Staff Picks

At our staff meetings we take a few minutes to talk about the books we are reading. This is a list of recent favorites. STAFF PICKS

Being Brave on Halloween Along with the fun of Halloween costumes and candy, the holiday can also be a scary event for some young participants. Helping children learn the ins and outs of trick-or-treating, Susan Hood's new picture book Just Say Boo! presents various scary scenarios and offers a solution: Just say "boo!" With Jed Henry's colorful illustrations of young children shaking in their costumes and then bravely shouting "boo," this book will arm kids with plenty of ammo to fight off the Halloween spooks.

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Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies By Macintyre, Ben 2012-07 - Crown Publishing Group (NY) 9780307888754 Check Our Catalog In his celebrated bestsellers, Macintyre told the dazzling true stories of a remarkable World War II double agent and of how the Allies employed a corpse to fool the Nazis and assure a decisive victory. He returns with the untold story of the grand final deception of the war and of the extraordinary spies who achieved it. …More

The Time Keeper By Albom, Mitch 2012-09 - Hyperion Books 9781401322786 Check Our Catalog The inventor of the world's first clock is punished and banished for centuries. With his soul nearly broken, Father Time is granted his freedom and a chance to redeem himself by teaching two earthly people the true meaning of time. …More

The Game of Boxes: Poems By Barnett, Catherine 2012-08 - Graywolf Press 9781555976200 Check Our Catalog …More

Seraphina By Hartman, Rachel 2012-07 - Random House Books for Young Readers 9780375866562 Check Our Catalog Four decades of peace have done little to ease the mistrust between humans and dragons in the kingdom of Goredd. Seraphina Dombegh has reason to fear both sides. An unusually gifted musician, she joins the court just as a member of the royal family is murderedNin suspiciously draconian fashion. …More

Turn of Mind By LaPlante, Alice 2011-07 - Atlantic Monthly Press 9780802119773 Check Our Catalog A startling portrait of a disintegrating mind clinging to bits of reality through anger, frustration, shame, and unspeakable loss, "Turn of Mind" is a remarkable debut that examines the deception and frailty of memory and how it defines our very existence. …More

Shadow of Night By Harkness, Deborah E. 2012-07 - Viking Books 9780670023486 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Picking up from Harkness' "A Discovery of Witches" cliffhanger ending, this tale plunges Diana and Matthew into Elizabethan London, a world of spies, subterfuge, and a coterie of the mysterious School of Night that includes Christopher Marlowe and Walter Raleigh. …More

Broken Harbor By French, Tana 2012-07 - Viking Books 9780670023653 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title With her signature blend of police procedural and psychological thriller, French's fourth book of the Dublin murder squad goes full throttle with a heinous crime, creating her most complicated detective character and her best book yet. …More