Lots of new books were published in 2011, and some of our favorite authors and characters are back.  If you're ready to escape the cold and curl up with a fun book, try some of these favorites:

Fans of Dr. Seuss will love these seven stories that were originally published in magazines many years ago.  You'll find The Bippolo Seed; The Rabbit, the Bear, and the Zinniga-Zanniga; Gustav the Goldfish; Tadd and Todd; Steak for Supper; The Strange Shirt Spot; and The Great Henry McBride.

Middle-schooler Greg Heffley is the prime suspect when it is discovered that school property has been damaged, but when a surprise blizzard hits and school is closed, Greg is stuck indoors with his family, unable to prove his innocence.

Having lost his mother and his hearing in a short time, twelve-year-old Ben leaves his Minnesota home in 1977 to seek the father he never knew in New York City, and meets there Rose, who is also longing for something missing from her life. Ben's story is told in words; Rose's in pictures.