Grab your protective goggles because we are time traveling into the near future with the Scholastic Online Preview for our Spring 2018 season! We’ve asked our authors, illustrators and editors to film 44 videos to tell us about their new books coming to stores, libraries and schools very soon! You can watch the full online preview by clicking here, but be sure to scroll down to see a list of the middle grade and chapter books we're excited about AND learn how to enter our sweepstakes!
Today, we’d like to introduce you to chapter books and middle grade titles! There’s a cute but resourceful baby monkey, some intergalactic adventure and even a school for toys. We are so pleased to have new books from favorites like Caldecott Award Winner Brian Selznick, Newbery Honoree Christopher Paul Curtis and New York Times bestseller Blue Balliett along with exciting debut authors like Marley Dias, Sayantani DasGupta, Kelly Yang and Kheryn Callender.
Check out all of the titles below:
- Out of the Wild Night by Blue Ballliett
- Baby Monkey, Private Eye by Brian Selznick and Dr. David Serlin
- The Serpent’s Secret by Sayantani DasGupta
- The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Marley Dias Gets It Done – And So Can You! by Marley Dias
- Toy Academy by Brian Lynch
- Code Word Courage by Kirby Larson
- The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
- Bears of the Ice by Kathryn Lasky
- Front Desk by Kelly Yang
- Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender
- Me, Frida and the Secret of the Peacock Ring by Angela Cervantes
- Two Dogs in a Trenchcoat by Julie Falatko., illustrated by Colin Jack
- Good Dog by Dan Gemeinhart
- The Elephant Thief by Jane Kerr
- Plus TWO new non-fiction series produced in partnership with American Girl
**SWEEPSTAKES!**
If all of that isn’t exciting enough, you could win a set of 5 advanced reader copies from the Spring Online Preview! Just comment below with what book you’d most like to check out to enter by Thursday, November 30! Full rules can be found here.
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I would like the Elephant
I would like the Elephant Thief. It sounds intriguing.
Great selection! I would love
Great selection! I would love to check out Baby Monkey, Private Eye.
Out of the Wild Night by Blue
Out of the Wild Night by Blue Balliett! I have read and loved all her books!
I would love to read The
I would love to read The Elephant Thief by Jane Kerr.
Love to win any books for my
Love to win any books for my Library! Thanks!
The Journey of Little Charlie
The Journey of Little Charlie
Two Dogs in a Trenchcoat.
Two Dogs in a Trenchcoat. Interesting title...
Kirby Larson’s new offering,
Kirby Larson’s new offering, Code Word Courage. Sounds like another wonderful story.
I would have to say the
I would have to say the American Girl ones! I love those books.
The journey of little charlie
The journey of little charlie
All of the books has a good
All of the books has a good message. I would like to read Baby Monkey, Private Eye; Code Name Courage, and Toy Academy.
The Elephant Thief!!
The Elephant Thief!!
I'm excited to read Marley
I'm excited to read Marley Dias' book because I love to find good role models for my students.
Out of the Wild Night
Out of the Wild Night (Balliett)
I think The Journey of Little
I think The Journey of Little Charlie will be awesome
Hurricane child
Hurricane child
Front desk sounds like a good
Front desk sounds like a good read.
I am so excited that Blue
I am so excited that Blue Balliett has a new book coming out! I would love to receive an ARC of Out if the Wild Night!
Definitely "Code Word Courage
Definitely "Code Word Courage."
I’d love to read Codeword
I’d love to read Codeword courage!!
It’s a 3 way tie for me:
It’s a 3 way tie for me: Front Desk, Good Dog & the Parker Inheritance. So excited to read!!
Out of the wild night
Out of the wild night
They all look great but I am
They all look great but I am most excited for Front Desk by Kelly Yang. Not only does this title feature a female main character, it also has a diverse chracter and I love that! #weneeddiversebooks
The Parker Imheritance - I
The Parker Imheritance - I have heard so many wonderful things about it!
You Academy!
You Academy!
Correction: Toy Academy!
Correction: Toy Academy! (Autocorrect)
We read "Number the Stars" as
We read "Number the Stars" as a class novel at the beginning of the school year and since then, my students are OBSESSED with all novels surrounding WWII so they would LOVE to read "Code Word Courage". I love the plot line for "Toy Academy"!
Baby Monkey, Private Eye
Baby Monkey, Private Eye looks pretty cute.
Toy Academy sounds good.
Toy Academy sounds good.
Toy Academy and Hurricane
Toy Academy and Hurricane Child
Code word courage
Code word courage
The Serpent's Secret
The Serpent's Secret
Good Dog sounds interesting!!
Good Dog sounds interesting!!
Me, Frida, and the Secret of
Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring sounds amazing!
Two Dogs in a Trenchcoat
Two Dogs in a Trenchcoat
A girl named series by
A girl named series by American Girl!
Ohhhhh Good Dog for sure!!!!
Ohhhhh Good Dog for sure!!!! I mean I could list a ton of others but that's the first pick!
Good Dog sounds great!
Good Dog sounds great!
Toy Academy sounds fun!
Toy Academy sounds fun!
I would love to read Me,
I would love to read Me, Frida and the Secret Peacock Ring!
The Serpent’s Secret sounds
The Serpent’s Secret sounds interesting
Lots of great titles to look
Lots of great titles to look forward to! Thanks for offering this list and the contest.
I’d love to read Varian
I’d love to read Varian Johnson’s new book! And Toy Academy.
I’d love to read all of them;
I’d love to read all of them; I choose FRONT DESK or The American Girl titles.
I think The Elephant Thief
I think The Elephant Thief would be an interesting book.
The Parker Inheritance! Any
The Parker Inheritance! Any book of Varian Johnson's heart has GOT to be good!!
Codeword Courage sounds
Codeword Courage sounds awesome!
The Serpents Secret looks
The Serpents Secret looks awesome.
I would like to start with
I would like to start with the new Christopher Paul Curtis novel.
The Elephant Thief
The Elephant Thief
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