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Feb20

Scratch Animation

1:00 pm

Wednesday

Children

Feb20

Mad Hatter Tea Party

1:45 pm

Wednesday

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Feb20

Family Film: Alice in Wonderland

3:30 pm

Wednesday

Children

Feb21

Elephant & Piggie Party

10:15 am

Thursday

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New & Noteworthy

New arrivals and hot picks.

Paper Girls Volume 5 by Brian K Vaughan; Close up of two cartoon women of an indigo shade, one wearing a cloak with a monocle and hood, the other with a puffed out collar and gun. Magenta and orange background with a spaceship in the sky.

Paper Girls Volume 5

by Brian K Vaughhan

Book

The Enemy of My Enemy by W.E.B. Griffin; a soldier standing with his back towards the reader, cloudy skies

The Enemy of My Enemy

by W.E.B. Griffin

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The Vanishing Box by Elly Griffiths; light teal background with a woman laying on a red couch, next to a red lamp

The Vanishing Box

by Elly Griffiths

Book

Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking; blue space-themed type of background with the title and author in 2 darker blue circles

Brief Answers to the Big Questions

by Stephen Hawking

Audiobook

Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller; close up of oranges on an orange tree with a black background

by Claire Fuller

Book

No Exit by Taylor Adams; a black sky with a blurry road

No Exit

by Taylor Adams

Book

This is the Way the World Ends by Jeff Nesbit; yellow skies and brown cracked ground during a drought

This is the Way the World Ends

by Jeff Nesbit

Book

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green; Dark purple robot sculptures with an indigo background and yellow font

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

by Hank Green

Book

Happy Go Money: Spend Smart, Save Right and Enjoy Life by Melissa Leong; Colorful candy with a white background

by Melissa Leong

Book

Sugar Run by Mesha Maren; Pink and blue mountain view (rotated)

by Mesha Maren

Book

Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield; Swan's head/neck covered in flowers on a black background

Once Upon a River

by Diane Setterfield

Book

The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell; man drinking coffee with his cat walking by.

The Diary of a Bookseller

by Shaun Bythell

Book

Putting Peace First by Eric David Dawson; white background with a painted purple map under the title. A guy with his back towards the cover of the book wears a blue plaid shirt. He has a marker in his hand and his drawing on the map.

Putting Peace First

by Eric David Dawson

Book

Blended by Sharon M. Draper; A pink and white striped background. A girl standing on the left side of the cover, facing the right side. Her hair is pulled back and she is wearing a white dress with hot pink shoes. Ice cream is dropped on the floor

Blended

by Sharon M. Draper

Book

The Rude and Ridiculous Royals of Classroom 13 by Honest Lee; a red background and checkered floor. 5 kids are on the cover dressed like "royalty" with crowns, grapes, gold and ice cream. There is a 6th kid wearing a jail uniform looking mischievous in the background. A tiger is also on the cover.

The Rude and Ridiculous Royals of Classroom 13

by Honest Lee

Book

Otis and Will Discover the Deep by Barb Rosenstock; a circular submarine shines a light on a squid under the ocean

Otis and Will Discover the Deep

by Barb Rosenstock

Book

Hats Off to Mr. Pockles! by Sally Lloyed-Jones; A teal/green background. A dog with a blue shirt and a red bow tie wears 5 vibrant stacked hats

Hats Off to Mr. Pockles!

by Sally Lloyd-Jones

Book

Where Is My Balloon? by Ariel Bernstein; a big cartoon tree in the center of the cover. A flying owl looks worried at a smiling monkey, who is holding a popped red balloon

Where Is My Balloon?

by Ariel Bernstein

Book

Rice From Heaven by Tina M. Cho; cartoon people in a park releasing paper lanterns into the sky

Rice From Heaven

by Tina M. Cho

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Dress Like A Girl by Patricia Toht; White background with several cartoon girls on the cover dressed as a painter, an astronaut, a firefighter, a doctor, a scuba diver and in winter wear.

Dress Like A Girl

by Patricia Toht

Book

Owls Are Good at Keeping Secrets by Sara O'Leary; two cartoon owls sitting on a tree branch, a smaller one sitting on top of the larger one, both have one wing over their mouths like they are "shush-ing". Several tree branches poke out from the edges of the book

Owls Are Good at Keeping Secrets

by Sara O'Leary

Book

Tiger Days: A Book of Feelings by M.H. Clark; orange background with a white tiger on the cover roaring

Tiger Days: A Book of Feelings

by M.H. Clark

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The Peculiar Possum by Tray Hecht; a fox, a pangolin and a sugar glider looking worriedly at a possum hanging upside down from a tree

