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Genealogy Night

CCJPL is hosting its annual Genealogy Night Lock-In for genealogists of all skill levels - make sure to pre-register by clicking the link below!

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Master Gardeners Present: Native Plants of Arkansas

Please join us in the Round Room for a presentation on native flora in Arkansas! Gardeners of all skill levels welcome.

Announcing Our New Campaign: Your Library, Your Story

We’re excited to launch Your Library, Your Story. A community driven campaign celebrating the unique ways our library impacts our community. Click here for more information.

Sketchbook Club

Bring your sketchbooks or coloring books and join other artists for Sketchbook Club - every 4th Wednesday from 5pm to 6pm in the Civic League Room!

Zumba

Join us in the Round Room every Thursday at 5:00pm for Zumba!

Yoga Class

Join us every Monday for a FREE yoga session, starting at 5pm in the Round Room! We hope to see you there!

Knitting Club

Grab your lunch and join us for knitting in the Shakespeare Room at noon on Thursdays!

360 Library Tour Now Live!

EAST students from the International Students Magnet provided us with an exceptional 360 live tour of our library. The tour features 360 photos and captions of our library.

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Upcoming Events

Jul 14

Creating the Product: An Entrepreneurship Workshop for Teens

Jul 14, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Jul 15

Pre-K Storytime - Hues of Home!

Jul 15, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Jul 15

Cardboard Construction Day

Jul 15, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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Hot at the Library

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2 Sisters Murder Investigations Patterson, James

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25 Alive Patterson, James

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Black Bag

Finney Shaw is a shy but clever 13-year-old boy who's being held in a soundproof basement by a sadistic, masked... Available at Brookland Public Library, Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library, Kohn Memorial Public Library (Monette), Lake City Public Library (McAdams), Weiner Public Library

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The Black Phone

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Broken Country : a novel Hall, Clare Leslie

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Butcher & Blackbird Weaver, Brynne

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Captain America : Brave New World

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The Comeback Trail

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The Crow

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Don't Forget Me, Little Bessie : a novel Burke, James Lee

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Fever Beach Hiaasen, Carl

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Flight Risk

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Going Home in the Dark Koontz, Dean R.

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Great Big Beautiful Life Henry, Emily

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Heart Eyes

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Hidden Nature Roberts, Nora

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In the Lost Lands

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Kraven The Hunter

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Landman

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Last Breath

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The Last Supper

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Lethal Prey Sandford, John

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Love Hurts

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Mickey 17

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A Mind of Her Own : a novel Steel, Danielle

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The Monkey

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Never Flinch : a novel King, Stephen,

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Nightshade Connelly, Michael

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Nobody's Fool Coben, Harlan

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Nosferatu

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Things Don't Break on Their Own : a novel Collins, Sarah Easter

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Novocaine

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One Golden Summer Fortune, Carley

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The Perfect Divorce Rose, Jeneva

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Presence

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Remarkably Bright Creatures : a novel Van Pelt, Shelby

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Say You'll Remember Me Jimenez, Abby

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South of Nowhere Deaver, Jeffery

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Strangers in Time Baldacci, David

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Strangers in Time Baldacci, David

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Summer Light on Nantucket Thayer, Nancy

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The Summer of You and Me Hunter, Denise

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The Tenant McFadden, Freida

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Twisters

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The Unbreakable Boy

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Wicked

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Wolf Man

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A Working Man

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The Writer Patterson, James

When George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking that he is the superhero Captain Underpants, he leads them to... Available at Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library, Harrisburg Public Library, Kohn Memorial Public Library (Monette), Marked Tree Public Library, Weiner Public Library

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The adventures of Captain Underpants Pilkey, Dav,

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The Baby-Sitters Club Martin, Ann M.

The carrots that grow in Crackenhopper Field are the fattest and crispiest around and Jasper Rabbit cannot resist pulling some... Available at Caraway Public Library, Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library, Harrisburg Public Library, Kohn Memorial Public Library (Monette), Weiner Public Library

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Creepy carrots! Reynolds, Aaron,

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Dog Man

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Green eggs and ham Seuss, Dr.

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Hooky Bonastre Tur, Miriam

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A Minecraft Movie

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Moana 2

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The Moth Keeper: O'Neill, K.

