Briar’s Journal (May 1 to June 4, 2013)

Dream Entry*
December 13, 2001

I can only remember fragments of my dream:

Morzant skipping rope.

Three puppies chasing grasshoppers through a field of daisies.

My friends, a duck, and the three puppies reading to a willow tree.

The books BIGFOOT is reading:

THE LUCY VARIATIONS
by Sara Zarr
[YOUNG ADULT]
Little, Brown-Hachette
May 7, 2013

NOTHING CAN POSSIBLY GO WRONG
by Prudence Shen, illustrated by Faith Erin Hicks
[YOUNG ADULT—GRAPHIC NOVEL]
First Second-Roaring Brook
May 7, 2013

ELVIS AND THE UNDERDOGS
by Jenny Lee, with illustrations by Kelly Light
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Balzer & Bray-HarperCollins
May 14, 2013

FORMERLY SHARK GIRL
by Kelly Bingham
[YOUNG ADULT—NOVEL IN VERSE—SEQUEL TO SHARK GIRL]
Candlewick
May 14, 2013

PAPERBOY
by Vince Vawter
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Delacorte-Random House
May 14, 2013

PARALLEL
by Lauren Miller
[YOUNG ADULT]
HarperTeen-HarperCollins
May 14, 2013

WINGER
by Andrew Smith, with illustrations by Sam Bosma
[YOUNG ADULT]
Simon & Schuster
May 14, 2013

ROGUE
by Lyn Miller-Lachmann
[YOUNG ADULT]
Nancy Paulsen-Penguin
May 16, 2013

OPENLY STRAIGHT
by Bill Konigsberg
[YOUNG ADULT]
Arthur A. Levine-Scholastic
May 28, 2013

ROMEO BLUE
by Phoebe Stone
[YOUNG ADULT—SEQUEL TO THE ROMEO AND JULIET CODE]
Arthur A. Levine-Scholastic
May 28, 2013

TWERP
by Mark Goldblatt
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Random House
May 28, 2013

The books MORZANT is reading:

THE END GAMES
by T. Michael Martin
[YOUNG ADULT]
Balzer & Bray-HarperCollins
May 7, 2013

THE MIGHTY LALOUCHE
by Matthew Olshan, illustrated by Sophie Blackall
[PICTURE BOOK—NON-FICTION]
Schwartz & Wade-Random House
May 14, 2013

PAPA’S MECHANICAL FISH
by Candace Fleming, illustrated by Boris Kulikov
[PICTURE BOOK]
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
June 4, 2013

The books PENNY is reading: 

DOLL BONES
by Holly Black, with illustrations by Eliza Wheeler
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Margaret K. McElderry-Simon & Schuster
May 7, 2013

THE 5TH WAVE
by Rick Yancey
[YOUNG ADULT]
Putnam-Penguin
May 7, 2013

ICONS
by Margaret Stohl
[YOUNG ADULT]
Little, Brown-Hachette
May 7, 2013

REBOOT
by Amy Tintera
[YOUNG ADULT]
HarperTeen-HarperCollins
May 7, 2013

INVISIBILITY
by Andrea Cremer and David Levithan
[YOUNG ADULT]
Philomel-Penguin
May 7, 2013

THE COLOR OF RAIN
by Cori McCarthy
[YOUNG ADULT]
Running Press Teens-Running Press Book Publishers
May 14, 2013

THE RULES FOR DISAPPEARING
by Ashley Elston
[YOUNG ADULT]
Hyperion-Disney
May 14, 2013

GAMEBOARD OF THE GODS
by Richelle Mead
[YOUNG ADULT—FIRST IN THE AGE OF X SERIES]
Dutton-Penguin
June 4, 2013

The books THE DUCK is reading: 

MOUSE BIRD SNAKE WOLF
by David Almond, illustrated by Dave McKean
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Candlewick
May 14, 2013

The books NORMAN is reading: 

AN ARMY OF FROGS
by Trevor Pryce, with illustrations by Sanford Greene
[MIDDLE GRADE—FIRST IN THE KULIPARI SERIES]
Amulet-Abrams
May 7, 2013

PLATYPUS POLICE: THE FROG WHO CROAKED
by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
[MIDDLE GRADE—GRAPHIC NOVEL—FIRST IN THE SERIES]
Walden Pond-HarperCollins
May 7, 2013

ODESSA AGAIN
by Dana Reinhardt
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Wendy Lamb-Random House
May 14, 2013

THE PLANET THIEVES
by Dan Krokos
[MIDDLE GRADE—FIRST IN THE SERIES]
Starscape-Macmillan
May 21, 2013

The books BEVERLY is reading:

PANCHO RABBIT AND THE COYOTE: A MIGRANT’S TALE
by Duncan Tonatiuh
[PICTURE BOOK]
Abrams
May 7, 2013

OUT OF THIS PLACE
by Emma Cameron
[YOUNG ADULT—NOVEL IN VERSE]
Candlewick
May 14, 2013

P.S. BE ELEVEN
by Rita Williams-Garcia
[MIDDLE GRADE—SEQUEL TO ONE CRAZY SUMMER]
Amistad-HarperCollins
May 21, 2013

THOUSAND WORDS
by Jennifer Brown
[YOUNG ADULT]
Little, Brown-Hachette
May 21, 2013

THE FAVORITE DAUGHTER
by Allen Say
[PICTURE BOOK]
Arthur A. Levine-Scholastic
May 28, 2013

PARCHED
by Melanie Crowder
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Harcourt
June 4, 2013

THE THING ABOUT LUCK
by Cynthia Kadohata, with illustrations by Julia Kuo
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Atheneum-Simon & Schuster
June 4, 2013

The books BRIAR is reading:

