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February 24, 2021 | Adult Review

2/24/2021

 
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All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts for Boundless Living

Nichols, Morgan Harper

2020, Zondervan

Nonfiction

Print copy at library; ebook available through Freading

A celebration of hope. An encounter with grace. A restoration of the heart. A healing of wounds. An anthem of freedom. All Along You Were Blooming is the ultimate love letter from the pen of popular Instagram poet Morgan Harper Nichols to your mind, heart, soul, and body.

On Instagram, Morgan has over a million followers. Fans can add Morgan's beautiful artwork and thoughts for boundless living to their library.

All Along You Were Blooming is a striking collection of illustrated poetry and prose, inviting you to "stumble into the sunlight" and delight in the wild and boundless grace you've been given. Morgan reminds you:
There is a purpose in every season
No matter how you want to race through this day or run away from this place, you are invited to live fully--right here, right now
Light will always find you, even when the sun sets and you sit awaiting the dawn
That you are always blooming in the way you were meant to

All Along You Were Blooming is perfect:
For men and women of all ages
For teachers to share with classrooms during poetry focused lessons
Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, National Best Friend Day, birthdays, and holiday gifting
In each small moment, whether in the light or the dark, you can make room for becoming, for breathing, for stumbling, and for simply being--for there is grace, today and every day.
 

Read a review by Gennifer King:

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February 24, 2021 | Picture Book Review

2/24/2021

 
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The Day You Begin

Woodson, Jacqueline
López, Rafael - illustrator

2018, Nancy Paulsen Books

Fiction

Grades Kindergarten - 3; Lexile AD980L

Print copy available through interlibrary loan; ebook available through Libby/Overdrive; audiobook available through Axis360

​National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and two-time Pura Belpre Illustrator Award winner Rafael Lopez have teamed up to create a poignant, yet heartening book about finding courage to connect, even when you feel scared and alone.

There will be times when you walk into a room
and no one there is quite like you.

There are many reasons to feel different. Maybe it's how you look or talk, or where you're from; maybe it's what you eat, or something just as random. It's not easy to take those first steps into a place where nobody really knows you yet, but somehow you do it.

Jacqueline Woodson's lyrical text and Rafael Lopez's dazzling art reminds us that we all feel like outsiders sometimes-and how brave it is that we go forth anyway. And that sometimes, when we reach out and begin to share our stories, others will be happy to meet us halfway.

Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.

Read a review by Gennifer King:

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February 17, 2021 | Picture Book Review

2/17/2021

 
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Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song

Golio, Gary
Riley-Webb, Charlotte - illustrator

2017, Millbrook Press

Nonfiction

Grades 3 - 6; Lexile 870L

Print copy available through interlibrary loan; ebook available through Libby/Overdrive

The audience was completely silent the first time Billie Holiday performed a song called "Strange Fruit." In the 1930s, Billie was known as a performer of jazz and blues music, but this song wasn't either of those things. It was a song about injustice, and it would change her life forever.

Discover how two outsiders―Billie Holiday, a young black woman raised in poverty, and Abel Meeropol, the son of Jewish immigrants―combined their talents to create a song that challenged racism and paved the way for the Civil Rights movement.

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February 17, 2021 | Middle Grade Review

2/17/2021

 
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Stepping Stones

Knisley, Lucy

2020, RH Graphic

Fiction

Grades 3 - 7; Lexile GN500L

Print copy at library; ebook available through Libby/Overdrive

Jen is used to not getting what she wants. So suddenly moving to the country and getting new stepsisters shouldn't be too much of a surprise.

Jen did not want to leave the city. She did not want to move to a farm with her mom and her mom's new boyfriend, Walter. She did not want to leave her friends and her dad.

Most of all, Jen did not want to get new "sisters," Andy and Reese.

If learning new chores on Peapod Farm wasn't hard enough, then having to deal with perfect-at-everything Andy might be the last straw for Jen. Besides cleaning the chicken coop, trying to keep up with the customers at the local farmers' market, and missing her old life, Jen has to deal with her own insecurities about this new family . . . and where she fits in.

Read a review by Gennifer King:

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February 10, 2021 | Middle Grade Review

2/10/2021

 
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The Tea Dragon Society

O'Neill, Katie

2017, Oni Press

Fiction

Grades 2 - 6; GN440L

Print copy available through interlibrary loan; ebook available through Freading

From the award-winning author of Princess Princess Ever After comes The Tea Dragon Society, a charming all-ages book that follows the story of Greta, a blacksmith apprentice, and the people she meets as she becomes entwined in the enchanting world of tea dragons.

After discovering a lost tea dragon in the marketplace, Greta learns about the dying art form of tea dragon care-taking from the kind tea shop owners, Hesekiel and Erik. As she befriends them and their shy ward, Minette, Greta sees how the craft enriches their lives—and eventually her own.

Read a review by Gennifer King:

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February 10, 2021 | Adult Review

2/10/2021

 
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Kingdom Come

Jensen, Jane

2016, Berkley Prime Crime

Fiction

Audiobook at library; ebook and audiobook available through Axis360

In Kingdom Come, the first in a new mystery series from Jane Jensen, an ex-NYPD detective seeks escape in Amish country and finds darkness instead.

When a beautiful, scantily clad "English" girl is found dead in the barn of a prominent Amish family, Detective Elizabeth Harris knows she's uncovered an evil that could shatter the peace of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Even though Elizabeth's boss is convinced this was the work of an "English", as outsiders are called, Elizabeth isn't so sure. Now Elizabeth must track down a killer with deep ties to a community that always protects its own - no matter how deadly the cost.

Read a review by Cindy O'Neill:

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February 3, 2021 | Adult Review

2/3/2021

 
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Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy Seals Lead and Win

Willink, Jocko and Leif Babin

2015, St. Martin's Press

Nonfiction

Print copy and audiobook available through interlibrary loan

Sent to the most violent battlefield in Iraq, Jocko Willink and Leif Babin’s SEAL task unit faced a seemingly impossible mission: help U.S. forces secure Ramadi, a city deemed “all but lost.” In gripping firsthand accounts of heroism, tragic loss, and hard-won victories in SEAL Team Three’s Task Unit Bruiser, they learned that leadership—at every level—is the most important factor in whether a team succeeds or fails.Willink and Babin returned home from deployment and instituted SEAL leadership training that helped forge the next generation of SEAL leaders. After departing the SEAL Teams, they launched Echelon Front, a company that teaches these same leadership principles to businesses and organizations. From promising startups to Fortune 500 companies, Babin and Willink have helped scores of clients across a broad range of industries build their own high-performance teams and dominate their battlefields.
Now, detailing the mind-set and principles that enable SEAL units to accomplish the most difficult missions in combat, Extreme Ownership shows how to apply them to any team, family or organization. Each chapter focuses on a specific topic such as Cover and Move, Decentralized Command, and Leading Up the Chain, explaining what they are, why they are important, and how to implement them in any leadership environment.
A compelling narrative with powerful instruction and direct application, Extreme Ownership revolutionizes business management and challenges leaders everywhere to fulfill their ultimate purpose: lead and win.

Read a review by Connie Hodel:

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February 3, 2021 | Picture Book Review

2/3/2021

 
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Splatter

Alber, Diane

2018, Diane Alber Art LLC

Fiction

Grades Preschool - 3

Print copy at library

Splatter, is a colorful, unique story about teamwork and perseverance. The characters, in their quest to create the perfect piece of art, learn the importance of not giving up despite some challenging obstacles. In the end, they become closer friends because they discover some new things along the way.

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