Day-to-day life with a child can sometimes feel full of mundanity - and at the same time, all of those moments are helping to grow, guide, and shape a whole incredible human being. It's hard to hold both things at the same time. We're here for you. This November, we have two programs that combine an everyday trip to the library with a chance to explore and dream big!
Adventure
Cardboardia: The Other Side of the Box
by Richard Fairgray J GRAPH FAIRGRAY, R. Pokey and Mac go to school. Pokey and Mac's friend, Maisie, falls through a cardboard box and into a land called Cardboardia where everything is made out of cardboard. Mac wants to find his sister Pokey but the Grey Queen's guards are after Mac and his friends. Will…
Next in Series and Sequels December 2020
If you have a favorite author or series, there are a lot of new books out for you to enjoy! If you'd like to place any of these items on hold, please do, and make sure to schedule a Parking Lot Pickup appointment to come and get your next read! (Oh, and if you love…
Greeting from Witness Protection by Jake Burt
Nicki has been in foster care for a long time and seen all sorts of stuff, but when US Marshals show up and ask her to be part of the cover for a family entering witness protection, she’s shocked. The marshals know that the mob is looking for a family of three, not a family…
Tumble & Blue by Cassie Beasley
Fate can be a great thing, but not for Blue, whose fate it is to always lose, no matter what. Or for Tumble, who wants desperately to be a hero and save others, but always ends up needing to be saved herself in the end. There’s a legend that says a golden crocodile lives in…
Young Fredle by Cynthia Voigt
If it hadn’t been for the delicious combination of chocolate and peppermint, Fredle might have lived his whole life as an indoor mouse. When he becomes ill from overeating, he is pushed from the safety of his family’s nest out onto the unprotected kitchen floor. There, Missus traps him under a glass and releases him outside. Having lived…
Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
A cross country move, secret puzzles, mysterious clues, bumbling bad guys, and a race to find the answers all equals one action filled book! In the Book Scavenger, Emily and her new friend James race around San Francisco as they solve clues and decode secret messages. It all started when Emily and James found a mysterious…
Masterminds by Gordon Korman
Eli Frieden has enjoyed a comfortable life in Serenity, New Mexico. What makes the town so perfect? There is no crime and every house in the small town has a pool and a basketball net. Eli and the 29 other kids who live there have never cared that they haven’t explored the world outside the…
Helen Thayer’s Arctic Adventure: A Woman and a Dog Walk to the North Pole by Sally Senzell Isaacs
Experience the thrill of a real-life adventure in this non-fiction picture book. Follow the unbelievable story of Helen Thayer, an outdoorswoman who fulfilled her dream of being the first woman to hike solo from Canada to the magnetic North Pole with only a sled, supplies, a tent, a dog, and a radio. With no outside…
The Inquisitor’s Tale or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz
It all begins with a dog. A poor peasant couple leaves their baby daughter with only a dog for a babysitter. When they return, they find the dog covered in blood. Crazy with grief, they kill the dog only to find their daughter safe and sound in her crib. Years later, their daughter Jeanne sees…
