This is where you'll find Oklahoma authors and illustrators who have new books released within the past six months or books which will soon be released. If the date of publication is known, we'll list it. If not, it'll say "forthcoming." Click on each author's name to go to their one-page biography.
The Pumpkin Mystery - July 2010 Publisher's Note: Two sleuths, a farm cat and dog, team up with their enemy, a rabbit, to solve a Halloween mystery.
Scruffy and Mocha, the cat and dog who help out Aden and Leah around the farm, want to make sure the children have pumpkins for Halloween. The family plants and waters the seeds, and the tiny plants begin to grow; but rabbits visit the garden and the crop fails. The rabbits have some inside information. Can Scruffy and Mocha strike a deal and save Halloween for the children. Website: Amazon.com, Accessed July 30, 2010 via http://www.librarything.com/work/10165024
Annie Glover’s grandma is always protesting something, but she goes too far when she chains herself to a century-old tree and names it Elmer. Elmer is scheduled to be cut down to make way for a new swimming-pool complex and Grandma is trying to save him, but Annie wants that swimming pool—and so do all her classmates. Now she must endure all the other fourthgraders asking her embarrassing questions and that pesky Leroy Kirk calling her a “tree lover.” However, as Annie considers what Elmer means to her town and to herself, she begins to think that maybe Grandma’s not so crazy after all.
Adorable illustrations perfectly capture Annie’s scheme to save Elmer—with the help of her teacher, her best friend, a zany trio of parachuting Elvis impersonators, and, yes, even Grandma.
Time of the Witches - September 2009 The Salem Witch trials are brought to life through one reluctant accuser's search for truth
Orphaned at the age of four, Drucilla finally has a place she can call home with her new family, the Putnams, of Salem Village. But when a new reverend and his family move into town with their servant Tituba, life takes a strange and dangerous turn as accusations of witchcraft swirl. Dru is overwhelmed by the fervor of lies and the power of groupthink among the other girls in town; reluctant to turn her back on the Putnams, she utters her own accusations. Only her best friend Gabe sees through the deceit, but it may be too late for Dru to protect the truth, and innocent people will pay the ultimate price.
Guiding readers through the confusion of this frightening historical event, Anna Myers weaves a compelling story that will captivate teen readers.
Anna Myers - Time of the Witches - September 2009
Tammi Sauer
Me Want Pets! by Simon & Schuster, forthcoming
Bawk and Roll by Sterling, forthcoming (This is a sequel to Chicken Dance)
Mostly Monsterly - 2010
Paula Wiseman/Simon & Schuster, 2010
On the outside, Bernadette is an ordinary monster. But underneath the fangs and fur, she has a deep, dark secret. She has a sweet side and feels it's time to unveil it to her classmates.
Princess-in-Training, forthcoming
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Viola Louise Hassenfeffer is a princess who is anything but prim and proper--she karate chops, dives into the moat, and skateboards up and down the drawbridge. Princess Academy is a total bust--until a surprise dragon arrives and only Viola can save the day.
Duck Means Business, forthcoming
Paula Wiseman/Simon & Schuster
An uppity duck goes a little haywire when the barnyard animals show up for a surprise swim in his otherwise peaceful pond.
Oh, Nuts!, forthcoming
Bloomsbury
Three chipmunks with attitude feel like they're just not getting the attention they deserve at the zoo, so they go to great lengths to compete with the elephants, tigers, and zebras.
What happens when an uppity calf who thinks he has a royal pedigree tries to take over the job of a no-nonsense guard dog? Dust flies and so do some pretty hilarious antics.
Cookie, a black-and-white belted Galloway calf, thinks that he has come to the farm to be in charge of the herd of cows. Hoss, the German shepherd, figures that Cookie can barely keep track of his own tail. The only thing the two stubborn animals have in common is their loyalty to a young farm girl named Ann. So when Ann is in danger, the two rivals must figure out how to go from butting heads to putting their two heads together to save her.
Gwen has FOUR new easy-to-read books to be released in July 2010 in her new Pet Club series published by Stone Arch Books:
The Best Trick Find the Cat! The Noisy Night Pets at the Party
These books are for beginning readers with approximately 150-300 words per book. Gwen has FOUR more books in this series which will be released in 2011. Titles will be forthcoming. Way to go, Gwendolyn! OCAI is mighty proud of you!