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Mufasa : The Lion King

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Sonic the Hedgehog 3

Gerald the elephant discovers that there is something worse than a bird on your head-- two birds on your head!... Available at Caraway Public Library, Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library, Harrisburg Public Library, Kohn Memorial Public Library (Monette), Weiner Public Library

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There is a bird on your head! Willems, Mo

Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his... Available at Brookland Public Library, Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library, Harrisburg Public Library, Kohn Memorial Public Library (Monette), Lake City Public Library (McAdams), Marked Tree Public Library

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Toy Story 4

Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is... Available at Caraway Public Library, Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library, Lake City Public Library (McAdams), Weiner Public Library

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The wild robot Brown, Peter

She can't believe it's finally happening. Tsunami and her fellow dragonets of destiny are journeying under the water to the... Available at Brookland Public Library, Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library, Kohn Memorial Public Library (Monette), Marked Tree Public Library, Weiner Public Library

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Wings of Fire : the graphic novel Sutherland, Tui T.

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Events

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Pre-K Storytime - Hues of Home!

Tuesday, July 15th 10:00am

Parents, bring your Pre-K kids to the Children's department for a themed storytime!

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Pre-K Storytime - Hues of Home!

Wednesday, July 16th 10:00am

Parents, bring your Pre-K kids to the Children's department for a themed storytime!

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Adult Sketchbook Club

Wednesday, July 16th 12:00pm

Adults, bring your sketchbook and come draw with us! Discuss techniques and try new mediums with other artists!

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Pre-K Storytime - Hues of Home!

Tuesday, July 15th 10:00am

Parents, bring your Pre-K kids to the Children's department for a themed storytime!

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Cardboard Construction Day

Tuesday, July 15th 1:00pm

Kids Pre-K through 3rd Grade, join us in the Round Room to construct your own crazy creations out of boxes, cardboard, tape, and other supplies!

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Pre-K Storytime - Hues of Home!

Wednesday, July 16th 10:00am

Parents, bring your Pre-K kids to the Children's department for a themed storytime!

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Creating the Product: An Entrepreneurship Workshop for Teens

Monday, July 14th 1:00pm

Teens are invited to join us for a hands-on entrepreneurship workshop, hosted by the A-State Center for Economic Education and Financial Literacy! In this workshop, we’ll be utilizing the TeenHub Makerspace to craft our own unique products!

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Teen ArtJam: Trust the Process

Wednesday, July 16th 11:00am

Draw, paint, craft, create! All teens are invited to our Summer ArtJam - a free creative hour! This time, we’re tackling “Process Art” with collage, doodlebomb, and zentangle techniques to create a layered, one-of-a-kind masterpiece!

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Build on a Budget: An Entrepreneurship Workshop for Teens

Monday, July 21st 1:00pm

Teens are invited to join us for a hands-on entrepreneurship workshop, hosted by the A-State Center for Economic Education and Financial Literacy! In the final workshop of the Summer Entrepreneurship series, we’ll be developing our financial literacy skills by building on a budget…literally!

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Book Lists

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National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of African Animals Catherine D. Hughes view item

The League of Littles Casey Lyall & Sara Faber view item

Norman and the Smell of Adventure Ryan T. Higgins view item

Millie Fleur Saves the Night Christy Mandin view item

Ablaze Jessica Lawson & Sarah Gonzales view item

Evelyn Witch Gets a Pet Beth Ferry & Charles Santoso view item

I Got You Derrick Barnes & Shamar Knight-Justice view item

The Day the Books Disappeared Joanna Ho, Caroline Kusin Pritchard, & Dan Santat view item

Toes, Teeth, and Tentacles Steve Jenkins & Robin Page view item

Another Paul Tremblay view item

Snoop Grodon Korman view item

I, Rock Katie Slivensky & Steph Stilwell view item

July 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's

Immortal Consequences I.V. Marie view item

The Raven Boys: The Graphic Novel Maggie Stiefvater, Stephanie Williams, & Sas Milledge view item

