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May New Arrivals
Here are our fresh picks for May!
Adult Books
- “25 Alive” – James Patterson
- “Art and Making of Arcane” – Elisabeth Vincentelli
- “The Devils” – Joe Abercrombie
- “Emperor of Gladness” – Ocean Vuong
- “Fever Beach” – Carl Hiaasen
- “Going Home in the Dark” – Dean Koontz
- “Holler” – Denali Sai Nalamalapu
- “How Fascism Works” – Jason Stanley
- “Incandescent” – Emily Teshy
- “The Knight and the Moth” – Rachel Gillig
- “Maise Dobbs” – Jacqueline Winspear
- “Mark Twain” – Mark Chernow
- “Missing Half – Ashley Flowers
- “My Friends” – Fredrik Backman
- “My Name is Emilia del Valle” – Isabel Allende
- “Names’ – Florence Knapp
- “Never Flinch” – Stephen King
- “Old School Indian” – Aaron John Curtis
- “On Tyranny” – Timothy D. Snyder
- “One Golden Summer” – Carley Fortune
- “River is Waiting” – Wally Lamb
- “Safekeep” – Yael Van Der Wouden
- “Seven Days in June” – Tia Williams
- “Sleeping Giants” – Sylvain Neuval
- “Suitor Armor Vol. 2” – Purpah
- “The Tenant” – Freida McFadden
- “Where the Axe is Buried” – Ray Nayler
Young Adult Books
- “Audre and Bash are Just Friends” – Tia Williams
- “Blades of Furry: Vol. 1” – Emily Erdos
- “Come as You Are” – Dahlia Adler
- “Graphic Novel Builder: The Illustrated Guide to Making Your Own Comics” – Aysha Tengiz
- “His Face is the Sun” – Mitchell Jabes Corpora
- “Let Them Stare” – Jonathan Van Ness
- “Lore Olympus Vol. 8” – Rachel Smythe
- “Making Bank: Money Skills for Real Life” – Shannon Lee Simmons
- “Ours to Tell: Reclaiming Indigenous Stories” – Eldon Yellowhorn
- “Salvacion” – Sandra Proudman
- “Singular Life of Aria Patel” – Samira Ahmed
- “Social skills for Teens with Anxiety” – Emily Davenport
- “The Survivor Wants to Die at the End” – Adam Silvera
- “Sweet Nightmare” – Tracy Wolff
- “Unordinary Vol. 3” – Uru-Chan
- “Wake the Wild Creatures” – Nova Ren Suma
Children Books
- “Ballet Brown” – Bellen Woodard
- “Bear Feels Sad” – Karma Wilson
- “Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity” – Mac Barnett
- “Cat on the Run in Hidden Layers!” – Aaron Blabey
- “Counting with Contando Con Frida” – Patty Rodriguez
- “El Nino” – Pam Munoz Ryan
- “Everything’s Wrong” – Jory John
- “Eyes and the Impossible” – Dave Eggers
- “First Cat in Space and the Soup of Doom” – Mac Barnett
- “For a Girl Becoming” – Joy Harjo
- “Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon” – Grace Lin
- “Girl and the Robot” – Oz Rodriguez
- “How to Cook Everything Kids” – Mark Bittman
- “J vs. K” – Kwame Alexander
- “Last Comics on Earth: A Song of Swords and Stuffies” – Max Brallier
- “Lego Ideas Book” – Simon Hugo
- “Leo Messi” – Maria Vegara Sanchez
- “Mary Kom” – Maria Vegara Sanchez
- “National Geographic:: Little Kids First Big Book of Pets” – Catherine D. Hughes
- “One and Only Family” – Katherine Applegate
- “Serwa Boeteng’s Guide to Saving the World” – Roseanna Brown
- “Rise of the Balloon Goons The of Doom” – Troy Cummings
- “So Many Years: A Juneteenth Story” – Anne Wynter
- “Some of Us: A Story of Citizenship and the United States” – Rajani Larocca
- “Super Rabbit Boy Powers Up!” – Thomas Flintham
- “Vamos! Let’s Go Read!” – Rual the Third
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May 2025 Newsletter
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April New Arrivals
Celebrate National Library week with a new read! 📚💕
