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October Plant Swap

Calling all green thumbs. The Master Gardener Plant Swap is taking place October 31st, from 12 to 2 p.m., in the Round Room so get your propagations ready! Bring a plant, take a plant.

Halloween Mani Party

oin us in the genealogy section for a mani party sure to be frightfully fun! Try your hand at some spooky nail art, nail stamping or just pick some pretty polish to match your costume. All supplies needed will be provided but you are welcome to bring your own. This event is for ages 16+.

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!

Master Gardeners Presents: Fall Planting

Join us for the Master Gardeners: October Plant Swap in the Round Room. Bring a plant or Take a plant, its up to you! No registration required.

Homeschool Hangout Dates

Screenshot, save, and mark your calendars! These are our upcoming dates for our Homeschool Hangouts for the rest of the year.

Announcing Our New Campaign: Your Library, Your Story

We’re excited to launch Your Library, Your Story. A community driven campaign celebrating the unique ways our library impacts our community. Click here for more information.

Practice ACT

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

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Sketchbook Club

Bring your sketchbooks or coloring books and join other artists for Sketchbook Club - every 4th Wednesday from 12pm to 1pm in the Genealogy Area!

Zumba

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

Yoga Class

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

Knitting Club

Grab your lunch and join us for knitting in the Shakespeare Room at noon on Thursdays!

360 Library Tour Now Live!

EAST students from the International Students Magnet provided us with an exceptional 360 live tour of our library. The tour features 360 photos and captions of our library.

Check it out!

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Upcoming Events

Oct 13

Yoga: Mind and Body

Oct 13, 2025 5:00 pm - 5:50 pm

Oct 14

Pre-K Storytime

Oct 14, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Oct 14

Tween Stations: Our Solar System

Oct 14, 2025 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

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25 Alive Patterson, James

Available at Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library, Kohn Memorial Public Library (Monette), Lake City Public Library (McAdams), Weiner Public Library

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28 Years Later

Available at Caraway Public Library, Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library, Kohn Memorial Public Library (Monette), Marked Tree Public Library

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The Accountant 2

Available at Brookland Public Library, Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library, Kohn Memorial Public Library (Monette), Lake City Public Library (McAdams)

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Ballerina

Available at Caraway Public Library, Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library, Harrisburg Public Library, Kohn Memorial Public Library (Monette), Lake City Public Library (McAdams), Marked Tree Public Library, Weiner Public Library

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Captain America : Brave New World

Available at Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library, Kohn Memorial Public Library (Monette)

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Clown in a Cornfield

Available at Brookland Public Library, Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library, Harrisburg Public Library, Lake City Public Library (McAdams), Marked Tree Public Library

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Don't Let Him In Jewell, Lisa

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Final Destination : Bloodlines

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For Richer For Poorer : a novel Steel, Danielle

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Freaky Tales

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The Hamptons Lawyer Patterson, James

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Hell of a Summer

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Hidden Nature Roberts, Nora

"The murders of four innocent college students attending the University of Idaho left us all with so many questions. Now,... Available at Brookland Public Library, Caraway Public Library, Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library, Kohn Memorial Public Library (Monette), Lake City Public Library (McAdams), Marked Tree Public Library

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The Idaho Four : An American Tragedy Patterson, James

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It Happened on the Lake Jackson, Lisa

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Jurassic World : Rebirth

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Karate Kid : Legends

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M3gan 2.0

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The Monkey

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A Mother's Love Steel, Danielle

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Nightshade Connelly, Michael

Available at Caraway Public Library, Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library, Kohn Memorial Public Library (Monette), Lake City Public Library (McAdams), Marked Tree Public Library, Weiner Public Library

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Sinners

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Sovereign

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Superman

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The Surfer

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Thunderbolts* : *The New Avengers

Available at Brookland Public Library, Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library, Lake City Public Library (McAdams), Marked Tree Public Library

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The Unraveling of Julia : a psychological thriller Scottoline, Lisa

Available at Brookland Public Library, Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library, Kohn Memorial Public Library (Monette), Lake City Public Library (McAdams), Marked Tree Public Library

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Until Dawn

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We Are All Guilty Here : a novel Slaughter, Karin

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A Working Man

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Things Don't Break on Their Own : a novel Collins, Sarah Easter

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The Bad Guys

Available at Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library, Harrisburg Public Library, Kohn Memorial Public Library (Monette)

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Elio

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Lilo & Stitch

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A Minecraft Movie

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Events

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Yoga: Mind and Body

Monday, October 13th 5:00pm

Join us in the Round Room every Monday for Yoga!

