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May 2021

May 5, 2021
Topic: Latinx for Cinco de Mayo

Full Woman, Fleshly Apple, Hot Moon by Pablo Neruda
The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantu
The Devil’s Highway: A True Story by Luis Alberto Urrea
The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea
Dominicana by Angie Cruz
Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat
Molina: The Story of the Father Who Raised an Unlikely Baseball Dynasty by Bengie Molina
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Sanctuary by Paola Mendoza
Cheech Is Not My Real Name: But Don’t Call Me Chong! by Cheech Marin
Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
Spare Parts by Joshua Davis

APRIL 2021

April 28, 2021
Topic: YA Survival Stories

Enclave by Ann Aguirre
H20 by Virginia Bergin
After the Snow by S.D. Crockett
Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis
Ashfall by Mike Mullin
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Dry by Neal and Jarrod Shusterman

Topic: YA "Life After High School"

Admission by Julie Buxbaum
Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi
We Are Still Tornadoes by Michael Kun
The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour
A Lite Too Bright by Samuel Miller
The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
Neverworld Wake by Marisha Pessl
Again, But Better by Christine Riccio
You Asked For Perfect by Laura Silverman
Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee by Jeff Zentner

April 21, 2021
Topic: And the Nominees Are

Nomadland by Jessica Bruder
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
News of the World by Paulette Jiles
Betrayal by The Boston Globe
12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
The King's Speech by Peter Conradi and Mark Logue
Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup
A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar
Dances With Wolves by Michael Blake
Guantanamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi
Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff
The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian
The Duke and I by Julia Quinn

April 14, 2021
Topic: Novels in Verse

Eugene Onegin by Aleksandr Pushkin
Crank by Ellen Hopkins
Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson
October Mourning by Leslea Newman
The Folding Cliffs by W.S. Merwin
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Golden Gate by Vikram Seth
Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Sugar Mile by Glyn Maxwell
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
10:04 by Ben Lerner
The Crying Book by Heather Christle
The Border Trilogy by Cormac McCarthy

April 7, 2021
Topic: Spring Out of a Reading Slump

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
Packing for Mars by Mary Roach
The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
Moby Duck by Donovan Hahn
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover Bartlett
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Daytripper by Fabio Moon
Kid Gloves by Lucy Knisley
Saga v.1 by Brian K. Vaughan
Blankets by Craig Thomson
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam Trilogy) by Margaret Atwood
The Likeness (Dublin Murder Squad series) by Tana French
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth Trilogy) by N.K. Jemisin
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell Trilogy) by Hilary Mantel
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin
Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
A River in Darkness by Masaji Ishikawa
Finna by Nino Cipri

MARCH 2021
March 31, 2021
Topic: YA Funny Books

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
Don't Get Caught by Kurt Dinan
Heretics Anonymous by Katie Henry
We Are the Perfect Girl by Ariel Kaplan
What Goes Up by Katie Kennedy
Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe by Preston Norton
The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe
A Toaster on Mars by Darrell Pitt
The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever by Jeff Strand

March 17, 2021
Topic: Green Covers

Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge by Paul Krueger
The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth
Lost Memory of Skin by Russell Banks
Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton
Thirty Seven by Peter Stenson
Celine by Peter Heller
Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O’Neill
Don’t Tell a Soul by David Rosenfelt
Sudden Death by Alvaro Enrigue
Black: The Birth of Evil by Ted Dekker

March 10, 2021
Topic: Strong Female Protagonists

The Rook by Daniel O’Malley
The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Resistance Women by Jennifer Chiaverini
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
Dear Mrs. Bird by A.J. Pearce
Rules for Visiting by Jessica Francis Kane

March 3, 2021
Topic: Staff Picks

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
Sadie by Courtney Summers
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner
Jane Steele: A Confession by Lyndsay Faye
The Ferryman Institute by Colin Gigl
Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook by Christina Henry
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
The Martian by Andy Weir

FEBRUARY 2021

February 24, 2021
Topic: YA Books With Little to No Romance

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Found by Joseph Bruchac
Be Not Far From Me by Mindy McGinnis
Destroy All Monsters by Sam J. Miller
Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
Running by Natalia Sylvester

February 17, 2021
Topic: New Black Stories by Black Authors

Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark
The Business of Lovers by Eric Jerome Dickey
Idlewild by Treasure Hernandez
It's Not All Downhill from Here by Terry McMillan
The Queen's Diamond by Niyah Moore
Our Time Is Now by Stacey Abrams
The Chiffon Trenches by Andre Leon Talley
The Dead Are Arising by Les Payne

February 10, 2021
Topic: New YA Black Stories by Black Authors

The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles
The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed
You Should See Me In a Crown by Leah Johnson
When They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullors
All the Things We Never Knew by Liara Tamani
Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
Lux: The New Girl by Ashley Woodfolk
Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam

February 3, 2021
Topic: New Romance

Stay With Me by Becky Wade
Ten Rules for Faking It by Sophie Sullivan
Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory
The Sight of You by Holly Miller
You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle
The Daughters of Erietown by Connie Schultz
The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon
The Lost Love Song by Minnie Darke
Ties That Tether by Jane Igharo
Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner

