Staff Picks
March 2020
Red Hood
by Elana K. Arnold
Posted in: Young Adult Fiction
Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping by and Get Your Financial Life Together
by Erin Lowry
Author Erin Lowry tries to speak to Millennials using hashtags and familiar slang to get important points across. It’s a nice introduction to money topics—probably a little bit basic for some, but a nice, easy-to-read introduction to money and finance issues. Whether you’re facing a big-life transition like getting married and buying a house, or just trying to
figure out how to pay your bills, this book has solid financial advice about budgeting, investing, and efficiently paying down debt.
Recommended by: Kristen Holding, Graphic Services
Posted in: Adult Nonfiction
A Witch in Time
by Constance Sayers
This beautifully written story follows a young woman who is cursed to relive a doomed love affair through many lifetimes both as muse and frustrated artist. The curse started in 1895 and from then on the pair of star-crossed are damned to re-live their affair before dying tragically young lifetime after lifetime. It doesn’t help that their is a demon in charge of keeping the curse maintained who also happens to be in love with the young woman. Can the curse ever be broken or will the star-crossed lovers be doomed to relive another doomed affair?
Recommended by: April Balasa, Patron Services Clerk
Posted in: Adult Fiction
Kids Talk About Honesty
by Carrie Finn
Kids talk about Honesty is a great book because it teaches kids how to be honest, not just by telling the truth, but also by acting truthfully and morally. If I was a parent to young kids, I would choose this book.
Recommended by: Ghada Rafati, Patron Services
Posted in: Youth
Lady Hotspur
by Tessa Gratton
Another Shakespeare play getting another high fantasy makeover with the next book in her saga of Innis Lear. This time Henry IV is the bard’s play that is featured. It takes place centuries later after the events in The Queens of Innis Lear. As revolution, love and betrayal corrupt the descendants of two warring kingdoms three woman together or apart have the power to bring the once powerful Aremoria back to life or destroy it forever.
Recommended by: April Balasa, Patron Services Clerk
Posted in: Adult Fiction
My Little Sister and Me
by Maple Lam
My Little Sister and Me is a great book for families with sibling, the big brother for first time was told to pick up his little sister from the school bus stop, but on their way home they went through a fantastic journey, thanks to the little sister.
Recommended by: Ghada Rafati, Patron Services
Posted in: Youth Fiction
February 2020
The Queens of Innis Lear
by Tessa Gratton
Posted in: Adult Fiction
Living in Egypt
by Chloe Perkins
In this fantastic book Amira, a little girl from Egypt, described her family’s daily life style and routine in Egypt. She also talks about how they spend the holy month of Ramadan as a Muslim family, her school, the history of Egypt and the most important historical places too. If you would like to learn few basic Arabic words, this is also a good resource.
Recommended by: Ghada Rafati, Patron Services
Posted in: Youth
Leave it to Abigail : the Revolutionary life of Abigail Adams
by Barb Rosenstock
“Everyone knew that good girls kept quiet, but…leave it to Abigail” is an example of how this biography about Abigail Adams is set up with information about her life and times and then how she managed to prove that women could do more. Colorful illustrations are complemented by cross-stitch pictures of that time period. Abigail Adams throughout her life was truly a revolutionary woman in a revolutionary time…a Founding Mother.
Recommended by: Joan Stoiber, Youth Services
Posted in: Youth Nonfiction
Honeybee : the busy life of Apis Mellifera
by Candace Fleming
Follow Apis, a honeybee, from her birth to death, a life cycle around 35 days. Detailed illustrations and fascinating facts abound in this book and keep the reader entertained while learning. End pages detail the anatomy of the worker honeybee as well as further information about life in a hive, and how to help honeybees.
Recommended by: Joan Stoiber, Youth Services
Posted in: Youth Nonfiction