GARDENING

It's spring!  The change from winter to spring means that you can finally get outside and work in your garden.  Gardening is the practice of growing and caring for plants.  Gardens can be filled with flowers, vegetables, fruits, and/or herbs.  You can tailor your garden to best fit your needs and space.  If you are looking for new ideas for your garden, or if you want to start your first garden, we can help.  Take a look at the books listed below.

Adult Nonfiction:
Fragrant Gardening by Steve Bradley
Shade: Ideas and Inspiration for Shady Gardens by Keith Wiley
The Contained Garden by Kenneth A. Beckett
Container Gardening Complete by Jessica Walliser
DIY Succulents by Tawni Daigle
Small Space Vegetable Gardens by Andrea Bellamy
Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden by Jessica Walliser
Vertical Gardening by Derek Fell

Children's Nonfiction Garden Series by Alex Kuskowski:
Super Simple Kitchen Gardens
Super Simple Butterfly Gardens
Super Simple Salad Gardens
Super Simple Hanging Gardens
Super Simple Fairy Gardens
Super Simple Indoor Gardens

Children's Fiction Books About Gardening:
Plant the Tiny Seed by Christie Matheson
If You Plant a Seed by Kadir Nelson
Lola Plants a Garden by Anna McQuinn
Olivia Plants a Garden by Emily Sollinger
Edie the Garden Fairy by Daisy Meadows
How Groundhog's Garden Grew by Lynne Cherry

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2018 YOUTH MEDIA AWARDS

                

The American Library Association announced the winners of the various youth media awards in February.  The awards will be presented at their annual conference in June.  For a full list of winners and honor books, visit http://www.ala.org/alsc/2018-alsc-book-media-award-winners.

Below are a few of the winners along with a brief synopsis of each book.

John Newbery Medal: Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly.
Hello, Universe shows how four lives come together in one day in unexpected ways.

Randolph Caldecott Medal: Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell.
This book follows a wolf cub and girl as they find their way home in a snowstorm.

Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award: Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson.
This novel focuses on Jade as she attends a private school where she feels like an outsider but has many opportunities to help her succeed later in life. However, there are some opportunities that she is not interested in.

William C. Morris & Odyssey Awards: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas.
Starr Carter witnesses the death of her childhood best friend at the hands of a police officer.  Her friend, Khalil was unarmed.  Soon, his death becomes a national headline, and everyone wants to know what really happened.  The only person alive with that answer is Starr.

YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults: Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heiligman.
This book delves into the friendship and love between Vincent and Theo Van Gogh.  The author used letters that Vincent wrote to Theo throughout his lifetime as a large part of her research into this work.


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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: LOUISE ERDRICH

The Eager Free Public Library is participating in this year's NEA Big Read.  This program is possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.  This community reading project is taking place throughout various parts of the state, and it allows for the community at large to participate and engage in discussions related to a common read.  This year's book is The Round House by Louise Erdrich.

Louise Erdrich is the author of novels, poetry, children's books, and short stories.  The Round House won the National Book Award for Fiction (the 2017 winner was Sing, Unburied, Sing).  This award is an American literary prize that has been awarded to authors such as William Faulkner and Ralph Ellison.  Eligible books must be written by an American citizen and published by an American publisher.  For more information on the National Book Award, visit http://www.nationalbook.org/.

Some of Louise Erdrich's novels are listed below.  Check one out today!

The Round House

Future Home of the Living God

The Plague of Doves

Love Medicine

The Beet Queen

Tracks

The Bingo Palace

Tales of Burning Love

The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse

Four Souls

The Painted Drum

LaRose

The Crown of Columbus

The Antelope Wife

The Master Butcher's Singing Club

Shadow Tag

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THE SUMMER BEFORE THE WAR

This month's book discussion will revolve around Helen Simonson's The Summer Before the War.  This novel begins before the start of World War I in England.  As you read, you will follow the lives of Hugh Grange, Aunt Agatha, and Beatrice Nash.  Hugh is working on his medical studies, Agatha has just risked her reputation by pushing for the appointment of a woman to teach Latin at the school, and Beatrice has just arrived and must prove herself as the Latin teacher.  Just as you settle in with the characters and the world that Simonson has created, the inhabitants are faced with the realities of war.

Helen Simonson is the author of two novels:

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
The Summer Before the War




If you are looking for something to read next, give one of these books a try.

The Dust That Falls From Dreams by Louis De Bernieres tells the story of a British family whose lives are shaped by World War I and its aftermath.

Falling Angels by Tracy Chevalier explores the changing time of the early 1900s.  You meet two girls from different social classes who grow up as the new King of England changes social customs and creates a more forward-thinking era.

Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave is set in London during the years of 1939-1942.  This story is inspired by the real-life love letters between the author's grandparent.

The First of July by Elizabeth Speller follows the lives of four men as their lives converge on the first day of the Battle of the Somme during World War I.

The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict takes a look at the life of Albert Einstein's wife, Mitza Maric, a brilliant and fascinating woman who was overshadowed by her husband's contributions to science.

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BOOK MADNESS 2018

The winner of the NCAA College Basketball tournament will be decided tonight.  This means we will also have a new Book Madness champion!

Here is a list of our top 4 seeds.

1 Seeds:

Camino Island by John Grisham

Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance

Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult

16^th Seduction by James Patterson

2 Seeds:

Come Sundownby Nora Roberts

Golden Prey by John Sandford

No Middle Name by Lee Child

The Store by James Patterson

3 Seeds:

Seeing Red by Sandra Brown

The Whistler by John Grisham

Haunted by James Patterson

The Fix by David Baldacci

4 Seeds:

Never Never by James Patterson

The Black Book by James Patterson

Any Dream Will Do by Debbie Macomber

Y is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton

Good luck to our final two books: Haunted and Hillbilly Elegy!

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