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  • Baby Brains
  • Meet...
  • News
  • Story Time Calendar
  • Events
  • Staff Picks/New Books
  • Librarians are Hilarious
 
 
BABY BRAINS


MEET...


NEWS
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STORY TIME CALENDAR

EVENTS
 
Our $5 bag sale begins later this month - stop in and see what's new in our Christmas sale!
 


STAFF PICKS/NEW BOOKS
Staff Picks
The Taking of Jemima Boone: Colonial Settlers, Tribal Nations, and the Kidnap That Shaped America
by Matthew Pearl

Explores the little-known true story of the kidnapping of thirteen-year-old Jemima Boone, Daniel Boone's daughter, by a Cherokee-Shawnee raiding party and the ensuing battle with reverberations that nobody could predict. (Large Print Non-Fiction) 

(Recommended by Bob)
New Books
I Am a Meadow Mermaid
by K. George

A little girl dreams of adventures in the water and feels the spirit of the ocean all around her...even though she lives on the prairie...But she won't let a little detail like that stand in the way of being a meadow mermaid! Frolicking in the 'waves' of wheat and 'oceans' of grass, spying sea horses and...a shipwrecked sailor? Even if that shipwreck is actually an overturned bike and the sailor a new kid from a neighboring field, it's still a chance to make a new friend, one with an imagination as expansive and a love of the ocean as deep as the little girl's own. (Easy)
Scaredy Cats
by Jeff Mack

Three kittens speculate on what might be in a wrapped gift before them: a harmless cake, or an array of increasingly vicious predators. (Easy)
Nothing Else But Miracles
by Kate Albus

During WWII, 12-year-old Dory Byrne and her brothers are forced to hide out in an abandoned hotel when their new landlord turns them in for being on their own and discover that when things get tough, the neighborhood really will give you what you need—even a miracle or two. (Fiction Junior)
Murtagh: The World of Eragon
by Christopher Paolini

Hated, alone and exiled to the outskirts of society, Dragon Rider Murtagh and his dragon, Thorn, must decide what he stands for in a world that has abandoned him when a new enemy emerges from the shadows of Alagaësia. (Teen)
The Tiffany Girls: A Novel
by Shelley Noble

In 1899 Manhattan, three “Tiffany Girls,” women responsible for much of the design and construction of Tiffany's extraordinary glassworks, are brought together by chance, driven by their desire to be artists in one of the only ways acceptable for women in their time. (Fiction)
The Berry Pickers: A Novel
by Amanda Peters

Growing up as the only child of affluent and overprotective parents, Norma, troubled by recurring dreams and visions that seem more like memories than imagination, searches for the truth, leading her to the blueberry fields of Maine, where a family secret is finally revealed. (Fiction)
Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop: A Novel
by Jenny Colgan

In this sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller The Christmas Bookshop, an American production company decides that McCredie's is the perfect location to film a very cheesy Christmas movie and Carmen, the bookshop's manager, uses this unexpected windfall to fend off a buyout offer from an obnoxious millionaire. (Large Print)
Create Your Own Cozy: 100 Practical Ways to Love Your Home and Life
by Liz Marie Galvan

A blogger, interior designer, and co-owner of a vintage home decor boutique offers inspiration, interactions and intentional living ideas to make your home and life cozier by growing flowers, creating a soothing bedtime routine and bringing the indoors outside. (Non-Fiction)

LIBRARIANS ARE HILARIOUS
From rumputsantoso on tumblr. Five facts about reading. Fact 1: Reading can make you a better conversationalist. Fact 2: Neighbours will never complain that your book is too loud. Fact 3: Knowledge by osmosis has not yet been perfected. You'd better read. Fact 4: Books have stopped bullets - reading might save your life. Fact 5: Dinosaurs didn't read. Look what happened to them.

THANKS FOR READING!
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