Book Reviews
Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
Librarian Seeks Book - Needed quick! Great book to read. Looking…
Mildly Spooky Missouri
Haunted Graveyards of the Ozarks by David E. Harkins
Missouri’s…
THEY CALL ME GUERO by David Bowles/DANCING HANDS by Margarita Engle
Twelve-year-old Guero (a lifelong nickname referring to his pale…
Short Attention Span? Try These Short Stories, Films
I’m sure most people have been in a situation where someone…
The Consultant by Tj O’Connor
Tj O’Connor is a former government anti-terrorism agent. He…
Wilder Girls by Rory Power
Being a teenage girl is rough. Being a teenage girl trapped on…
Dog Man by Dav Pilkey (and other graphic novels)
One of my favorite things about being a librarian is that I get…
A Pair of Infographic Eye Candies
Biographic Austen by Sophie Collins
Seeing Science: An Illustrated…
MEET YASMIN by Saadia Faruqi & Bilal Cooks Daal by Aisha Saeed
Youth activist Marley Dias was inspired to begin her #1000BlackGirlBooks…
Anthony Bourdain Remembered
Anthony Bourdain was important to a lot of people. There is no…
“Stonewall: A building, an uprising, a revolution” (Rob Sanders and Jamey Christoph), by Lisa E. Brown
Fifty years ago, in the summer of 1969, many significant events…
Song for the Unraveling of the World by Brian Evenson
Reading slumps aren’t uncommon. Lately, I’ve been starting…
Breaker’s Reef by Terri Blackstock
In our reviews the library staff often mention the variety of…
Mae Among the stars by Roda Ahmed & Look Up With Me: Neil deGrasse Tyson: A Life Among the Stars” by Jennifer Berne
The summer reading program is in full swing inside the library’s…