Yellowface by R.F. Kuang “Bad Art Friend” meets psychological thriller in this pacy, satirical page-turner. June Hayward is a struggling author whose debut novel flopped. Her college friend, Athena Liu, is a bestselling author who just landed a Netflix deal. When Athena dies in an accident, June finds herself in possession of the secret manuscript … Read more
American Mermaid by Julia Langbein This splashy debut novel is part Hollywood satire, part girl-power eco-thriller. High school English teacher Penny moves to LA for the summer to adapt her bestselling novel into a movie. In Penny’s book, also called American Mermaid, protagonist Sylvia is an asexual engineer who discovers that her disability—she has chronic … Read more
No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister Some people mark summer by road trips and barbecues. Book lovers track the season by the pages we’ve read. Like Jenga pieces, we pull hardbacks from our teetering “to be read” piles, scan media for trending titles, and turn to library and bookstore staff for the next great book … Read more
Woodpecker Wants a Waffle Benny the woodpecker wakes up to a wonderful smell one morning. He discovers it’s coming from the new diner serving waffles and he is determined to try one, but the waitress is determined to keep him out of the diner. Will Benny get to try a waffle? Check out this fun … Read more
I Walk With Vanessa A wordless book about a girl who sees someone being bullied and inspires her community to surround and support the girl while they stand up to the bully together.
Wordy Birdy Wordy Birdy has lots of things to say and sometimes she is so busy saying them that she misses important things. It’s a good thing she has special friends, but will she get them all in trouble, or will they rescue her? Will Wordy Bird learn to pay attention to what’s happening around … Read more
A Library Book for Bear Bear has seven books and he his sure they are all the books he needs. His friend, Mouse wants to take him to the library and even though he thinks that it is “completely unnecessary”, he has agreed to the outing. His first impression of the library is that it … Read more
The Prince and the Pee If your family doesn’t mind a little potty humor this is a fun story of a Prince who sets out to save a castle, but they don’t get far before he asks, “Are we there yet?” Unfortunately for Prince Freddie, every time they stop he encounters a problem and has … Read more
It Began With a Page Such an inspiring true story of a woman artist that begin in Gyo’s home where “anything seemed possible” even though it didn’t feel that way in the rest of her world. Gyo was determined and persevered through hardship to become a woman who did amazing things and changed our world … Read more
Lost and Found Cat If you had to leave your home and could only bring what you could carry, what would you choose? What a hard choice! Based on a true story that involves people around the world working together to be kind and caring.