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Celebrate Pride: Children's Books

6/7/2021

Picture Books & Board Books

Sam!, Dani Gabriel, print
Ho'onani: Hula Warrior, Heather Gayle & Mika Song, print | ebook
Jacob's New Dress, Sarah Hoffman, print
From Archie to Zack, Vincent X. Kirsch, print
Over the Shop, JonArno Lawson & Qin Leng, print
Julián at the Wedding, Jessica Love, print
One of a Kind Like Me / Único como yo, Laurin Mayeno, print
Our Subway Baby, Peter Mercurio, print
Heather Has Two Mommies, Lesléa Newman, print
A Tale of Two Daddies, Vanita Oelschlager, print
My Maddy, Gayle E. Pitman, print
This Day in June, Gayle E. Pitman, print
Pride Colors, Robin Stevenson, print | ebook

Children’s Fiction, Nonfiction, and Graphic Novels

A High Five for Glenn Burke, Phil Bildner, print
Flight of the Puffin, Ann Braden, print
King and the Dragonflies, Kacen Callender, print | ebook | eaudio
Nate Expectations, Tim Federle, print
Rick, Alex Gino, print | ebook | eaudio
One Half from the East, Nadia Hashimi, print | ebook
Beetle & the Hollowbones, Aliza Layne, print | ebook
Too Bright to See, Kyle Lukoff, print
The Best at It, Maulik Pancholy, print | ebook | eaudio
Sewing the Rainbow: The Story of Gilbert Baker and the Rainbow Flag, Gayle E. Pitman, print
Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag, Rob Sanders, print
Stonewall: a Building, an Uprising, a Revolution, Rob Sanders, print | ebook
Ana on the Edge, A.J. Sass, print | ebook
The List of Things that Will Not Change, Rebecca Stead, print | audio | ebook | eaudio

Celebrate Pride: Young Adult Books

6/7/2021

Kate in Waiting, Becky Albertalli, print | ebook
Cinderella is Dead, Kalynn Bayron, print | ebook
A Queer History of the United States for Young People, Michael Bronski, print | ebook
Felix Ever After, Kacen Callender, print | ebook | eaudio
This Book Is Gay, Juno Dawson, print | ebook | eaudio
I Wish You All the Best, Mason Deaver, print | ebook | eaudio
The New Queer Conscience, Adam Eli, print | ebook
Seeing Gender, Iris Gottlieb, print
You Should See Me in a Crown, Leah Johnson, print | ebook | eaudio
Let's Talk About Love, Claire Kann, print
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out, Susan Kuklin, print | ebook
I'll Be the One, Lyla Lee,bprint | ebook
Boy Meets Boy, David Levithan, print | ebook | eaudio
Stay Gold, Tobly McSmith, print | ebook | eaudio
Miss Meteor, Tehlor Kay Mejia & Anna-Marie McLemore, print
Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World, Sarah Prager, print
Late to the Party, Kelly Quindlen, print
Camp, L.C. Rosen, print | ebook | eaudio
Can't Take That Away, Steven Salvatore, print | ebook
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, Mario Tamaki & Rosemary Vallero-O'Connell, print | ebook
Honor Girl, Maggie Thrash, print
The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea, Maggie Tokuda-Hall, print | ebook
Beyond the Gender Binary, Alok Vaid-Menon, print | ebook

Road Trips & Adventures

6/4/2021

These picks from the adult fiction, nonfiction, and graphic novel shelves could help you earn the Dog Badge for this year's Summer Reading Challenge on Beanstack!

The Road to Little Dribbling, Bill Bryson, large print | audio | ebook | eaudio
A Walk Around the Block, Spike Carlsen, print | ebook | eaudio
The Lightkeepers, Abby Geni, print
Nori, Rumi Hara, print
Clanlands, Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish, print
Imperfect Union, Steve Inskeep, print | ebook
Grave Secrets, Alice James, print
Love Is an Ex-Country, Randa Jarrar, print
Epic Drives of the World, Lonely Planet, print
Outlawed, Anna North, print | ebook
Zoo, James Patterson, print | large print | audio | ebook | eaudio
See You at the Campground, Stephanie & Jeremy Puglisi, print | ebook
Dog On It, Spencer Quinn, print | ebook | eaudio
Dogtripping, David Rosenfelt, print | large print | eaudio
The Last Great Road Bum, Héctor Tobar, print | ebook
Hairpin Curves, Elia Winters, print | ebook

Sports & Contests

6/3/2021

These picks from the adult fiction, nonfiction, and graphic novel shelves could help you earn the Horse Badge for this year's Summer Reading Challenge on Beanstack!