THE YEAR OF THE BABY
by Andrea Cheng,
with illustrations by Patrice Barton
[CHAPTER BOOK—SEQUEL TO THE YEAR OF THE BOOK]
Houghton Mifflin-Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
May 28, 2013

KELSEY GREEN, READING QUEEN
by Claudia Mills, with illustrations by Rob Shepperson
[CHAPTER BOOK—FIRST IN THE FRANKLIN SCHOOL FRIENDS SERIES]
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
June 4, 2013

The books OLIVER is reading: 

EVERYONE SLEEPS
by Marcellus Hall
[PICTURE BOOK]
Nancy Paulsen-Penguin
May 2, 2013

A FUNNY LITTLE BIRD
by Jennifer Yerkes
[PICTURE BOOK]
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky-Sourcebooks
May 7, 2013

IF YOU WANT TO SEE A WHALE
by Julie Fogliano, illustrated by Erin Stead
[PICTURE BOOK]
Roaring Brook
May 7, 2013

SATURDAY WITH DADDY
by Dan Andreasen
[PICTURE BOOK]
Henry Holt
May 7, 2013

YOO-HOO, LADYBUG!
by Mem Fox, illustrated by Laura Ljungkvist
[PICTURE BOOK]
Beach Lane-Simon & Schuster
May 7, 2013

IT’S A FIREFLY NIGHT
by Dianne Ochiltree, illustrated by Betsy Snyder
[PICTURE BOOK]
Blue Apple Books
May 14, 2013

THIS LITTLE PIGGY
by Tim Harrington
[PICTURE BOOK]
Balzer & Bray-HarperCollins
May 14, 2013

WATER IN THE PARK: A BOOK ABOUT
WATER AND THE TIMES OF THE DAY
by Emily Jenkins, illustrated by Stephanie Graegin
[PICTURE BOOK]
Schwartz & Wade-Random House
May 14, 2013

OCTOPUS ALONE
by Divya Srinivasan
[PICTURE BOOK]
Viking-Penguin
May 16, 2013

SING
by Joe Raposo, illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld
[PICTURE BOOK]
Henry Holt
May 28, 2013

WHEN MERMAIDS SLEEP
by Ann Bonwill
[PICTURE BOOK]
Random House
May 28, 2013

HOW TO
by Julie Morstad
[PICTURE BOOK]
Simply Read Books
May 30, 2013

HANK FINDS AN EGG
by Rebecca Dudley
[PICTURE BOOK]
Peter Pauper Press
June 1, 2013

The books LENNY is reading: 

THE GREAT LOLLIPOP CAPER
by Dan Krall
[PICTURE BOOK]
Simon & Schuster
May 7, 2013

COWPOKE CLYDE AND DIRTY DAWG
by Lori Mortensen, illustrated by Michael Allen Austin
[PICTURE BOOK]
Clarion-Houghton Mifflin
May 14, 2013

MATILDA AND HANS
by Yokococo
[PICTURE BOOK]
Templar-Candlewick
May 14, 2013

THE SKELETON PIRATE
by David Lucas
[PICTURE BOOK]
Candlewick
May 14, 2013

TOYS IN SPACE
by Mini Grey
[PICTURE BOOK]
Knopf-Random House
May 14, 2013

BEN RIDES ON
by Matt Davies
[PICTURE BOOK]
Roaring Brook
May 21, 2013

SUPER HAIR-O AND THE BARBER OF DOOM
by John Rocco
[PICTURE BOOK]
Hyperion-Disney
May 21, 2013

NIÑO WRESTLES THE WORLD
by Yuyi Morales
[PICTURE BOOK]
Roaring Brook
June 4, 2013

The books VIOLET is reading: 

HEATHER FELL IN THE WATER
by Doug MacLeod, illustrated by Craig Smith
[PICTURE BOOK]
Allen & Unwin
May 1, 2013

MY LUCKY BIRTHDAY
by Keiko Kasza
[PICTURE BOOK]
Putnam-Penguin
May 2, 2013

TINY PIE
by Mark Bailey and Michael Oatman, illustrated by Edward Hemingway
[PICTURE BOOK]
Running Press Kids-Running Press Book Publishers
May 7, 2013

ODD DUCK
by Cecil Castellucci, illustrated by Sara Varon
[EARLY READER—GRAPHIC NOVEL]
First Second-Roaring Brook
May 14, 2013

SATURDAY IS DADURDAY
by Robin Pulver, illustrated by R.W. Alley
[PICTURE BOOK]
Walker
May 14, 2013

WASH-A-BYE BEAR
by Thomas Docherty
[PICTURE BOOK]
Templar-Candlewick
May 14, 2013

THE WATERMELON SEED
by Greg Pizzoli
[PICTURE BOOK]
Hyperion-Disney
May 14, 2013

A BIG GUY TOOK MY BALL!
by Mo Willems
[EARLY READER—AN ELEPHANT AND PIGGIE BOOK]
Hyperion-Disney
May 21, 2013

ONE BRIGHT RING
by Gretchen Géser
[PICTURE BOOK]
Henry Holt
May 21, 2013

BAD ASTRID
by Eileen Brennan, illustrated by Regan Dunnick
[PICTURE BOOK]
Random House
May 28, 2013

MURILLA GORILLA, JUNGLE DETECTIVE
by Jennifer Lloyd and Jacqui Lee
[PICTURE BOOK]
Simply Read Books
May 30, 2013

CRANKEE DOODLE
by Tom Angleberger, illustrated by Cece Bell
[PICTURE BOOK]
Clarion-Houghton Mifflin
June 4, 2013
 

* The dream entries from Briar’s journal contain premonitions of books that will be published in the future. Briar’s dream self foresees the books’ summaries and knows which will likely appeal to each of her friends. Briar always wakes up before she can see whether her friends will enjoy the books.