Child fiction book, and e-book. In the summer of 1964 as she is about to turn twelve, Glory's town of Hanging Moss, Mississippi, is beset by racial tension when town leaders close her beloved public pool rather than desegregating it. Grade: 4+
Child fiction book. In 1952 eleven-year-old Azalea is sent to Paris Junction, Arkansas, to help out her grandmother who has injured her foot, but does not really seem to want her help. Billy Wong, a Chinese-American boy whose uncle owns the local grocery store, is in town to attend the "white" school, since the Chinese mission school has closed. Billy is frustrated by the overt prejudice of the local children, but over the summer the two begin to forge a friendship. Grade: 4+
Monkey and Elephant are very good friends who look too nice to just stay at home. So they decide to go gadding. "Gadding?" said Elephant. "What's that?" "Gadding," said Monkey, "is walking along, looking around, finding something fun, stopping awhile, then moving on." You never know what fun surprises you'll discover when you decide to go gadding!
Funny series about irresistible Quinny and Hopper, two polar-opposite eight year olds who become summer best friends and find their friendship threatened by the uncertainties of a new school year.
Quinny & Hopper series
Stella's class is having a Mother's Day celebration, but what's a girl with two daddies to do? Ages 4-8
As a fourteen-year-old who just moved to a new town, with no friends, an abusive father, and a louse for an older brother, Doug Swieteck has all the stats stacked against him until he finds an ally in Lil Spicer--a fiery young lady. Together, they find a safe haven in the local library, inspiration in learning about the plates of John James Audubon's birds, and a hilarious adventure on a Broadway stage.
Child fiction book. Johnny Stevens is a ten-year-old boy living on a farm near Polk City, Iowa, in the 1870s. Although he's worried that adventure will pass him by, the rugged winters, brutal summers, and life on the prairie will provide plenty of excitement for Johnny and his family. Grade: 4+
- Winston's father takes him and his brother Nelson on a hike to Ghost Mountain, but when the truck breaks down and they have to spend the night out there,
- Winston meets a ghost.
Child fiction book. Winston's father takes him and his brother Nelson on a hike to Ghost Mountain, but when the truck breaks down and they have to spend the night out there, Winston meets a ghost. Age: 8-11.
Kemba feels like the lamest kid in school. If only he could be cool like the computer game superhero Underdog. But he can't even save himself from the biggest bully in the sixth grade, let alone protect the weakest of the weak like Underdog does.
- Despite being happy that she is finally learning math, Tazmin can't help but wonder why her new teacher Mr. Ridley accepted a position at tiny Crow's Crossing School and why he is digging holes on Shadow Hill.
Kirby is a pessimistic kid. He s a good student with some close friends. But he s intimidated by schoolmate Lee, who always seems to have better grades and more friends. On the way home from school one day, Kirby saves a man from being hit by a truck. The man gives him a magic stone. You make a wish and rub the stone, the man tells Kirby. Your wish will come true. Kirby is skeptical, but then his wishes start to come true.
Lauren is the new girl in town with a dark secret. Colby is the football hero with a dream of something more. In alternating chapters they come together, fall apart, and build something stronger than either of them thought possible--something to truly believe in.
Child picture book. IIllustrated by Meilo So. A little brown bunny enjoys visiting a garden from summer to spring, especially when a gray bunny shares the fun. Age: 2-7.
Child fiction book, and e-audiobook. Eleven-year-old Violet has one goal in mind when she runs away from home: to find her sister, Chloe. Violet's parents said Chloe had turned into the Wrong Sort of Person, but Violet knew better. The only problem is that Chloe's not in New York anymore. She's moved on to Tennessee where she's fighting for the right of women to vote. As Violet's journey grows longer, her single-minded pursuit of reuniting with her sister changes. Before long she is standing side-by-side with her new friends--suffragists, socialists, and colored people--the type of people whom her parents would not approve. But if Violet's becoming the Wrong Sort of Person, why does it feel just right? Grade: 4+
Adult comedy - PG. It's Christmas Eve and Howard Langston is determined to get his son the year's most popular toy, the Turbo Man action figure. But everywhere he goes, it's sold out. Soon, Howard finds himself in a crazed battle against time, crowds and a maniacal postman who's as determined as Howard to find Turbo Man.
In his Grandpa Al's garage workshop, child genius Frank Einstein tries to invent a robot that can learn on its own, and after an accident brings wisecracking Klink and overly expressive Klank to life, they set about helping Frank perfect his Antimatter Motor until his archnemesis, T. Edison, steals the robots for his doomsday plan.
