Tales from the Seabury Library

More books for boys:

Folktales:
Mightier than the Sword: World Folktales for Strong Boys, by Jane Yolen: Collection of familiar and little-know stories telling the tales of sons, brothers, kings and trolls - where brains trump brawns every time. Grade 3 and up.
Fantasy:
Deltora Quest series, by Emily Rodda: Evil Shadow Lord, and seven stones from a magic belt. Grades 3-5. (Seabury Library has some.)
Spiderwick Chronicles, by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi: Jared, Simon, and Mallory discover a mysterious book about magical creatures. Then they discover the creatures. Grades 3-5. (We have some of these, too)
The Wee Free Men, by Terry Pratchett: Tiffany, a young witch-to-be in the land of Discworld, teams up with the Wee Free Men, a clan of six-inch-high blue toughs, to rescue her baby brother and ward off a sinister invasion from Fairyland. Grades 5 and up. Pratchett writes many books of fantasy. (Seabury has this.)

Boys like most books by Jon Sciezka and he's started a wonderful Web site called guysread.com. It's got information and book lists. You can share your own choices, too.

There are many more great books for boys, girls, and and everybody, of course. This is just a sampling. I'll be sharing more of my own ideas in future posts.

Talk to you soon