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Staff Picks for January 2026 |
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Bug on the Bus
by David Catrow
This funny story by an award-winning artist is the perfect story for practicing simple phonics. Bug ran to the bus. Hop on. Bat ran to the bus. Bug, Bat, Hen, Cat, Pig, Pup, and Fox all hop on the bus. Everything is fine until skunk hops on too! This decodable story is laugh-out-loud funny.
Picture Book
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Hattie Mae Begins Again
by Sharon G. Flake
A southern girl attends an elite girls boarding school in the north must find the courage to be herself and to dream of a brighter future, set against the backdrop of the great migration.
Children's Fiction
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Creative Writing with Miss Mary Mac: A Handbook for Young and Future Authors
by Mary McInerney
Writing doesn't have to be a chore! This graphic novel guide for aspiring writers will show you how to create your masterpiece. Authors are artists! But instead of putting paint on a canvas, they put words on a page. Writing coach Mary McInerney (aka Miss Mary Mac) will show you how to use words to express yourself--and have fun doing it! The writing exercises in this book aren't what you're used to! With Miss Mary Mac's help, you can unlock your creativity, find inspiration all around you, and develop a voice that's truly your own. When you use your imagination, writing is never boring.
Children's Nonfiction
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Rebel Girls Make Dessert: Kid-Tested Recipes You Can Make, Bake, and Share!
by Rebel Girls Inc
Did you know that you can whip up a fluffy confetti cake without a mixer? Have you ever wondered if there were afterschool sweet treats your kids could make on their own in under an hour? If you want to share moments of creativity and togetherness at home, this fun, truly kid-friendly cookbook offers tips, tricks, stories, and sweets to excite children (and the whole family) in the kitchen.
Children's Nonfiction |
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Christmas in the City
Three-time Grammy Award-winning and multiplatinum-selling a cappella group Pentatonix releases their seventh studio Christmas album, featuring a mix of originals, classic covers, and reimagined medleys. The album is a sonic representation of a magical spontaneous trip to a snowy NYC at Christmastime and what it feels like to see the lights and decorations for the first time. It is whimsical, jazzy, cozy, and classy all at once.
Adult Music CD
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Verve Remixed Holiday
Verve Remixed Holiday returns this season with a fresh spin on timeless cheer. Inspired by the beloved 2008 release, this vibrant reimagining of classic holiday tracks from Verve Records' legendary catalog features five brand new remixes from a cutting-edge lineup of DJs and producers: Ginton, Bolden., Tourist, Two Another, and DARGZ. Their genre-blurring interpretations bring new life to beloved recordings, fusing modern electronic textures and grooves with jazz, soul, and holiday nostalgia.
Adult Music CD
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The Uninvited
by Nancy Banks
When her Dad announces that his work will be moving them from their home in Portland, Oregon, to Paris, France, Tosh is more than ready for the change. It will be hard to leave her best friends behind, but she’s more than ready to escape from the memories of her former debate partner, and she can’t wait to experience everything the City of Lights has to offer. A fortuitous meeting with a kind – and cute – fellow ex-pat brings her into his eclectic friend group, which leads to fun-filled adventures in the city. But Paris is not all cozy cafes and gorgeous architecture: there is an unknown assailant stalking young women in the streets, and the nature of the attacks leads to rumors of a vampire. Soon, Tosh and her friends discover that the danger has crept close to home. A sharp-edged social commentary wrapped in paranormal suspense – and with mouthwatering descriptions of pastries, to boot –The Uninvited is a great recommendation for both Francophile and feminist teen readers.
Teen Fiction
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Twin Tides
by Hien Nguyen
On the surface, Caliste and Aria’s lives couldn’t be more different: Caliste is a popular LA influencer with a wealthy father who chose to pursue her online brand rather than going to college; parentless Aria is a studious freshman at Georgetown who has resorted to taking exams and writing papers for her classmates in order to pay for her aunt’s medical bills. An unexpected and unwelcome phone call brings them face-to-face in Les Eaux, Minnesota, where they are faced with shocking news: they are identical twins, separated as toddlers, and the body of their mother, missing for 14 years, has been discovered in the local lake. What led their father and aunt to separate them and lie to them for more than a decade? And was their mother’s death the result of the vengeful ghost said to have claimed many victims over the years, or was it the work of a much more human monster? Equal parts supernatural horror and character-driven mystery, Twin Tides will appeal to fans of Trang Thanh Tran’s They Bloom at Night.