We Ride Upon Sticks, Quan Barry, print | ebook | eaudio
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice, Deborah Riley Draper & Travis Thrasher, print
The Making of a Miracle, Mike Eruzione, print
The Back Roads to March, John Feinstein, print
A Short Move, Katherine Hill, print
Seabiscuit, Laura Hillenbrand, print | ebook | eaudio
Loving Sports When They Don’t Love You Back, Jessica Luther & Kavitha A. Davidson, print
Ping Pong, Taiyo Matsumoto, print
Looking for Miss America, Margot Mifflin, print
The Sport of Kings, C.E. Morgan, print | ebook | eaudio
Yogi, Jon Pessah, print
The Dream Architects, David Polfeldt, print
Canyon Dreams, Michael Powell, print | ebook
Crossing the Line, Kareem Rosser, print
The Cruelest Miles, Gay Salisbury & Laney Salisbury, print
Cactus Jack, Brad Smith, print

Illustrated Books

6/3/2021

These picks from throughout the library could help you earn the Peacock Badge for this year's Summer Reading Challenge on Beanstack!

Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio, Derf Backderf, print | ebook
The Madman’s Library, Edward Brooke-Hitching, print
Solutions and Other Problems, Allie Brosh, print | ebook
Love, the Tiger, Frederic Brremaud & Federico Bertolucci, print
BTTM FDRS, Ezra Claytan Daniels & Ben Passmore, print
Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record, Errol Fuller, print
Audubon: On the Wings of the World, Fabien Grolleau & Jérémie Royer, print
The Art of Drag, Jake Hall et al, print
Unlikely Friendships, Jennifer S. Holland, print | ebook
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, Charlie Mackesy, print | ebook
Natural Wonders of the World, ed. Peter Frances, print
Oak Flat, Lauren Redniss, print | ebook
My Boyfriend Is a Bear, Pamela Ribon & Cat Ferris, print
This Book is Literally Just Pictures of Cute Animals that Will Make You Feel Better, print
Slaughterhouse-five, adapted by Ryan North, print
The Contradictions, Sophie Yanow, print

Overcoming Obstacles

6/2/2021

These picks from the adult fiction and nonfiction shelves could help you earn the Tiger Badge for this year's Summer Reading Challenge on Beanstack!

Finish, Jonathan Acuff, print | ebook
Professional Troublemaker, Luvvie Ajayi Jones, print
A Street Cat Named Bob, James Bowen, print | ebook
The Book of Rosy, Rosayra Pablo Cruz & Julie Schwietert Collazo, print | ebook
Animals in Translation, Temple Grandin, print | eaudio
How to Be Fine, Jolenta Greenberg & Kristen Meizner, print
Breathe the Sky, Michelle Hazen, print | ebook
Life of Pi, Yann Martel, print | audio | playaway | ebook | eaudio
The Impossible First, Colin O’Grady, print | ebook
Bravey, Alexi Pappas, print
Girls Burn Brighter, Shobha Rao, print | ebook | eaudio
A Forever Family, Rob Scheer, print | eaudio
Keep Moving, Maggie Smith, print | ebook
Battle Born, Maximilian Uriarte, print
The Martian, Andy Weir, print | large print | audio | ebook
This One Wild and Precious Life, Sarah Wilson, print

Lester's Tales: Tails & Tales on video

6/2/2021

The Black Stallion, dvd
The Black Stallion Returns, dvd
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, disc 1, dvd
Chick and Brain: Egg or Eyeball? dvd
Ferdinand, dvd | blu
My Little Pony: the Movie, blu
PAW Patrol: Dino Rescue Roar to the Rescue, dvd
PBS Kids: 15 Pet-Tastic Tails, dvd
PBS Kids: 20 Furry Tales, dvd
Rapunzel and More Classic Fairy Tales, dvd
Rescue and Jessica: a Life Changing Friendship, dvd
Storywatchers Club: World Folktales, dvd
The Wind in the Willows: a Tale of Two Toads, dvd
Wolfie the Bunny and other Rabbit Adventures, dvd

