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Library Latest – February 22, 2022
It’s Tuesday and the date is 2/22/22! A super Twosday!
Celebrate this once in a lifetime event with these Children’s books all about favorite pairs, partners, and pals!
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Library Latest – March 2, 2021
Here are the latest Children’s fiction titles (plus a sneaky memoir – see if you can spot it)!
Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston: eBook | e-audiobook | book | audiobook
Ikenga by Nnedi Okorafor: book | eBook
Gone to the Woods by Gary Paulsen: book | eBook | e-audiobook
The Smartest Kid in the Universe by Chris Grabenstein: book | eBook | e-audiobook
Shaking Up the House by Yamile Saied Mendez: book | eBook
A Place at the Table by Saadia Faruqi: book | audiobook
Root Magic by Eden Royce: book | e-book | audiobook
The Mysterious Disappearance of Aiden S. by David Levithan: book | eBook
The Deepest Breath by Meg Grehan: book
Goodbye Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea: eBook | e-audiobook | book
Library Latest–January 19, 2021
Children’s Librarian Amy is here with the latest picture book biographies!
Perkin’s Perfect Purple: How a Boy Created Color with Chemistry by Tami Lewis Brown|request the book
Selena: Queen of Tejano Music by Sylvia Lopez| request the book
The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch by Chris Barton| request the book
Emmy Noether: The Most Important Mathematician You’ve Never Heard Of by Helaine Becker| request the book
A Likkle Miss Lou: How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett Coverley Found Her Voice by Nadia L. Hohn| request the book
Eleanor Makes Her Mark by Barbara Kerley| request the book
Saving Stella: A Dog’s Dramatic Escape from War by Bassel Abou Fakher and Deborah Blumenthal| request the book
Ocean Speaks: How Marie Tharp Revealed the Ocean’s Biggest Secret by Jess Keating| request the book
Breaking the Ice: The True Story of the First Woman to Play in the National Hockey League by Angie Bullaro| request the book
Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball by Jen Bryant| request the book
If you’d like to request the physical copy of any of these items click on the link to the catalog and place your hold.
Library Latest–December 11, 2020
Filled with wanderlust while staying home? Prepare for the days when you can travel abroad again by studying another language.
Teens and adults can practice more than 30 different languages using Mango Languages. Whether you’re learning how to order a pizza or ask when the game starts, Mango immerses you in real, everyday conversations in a wide variety of foreign languages. It also features ESL instruction in English, tailored for speakers of more than a dozen languages.
With Muzzy Online, kids can go on adventures with Muzzy and his friends to watch videos and play games while practicing vocabulary and grammar!
Get some inspiration from these works of travel writing, too:
My Twenty-Five Years in Provence: Reflections on Then and Now by Peter Mayle | request the book | OverDrive eBook
Lands of Lost Borders: A Journey on the Silk Road by Kate Harris | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eAudio
To Shake the Sleeping Self by Jedidiah Jenkins | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Ten Years A Nomad: A Traveler’s Journey Home by Matthew Kepnes | request the book
See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy by Frances Mayes | request the book | large print | book on CD | OverDrive eBook
A Beginner’s Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations by Pico Iyer | request the book
Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Hidden Wonders by Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras & Ella Morton | request the book | OverDrive eBook | hoopla eBook (2nd edition)
Library Latest–December 8, 2020
Children’s Librarian Amy is here with our newest nonfiction!
Who Gives a Poop?: Surprising Science from One End to the Other by Heather L. Montgomery|request the book
Soccer Goalie / El Portero by Tracie Santos and Pablo de la Vega| request the book
Citlali and the Day of the Dead / Citlali y el Dia de Muertos by Berta de Llano| request the book
I am Gandhi: a Graphic Biography of a Hero by Brad Meltzer| request the book
Women in Sports: Megan Rapinoe by Mary Hertz Scarbrough| request the book
Women in Sports: Naomi Osaka by Mary Hertz Scarbrough| request the book
Math at the Market by Elise Craver| request the book
Great Minds and Finds in Africa by Mike Downs| request the book
First Fire: a Cherokee Story by Brad Wagnon and Alex Stephenson| request the book
Behind the Bookcase: Miep Gies, Anne Frank, and the Hiding Place by Barbara Lowell| request the book
If you’d like to request the physical copy of any of these items click on the link to the catalog and place your hold.
