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2026 Reading Challenge: A Book Set in the Southern Hemisphere

Library Admin — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 16:37:58 +0000

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!

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Antarctica

All the white spaces

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

The split

South America

Falkland Islands

Little black lies

Argentina

Furia

Chile

How to order the universe : a novel

Uruguay

Cantoras

Bolivia

Into the jungle

Paraguay

Ada’s violin : the story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay

Peru

The recovery agent

Galapagos Islands

Enchanted Islands : a novel

Ecuador

The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina

Brazil

Salt and Sugar

Colombia

Amazona

Africa

South Africa

Sugar Town queens
Botswana

The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency / #1

Malawi

The boy who harnessed the wind : creating currents of electricity and hope

Namibia

The elephant scientist

Zimbabwe

All that it ever meant

Angola

Nzingha, warrior queen of Matamba

Zambia

The lions’ den

Tanzania

Theft

Gabon

Threatened

Madagascar

Red Island House : a novel

Burundi

Small country : a novel

Eswatini

When we ruled : the rise and fall of twelve African queens and warriors

Lesotho

Operator down / #12

Congo

Heart of darkness

DR Congo

City of saints and thieves

Rwanda

Running the Rift

Kenya

The house of rust

Mozambique

Oceania

Indonesia

Stories of the islands

Papua New Guinea

The white Mary

Australia

Words in deep blue

New Zealand

Better the blood

Solomon Islands

The solomon curse / #7

Vanuatu

When in Vanuatu : a novel

Fiji

Pieces of happiness : a novel of friendship, hope and chocolate

New Caledonia

Miss Benson’s beetle : a novel

Timor-Leste

Anonymous male : a life among spies

Polynesia and other islands

Tonga

The Wayfinder

French Polynesia

Playground

Samoa

Tala learns to siva

July 2026 Newsletter

Library Admin — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:42:57 +0000

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APL Newsletter July 2026

New YA – June 2026

Library Admin — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:52:30 +0000

An expanse of blue	YA ADAMS, KAUAKANILEHUA
Rani Deshpande takes the wheel	YA AVACHAT, ARUSHI
May the dead keep you	YA BAGUCHINSKY, JILL
Game, set, matched	YA BAILEY, IVY
The game of oaths	YA BANDREDDI, S.C.
The reel life of Zara Kegg	YA BARKLEY, BRAD
How to lose yourself completely	YA BOGNANNI, PETER
Lying, stealing, and other ways to save the planet	YA CAMPBELL, CURTIS
The lustrous dark	YA CHEFCHAOUNI, LORETTA
Gods & comics	YA CHO, KAT
Medicine wheels	YA GRAVES, BYRON
Such a lucky girl	YA HEARD, WENDY
Behind five willows	YA HUR, JUNE
The ocean would paint me blue	YA KATOUH, ZOULFA
One word, six letters	YA KHORRAM, ADIB
Her sharp embrace	YA KOENIG, KATE
Amoura Awakened:	YA KRAMER, MEG
Goldenborn	YA LIEB, AMA
The last best quest ever	YA LUKENS, F.T.
Shadow reaper	YA NONI, LYNETTE
In young in between:	YA OH, ELLEN
The Hyacinth labyrinth	YA PACTON, JAMIE
Blue Beach	YA PARSONS, KARYN
Shapes of love	YA PENALBA, L.V.
The secret world of Briar Rose	YA PHAM, CINDY
Last to leave	YA RICHARDS, TERESA
Meet me at the picket line	YA SANCHEZ, JASPER
Louder than hunger	YA SCHU, JOHN
Where you’ll find us	YA ST. JUDE, JEN
Every exquisite thing.	YA STEVEN, LAURA
In case I go missing	YA SWANN, R.N.
Devils like us	YA THOMPSON, L.T.
The spiritualists	YA TUBB, KRISTIN
Lying about last summer	YA WALLMAN, SUE
Plain Jane and the mermaid	YGN BROSGOL, VERA
Encore!	YGN BURKS, MILES
Forgive-me-not	YGN COSTA, MARI
Skating wilder	YGN DUMAIS, BRANDON
Landing in place	YGN HAMDY, SHERINE
Our aimless nights	YGN KOUMORI
The princess and the grilled cheese sandwich	YGN MUNIZ, DEYA
SideQuested	YGN PRESSER, ALE
Until we meet again	YGN QIAN, LILY
Red stones	YGN SAADE, ERNESTO
Buuza!!	YGN SHAZLEEN, KHAN
A smile like yours	YGN THOMAS, EMILY
Diseases without borders :	YNF 500 ZIMMER, MARC
The real Rosalind : the truth about Rosalind Franklin’s DNA discovery and how it was erased	YNF 92 FRANKLIN, ROSALIND
Honor	YNF 940.53 MARIICHYN, NATALIIA

New Children’s Items- June 2026

Library Admin — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:45:46 +0000

Board Books

Bluey :	BB EASTER
Paw Patrol : PAWsome search	BB PAW PATROL
Marvel Spidey and his amazing friends	BB SPIDERMAN
Five little thank-yous	BB THANKSGIVING

