In My Mailbox

Today is Monday, May 16, 2011...and In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi, The Story Siren.  It's our opportunity to get a peek into one another's bookshelves, and they come from several sources - received for review, bookshops, libraries, and now, downloaded to my iPad.

Children's Books:

Buglette: The Messy Sleeper by Bethanie Deeney Murguia (Tricycle Press, 5/10/11)

A Ball For Daisy by Chris Raschka (Schwartz & Wade; 5/10/11)

How to Get a Job by Me the Boss by Sally Lloyd-Jones (Schwartz & Wade; May 10, 2011; ages 4-8)

Middle Grade:

Ballpark Mysteries #2: The Pinstripe Ghost by David A. Kelly (Stepping Stone/Random House, 2/22/11; ages 6-9)

The Penderwicks at Point Mouette by Jeanne Birdsall (Knopf; May 10, 2011; ages 8-12)

Alice-Miranda at School by Jacqueline Harvey (Delacorte; April 5, 2011; ages 7-10)

**My two boys are, as I type this, arguing over who is going to read The Pinstripe Ghost.  Will the 6 year old allow his 8 year old brother to read it to him aloud or are they going to take turns?  Who gets it first? Will Mom get to read it too? Stay tuned...I'll be sure to let you know!

Young Adult:

Alex Van Helsing:  Voice of the Undead by Jason Henderson (HarperTeen, July 2011)

Alex Van Helsing:  Vampire Rising by Jason Henderson (HarperTeen, 5/1/10)

Kiss of Death by Lauren Henderson (Delacorte; May 10, 2011)

Tighter by Adele Griffin (Knopf; May 10, 2011)

Adult:

A Fierce Radiance: A Novel by Lauren Belfer (Harper Perennial; 3/29/11) - **My Favorite novel of 2010 is now in paperback!!

Next to Love: A Novel by Ellen Feldman (Random House; July 26, 2011)

The Tattooed Girl:  The Enigma of Stieg Larsson and the Secrets...by Dan Burstein, et al (St. Martin's Griffin; May 10, 2011)

**See those three books at the bottom?  There is a lounge chair, a tall glass of iced tea and a long afternoon of sunshine waiting for those books!  I can't wait!!