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Lester's Tales: Teen Tales

6/1/2021

 
  • The Poet X, Elizabeth Acevedo, print | audio | ebook | eaudio
  • Tales of the Madman Underground: a Historical Romance, John Barnes, print
  • Lies Beneath, Anne Greenwood Brown, print
  • Through the Woods: Stories, Emily Carroll, print
  • All That I Can Fix, Crystal Chan, print
  • House of Dragons, Jessica Cluess, print
  • Little & Lion, Brandy Colbert, print | audio
  • Trickster: Native American Tales, Matt Dembicki, print
  • Deep Blue, Jennifer Donnelly, print | ebook | eaudio 
  • UnEnchanted: An Unfortunate Fairy Tale, Chanda Hahn, print
  • The Underdogs, Sara Hammel, print
  • Seraphina, Rachel Hartman, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Ginger Kid: Mostly True Tales from a Former Nerd, Steve Hofstetter, print
  • Talon, Julie Kagawa, print | ebook | eaudio
  • A Song Below Water, Bethany C. Morrow, print
  • Fireborne, Rosaria Munda, print | ebook | eaudio
  • The Rest of Us Just Live Here, Patrick Ness, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Blazewrath Games, Amparo Ortiz, print
  • East, Edith Pattou, print | ebook
  • The Scorpio Races, Maggie Stiefvater, print | ebook | eaudio
  • The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea, Maggie Tokuda-Hall, print | ebook
  • Once Upon a Time: Red’s Untold Tale, Wendy Toliver, print
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Lester's Tales: True Tales Nonfiction

6/1/2021

 
  • Crossings: Extraordinary Structures for Extraordinary Animals, Katy S. Duffield, +333.95 DUF, print
  • How Rabbit Lost His Tail: a Traditional Cherokee Legend, Deborah Duvall, +398 DUV, print 
  • Whose Tail Is This?, Peg Hall, +591.4 HAL, print
  • Animal Poems for Two or More Voices, Georgia Heard, +811 HEA, print
  • What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?, Steve Jenkins, +573 JEN, print | eaudio
  • Rescue & Jessica: a Life-changing Friendship, Jessica Kensky, ++ KEN, print
  • Cougar Crossing: How Hollywood's Celebrity Cougar Helped Build a Bridge for City Wildlife, Meeg Pincus, +639.9 PIN, print
  • Hard-Boiled Bugs for Breakfast: And Other Tasty Poems, Jack Prelutsky, +811 PRE, print
  • 50 Animals That Have Been to Space, Jennifer Read, +629.45 REA, print
  • Teddy: the Remarkable Tale of a President, a Cartoonist, a Toymaker, and a Bear, James Sage, +813.54 SAG, print
  • Chickenology: The Ultimate Encyclopedia, Barbara Sandri, +636.5 SAN, print 
  • Out of the Blue: How Animals Evolved from Prehistoric Seas, Elizabeth Shreeve, +560 SHR, print 
  • Horse Power: How Horses Changed the World, Jennifer Thermes, +636.1 THE, print 
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Lester's Tales: Animal Chapter Books

6/1/2021

 
  • Trouble With Tattle-tails, Jonathan Auxier, +F AUX 2,  print
  • Dear Beast: The Pet Parade, Dori Hillestad Butler, +F BEA 2, print
  • Twirling Tails, Sue Bently, +F BEN, print | ebook
  • Sydney & Taylor Explore the whole Wide World, Jacqueline Davies, +F DAV,  print   
  • Because of Winn-Dixie, Kate DiCamillo, +F DIC, print | ebook | eaudio  
  • Alone, Megan E. Freeman, +F FRE, print
  • The Inquisitor's Tale, Adam Gidwitz, +F GID,  print | ebook | eaudio
  • Kondo & Kezumi Reach for the Bell, David Goodner, +F GOO, print
  • Hoot, Carl Hiassen, +F HIA, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Girl Giant and the Monkey King, Van Hoang, +F HOA, print
  • Whitetail Adventures, Kevin Lovegreen, +F LOV, print
  • Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh, Robert C. O’Brien, +F OBR, print | eaudio
  • The Mouse With the Question Mark Tail, Richard Peck, +F PEC, print | audio | ebook | eaudio
  • A Game of Fox & Squirrels, Jenn Reese, +F REE, print | ebook 
  • The Elephant in the Room, Holly Goldberg Sloan, +F SLO,  print | ebook | eaudio
  • Leonard (My Life as a Cat), Carlie Sorosiak, +F SOR, print
  • Skunk and Badger, Amy Timberlake, +F TIM, print
  • The Dog Who Saved the World, Ross Welford, +F WEL, print
  • Alice's Farm: a Rabbit's Tale, Maryrose Wood, +F WOO, print
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Animal Books - Adult Nonfiction

