Blog

Andover Public Library Blog The "goings-on" and exciting activities at the Andover Public Library in Andover, KS!

New Large Print: July 2026

July 20, 2026. Library Adminno Comments

Flashover	LP BESING, MEGAN
Make believe:	LP 809 BARNETT, MAC
Rendersella	LP ANGUISH, AMY
Sierra massacre	LP BALLARD, TODHUNTER
Mesquite maverick	LP CUNNINGHAM, EUGENE
Meet me at the Grand	LP HARREL, LINDSAY
With the enduring tides	LP KIRKPATRICK, JANE
One hundred valleys	LP LEON, BONNIE
Northargyle Abbie	LP LEONARD, JANELLE
North to Deadwood	LP OVERHOLSER, WAYNE
Six ways of dying	LP PATTEN, LEWIS
A day of judgment	LP TODD, CHARLES

New Children’s Items: July 2026

July 20, 2026. Library Adminno Comments

Board Books

Los Paseos del Mapache : La playa	BB BYATT, JO
Peppa Pig : Happy Easter!	BB EASTER
Bubble trouble	BB GRAHAM, OAKLEY
I love you, too	BB JOYCE, MELANIE
The classic tale of the Flopsy Bunnies	BB POTTER, BEATRIX
The classic tale of Peter Rabbit	BB POTTER, BEATRIX
The classic tale of two bad mice	BB POTTER, BEATRIX
The classic tale of Benjamin Bunny	BB POTTER, BEATRIX
The classic tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher	BB POTTER, BEATRIX
A tale of two friends	BB WILLIAMS, ROSS

Picture Books

5-minute Batman stories /	E BATMAN
Pete the cat : Old MacDonald had a farm /	E DEAN, JAMES
America, I’m So Glad You Were Born: Celebrating the Country We Love	E EARHARDT, AINSLEY
Rosemary Chick : pip, zip, hooray! /	E FELTROP, DAWN
Kid scientist:	E FLIESS, SUE
Ms. Rachel and Bean and the bedtime routine : encouraging a calm and comforting good night /	E MS. RACHEL
The shy book /	E PEARLSTEIN, HOWARD

Early Reader

Thank you, Amelia Bedelia /

ER PARISH, PEGGY

Nonfiction

America’s founding myths…and what really happened!	J 398.2 MIHALY, CHRISTY
First big book of dinosaurs	J 567.9 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Tiny monsters : the strange creatures that live on us, in us, and around us	J 595.7 JENKINS, STEVE
The making of American Girl	J 688.72 AMERICAN GIRL
You can draw :	J 741.2 PARRAGON BOOKS
Soccerology :	J 796.33 SYLVESTER, KEVIN
Brown girl dreaming	J 92 WOODSON, JACQUELINE
A walk in London	J 942.1 RUBBINO, SALVATORE

Fiction

Raquel Reyes saves the wedding	JF AMERICAN GIRL
From the notebooks of a middle school princess	JF CABOT, MEG
Ramona and her father	JF CLEARY, BEVERLY
The bottle witch of brimley	JF DEMEULEMEESTER, LINDA
Number the stars	JF LOWRY, LOIS
Speedway switch	JF MADDOX, JAKE

Graphic Novels

Grime and punishment	JGN PILKEY, DAV
Unicorn vs. goblins :	JGN SIMPSON, DANA
Hilo : saving the whole wide world	JGN WINICK, JUDD
Hilo : the boy who crashed to Earth	JGN WINICK, JUDD

New Audiobooks on CD: July 2026

July 20, 2026. Library Adminno Comments

Heartland	CD 796.32 O’BRIEN, KEITH
Marilyn and her books :	CD 92 MONROE, MARILYN
The moonshine women	CD ANDERSON, MICHELLE COLLINS
A love once lost	CD GOUTET, JENNIE
The circle	CD GRUMLEY, MICAHEL
Hart’s landing	CD HARLOW, MELANIE
Missing	CD JACKSON, E.A.
It could have been her	CD JEWELL, LISA
Wait and see	CD JOHANSEN, ROY
Leyla’s house :	CD LIVANELI, ZÜLFÜ
Not good neighbors	CD LUMANI, VIOLET
The last Mandarin	CD PENNY, LOUISE
The final target	CD ROBERTS, NORA
The private side of friendship	CD SMITH, ALEXANDER MCCALL
Choke point	CD THOR, BRAD
Murder at 30,000 feet :	CD WALTER, SUSAN

2026 Reading Challenge: A Book Set in the Southern Hemisphere

July 5, 2026. Library Adminno Comments

Are you participating in the 2026 Reading Challenge? We have 12 challenges to complete throughout the year. Listed below are just a few books that fit the prompt “A Book Set in the Southern Hemisphere”, but there are plenty of other books you can pick up!