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New Books in the Trove: November 2024

New Books in the Trove: November 2024

We have new books coming in all the time with them on display right as you enter the Trove.  Here’s some of our recent favorite new titles! For Wee Ones Awake , Asleep by Kyle Lukoff and Nadia Alam (Birth to 3 Years-Old) Library Catalog “From dawn to bedtime, loving glimpses of children living through an ordinary day. Writing almost entirely in rhyming, sonorous sequences of simple nouns, Lukoff begins with sunrise—’A kiss, a blink, a dawn, / a break. // A yawn, / a peep, / a stretch, / awake!’—and goes on to caption cozy digital paintings of three
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November 19, 2024 4:15 pm | by | No Comments
Categories: Authors & Books, Featured, Homepage Kids, and Library News.
Tags: children's literature, new books, staff picks, and staff recommendations.

Author Visit Storytime: Laura Bower

Author Visit Storytime: Laura Bower

Author Visit Storytime: Emily Snook: The World’s Smallest Cook by Laura Bower Saturday, December 14th at 11 am For: Families Location: Galaxy Hall Come enjoy a Special Author Storytime with Laura Bower who will be reading her book, Emily Snook: The World’s Smallest Cook. Kids are also invited to make a craft! About the Book: Emily Snook is a whiz in the kitchen. But when she enters an international cooking contest and meets the competition, her hopes of winning deflate like a botched soufflé. Everyone is older, taller and in serious doubt of her cooking capabilities! A classic underdog story,
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November 19, 2024 12:08 pm | by | No Comments
Categories: Authors & Books, Events, Featured, Homepage Kids, and Kids.
Tags: author storytime, author visits, children's literature, staff picks, and staff recommendations.

December Middle Grade Pick of the Month

December Middle Grade Pick of the Month

Middle grade is a term that refers to books written for readers between the ages of eight and twelve. In this column, Erica will recommend great books for children in this age group! Just Lizzie by Karen Wilfrid All available formats here In the wake of a terrifying encounter that prompted the family move, everything in Lizzie’s life is beginning to change – except her (or at least that’s how it feels). Unlike her best friend Sarah Nan – unlike pretty much everyone in her middle school – Lizzie doesn’t care about dating, and she feels isolated and confused. But
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November 19, 2024 12:00 pm | by | No Comments
Categories: Authors & Books, Featured, and Kids.
Tags: middle grade, middle grade fiction, Middle Grade Pick of the Month, staff picks, and staff recommendations.

New Books in the Edge: November 2024

New Books in the Edge: November 2024

One of the best parts of my job is ordering new books for the Edge–reading the reviews, seeing what popular authors come up with next, or finding out about an upcoming sequel to an old favorite. Read on to find out about some of the new YA fiction titles coming to our shelves this month. Lady of Steel and Straw by Erica Ivy Rodgers Grades 8 and up Library Catalog “Two hundred years after the wraith wars, Parson Rainier Worthington, an infamous member of the Order of Guardians, awakens from his scarecrow form to help an 18-year-old girl save the
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November 19, 2024 11:03 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Authors & Books, Featured, Homepage Teens, Library News, and Teens.
Tags: new books, new in the Edge, staff picks, staff recommendations, YA Fiction, and YA literature.

December Is…

December Is…

Each month a variety of observances and celebrations take place, from well-known holidays to much lesser known fun (and downright funny or strange!) observances.  Here are some great younger reads to go with some of them. December is National Pear Month Too Many Pears by Jackie French All Available Formats Pamela the cow loves pears, and will do just about anything to get them. But will anyone else ever get to eat a pear again? Certainly not until Pamela has had her fill . . . and chooses something else to eat! Mr. Putter and Tabby Pick the Pears by
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November 19, 2024 11:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Authors & Books, Featured, and Teens.
Tags: books for children, books for kids, children's books, December 2024, December festivities, and Observances and Celebrations.