We Won't All Survive Kate Alice Marshall view item

The Last Tiger Julia Riew & Brad Riew view item

A Theory of Dreaming Ava Reid view item

A Mastery of Monsters Liselle Sambury view item

Masks: A Graphic Novel Margaret Rae, Brian Nathanson, & Beck Kubrick view item

Fateless Julie Kagawa view item

Tenderly, I Am Devoured Lyndall Clipstone view item

Den of Liars Jessica S. Olson view item

Spider-Society: Enter...the Spider-Versers Alex Segura, Steve Godleski, Ruairi Coleman, Salvador Larroca, & Pete Woods view item

The Nightblood Prince Molly X. Chang view item

July 2025 Book Recommendations - YA

The Woman in Suite 11 Ruth Ware view item

The Compound Aisling Rawle view item

A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping Sangu Mandanna view item

Party of Liars Kelsey Cox view item

You Belong Here Megan Mirdanda view item

The Satisfaction Café Kathy Wang view item

Spectacular Things Beck Dorey-Stein view item

Culpability Bruce Holsinger view item

Finding Grace Loretta Rothschild view item

Dinner with King Tut Sam Kean view item

The CIA Book Club Charlie English view item

The Jailhouse Lawyer James Patterson & Nancy Allen view item

July 2025 Book Recommendations - Adult

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My Hero Academia, Vol. 41 Kohei Horikoshi view item

A Forgery of Fate Elizabeth Lim view item

Never Thought I'd End Up Here Ann Liang view item

Heir of Storms Lauryn Hamilton Murray view item

Best of All Worlds Kenneth Oppel view item

Among Ghosts Racehl Hartman view item

Lovesick Falls Julia Drake view item

We Can Never Leave H.E. Edgmon view item

If We Survive This Racquel Marie view item

Lady or the Tiger Heather M. Herrman view item

The Ground That Devours Us Kalla Harris view item

Amelia, If Only Becky Albertalli view item

June 2025 Book Recommendations - YA

The Wild Robot on the Island Peter Brown view item

Angel Draws A Dinosaur Pavonis Giron view item

We Are American, Too Kristen Mei Chase & Jieting Chen view item

The Day the Crayons Made Friends Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers view item

First Day Around the World Ibi Zoboi & Juanita Londoño view item

This Book Is Dangerous! Ben Clanton view item

When You Go To Dragon School Chelsea M. Campbell & Charlene Chua view item

Chef's Secret Kelly Yang view item

Karen's Ghost DK Yingst & Ann M. Martin view item

Becoming Boba Joanna Ho & Amber Ren view item

Pete the Cat's Mars Mission James Dean & Kimberly Dean view item

Wish in a Tree Lynda Mullaly Hunt & Nancy Carpenter view item

June 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's

The Ghostwriter Julie Clark view item

The Listeners Maggie Stiefvater view item

The Phoenix Pencil Company Allison King view item

Atmosphere Taylor Jenkins Reid view item

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil V.E. Schwab view item

With a Vengeance Riley Sager view item

King of Ashes S.A. Cosby view item

Sounds Like Love Ashley Poston view item

El Dorado Drive Megan Abbott view item

Don't Let Him In Lisa Jewell view item

The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück Lynne Olson view item

Murderland Caroline Fraser view item

June 2025 Book Recommendations - Adult

Return to Sender Vera Brosgol view item

Little Bird Laila Kelly Yang and Xindi Yan view item

The Queen Bees of Tybee County Kyle Casey Chu view item

Cousins!: A Big Family Story Laura Lavoie and Luisa Leal view item

Everything's Wrong! Jory John and Erin Kraan view item

Bear Feels Sad Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman view item

Entirely Emmie Terri Libenson view item

National Geographic Kids Almanac 2026 National Geographic Kids view item

Pokémon Life Size DK view item

Take a Breath, Big Red Monster! Ed Emberley view item

One Crazy Summer: The Graphic Novel Rita Williams-Garcia and Sharee Miller view item

Cranky, Crabby Crow Corey R. Tabor view item

May 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's

The Survivor Wants to Die at the End Adam Silvera view item

Up in Smoke Nick Brooks view item

Graphic Novel Builder Edward Ross and Aysha Tengiz view item

The Glittering Edge Alyssa Villaire view item

Out of Air Rachel Reiss view item

When We Go Missing April Henry view item

The Whisperwood Legacy Jo Schulte view item

Ours to Tell: Reclaiming Indigenous Stories Eldon Yellowhorn and Kathy Lowinger view item