Library Latest–September 11, 2020
Children’s Librarian Amy shares our newest picture books!
When You Need Wings by Lita Judge | request the book
A Girl Like You by Frank Murphy and Carla Murphy | request the book
A Thousand No’s by DJ Corchin | request the book
Luci Soars by Lulu Delacre | request the book
You Matter by Christian Robinson| request the book | OverDrive eBook
Me & Mama by Cozbi A. Cabrera | request the book
The Belonging Tree by Maryann Cocca-Leffler| request the book
Smart George by Jules Feiffer | request the book
Cone Cat by Sarah Howden | request the book
Chicken Story Time by Sandi Asher| request the book
If you’d like to request the physical copy of any of these items click on the link to the catalog and place your hold.
You can now pick up your holds inside the building. For more information including policies, procedures, and hours click here.
Library Latest — August 21, 2020
Children’s librarian Amy is showcasing some new fiction titles from the Children’s Room.
New Chapter Books:
Minecraft: Into the Game by Nick Eliopulos | request the book
Leaving Lymon by Lesa Cline-Ransome | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eBook
Scouts by Shannon Greenland | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
The Great Upending by Beth Kephart | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eAudio
Ghost Squad by Claribel Ortega | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Ali Cross by James Patterson | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter by Aaron Reynolds | request the book
Time Warp: The Seventh Journey Through Time by Geronimo Stilton | request the book
Heroes in Training: Hercules and the Nine-Headed Hydra by Tracey West | request the book | OverDrive eBook
If you’d like to request the physical copy of any of these items click on the link to the catalog and place your hold.
You can now pick up your holds inside the building. For more information including policies, procedures, and hours click here.
Library Latest — August 13, 2020
Go back in time with these historical fiction novels!
Standalone Novels for Adults:
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen | request the book | large print | OverDrive eBook | hoopla eBook
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline | request the book | book on CD | large print | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras | request the book | large print | OverDrive eAudio
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders | request the book | book on CD | large print | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Series Starters for Adults:
Katherine of Aragon, the True Queen by Alison Weir | request the book
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eAudio
Death at Wentwater Court by Carola Dunn | request the book | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eAudio
Aztec by Gary Jennings | request the book
For Teens, part 1:
The Silence of Bones by June Hur | request the book | OverDrive eBook
Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina | request the book
Inventing Victoria by Tonia Bolden | request the book | OverDrive eBook
The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eAudio
For Teens, part 2:
The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf | request the book
Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian | request the book | book on CD | Overdrive eBook | Overdrive eAudio | hoopla aAudio
When the Ground is Hard by Malla Nunn | request the book
The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
If you’d like to request the physical copy of any of these items click on the link to the catalog and place your hold.
You can now pick up your holds inside the building. For more information including policies, procedures, and hours click here.
Library Latest — August 11, 2020
You don’t have to go far to find some great wordsmiths. Check out these titles by local authors!
Adult Nonfiction & Memoir:
A girl walks into a bar by Rachel Dratch | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Hammer head by Nina MacLaughlin | request the book
The accidental billionaires by Ben Mezrich | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Townie by Andre Dubus III | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eAudio
Adult Fiction:
The stars are fire by Anita Shreve | request the book | book on CD | large print | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
The third son by Julie Wu | request the book | hoopla eAudio
The murder list by Hank Phillippi Ryan | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Election by Tom Perrotta | request the book
Teen Fiction:
In the neighborhood of true by Susan Carlton | request the book | OverDrive eBook | hoopla eBook
Landscape with invisible hand by MT Anderson | request the book | OverDrive eBook
Disappeared by Francisco X. Stork | request the book
Contagion by Erin Bowman | request the book | OverDrive eAudio
The arrival of someday by Jen Malone | request the book | OverDrive eBook
Kids Fiction:
Rosy and the secret friend by Margaret McNamara | request the book | OverDrive eBook
What’s the big idea? by Stephen Krensky | request the book
Dragonslayer by Tui Sutherland | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eAudio
The case of the stinky stench by Josh Funk | request the book | OverDrive eBook
The art of Eric Carle by Eric Carle | request the book
If you’d like to request the physical copy of any of these items, click on the link to the catalog and place your hold.
You can now pick up your holds inside the building. For more information including policies, procedures, and hours click here.