Kids in the Kitchen 3

Kids in the Kitchen 3

Welcome to Kids in the Kitchen.  This blog series highlights great cookbooks for kids. American Girl: Around the World Cookbook: Delicious Dishes from Across the Globe by American Girl and Williams Sonoma Library Catalog “This globally minded addition to a series of American Girl cookbooks features ambitious recipes for budding foodies. Passport stamp graphics introduce four sections that explore snacks, soups and sandwiches, rice and noodle dishes, and beverages and desserts. Gerulat's color photographs feature multicultural girls preparing and enjoying the meals, along with images of the completed dishes. The more than 50 recipes include Moroccan-spiced chicken skewers, cheese fondue,
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November 15, 2024 10:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Authors & Books, Featured, Homepage Kids, Kids, and Library News.
Tags: books for kids, cookbooks, Kids in the Kitchen, staff picks, and staff recommendations.

November Middle Grade Pick of the Month

November Middle Grade Pick of the Month

Middle grade is a term that refers to books written for readers between the ages of eight and twelve. In this column, Erica will recommend great books for children in this age group! Gut Reaction by Kirby Larson & Quinn Wyatt All available formats here In the wake of the move to a new school and her father’s death, Tess has continued to follow in his baking footsteps – even as her stomach has started rebelling against more and more types of food. When her baking skills not only earn her new friends, but also a place back at the
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November 14, 2024 10:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Authors & Books, Featured, Homepage Kids, Kids, and Library News.
Tags: middle grade, middle grade fiction, Middle Grade Pick of the Month, staff picks, and staff recommendations.

The Library’s TTRPG Collection – NEW TITLES ADDED

The Library’s TTRPG Collection – NEW TITLES ADDED

Did you know the Library has a collection of tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG) books you can borrow?  They are located just outside the Edge, our teen library (though anyone can check them out!).  Holds cannot be placed on the titles (currently, but that will soon be changing), but you can pick them up at the Library and borrow them for three weeks! Titles in the growing collection include (by game system – Will be updated as new titles are added. Links for unlinked items will be added as they become available.) What’s a TTRPG? A tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG) is
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November 12, 2024 10:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Authors & Books, Homepage, Homepage Teens, Library News, and Teens.
Tags: Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons and Dragons, games, gaming, library collections, Roleplaying game, roleplaying games, RPGs, staff picks, staff recommendations, table top games, tabletop games, tabletop gaming, tabletop roleplaying games, and TTRPGS.

Good Trouble: Be a Creative Changemaker

Good Trouble: Be a Creative Changemaker

Good Trouble: Be a Creative Changemaker This installment of Good Trouble features books that provide crafts and activities that can help in making positive changes in the world. Anti-Racist Art Activities for Kids: 30+ Creative Projects that Celebrate Diversity and Inspire Change by Abigail Birhanu, Khadesia Latimer, Paula Liz, Lori Santos, Tamara Slade and Anjali Wells Library Catalog Art in Action: Make a Statement, Change Your World by Matthew “Levee” Chavez Library Catalog Art of Protest: Creating, Discovering, and Activating Art for Your Revolution by De Nichols, art by Diana Dagadita, Molly Mendoza, Olivia Twist, Saddo, and Diego Becas Library
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November 7, 2024 10:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Authors & Books, Featured, Homepage Teens, Library News, and Teens.
Tags: activism, Good Trouble, staff picks, and staff recommendations.

November Kid Librarian of the Month

November Kid Librarian of the Month

Each month a kid is chosen to curate a display in The Trove with some of their favorite books. Are you interested in being next month’s kid librarian? Fill out a submission form available at The Trove Desk! Name: Layla Age: 10 Favorite type of books: Fantasy Novels Why do you like to read? You can escape from the real world, and each book is a portal; from whodunits, to good witches, to documentaries about gorillas. Check out Layla’s recommended reads! The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate All Available Formats Having spent twenty-seven years behind the glass walls
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October 30, 2024 12:35 pm | by | No Comments
Categories: Authors & Books, Featured, Homepage Kids, Kids, and Library News.
Tags: children's literature, Kid Librarian of the Month, staff picks, and staff recommendations.