Adult Books
- “Adieu Birkenau” – Ginetter Kolinka
- “Alas de Hierro” – Rebecca Yarros
- “Alas de Onyx” – Rebecca Yarros
- “Alas de Sangre” – Rebecca Yarros
- “America, América: A New History of the New World” – Greg Grandin
- “Another Fine Mess” – Lindy Ryan
- “Atavists: Stories” – Lydia Millet
- “Big Chief” – Jon Hickey
- “Book Club for Troublesome Women” – Marie Bostwick
- “Book of Alchemy” – Suleika Jaouad
- “Bright Years”- Sarah Damoff
- “Cross My Heart” – Megan Collins
- “Crown of Gilded Bones” – Jennifer Armentrout
- “Drop of Corruption” – Robert Bennett
- “Eat the Ones You Love” – Sarah Maries Griffin
- “Geographer’s Map to Romance” – India Holton
- “Gifted & Talented” – Olive Blake
- “Ginseng Roots: A Memoir” – Craig Thompson
- “Golden Age” – Jane Smiley
- “Great Big Beautiful Life” – Emily Henry
- “Griffin Sisters Greatest Hits” – Jennifer Weiner
- “How to Seal Your Own Fate” – Kristin Perrin
- “I Who Have Never Known Men” – Jacqueline Harpman
- “L.A. Coroner” – Anne Soon Choi
- “Liquid: A love Story” – Mariam Rahmani
- “Maid’s Secret: A Maid Novel” – Nita Prose
- “Milk Street Bakes” – Christopher Kimball
- “Miracles and Wonder” – Elain Pagels
- “Murder By Cheesecake” – Rachel Courage
- “Night Eaters – #3” – Marjorie Lui
- “Notes to John” – Joan Didion
- “Parable of the Talents” – Octavia E. Butler
- “Rabbit Moon” Jennifer Haigh
- “Say You’ll Remember Me” – Abby Jiminez
- “The Sirens” – Emilia Hart
- “Suitor Armor Vol.1” – Purpah
- “Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man)” – Jesse Q. Santo
Young Adult Books
- “All the Stars Align” – Gretchen Schreiber
- “American Spirits: The Famous Fox Sisters” – Barb Rosentock
- “As Above, So Below (Hazards of Love, Vol 2)” – Stan Stanley
- “Boys with Sharp Teeth” – Jenni Howell
- “Bright World (Hazards of Love, Vol 1)” – Stan Stanley
- “Chaos King (Infinity Alchemist #2)” – Kacen Callender
- “Five Nights at Freddy’s: Return to the Pit” – Scott Cathon
- “Five Nights at Freddy’s: The Week Before” – Scott Cathon
- “Flip Side” – Jason Walz
- “Floating World (Floating World #1)” – Axie Oh
- “Give Up the Night (Moonstruck #2)” – P.C. Cast
- “Hyo the Hellmaker” – Mina Ikemoto Ghosh
- “If We Were A Movie” – Zakiya Jamal
- “Low Orbit” – Kazimir Lee
- “The Notorious Virtues” – Alwyn Hamilton
- “On Again, Awkward Again” – Kelly Erin Entrada
- “Pride or Die” – C.L. Montlanc
- “Rebis: Born and Reborn” – Irene Marchesini
- “Renegade Girls” – Nora Neus
- “Run Away with Me” – Brian Selznick
- “The Summer I Ate the Rich” – Malika Moulite
- “Watch Me (Shatter Me: The New Republic #1)” – Malika Moulite
- “Where Shadows Meet” – Margaret Owen
- “Wish Upon a K-Star” – Kat Cho
Children Books
- “13-Story Treehouse” – Andy Griffiths
- “Ada Magnifica, Cientifica” – Andrea Beaty
- “Another” – Christian Robinson
- “Bear Out There” – Jess Hannigan
- “Big Cheese” – Jory John
- “Cartoonists Club” – Raina Telgemeier
- “Cora and the Terrible Twister: A Tri-State Tornado Story” – Francesca Ficorilla
- “Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King” – Coretta Scott King
- “Crossover” – Kwama Alexander
- “Cruzita and the Mariacheros” – Ashley Granillo
- “Dino Poet: A Graphic Novel” – Tom Angleberger
- “The Dot” – Peter H. Reynolds
- “First State of Being” – Erin Entrada
- “Fix-It Familia” – Lucky Diaz
- “For a Girl Becoming” – Joy Harjo
- “Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker. Librarian and Master Storyteller” – Breanna J. McDaniel
