Category: Kids

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

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

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

Foster Care

5/3/2021

May is Foster Care Month. Monroe Public Library has partnered with Green County Human Services to bring information to our patrons about becoming a foster parent. Here are some additional resources from our shelves.

Books for adults:

Keep the Doors Open, Kristin Berry, print
Confessions of an Adoptive Parent: Hope and Help from the Trenches of Foster Care and Adoption, Mike Berry, print
Do You Want to Be a Foster Parent?, Sharon Davis, print
The Foster Parenting Manual: a Practical Guide to Creating a Loving, Safe, and Stable Home, John DeGarmo, print
The Little Book of Foster Care Wisdom: 365 Days of Inspiration and Encouragement for Foster Care Families, John DeGarmo, print
Creating Compassionate Foster Care, Janet C. Mann & Molly Kretchmar-Hendricks, print
Like Family: Growing up in Other People’s Houses: a Memoir, Paula McLain, print | ebook
A Forever Family: Fostering Change One Child at a Time, Rob Scheer with Jon Sternfeld, print | eaudio

Books for little kids:

Just Like a Mama, Alice Faye Duncan & Charnelle Pinkney Barlow, print
My New Mom and Me, Renata Galindo, print | ebook
Ten Beautiful Things, Molly Beth Griffin & Maribel Lechuga, print
Home for a While, Lauren H. Kerstein & Natalia Moore, print
Our Subway Baby, Peter Mercurio & Leo Espinosa, print

Books for big kids and teens:

Lucky Strikes, Louis Bayard, print
Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth, Frank Cottrell Boyce, print | ebook
Where I'd Like to Be, Frances O'Roark Dowell, print
Pictures of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff, print | ebook | eaudio
Where I Belong, Mary Downing Hahn, print | ebook
Everything on a Waffle, Polly Horvath, print | eaudio
One Year in Coal Harbor, Polly Horvath, print | ebook | eaudio
All the Impossible Things, Lindsay Lackey, print
Fast Break, Mike Lupica, print | ebook
The Season of Styx Malone, Kekla Magoon, print | ebook | eaudio
The Decoding of Lana Morris, Laura & Tom McNeal, print
Planet Earth Is Blue, Nicole Panteleakos, print
Summer of the Gypsy Moths, Sara Pennypacker, print | ebook | eaudio
A Game of Fox and Squirrels, Jenn Reese, print | ebook
Extraordinary Birds, Sandy Stark-McGinnis, print
Locomotion, Jacqueline Woodson, print | ebook

Asian American Experiences - Fiction

3/27/2021

Picture Books

The Name Jar, Yangsook Choi, print | ebook
Eyes that Kiss in the Corners, Joanna Ho & Dung Ho, print
Big Red Lollipop, Rukhsana Khan & Sophie Blackall, print
No Kimchi for Me, Aram Kim, print
Lift, Minh Le & Dan Santat, print
Uncle Peter’s Amazing Chinese Wedding, Lenore Look & Yumi Heo, print
A Different Pond, Bao Phi & Thi Bui, print | ebook
Round Is a Mooncake, Roseanne Thong & Grace Lin, print
Apple Pie Fourth of July, Janet S. Wong & Margaret Chodos-Irvine, print
A Map Into the World, Kao Kalia Yang & Seo Kim, print

Children's Fiction

Astrid & Apollo and the Fishing Flop, V.T. Bidania & Dara Lashia Lee, print
Pashmina, Nidhi Chanani, print
Jasmine Toguchi, Drummer Girl, Debbi Michiko Florence, print
Clara Lee and the Apple Pie Dream, Jenny Han, print
Kira-Kira, Cynthia Kadohata, print | audio | eaudio
When You Trap a Tiger, Tae Keller, print | ebook | eaudio
The Land of Forgotten Girls, Erin Entrada Kelly, print | eaudio
I’m Ok, Patti Kim, print | ebook
The Grand Plan to Fix Everything, Uma Krishnaswami, print
Inside Out and Back Again, Thanhha Lai, print | ebook | eaudio
The Year of the Dog, Grace Lin, print | ebook | eaudio
A Long Pitch Home, Natalie Dias Lorenzi, print
Prairie Lotus, Linda Sue Park, print | ebook | eaudio
Any Day with You, Mae Respicio, print
Not Your All-American Girl, Madelyn Rosenberg and Wendy Wan Long Shang, print
Front Desk, Kelly Yang, print | playaway | ebook | eaudio