The Peculiar Possum

by Tracy Hecht

Book

Busy-Eyed Day by Anne Marie Pace; cartoon boy and girl sitting on the grass, a tall tree on the left side of the cover

by Anne Marie Pace

Book

Black Enough by Ibi Zoboi; Indigo background with two young people on the cover, a boy with freckles and a green t-shirt with green leaves and a woman with long braids and a pink tank top

by Ibi Zoboi

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The Girl King by Mimi Yu; Gray background with red sparks falling across the cover, illustration of a girl in action with a sword in her right hand behind her back

by Mimi Yu

Book

Our Year of Maybe by Rachel Lynn Solomon; blue background with a closeup of a bright dandelion, dandelion "wishes" fly across the book cover

Our Year of Maybe

by Rachel L. Solomon

Book

96 Words for Love by Rachel Roy; White background with colorful powder surrounding a young woman in the center, the young woman is in black and white and is looking to the side

96 Words for Love

by Rachel Roy

Book

Echo North by Joanna Ruth Meyer; navy background with white illustrations, symmetrical branches creeping from the edge of the book to the center with a wolf on top of each side facing inward, an open book under the title in the center

by Joanna Ruth Meyer

Book

Only a Breath Apart by Katie McGarry; a young man and woman laying in the grass opposite each other (head to head) holding hands, both wearing white shirts

Only a Breath Apart

by Katie McGarry

Book

The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan; teal background with a woman in all black standing in the middle facing the side with crossed arms

The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali

by Sabina Khan

Book

A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer; a blue night sky in the background with thorny vines crossing all along the cover

A Curse So Dark and Lonely

by Brigid Kemmerer

Book

Someday We Will Fly by Rachel DeWoskin; spotlight on cartoon image of a contortionist balancing on two barely stacked chairs, airplanes/tanks and fire in the background

Someday We Will Fly

by Rachel DeWoskin

Book

The Dead Queens Club by Hannah Capin; Corkboard background, newspaper clipping, photo of a man in costume with a football helmet, upside down rose, the word queens is made from magazine letters

The Dead Queens Club

by Hannah Capin

Book

Inventing Victoria

by Tonya Bolden

Book

Goodbye, Perfect by Sara Barnard; Broken pencil bits in pink, orange, purple and salmon

Goodbye, Perfect

by Sara Barnard

Book

Lots & Lots of Animal Stories for Kids! Vol 1, Bears; Blue background with a sun shining a rainbow in the upper right corner. There are 6 frames under the title. The first one is a photograph of a bear. The second one is a cartoon bear surfing. The third one is a cartoon bear dressed up like a clown. The fourth one is a photograph of Danni Donkey. The fifth one is a cartoon white polar bear with a pink scarf. The last frame has some children sitting by 3 windows.

Lots & Lots of Animal Stories for Kids! Vol. 1, Bears

Children

Movie

Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer; the background is a colorful blue, green and purple sky with two houses. There is a small reindeer with a Santa had in the front and center. There is snow on the ground. Behind him are other reindeer and slew of other characters, including Santa.

Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer

Children

Movie

The Little Mermaid; The cover takes place under the sea. Front and center is Ariel the red headed mermaid looking up. Behind her is a crab, a flounder and a purple villain.

The Little Mermaid

Children

Movie

Sgt Stubby: An American Hero; the background is a blue and orange sky with 3 planes, as well as an American flag, in the background. Front and center is a brown and white puppy, smiling with his mouth open and eyes wide.

Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero

Children

Movie

Disney Gravity Falls: the Complete Series; a brown background with tree branches/leaves creeping in from the edges. There are two polaroids (drawings) - the one on the left has 5 people in it taking a fun picture, the one on the right has a boy and girl smiling towards the camera.

Disney Gravity Falls: the Complete Series

Children

Movie

LEGO: The Secret Exhibit; 2 Lego people on a tank, driving away from several dinosaurs

LEGO: The Secret Exhibit

Children

Movie

The Marine 6; The top half of the cover (above the title) has a close up of two men with guns, one pointed to the left and the other to the right. Under the title are close-ups (head shots) of 2 men and 1 woman.

Adult

Movie

Time Freak; A white background with a close up of 2 guys and 1 girl on the cover. The people are arranged on a slight left diagonal, with a bright blue ray underneath them

Adult

Movie

Far From the Tree; a child on a gray couch facing forward and looking unhappy. In the background, a man drinks coffee at the table while a little girl works on her homework.

Far From the Tree

Adult

Movie

The Night Eats the World; Red/orange-ish background with black illustrations. The top of the cover has an upside-down skyline of Paris, above the title is a person falling down with their back arched up and below the title is a cluster of hands reaching up

The Night Eats the World

Adult

Movie

Asher; Orange and white background. A man with black sunglasses and an umbrella points a gun straight ahead.

Asher

Adult

Movie

Frankie Drake Mysteries, Season 1; Green background with two women on the cover - one woman looking to the side in a brown outfit and another woman wearing a green sweater and a white headband looking straight ahead

Frankie Drake Mysteries: Season 1

Adult

Movie

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