JANUARY 2021

January 24, 2021
Topic: New YA Romance

Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli & Aisha Saeed
Love, Creekwood by Becky Albertalli
Dating Makes Perfect by Pintip Dunn
The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller
Just a Boy and a Girl in a Little Canoe by Sarah Mlynowski
Charming as a Verb by Ben Phillippe
Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Everything I Thought I Knew by Shannon Takaoka

January 20, 2021
Topic: New NFL Nonfiction Books

Tales from the Green Bay Packers Sideline by Chuck Carlson
NFL Heroes: The 100 Greatest Players of All Time by George Johnson
Elway by Jason Cole
The Dynasty by Jeff Benedict
Things That Make White People Uncomfortable by Michael Bennett
Things That Make White People Uncomfortable (Adpated for Young Adults) by Michael Bennett

January 13, 2021
Topic: Books for New Year's Resolutions

January 6, 2021
Topic: Family Games

DECEMBER 2020

December 30, 2020
Topic: Fitness DVDs

December 23, 2020
Topic: YA Holiday and Winter Books

What Light by Jay Asher
The Chaos of Standing Still by Jessica Brody
After the Snow by S. D. Crockett
Winter Town by Stephen Emond
Love & Other Train Wrecks by Leah Konen
My True Love Gave to Me edited by Stephanie Perkins
Let It Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle
Top Ten Clues You're Clueless by Liz Czukas
Snowhook by Jo Storm
Reindeer Boy by Cassandra Jean

December 16, 2020
Topic: New Christmas Books

December 9, 2020
Topic: New and Favorite Holiday Movies

NOVEMBER 2020

November 25, 2020
Topic: Best of YA 2020 YA Fantasy & Science Fiction

The Lost Book of the White by Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Havenfall by Sara Holland
Catfishing on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer
Forest of Souls by Lori M. Lee
The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu
Supernova by Marissa Meyer
Burn by Patrick Ness
Starsight by Brandon Sanderson

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MAY 2021

May 10, 2021
Take me out to the ballgame!

I Got It! by David Wiesner
Baseball: Amazing But True Stories! by Derrick Barnes
Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen! by Sarah Kabit
The Everything Kids' Baseball Book by Greg Jacobs
Out of Left Field by Ellen Klages
Teamwork by Robert Munsch
Lupe Wong Won't Dance by Donna Barba Higuera
Henry Aaron's Dream by Matt Tavares
Dugout: The Zombie Steals Home by Scott Morse

May 3, 2021
All about Birds!

Mel Fell by Corey R. Tabor
Science Comics: Crows by Kyla Vanderklugt
Pea, Bee, & Jay: Wannabees by Brian "Smitty" Smith
Bird's-Eye View: Keeping Wild Birds in Flight by Ann Eriksson
Strange Birds by Celia C. Perez
Wakey Birds by Maddie Frost
Sacred Song of the Hermit Thrush by Tehanetorens
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly Jones

APRIL 2021

April 26, 2021

It Was Supposed to be Sunny by Samantha Cotterill
13 Ways to Eat a Fly by Sue Heavenrich
Kate's Light by Elizabeth Spires
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford
The Power of Yet by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
Fungus Is Among Us! by Joy Keller

April 19, 2021

My Rainy Day Rocket Ship by Markette Sheppard
The Animals Would Not Sleep! by Sara Levine
The Stuff Between the Stars by Sandra Nickel
The Range Eternal by Louise Erdrich
Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by Jeff Gottesfeld
Zonia's Rain Forest by Juana Martinez-Neal

April 12, 2021

Vamos! Let's Go Eat by Raul the Third
The Year I Flew Away by Marie Arnold
The Boy Whose Head was Filled With Stars by Isabelle Marinov
Doggo and Pupper by Katherine Applegate
Shaking Up the House by Yamile Saied Mendez
Clarinet & Trumpet by Melanie Ellsworth

April 4, 2021

Avocado Asks by Momoko Abe
Megabat and the Not-Happy Birthday by Anna Humphrey
Maker Workshop by Dr. Alison Buxton
The Thieving Collectors of Fine Children's Books by Adam Perry
Hello, Earth! Poems to Our Planet by Joyce Sidman
A New Day by Brad Meltzer

MARCH 2021

March 29, 2021

Early One Morning by Mem Fox
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul by Carole Boston Weatherford
Red, White, and Whole by Rajani Larocca
Time to Read: The Boxcar Children
Charlie's Rules: Pasture Bedtime by Sigmund Brouwer
Climate Action: What Happened and What We Can Do by Seymour Simon
The Animal Rescue Agency - Case File: Little Claws by Eliot Schrefer
Seaside Stroll by Charles Trevino

March 22, 2021

Home for a While by Lauren H. Kerstein
The Mysterious Disappearnce of Aidan S. by David Levithan
Together We March by Leah Henderson
Animal Migration series from Abdo Kids
The Hero Next Door edited by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
Trouble by Katherine Battersby