Teen Fiction

Love, Hate, and Other Filters, Samira Ahmed, print | ebook
American Panda, Gloria Chao, print
We Are Not Free, Traci Chee, print | ebook | eaudio
I Believe in a Thing Called Love, Maurene Goo, print
When Dimple Met Rishi, Sandhya Menon, print | ebook
A Step from Heaven, An Na, print | eaudio
Patron Saints of Nothing, Randy Ribay, print | ebook | eaudio
American Born Chinese, Gene Luen Yang, print
Frankly in Love, David Yoon, print | playaway | ebook | eaudio
Satoko and Nada, vol. 1, Yupechika, print

Adult Fiction

America Is Not the Heart, Elaine Castillo, print | ebook
Your House Will Pay, Steph Cha, print | ebook
Forgotten Country, Catherine Chung, print | eaudio
America for Beginners, Leah Franqui, print | audio | ebook
Nights When Nothing Happened, Simon Han, print | ebook
Gasa-Gasa Girl, Naomi Hirahara, print | large print
The Bride Test, Helen Hoang, print | ebook | eaudio
Miracle Creek, Angie Kim, print | large print | audio | ebook | eaudio
Searching for Sylvie Lee, Jean Kwok, print | ebook | eaudio
Native Speaker, Chang-rae Lee, print
Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune, Roselle Lim, print | ebook | eaudio
A Place for Us, Fatima Farheen Mirza, print | large print | playaway | ebook | eaudio
Everything I Never Told You, Celeste Ng, print | ebook | eaudio
The Refugees, Viet Thanh Nguyen, print | large print | ebook
A House Is a Body, Shruti Swamy, print
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, Ocean Vuong, print | large print | ebook | eaudio

Asian American Experiences - Children's Nonfiction

3/17/2021

Fred Korematsu Speaks Up, Laura Atkins & Stan Yogi, print
Mai Ya’s Long Journey, Sheila Cohen, print | ebook
The Boy Who Became a Dragon: a Bruce Lee Story, Jim Di Bartolo, print
Write to Me: Letters from Japanese American Children to the Librarian They Left Behind, Cynthia Grady & Amiko Hirao, print
Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines, Jean Walker Harvey & Dow Phumiruk, print
Paper Son: the Inspiring story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist, Julie Leung & Chris Sasaki, print | ebook
Astronaut Kalpana Chawla: Reaching for the Stars, Ai-Ling Louie, print
Patsy Mink: Mother of Title IX, Ai-Ling Louie, print
It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Led the Way, Kyo Maclear & Julie Morstad, print
Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix, Jacqueline Briggs Martin & June Jo Lee, print
A Hmong Family, Nora Murphy, print
Mountain Chef: How One Man Lost His Groceries, Changed His Plans, and Helped Cook Up the National Park Service, Annette Bay Pimentel & Rich Lo, print
Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom, Teresa Robeson & Rebecca Huang, print | ebook
Drawing from Memory, Allen Say, print
Enemy Child: The Story of Norman Mineta, Andrea Warren, print
The Story of Movie Star Anna Mae Wong, Paula Yoo & Lin Wang, print

Gender Identity (updated)

11/17/2020

Some Assembly Required, Arin Andrews, YA 306.76 AND *
Becoming an Ally to the Gender-Expansive Child, Anna Bianchi, Parents' +155.33 BIA
A Quick and Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns, Archie Bongiovanni, YA GN BON
Felix Ever After, Kacen Callender, YA F CAL *ª
Pet, Akwaeke Emezi, YA F EME *ª
This Is How It Always Is, Laurie Frankel, F FRA *ª
How to They/Them, Stuart Getty, 306.76 GET
George, Alex Gino, +F GIN *ª
I Am Jazz!, Jessica Herthel & Jazz Jennings, ++ HER *

