Kidsmomo

Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and auld lang syne?

Uh, what the heck does that mean? Yeah, we don’t know either… But we DO know that it’s almost 2011, and that means a new year, a fresh start, a blank slate. To celebrate, we’ve rustled up some books about new beginnings — from starting a new school, to moving to a new town, to welcoming a new family member to the home. Ring in the new year with these reads (in no particular order):

1. The Search for WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi (Karen’s pick)
2. Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days! by Stephen Manes (Nancy’s pick)
3. Penny Dreadful by Laurel Snyder
4. Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorenson
5. The Four-Story Mistake by Elizabeth Enright
6. The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss
7. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
8. A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
9. Ramona and Her Father by Beverly Cleary
10. Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
11. A Friendship For Today by Patricia McKissack
12. Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
13. How Tia Lola Came to Stay by Julia Alvarez
14. Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
15. Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
16. Olivia Kidney by Ellen Potter
17. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord
18. Bloomability by Sharon Creech

And don’t forgot our recommendations from our previous New Kid theme!

(Also, here’s a printable version of our New Beginnings booklist, for you to take to the library or bookstore — or that rockin’ New Year’s party you’ve got planned.)