March 15, 2021

I Am the Storm by Jane Yolen and Heidi E.Y. Stemple
This Book Is Not Garbage by Isabel Thomas
King & Kayla and the Case of the Gold Ring by Dori Hillestad Butler
A House for Every Bird by Megan Maynor
Karma Moon: Ghost Hunter by Melissa Savage
Fox at Night by Corey R. Tabor
Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon by Amy Zhang

March 8, 2021

The Snow Dancer by Addie Boswell
Ghosted by Michael Fry
Pete the Kitty: Ready, Set, Go Cart! by Kimberly and James Dean
Space Mysteries series by Margaret J. Goldstein
Brave in the Woods by Tracy Holczer
Ensnared in the Wolf's Lair by Ann Bausum
Try It! How Frieda Caplan Changed the Way We Eat by Mara Rockliff

March 2, 2021
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Librarian Matthew Tessmer dropped by WFRV’s morning show Local 5 Live on March 2, 2021 to share some fresh reading suggestions in celebration of National Read Across America Day.

Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang
A Pho Love Story by Loan Le
Punching the Air by Ibi Aanu Zoboi
Take Back the Block by Chrystal Giles
Katie the Catsitter by Colleen Venable
Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston
Friday Night Wrestlefest by J.F. Fox
All Because You Matter by Bryan Collier
My Day with Gong Gong by Sennah Yee

March 1, 2021

Seeking an Aurora by Elizabeth Pulford
Starstruck: The Cosmic Journey of Neil DeGrasse Tyson by Kathleen Krull
The Good War by Todd Strasser
Curious Comparisons: A Life-Size Look at the World Around You by Jorge Doneiger
Pedro series by Fran Manushkin
Dragon Kingdom of Wrenly by Jordan Quinn
On Duck Pond by Jane Yolen

FEBRUARY 2021

February 15, 2021

Book's Big Adventure by Adam Lehrhaupt
Forget Me Nat by Maria Scrivan
Geology Rocks! Unearth Fossils, Explore Ores, Examine Minerals by Christine Petersen
The Canyon's Edge by Dusti Bowling
Time for Kenny by Brian Pinkney
Fauja Singh Keeps Going by Simran Jeet Singh
Efren Divided by Ernesto Cisneros
Robin Hill School: Pajama Day! by Margaret McNamara

February 8, 2021

Milk Bar: Kids Only by Christina Tosi
Snow Song by A. K. Riley
City of the Plague God by Sarwat Chadda
Twins by Varian Johnson and Shannon Wright
Baseball's Leading Lady by Andrea Williams
Kitty and the Treetop Chase by Paula Harrison
Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston
Ten Beautiful Things by Molly Beth Griffin

February 1, 2021

Rocket Loves Hide-and-Seek! by Tad Hills
Just Beyond the Very, Very Far North by Dan Bar-El
A Girl Named Rosita by Anika Aldamuy Denise
Gabby & Gator by James Burks
2021 Game On! edited by Stuart Andrews
Find Fergus by Mike Boldt
Just Like That by Gary D. Schmidt
Bedtime for Superheroes by Katherine Locke

JANUARY 2021

January 25, 2021

Swashby and the Sea by Beth Ferry
Fart Quest by Aaron Reynolds
Bionic Beasts by Jolene Gutierrez
Soaked by Abi Cushman
Katie the Catsitter by Colleen AF Venable
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpre by Anika Aldamuy Denise
When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller

January 18, 2021

Pugtato Finds a Thing by Sophie Corrigan
Bad Kitty vs the Babysitter by Nick Bruel
Emma Every Day by C.L. Reid
Girl on a Motorcycle by Amy Novesky
Space Matters by Jacque Lynn
The Beast and the Bethany by Jack Meggitt-Phillips
Tales of the Feathered Serpent: Rise of the Halfling King by David Bowles
The Return of Thelma the Unicorn by Aaron Blabey

January 11, 2021

Ultimate Rock-opedia by National Geographic Kids
A Long Road on a Short Day by Eugene Yelchin
Trowbridge Road by Marcella Pixley
Margaret's Unicorn by Briony May Smith
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: Blades of Freedom by Nathan Hale
Girl Giant and the Monkey King by Van Hoang
Elevator Bird by Sarah Williamson
History Smashers: The Mayflower by Kate Messner

January 4, 2021

Marty McGuire Has Too Many Pets! by Kate Messner
Dinos Don't Do Yoga by Catherine Bailey
Lois Lane and the Friendship Challenge by Grace Ellis and Brittney Williams
Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone
In the Dark: The Science of What Happens at Night by Lisa Deresti Betik and Josh Holinaty
Izzy in the Doghouse by Caroline Adderson
Reynard the Fox by Renate Raecke and Jonas Laustroer
Score for Imagination: A Lola Jones Book by Jonathan Eig
Crows: Genius Birds by Kyla Vanderklugt
On the Go Awesome by Lisl H. Detlefsen

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