- “Haiku, Ew! Celebrating the Disgusting Side of Nature” – Lynn Brunelle
- “Hedgehogs Don’t Wear Underwear” – Marissa Valdez
- “Hello, I’m an Axolotl” – Hayley Rocco
- “Here is a Book: A Picture Book” – Elisha Cooper
- “Iggy Peck and the Mysterious Mansion: The Questioneers Book #3” – Andrea Beaty
- “Investigators: Class Action” – John Patrick Green
- “J. R. R. Tolkien” – Maria Isabel Sanchez Vagara
- “Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues: The Extraordinary Life of James Baldwin” – Michelle Meadows
- “Karen’s Prize” – Shauna Grant
- “Kwame Crashes the Underground” – Craig Kofi Farmer
- “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me: A Poetry Picture Book” – Maya Angelou
- “Little Bird Laila” – Kelly Yang
- “Mae Jemison” – Maria Isabel Sanchez Vagara
- “Mallory and the Trouble with Twins” – Arley Nopra
- “Me and the Other Bunnies” – Mo Willems
- “Missing Piece Meets the Big O” – Shel Silverstein
- “Neil Armstrong” – Maria Isabel Sanchez Vagara
- “The One and Only Ruby” – Katherine Applegate
- “Opal Watson: Private Eye” – Brittany Thurman
- “Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpre” – Anika Aldamuy Denise
- “Punch! A Story about Kindness” – Michael Hall
- “Rebel Girls Stem Stars: 25 Tales of Women in Science” – Rebel Girls
- “Sleepover Night!” – Candice Ransom
- “Vincent Van Gogh” – Maria Isabel Sanchez Vagara
- “Where the Sidewalk Ends” – Shel Silverstein
- “Wonderfully Wired Brains, An Introduction to the World of Neurodiversity” – Louise Gooding
- “Yay!” – Jessica Kulekjan
- “You Matter” – Christian Robinson
- “Your Island” – Jon Klassen
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April 2025 Events
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March 2025 Events
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March 2025 Newsletter
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March New Arrivals
Spring into new reads! Here are our fresh picks for March!🌷
Adult Books
- “Abundance” – Ezra Klein
- “All the Other Mothers Hate Me” – Sarah Harman
- “Antidote” – Karen Russell
- “Blood Moon” – Sandra Brown
- “Buffalo Hunter Hunter” – Stephen Graham Jones
- “Dream Count” – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- “Elphie” – Gregory Maguire
- “Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection” – John Green
- “Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave” – Elle Cosimano
- “Free” – Amanda Knox
- “Go Luck Yourself” – Sara Raasch
- “High Tea and Misdemeanors” – Laura Childs
- “La Casa de Pineapple Street” – Jenny Jackson
- “La Casa en el Lago” – Riley Sager
- “Malibu Rising” – Taylor Jenkins Reid
- “Murder by Memory” – Olivia Waite
- “One Good Thing” – Georgia Hunter
- “perfect Couple” – Elin Hilderbrand
- “Pomona Afton Can SO Solve a Murder” – Bellamy Rose
- “Ragpicker King” – Cassandra Clare
- “River Has Roots” – Amal El-Mohtar
- “Safekeep” – Yael van der Wouden
- “Sucker Punch” – Scaachi Koul
- “Theft” – Abdulrazak Gurnah
- “This Book Will Bury Me” – Ashley Windstead
- “Vampiros en el Norte” – Isabel Cnas
- “When the Moon Hits Your Eye” – John Scalzi
- “Wild Dark Shore” – Charlotte McConaghy
- “Wizard of Earthsea” – Ursula K Le Guin
- “Writer” – James Patterson
- “YOKO” – David Sheff
- “You Must Take Part in the Revolution” – Baduicao
Young Adult Books
- “All the Hidden Monsters’ – Amie Jordan
