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Staff Favorites 2024

11/27/2024

 
We wanted to end the year by sharing some of our favorites with you. We're always exploring books, movies, and music, new and old. Here's what we loved this year! 
​Children's Books | Teen Books | Fiction | Nonfiction | Graphic Novel | Movies | TV Series | Music

Carrie
  • Bad Dreams in the Night, Adam Ellis, print
  • The Box in the Woods, Maureen Johnson, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Yellowface, R.F. Kuang, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado, print | ebook
  • Yellowjackets, season 1, blu

Cindy
  • Bits & Pieces, Whoopi Goldberg, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Gathering Moss, Robin Wall Kimmerer, print | eaudio
  • Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver, print | large print | playaway | ebook | eaudio
  • West with Giraffes, Lynda Rutledge, print | large print | audio cd
  • Guardians of the Galaxy, blu 

Janel
  • The Wild Robot Protects, Peter Brown, print | ebook | eaudio
  • A Most Perilous Journey, Kathleen Ernst, print | ebook
  • Spirit Crossing, William Kent Krueger, print | large print | audio cd | playaway | ebook | eaudio
  • Pax, Sara Pennypacker, print | audio cd | ebook | eaudio
  • The Long Walk, Slavomir Rawicz, print | audio cd | eaudio

Laura
  • The Archive of Alternate Endings, Lindsey Drager, print | ebook
  • We Are Definitely Human, X. Fang, print
  • Being Frog, April Pulley Sayre, print
  • American Fiction, blu
  • The Secret World of Arrietty, blu | dvd

Olivia
  • The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish, Paula Brackston, print | large print
  • The Ministry of Time, Kaliane Bradley, print | large print | ebook | eaudio
  • The Ruins of the Heartless Fae, Maham Fatemi 
  • One Dark Window, Rachel Gillig, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros, print | large print | ebook | eaudio

Rachael
  • Daisy Darker, Alice Feeney, print | playaway | ebook | eaudio
  • The Forever Dog, Rodney Habib & Karen Shaw Becker, print | ebook
  • Someone in the Attic, Andrea Mara, print | eaudio
  • The Housemaid, Freida McFadden, print | large print
  • Home Is Where the Bodies Are, Jeneva Rose, print | ebook | eaudio

Rachel
  • Happy Place, Emily Henry, print | large print | audio cd | ebook | eaudio
  • The Chalice of the Gods, Rick Riordan, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect, Benjamin Stevenson, print | large print | ebook | eaudio
  • Bad Boys: Ride or Die, blu | dvd
  • Twisters: The Album, music cd

Sarah
  • Outlive, Peter Attia, print | ebook | eaudio
  • The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Tree. Table. Book., Lois Lowry, print | playaway | ebook | eaudio
  • Good Energy, Casey Means, print | ebook | eaudio
  • The Covenant of Water, Abraham Verghese, print | large print | playaway | ebook | eaudio

Summer
  • What Rose Forgot, Nevada Barr, print | large print | ebook | eaudio
  • Luigi, The Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten, Michelle Knudsen & Kevin Hawkes, print 
  • The Wife Upstairs, Freida McFadden, print | eaudio
  • What Alice Forgot, Liane Moriarty, print | large print | ebook | eaudio
  • All Thirteen, Christina Soontornvat, print | ebook
  • Trying, Kobi Yamada & Elise Hurst, print 

Suzann
  • Girls and Their Monsters, Audrey Clare Farley, print
  • The Man from the Train, Bill James, print | ebook
  • Selling the Dream, Jane Marie, print 
  • The Lost Tomb, Douglas Preston, print | ebook
  • The Situation Room, George Stephanopoulos, print | large print | ebook | eaudio

"A Place to Hang Your Hat" - Western Books for Elementary Readers

8/28/2024

 
Picture Books
  • Cow Boy Is Not a Cowboy, Gregory Barrington, print
  • Buster Goes to Cowboy Camp, Denise Fleming, print
  • Cowboy Sam and Those Confounded Secrets, Kitty Griffin, print
  • Puss in Cowboy Boots, Jan Huling, print
  • Every Cowgirl Loves a Rodeo, Rebecca Janni, print
  • Every Cowgirl Needs a Horse, Rebecca Janni, print
  • Little Red Cowboy Hat, Susan Lowell, print
  • The Zebra-Riding Cowboy, Angela Shelf Medearis, print
  • The Halloween Kid, Rhode Montijo, print
  • Birthday Mice, Bethany Roberts, print
  • Alice from Dallas, Marilyn Sadler, print
  • The Gingerbread Cowboy, Janet Squires, print
  • Sixteen Cows, Lisa Wheeler, print
  • Going West, Laura Ingalls Wilder, print
  • I Want to Be a Cowgirl, Jeanne Willis, print
  • Buffalo Thunder, Patricia Wittman, print

