IT'S POSITIVE
UPLIFTING AFFIRMATIONS FROM THE
ROOFTOPS THOUGH THE WORDS, THE
PICTURES EVERYTHING IS JUST
FILLED WITH ENERGY AND
EXUBERANCE AND IT'S ALL
CELEBRATING BLACKBOY JOY.
I JUST SHOW YOU AN AD WITH A
SENIOR JOGGER'S ILLUSTRATIONS
AND THIS ONE THE TEXT IS I AM
RIP-ROARING THE FLAME
OF CREATIVITY.
I AM A LIGHTNING ROUND
OF QUESTIONS AND A STAR FILLED
SKY OF SOLUTIONS.
SO JUST AN UPLIFTING, WONDERFUL
BOOK TO SHARE WITH UNIVERSAL
MESSAGES OF POSITIVITY.
>> VERY ENERGETIC AS WELL.
SO OUR NEXT BOOK LUPI WANG
WON'T DANCE.
THAT'S AN INTERESTING TITLE.
YES.
THIS IS A DELIGHTFUL BOOK FROM
A LOCAL AUTHOR DONNA BARBA.
HE GETTA AND IT'S A FUN TWIST
ON THE OLD I HATE PEAS STORY.
THE SEVENTH GRADE BASEBALL STAR
GUADALOUPE A LOOP A LONG
DEDICATES HER OREFIELD TIME TO
FINDING AGAINST THE INJUSTICES,
THE INDIGNITIES, THE ABSOLUTE
TORTURE OF SQUARE DANCING IN
MIDDLE SCHOOL GYM CLASS.
NOW SHE'S GOT BIG PLANS FOR HER
LIFE.
SHE WANTS TO BE THE FIRST
FEMALE PITCHER IN MAJOR LEAGUE
BASEBALL.
YEAH AND SHE'S GOT A GREAT
OPPORTUNE READY TO MEET HER
BASEBALL HERO WHO'S FULI
HERNANDEZ WHO IS OF MEXICAN AND
CHINESE HERITAGE JUST LIKE SHE
IS.
BUT IN ORDER TO HAVE THE CHANCE
TO MEET HIM, SHE HAS TO GET
STRAIGHT A'S IN SCHOOL AND
SHE'S AFRAID THAT SQUARE
DANCING IS JUST GOING TO TRIP
HER UP.
SO THIS IS LAUGH OUT LOUD FUNNY
BOOK.
IT'S FULL OF HEART AND JUST
DELIGHTFUL AND A COMPLEX
STORYLINE AS WELL AS IT'S A
CHAPTER BOOK.
YES, IT'S A CHAPTER BOOK I
WOULD SAY FOR FOURTH GRADE
INTEREST LEVEL OF FOURTH GRADE
THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
>> PERFECT SNAPDRAGON.
I LOVE THAT TITLE.
YES.
THIS IS ONE OF MY ABSOLUTE
FAVORITE.
THIS WONDERFUL MIDDLE GRADE
GRAPHIC NOVEL IS A LITTLE BIT
STRANGER THINGS A LITTLE BIT
HYO MIYAZAKI BUT SNAPDRAGON
CANTLAY IS ITS OWN FIERCE,
SWEET, QUIRKY SELF.
IT'S ABOUT SNAPP WHO DISCOVERS
SECRETS ABOUT THE TOWN WITCH
WHO LIVES IN THE WOODS AND SHE
DISCOVERS SECRETS WITHIN
HERSELF THAT JUST MAY CONNECT
TO THE TWO OF THEM TOGETHER.
IT'S A MAGIC INFUSED COMING
OF AGE STORY AND IT'S PERFECT
FOR AGES 10 AND UP.
>> THAT SOUNDS LIKE A REAL PAGE
TURNER.
AS FOR OUR LAST BOOK YOU SHOULD
SEE ME IN A CROWN.
YES.
THIS IS FOR TEEN READERS.
ACTUALLY FOR ADULTS AS WELL.
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE
BOOKS OF THE YEAR AS ONE
REVIEWER PUT IT.
THIS IS THE PROM ROMANCE THAT
YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU NEEDED AND
I ABSOLUTELY NEEDED IT.
THIS YEAR THIS IS A DEBUT BY
LEAH JOHNSON AND IT'S ABOUT 17
YEAR OLD LIZ LIGHTY WHO HAS HER
SET SIDE ON GOING TO COLLEGE
AND MEDICAL SCHOOL.
FIRST SHE'S GOT TO GET THROUGH
HIGH SCHOOL.
AND SHE'S MADE IT THROUGH MADE
IT TO HER SENIOR YEAR MAINLY BY
FLYING UNDER THE RADAR, KEEPING
A LOW PROFILE.
AND THAT'S MOSTLY BEEN A
SELF-DEFENSE MECHANISM BECAUSE
SHE IS ONE OF THE FEW BLACK
STUDENTS IN HER CONSERVATIVE
MIDWESTERN TOWN.
BUT WHEN A PROBLEM HAPPENS, HER
SCHOLARSHIP PLANS FALL THROUGH.
SHE DOES SOMETHING UNEXPECTED.
SHE DECIDES TO RUN FOR PROM
QUEEN BECAUSE THE CROWN COMES
WITH A SIZABLE SCHOLARSHIP
PRIZE AND LIZ LIGHTY AND HER
TOWN AND HER HIGH SCHOOL WILL
NEVER BE THE SAME.
THIS REALLY IS A STAND UP AND
CHEER KIND OF BOOK.
>> HOW FUN IS THAT?
SO COMING ON I DON'T KNOW
ANYONE WHO WOULDN'T LIKE SOME
FREE MONEY.
RIGHT.
WOULD YOU TURN THAT DOWN?
NO WAY.
WELL, COMING UP A LITTLE BIT.
HOW ONE OF NETFLIX'S BIGGEST
STARS IS SPREADING CHEER THIS
HOLIDAY SEASON BY GIVING AWAY
THOUSANDS OF