Parable of the Talents Octavia E. Butler view item

Lovely Dark and Deep Elisa A. Bonnin view item

Wake the Wild Creatures Nova Ren Suma view item

The Graveyard Club: Fresh Blood R.L. Stine and Carola Borelli view item

May 2025 Book Recommendations - YA

My Friends Fredrick Backman view item

Julie Chan Is Dead Liann Zhang view item

The Missing Half Ashley Flowerrs view item

The Names Florence Knapp view item

I Will Blossom Anyway Disha Bose view item

Marble Hall Murders Anthony Horowitz view item

The Man Made of Smoke Alex North view item

Can't Get Enough Kennedy Ryan view item

The Love Haters Katherine Center view item

The Original Daughter Jemimah Wel view item

Baking Across America B. Dylan Hollis view item

Steve Martin Writes the Written Word Steve Martin view item

May 2025 Book Recommendations - Adults

Fearless Lauren Roberts view item

Watch Me Tahereh Mafi view item

The Notorious Virtues Alwyn Hamilton view item

Holy Terrors Margaret Owen view item

Where Shadows Meet Patrice Caldwell view item

All the Stars Align Gretchen Schreiber view item

Love in 280 Characters or Less Ravynn K. Stringfield view item

Boys with Sharp Teeth Jenni Howell view item

My Cat Is Such a Weirdo Vol. 6 Tamako Tamagoyama view item

Wish Upon a K-Star Kat Cho view item

The Floating World Axie Oh view item

On Again, Awkward Again Erin Entrada Kelly view item

April 2025 Book Recommendations - YA

Karen's Prize Shauna J. Grant, Ann M. Martin view item

YAY! Jessica Kulekjian view item

The Cartoonists Club Raina Telgemeier view item

A Day at the Beach Gary D. Schmidt, Ron Koertge view item

The Littlest Drop Sascha Alper view item

Ollie in Between Jess Callans view item

Ancient Egypt DK view item

Don't Trust Fish Neil Sharpson view item

The Great Dinosaur Sleepover Linda Bailey view item

Warm and Fuzzy Scott Rothman view item

Band Nerd Sarah Clawson Willis view item

Odder Katherine Applegate view item

April 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's

Say You'll Remember Me Abby Jimenez view item

The Float Test Lynn Steger Strong view item

Flirting Lessons Jasmine Guillory view item

Audition Katie Kitamura view item

The Maid's Secret Nita Prose view item

The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits Jennifer Weiner view item

