Kanopy is Eager Free Public Library's newest online resource. You can access thousands of movies on it for FREE with your library card! There are options for all age groups, so you're sure to find something to watch. Give it a whirl today!
Monday, March 27, 2023
Have You Tried Kanopy Yet?
Monday, March 20, 2023
Spring is Just Around the Corner!
Today, March 20, is officially the first day of Spring! When is it going to start feeling like it though?! It seems like we are all just itching for warmer sunnier days. It looks like we might just have to be patient a teeny bit longer. Maybe the Spring-y picture books below will help hold you and your kiddos over until the real thing happens!
When Spring Comes by Kevin Henkes: "Animals and children alike watch as the world transforms from the dark and dead of Winter to a full blooming Spring."
Abracadabra, It's Spring! by Anne Sibley O'Brien: "Winter turns to Spring in this lyrical book that celebrates the magic of nature and the changing seasons."
Worm Weather by Jean Taft: "Join in the rainy-day fun as kids splash through the puddles, affecting another weather enthusiast, a nearby worm."
And Then It's Spring by Julie Fogliano: "Simple text reveals the anticipation of a boy, having planted seeds while everything around is brown, fears that something has gone wrong until, at last, the world turns green."
Wake Up, It's Spring! by Lisa Campbell Ernst: "Word of the arrival of Spring spreads from Earth to worm to seed to ladybug and on through the natural world to a sleeping family, until everyone is dancing in celebration."
A Little Book About Spring by Leo Lionni: "Spring is a time of budding trees, chirping birds, and croaking frogs. Discovers these and more wonders of Spring in this delightful board book."
Monday, March 13, 2023
Author Spotlight: Jojo Moyes
Award winning fiction writer, Jojo Moyes, recently had a new book come out! Someone Else's Shoes is her sixteenth novel. Here's a summary: "Who are you when you are forced to walk in someone else's shoes? Nisha Cantor and Same Kemp are two very different women. Nisha, 45, lives the globetrotting life of the seriously wealthy, until her husband inexplicably cuts her off entirely. She doesn't even have the shoes she was, until a moment ago, standing in. That's because same - 47, middle-aged, struggling to keep herself and her family afloat - has accidentally taken Nisha's gym bag. Now Nisha's got nothing. And Sam's walking tall with shoes that catch eyes - and give her a career an unexpected boost. Except Nisha wants her life back - and she'll start with her shoes..." You can place a hold on Someone Else's Shoes now and read one of her other books listed below while you wait for your turn with the new book!
Some of Jojo's other novels:
Monday, March 6, 2023
She Believed She Could, So She Did
March is Women's History Month. It's so important for readers of all ages to see females in positive leading roles in books. Yes, princesses and fairies are magical fun, but there are so many other roles that girls and women can play. They can be activists, warriors, super heroes, tech geniuses, and so much more! The Young Adult and Adult Fiction books below all feature strong female protagonists.
Young Adult:
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova
Harley Merlin and the Secret Coven by Bella Forrest
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Gallant by V.E. Schwab
Girl on Fire by Alicia Keys
A Thousand Steps into Night by Traci Chee
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Adult:
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Circe by Madeline Miller
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
The Great Alone by Kristen Hannah
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
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