BOOK MARKED
All Wrapped Up
Hint, hint! These books
make great presents
COMPILED BY THE BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC
LIBRARY’S COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT STAFF
This year brought us some great
reads that would also make for
wonderful gifts. Check out this list.

BOARD/TODDLER The second in the Unlimited Squirrels
series fi nds a masked Mystery Reader help-
‘I Am a Baby’
ing his fellow squirrels sound out words and
by Katherine Madeline Allen
gain confi dence in their decoding skills. In
Babies will be engaged in this rollicking
addition to the rollicking adventure, read-
read-aloud, as they view pictures of diverse
ers will devour the extras, including jokes,
infants and everyday objects.

quizzes and squirrely facts.

‘Flip Flap Find! Counting 1, 2, 3’
by Violet Peto
Bright illustrations and simple text teach
toddlers to count from one to 10 while they
guess what will hatch from the egg.

PICTURE BOOKS
‘Saturday’ by Oge Mora
Ava loves spending Saturday with her
mother; it is their special day. However,
this Saturday does not go as planned. In
the end, it is Ava who reminds her mother
that spending the day together is the most
important thing.

‘Another’ by Christian Robinson
‘Star Wars: The Rise
of Skywalker’
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” opens in
theaters in December, and young fans will
cherish this guidebook. Filled with facts
about characters, new planets and scary
monsters and villains, kids will get lost in
this eye-catching book packed with pictures
from the movie. Get ready to learn every-
thing you ever needed to know about Rey,
Poe and Finn and their thrilling adventures
in a galaxy far, far away!
MIDDLE READERS
‘The Complete Baking
Book for Young Chefs’
from America’s Test Kitchen
America’s Test Kitchen brings its rigor-
ous testing and methodical approach to
kids baking. Recipes were thoroughly
tested by more than 5,000 kids to get
them just right for cooks of all skill lev-
els. Recipes are included for breakfast,
breads, pizzas, cookies, cupcakes and more
YOUNG READERS
and include easy-to-follow, step-by-step
‘Who Is the Mystery Reader?’
photos and instructions as well as informa-
by Mo Willems
tion on technique and the science behind
Gift givers can’t go wrong with Mo Willems, baking. Perfect for young foodies and
and his newest is another slam-dunk winner. aspiring chefs.

In her bedroom at night, a young girl fol-
lows her cat into another dimension. This
topsy-turvy world has other children play-
ing with their “twin.” Is this just a dream or
another world?
38 Washington FAMILY NOVEMBER 2019