by Tracy Horodyski | Oct 26, 2018 | Librarian's Pick, Uncategorized
“Welcome to Flight or Fright, an anthology about all the things that can go horribly wrong when you’re suspended six miles in the air, hurtling through space at more than 500 mph and sealed up in a metal tube (like gulp! a coffin) with hundreds of...
by Tracy Horodyski | Oct 15, 2018 | Librarian's Pick
“Washington Black, a Bajan 11-year-old slave on a sugar plantation whose life is forever changed when he is removed from hard labor and “loaned” by his owner to Christopher “Titch” Wilde. Titch is an eccentric naturalist, inventor and abolitionist who initially...
by Tracy Horodyski | Oct 9, 2018 | Librarian's Pick
En el País Que Amamos: Mi Familia Dividida por Diane Guerrero Nacida en los Estados Unidos, actriz Diane Guerrero se recuerda del día que descubrió que sus padres fueron deportados a Colombia cuando ella estaba en escuela.Esta memoria, lleno de emoción y dolor,...
by Tracy Horodyski | Sep 27, 2018 | Librarian's Pick, Uncategorized
“Relying on meticulous research, Emre reveals the vulnerable mindset of young housewife Briggs when she happened upon Carl Jung’s psychological theories in the 1920s. Inspired by Jung’s theories—but with no real psychological credentials and a background in...
by Tracy Horodyski | Sep 20, 2018 | Librarian's Pick, Uncategorized
“The Good Neighbor, the first full-length biography of Fred Rogers, tells the story of this utterly unique and enduring American icon. Drawing on original interviews, oral histories, and archival documents, Maxwell King traces Rogers’s personal, professional,...
by Tracy Horodyski | Aug 30, 2018 | Librarian's Pick
“One morning, Kim Brooks made a split-second decision to leave her four-year old son in the car while she ran into a store. What happened would consume the next several years of her life and spur her to investigate the broader role America’s culture of fear...
