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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
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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
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On the Shelves November - Kids & Teens

3/25/2022

 
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Friday Night Wrestlefest 
by J.F. Fox & Micah Player
This funny family wrestles on Friday Night to make bedtime fun!
print | ebook
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Amber & Clay
by Laura Amy Schlitz
An epic of destiny for two children in Ancient Greece — a stable boy and a highborn girl.
​print | ebook | eaudio
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I Hope You're Listening
by Tom Ryan
A teen who narrowly escaped abduction as a child investigates missing persons cases on a podcast.
​print
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On the Shelves March - Kids & Teens Flyer

3/17/2022

 
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Violets Are Blue
​by Barbara Dee
- a makeup artist and her single mom
print
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The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne
by Jonathan Stroud
- funny fantasy in future Britain
print
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Sunny G's Series of Rash Decisions
by Navdeep Singh Dhillon
- adventures at prom
print | ebook
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Himawari House
by Harmony Becker
- exchange students in Japan
print | ebook
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On the Shelves January - Kids & Teens

3/17/2022

 
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Dogs at Work: Good Dogs. Real Jobs.
by Margaret Cardillo & Zachariah OHora
Did you know that dogs have jobs? Learn about some of them in this book!
print | ebook
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Borders
by Thomas King & Natasha Donovan
At the American-Canadian border, a boy and his mother identify themselves as Blackfoot and get caught in limbo.
​print | ebook
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Down to Earth
by Betty Culley
Ten-year-old Henry explores the meteorite that lands near his home and captivates his town.
​print 
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Blazewrath Games
by Amparo Ortiz
In an alternate, contemporary world, a teen competes in an international dragon-riding competition and uncovers a conspiracy.
print ​
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On the Shelves December - Kids & Teens

3/17/2022

 
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The Snowflake
by Benji Davies
A snowflake and a little girl both search for what makes them special.
print 
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How to Find a Fox
by Kate Gardner & Ossi Saarinen
Beautiful photos follow a fox through the seasons.
print
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Nom Nom Nom
by Jeffrey Burton & Sarah Hwang
This book lets little ones choose which food the animals can eat!
print
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Bruised
by Tanya Boteju
A teen learns about herself and her relationship toward pain after joining a roller derby team.
print | ebook
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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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