Library Newsletter - April 2022
Poetry Month in the Library
"Try your hand and see
What words flow out of thee.
Haiku, limerick, verse
Words invent a universe."
- C. Quintanilla
The library wants to celebrate your poetry. Come to the library and use a sticky note to “post a poem” or go to our Padlet and create one there. All entries that conform to the student code of conduct will be posted. We’ll have poetry books on display for inspiration and to take home.
Spring Break is Coming!
Libby is an app that allows you to borrow and read eBooks and audiobooks on your phone, tablet, browser, and e-Reader. Libby is filled with nonfiction plus classic and current fiction. You can find Libby through the library's database page, go straight to the library's Libby collection, or download the Libby app.
Hitting the road to escape the city? Take Libby on vacation with you. Download an audiobook like Killers of the Flower Moon to keep you entertained for the drive. Want some peace and quiet at home? An eBook like Sapiens can be just the thing inside your living room fort.
Oxford’s Very Short Introductions
Are you in a time crunch? This series provides introductions in a wide range of topics. In about 100 pages, each book gives a direct, thought provoking, balanced, and comprehensive discussion of the central issues of the specific subject. You are sure to find your topic among the 400 Very Short Introductions we have in the library.
New Books
To Paradise: A Novel
by Hanya Yanagihara
Yanagihara tells a story of free love, race, nationhood, and the righteousness of the powerful in an alternate version of America in 1893, 1993, and totalitarian 2093.
Also available on To Paradise on Libby.
Toxic Positivity : Ke eping It Real in a World Obsessed With Being Happy
by Whitney Goodman
If looking on the bright side is the answer to happiness, why are so many of us anxious and depressed? This research-backed book helps readers work toward an honest and healthier emotional state.
An Abolitionist's Handbook: 12 Steps to Changing Yourself and the World
by Patrisse Cullors
In this modern-day abolitionist handbook, readers will learn how to have courageous conversations, move away from cancel culture, learn to stop reacting and start responding, and other methods to envision change and healing.
Sapiens: A Graphic History Vol 2, The Pillars of Civilization
by Yuval Noah Harari with David Vandermeulen & Daniel Casanave
This volume focuses on the Agricultural Revolution - when humans fell into a trap we've yet to escape: working harder and harder with diminishing returns.
A Song of Frutas
by Margarita Engle
illustrated by Sara Palacios
A lively, rhythmic picture book about a little girl visiting her grandfather - a singing street vendor - and helping him sell his frutas.
Cat Problems
by Jory John
illustrated by Lane Smith
What could a pampered house cat possibly have to complain about? Cat devotees Smith and John share with us a hilarious set of feline problems.
Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention - and How to Think Deeply Again
by Johann Hari
Our ability to pay attention is collapsing. Hari provides a groundbreaking examination of why this is happening and how to get our attention back.
The Maid: A Novel
by Nita Prose
Molly is a quirky motel maid who no one really notices. That quirkiness makes her a suspect when she finds a man dead in his room. Fortunately, her uniqueness and good heart brings allies to help her solve the mystery.
Also available on The Maid on Libby.
You Don't Know Us Negroes: And Other Essays
by Zora Neale Hurston
This collection of essays from Hurston spans more than 35 years of work and showcases the evolution of the legendary author and activist of the Harlem Renaissance.
