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 The 2026 Library Concert Series

We are thrilled to announce our beloved Library Concert Series for 2026! Throughout the year, the Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library will host four incredible live performances, showcasing a variety of musical talent free to the public. Click here for more information!

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Library Game Day

Join us for Library Game Day, an event thats fun for all ages.  Everyone is welcome to come play some board games and with every game you play you enter a drawing to take that game home!

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Yoga Class

Join us every Monday for a FREE yoga session, starting at 5pm in the Round Room! We hope to see you there!

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Knitting Club

Grab your lunch and join us for knitting in the Genealogy Area at noon on Thursdays!

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Zumba

Join us in the Round Room every Thursday at 5:00pm for Zumba!

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Practice ACT

Scan the QR code to register for a Practice ACT, brought to us by Beacon Tutoring Co.!

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Friday Night Magic: the Gathering for Teens
May 15, 2026 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
May 15
Adult Ukulele Jam Session - Friday I'm in Love
May 15, 2026 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
May 16
ACT Practice Test
May 16, 2026 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
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Events

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Adult Ukulele Jam Session - Friday I'm in Love

Friday, May 15th 5:00pm

Join us in the Round Room for a Ukulele Jam Session - instruments will be provided, but you're encouraged to bring your own if you've got one!

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Mindful Mondays

Monday, May 18th 12:00pm

Come center yourself with calming crafts and activities in this new weekly club for adults.

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Yoga: Mind and Body

Monday, May 18th 5:00pm

Join us in the Round Room every Monday for a low-impact yoga, pilates, and meditation class accessible for all skill levels!

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Kids' Block Party

Monday, May 18th 4:00pm

Kids K-6, drop in after school to build with Legos and engage in fun build challenges!

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Pre-K Playdate

Wednesday, May 20th 10:00am

Come play with your pre-k friends at the library! Each Wednesday, we'll pull out special toys, games, and perhaps an art activity or two appropriate for children ages 3-5 years old.

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Homeschool Hangout

Thursday, May 21st 2:00pm

Homeschool kids and parents, join us in the Round Room for an event featuring education, socialization, and a storytime!

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Friday Night Magic: the Gathering for Teens

Friday, May 15th 4:00pm

Join Ms. Michaela in the Teen Area on the 3rd Friday of each month for Friday Night Magic!

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ACT Practice Test

Saturday, May 16th 9:00am

Teens can pre-register online or in-person for this free ACT Practice Test hosted by Beacon Tutoring Co.

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Intro to 3-D Printing

Tuesday, May 19th 4:30pm

Discover the world of 3-D printing! Join our guest Chris Turner of the NEA 3-D Printing Club and learn how printers work, how to use them safely, maintain them, and create your own custom 3-D designs.

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Book Lists

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Rialto Kate Milford view item
May the Dead Keep You Jill Baguchinsky view item
Piper at the Gates of Dusk Patrick Ness view item
How the Other Half Die P. C. Roscoe view item
The Labyrinth of Waking Dreams Michelle Kulwicki view item
A House of Vipers Emma Jackson view item
Last Kiss of Summer Jessica M. Felleman view item
This Could All Go Bad Spencer Hall view item
The Thorn Queen Sasha Peyton Smith view item
Under a Carnivore Sky Brianna Jett view item
I Could Give You the Moon Ann Liang view item
Gods & Comics Kat Cho view item

May 2026 Book Recommendations - Teens

We the People Is All the People Howard W Reeves view item
RV There Yet? Suzanne Nelson view item
The Baby Who Only Said No! Sandra Salsbury view item
Where Do Stories Live? Meenal Patel
Sheep & Goat Climb the World A.C. Paolini view item
Unbreakable Minoru Tonai view item
Mr. Chow's Night Market Emily Sun Li view item
Miles Ahead Minh Le view item
The Second Life of Snap Erin Entrada Kelly view item
Auntie Q's Golden Claws Nail Salon Van Hoang view item
The Missing Magic of Sparrow Xia Leia Ham view item
The Shark Prince Malia Maunakea view item

