Thursday, March 26, 2015

Collection Highlights for March 2015

The month of March is fast waning, but don't worry! You still have time to check out our featured collections before April begins.

Women's History Month - For Kids!
Picture Books, Non-Fiction, and Chapter Books


We set up a display of books - both fiction and non-fiction, historical, and modern - about women and girls going on adventures, shaping the past, looking to the future, and generally being awesome.

Staff Picks
  • Eugenie Clark: Adventures of a Shark Scientist by Ellen R. Butts & Joyce R. Schwartz
  • Nikki & Deja: The Newsy News Newsletter by Karen English
  • Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
  • Loud Emily by Alexis O'Neill
  • Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees by Franck Prévot


Holiday Display Cart
Ready for spring? So are we! Come take a gander at our books and movies celebrating the coming of spring and the holidays of Passover and Easter.

Staff Picks
  • The Passover Journey: A Seder Companion by Barbara Diamond Goldin
  • Here Comes T-Rex Cottontail by Lois G. Grambling
  • At Jerusalem's Gate: Poems of Easter by Nikki Grimes
  • The Four Questions by Lynne Sharon Schwartz
  • Mama Built a Little Nest by Jennifer Ward


Women's History Month Adult Display




















We also have a display of adult books about women and by women (though anyone is free to check them out!), on display in front of the circulation desk! Includes fiction and non-fiction and we've included pictures of some of our favorite authors to give you inspiration for reading.

Staff Picks
  • The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler
  • When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple ed. by Sandra Martz
  • The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud
  • Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
  • She Matters: A Life in Friendships by Susanna Sonnenberg

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