What's New?

"Stacking the Shelves" is was a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews. It seems the blog is gone though, for the link no longer takes you to it. So, I will just continue to post a "What's New? post whenever I receive new books. 

For Review:

Image: Candlewick Press

Franklin Endicott and the Third Key by Kate DiCamillo. Illustrated by Chris Van Dusen. Tales from Deckawoo Drive series. 104 p. Candlewick Press, June, 2021. 9781536201819.

Publisher synopsis: 

Welcome back to Deckawoo Drive for a sixth endearing installment in the companion series to Kate DiCamillo’s New York Times best-selling Mercy Watson books. Frank Endicott is a worrier. He worries about lions, submarines, black holes, leprosy, and armadillos. He lists his worries alphabetically in a notebook and suffers vivid nightmares that even a certain neighborhood pig can’t dispatch. When he accompanies Eugenia Lincoln on an errand to duplicate a key at her favorite dark and dusty thrift shop, Frank earns fresh cause for alarm. Odd Buddy Lamp, the shop’s proprietor, has sent them home with the original key and its copy. Can Frank come to terms with the mystery without buckling under his mounting dread? With a little help from friends (old and new), hot cocoa, and some classic short stories read aloud, the prognosis is good. The latest tale from Deckawoo Drive—and New York Times best-selling creators Kate DiCamillo and Chris Van Dusen—is a balm for young worrywarts facing the unknown.

I used to work in a K-8 school. It was quite the challenge purchasing books for such an age range with the budget I was given. It was also a challenge keeping up with books for students from K-8! The Mercy Watson books began releasing in 2005 and I left that position in June of 2008, so I was able to share the first four books about a sweet little pig who loved hot buttered toast with my younger students. I had no idea until now, that Ms. DiCamillo not only penned a fifth Mercy Watson book but, in 2014, spun a new series off. I have some catching up to do!

Purchased: Nothing this week, but I am filling a shopping cart b/c I received some AZ gift cards. The PTO Book Fair is next week and I'm receiving Scholastic Dollars to purchase books for the school library, so I'll be shopping! Yay!

What was in your mailbox this week?