Great Big Beautiful Life Emily Henry view item

The Staircase in the Woods Chuck Wendig view item

The Next Day Melinda French Gates view item

No More Tears Gardiner Harris view item

Secrets of Adulthood Gretchen Rubin view item

The Cat Who Saved the Library Sosuke Natsukawa view item

April 2025 Book Recommendations - Adult

All the Hidden Monsters Amie Jordan view item

Our Infinite Fates Laura Stevens view item

I Am Made of Death Kelly Andrew view item

She Waits for You Beyond the Dark Kristen Simmons view item

What Wakes the Bells Elle Tesche view item

Maya in Multicolor Swati Teerdhala view item

How to Survive a Slasher Justine Pucella Winans view item

The House No One Sees Adina King view item

Camila Núñez's Year of Disasters Perez Miriam Zoila view item

Sunrise on the Reaping Suzanne Collins view item

Lovely Dark and Deep Elisa Bonnin view item

When We Ride Rex Ogle view item

March 2025 Book Recommendations - YA

Lawrence & Sophia: Big Doreen Cronin view item

Bird Bath Steve Antony view item

Cat Nap Steve Antony view item

Big Nate: Attack of the Cheez Funk Breath Lincoln Peirce view item

Home Matt de la Pena view item

The Baby Who Stayed Awake Forever Sandra Salsbury view item

One Wrong Step Jennifer A. Nelson view item

Resist Alan Gratz view item

Will the Pigeon Graduate? Mo Willems view item

The Gorgon's Fury Brandon Mull view item

The Strongest Heart Saadia Faruqi view item

Wind Watchers Micha Archer view item

March 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's

Wild Dark Shore Charlotte McConaghy view item

The River Has Roots Amal El-Mohtar view item

Kills Well with Others Deanna Raybourn view item

The Antidote Karen Russell view item

Broken Country Clare Leslie Hall view item

Count My Lies Sophie Stava view item

33 Place Brugmann Alice Austen view item

Story of My Life Lucy Score view item

The Paris Express Emma Donoghue view item

Cook Once, Eat Twice Nadiya Hussain view item

Propaganda Girls Lisa Rogak view item

Care and Feeding Laurie Woolever view item

March 2025 Book Recommendations - Adults

Onyx Storm Rebecca Yarros view item

Death of the Author Nnedi Okorafor view item

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls Grady Hendrix view item

The Stolen Queen Fiona Davis view item

Harlem Rhapsody Victoria Christopher Murray view item

Junie Erin Crosby Eckstine view item

Good Dirt Charmaine Wilkerson view item

Listen to Your Sister Neena Viel view item

Fearless and Free Josephine Baker view item

Black in Blues Imani Perry view item

Memorial Days Geraldine Brooks view item

Daughter of Daring Mallory O'meara view item

February 2025 Book Recommendations - Adult

After Life Gayle Forman view item

King: A Life Jonathan Eig view item

Breath of the Dragon: Breathmarked Fonda Lee view item

Dating and Dragons Kristy Boyce view item

The Queen's Spade Sarah Raughley view item

The Rival Emma Lord view item

Better Than Revenge Kasie West view item

(S)Kin Ibi Zoboi view item

The Beasts We Bury D.L. Taylor view item

Capitana Cassandra James view item

Dreamover Dani Diaz view item

All Better Now Neal Shusterman view item

February 2025 Book Recommendations - YA

Operation Sisterhood: Stealing the Show! Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich view item

Lucy Lancaster Has a Secret Willow Coven view item

Space for Everyone Seina Wedlick view item

Greatness Regis Bethencourt view item

Sharing the Dream Shelia Moses view item

How Sweet the Sound Kwame Alexander view item

And She Was Loved Andrea Davis Pinkney view item

A Pocket Full of Rocks Kristin Mahoney view item

Cinderella and the Beast Kim Bussing view item

What Fell from the Sky Adrianna Cuevas view item

The Song of Orphan's Garden Nicole M. Hewitt view item

Chickenpox Remy Lai view item

February 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's

Christmas in Bethel Richard Paul Evans view item

House of Cross James Patterson view item

The City and Its Uncertain Walls Haruki Murakami view item

The Wood at Midwinter Susanna Clarke view item

The December Market Raeanne Thayne view item

Christmas Crimes at the Mysterious Bookshop Otto Penzler view item

The Christmas Tree Farm Laurie Gilmore view item

How My Neighbor Stole Christmas Meghan Quinn view item

Raised by a Serial Killer April Balascio view item

Cher: Part One: The Memoir Cher view item

Sift: The Elements of Great Baking Nicola Lamb view item

Handmade Holiday Alyssa Ploof view item

December 2024 Book Recommendations - Adult

Santa's First Christmas Mac Barnett, Sydney Smith view item

Busy Betty and the Perfect Christmas Present Reese Witherspoon, Xindi Yan view item

Christmas at Hogwarts J. K. Rowling, Ziyi Gao view item

Elmore the Christmas Moose Dev Petty, Mike Boldt view item

Tamales for Christmas Stephen Briseño, Sonia Sánchez view item

A Stickler Christmas Lane Smith view item

A Dragon for Hanukkah Sarah Mlynowski, Ariel Landy view item

Eight Sweet Nights, a Festival of Lights Charlotte Offsay, Menahem Halberstadt view item

Let's Celebrate Korean New Year! Michelle W. Park, Hyewon Yum view item

Ruffles and the Cold, Cold Snow David Melling view item

A Cozy Winter Day Eliza Wheeler view item

December 2024 Book Recommendations - Children's

Make My Wish Come True Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick view item

