New for Children
Noni the Pony Goes to the Beach
by Alison Lester
It’s beach time for a playful pony and her friends in this celebration of friendship and loyalty. Noni the Pony and her friends are off to the beach! Their playful day is going swimmingly until Dave Dog follows a whale a bit too far out to sea. Luckily, Noni is there to rescue the poor pup and bring him back to safety, and back to the fun.
A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snowy Day
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
The story of “The Snowy Day” begins more than 100 years ago, when Ezra Jack Keats was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. Despite his obvious talent, Keats’ father, a struggling Polish immigrant, worried that Ezra’s dream of being an artist was an unrealistic one. But Ezra was determined. By high school he was winning prizes and scholarships, and jobs followed. But it was many years before Keats’ greatest dream was realized and he had the opportunity to write and illustrate his own book. “The Snowy Day” won the Caldecott Medal and was the first mainstream book to feature an African-American child. It was the first of many books featuring Peter and the children of his—and Keats’ —neighborhood. Andrea Davis Pinkney’s lyrical narrative tells the inspiring story of a boy who pursued a dream.
New for Young Adults
The Lost & Found
by Katrina Leno
Fannie and Louis both belong to an online support group for trauma survivors. They both also have a strange tendency to lose things. But when they embark on a road trip to finally meet each other, they start to realize that the things you lose might be things you weren’t meant to have at all, and that you never know what you might find if you just take a chance.
Empire of Storms
by Sarah J. Maas
The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius. Loyalties have been broken and bought, friends have been lost and gained, and those who possess magic find themselves at odds with those who don’t. As the kingdoms of Erilea fracture around her, enemies must become allies if Aelin is to keep those she loves from falling to the dark forces poised to claim her world.
New for Adults
In This Grave Hour
by Jacqueline Winspear
When listeners last heard from Maisie Dobbs, it was 1938, and the world was on the brink of war. Maisie herself was on a dangerous mission inside Nazi Germany, where she encountered an old enemy and the Fuhrer himself. When “In This Grave Hour” begins, a year has passed, and Maisie is back home in England, yet neither she nor her nation is safe. Britain has just declared war on Germany and is mobilizing for the devastating battle ahead. But when she stumbles on the deaths of a group of refugees, Maisie suspects the enemy may be closer than anyone knows.
Heartbreak Hotel
by Jonathan Kellerman
Alex Delaware and Milo Sturgis investigate the death of Alex’s most mysterious patient to date in Kellerman’s new thriller. At nearly 100 years old, Thalia Mars is a far cry from the patients that child psychologist Alex Delaware normally treats; but the charming, witty woman convinces Alex to meet with her in a suite at a luxury hotel with a checkered history. What Thalia wants from Alex are answers to unsettling questions about guilt, patterns of criminal behavior, and victim selection. When Alex asks the reason for her morbid fascination Thalia promises to tell all during their next session; but when he shows up the following morning, Thalia is dead in her room. When questions arise about how Thalia perished, Alex and homicide detective Milo Sturgis must peel back the layers of a fascinating but elusive woman’s life and embark on a baffling investigation, for Thalia Mars is a victim like no other, an enigma who harbored nearly a century of secrets and whose life and death draw those around her into a vortex of violence.