Emerging Readers
  • Wagon Wheels, Barbara Bremmer, print
  • The Golly Sisters Go West, Betsy Byars, print
  • Wagon Train, Sydelle Kramer, print
  • Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa, Erica Silverman, print

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Nonfiction
  • The Wild Mustang, Chris Duffy, print
  • In the Buffalo Pasture, Patricia M. Stockland, print
  • The Original Cowgirl, Heather Lang, print
  • A Little House Traveler, Laura Ingalls Wilder, print
  • Buffalo Bird Girl, S.D. Nelson, print
  • Charro, George Ancona, print
  • Going West, Carol A. Johmann, print
  • Bandannas, Chaps, and Ten-Gallon Hats, Bobbie Kalman, print
  • Cowboy, Eyewitness Books, print
  • ​Reflections of a Black Cowboy, Robert H. Miller, print
  • Black Heroes of the Wild West, James Otis Smith, print | ebook

Chapter Books
  • Western Pony, Jeanne Betancourt, print
  • Ghosts Don’t Ride Wild Horses, Debbie Dadey, print
  • The Quilt Walk, Sandra Dallas, print | ebook
  • Cowboy Pug, Laura James, print
  • Buffalo Before Breakfast, Mary Pope Osborne, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Twister on Tuesday, Mary Pope Osborne, print | ebook | eaudio

Movies
  • All about Cowboys for Kids, part 1 dvd & part 2 dvd
  • Dino Dan: Cowboys vs Dinosaurs, dvd
  • Dora the Explorer: Cowgirl Dora, dvd
Printable list (PDF) to help you find these items in the library!

Autism Acceptance Month

4/8/2024

 
Adult Nonfiction: Resources & Memoirs
  • Sincerely, Your Autistic Child, ed. Ballou, daVanport & Onaiwu, print
  • The Pattern Seekers, Simon Baron-Cohen, print
  • Right from the Start, Karen Donahue & Kate Crassons, print
  • I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust, Valerie Gilpeer & Emily Grodin, print | ebook
  • Navigating Autism, Temple Grandin & Debra Moore, print
  • Visual Thinking, Temple Grandin, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Odd Girl Out, Laura James, print
  • Divergent Mind, Jenara Nerenberg, print | ebook

Adult Graphic Novel
  • Camouflage: The Hidden Lives of Autistic Women, Sarah Bargiela & Sophie Standing, print
  • Sensory: Life on the Spectrum, Bex Ollerton, print

For Young Children
  • My Friend Julia: a Sesame Street Book about Autism, Jennifer Cook, print
  • My Life with Autism, Mari Schuh & Isabel Muñoz, print
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Black History Books for Elementary Readers

2/2/2024

 
Picture Books:
  • The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander, ill. Kadir Nelson, print | ebook
  • Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews & Bill Taylor, ill. Bryan Collier, print | book/cd | ebook | eaudio
  • Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop by Alice Faye Duncan, ill. R. Gregory Christie, print | eaudio
  • Hammering for Freedom by Rita L. Hubbard, ill. John Holyfield, print
  • Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine, ill. Kadir Nelson, print
  • Bad News for Outlaws by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, ill. R. Gregory Christie, print | ebook | eaudio
  • There Was a Party for Langston by Jason Reynolds, ill. Jerome & Jarrett Pumphrey, print
  • Coretta Scott by Ntozake Shange, ill. Kadir Nelson, print | eaudio
  • Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly, adapt. Winifred Conkling, ill. Laura Freeman, print
  • Between the Lines by Sandra Neil Wallace, ill. Bryan Collier, print
  • Unspeakable by Carole Boston Weatherford, ill. Floyd Cooper, print | audio cd | ebook | eaudio

