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Staff Picks for Adult Readers
Nonfiction
- Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris (Ryan)
- Shakespeare by Bill Bryson (Eddie)
- Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler (Shannon)
- Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart (Lisa)
- The Code Book by Simon Singh (Eddie)
Fiction
- The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht (Ryan)
- The Stand by Stephen King (Eddie)
- What We Keep by Elizabeth Berg (Lisa)
- For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway (Ryan)
- Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt by Anne Rice (Eddie)
Sci-Fi and Fantasy
- Dune by Frank Herbert (Eddie)
- Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (Shannon)
- Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (Ryan)
- Elantris by Brandon Sanderson (Eddie)
- Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith (Sam)
Romance
- An Unlikely Suitor by Nancy Moser
- Much Ado about You by Eloisa James
- In for a Penny by Rose Lerner
- Ashes in the Wind by Kathleen Woodiwiss
- Magic of You by Johanna Lindsey
Online Reader's Resources
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Teens
Young Adult Fiction
- Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- Innocent Soldier by Josef Holub
- Uncovering Sadies Secret by Libby Sternberg
- Looking for Alaska by John Green
- Prom by Laurie Halse Anderson
- Trap by John Smelcer
- Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
- Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin
- Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
- Sister Slam and the Poetic Motormouth Roadtrip by Linda Oatman High
- Doormat: a novel by Kelly McWilliams
Young Adult Paperback
- Cassandra Virus by K.V. Johansen
- No Limit by Pete Hautman
- Deconstructing Dylan by Lesley Choyce
- An Order of Amelie, Hold the Fries by Nin Schindler
- Flight 29 Down by Walter Sorrells
- Long Night Dance by Betsy James
Young Adult Non-fiction
- Teens Cook Dessert by Megan Carle (641.86 Car)
- Chew On This: everything you don’t want to know about fast food by Eric Schlosser (J394.12 Sch)
- Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards by Jim Ottaviani (J560 Ott)
- Oceans: a visual guide by Stephen Hutchinson (551.46 Hut)
- Universe edited by Martin Rees (523.1 Uni)
- Freeze Frame: a photographic history of the Winter Olympics by Sue Macy (J796.98 Mac)
Book Links for Teens
Children's Books
Every Child Ready to Read Storytime Kits Available
The Willmar Public Library has added ten Every Child Ready to Read Storytime Kits The kits are in storage tubs and are available for a two week check out. Everyone is welcome to check out the storytime kits. The kits include several items such as: books, puzzles, videos, cassette/book sets, CD’s, puppets, masks, and toys. Here is a listing of the kits:
- New: I Am Moving, I Am Learning – Tumbling, Rolling, Crawling and Climbing
- New: I Am Moving, I Am Learning – Rhythmic, Movement and Balance
- Wild Animals - Preschool
- Farm Animals - Preschool
- Baby Lap-Sit #1 – Ages 6 – 24 months
- Baby Lap-Sit #2 – Ages 6 – 24 months
- ABC Kit #1 - Preschool
- ABC Kit #2 - Preschool
- Rhyming Kit #1 - Preschool
- Rhyming Kit #2 – Preschool
- Bilingual-Spanish/English #1 - Preschool
- Bilingual-Spanish/English #2 - Preschool
Staff Picks for Kids Preschool – grade 3
- In the Garden: Who's Been Here by Lindsay Barrett George
- Secret Science Project that Almost Ate the School by Judy Sierra
- Baby Bear's Books by Jane Yolen
- Miss Malarkey Leaves No Reader Behind by Judy Finchler
- Last Day Blues by Julie Danneberg
- Unexpectedly Bad Hair Day of Barcelona Smith by Keith Graves
- Book Fair Day by Lynn Plourde
- Baby Beebee Bird by Diane Massie
- Flotsam by David Wiesner (Caldecott winner)
- One Dog Canoe by Mary Casanova
- Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl by Virginia Hamilton
- A Mouse in the House by Henrietta
- Goldilocks Returns by Lisa Campbell Ernst
- We've All Got Bellybuttons! by David Martin
- Oscar's Half Birthday by Bob Graham
- I am too Absolutely Small for School by Lauren Child
- Finding Joy by Marion Coste
- The Best Time of Day by Eileen Spinelli
Staff Picks for Kids Grades 4– 8
- My Life as a Fifth-Grade Comedian by Elizabeth Levy
- Blue Sky Bluebird by Rick Christowski
- The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron (Newberry winner)
- Scarlett by Cathy Cassidy
- Claws by Will Weaver
- Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Giff
- A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
- Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
- Hope Was Here by Joan Buer
- Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
- Crispin by Avi
- Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
- Memory Boy by Will Weaver
- Among the hidden by Margaret Haddix
- Wild Man Island by Will Hobbs
- Face on the milk carton by Caroline Cooney
- My side of the mountain by Jean Craighead George
- Bud, not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
- A year down yonder by Richard Peck
- Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
Non-fiction for Grades 4-8 or Teens
- Adventures of Marco Polo by Russell Freedman
- Freedom Walkers: Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Russell Freedman
- Children of Alcatraz: Growing Up on the Rock by Claire Murphy
- Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building by Deborah Hopkinson