New Books & Other Library Materials

Listed below are all of our new books and other library materials from the past three months. If you would like to reserve an item, call us at (515)836-4852 to reserve!

AUGUST:

Adult Fiction:

  • Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers
  • As Sure as the Dawn by Francine Rivers
  • An Echo in the Darkness by Francine Rivers

Large Print:

  • All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

Biography:

  • Never Enough: From barista to billionaire by Andrew Wilkinson

Adult Non-Fiction:

  • Exactly What to Say: The magic words for influence and impact by Phil M. Jones

Graphic Novel:

  • Dog Man by Dav Pilkey
  • The Scarlet Shedder by Dav Pilkey

Junior Fiction:

  • The Girl Who Kept the Castle by Ryan Graudin

Early Reader Fiction:

  • If You Want to Ride a Horse by Amy Novesky
  • City of Leafcutter Ants: A sustainable society of millions by Amy Hevron
  • Carrito de Churros by Karina Nicole González
  • Bye Land, Bye Sea by Rene Spencer
  • Sea of Constellations by Melissa Cristina Márquez
  • Super Swifts: Small birds with amazing powers by Justin Anderson
  • Clever Crow by Christine Butterworth

 

JULY:

Adult Fiction:

  • Just for Summer by Abby Jimenez
  • The Teacher by Freida McFAdden
  • Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Non-Fiction:

  • Strange Religion by Nijay K Gupta
  • Salt Fat Acid Heat by ​​​​​​Samin Nosrat

Young Adult Fiction:

  • Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter
  • If Only I Had Told Her by Laura Nowlin
  • Powerless by Lauren Roberts

Junior Reader:

  • Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate
  • Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate
  • Mid-Air by Alicia D Williams
  • What are the Summer Olympics by Gail Herman

Graphic Novels:

  • MexiKid by Pedro Martin
  • Timid by Jonathan Todd
  • Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol

Beginner Reader Fiction:

  • Orris and Timble: The Beginning by Kate DiCamillo
  • Classroom 13 (series of 6) by Honest Lee and Matthew J. Gilbert

Early Reader Fiction:

  • What Do You Do With a Problem by Kobi Yamada
  • Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin

 

JUNE:

Adult Fiction:

  • The Women by Kristin Hannah
  • Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash
  • Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips

Non-Fiction:

  • Broaden Your Becoming by Emily Ordonez (local author)
  • We've Got Issues: How you can stand strong for America's soul and sanity by Phillip C. McGraw
  • The Anxious Generation: How the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness by Jonathan Haidt
  • Everyday Delicious: 30 minute(ish) home-cooked meals made simple by Rocco DiSpirito
  • Veg-table: Recipes, techniques & plant science for big-flavored vegetable-focused meals by Nik Sharma
  • Scandinavian From Scratch: A love letter to the baking of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden by Nichol Accettola
  • Cheaper Faster Better: How we'll win the climate war by Tom Steyer

Biographies:

  • Unbroken: an Olympian's journey from airman to castaway to captive by Laura Hillenbrand
  • The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: true stories of the magic of reading by James Patterson
  • Master Slave Husband Wife: An epic journey from slavery to freedom by Ilyon Woo​​​​​​

Junior Reader:

  • What Are the Paralympic Games? by Gail Herman
  • What Are the Winter Olympics? by Gail Herman
  • The Replay by Adam Skinner
  • Tenacious: Fifteen adventures alongside disabled athletes by Patty Cisneros Prevo
  • Just don't Fall: A hilariously true story of childhood cancer and Olympic greatness

Graphic Novels:

  • Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier
  • Gnome and Rat: Time to Party! by Lauren Stohler

Beginner Reader:

  • Fergus and Zeke and the Great Farm Field Trip by Kate Messner
  • Henry and the Something New by Jenn Bailey
  • Otis & Peanut Forever and Ever by Naseem Hrab

Early Reader:

  • Summer is Here by Renee Watson
  • Bluey: My Mum is the Best by Bluey and Bingo
  • Bluey: My Dad is Awesome by Bluey and Bingo
  • Taylor Swift by Wendy Loggia
  • Swimming Toward a Dream: Yusra Mardini's incredible journey from refugee to Olympic swimmer by Reem Faruqi
  • Like Me: A story about disability and discovering God's image in every person by Laura Wifler (local author)
  • I'm Proud of You by Craig Melvin
  • Because by Mo Willems

DVDs:

  • News of the World
  • Bullet Train