Top 10 Los Gatos Library New Kids' Books

1. Elmer and Super El, David McKee  

Elmer the patchwork elephant distracts his animal friends from noticing Super El's torn costume until he can escort him to Aunt Zelda who mends Super El's clothes.

2. Fancy Nancy and the mermaid ballet, Jane O'Connor

Nancy makes the best of not dancing the lead in her ballet school's Deep Sea Dances show, but becomes jealous when her best friend gets a better role than hers.

3. Because, Rich Torrey

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A little boy argues that "because" is a perfectly acceptable response to a question, in spite of what his mother says.

4. Dora's Easter Bunny adventure, Veronica Paz

When sneaky Swiper swipes the Easter basket from the Easter Bunny, Dora and Boots help him find the basket and save the Easter egg hunt.

5. Once upon a royal superbaby, Kevin O'Malley

Cooperatively writing a story for school, a girl imagines a king and queen who have a baby named Sweet Piper who can talk to birds, while a boy names the baby Strong Viper and gives him super-strength, cool wrestling moves, and a motorcycle and sunglasses.

6. George Washington's birthday, Margaret McNamara

On George Washington's seventh birthday, he does chores, misbehaves, and dreams of a day when his birthday will be celebrated by all.

7. What little boys are made of, Robert Neubecker

Reprises an old rhyme while chronicling the busy day of an imaginative and active little boy.

8. The son of Neptune, Rick Riordan

Demigod Percy Jackson, still with no memory, and his new friends from Camp Jupiter, Hazel and Frank, go on a quest to free Death, but their bigger task is to unite the Greek and Roman camps so that the Prophecy of Seven can be fulfilled.

9. The whisper, Emma Clayton

When telepathic twins Ellie and Mika are sent to steal the top-secret formula for an age-reversing drug developed on the wild side of The Wall, the Gorman foresees a future in which he'll be young forever.

10. The forgotten warrior, Erin Hunter

When an outsider appears in the ThunderClan's midst, it drives the Clans further apart and as tension mounts they must decide who they can trust before it is too late.