This week’s staff pick is the emotionally complex and absorbing novel Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng. Issues of race, prejudice, gender and belonging are all explored through a Chinese-American family living in Ohio in the 1970s. A short but wonderfully written book, it’s a great choice for […]
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Meet Yorik Brown and his monkey Ampersand, the last two living mammals with a Y chromosome. Brian K. Vaughn’s Y the Last Man series is this week’s staff pick. Thought provoking and funny, it will keep you on the edge of your seat and racing to read the end. “Y: THE […]
Highly recommended by our teen librarian to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Month, this week’s staff pick is It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini. Readers will find a humorous, realistic, original and ultimately hopeful take on some serious subject matter. Looking for more books about mental health awareness? […]
Did you know April is National Poetry Month? Inaugurated in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets, National Poetry Month is celebrated every April and is the largest literary celebration in the world! The aim is to: highlight the extraordinary legacy and ongoing achievement of American poets, encourage the reading […]
Happy Earth Day! This week’s staff pick, The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben, is a fascinating study of the social lives of trees. While that may sound strange, Wohlleben presents scientific research detailing how trees communicate and interact with each other in language that is easy to read […]
In celebration of Easter this week’s staff pick is the touching picture book, Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco. This beautiful story focuses on the strength of family and friendship. Our staffer recommends all books by this author but has a particular love for this one! “After being initiated into a […]
This week’s staff pick is a charming retelling of the classic fable, Stone Soup, told with a Passover twist. Linda Glaser’s Stone Soup with Matzoh Balls is definitely one to be read aloud! “An old man walks into the town of Chelm asking for food. The townspeople claim they have […]
As Women’s History Month comes to a close, this week’s staff pick is a fascinating, well-researched look at the growing population of single women. Rebecca Traister’s All the Single Ladies takes a new look at how these women are shaping the future and leading economically, socially and professionally liberated lives. […]
This week’s staff pick is a time-traveling, fantasy adventure that’s sure to please all book lovers. Genevieve Cogman’s The Invisible Library follows Library spy Irene and her assistant Kai on a dangerous mission to retrieve a book from an alternative-world version of London. This is a fast-paced, entertaining ride with […]
The story of two exceptional women is told in Tracy Chevalier’s best-selling historical fiction, and this week’s staff pick, Remarkable Creatures. Our staffer loved that it was a well researched historical fiction about a woman often overlooked for her contributions and excluded from history. “On the windswept, fossil-strewn beaches of the […]