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Pre-K Storytime

Tuesday, October 14th 10:00am

Parents, bring your Pre-K kids to the Children's department for a themed storytime!

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Pre-K Storytime

Wednesday, October 15th 10:00am

Parents, bring your Pre-K kids to the Children's department for a themed storytime!

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Pre-K Storytime

Tuesday, October 14th 10:00am

Parents, bring your Pre-K kids to the Children's department for a themed storytime!

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Pre-K Storytime

Wednesday, October 15th 10:00am

Parents, bring your Pre-K kids to the Children's department for a themed storytime!

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Toddler Time

Thursday, October 16th 10:00am

Parents, bring your toddlers aged 19-36 months to the Children's Department for a themed Toddler Time Storytime!

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Dark Academia Decoupage Journal DIY for Teens

Wednesday, October 15th 4:00pm

Teens (7th-12th grade) can join us for a crafting workshop where we’ll be upcycling composition notebooks with an antique aesthetic. Whether you’re a studious scholar or a dedicated diary-keeper, you won’t want to miss decorating your own custom journal!

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Friday Night Magic: the Gathering for Teens

Friday, October 17th 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, October 18th 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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Book Lists

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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

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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

Cranky, Crabby Crow Corey R. Tabor view item

One Crazy Summer: The Graphic Novel Rita Williams-Garcia and Sharee Miller view item

Take a Breath, Big Red Monster! Ed Emberley view item

Pokémon Life Size DK view item

National Geographic Kids Almanac 2026 National Geographic Kids view item

Entirely Emmie Terri Libenson view item

Bear Feels Sad Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman view item

Everything's Wrong! Jory John and Erin Kraan view item

Cousins!: A Big Family Story Laura Lavoie and Luisa Leal view item

The Queen Bees of Tybee County Kyle Casey Chu view item

Little Bird Laila Kelly Yang and Xindi Yan view item

Return to Sender Vera Brosgol view item

May 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's

The Graveyard Club: Fresh Blood R.L. Stine and Carola Borelli view item

Wake the Wild Creatures Nova Ren Suma view item

Lovely Dark and Deep Elisa A. Bonnin view item

Parable of the Talents Octavia E. Butler view item

Ours to Tell: Reclaiming Indigenous Stories Eldon Yellowhorn and Kathy Lowinger view item