Chapter Books:
  • Zora and Me: The Summoner by Victoria Bond, print
  • Like Vanessa by Tami Charles, print | audio cd | eaudio
  • The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper, print | audio cd | ebook | eaudio
  • The Lucky Ones by Linda Williams Jackson, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Betty Before X by Ilyasah Shabazz & Renee Watson, print | audio cd | ebook | eaudio
  • Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, print | audio cd | ebook | eaudio
  • One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia, print | audio cd | ebook | eaudio
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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
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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
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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​
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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

Water: Picture Books

6/6/2022

 
  • Almost Nothing Yet Everything, Hiroshi Osada, print
  • And Then Came Hope, Stephen Savage, print 
  • At the Pond, Geraldo Valério, print 
  • Bea By the Sea, Jo Byatt, print 
  • Boats: Speeding! Sailing! Cruising!, Patricia Hubbell, print 
  • Boats Afloat!, George Ella Lyon, print
  • Busy Boats, Tony Mitton, print 
  • Canoe Days, Gary Paulsen, print 
  • Crab Cake: Turning the Tide Together, Andrea Tsurumi, print 
  • The Coral Kingdom, Laura Knowles, print 
  • Deep Underwater, Irene Luxbacher, print
  • Float, Daniel Miyares, print 
  • Heads and Tails Underwater, John Canty, print 
  • I Am Not a Fish!, Peter Raymundo, print 
  • I Am the Shark, Joan Holub, print 
  • I Love You Blue, Barroux, print 
  • Lightship, Brian Floca, print 
  • Me and You and the Red Canoe, Jean Penziwol, print 
  • Mighty Tug, Alyssa Satin Capucilli, print 
  • My First Day, Nguyen Quang Phung, print 
  • The Mysterious Stones, Enrique Pérez Díaz, print 
  • Not Quite Narwhal, Jessie Sima, print | ebook
  • Nya’s Long Walk, Linda Sue Park, print 
  • Off to See the Sea, Nikki Grimes, print 
  • One Frozen Lake, Deborah Jo Larson, print 
  • Oona, Kelly DiPucchio, print
  • Out into the Big Wide Lake, Paul Harbridge, print 
  • River, Elisha Cooper, print 
  • Seagulls Soar, April Pulley Sayre, print 
  • Secret of the Magic Pearl, Elisa Sabatinelli, print 
  • Shin-chi's canoe, Nicola I. Campbell, print 
  • Ship Shapes, Stella Blackstone, print 
  • Spencer and Vincent, the Jellyfish Bothers, Tony Johnston, print 
  • Tallulah: Mermaid of the Great Lakes, Denise Brennan-Nelson, print | ebook
  • The Town Is by the Sea, Joanne Schwartz, print 
  • There Was an Old Sailor, Claire Saxby, print 
  • The Wanderer, Peter van den Ende, print 
  • Water Is Water, Miranda Paul, print 
  • Water Rolls, Water Rises, Pat Mora, print 
  • Whale Trails, Lesa Cline-Ransome, print 
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On the Shelves April - Kids & Families

3/25/2022

 
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Let Love Be Your Guide
by Dan + Claudia Zanes
Bluesy, world-inspired musician Dan teams up with jazz vocalist singer (and wife!) Claudia for an album about healing and togetherness that the whole family will love.
music CD
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My Tiny Twilight
by Dawn Landes
Folksy acoustic guitar and memorable lyrics make up these friendly, gentle pop songs.
​music CD 
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Two at the Top: A Shared Dream of Everest
by Uma Krishnaswami & Christopher Corr
Two life stories meet when Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary make their way to the top of Everest in 1953.
​print
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History Comics: The Wild Mustang
by Chris Duffy & Falynn Koch
Learn how wild mustangs came to America and how they have lived with and without people over time.
​print
Read this issue of On the Shelves.

On the Shelves April - Kids & Teens Flyer

3/25/2022

 
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The Swag Is in the Socks
by Kelly J. Baptist
- funky socks help Xavier rise to the challenge
print | ebook | eaudio
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​Living with Viola
by Rosena Fung
- the new girl at school struggles with anxiety
​print 
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Kiss & Tell
by Adib Khorram
- a gay boy band star has a breakup in the spotlight
​​print​
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Okoye to the People
by Ibi Zoboi
- backstory of the Dora Milaje warrior from Black Panther
​print
View this flyer.
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