May 2026 Book Recommendations - Children's

Caller Unknown Gillian McAllister view item
The Library After Dark Ande Pliego view item
Make Believe: On Telling Stories to Children Mac Barnett view item
Our Perfect Storm Carley Fortune view item
Enormous Wings Laurie Frankel view item
The Things We Never Say Elizabeth Strout view item
True Crime: A Memoir Patricia Cornwell view item
Homebound Portia Elan view item
The Last Contract of Isako Fonda Lee view item
The Girl with a Thousand Faces Sunyi Dean view item
The Take Kelly Yang view item
Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead Mai Nguyen view item

May 2026 Book Recommendations - Adult

So Witches We Became Jill Baguchinsky view item
I Am the Swarm Hayley Chewins view item
Sidequested: Book 1 K.B. Spangler & Alexandra Presser view item
Burn the Water Billy Ray view item
Estela, Undrowning René Peña-Govea view item
Prodigal Tiger Samantha Chong view item
Witch Hat Atelier 14 Kamome Shirahama view item
Castle Swimmer: Volume 3 Wendy Martin view item
The Free Verse Society Delali Adjoa view item
Six Must Die Victoria Wlosok view item
Follow the Water Ellen Cochrane view item
We're a Bad Idea, Right? K. L. Walther view item

April 2026 Book Recommendations - YA

When Twilight Comes Marcie Flinchum Atkins & Michelle Morin view item
Questions and Answers about Dinosaurs Clare Hibbert & Felicity Forster view item
The Girl Who Changed Little League Maria Pepe, Jean L. S. Patrick & Sarah Green view item
Leo's Lobo Melissa Cristina Márquez & Maria Gabriela Gama view item
Roohi and Nate Are Not on the Same Page Supriya Kelkar & Jarrett Lerner view item
The Dark Is For Jane Kohuth & Cindy Derby view item
Navigating Night Julie Leung & Angie Kang view item
Goldfinches Mary Oliver & Melissa Sweet view item
Red River Rose Carole Lindstrom view item
Bravepaw and the Heartstone of Alluria L. M. Wilkinson & Lavanya Naidu view item
Selma-The Story of a Stellar Spider Tini Malina & Tammi Reichel view item
The Whale's Tale and the Otter's Side of the Story Kate Messner & Brian Biggs view item

April 2026 Book Recommendations - Children's

Night Owl: Poems Aimee Nezhukumatathil view item
Joyful, Anyway Kate Bowler view item
Let the Poets Govern: A Declaration of Freedom Camonghne Felix view item
A Suit or a Suitcase: Poems Maggie Smith view item
Parks and Rec: The Underdog TV Show That Lit'rally Inspired a Vision for a Better America Jennifer Keishin Armstrong view item
Upward Bound Woody Brown view item
Nothing Tastes as Good Luke Dumas view item
The Night We Met Abby Jimenez view item
American Fantasy Emma Straub view item
The Ending Writes Itself Evelyn Clarke view item
Yesteryear Caro Claire Burke view item
The Book Witch Meg Shaffer view item

April 2026 Book Recommendations - Adult

Few Blue Skies Carolina Ixta view item
Before We Wake Sophia Glock view item
A Barista's Guide to Love & Larceny Caroline Bonin view item
The Swan's Daughter Roshani Chokshi view item
Beth Is Dead Katie Bernet view item
The Great Disillusionment of Nick and Jay Ryan Douglass view item
Ungodly Chaos Selma Soren view item
Stolen Midnights Katherine Quinn view item
Carnival Fantástico Angela Montoya view item
The Light That Blinds Us Andy Darcy Theo view item
Paradise Coast Suzanne Young view item
The Spiral Key Kelsey Day view item

March 2026 Book Recommendations - YA

Hattie Mae Begins Again Sharon G. Flake view item
Chicka Chicka Peep Peep Julien Chung view item
Mayowa and the Sea of Words Chibundu Onuzo view item
Cat's New Book Nathalie Belhassen view item
A Scar Like a River Lisa Graff view item
The Aftermyth Tracy Wolff view item
It's Spring! Renée Kurill view item
The Princess and the Grain of Rice Tina Cho & Honee Jang view item
Some of Us Are Brave Saadia Faruqi view item
The Adventures of Tubby Nugget Jenine Pastores & Josh Jackson view item
Loops Jashar Awan view item
Duck Delivers Tom Tinn-Disbury view item