The Whisperwood Legacy Jo Schulte view item

When We Go Missing April Henry view item

Out of Air Rachel Reiss view item

The Glittering Edge Alyssa Villaire view item

Graphic Novel Builder Edward Ross and Aysha Tengiz view item

Up in Smoke Nick Brooks view item

The Survivor Wants to Die at the End Adam Silvera view item

May 2025 Book Recommendations - YA

Steve Martin Writes the Written Word Steve Martin view item

Baking Across America B. Dylan Hollis view item

The Original Daughter Jemimah Wel view item

The Love Haters Katherine Center view item

Can't Get Enough Kennedy Ryan view item

The Man Made of Smoke Alex North view item

Marble Hall Murders Anthony Horowitz view item

I Will Blossom Anyway Disha Bose view item

The Names Florence Knapp view item

The Missing Half Ashley Flowerrs view item

Julie Chan Is Dead Liann Zhang view item

My Friends Fredrick Backman view item

May 2025 Book Recommendations - Adults

On Again, Awkward Again Erin Entrada Kelly view item

The Floating World Axie Oh view item

Wish Upon a K-Star Kat Cho view item

My Cat Is Such a Weirdo Vol. 6 Tamako Tamagoyama view item

Boys with Sharp Teeth Jenni Howell view item

Love in 280 Characters or Less Ravynn K. Stringfield view item

All the Stars Align Gretchen Schreiber view item

Where Shadows Meet Patrice Caldwell view item

Holy Terrors Margaret Owen view item

The Notorious Virtues Alwyn Hamilton view item

Watch Me Tahereh Mafi view item

Fearless Lauren Roberts view item

April 2025 Book Recommendations - YA

Odder Katherine Applegate view item

Band Nerd Sarah Clawson Willis view item

Warm and Fuzzy Scott Rothman view item

The Great Dinosaur Sleepover Linda Bailey view item

Don't Trust Fish Neil Sharpson view item

Ancient Egypt DK view item

Ollie in Between Jess Callans view item

The Littlest Drop Sascha Alper view item

A Day at the Beach Gary D. Schmidt, Ron Koertge view item

Karen's Prize Shauna J. Grant, Ann M. Martin view item

YAY! Jessica Kulekjian view item

The Cartoonists Club Raina Telgemeier view item

April 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's

The Cat Who Saved the Library Sosuke Natsukawa view item

Secrets of Adulthood Gretchen Rubin view item

No More Tears Gardiner Harris view item

The Next Day Melinda French Gates view item

The Staircase in the Woods Chuck Wendig view item

Great Big Beautiful Life Emily Henry view item

The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits Jennifer Weiner view item