YA Graphic Novel Picks of the Month: November 2024

YA Graphic Novel Picks of the Month: November 2024

Fall into some new comics or continue with the latest volume of your favorite series. The Apothecary Diaries by Natsu Hyuuga, Nekokurage, Itsuki Nanao Library Catalog “After breaking a ‘curse' on the imperial heirs, a palace servant with training in herbal medicine is promoted up the ranks to food taster…and right into the thick of palace intrigue in this lushly illustrated period mystery series! Maomao, a young woman trained in the art of herbal medicine, is forced to work as a lowly servant in the inner palace. Though she yearns for life outside its perfumed halls, she isn't long for
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October 29, 2024 11:30 am | by | 2 Comments
Categories: Authors & Books, Featured, Homepage Teens, Library News, and Teens.
Tags: graphic novels, manga, staff picks, staff recommendations, YA Graphic Novel Pick of the Month, and YA Graphic Novels.

Dinosaur Reads

Dinosaur Reads

Celebrate DiNovember with some great programs and some great books! For Wee Ones Night Night Dinosaur art by Hannah Abbo Library Catalog Baby Triceratops by Julie Abery Library Catalog Dinosaur’s Binkit by Sandra Boynton Library Catalog Fingertrail Dinosaur Mazes by Elisa Ferro Library Catalog You make My Heart Saur by Maggie Fischer Library Catalog Ten Little Dinosaurs by Amanda Sobotka Library Catalog Little Dinosaurs by Rebecca Weerasekera Library Catalog Picture Books  There’s a Dinosaur on the 13th Floor by Wade Bradford Library Catalog Brontorina by James Howe, art by Randy Cecil Library Catalog Dinosaur Rescue by Penny Dale Library Catalog
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October 28, 2024 10:21 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Authors & Books, Featured, Homepage Kids, Kids, and Library News.
Tags: children's books, children's literature, DiNovember, staff picks, and staff recommendations.

November Is…

November Is…

Each month a variety of observances and celebrations take place, from well-known holidays to much lesser known fun (and downright funny or strange!) observances.  Here are some great younger reads to go with some of them. International Drum Month Drum Roll, Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow All Available Formats Melly only joined the school band because her best friend, Olivia, begged her to. But to her surprise, quiet Melly loves playing the drums. It's the only time she doesn't feel like a mouse. Now she and Olivia are about to spend the next two weeks at Camp Rockaway, jamming under
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October 28, 2024 10:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Authors & Books, Featured, Homepage Kids, Kids, and Library News.
Tags: books for children, books for kids, children's books, November 2024, November festivities, and Observances and Celebrations.

New Books in the Trove: October 2024

New Books in the Trove: October 2024

We have new books coming in all the time with them on display right as you enter the Trove.  Here’s some of our recent favorite new titles! For Wee Ones Is That the Bus? by Libby Koponen & Katie Mazeika (Birth to 3 Years-Old) Library Catalog “In this vehicle-heavy board book, a young boy waits for his big sister. He plays throughout the day but continually looks out the window at each new noise. ‘Is that the bus? WAAA! WOOOOO! But it's not the bus. WAAAA! WOOOOO! The fire truck wails away.’ A variety of vehicles, including a garbage truck,
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October 22, 2024 10:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Authors & Books, Featured, Homepage Kids, Kids, and Library News.
Tags: children's books, new books, staff picks, and staff recommendations.

New Books in the Edge: October 2024

New Books in the Edge: October 2024

One of the best parts of my job is ordering new books for the Edge–reading the reviews, seeing what popular authors come up with next, or finding out about an upcoming sequel to an old favorite. Read on to find out about some of the new YA fiction titles coming to our shelves this month. Possible Happiness by David Ebenbach Grades 9 and up Library Catalog “Sixteen-year-old Jacob was discovered to exist when he was in eleventh grade. Before that, he led a kind of background, two-dimensional life, up until the day he told a joke in history class and
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October 22, 2024 10:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Authors & Books, Featured, Homepage Teens, Library News, and Teens.
Tags: new books, new in the Edge, staff picks, staff recommendations, YA Fiction, and YA literature.

