Youth Library News

Story time is every Wednesday at 10 a.m., after school activities are Wednesday at 4 p.m. Kids paint class is one Friday per month for kids age 9 and up. Call the library or stop by to sign up.

New Arrivals!

K-3

Most People would say there is nothing good about trudging to school on a rainy day, but Sunny isn’t most people…Sunny by Celia Krampien. Ten Little Eggs: A Celebration of Family by Jess Mikhail. Small footprints, brave steps, My Footprints by Bao Phi. The Little Lost Duckling by Sue Barraclough. Seriously, Cinderella is so Annoying! The Story of Cinderella as told by the Wicked Stepmother by Trisha Speed Shaskan. Pioneer Girl: The Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder by William Anderson. One Rainy Day by M. Christina Butler. Simpson’s Sheep Just Want to Sleep! by Bruce Arant. One Winter’s Day by M. Christina Butler. Bats at the Beach by Brian Lies. Do Princesses Really Kiss Frogs? By Carmela LaVigna Coyle. Eight Silly Monkeys by Steve Haskamp. Pigs Can’t Fly! By Ben Cort. Lights Out, Night’s Out by William Boniface.

Juvenile

Here in the Real World by Sara Pennypacker. Ware can’t wait to spend summer “off in his own world” – dreaming of medieval knights and generally being left alone. But then his parents sign him up for dreaded Rec camp, where he must endure Meaningful Social Interaction and whatever activities so-called “normal” kids do.

The Boy Who Grew Dragons by Andy Shepherd. When Tomas discovers a strange old tree at the bottom of his grandfather’s garden, he doesn’t think much of it. But he takes the funny fruit from the tree back into the house and gets the shock of his life when a tiny dragon hatches! The tree is a dragon fruit tree, and Tomas now has his very own dragon, Flicker! Tomas has to learn how to look after Flicker – and quickly! And then something extraordinary happens, more dragon fruits appear on the tree! Which makes it official: Tomas is growing dragons!

The Fire Keeper (Storm Runner series book 2) by J.C. Cervantes.

Shouting at the Rain by Lynda Mullaly Hunt.

American Girl: Joss by Erin Falligant.

Young Adult

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. Clay Jensen doesn’t want anything to do with the tapes Hannah Baker made. Hannah is dead. Her secrets should be buried with her. Then Hannah’s voice tells Clay that his name is on her tapes – and that he is, in some way, responsible for her death. All through the night, Clay keeps listening. He follows Hannah’s recorded words throughout his small town…and what he discovers changes his life forever.

In the Shadow of the Sun by EM Castellan. It’s 1661, and magicians thrill nobles with enchanting illusions. Exiled in France, 17-year-old Henriette of England wishes she could use her magic to gain entry at court. When an accident forces Henriette to reveal her uniquely powerful gift for enchantments to King Louis, he asks for help: Henriette alone can defeat the dark magician threatening his authority and aid his own plans to build the new, enchanted seat of his power – the Palace of Versailles.

The Pull of Gravity by Gae Polisner. When a friend makes a dying request, you do anything you can to make it happen.

A Thousand Beginnings and Endings by Ellen Oh and Elsie Chapman, 16 Retellings of Asian Myths and Legends.

Frankly In Love by David Yoon.

Princess, pirate, Stowaway, mermaid, the crew makes the Queen, All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace.

It’s been 18 months since the Raxter School for Girls was put under quarantine, since the Tox hit and pulled Hetty’s life out from under her. First the teachers died one by one. Then it began to infect the students. Wilder Girls by Rory Power.