Staff Picks
March 2021
One-Osaurus, Two-Osaurus
by Kim Norman
A counting game turns into hide and seek when something sounding very big comes along and the dinosaurs must hide…or maybe play a different game together.
Recommended by: Joan Stoiber, Youth Services Reference Librarian I
Posted in: Youth Fiction
Someone Builds the Dream
by Lisa Wheeler
A lyrical reminder of the people behind the scenes with skills and crafts that bring alive the dreams of others whether it is a bridge or a book.
Recommended by: Joan Stoiber, Youth Services Reference Librarian I
Posted in: Youth Fiction
What Big Teeth
by Rose Szabo
Posted in: Young Adult Fiction
When You Trap a Tiger
by Tae Keller
Lily is going through a range of emotions as her family moves in with her grandmother whom she calls Halmoni. Lily loves the stories her grandmother tells her but feels like the line between fantasy and reality is blurred. As she continues to struggle with her sister, her mother and making new friends, her world is turned upside down.
Recommended by: Becky McCormack, Youth Services Assistant Manager
Posted in: Youth Fiction
Joyland
by Stephen King
This Stephen King novel is a change of pace for the horror author. “1970’s friends tackle a mystery set in a haunted amusement park” sounds like Scooby Doo, but King gives this tale his own spin. The murderer may not be real, but the ghost is. This title is available in the library, on OverDrive as an ebook and Hoopla as an e audiobook.
Posted in: Adult Fiction
What I Carry
by Jennifer Longo
Muiriel, named after John Muir, had been in the foster care system her entire life. After being rejected for adoption when she was four years old, Muiriel refuses to set down roots anywhere. When she reaches her last placement, before she ages out of the system at age eighteen, a number of separate incidents come together to make her consider a different life choice.
Recommended by: Becky McCormack, Youth Services Assistant Manager
Posted in: Young Adult Fiction
A Deadly Inside Scoop
by Abby Collette
Bronwyn Crewse, known to her close-knit family as ‘Win’, is renovating and reopening her family’s ice cream shop in picturesque Chagrin Falls, Ohio. All might have gone well with the reopening if not for an unexpected blizzard and Win stumbling upon a dead body near the falls. Now her father is suspected of murder and Win can only count one, two, maybe three customers in her store each day .. and that just won’t do. With a good friend at her side, that loves cozy murder television shows, Win decides to become an amateur sleuth, solve this crime and get back to the art of homemade ice cream. Recipes are included in this fun cozy book. Fans of Joanne Fluke will adore this first in a new series. This book is available in the library and on OverDrive as an e audiobook.
Recommended by: Michelle Przekwas, Adult Services Library Clerk
Posted in: Adult Fiction
Other Words for Home
by Jasmine Warga
Jude, our female main character, leaves her hometown in Syria with her mother to escape violence and moves to America. Navigating her new normal, she tries not to be ‘weird’ according to her cousin and worries about her brother and father who stayed behind. This book title is available in the library and on OverDrive/Libby as an ebook and e audiobook.
Recommended by: Becky McCormack, Youth Services Assistant Manager
Posted in: Youth Fiction
It’s Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
by Trevor Noah
Comedian, Trevor Noah, describes his childhood in shocking detail. From having to distance himself from his white father to an abusive stepfather to the fierce love provided by his mother, Noah tells his story with both humor and pathos. This book is available in the library and on OverDrive as an ebook.
Recommended by: Becky McCormack, Youth Services Assistant Manager
Posted in: Youth Biographies
Thunderstruck
by Erik Larson
This compelling historical true crime read by Eric Larson weaves together the invention of radio and an almost perfect murder. The restlessly curious Guglielmo Marconi attempts to complete his trans-Atlantic radio station in the face of relentless skepticism; meanwhile the kindly-seeming Hawley Crippen commits murder and races against time as he attempts to vanish into the crowd. This title is available in the library and on OverDrive as an ebook.
Recommended by: Peter Tew, Adult Services Reference Librarian I
Posted in: Adult Nonfiction