Teen Fiction
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When the Fireflies Dance
by Aisha Hassan
On the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, Lalloo and his family are trapped in indentured servitude, forced to make thousands of bricks each day. After the brutal murder of Lalloo’s older brother, Lalloo’s parents send him away to protect him. As Lalloo’s circumstances improve – he apprentices to an auto mechanic and then becomes the driver for a wealthy family – he desperately seeks out any possible way to rescue his family. Library Journal calls When the Fireflies Dance “a highly recommended and heart-wrenching story that is all too realistic,” and Booklist praises Hassan’s “haunting debut” with its “richly descriptive, unflinchingly honest prose.”
Adult Fiction
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The Tortoise's Tale
by Kendra Coulter
Captured as a hatchling and brought to live on a luxurious estate in Southern California, Magic the giant tortoise notes the changes in the world around her through decades of astute observation. Often treated as a decorative curiosity, her first real connections with humans are with Takeo, the estate’s kindhearted gardener, and with a young girl named Lucy, who grants Magic her name, and becomes her dearest friend. As the estate is transferred from owner to owner, and transformed to match their visions, Magic considers both the kindness and cruelty of humanity, and the interconnectedness of everyone and everything. Booklist recommends this “quiet but beautifully written debut” to animal lovers, and Library Journal adds that it should also be a hit with “anyone looking for a significant novel with a heartfelt story.”
Adult Fiction
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Dorie's Anytime Cakes
by Dorie Greenspan
Over the years, Dorie has created thousands of excellent recipes. And out of all of them, the ones she always comes back to are the simplest cakes. Some may have a dusting of powdered sugar or a drizzle of icing, but most of them are straight-from-the-oven cakes that are great as-is. They're cakes that you probably already have all the ingredients for in your pantry. They're the kinds of cakes you can whip up, put out and know that anyone with a hankering can come by and cut a sliver or a hunk. Any time. With evocative writing, expert advice, and gorgeous illustrations by Nancy Pappas, Dorie's Anytime Cakes celebrates the simple--but still exciting and special--with more than 100 recipes for easy-to-make, easy-to-love cakes.
Adult Nonfiction |
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Barbieland: The Unauthorized History
by Tarpley Hitt
For nearly seven decades, Mattel billed Barbie as the first adult doll--a revolutionary alternative to the baby dolls before her, which had treated little girls as future mothers rather than future women. But Barbie was no original. She was a knockoff: a nearly identical copy of a German doll now erased from the narrative in favor of Mattel's preferred version of history. It was Barbie's first secret but far from her last. In Barbieland , journalist and The Drift editor Tarpley Hitt exposes the long-hidden backstory of the world's most famous doll. After snuffing out her predecessor, Barbie climbed to the throne of global girlhood and stayed there, fending off rivals with a mix of strategic marketing, government influence, ruthless litigation, and covert tactics worthy of a classic spy novel.
Adult Nonfiction |
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Long Take
by Akira Kurosawa
A multifaceted portrait of the great Japanese director For years, Akira Kurosawa resisted writing about himself. It would turn out to be nothing but talk about movies, he said. In other words, take myself, subtract movies, and the result is zero. The memoir he finally started serializing in 1978, Something like an Autobiography, ended with Rashomon, the film that launched him on the world's stage in 1950. Long Take, first published in Japan shortly after Kurosawa's death in 1998, at last tells the story of the rest of his life. By turns intimate, provocative, and revealing, Long Take creates a dynamic portrait of Kurosawa from his own writings; his conversations with writer Inoue Hisashi and director Yamada Yji; and essays by his daughter and colleague Kurosawa Kazuko, who details the collaborative history of the Kurosawa crew. It features a wealth of industry lore, cultural reference points, inside jokes with other filmmakers and writers, and backstories for his own productions, from the earliest to the last. Of particular interest to all cinephiles is an annotated list of Kurosawa's 100 favorite films. A survey of Kurosawa's prodigious career, this book situates the visionary in the media milieu of his youth, in the literature and performing arts of twentieth-century Japan and Hollywood, and among the myriad films he loved, admired, and referenced, including Japanese silent film and comedy as well as productions from India, Iran, and Soviet-era Russia. Now available to English readers for the first time, Long Take offers a lasting picture of the peerless filmmaker in his element.
