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Domestic Violence Awareness Month

10/11/2022

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and we've partnered with Green Haven Family Advocates to bring you a list of resources and personal stories regarding partner violence and family violence. Green Haven's 24-hour Crisis Line is (608) 325-7711. Reach out to them if you need assistance.

*Why Does He Do That?, Lundy Bancroft, print | ebook
It’s My Life Now, Meg Kennedy Dugan & Roger R. Hock, print
It Wasn't Your Fault, Beverly Engel, print
Invisible Chains, Lisa Aronson Fontes, print
Invisible Girls, Patti Feuereisen, print
Surviving, Beverly Gooden, print
I Just Want Out, Jodi Schuelke, print
Goodbye Sweet Girl, Kelly Sundberg, print
No Visible Bruises, Rachel Louise Snyder, print | ebook
*Surviving Domestic Violence, Elaine Weiss, print
A Safe Place for Women, Kelly White, print

Starred titles are specifically recommended by Green Haven.

Hispanic Heritage Month - Adults

10/4/2022

September 15 - October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month! Take a look at these books from adult nonfiction celebrating Latino and Hispanic Americans and their heritage and cultures. Starred titles are also available in Spanish; see below.

Once upon a Quinceañera, Julia Alvarez, print | eaudio
*Perfectly You, Mariana Atencio, print
Hola Papi, John Paul Brammer, print | ebook | eaudio
A House of My Own, Sandra Cisneros, print
Decoding Despacito, Leila Cobo, print
Magical Realism for Non-Believers, Anika Fajardo, print
American Like Me, America Ferrera & others, print | ebook | eaudio
Mexicanos, Manuel G. Gonzales, print
*A Dream Called Home, Reyna Grande, print
Happiness Will Follow, Mike Hawthorne, print
*Once I Was You, Maria Hinojosa, print | ebook | eaudio
*I Am These Truths, Sunny Hostin, print | eaudio
My Broken Language, Quiara Alegría Hudes, print | ebook | eaudio
Tell Me How It Ends, Valeria Luiselli, print | ebook
In the Dream House, Carmen Maria Machado, print | ebook | eaudio
Mi Cocina, Rick Martínez, print |
For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts, Prisca Dorcas Mojíca Rodriguez, print |
Rita Moreno: A Memoir, Rita Moreno, print |
The Crusades of Cesar Chavez, Miriam Pawel, print |
*Finding Latinx, Paola Ramos, print |
We Heard It When We Were Young, Chuy Renteria, print |
*The Man Who Could Move Clouds, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, print |
Where I Come from, Aarón Sánchez, print |
Crying in the Bathroom, Erika L. Sánchez, print | ebook
*App Kid, Michael Sayman, print |
My Beloved World, Sonia Sotomayor, print | ebook | eaudio
Translation Nation, Héctor Tobar, print |
*Trejo, Danny Trejo, print | ebook | eaudio

Celebramos el mes de la herencia hispana entre el 15 de septiembre al 15 de octubre. Estos libros no ficción para adultos describen personas y culturas latinas en los Estados Unidos. Estos libros están disponibles en español en la biblioteca de Monroe.

Perfectamente tú, Mariana Atencio, traducido por los editores, print | ebook | eaudio
La búsqueda de un sueño, Reyna Grande, traducido por Víctor Uribe, print
Una vez fui tú, Maria Hinojosa, traducido por Angélica Ramírez, print | eaudio
Yo soy estas verdades, Sunny Hostin, traducido por Sheilly Vásquez y Natalia Bird Jové, print | ebook | eaudio
Latinx, Paola Ramos, traducido por Hugo López Blanco Calderón, print
El hombre que movía las nubes, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, traducido por Mercedes Guhl, print | ebook
App Kid en español, Michael Sayman, traducido por Melanie Márquez Adams, print
Trejo, Danny Trejo, traducido por Cecilia Molinari, print | ebook