Celebrate Pride: from Adult Collections

6/2/2021

Fun Home, Alison Bechdel, print
Be Gay, Do Comics, ed. Matt Bors, print | ebook
Sometimes You Have to Lie: The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Leslie Brody, print
Rubyfruit Jungle, Rita Mae Brown, print | ebook
Untamed, Glennon Doyle, print | audio | ebook | eaudio
Save Yourself, Cameron Esposito, print
Tomboyland, Melissa Faliveno, print
Stay and Fight, Madeline Ffitch, print
Legendary Children, Tom Fitzgerald & Lorenzo Marquez, print
Less, Andrew Sean Greer, print | audio | ebook | eaudio
The Art of Drag, Jake Hall, print
Wow, No Thank You, Samantha Irby, print | ebook | eaudio
Gay Like Me: A Father Writes to His Son, Richie Jackson, print
Love Lives Here, Amanda Jetté Knox, print | ebook
How We Fight for Our Lives, Saeed Jones, print | ebook | eaudio
Gender Queer, Maia Kobabe, print | ebook
The Selected Works of Audre Lorde, ed. Roxane Gay, print
Love, Simon, dvd
Tomorrow Will Be Different, Sarah McBride, print
Across the Green Grass Fields, Seanan McGuire, print | ebook | eaudio
Redefining Realness, Janet Mock, print
The Bold World, Jodie Patterson, print | ebook | eaudio
Red Rock Baby Candy, Shira Spector, print
The Stonewall Reader, ed. Jason Baumann, print
Here For It, or, How to Save Your Soul in America, R. Eric Thomas, print | ebook
To a More Perfect Union: U.S. v. Windsor, dvd
Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story, Jacob Tobia, print | ebook
Live Oak With Moss, Walt Whitman & Brian Selznick, print
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, Jeanette Winterson, print | ebook

Wisconsin Books

6/2/2021

These picks from adult fiction, nonfiction, and graphic novel could help you earn the Badger Badge for this year's Summer Reading Challenge on Beanstack!

Farm Girl, Beuna Coburn Carlson, print
A Memory of Muskets, Kathleen Ernst, print | large print | ebook
Tomboyland, Melissa Faliveno, print
Baumgartner’s: A History, Wendy Hahlen Fjelstad, print
Bad Axe County, John Galligan, print | ebook | eaudio
Dairylandia, Steve Hannah, print
Storied and Scandalous Wisconsin, Anna Lardinois, print | ebook
Wisconsin on the Air, Jack W. Mitchell, print | ebook
Love Wisconsin, Megan Monday, print
The Jesus Cow, Michael Perry, print | ebook | eaudio
Backroads and Byways of Wisconsin, Kevin Revolinski, print
The Cherry Harvest, Lucy Sanna, print | large print | ebook | eaudio
Badger Baseball, Steven D. Schmitt, print | ebook
An Echo Through the Snow, Andrea Thalasinos, print
Ginseng Roots, Craig Thompson, print
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewski, print | audio | ebook | eaudio

Speculative Fiction & The Future

6/1/2021

These picks from the adult fiction, nonfiction, and graphic novel shelves could help you earn the Puffin Badge for this year's Summer Reading Challenge on Beanstack!

Gamechanger, L.X. Beckett, print
Excellence, vol. 1, Thomas Brandon et al, print
Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton, print | audio | ebook
Cosmos: Possible Worlds, Ann Druyan, print | eaudio
Until the End of Time, Brian Greene, print | ebook | eaudio
The Resisters, Gish Jen, print | ebook
At the Mouth of the River of Bees, Kij Johnson, print | ebook
The Future of Humanity, Michio Kaku, print
The Inevitable, Kevin Kelly, print | ebook
Under a White Sky, Elizabeth Kolbert, print
I Am Legend, Richard Matheson, print | ebook | eaudio
A History of What Comes Next, Sylvain Neuvel, print
Riot Baby, Tochi Onyebuchi, print | ebook
In Five Years, Rebecca Searle, print | ebook | eaudio
Sharks in the Time of Saviors, Kawai Strong Washburn, print | ebook | eaudio
Paris 2119, Zep & Dominique Bertail, print

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Booklists and reading suggestions from the team at Monroe Public Library.

After each title, you'll find links to reserve these items on LINKcat and Wisconsin's Digital Library. In many cases, you can choose from print, large print, audio CD, and Playaway, or ebooks and eaudiobooks.

(LINKcat links from 2021 through 4/2022 may be broken. We'll fix them ASAP!)

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Titles with an asterisk * are available as ebooks and titles with an ª are available as digital audiobooks on Wisconsin's Digital Library.

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