Gender Queer, Maia Kobabe, GN KOB *
Beyond Magenta, Susan Kuklin, YA 306.768 KUK *
Something that May Shock and Discredit You, Daniel M. Lavery, 814 ORT *
Julián Is a Mermaid, Jessica Love, ++ LOV *
When Aidan Became a Brother, Kyle Lukoff, ++ LUK
Tomorrow Will Be Different, Sarah McBride, 306.768 MCB
Dark and Deepest Red, Anna-Marie McLemore, YA F MCL *ª
Redefining Realness, Janet Mock, 306.768 MOC
The Bold World, Jodie Patterson, 306.874 PAT *ª
Who Are You? The Kid's Guide to Gender Identity, Brook Pessin-Whedbee, +305.3 PES

Ana on the Edge, A.J. Sass, +F SAS
Apsara Engine, Bishakh Som, GN SOM
She/He/They/Them: Understanding Gender Identity, Rebecca Stanborough, +305.3 STA
Fairest, Meredith Talusan, 305.3 TAL
Cemetery Boys, Aiden Thomas, YA F THO *
It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book about Gender Identity, Theresa Thorn, +305.3 THO *
Beyond the Gender Binary, Alok Vaid-Menon, YA 305 VAI *

A note from Laura: As gender identity has become a much more freely-discussed topic, more books on the subject have been published. This updated list includes many authors who are transgender and nonbinary, and more resources for readers of all ages who are exploring their own gender identity.

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Tell me Your Story: Kids Audiobooks

6/18/2020

The Children’s Homer, Padraic Colum, +BOCD F COL
D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths, Ingri & Edgar Parin D'Aulaire, +BOCD F DAU ª
Inkheart, Cornelia Funke, +BOCD F FUN *ª
The Inquisitor’s Tale, or, Three Magical Children and Their Dog, Adam Gidwitz, +BOCD F GID *ª
Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics, Chris Grabenstein, +BOCD F GRA *ª
The 39-Storey Treehouse, Andy Griffiths, +BOCD F GRI *
Starry River of the Sky, Grace Lin, +BOCD F LIN
When the Sea Turned to Silver, Grace Lin, +BOCD F LIN *ª
The Great Cake Mystery, Alexander McCall Smith, +BOCD F MCC *ª
Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms, Katherine Rundell, +BOCD F RUN
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians, Brandon Sanderson +BOCD F SAN *ª
Betty Before X, Ilyasah Shabazz, +BOCD F SHA
Nightbooks, J.A. White, +BOCD F WHI *ª
Girls Who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World, Reshma Saujani, +BOCD 005 SAU *
All in a Drop: How Antony, van Leeuwenhoek Discovered an Invisible World, Lori Alexander, +BOCD 579 ALE *ª
The Boys in the Boat: The True Story of an American Team's Epic Journey to Win Gold, Daniel James Brown, +BOCD 797 BRO *ª

Aru Shah and the End of Time, Roshani Chokshi, + DAB F CHO *ª
The Journey of Little Charlie, Christopher Paul Curtis, + DAB F CUR *ª
Blended, Sharon Draper, + DAB F DRA *ª
Refugee 87, Ele Fountain, + DAB F FOU
Battle of Champions, Henry Lien, + DAB F LIE
Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different, Ben Brooks, + DAB 920 BRO ª
Stories for Kids Who Dare to Be Different, Ben Brooks, + DAB 920 BRO

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Tell Me Your Story: Kids Movies

6/18/2020

Dazzle Ships, +DVD 940.4 DAZ
Astro Girl, +DVD AST
The BFG, +DVD BFG
The Black Stallion, +DVD BLA
The Breadwinner, +DVD BRE
Captain Underpants, +DVD CAP
Dreamers, +DVD DRE
Faerie Tale Theatre, +DVD FAE
Ferdinand, +DVD FER
Goodnight Moon and Other Sleepy Tales, +DVD GOO
Goosebumps, +DVD GOO
Grand Canyon, +DVD GOO

