New for Children
The Snips: A Bad Buzz Day
by Raul the Third
Casco, Patty, Letty, Nubes, and Flealix the Dog make up Scissor City’s crew of crime-fighting, mystery-solving barbers. But not everyone loves their dazzling dos and wacky hair inventions. Buzz and Boffo Buzzington have been trying to find a way to overthrow the Snips and restore their family’s company to the top of the haircutting world. Can the Snips keep Scissor City safe from the hijinks of the Bad Buzz Boyz and still give amazing hairdos?
How We Share Cake
by Kim Hyo-eun
Making sure you get your rightful share in a family of five siblings is never easy. Everything must be carefully calculated and precisely measured to make sure no one misses out. “How We Share Cake” is a hilarious exploration of the timeless struggle for fairness and justice among brothers and sisters dynamics.
Bunny Made Tea
by Amanda Baehr Fuller
One soggy spring morning, Bunny decides to make a cup of tea. Before they can take a sip, Opossum arrives for an impromptu visit, and Bunny kindly offers the unexpected guest their tea and starts to brew another cup. But just as they’re settling in to enjoy it, Opossum appears with their babies in tow. They all want tea too! Ingredients are gathered, and more tea is made—enough for the babies, but not enough for Bunny. Disappointed, Bunny goes to bed without tea, until a knock at the door the next morning reveals their hospitality has been repaid: one of Opossum’s babies has made tea for Bunny in return!.
New for Teens
Pearl
by Sherri L. Smith
Amy is a thirteen-year-old Japanese-American girl who lives in Hawaii. In 1941, when a relative falls ill, Amy travels to visit family in Hiroshima. When the Japanese navy attacks Pearl Harbor, it becomes impossible for Amy to return to Hawaii. Conscripted into translating English radio transmissions for the Japanese army, Amy struggles with questions of loyalty and fears about her family amid rumors of internment camps in America Torn between two countries at war, Amy must figure out where her loyalties lie and, in the face of unthinkable tragedy, find hope in a changed world.
A Greater Goal
by Elizabeth Rusch
With the passage of Title IX in 1972, the doors opened for young women to play sports at a higher level. But for the women on the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team, being able to compete at an international level didn’t mean fair treatment and fair compensation.
With a narrative that includes player profiles and vignettes framed from team member perspectives, “A Greater Goal” illuminates the work, support, and grit needed to be treated with equality in a world that often undervalues the contributions of women..
New for Adults
Great Big Beautiful Life
by Emily Henry
Alice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her big writing break. Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud. They’re both on Little Crescent Island for the same reason: to write the biography of a woman no one has seen in years—the octogenarian who claims to be Margaret Ives, tagic heiress, former tabloid princess, and daughter of one of the most storied and scandalous families of the twentieth century. Margaret invites both writers for a one-month trial period, after which she’ll choose the person who’ll tell her story. But Margaret gives each writer only pieces of her story … pieces they can’t swap to put together because of an ironclad nondisclosure agreement and an inconvenient yearning pulsing between the two every time they’re in the same room. Soon it becomes clear that their story—just like the tale Margaret’s spinning—could be a mystery, tragedy, or love ballad depending on who’s telling it.
Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life
by Maggie Smith
Drawing from twenty years of teaching experience and her bestselling newsletter, “For Dear Life,” Maggie Smith breaks down creativity into ten essential elements: attention, wonder, vision, play, surprise, vulnerability, restlessness, tenacity, connection, and hope. Each element is explored through short, inspiring, and craft-focused essays, followed by generative writing prompts. “Dear Writer” provides tools that artists of all experience levels can apply to their own creative practices and carry with them into all genres and all areas of life.