Book 1, Frank Einstein series
Michael K. just started fifth grade at a new school. As if that wasn't hard enough, the kids he seems to have made friends with apparently aren't kids at all. They are aliens. Real aliens who have invaded our planet in the form of school children and a hamster. They have a mission to complete: to convince 3,140,001 kids to BE SPHDZ, but with a hamster as their leader, "kids" who talk like walking advertisements, and Michael K as their first convert, will the SPHDZ be able to keep their cover and pull off their assignment?
Book 1, Spaceheadz series
Michael K. just started fifth grade at a new school. As if that wasn't hard enough, the kids he seems to have made friends with apparently aren't kids at all. They are aliens. Real aliens who have invaded our planet in the form of school children and a hamster. They have a mission to complete: to convince 3,140,001 kids to BE SPHDZ, but with a hamster as their leader, "kids" who talk like walking advertisements, and Michael K as their first convert, will the SPHDZ be able to keep their cover and pull off their assignment?
Book 1, Spaceheadz
From his jail cell Mr. A. Wolf gives his own version of what "really happened" when he tangled with the Three Little Pigs.
Adult drama - not rated. At first, miserable, greedy old Scrooge can't tolerate the revelry of Christmas, much less comprehend its meaning. But visits from his former business partner's ghost and three cautionary specters from the past, present and future force the man to soul-search and change his life forever. This version stars: George C. Scott, Nigel Davenport, Frank Finlay, Lucy Gutteridge, Angela Pleasence, Roger Rees, David Warner, Edward Woodward, Susannah York and Anthony Walters.
The new thriller from E. G. Scott follows a woman looking for answers after her boyfriend goes missing and a corpse appears that implicates her in the murder of a woman she never met.Charlotte, a midthirties Long Island woman, has felt so alone since her promising career in neuroscience imploded. But she has an online support group for trauma survivors; she has Rachel, a friend who has seen her through the worst of it; and now she also has Peter, a mysterious new boyfriend who has asked that their budding romance remain a total secret.That is why she is too scared to report his disappearance to the authorities when he vanishes without a word.Weeks later, police contact her to make an ID on a body and she fears the worst for her missing beau. Instead, she arrives at the morgue and feels a terrible relief when she sees a woman she has never met before on the table in front of her. But relief is replaced by confusion, then terror, when Charlotte realizes she has become a person of interest.Why did Jane Doe have Charlotte listed as her emergency contact? Was it revenge or a warning? And where exactly does Peter factor into all this? As Charlotte becomes the prime murder suspect, she enters into a race against the clock to find truth about the dead woman and the connections they shared. But what she discovers is beyond anything she could have ever imagined.
In this dark domestic suspense from the pseudonymous Scott, a publishing professional and a screenwriter working together, troubled soulmates Rebecca and Paul are cheating on each other after two decades of marriage, with Rebecca spinning into opiate addiction and discovering that Paul is planning a new life without her. Great expectations.
Bunny is kidnapped from the skating rink in Toronto and held for ransom. When he escapes, he is farther away from home than he thinks, he's on skates, and the only guidance he gets is from a wolf.
Compared by The New Yorker to Twain and Hawthorne, David Sedaris has become one of the best-loved humorists of our time, writing with perfect pitch about the ludicrousness of our age. In a collection of essays, observations, and commentaries, the humorist describes his recent move to Paris, life as an American in Paris, his struggle to learn French, his family, and restaurant meals.
- The year is 1944, and Harry Black, a London firefighter battling the blazes caused by constant bombing, awakes in the hospital to learn that his soldier brother, Ellis, has been killed. In the delirium of his wounded state, Harry's mind blurs the distinctions between reality of war-torn London and the myth of Orpheus. Driven by visions of Ellis and a sense of poetic inevitability, Harry sets off on a journey which will lead him deep beneath the city.
A little bull discovers that he has been a big bully. For ages 4-7
YA fiction book, e-book, and e-audiobook. Told from two viewpoints, Atlanta high school seniors Lena and Campbell, one black, one white, must rely on each other to survive after a football rivalry escalates into a riot. Age: 14+
Told from two viewpoints, Atlanta high school seniors Lena and Campbell, one black, one white, must rely on each other to survive after a football rivalry escalates into a riot.
Child picture book. Sibilings Chintoo and Mintoo collect flowers and press the petals into a fine powder as they prepare for Holi, the Indian springtime Festival of Colors. Age: 2-8.
Child nonfiction book. Text in Japanese and English. After the 1783 eruption of Japan's Mount Asama destroys crops in nearby villages, an orphaned blind girl who lives at the Daruma Temple in Takasaki invents a doll representing a famed Buddhist monk and his teachings about resilience. Age: 4-8.