Picture Books

All’s right with the world	E ADAMS, JENNIFER
Prudence:	E ALARIE, VÉRONIQUE
The witch’s table	E BEATTY, MELINDA
Aaron Slater, illustrator	E BEATY, ANDREA
Rosie Revere, engineer	E BEATY, ANDREA
Bluey : I love my family	E BLUEY
Rima and the painter	E BOUKARIM, LEILA
Kitty camp	E BROCKINGTON, DREW
The diggers	E BROWN, MARGARET
Beginning, middle, and end	E BURGERMAN, JON
Mungo on his own	E BURGESS, MATTHEW
The rare bird	E COOPER, ELISHA
How do you eat color?	E DAVID, MABI
Thank you, Sun	E FLORIAN, DOUGLAS
Fierce aunties!	E GOODLUCK, LAUREL
The secret society of aunts & uncles	E GYLLENHAAL, JAKE
My football family	E HOLLOWAY, ANDY
When Bryn’s ear went quiet	E HUNDAL, NANCY
Beatrix and the unicorn	E JUDGE, LITA
Call me Moby	E KENSETH, LARS
All who are hungry, come and eat! :	E KIMMELMAN, LESLIE
Some days I’m the wind	E LEVINGTON, REBECCA
Firefly	E MACFARLANE, ROBERT
Snuggle season	E MACGIBBON, JAIMIE
Pilgrim codex	E MANSOUR, VIVIAN
The great escape	E MARCERO, DEBORAH
Chidori :	E MARUNO, JENNIFER
Be strong	E MILLER, PAT
Larry gets lost in Los Angeles	E MULLIN, MICHAEL
The trickster shadow	E PAWIS-STECKLEY, MAGESHIG
Go bananas!	E PEELE, B.
Yumi and Monster	E REDLAWSK, KAM
Bob is the biggest, strongest, and smartest	E REIDY, JEAN
Secret pizza party	E RUBIN, ADAM
A book of loves	E RYLANT, CYNTHIA
Never give a baby a library card	E SANDBERG, ERIN
Dr. Seuss’s sleep book.	E SEUSS
Truckosaurus	E SHAPIRO, KAREN
Ra! Ta! Ma! Cue!	E SHIA, HOWIE
Repeat after me :	E SIMON, JAZMYN
Larry gets lost under the sea	E SKEWES, JOHN
I love kindergarten!:	E STEINBERG, J.D.
If you make a call on a banana phone	E STERER, GIDEON
Cloud boy	E STOBBS, GREG
I would give you my tail	E TAGAQ, TANYA
The sweater	E THEULE, LARISSA
Gunnar, the Viking’s great pizza adventure	E VAISBERG, DIEGO
The animal people choose a leader	E WAGAMESE, RICHARD
Rap it up!	E WEATHERFORD, CAROLE
The night before the doctor	E WING, NATASHA

Early Reader

Choose your own adventure jr.:	ER CHOOSE
Dora :	ER DORA
Dino flight!	ER JURASSIC WORLD
Pinkalicious : Puptastic!	ER KANN, VICTORIA
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie:	ER MARIO
Search for the snowy wolf	ER MINECRAFT
The tunneler tunnels in the tunnel	ER REX, MICHAEL
Cooking with Cindy-Lou Who	ER SEUSS

Nonfiction

Patriotic fun & games:	J 372.5 MILLER, BETHANY
Patriotic fun & games:	J 372.5 MILLER, BETHANY
Rumpelstiltskin	J 398.2 BARNETT, MAC
Bird projects	J 507.8 KELLY, CHRISTA
My very first our world book	J 550 OLDHAM, MATTHEW
Spooky lakes : 25 strange and mysterious lakes that dot our planet	J 551.48 RUTHERFORD, GEO
American bison	J 599.64 MURRAY, JULIE
NASA	J 629.40 MURRAY, JULIE
Miniature schnauzers	J 636.75 MURRAY, JULIE
Patriotic accessories:	J 687 MILLER, BETHANY
My Little Pony	J 688.72 MURRAY, JULIE
American Girl	J 688.72 MURRAY, JULIE
Language in art	J 709.04 CORNELL, KARI
Bluey	J 741.5 HANSEN, GRACE
Tiny mighty dinosaur creations	J 745.5 HALVORSEN, LAYNE
Patriotic arts & crafts:	J 745.5 MILLER, BETHANY
Patriotic gifts:	J 745.5 MILLER, BETHANY
Patriotic arts & crafts:	J 745.5 MILLER, BETHANY
Patriotic decor:	J 745.5 MILLER, BETHANY
Patriotic parties & feasts	J 793.2 MILLER, BETHANY
Los Angeles Dodgers	J 796.35 ABDO, KENNY
Baseball’s shining season : America’s pastime on the brink of war	J 796.35 SANDLER, MARTIN
Poetry comics	J 811.6 SNIDER, GRANT
Copland : a story about America	J 92 COPLAND, AARON
The girl who figured it out	J 92 DENTLER, MINDA
Houdini’s library : how books created the world’s greatest magician	J 92 HOUDINI
Travis Kelce	J 92 KELCE, TRAVIS
Beatrix and her friends	J 92 POTTER, BEATRIX
The six queens of Henry VIII	J 920 CARGILL-MARTIN, HONOR
Stars and stripes	J 920.9 AMERICAN CHRONICLES
Actual Factual Files:	J 930 ADAMS, ALI
A time to hide :	J 940.53 FREDMAN, MARION
The awakening	J 973.17 AMERICAN CHRONICLES
The sacrifice	J 973.3 AMERICAN CHRONICLES
Turning point	J 973.3 AMERICAN CHRONICLES
Home life during the American Revolution :	J 973.3 BERNE, EMMA
Heroes and traitors of the American Revolution :	J 973.3 BERNE, EMMA
Battling in the American Revolution :	J 973.3 BERNE, EMMA
American Patriots vs. British Redcoats :	J 973.3 BERNE, EMMA
The gathering storm	J 973.31 AMERICAN CHRONICLES
The declaration	J 973.31 AMERICAN CHRONICLES
The 250th Anniversary of the United States of America Encyclopedia	J 973.93 BENNETT, L.
Liberty Bell	J 974.81 MURRAY, JULIE
Lincoln Memorial	J 975.3 MURRAY, JULIE
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial	J 975.3 MURRAY, JULIE
The 250th Anniversary of the United States of America Encyclopedia	J 979.93 BENNETT, L.
My Antarctica : true adventures in the land of mummified seals, space robots, and so much more	J 998 NERI, G.

