Want your next read to feature mental health as a topic? Check out one of these staff-recommended titles! This list has titles for adults, teens, and kids.
Kids
How to Train Your Pet Brain by Nelly Buchet
With heart and humor, How to Train Your Pet Brain welcomes kids to explore how their bodies and minds work together to process emotions. Lighthearted illustrations paired with grounded language help kids understand why their brain does what it does, that big feelings are OK, and a strategy to help feel calm.
My Monster and Me by Nadiya…
Want to read a new twist on a classic fairytale or myth? Check out one of these staff recommendations!
Adults
Darling Girl by Liz Michalski
In this beautiful, grounded, and darkly magical modern-day reimagining of J. M. Barrie's classic, to save her daughter's life one woman must take on the infamous Peter Pan--who is not the innocent adventurer the fairy tales make him out to be . . .
Fables vol. 1: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham
When a savage creature known only as the Adversary conquered the fabled lands of legends…
Whether you’re participating in our Summer Reading or looking for a new book, check out these new releases on Hoopla without venturing out into the heat. You’ll find new books for adults, teens, and kids.
eBooks for Kids
Chickadee: Criminal Mastermind by Elina Ellis
Not all super-villains are scary and tough, some can be as simple as the bird perched outside your window. Better keep a close eye on that Chickadee, because it just might have a plan…
My Life at the Bottom by Linda Bondestam
This whimsical story about life is told…
Poetry has the power to open up our emotions and is a beautiful outlet to express ourselves. It can lighten us, renew us, and encourage us. The following list is filled with books to inspire you.
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
In this uplifting coming-of-age novel told in accessible verse, Atta chronicles the growth and glory of Michael Angeli, a mixed-race kid from London, as he navigates his cultural identity as Cypriot and Jamaican as well as his emerging sexuality.
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
In vivid poems that reflect the joy…
Holidays are for families and classic movies! Here’s some of our favs so that you can spread some holiday cheer!
Scrooged
Bill Murray plays a miserly executive in this comedic play on the classic story “A Christmas Carol”. This is a hilarious spin on a classic tale
A Christmas Story
All he wanted was a Red Rider BB Gun, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle! Check out this quotable classic about a boy and his quest to get the perfect Christmas Gift.
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Make your next read something extraordinary by choosing a book that features a BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, [or] Person of Color) main character. Below you will find some staff recommended teen and adult "must-reads".
If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha
Even as a girl, I knew the only chance I had was to change my face...even before a fortune-teller told me so. Kyuri is a heartbreakingly beautiful woman with a hard-won job at a room salon, an exclusive bar where she entertains businessmen while they drink. Though she prides herself on her cold, clear-eyed approach…
Been listening to Adele's new single on repeat? Mentally preparing yourself for T.Swift's album drop? Say goodbye to Hot Girl Summer and embrace the vibes of Sad Girl Autumn with some of these titles and, in the immortal words of Ronald Bilius Weasley, "You're gonna suffer, but you're gonna be happy about it."
Bolla by Pajtim Statovci
From the author of National Book Award finalist Crossing comes an unlikely love story in Kosovo with unpredictable consequences that reverberate throughout a young man's life--a dazzling tale full of fury, tenderness, longing, and lust.
The…
They say, "never judge a book by its cover", but here at the library we not only celebrate cover love but also encourage it! Picking a book based on the cover is completely valid. Someone (or many people) worked really hard to make that cover gorgeous. Looking at the cover first, synopsis second is also one of the easiest ways to get a reluctant reader to pick up a new book. So come on, pick up a book based on its gorgeous cover. The insides just might match.
"Nightlights" by Lorena Alvarez
A beautiful, mysterious graphic novel…
Books on this list have characters with physical or mental challenges. Encouraging children and teens to read fiction books with disability representation is a great way to teach diversity and inclusion.
Aven Green, sleuthing machine by Dusti Bowling
Third-grader Aven Green has been solving mysteries for a whole month, cracking such cases as The Mystery of the Cranky Mom. But can this perceptive detective solve two cases at the same time? First, her teacher's lunch bag disappears. Then Aven's great-grandma's dog goes missing. Fortunately, since Aven was born without arms, all the "arm" cells went to her…