The Party Natasha Preston view item

Dust Alison Stine view item

The Whispering Night Susan Dennard view item

Chasing Eternity Alyson Noël view item

I'm Here James J. Crist, Jomike Tejido view item

Michael Vey 10: The Colony Richard Paul Evans view item

Darkly Marisha Pessl view item

Dead Below Deck Jan Gangsei view item

Castle Swimmer, Volume 1 Wendy Martin view item

Girlmode Magdalene Visaggio, Paulina Ganucheau view item

Thief of the Heights Son M., Robin Yao view item

December 2024 Book Recommendations - YA

Midnights with You Clare Osongco view item

ONE PIECE 107 Eiichiro Oda view item

Skyshade Alex Aster view item

Thunder City Philip Reeve view item

I Am the Dark That Answers When You Call Jamison Shea view item

Dead Girls Don't Dream Nino Cipri view item

Flopping in a Winter Wonderland Jason June view item

Where the Library Hides Isabel Ibanez view item

Teen Titans: Starfire Kami Garcia view item

Witch of Wol Sin Lake Lena Jeong view item

Illustrated History of Urban Legends Adam Allsuch Boardman view item

Legend of the White Snake Sher Lee view item

November 2024 Book Recommendations - YA

Alice in a Winter Wonderland Jan Brett view item

Hat for House Audrey Perrott, Druscilla Santiago view item

The Bad Guys in One Last Thing Aaron Blabey view item

Anang and the Ribbon Skirt Cameron Mukwa view item

Inkworld Cornelia Funke view item

Squad (the Tryout #2) Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao view item

Mr. Lemoncellos Fantabulous Finale Chris Grabenstein view item

Pete the Cat and the Wright Brothers James Dean view item

First Cat in Space and the Wrath of the Paperclip Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris view item

Snow Is... Laura Gehl view item

Lost in the Empire City Avi view item

Tumblebaby Adam Rex, Audrey Helen Weber view item

November 2024 Book Recommendations - Children's

Before We Forget Kindness Toshikazu Kawaguchi view item

The Story of the Forest Linda Grant view item

The Songbird & the Heart of Stone Carissa Broadbent view item

Tooth and Claw Craig Johnson view item

Christmas with the Queen Hazel Gaynor, Heather Webb view item

Lazarus Man Richard Price view item

The Author's Guide to Murder Beatriz Williams view item

Citizen: My Life After the White House Bill Clinton view item

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World Robin Wall Kimmerer view item

Welcome to Pawnee: Stories of Friendship, Waffles, and Parks and Recreation Jim O'Heir view item

What the Chicken Knows Sy Montgomery view item

Box Office Poison Tim Robey view item

November 2024 Book Recommendations - Adult

A Deathly Compendium of Poisonous Plants Rebecca E. Hirsch view item

Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .: A Love Story Jason Reynolds view item

The Glass Girl Kathleen Glasgow view item

The Stolen Heir Holly Black view item

The Magic You Make Jason June view item

The Teen Breakup Survival Guide Lenora M. Ziegler view item

Clock Striker, Volume 2 Issaka Galadima view item

Nothing Like the Movies Lynn Painter view item

Sally's Lament: A Twisted Tale Mari Mancusi view item

Killer House Party Lily Anderson view item

This Dark Paradise Erin Luken view item

The Strange Case of Harleen and Harley Melissa Marr view item

October 2024 Book Recommendations - YA

Society of Lies Lauren Ling Brown view item

The Stone Witch of Florence Anna Rasche view item

The Sequel Jean Hanff Korelitz view item

This Cursed House Del Sandeen view item

Shock Induction Chuck Palahniuk view item

Absolution: A Southern Reach Novel Jeff VanderMeer view item

The Blue Hour Paula Hawkins view item

What Does It Feel Like? Sophie Kinsella view item

I'll Be Waiting Kelley Armstrong view item

Be Ready When the Luck Happens Ina Garten view item

The Message Ta-Nehisi view item

From Here to the Great Unknown Lisa Marie Presley view item

October 2024 Book Recommendations - Adult

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess Rick Riordan view item

All the Books Heyley Rocco view item

Tales of Ancient Egypt: Myths & Adventures from the Land of the Pyramids Hugo Cook view item

How to Sing a Song Kwame Alexander view item

Onyx & Beyond Amber McBride view item

Freedom Fire: Jax Freeman and the Phantom Shriek Kwame Mbalia view item

Deer Run Home Ann Clare Lezotte view item

Jonty Gentoo: The Adventures of a Penguin Julia Donaldson view item

The Bakery Dragon Devin Elle Kurtz view item

An Anthology of Fungi Lynne Boddy view item

The Hill: Inside the Secret World of the U.S. Capitol Kate Anderson Brower view item