Oceans & Ocean Animals

6/10/2022

Aquarela, BLU
Life on the Rocks: Building a Future for Coral Reefs, Juli Berwald, print
Galápagos: Preserving Darwin's Legacy, Tui De Roy, print
Ocean: A Global Odyssey, Sylvia A. Earle, print
Great White Odyssey, DVD
Moby-Duck, Donovan Hohn, print | ebook
War of the Whales, Joshua Horwitz, print | ebook | eaudio
Invasion of the Killer Whales, DVD
Citizens of the Sea, Nancy Knowlton, print
A Life among Whales, DVD
Octopus Seahorse Jellyfish, David Liittschwager, print
Ocean Odyssey, BLU
The Encyclopedia of Sharks, Steve Parker, print
Reef Rescue, DVD
Shark Drunk, Morten Strøksnes, print
Coral Reef Curiosities, Chuck Weikert, print
Below the Edge of Darkness, Edith Widder, print
Wild Deep: Seven Continents, DVD | BLU

Fiction: Islands & Coasts

6/10/2022

The Last Train to Key West, Chanel Cleeton, print | ebook | eaudio
Sweetland, Michael Crummey, print | ebook
Claire of the Sea Light, Edwidge Danticat, print | ebook | eaudio
Cantoras, Carolina de Robertis, print | ebook
The Lightkeepers, Abby Geni, print
They All Fall Down, Rachel Howzell Hall, print | ebook | eaudio
The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway, print | audio CD | ebook | eaudio
Our Homesick Songs, Emma Hooper, print | ebook
Southernmost, Silas House, print | ebook
Allie & Bea, Catherine Ryan Hyde, print
Murder on the Rocks, Karen MacInerney, print | ebook | eaudio
The Lighthouse, Paco Roca, print
The Island of Sea Women, Lisa See, print | ebook | eaudio
Something in the Water, Catherine Steadman, print | ebook | eaudio
The Light between Oceans, M.L. Stedman, print | large print | ebook | eaudio
The Shark Club, Ann Kidd Taylor, print | ebook | eaudio
Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt, print | ebook | eaudio
Galápagos, Kurt Vonnegut, print
Adé: a Love Story, Rebecca Walker, print

Water: Chapter Books & Graphic Novels

6/9/2022

Chapter Books

Beyond the Bright Sea, Lauren Wolk, print | ebook | eaudio
Bird Lake Moon, Kevin Henkes, print | ebook
The Case of Windy Lake, Michael Hutchison, print
Dark Waters, Katherine Arden, print | ebook
The Deepest Breath, Meg Grehan, print | ebook | eaudio
Fish On, Kevin Lovegreen, print
Josephine Against the Sea, Shakirah Bourne, print
The Last Map Maker, Christina Soontornvat, print
Louisa June and the Nazis in the Waves, L.M. Elliot, print
Northwind, Gary Paulsen, print | ebook | eaudio
Orphan Island, Laurel Snyder, print | audio CD | ebook | eaudio
Paddle to the Sea, Holling Clancy Holling, print
The Puffin Keeper, Michael Morpurgo, print
Stone River Crossing, Tim Tingle, print
Tides of Mutiny, Rebecca Rode, print
The Turtle of Michigan, Naomi Shihab Nye, print
The Water Bears, Kimberly Baker, print
A Whale of the Wild, Roseann Parry, print
Willa and the Whale, Chad Morris, print

Graphic Novels

The Aquanaut, Dan Santat, print | ebook
Sunny Makes a Splash, Jennifer Holm, print | ebook
Tidesong, Wendy Xu, print | ebook
Treasure in the Lake, Jason Pamment, print