The Maid's Secret Nita Prose view item

Audition Katie Kitamura view item

Flirting Lessons Jasmine Guillory view item

The Float Test Lynn Steger Strong view item

Say You'll Remember Me Abby Jimenez view item

April 2025 Book Recommendations - Adult

When We Ride Rex Ogle view item

Lovely Dark and Deep Elisa Bonnin view item

Sunrise on the Reaping Suzanne Collins view item

Camila Núñez's Year of Disasters Perez Miriam Zoila view item

The House No One Sees Adina King view item

How to Survive a Slasher Justine Pucella Winans view item

Maya in Multicolor Swati Teerdhala view item

What Wakes the Bells Elle Tesche view item

She Waits for You Beyond the Dark Kristen Simmons view item

I Am Made of Death Kelly Andrew view item

Our Infinite Fates Laura Stevens view item

All the Hidden Monsters Amie Jordan view item

March 2025 Book Recommendations - YA

Wind Watchers Micha Archer view item

The Strongest Heart Saadia Faruqi view item

The Gorgon's Fury Brandon Mull view item

Will the Pigeon Graduate? Mo Willems view item

Resist Alan Gratz view item

One Wrong Step Jennifer A. Nelson view item

The Baby Who Stayed Awake Forever Sandra Salsbury view item

Home Matt de la Pena view item

Big Nate: Attack of the Cheez Funk Breath Lincoln Peirce view item

Cat Nap Steve Antony view item

Bird Bath Steve Antony view item

Lawrence & Sophia: Big Doreen Cronin view item

March 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's

Care and Feeding Laurie Woolever view item

Propaganda Girls Lisa Rogak view item

Cook Once, Eat Twice Nadiya Hussain view item

The Paris Express Emma Donoghue view item

Story of My Life Lucy Score view item

33 Place Brugmann Alice Austen view item

Count My Lies Sophie Stava view item

Broken Country Clare Leslie Hall view item

The Antidote Karen Russell view item

Kills Well with Others Deanna Raybourn view item

The River Has Roots Amal El-Mohtar view item

Wild Dark Shore Charlotte McConaghy view item

March 2025 Book Recommendations - Adults

Daughter of Daring Mallory O'meara view item

Memorial Days Geraldine Brooks view item

Black in Blues Imani Perry view item

Fearless and Free Josephine Baker view item

Listen to Your Sister Neena Viel view item

Good Dirt Charmaine Wilkerson view item

Junie Erin Crosby Eckstine view item

Harlem Rhapsody Victoria Christopher Murray view item

The Stolen Queen Fiona Davis view item

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls Grady Hendrix view item

Death of the Author Nnedi Okorafor view item

Onyx Storm Rebecca Yarros view item

February 2025 Book Recommendations - Adult

All Better Now Neal Shusterman view item

Dreamover Dani Diaz view item

Capitana Cassandra James view item

The Beasts We Bury D.L. Taylor view item

(S)Kin Ibi Zoboi view item

Better Than Revenge Kasie West view item

The Rival Emma Lord view item

The Queen's Spade Sarah Raughley view item

Dating and Dragons Kristy Boyce view item

Breath of the Dragon: Breathmarked Fonda Lee view item

King: A Life Jonathan Eig view item

After Life Gayle Forman view item

February 2025 Book Recommendations - YA

Operation Sisterhood: Stealing the Show! Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich view item

Lucy Lancaster Has a Secret Willow Coven view item

Space for Everyone Seina Wedlick view item

Greatness Regis Bethencourt view item

Sharing the Dream Shelia Moses view item

How Sweet the Sound Kwame Alexander view item

And She Was Loved Andrea Davis Pinkney view item

A Pocket Full of Rocks Kristin Mahoney view item

Cinderella and the Beast Kim Bussing view item

What Fell from the Sky Adrianna Cuevas view item

The Song of Orphan's Garden Nicole M. Hewitt view item

Chickenpox Remy Lai view item

February 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's

Christmas in Bethel Richard Paul Evans view item

House of Cross James Patterson view item

The City and Its Uncertain Walls Haruki Murakami view item

The Wood at Midwinter Susanna Clarke view item

The December Market Raeanne Thayne view item

Christmas Crimes at the Mysterious Bookshop Otto Penzler view item

The Christmas Tree Farm Laurie Gilmore view item

How My Neighbor Stole Christmas Meghan Quinn view item

Raised by a Serial Killer April Balascio view item

Cher: Part One: The Memoir Cher view item

Sift: The Elements of Great Baking Nicola Lamb view item

Handmade Holiday Alyssa Ploof view item

December 2024 Book Recommendations - Adult

A Cozy Winter Day Eliza Wheeler view item

Santa's First Christmas Mac Barnett, Sydney Smith view item

Christmas at Hogwarts J. K. Rowling, Ziyi Gao view item

Busy Betty and the Perfect Christmas Present Reese Witherspoon, Xindi Yan view item

Elmore the Christmas Moose Dev Petty, Mike Boldt view item

Tamales for Christmas Stephen Briseño, Sonia Sánchez view item

A Stickler Christmas Lane Smith view item

A Dragon for Hanukkah Sarah Mlynowski, Ariel Landy view item

Eight Sweet Nights, a Festival of Lights Charlotte Offsay, Menahem Halberstadt view item

Let's Celebrate Korean New Year! Michelle W. Park, Hyewon Yum view item

Ruffles and the Cold, Cold Snow David Melling view item

December 2024 Book Recommendations - Children's

Make My Wish Come True Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick view item

The Party Natasha Preston view item

Dust Alison Stine view item

The Whispering Night Susan Dennard view item

Chasing Eternity Alyson Noël view item

I'm Here James J. Crist, Jomike Tejido view item

Michael Vey 10: The Colony Richard Paul Evans view item

Darkly Marisha Pessl view item

Dead Below Deck Jan Gangsei view item

Castle Swimmer, Volume 1 Wendy Martin view item

Girlmode Magdalene Visaggio, Paulina Ganucheau view item

Thief of the Heights Son M., Robin Yao view item

December 2024 Book Recommendations - YA

Legend of the White Snake Sher Lee view item

Illustrated History of Urban Legends Adam Allsuch Boardman view item

Witch of Wol Sin Lake Lena Jeong view item

Teen Titans: Starfire Kami Garcia view item

Where the Library Hides Isabel Ibanez view item

Flopping in a Winter Wonderland Jason June view item

Dead Girls Don't Dream Nino Cipri view item

I Am the Dark That Answers When You Call Jamison Shea view item

Thunder City Philip Reeve view item

Skyshade Alex Aster view item

ONE PIECE 107 Eiichiro Oda view item

Midnights with You Clare Osongco view item

November 2024 Book Recommendations - YA

Tumblebaby Adam Rex, Audrey Helen Weber view item

Lost in the Empire City Avi view item

Snow Is... Laura Gehl view item

First Cat in Space and the Wrath of the Paperclip Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris view item