Fiction

Ready to be royal	JF AMERICAN GIRL
Camille’s mermaid tale	JF AMERICAN GIRL
Sylvia Doe and the 100-year flood	JF BEATTY, ROBERT
Hunt for the kraken	JF BUTLER, KATHRYN
The beasts of winter:	JF CERVANTES, J.C.
The tenth mistake of Hank Hooperman	JF CHOLDENKO, GENNIFER
Bridge to bat city	JF CLINE, ERNEST
Relic hamilton:	JF COELHO, JOSEPH
X marks the haunt	JF CURRIE, LINDSAY
The mystery of locked rooms	JF CURRIE, LINDSAY
The pecan sheller	JF FLORES-RUIZ, LUPE
Severe and unusual weather	JF FOLEY, JESSIE
Slow burn	JF GRANT, KATY
The Princess in Black and the kitty catastrophe	JF HALE, SHANNON
The Princess in Black and the mermaid princess	JF HALE, SHANNON
The Princess in Black and the Prince in Pink	JF HALE, SHANNON
Ahmed Aziz’s epic year	JF HAMZA, NINA
Cincinnati Lee, curse breaker	JF HEILIG, HEIDI
Dino Crew series	JF HINSDALE, EMILY
The imagination station:	JF IMAGINATION STATION
Beatrice Zinker, upside down thinker	JF JOHANNES, SHELLEY
Not another banned book	JF LEVY, DANA
Mr. Grieves and the grievous deeds	JF LIEBERMAN, MATT
Words apart	JF LUCIDO, AIMEE
Dinner at the Brake Fast	JF LUTE, RENEE
Telephone of the tree	JF MCGHEE, ALISON
The trouble with heroes	JF MESSNER, KATE
How to save an otter	JF MESSNER, KATE
Dragon overnight	JF MLYNOWSKI, SARAH
Where Ella went	JF MORRISON, LAURIE
The long way around	JF NESBET, ANNE
The wrong way home	JF O’SHAUGHNESSY, KATE
Averil offline	JF PARKS, AMY
The lions’ run	JF PENNYPACKER, SARA
Yasmin Bandara levels up!	JF RANGANATHAN, ROMESH
Ratty	JF SELFORS, SUZANNE
Adventures of average boy:	JF SMILEY, BOB
Dogs save the day:	JF SMITH, EMMA
Dogs save the day:	JF SMITH, EMMA
You are now old enough to hear this	JF STARMER, AARON
The legend of Chocolate Hills	JF STILTON, GERONIMO
Making plans for Nigel Binty	JF STOUT, SHAWN
Murray the pirate	JF STOWER, ADAM
The Book of Anansi	JF THOMAS, ANGIE
The sweet spot	JF VICKERS, ELAINE
A strange thing happened in Cherry Hall	JF WARGA, JASMINE

Graphic Novels

The 39 clues:	JGN 39 CLUES
Action cat & adventure bug :	JGN BALTAZAR, ART
Qallupilluit:	JGN CHRISTOPHER, NEIL
Aquamanatee	JGN CLANTON, BEN
The Racc Pack	JGN COOKE, STEPHANIE
Disney Frozen:	JGN DISNEY
Disney The Little Mermaid:	JGN DISNEY
Squished	JGN LLOYD, MEGAN
Captain Underpants	JGN PILKEY, DAV
Superpunk	JGN SANTANA, MIRTES
Sweet valley twins:	JGN SWEET VALLEY TWINS
The Pi-Rats.	JGN VIVALLO, ALEXIS