Staff Picks
March 2020
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
Ibn-al-Haytham, The Man who Discovered How We See
by Libby Romero
I recommend “Ibn -al-Haytham, The Man who Discovered How We See.” He is an Arabian scholar from Basra (Iraq) who lived in the 10th & 11th centuries during the gold Muslim time. While he was under arrest for more than 10 years, Ibn al-Haytham made many important discoveries about light and vision. He took advantage of that time to read and learn and come up with new ideas that would change how people saw the world. Thanks to him that we know now how vision works and even cameras.
Recommended by: Ghada Rafati, Patron Services
Posted in: Youth Nonfiction
Cells: an owner’s handbook
by Carolyn Fisher
Told from a cell’s point of view, this is a complete, but easily understood informational book. From interesting facts, to understanding mitosis, or different types of cells, the book is not only readable but the illustrations are extremely useful. A great combination for learning.
Recommended by: Joan Stoiber, Youth Services
Posted in: Youth Nonfiction
Saving the countryside: the story of Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit
by Linda Elovitz Marshall
Beautifully illustrated, this biography about Beatrix Potter not only covers her early life and inspirations for Benjamin Bouncer and Peter Rabbit, but also her love of the English countryside. Using her success as an author and illustrator, she used her money and fame to be an advocate for women’s rights and a conservationist.
Recommended by: Joan Stoiber, Youth Services
Posted in: Youth Nonfiction