March 2026 Book Recommendations - Children's

That's What Friends Are For Wade Rouse view item
You with the Sad Eyes Christina Applegate view item
Southern Roots Anita "Spring" Council & Marcie Cohen Ferris view item
The Blood Countess Shelley Puhak view item
We the Women Norah O'Donnell & Kate Andersen Brower view item
Keeper of Lost Children Sadeqa Johnson view item
Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter Heather Fawcett view item
The Astral Library Kate Quinn view item
More Than Enough Anna Quindlen view item
Lake Effect Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney view item
Wait for Me Amy Jo Burns view item
Kin Tayari Jones view item

March 2026 Book Recommendations - Adults

Lost Lambs Madeline Cash view item
American Canto Olivia Nuzzi view item
The Sea Captain's Wife Tilar J. Mazzeo view item
Every Day I Read Hwang Bo-reum & Shanna Tan view item
Meet the Newmans Jennifer Niven view item
The Storm Rachel Hawkins view item
The Rest of Our Lives Ben Markovits view item
The Time Hop Coffee Shop Phaedra Patrick view item
Snake-Eater T. Kingfisher view item
The Mating Game Lana Ferguson view item
Tailored Realities Brandon Sanderson view item
The Heir Apparent Rebecca Armitage view item

February 2026 Book Recommendations - Adult

The Demon and the Light Axie Oh view item
Last Chance Live! Helena Haywoode Henry view item
The Obsession Natasha Preston view item
A Dark Forgetting Kristen Ciccarelli view item
Never Seen the Stars Kate Korsh view item
Pink & Habanero, Vol. 4 Mika Satonaka, Alethea Nibley, Athena Nibley , & Dietrich Premier view item
Star Wars: Path of the Lightsaber, Vol. 1 Kenny Ruiz view item
Eden of Witches Volume 5 Yumeji & Jessie Aufiery view item
Transformers Vol. 4: Conquer and Control Daniel Warren Johnson, Jorge Corona, Ludo Lullabi, & Mike Spicer view item
Lord of the Flies: The Graphic Novel William Golding & Aimée de Jongh view item
On Starlit Shores: A Graphic Novel Bex Glendining view item
A Quick & Easy Guide to Healthy Relationships Mariah-Rose Marie view item

February 2026 Book Recommendations - YA

For the Fans! (Kpop Demon Hunters): Official Storybook Angela Song & Golden Books view item
A Quick Trip to the Store Sam Wedelich view item
A Hatful of Dreams Bob Graham view item
Penguin Young Readers Licenses I Love My Family by Bluey and Bingo view item
Bored Felicita Sala view item
Besties: Set Sail Kayla Miller, Jeffrey Canino, & Kristina Luu view item
Sweet Valley Twins: Three's a Crowd Nicole Andelfinger, Francine Pascal, & Claudia Aguirre view item
Pizza and Taco: Go Viral! Stephen Shaskan view item
The Taylors Jen Calonita view item
Rapunzel and the Sea Witch Kim Bussing view item
A Sea Monster Conundrum Lisa Yee & Dan Santat view item
The Moon Without Stars Chanel Miller view item

February 2026 Book Recommendations - Children's

A Cookbook for Winter Ryland Peters & Small view item
Warm Your Bones Vanessa Seder view item
The American Revolution Geoffrey C. Ward & Kens Burns view item
Star of the Show Dolly Parton & Tom Roland view item
The Look Michelle Obama view item
The Secret Christmas Library Jenny Colgan view item
Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon Matthew Norman view item
The Best Christmas Choir Elizabeth Hrib view item
The Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukkah Jean Meltzer view item
While It Was Snowing Julia London view item
Brimstone Callie Hart view item
Best Offer Wins Marisa Kashino view item