Ships, Pirates & Islands

6/9/2022

Anote’s Ark, DVD
Rebels at Sea, Eric Jay Dolin, print
438 Days, Jonathan Franklin, print | eaudio
Fifty Ships that Changed the Course of History, Ian Graham, print
Kon-Tiki, Thor Heyerdahl, print
Pirate Hunters, Robert Kurson, print | audio CD | ebook | eaudio
In the Heart of the Sea, Nathaniel Philbrick, print | ebook | eaudio
The Atlas of Shipwrecks & Treasure, Nigel Pickford, print
Pirates! Scourge of the Seven Seas, DVD
Flying Cloud, David W. Shaw, print
In the Kingdom of Ice, Hampton Sides, print | audio CD | ebook | eaudio
Monturiol’s Dream, Matthew Stewart, print
Sealand, Dylan Taylor-Lehman, print
Born to be Hanged, Keith Thomson, print
Sea People, Christina Thompson, print
Six Frigates, Ian W. Toll, print
Unfamiliar Fishes, Sarah Vowell, print
Atlantic, Simon Winchester, print | ebook | eaudio
Pacific, Simon Winchester, print | audio CD

Water: Board Books

6/8/2022

Boats Are Busy, Sara Gillingham, print
Fourteen Animals That Are Definitely Not an Octopus, Gabe Pyle, print
Good Night Boats, Adam Gamble, print
Goodnight, Seahorse, Carly Allen-Fletcher, print
Hooray for Fish!, Lucy Cousins, print
A House for Hermit Crab, Eric Carle, print
Ocean Creatures, Catherine D. Hughes, print
Octopus Opposites, Stella Blackstone, print
Splash!, Roberta Grobel Intrater, print
Splish-Splash, Nicola Smee, print
The Sun Shines on the Sea, Michael Slack, print
What Is a Narwhal?, Ginger Swift, print
Who’s Hiding on the River?, Katharine McEwen, print

Great Lakes & American Waterways

6/8/2022

Door Way, Norbert Blei, print
The River of Kings, Taylor Brown, print | ebook | eaudio
Once Upon a River, Bonnie Jo Campbell, print
The Living Great Lakes, Jerry Dennis, print | ebook
The Source, Martin Doyle, print
The Death and Life of the Great Lakes, Dan Egan, print | ebook | eaudio
Manhattan Beach, Jennifer Egan, print | large print | ebook | eaudio
The Great Lakes: The Natural History of a Changing Region, Wayne Grady, print
Raft of Stars, Andrew J. Graff, print | large print | playaway | ebook | eaudio
Great Lakes Chronicle: Essays on Coastal Wisconsin, print
Milwaukee: A City Built on Water, John Gurda, print | ebook
The River Swimmer, Jim Harrison, print | eaudio
Iron Lake, William Kent Krueger, print | large print | ebook | eaudio
Sustaining Lake Superior, Nancy Langston, print | ebook
Return to Wake Robin, Marnie O. Mamminga, print | audio CD | ebook
Where the River Ends, Charles Martin, print | ebook | eaudio
Perimeter: A Contemporary Portrait of Lake Michigan, Kevin J. Miyazaki, print | ebook
Niagara Falls, DVD
Lake Superior, Grace Lee Nute, print
Star Lake Saloon and Housekeeping Cottages, Sara Rath, print | ebook
Great Lakes Lighthouses, Bruce Roberts & Ray Jones, print
Mighty Fitz, Michael Schumacher, print | ebook
Death Stalks Door County, Patricia Skalka, print | ebook
Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain, print | ebook | eaudio
Wisconsin Lighthouses, Ken & Barb Wardius, print | ebook

Float Your Boat: Teens

6/7/2022

FICTION

The Islands at the End of the World, Austin Aslan, print
Skin of the Sea, Natasha Bowen, print | ebook | eaudio
Freedom Swimmer, Wai Chim, print
Wall of Water, Kristin F. Johnson, print
Luck of the Titanic, Stacey Lee, print | ebook | eaudio
Sink or Swim, Tash McAdam, print | ebook
Where the World Ends, Geraldine McCaughrean, print | ebook | eaudio
Not a Drop to Drink, Mindy McGinnis, print | ebook
A Song Below Water, Bethany C. Morrow, print | ebook | eaudio
Challenger Deep, Neal Shusterman, print | ebook | eaudio
The Water Wars, Cameron Stracher, print | ebook
Breathe and Count Back from Ten, Natalia Sylvester, coming soon
The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea, Maggie Tokuda-Hall, print | ebook