While his human Elliot adjusts to his new home and stepfamily, Gizmo, an evil genius guinea pig, searches for a new evil lair where he can plot to take over the world, but Gizmo is constantly thwarted by Elliot's little stepsister Jasmine (who likes to play dress-up), Abuela (who may or may not like to eat cavies), and Wedgie (a Corgi superhero and Gizmo's nemesis).
Book 1, Wedgie & Gizmo series
When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.
Child fiction book, e-book, audiobook on CD and e-audiobook. When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized. Grade 4+
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A little boy is angry because he is sent to bed without his supper as a consequence for his behavior, so he sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king.
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Child picture book. “In this picture book, a young black girl learns to love her difficult-to-manage hair."--Provided by publisher. Age: 3-6.
Child fiction book, and e-audiobook. Near the start of World War II, young Manami, her parents, and Grandfather are evacuated from their home and sent to Manzanar, an ugly, dreary internment camp in the desert for Japanese-American citizens. Grade: 4+
World War II is drawing to a close in East Prussia, and thousands of refugees are on a desperate trek toward freedom. When their paths converge in route to the ship that promises salvation, Joana, Emilia, and Florian find their strength, courage, and trust in one another tested with each step closer toward safety. When tragedy strikes the Wilhelm Gustloff, they must fight for the same thing: survival.
Child picture book. A little girl celebrates the Chinese Moon Festival with her parents, who tell her three legends about the moon while they eat mooncakes and drink tea. Age: 5-6.
Child fiction book. Sesha, the daughter of the pharaoh's royal physician, must find the precious scroll her father was transcribing before his death, not only to save the kingdom, but to also save her brother's life. Book 1 of Secrets of the Sands series. Grade: 5+
Child fiction book, and e-audiobook. Raised by her aunt until she is six, Betty, who will later marry Malcolm X, joins her mother and stepfamily in 1940s Detroit, where she learns about the civil rights movement. Age: 10-14.
Child fiction book, e-book, and e-audiobook. Raised by her aunt until she is six, Betty, who will later marry Malcolm X, joins her mother and stepfamily in 1940s Detroit, where she learns about the civil rights movement. Grade: 5+
YA fiction book, and e-book. Co-written by Malcolm X's third daughter, this vivid, fictionalized account of the activist's early life draws on stories from his family and childhood friends and neighbors. Age: 13+
Adult fiction book. The story of emancipated slave Elizabeth Mayfield traces her rise as the matriarch of a family of musically gifted Southern women who overcome brutal obstacles while witnessing key moments in American history. Age: Adult.
A daring duck decides to ride a bike and soon influences all the other animals on the farm to ride bikes, too.
"Do you have problems with anxiety? The Anxious Teen Survival Guide is a much-needed, go-to guide to help you finally break free from the worry and ruminations that can get in the way of reaching your goals. If you have anxiety, your fears and worries can keep you from feeling confident and independent. Teen milestones such as making friends, dating, getting good grades, or taking on more mature responsibilities, may seem much more difficult. And if you're like countless other anxious teens, you may even avoid situations that cause you anxiety altogether-leaving you stuck in a cycle of worry and avoidance. So, how can you take control of your anxiety before it takes control of you? Based in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), this book helps you identify your "monkey mind"-the primitive part of the brain where anxious thoughts arise. You'll also be able to determine if you suffer from generalized anxiety, phobias, social anxiety, panic and agoraphobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), or separation anxiety. Full of powerful yet simple cartoon illustrations, this book will teach you practical strategies for handling even the toughest situations that previously caused you to feel anxious or worried. If you're ready to feel more independent, more confident, and be your best, this unique book will show you how."
This picture book uses illustrations and text to describe the shapes of clouds. Also available in English/Hmong It looked like spilt milk = Nwg zoo le mig nyuj nchuav = Nws zoo li mis nyuj nchuav.
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This humorous picture book relates the misadventures of a group of sheep that go riding in a jeep.
- Stephen Curry is an NBA champion, MVP, and may be the best shooter in NBA history--one of the best-known names in modern basketball. Learn about the beginnings of his career, his family and his charity work and basketball career with the Golden State Warriors in this biography for young readers.
- Ages 4 - 8
Child fiction. After ten years in a refugee camp in Thailand, thirteen-year-old Mai Yang travels to Providence, Rhode Island, where her Americanized cousins introduce her to pizza, shopping, and beer, while her grandmother and new friends keep her connected to her Hmong heritage. Age: 10-14.