Heidi, +DVD HEI
Hugo, +DVD HUG
The Napping House and More Stories that Rhyme, +DVD NAP
Noisy Nora and More Stories by Rosemary Wells, +DVD NOI
The Poky Little Puppy & Friends, +DVD POK
Rapunzel and More Classic Fairy Tales, +DVD RAP
Redwoods, +DVD RED
Rescue and Jessica: A Life Changing Friendship, +DVD RES
The Secret Garden, +DVD SEC
Storywatchers Club: World Folktales, +DVD STO
Thank You, Omu, +DVD THA
Two Friends, +DVD TWO
The Wind in the Willows: a Tale of Two Toads, +DVD WIN
Wolfie the Bunny and Other Rabbit Adventures, +DVD WOL
Wonder, +DVD WON
Wonderstruck, +DVD WON
A Wrinkle in Time, +DVD WRI

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Tell Me Your Story: Picture Books

6/18/2020

How to Read a Book, Kwame Alexander, ++ALE
How this Book Was Made, Mac Barnett, ++BAR
The Best Place to Read, Debbie Bertram, ++BER *
Just One More Story, Jennifer Brutschy, ++BRU
A Very Late Story, Marianna Coppo, ++COP
My Mighty Journey, A Waterfall's Story, John Coy, ++COY
Stories of the Night, Kitty Crowther, ++CRO
Letters from Bear, Gauthier David, ++DAV
The Fish Who Cried Wolf, Julia Donaldson, ++DON
The Storyteller's Candle, or La velita de los cuentos, Lucia Gonzalez, ++GON

A Story, a Story: An African Tale, Gail Haley, ++HAL
Ralph Tells a Story, Abby Hanlon, ++HAN
Rocket Writes a Story, Tad Hills, ++HIL *
Little Red Writing, Joan Holub ++HOL *
A Child of Books, Oliver Jeffers, ++JEF
A Squiggly Story, Andrew Larsen, ++LAR
Lift, Minh Le, ++LE
Idea Jar, Adam Lehrhaupt, ++LEH
Chapter Two Is Missing!, Josh Lieb, ++LIE
The Story I'll Tell, Nancy Tupper Ling, ++LIN
Look! I Wrote a Book! (And You Can Too), Sally Lloyd-Jones, ++LLO

A Perfectly Messed-up Story, Patrick McDonnell, ++MCD
Lola at the Library, Anna McQuinn, ++MCQ
How to Read a Story, Kate Messner, ++MES
Reading Makes You Feel Good, Todd Parr, ++PAR
I Want a Bedtime Story, Tony Ross, ++ROS
Story Time for Little Porcupine, Joseph Slate, ++SLA
The Best Story, Eileen Spinelli, ++SPI
Ideas Are All Around, Phillip Stead, ++STE
Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise, David Ezra Stein, ++STE *

I Want to Be in a Scary Story, Sean Taylor, ++TAY
Grandfather Tang's Story, Ann Tompert, ++TOM
The Storyteller, Evan Turk, ++TUR
The Tickle Stories, Jean Van Leeuwen, ++VAN
Wait! I Want to Tell You a Story, Tom Willans, ++WIL
Hooray for Books, Brian Won, ++WON
A Quieter Story, Liza Woodruff, ++WOO
I Am a Story, Dan Yaccarino, ++YAC
The Whisperer, Pamela Zagarenski, ++ZAN

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Lester's Tales: True Tales Nonfiction

Lester's Tales: Animal Chapter Books

Lester's Tales: Picture Books with Tails

Foster Care

Asian American Experiences - Fiction

Asian American Experiences - Children's Nonfiction

Gender Identity (updated)

Tell me Your Story: Kids Audiobooks

Tell Me Your Story: Kids Movies

Tell Me Your Story: Picture Books

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