6/1/2021

 
​These picks from the adult nonfiction shelves could help you earn the Cat Badge for this year's Summer Reading Challenge on Beanstack!
  • The Elephant Whisperer, Lawrence Anthony, print | ebook | eaudio
  • North on the Wing: Travels with the Songbird Migration of Spring, Bruce M. Beehler, print
  • American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West, Nate Blakeslee, print | ebook | eaudio 
  • Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs, Jennifer Finney Boylan, print | playaway | ebook | eaudio
  • Animal Madness, Laurel Braitman, print | ebook
  • Where the Animals Go, James Cheshire & Oliver Uberti, print
  • The Farmer’s Son, John Connell, print
  • All Things Bright and Beautiful, James Herriot, print | audio | ebook
  • Our Wild Calling, Richard Louv, print | ebook
  • We Bought a Zoo, Benjamin Mee, print | audio | ebook | eaudio
  • Woolly, Ben Mezrich, print | large print | ebook | eaudio
  • Dewey, Vicki Myron, print | large print | audio | ebook | eaudio
  • World of Wonders, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, print | ebook
  • Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, David Sedaris, print | eaudio
  • Trout Friends and Other Riff-Raff, Bill Stokes, print | ebook
  • The Tiger, John Vaillant, print | ebook | eaudio
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Lester's Tales: Picture Books with Tails

6/1/2021

 
  • Bird Hugs, Ged Adamson, ++ADA, print
  • Lion Lessons, Jon Agee, ++AGE, print
  • Hello, Mandarin Duck!  Phi Bao, ++BAO,  print 
  • Trouble, Katherine Battersby, ++BAT, print | ebook
  • Tiny Bird: A Hummingbird's Amazing Journey, Robert Burleigh, ++BUR, print 
  • Sorry (Really Sorry), Joanna Cotler, ++COT, print
  • If I had a Unicorn, Gabby Dawnay, ++DAW, print
  • Llama Llama Misses Mama, Anna Dewdney, ++DEW print | eaudio
  • Bird Count, Susan Edwards Richmond, ++EDW, print 
  • Wag a Tail, Lois Ehlert, ++EHL,  print
  • The Farmer and the Monkey, Marla Frazee, ++FRA, print
  • Ellie’s Dragon, Bob Graham, ++GRA, print
  • First Friend: How Dogs Evolved from Wolves to Become Our Best Friends, Kersten Hamilton, ++HAM,  print
  • Something's Wrong!: A Bear, a Hare, and Some Underwear, Jory John ++JOH,  print 
  • Let's Scare Bear, Yuko Katakawa, ++KAT  print 
  • The Big, Angry Roar, Jonny Lambert, ++LAM, print
  • My Stinky Summer by S. Bug, Paul Meisel, ++MEI,  print
  • Unicorn (and Horse), David Miles,++MIL,  print
  • Shy Willow, Cat Min, ++MIN, print
  • The Little Green Hen, Alison Murry, ++MUR, print
  • Madeline Finn and the Shelter Dog, Lisa Papp, ++PAP, print | audio
  • Madeline Finn and the Therapy Dog, Lisa Papp,++PAP,  print
  • Animals Brag About Their Bottoms, Maki Saito,++SAI, print
  • Caring for Your Lion, Tammy Dauer, ++SAU, print
  • Love Tails, Rob Sayegh, Jr., ++SAY, print
  • Why? Laura Vaccaro Seeger, ++SEE, print
  • Tails from the Animal Shelter, Stephanie Shaw,++SHA,  print
  • Follow That Frog! Philip Stead, ++STE, print
  • The Bear in My Family, Maya Tatsukawa, ++TAT  print | ebook 
  • A Way with Wild Things, Larissa Theule, ++THU, print 
  • Tails Are Not for Pulling, Elizabeth Verdick, ++VER, print
  • Teeth, Tails and Tentacle, Christopher Wormell,++WOR,  print
  • A Unicorn Named Sparkle, Amy Young, ++YOU, print
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Long Books

6/1/2021

 
These picks from the adult fiction and nonfiction shelves could help you earn the Whale Badge for this year's Summer Reading Challenge on Beanstack!
  • The Queen of the Night, Alexander Chee, print | ebook | eaudio
  • The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas, print | ebook | eaudio
  • The Most of Nora Ephron, Nora Ephron, print
  • The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett, print | ebook | eaudio
  • América: The Epic Story of Spanish North America, Robert Goodwin, print
  • Warhol, Blake Gopnik, print
  • Roots, Alex Haley, print | ebook | eaudio
  • The Eighth Life, Nino Haratischvili, print
  • A Discovery of Witches, Deborah Harkness, print | audio | ebook | eaudio
  • A Brief History of Seven Killings, Marlon James, print | ebook | eaudio
  • 11/22/63, Stephen King, print | large print | audio | ebook | eaudio
  • Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Moby-Dick, Herman Melville, print | audio | playaway | ebook | eaudio
  • The Gene: an Intimate History, Siddhartha Mukherjee, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Reamde, Neal Stephenson, print | ebook
  • The Poetry of Derek Walcott, Derek Walcott, 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!)

    For lists before 2021:
    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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