GRAPHIC NOVELS

The Daughters of Ys, M.T. Anderson & Jo Rioux, print
Princess Jellyfish, Akiko Higashimura, print
Children of the Sea, Daisuke Igarashi, print
Queen of the Sea, Dylan Meconis, print
The Magic Fish, Trung Le Nguyen, print | ebook
The Girl from the Sea, Molly Knox Ostertag, print | ebook
Swamp Thing, Maggie Stiefvater, print
Triton of the Sea, Osamu Tezuka, print
This One Summer, Jillian Tamaki, print | ebook

NONFICTION

Poisoned Water: How the Citizens of Flint, Michigan, Fought for Their Lives and Warned the Nation, Candy J. Cooper and Marc Aronson, print | eaudio
Into the Deep: Science, Technology, and the Quest to Protect the Ocean, Christy Peterson, print

Water: Nonfiction

6/7/2022

Animals

Alien Ocean Animals, Rosie Colosi, print | ebook
Coral Reefs, Jill Esbaum, print
Ink: 100 Fun Facts about Octopuses, Squid and More, Stephanie Warren Drimmer, print
Jellyfish, Derek Zobel, print
Platypuses, Karen Kenney, print
Ocean Anatomy, Julia Rothman, print
Otters Love to Play, Jonathan London, print
Narwhal, Grace Hansen, print
Sea Horses, Christina Leaf, print
Sea Stars, Derek Zobel, print
Whales: Diving into the Unknown (Science Comics), Casey Zakroff, print

Boats and Ships

Alpha, Bravo, Charlie: The Complete Book of Nautical Codes, Sara Gillingham, print
Capsized: The Forgotten Story of the SS Eastland Disaster, Patricia Sutton, print
Crossing on Time: Steam Engines, Fast Ships, and a Journey to the New World, David Macaulay, print
Great Ships on the Great Lakes, Catherine Green, print | ebook
Kate’s Light, Elizabeth Spires, print
This Bridge Will Not Be Gray, Dave Eggers, print
Sport: Ship Dog of the Great Lakes, Pamela Cameron, print

Oceans & Other Habitats

Atlas of Ocean Adventures, Emily Hawkins, print
The Fascinating Ocean Book for Kids, Hestermann, coming soon
Meadowlands: A Wetlands Survival Story, Thomas Yezerski, print
The Sockeye Mother, Brett Huson, print
The Tide Pool Waits, Candace Fleming, print

Poetry

In the Swim: Poems and Paintings, Douglas Florian, print
Sail Away, Langston Hughes & Ashley Bryan, print
Traveling the Blue Road: Poems of the Sea, print

Scientists

The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding Coral Reefs, Kate Messner & Matthew Forsythe, print
Ocean Speaks: Marie Tharp and the Map that Moved the Earth, Jess Keating, print

Survival Stories

Hurricane: My Story of Resilience, Salvador Gomez-Colon, print
The Paper Boat, Thao Lam, print
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water, Nikole Hannah-Jones, print | ebook | eaudio

Things to Make and Do

Fishing in a Brook: Angling Activities for Kids, G. Lawson Drinkard, print
Kids' Guide to Fishing, Dave Maas, print
Sea Creatures in Origami, John Montroll, print

Water Cycle, Pollution & Conservation

Cast Away: Poems for Our Time, Naomi Shihab Nye, print | eaudio
Ducks Overboard: A True Story of Plastic in Our Oceans, Markus Motum, print
Every Last Drop: Bringing Clean Water Home, Michelle Mulder, print
Nibi Emosaawdang, Joanne Robertson, print
The Ocean in Your Bathtub, Seth Fishman, print
We Are Water Protectors, Carole Lindstrom, print | ebook | eaudio

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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.

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