Staff Picks - Kids & Teens
September 2023
KIDS
There's an alligator under my bed
by Mercer Mayer

In this favorite bedtime story from 1987, a boy tells the story of the alligator that once lived under his bed.  -- Recommended by Nina K.
Grand Canyon
by Jason Chin

Nonfiction picture book about a father & daughter hiking the Grand Canyon - full of wonderful, interactive watercolor illustrations and diecuts about the geology, fossils, history, flora, and fauna encountered as they hike through the strata (and time!) that created this natural marvel. -- Recommended by Megan K. 
                                                                                                                       
TEENS
Waiting for spring. 1
by Anashin

Mizuki is a shy girl who’s about to enter high school, and vows to open herself up to new friendships. Of course, the four stars of the boys’ basketball team weren't exactly the friends she had in mind! Yet, when they drop by the café where she works, the five quickly hit it off. Soon she’s been accidentally thrust into the spotlight, targeted by jealous girls. And will she expand her mission to include… love? -- Recommended by Chantalle U. 
Stephen McCranie's Space Boy. Volume 1
by Stephen McCranie

A sci-fi drama of a high school–aged girl who belongs in a different time, an alien artifact, mysterious murder, a love that crosses light years, and a boy possessed by emptiness as deep as space. -- Recommended by Monica T. 
                                                                                                                       
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