The Bletchley Riddle Ruta Sepetys view item

October 2024 Book Recommendations - Children's

Can You See What I See? Walter Wick view item

This Land Ashley Fairbanks, Bridget George view item

Spooky, Scary Skeletons Andrew Gold, Polona Lovsin view item

The Witching Wind Natalie Lloyd view item

The Gingerbread House Jack's Family Ate Kelly DiPucchio, Nate Wragg view item

Scholastic Book of World Records 2025 Scholastic view item

Snow Thief Alice Hemming, Nicola Slater view item

Kristy and the Walking Disaster Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw view item

Grumpy Monkey Play All Day Suzanne Lang, Max Lang view item

The Verts: A Story of Introverts and Extroverts Ann Patchett, Robin Preiss Glasser view item

Stealing Little Moon : the Legacy of American Indian Residential Schools Dan SaSuWeh Jones view item

How Technology Works DK view item

September 2024 Book Recommendations - Children's

Thirteenth Child Erin A. Craig view item

Pick the Lock A. S. King view item

Rabbit and Juliet Rebecca Stafford view item

Lies We Conjure Sarah Henning view item

We Are Hunted Tomi Oyemakinde view item

Poems for Tortured Souls Liz Ison view item

Monstrous Kind Lydia Gregovic view item

Fairy Godmother an Enchanters Tale Jen Calonita view item

Songlight Moira Buffini view item

The Champions Kara Thomas view item

Ultimate Driving Book Emma Carlson Berne, Shaw Nielsen view item

Desert Echoes Abdi Nazemian view item

September 2024 Book Recommendations - YA

Life Impossible Matt Haig view item

Somewhere Beyond the Sea T. J. Klune view item

Here One Moment Crown view item

Intermezzo Sally Rooney view item

Tell Me Everything Elizabeth Strout view item

Reason to See You Again Jami Attenberg view item

The Night We Lost Him Laura Dave view item

So Thirsty Rachel Harrison view item

Guide Me Home Attica Locke view item

Good Lookin Cookin Dolly Parton, Rachel Parton George, Maurice Miner view item

The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir Kelly Bishop view item

Who Could Ever Love You Mary Trump view item

September 2024 Book Recommendations - Adult

Jupiter Rising Gary Schmidt view item

The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 4 Mokumokuren view item

My Salty Mary Cynthia Hand view item

Wisteria Adalyn Grace view item

Death at Morning House Maureen Johnson view item

Ash's Cabin Jen Wang view item

Medici Heist Caitlin Schneiderhan view item

Fyrebirds Kate Armstrong view item

The Dark We Know Wen-Yi Lee view item

Mysterious Ways Wendy Wunder view item

Return to Sender Lauren Draper view item

Of Her Own Design Birdie Willis view item

August 2024 Book Recommendations - YA

We Are Definitely Human X. Fang view item

The Ofrenda That We Built Jolene Gutierrez view item

Read at Your Own Risk Remy Lai view item

Pizza for Birds Bob Shea view item

The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Nature Walk: A Search-And-Find Book Eric Carle view item

Willow the White House Cat Jill Biden view item

Cat on the Run in Cucumber Madness! Aaron Blabey view item

I Am Jesse Owens Brad Meltzer view item

A Mischief of Mice Christine Matheson view item

The Everybody Experiment Lisa Ramée view item

Not Nothing Gayle Forman view item

I'm Sorry You Got Mad Kyle Lukoff view item

August 2024 Book Recommendations - Children's

House of Glass Sarah Pekkanen view item

Blood Like Mine Stuart Neville view item

The Pairing Casey McQuiston view item

Sister Dear Hannah McKinnon view item

Haunted Ever After Jen DeLuca view item

You Will Never Be Me Jesse Q. Sutanto view item

Saved by the Matchmaker Jody Hedlund view item

Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp Michelle Moran view item

Like Mother, Like Daughter Kimberly McCreight view item

Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve Drew Afualo view item

The Mysterious Mrs. Nixon: The Life and Times of Washington's Most Private First Lady Heath Hardage Lee view item

That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America Amanda Jones view item

August 2024 Book Recommendations - Adult

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