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Gaston by Kelly DiPucchio

One day, Gaston’s family goes to the park and meets Mrs. Bulldog’s family, which includes the feisty Antoinette. Gaston and Antoinette couldn’t be more different, but as the mothers’ look...

Posted by on December 30, 2017

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Make Your Bed by William H. McRaven

Will making your bed every morning help you change the world? Perhaps not, but it does have the potential to improve your life. In this little book, Retired Admiral William...

Posted by on December 19, 2017

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Humpty’s Fall by Dosh Archer

Doctor Glenda and Nurse Percy are on duty at City Hospital when the Pengamedics bring Humpty in on a stretcher. Doctor Glenda works quickly and inventively to stop too much...

Posted by on December 14, 2017

Hot Books December 2017!

Fiction Year One by Nora Roberts A mysterious ailment has decimated the globe. Half of the world’s population, gone in a matter of weeks. Government, law, order, all gone as...

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Forget Sorrow: An Ancestral Tale by Belle Yang

The author of this book, Belle Yang, writes the story of her father’s family here. She returned home after college, and again after spending three years in China, her ancestral...

Posted by on October 14, 2017

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King and Kayla and the Case of the Missing Dog Treats by Dori Hillestad Butler

A new crime solving team has arrived to our early readers collection! King and Kayla work together to solve mysteries, demonstrating deductive reasoning skills along the way. In King and...

Posted by on October 13, 2017

Hot Books for October 2017!

Fiction Origin by Dan Brown Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology and frequent saver of the world, arrives at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to hear a major...

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Counting by Fleur Star

Counting is a bilingual board book in Unified English Braille and English. It offers young readers an introduction to the concept of counting, numbers one through ten, and Braille. The...

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The Last Message Received by Emily Trunko

You don’t always remember the first words someone says to you, but you often remember the last. In this book by Emily Trunko and originally inspired by tumblr posts, readers...

Posted by on September 12, 2017

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The Know-Nonsense Guide to Grammar by Heidi Fiedler

Need help understanding adverbs? Curious about what anthropomorphism means? The Know-Nonsense Guide to Grammar may be just what you’re looking for!

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The Women’s Health Big Book of Smoothies & Soups by Lisa DeFazio MS RD and Women's Health (Rodale Press)

This colorful 100+ recipe cookbook edited by Women’s Health is well laid out with plentiful images of appetizingly arranged recipes in front of fun and trendy backdrops. There is a...

Posted by on July 29, 2017

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Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems by Paul B. Janeczko

Firefly July not only has perfect poems for warm summer nights and sun-filled days, but can also help you escape the scorching heat as it travels through the seasons. Crispy,...

Posted by on July 20, 2017

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The Brain Defense by Kevin Davis

The PET scan shows a dramatic, black void eclipsing the left side of Herbert Weinstein’s frontal lobe. Weinstein’s lawyer argues that the void, representing a large cyst on his client’s...

Posted by on July 19, 2017

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Gizelle’s Bucket List: My Life with a Very Large Dog by Lauren Fern Watt

Trying to find an affordable apartment in Manhattan can be a challenge, even for a resident New Yorker. For 25 year old Lauren Watt, relocating from Nashville to the Big...

Posted by on July 19, 2017

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Mission To Pluto by Mary Kay Carson

This insider’s peek into NASA has a little suspense, a lot of excitement, and shows what is possible with a lot of hard work and big dreams. The only question...

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