Category: New Books Spotlight

A true story about 2 girls racing around the world at a time when travel was not as convenient as it is today. Listen here for a brief report.

It is helpful if you can pronounce Spanish words to read this book, but you can hear an introduction here.

A biography of an important scientist. Listen here for more information.

Do you want to learn more about the clouds? Listen here for an introduction.

To hear a brief introduction to this book click here. Find the book on the Fiction shelf in the Starred library upstairs.

Tim Green encourages readers to fight for their dreams in this heartfelt story about a young football star grappling with the stress of living up to his father’s name. Click here to hear an introduction. Find the book in the SPORTS section of Fiction

 Author and storyteller Atinuke gives us a chapter book about a little girl with a mighty will and charm to spare.  Click here to hear an introduction. Find the book in the FAMILY section of Fiction.

Author Kimberly Bradley gives us a middle grade novel set at the border between freedom and fear in World War II France, at the Chateau de Chenonceau, where a Jewish girl who has lost everything but her life must decide whether to risk even that to bring others to freedom.

“We don’t choose how we feel, but we choose how we act.”

Click here to hear the introduction. Find the book in the Historical Fiction section of Fiction.

Author Torrey Maldonado, delivers a fast-paced read that packs a punch about a boy figuring out how to best use his hands—to build or to knock down. Click here to hear a bit about the story. Look in the Family section of Fiction for the book.