Pete the Cat and the Wright Brothers James Dean view item

Mr. Lemoncellos Fantabulous Finale Chris Grabenstein view item

Squad (the Tryout #2) Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao view item

Inkworld Cornelia Funke view item

Anang and the Ribbon Skirt Cameron Mukwa view item

The Bad Guys in One Last Thing Aaron Blabey view item

Hat for House Audrey Perrott, Druscilla Santiago view item

Alice in a Winter Wonderland Jan Brett view item

November 2024 Book Recommendations - Children's

Box Office Poison Tim Robey view item

What the Chicken Knows Sy Montgomery view item

Welcome to Pawnee: Stories of Friendship, Waffles, and Parks and Recreation Jim O'Heir view item

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World Robin Wall Kimmerer view item

Citizen: My Life After the White House Bill Clinton view item

The Author's Guide to Murder Beatriz Williams view item

Lazarus Man Richard Price view item

Christmas with the Queen Hazel Gaynor, Heather Webb view item

Tooth and Claw Craig Johnson view item

The Songbird & the Heart of Stone Carissa Broadbent view item

The Story of the Forest Linda Grant view item

Before We Forget Kindness Toshikazu Kawaguchi view item

November 2024 Book Recommendations - Adult

A Deathly Compendium of Poisonous Plants Rebecca E. Hirsch view item

Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .: A Love Story Jason Reynolds view item

The Glass Girl Kathleen Glasgow view item

The Stolen Heir Holly Black view item

Clock Striker, Volume 2 Issaka Galadima view item

The Magic You Make Jason June view item

The Teen Breakup Survival Guide Lenora M. Ziegler view item

Nothing Like the Movies Lynn Painter view item

Sally's Lament: A Twisted Tale Mari Mancusi view item

Killer House Party Lily Anderson view item

This Dark Paradise Erin Luken view item

The Strange Case of Harleen and Harley Melissa Marr view item

October 2024 Book Recommendations - YA

From Here to the Great Unknown Lisa Marie Presley view item

The Message Ta-Nehisi view item

Be Ready When the Luck Happens Ina Garten view item

I'll Be Waiting Kelley Armstrong view item

What Does It Feel Like? Sophie Kinsella view item

The Blue Hour Paula Hawkins view item

Absolution: A Southern Reach Novel Jeff VanderMeer view item

Shock Induction Chuck Palahniuk view item

This Cursed House Del Sandeen view item

The Sequel Jean Hanff Korelitz view item

The Stone Witch of Florence Anna Rasche view item

Society of Lies Lauren Ling Brown view item

October 2024 Book Recommendations - Adult

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess Rick Riordan view item

All the Books Heyley Rocco view item

Tales of Ancient Egypt: Myths & Adventures from the Land of the Pyramids Hugo Cook view item

How to Sing a Song Kwame Alexander view item

Onyx & Beyond Amber McBride view item

Freedom Fire: Jax Freeman and the Phantom Shriek Kwame Mbalia view item

Deer Run Home Ann Clare Lezotte view item

Jonty Gentoo: The Adventures of a Penguin Julia Donaldson view item

The Bakery Dragon Devin Elle Kurtz view item

An Anthology of Fungi Lynne Boddy view item

The Hill: Inside the Secret World of the U.S. Capitol Kate Anderson Brower view item

The Bletchley Riddle Ruta Sepetys view item

October 2024 Book Recommendations - Children's

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