December 2025 Book Recommendations - Adult

Richard Scarry's Lowly Worm Saves Christmas! Richard Scarry view item
The Snowball Fight Beth Ferry & Tom Lichtenheld view item
Dory Fantasmagory Abby Hanlon view item
Snow Is... Laura Gehl & Sonia Sánchez view item
Snow Kid Jessie Sima view item
The Digger and the Christmas Tree Joseph Kuefler view item
Cat's Christmas Alison Murray view item
Bluey's Night Before Christmas Lauren Holowaty, Kiara Hankinson, Jemma Bayley, & Costa Kassab view item
Elmore and the Big Christmas Rescue Dev Petty & Mike Boldt view item
The Boy, the Troll, and the Chalk Anne Booth & David Litchfield view item
Bluey: The Sign: A Graphic Novel Penguin Young Readers Licenses view item
Piggypine Richard T. Morris & Charles Santoso view item

December 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's

Angelica and the Bear Prince Trung Le Nguyen view item
Eden of Witches Volume 5 Yumeji & Jessie Aufiery view item
The Book of Dust Philip Pullman view item
Under a Fire-Red Sky Geraldine McCaughrean view item
Reasons We Break Jesmeen Kaur Deo view item
Sara Raash & Beth Revis The Crimson Throne view item
Always Raining Here Hazel & Bell view item
Star Wars: Path of the Lightsaber, Vol. 1 Kenny Ruiz view item
Not Today, Satan Samantha Joyce view item
A Matter of Murder Tirzah Price view item
The Same Backward as Forward Jennifer Lynn Barnes view item
The Wildest Dreams Bookshop Gracie Page view item

December 2025 Book Recommendations - YA

For No Mortal Creature Keshe Chow view item
Witchlight Susan Dennard view item
Balancing ACTBalancing ACT Paula Chase view item
The Same Backward as Forward Jennifer Lynn Barnes view item
The House Saphir Marissa Meyer view item
We Fell Apart E. Lockhart view item
The Sleepless Jen Williams view item
Every Spiral of Fate Tahereh Mafi view item
And the River Drags Her Down Jihyun Yun view item
The Scammer Tiffany D Jackson view item
Hazelthorn CG Drews view item
Fake Skating Lynn Painter view item

November 2025 Book Recommendations - YA

Sweet & Salty!: King Arthur Baking Company's Cookbook for Young Bakers King Arthur Baking Company view item
Ms. Pennypickle's Puzzle Quest Chris Grabenstein view item
Dragonborn Struan Murray view item
War Games Alan Gratz view item
Dinky the Tinysaur Maggie Edkins Willis view item
Maya the Ember Dragon Maddy Mara view item
Ms. Rachel and Bean and the Bedtime Routine Ms. Rachel, Mr. Aron, & Monique Dong view item
I Survived the Dust Bowl, 1935 Lauren Tarshis view item
The Bakery Dragon and the Fairy Cake Devin Elle Kurtz view item
Partypooper Jeff Kinney view item
The Last Kids on Earth and the Destructor's Lair Max Brallier & Douglas Holgate view item
The Humble Pie Jory John & Pete Oswald view item

November 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's

We Did Ok, Kid Anthony Hopkins view item
Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts Margaret Atwood view item
Otherwise Engaged Susan Mallery view item
Simply More Cynthia Erivo view item
An Academic Affair Jodi McAlister view item
The Forget-Me-Not Library Heather Webber view item
Cursed Daughters Oyinkan Braithwaite view item
The Everlasting Alix E. Harrow view item
Boom Town Nic Stone view item
King Sorrow Joe Hill view item
The Black Wolf Louise Penny view item
Wreck Catherine Newman view item

November 2025 Book Recommendations - Adult

A Steeping of Blood Hafsah Faizal view item
Season of Fear Emily Cooper view item
Lemons and Lies Alexis Castellanos view item
Rules for Fake Girlfriends Raegan Revord view item
How Far I'll Go Keala Kendall view item
When We Were Monsters Jennifer Niven view item
Keep Your Friends Close Cynthia Murphy view item
Sisters in the Wind Angeline Boulley view item
Thorn Season Kiera Azar view item
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man: Old School/New School Christos Gage, Eric Gapstur, & Leonardo Romero view item
My Fair Monster Adrienne Rivera view item
Dream by the Shadows Logan Karlie view item

