The Mesmerist
13 year old Jessamine can see people’s thoughts and speak to the dead. To learn about her newfound powers she is shipped off the live with a family friend, in...
Posted by Book Rex on August 11, 2017
We Are Okay
After tragedy struck, Marin left San Francisco behind, along with her home and everyone she knew. Staying alone in her New York dorm over winter break, she will be forced...
Posted by Book Rex on August 11, 2017
Don’t Wake Up the Tiger
Tiger is asleep, but she is blocking the way of Frog, Fox, Turtle, Mouse, and Stork. Our animal friends will need the reader’s help to make it to their party...
Posted by Book Rex on August 1, 2017
Maybe One Day
Zoe is not always a perfect character, prone to selfish behavior that only makes things more awkward or difficult, but her snark and sarcasm bring a levity to this melancholy...
Posted by Book Rex on July 20, 2017
The Kraken’s Rules for Making Friends
Making friends can be a challenge, especially if you have a temper and are a legendary sea monster. If the Great White Shark can make friends, maybe Kraken can too,...
Posted by Book Rex on July 7, 2017
The Cookie Fiasco
In The Cookie Fiasco, four friends want to eat cookies, but there are only three cookies.With a shortage of this tasty treat, will the Squirrels have to share, or will...
Posted by Book Rex on May 18, 2017
Rabbit Magic
In Rabbit Magic, Monsieur Lapin gets the surprise of his life: his assistant Houdini takes over the show! McLaren’s use of pastels allows the magic show to really pop on...
Posted by Book Rex on April 9, 2017
A Library Book for Bear
This is a story about irritable Bear and his first trip to the library. Bear has never been to a library, and he does not want to go. One day...
Posted by Book Rex on January 13, 2017
The Good Lie
Christine Maleno, Adult Services Programming Librarian, shares her latest movie recommendation: The Good Lie (2014) is a beautiful movie inspired by the Sudanese civil war that began in the ‘80s,...
Posted by on November 12, 2015
Goodbye Stranger
Goodbye Stranger is the newest book by Rebecca Stead, author of the Newbery Award winning book When You Reach Me. Stead has a talent for creating plots that include an...
Posted by Book Rex on July 27, 2015
Our Souls at Night
Even at first sight, this small volume by Kent Haruf drew me in although I had four other books to consider reading on my nightstand. Why did it attract me?...
Posted by Adult Services on July 6, 2015
More Things in Heaven and Earth
Are you missing the town of Mitford? Do you long for a trip to Lake Wobegon? I have another small, quaint town for you to visit this summer. Watervalley, Tennessee...
Posted by Adrian L. on June 30, 2015
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Sometimes all the drama happening in the school yard has nothing to do with children and everything to do with parents. In the novel Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty,...
Posted by on April 20, 2015