Kids in the Kitchen 2

Kids in the Kitchen 2

Welcome to Kids in the Kitchen.  This blog series will feature a variety of great cookbooks for kids.  This edition features cookbooks filled with spooky treats perfect for Halloween! Ghoulish Goodies:  Creature Feature Cupcakes, Monster Eyeballs, Bat Wings, Funny Bones, Witches’ Knuckles, and Much More! by Sharon Bowers Library Catalog “Perfect for Halloween and beyond, this conveniently organized, well-illustrated cookbook is sure to be a crowd-pleaser. Following a somewhat lengthy introduction explaining Halloween fun from the author's perspective and ‘pointers for success' in using the book, Bowers dives in to the heart of the matter. Arrangement is by types of
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October 14, 2024 10:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Authors & Books, Featured, Homepage Kids, Kids, and Library News.
Tags: books for kids, cookbooks, Kids in the Kitchen, staff picks, and staff recommendations.

October Middle Grade Pick of the Month

October Middle Grade Pick of the Month

Middle grade is a term that refers to books written for readers between the ages of eight and twelve. In this column, Erica will recommend great books for children in this age group! Beetle and the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne All available formats here Beetle’s trying to learn sorcery, but her grandmother won’t stop pushing her towards goblin magic. So instead Beetle prefers hanging out in the mall with her best friend Blob Ghost. But when her former best friend comes back into town with news of the mall being torn down, will Beetle be able to balance both her
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October 14, 2024 10:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Authors & Books, Featured, Homepage Kids, Kids, and Library News.
Tags: middle grade, middle grade fiction, Middle Grade Pick of the Month, staff picks, and staff recommendations.

Good Trouble: Little Activists

Good Trouble: Little Activists

This installment of Good Trouble features books (many of which are board books!) for our youngest activists because it is never too early to start learning about making the world a better place. A is for Activist by Innosanto Nagara Library Catalog Ally Baby Can series by Nyasha Williams, art by Jade Orlando Library Catalog Antiracist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi, art by Ashley Lukashevsky Library Catalog Change Starts With Us by Sophie Beer Library Catalog Citizen Baby: My Vote by Megan E. Bryant and Daniel Prosterman, art by Micah Player Library Catalog Counting on Community by Innosanto Nagara Library
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October 10, 2024 10:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Authors & Books, Featured, Homepage Kids, Kids, and Library News.
Tags: activism, Good Trouble, staff picks, and staff recommendations.

Romantasy

Romantasy

What is Romantasy? Romantasy is genre that combines romance and fantasy. Below are some series recommendations for new adults.  A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas Library Catalog “The sexy, action-packed first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series from Sarah J. Maas. When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly a beast, but one of the lethal, immortal faeries who
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October 2, 2024 10:00 am | by | No Comments
Categories: Authors & Books, Featured, and Library News.
Tags: Fantasy, new adult literature, romance, romantasy, staff picks, and staff recommendations.

BEAUTIFUL BILINGUAL BOOKS, Part 25

BEAUTIFUL BILINGUAL BOOKS, Part 25

BEAUTIFUL BILINGUAL BOOKS, Part 25 LINDOS LIBROS BILINGÜES, Parte 25 The Library has a lovely collection of bilingual Spanish/English books. To celebrate reading in two languages, we are featuring our beautiful new books in a monthly blog – so enjoy practicing your Spanish and English skills with these picture books.  La Biblioteca tiene una colección hermosa de libros bilingües en inglés/español. Para celebrar leyendo en dos idiomas, le presentamos nuestros lindos libros aquí. Así que disfrute practicando sus destrezas en ambos idiomas con estos libros ilustrados. ¿Dónde están los huevos? / Where Are the Eggs?, by Grace Lin. Library Catalog/Catálogo
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October 1, 2024 4:09 pm | by | No Comments
Categories: Authors & Books, Featured, Homepage Kids, Kids, and Library News.
Tags: Bilingual, Bilingual books, books for children, picture books, spanish books, staff picks, and staff recommendations.