September 2025 Book Recommendations - YA

Aggie and the Ghost Matthew Forsythe view item
Schooled Jamie Sumner view item
The Pumpkin Princess and the Buried Castle Steven Banbury view item
An Anthology of Remarkable Bugs Jess French view item
Ilustra: Daybreaker: Book 1 Tori Tadiar view item
An Anthology of Fossils Dean Lomax view item
Get Ready for School! Ms. Rachel & Random House view item
Pete the Cat's Cool New Ride James Dean & Kimberly Dean view item
Pocket Bear Katherine Applegate view item
The Pigeon Won't Count to 10! Mo Willems view item
Big Nate: No Harm Done Lincoln Peirce view item
Tuck Me In! Nathan W. Pyle view item

September 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's

The Secret Book Society Madeline Martin view item
Life, and Death, and Giants Ron Rindo view item
History Matters David McCullough, Dorie McCullough Lawson, & Michael Hill view item
We the People Jill Lepore view item
All the Way to the River Elizabeth Gilbert view item
The Book of Lost Hours Hayley Gelfuso view item
Katabasis R. F. Kuang view item
Buckeye Patrick Ryan view item
To the Moon and Back Eliana Ramage view item
Play Nice Rachel Harrison view item
Murder on the Marlow Belle Robert Thorogood view item
Amity Nathan Harris view item

September 2025 Book Recommendations - Adult

One-Punch Man, Vol. 31 ONE view item
One Piece, Vol. 109 Eiichiro Oda view item
Costumes for Time Travelers A.R. Capetta view item
Daybreak, Vol. 1 Moosoop view item
Clementine: Book Three Tillie Walden view item
Family Force V: Book One Matt Braly and Ainsworth Lin view item
Bound by Stars E.L. Starlings view item
The Good Vampire's Guide to Blood & Boyfriends Jamie D’Amato view item
The Executioners Three Susan Dennard view item
Woven from Clay Jenny Birch view item
Girls of Dark Divine E.V. Woods view item
A Beautiful and Terrible Murder Claire Andrews view item

August 2025 Book Recommendations - YA

A Place for Us James Ransome view item
Forts Katie Vanit and Kenard Pak view item
I Survived the Japanese Tsunami, 2011 Lauren Tarshis and Scott Dawson view item
Bluey: Bad Mood Penguin Young Readers Licences view item
Fish Don't Go to School Deb Pilutti view item
Tiny T. Rex and the First-Day Oopsies Jonathan Stutzman and Jay Fleck view item
A Hero's Guide to Summer Vacation Pablo Cartaya view item
Encounter at Owl Rock Rucker Moses view item
The Incorruptibles Lauren Magaziner view item
The Tower at the End of Time Amy Sparkes view item
Tyger SF Said and Dave McKean view item
The Boy, the Mountain, and the Serpent Who Ate the Moon Caris Avendano Cruz view item

August 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's

Tonight in Jungleland Peter Ames Carlin view item
Disney Adults AJ Wolfe view item
Under the Stars Beatriz Williams view item
She Didn't See It Coming Shari Lapena view item
Songs for Other People's Weddings David Levithan view item
Too Old for This Samantha Downing view item
People Like Us Jason Mott view item
The Magician of Tiger Castle Louis Sachar view item
My Other Heart Emma Nanami Strenner view item
Automatic Noodle Annalee Newitz view item
The Locked Ward Sarah Pekkanen view item
The Enchanted Greenhouse Sarah Beth Durst view item

