Book Recs - Page 1
The Life Impossible
When retired Grace Winters is left a run-down house by a woman she barely knows in a place she’s never been before, she takes the opportunity before her to inject...
Posted by Alex C. on October 1, 2025
The Boy at the Window
Looking for a haunting ghost story to deliver drama and suspense in equal measure? Lucy Strange’s ‘The Boy at the Window’ delivers both in this atmospheric tale that is sure...
Posted by Sarah A. on October 1, 2025
The Cartoonist Club
Another hit from Raina Telgemeier! The Cartoonist Club follows a group of school friends who start a club to share their love of comics. With help from their school librarian, they learn...
Posted by Sarah Jane N. on September 16, 2025
How High We Go in the Dark
We all, unfortunately, have a general idea of how a pandemic can change the world. But what if a global plague so deadly spread throughout the world that tens of...
Posted by Kimberly M. on September 1, 2025
Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
This month’s book recommendation is that bit of sunshine that we all need sometimes. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood holds a special place in the hearts of many, a bastion of warmth...
Posted by Stephanie L. on August 1, 2025
Eavesdropping on Animals
Chirping, buzzing, cawing, honking... have you ever wondered if there is a deeper purpose to these sounds, aside from annoying you?
Posted by Grace W. on July 1, 2025
I’m a Dumbo Octopus! A Graphic Guide to Cephalopods
Grimpy, a dumbo octopus, guides us through the depths of the ocean to meet several varieties of cephalopods. Cephalopods include Octopuses (or octopodes as some prefer), squids, cuttlefish and nautiluses. ...
Posted by Heidi E. on June 5, 2025
Level Up! Board Game Recommendations
In honor of our 2025 Adult Summer Reading theme, Level Up!, we're going to highlight some of the great games from WPL's board game collection!
Posted by Natalie D. on June 1, 2025
The Purple One: A Story of Prince
The Purple One tells the story of Prince, from his days as a shy, small kid with a larger than life passion for music through his legendary path to fame...
Posted by Sarah A. on May 22, 2025
Greenwild: the world behind the door
11-year old Daisy Thistledown has spent her life traveling around the world with her investigative journalist mother. When her mother disappears while reporting on environmental politics in the Amazon rainforest,...
Posted by Kristi M. on May 15, 2025
Sadie Mouse Wrecks The House
Sadie mouse was always good, always did as she was asked, until the day she decided she would be BAD! Tired of being the “good mouse” always cleaning up after...
Posted by Sarah A. on May 8, 2025
As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
To flee her homeland and everything she’s ever known for the chance of safety, or to stay behind and do her duty to a country under fire. That is the...
Posted by Areeg J. on May 1, 2025
Baby Loves Structural Engineering!
Ruth Spiro’s Baby Loves Science board books introduce complex STEM topics to babies and toddlers in a simplistic yet accurate manner appropriate for the very young. In Baby Loves Structural...
Posted by Adrian L. on April 3, 2025
The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource
We’ve been conditioned to embrace these goods and services to enhance our lives, that they’re a positive force in society. Instead, it might be time to consider them as adversaries.
Posted by Alex C. on April 1, 2025