Adult Nonfiction
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Cat + Crazy Volume 1
by Wataru Nadatani
High schooler Kensuke Fuji adores cats, but others in his family are allergic, so he's never really been able to spend time with any. When he meets a mysteriously skilled cat guru--who seems to be able to understand everything about cats--Kensuke finds a kindred spirit who is also 'absolutely kitty bonkers, ' so he decides to study under this Ultimate Cat Whisperer! Come along with Kensuke and learn the secrets of the Cat Fist Way!
Teen Manga
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Batman and Robin: Year One
by Mark Waid
Billionaire Bruce Wayne is grappling with his new role as guardian to orphaned Dick Grayson, while Batman faces the challenge of unleashing Robin on Gotham's ruthless underworld! Join superstars Mark Waid and Chris Samnee as they explore the earliest days of the Dynamic Duo! The early years of Batman and Robin were anything but smooth sailing. Join fan-favorite creative duo Mark Waid and Chris Samnee as they explore the first year of Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson's partnership, both as a newly minted father and son in the eyes of the public and as the crime-fighting Batman and Robin to the criminal underworld of Gotham City! Dick may be capable and enthusiastic, but does he have what it takes to stand up against the deadliest costumed villains the city has to offer? And Batman may be prepared for anything--but is he prepared to be responsible for the life and safety of a teenage sidekick? Collecting Batman & Robin: Year One #1-12
Adult Graphic Novel
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La historia de una mosca / The Story of a Fly
by Laurie Cohen
A great adventure can begin when a fly loses its most prized possession; its wings! Now, what can it do without them?
Una gran aventura puede comenzar cuando una mosca pierde su posesión más preciada; ¡sus alas! Ahora, ¿qué puede hacer sin ellas?
Spanish Picture Book
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Hijas de Eva / Eva's Daughters
by Angélica Quiñónez
A dystopian science fiction novel where a mysterious Saturday in 2025, all biological women on the planet cease to exist. After months of asking questions, of trying to shed light on what happened, and of overcoming the bewilderment of this new reality-the 'Extinction'-scientists launch Project Eve, an attempt to bring back women via a surrogate chimpanzee.
Una novela de ciencia ficción distópica donde un misterioso sábado de 2025, todas las mujeres biológicas del planeta dejan de existir. Después de meses de preguntas, de intentar esclarecer qué ha sucedido y de sobreponerse al desconcierto de la nueva realidad, la 'Extinción,' los científicos lanzan el Proyecto Eva, un intento de recuperar a las mujeres mediante un chimpancé gestante.
Spanish Adult Fiction |
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50 microhábitos explosivos / 50 Explosive Microhabits
by Bertil Marklund
To achieve the fulfillment you’ve always wanted, you don’t need to do too much. In fact, small changes can generate big results. This is a compendium of 50 micro-habits related to psychology, nutrition, and physical activity that guarantee improvements in your health, a longer lifespan, and help you enjoy your life to the fullest.
Para alcanzar la plenitud que siempre has querido no necesitas hacer demasiado. De hecho, con pequeños cambios puedes generar grandes resultados. Este es un compendio de 50 micro-hábitos relacionados con la psicología, la nutrición y la actividad física que te garantizan mejoras en tu salud, una vida más larga y te ayudaran a disfrutar de la vida al máximo.
Spanish Adult Nonfiction |
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