August 2025 Book Recommendations - Adult

I, Rock Katie Slivensky & Steph Stilwell view item
Snoop Grodon Korman view item
Another Paul Tremblay view item
Toes, Teeth, and Tentacles Steve Jenkins & Robin Page view item
The Day the Books Disappeared Joanna Ho, Caroline Kusin Pritchard, & Dan Santat view item
I Got You Derrick Barnes & Shamar Knight-Justice view item
Evelyn Witch Gets a Pet Beth Ferry & Charles Santoso view item
Ablaze Jessica Lawson & Sarah Gonzales view item
Millie Fleur Saves the Night Christy Mandin view item
Norman and the Smell of Adventure Ryan T. Higgins view item
The League of Littles Casey Lyall & Sara Faber view item
National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of African Animals Catherine D. Hughes view item

July 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's

The Nightblood Prince Molly X. Chang view item
Spider-Society: Enter...the Spider-Versers Alex Segura, Steve Godleski, Ruairi Coleman, Salvador Larroca, & Pete Woods view item
Den of Liars Jessica S. Olson view item
Tenderly, I Am Devoured Lyndall Clipstone view item
Fateless Julie Kagawa view item
Masks: A Graphic Novel Margaret Rae, Brian Nathanson, & Beck Kubrick view item
A Mastery of Monsters Liselle Sambury view item
Immortal Consequences I.V. Marie view item
The Raven Boys: The Graphic Novel Maggie Stiefvater, Stephanie Williams, & Sas Milledge view item
We Won't All Survive Kate Alice Marshall view item
The Last Tiger Julia Riew & Brad Riew view item
A Theory of Dreaming Ava Reid view item

July 2025 Book Recommendations - YA

The Jailhouse Lawyer James Patterson & Nancy Allen view item
The CIA Book Club Charlie English view item
Dinner with King Tut Sam Kean view item
Finding Grace Loretta Rothschild view item
Culpability Bruce Holsinger view item
Spectacular Things Beck Dorey-Stein view item
The Satisfaction Café Kathy Wang view item
You Belong Here Megan Mirdanda view item
Party of Liars Kelsey Cox view item
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping Sangu Mandanna view item
The Compound Aisling Rawle view item
The Woman in Suite 11 Ruth Ware view item

July 2025 Book Recommendations - Adult

Amelia, If Only Becky Albertalli view item
The Ground That Devours Us Kalla Harris view item
Lady or the Tiger Heather M. Herrman view item
If We Survive This Racquel Marie view item
We Can Never Leave H.E. Edgmon view item
My Hero Academia, Vol. 41 Kohei Horikoshi view item
A Forgery of Fate Elizabeth Lim view item
Never Thought I'd End Up Here Ann Liang view item
Heir of Storms Lauryn Hamilton Murray view item
Best of All Worlds Kenneth Oppel view item
Among Ghosts Racehl Hartman view item
Lovesick Falls Julia Drake view item

June 2025 Book Recommendations - YA

Wish in a Tree Lynda Mullaly Hunt & Nancy Carpenter view item
Pete the Cat's Mars Mission James Dean & Kimberly Dean view item
Becoming Boba Joanna Ho & Amber Ren view item
Karen's Ghost DK Yingst & Ann M. Martin view item
Chef's Secret Kelly Yang view item
When You Go To Dragon School Chelsea M. Campbell & Charlene Chua view item
This Book Is Dangerous! Ben Clanton view item
First Day Around the World Ibi Zoboi & Juanita Londoño view item
The Day the Crayons Made Friends Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers view item
We Are American, Too Kristen Mei Chase & Jieting Chen view item
Angel Draws A Dinosaur Pavonis Giron view item
The Wild Robot on the Island Peter Brown view item

June 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's

Murderland Caroline Fraser view item
The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück Lynne Olson view item
Don't Let Him In Lisa Jewell view item
El Dorado Drive Megan Abbott view item
Sounds Like Love Ashley Poston view item
King of Ashes S.A. Cosby view item
With a Vengeance Riley Sager view item
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil V.E. Schwab view item
Atmosphere Taylor Jenkins Reid view item
The Phoenix Pencil Company Allison King view item
The Listeners Maggie Stiefvater view item
The Ghostwriter Julie Clark view item

June 2025 Book Recommendations - Adult

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