- “Banned Together: Our Fight for Reader’s Rights” – Ashley Hope Perez
- “Dear Manny” – Nic Stone
- “Diving the Leaves” – Shveta Thakrar
- “Encanto’s Curse” – Melissa de la Crus
- “Fable for the End of the World” – Ava Reid
- “Helen of Wyndhorn” – Tom King
- “Highly Sensitive Teen” – Lea Noring
- “His Mortal Demise” – Vanessa Le
- “Kirby’s Lesson for Falling (in Love)” – Laura Gao
- “Les Normaux” – Janine Janssen
- “Maya in Multicolor” – Swati Teerdhala
- “Nightweaver” – R.M. Gray
- “Oathbound” – Tracy Deonn
- “Our Infinite Fates” – Laura Steven
- “Reversing the Spiral of Depression” – Amy Mezulis
- “Scarlet Veil” – Shelby Mahurin
- “Shadow Bride” – Shelby Mahurin
- “She Waits for You Beyond the Dark” – Kristen Simmons
- “Strange Bedfellows” – Ariel Slamet Ries
- “Sunrise on the Reaping” – Suzanne Collins
- “They Bloom at Night” – Trang Thanh Tran
- “We Are Villians” – Kacen Callender
- “When the Bones Sing” – Ginny Myers Sain
- “When We Ride” – Rex Ogle
Children Books
- “Beyonce” – Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
- “Big Nate: Attack of the Cheez Funk Breath” – Lincoln Pierce
- “Book Comes Home” – Rob Sanders
- “Chinese Mythology: Legendary Tales of Heaven, Earth, Humanity, and Beyond” – Aaaron Hwang
- “Echo” – Adam Rex
- El Sapo” – Elise Gravel
- “Exploring Flight!” – Andrea Beaty
- “Fairy Tales for Fearless Girls” – Anita Ganeri
- “Football’s Origin Story” – Captsone Press
- “Goodnight Butterfly” – Ross Burach
- “Harriet the Brave” – Ursula Vernon
- “Hello There, Sunshine” – Tabitha Brown
- “History Smashers: Earth Day and the Environment” – Kate Messner
- “Home” – Matt de la Pena
- “I Am Sally Ride” – Brad Meltzer
- “I Survived the California Wildfires” – Lauren Tarshis
- “I Survived the Great Molasses Flood” – Lauren Tarshis
- “Investi-GATORS: Ants in Our Pants #4” – John Patrick Green
- “Jo Jo Makkoons: Snow Day” – Dawn Quigley
- “Knight Owl and the Early Bird” – Christopher Denise
- “La Oruga Muy Impaciente” – Ross Burach
- “Lila Geer, Teacher of the Year” – Andrea Beaty
- “Little Blue Truck and Racer Red” – Alice Schertle
- “Los Tres Chivitos Gruff” – Mac Barnett
- “Makeda Makes a Mountain” – Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovish
- “Papilio” – Ben Clanton
- “Paws for a Cause” – Kyla May
- “Pele” – Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
- “Pete the Kitty and the Mermaid’s Sandcastle” – James Dean
- “Quien es Lionell Messi?” – James Buckley
- “Reading Beauty” – Deborah Underwood
- “Rebel Girls Celebrate Neurodiversity” – Rebel Girls
- “Resist – A Story of D-Day” – Alex Grantz
- “Rise Up! Powerful Protests in American History” – Rachel C Katz
- “Say My Name! Say My Name!” – R.L. Stine
- “Science Comics: Deep Sea Creatures: Adapting to the Abyss” – Mike Lawrence
- “Speechless” – Aron Nels steinke
- “Stan Lee” – Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
- “Stepping Up!” – Alexandria Penfold
- “The Marvellers
- “The One and Only Bob” – Katherine Applegate
- “The Strongest Heart” – Saadia Faruqi
- “The Very Impatient Caterpillar” – Ross Burach
- “Wash Day Love” – Tanisia Moore
- “What Was the Renaissance” – Roberta Edwards
- “Who is Simone Biles?” – Stefanie Loh
- “Who is Tony Hawk? – Steve Kort
- “Will the Pigeon Graduate?” – Mo Willems
- “”You’re Going to Love this Book!” – Jory John
- “Your Farm” – Jon Klassen
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