Books for World Read Aloud Day!

February 7th is World Read Aloud Day! Scroll down to see some good books to read aloud!

The good egg / Jory John 

When the other eggs in his carton behave badly, the good egg feels like he needs to be perfect.

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Ella’s night light / Lucy Fleming

A light-loving magical girl with mothlike wings that are too delicate to be out in the sun collects glowing objects while flittering about at night, sharing them with others who need them most until the day her animal friends decide to return her kindness.

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The day you begin / Jacqueline Woodson

Other students laugh when Rigoberto, an immigrant from Venezuela, introduces himself but later, he meets Angelina and discovers that he is not the only one who feels like an outsider.

 

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Pugtato finds a thing / Sophie Corrigan

While on a quest to discover the identity of the mysterious item he accidentally dug up, Pugtato learns to follow his heart.

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The pug who wanted to be a unicorn / Bella Swift

When Peggy the pug puppy is abandoned at the animal shelter just before Christmas, unicorn-loving Chloe’s family takes her in for a week. The playful pug loves Chloe and wishes she could stay with her forever. But Chloe doesn’t want a dog – she wants a unicorn! Believing anything is possible, Peggy decides she will somehow turn into a unicorn to make Chloe’s Christmas. Can Peggy somehow find a way to become a unicorn, making Chloe’s Christmas wish and her own wish for a new home come true?

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The mouse and the motorcycle / Beverly Cleary

A reckless young mouse named Ralph makes friends with a boy in room 215 of the Mountain View Inn and discovers the joys of motorcycling.

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 Amelia Bedelia goes camping / Peggy Parish

As always, Amelia Bedelia follows exactly the instructions given to her on a camping trip, including pitching a tent and rowing boats.

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2024 Reading Challenge: A Book Set in Winter

Are you participating in the 2024 Reading Challenge? We have 12 challenges to complete throughout the year and every month we’ll feature one of the challenge prompts. This month we’re featuring the prompt “Read a book set in winter.” Listed below are just a few books that fit the prompt but there are plenty of other books you can pick up! 

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Adult

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Beartown One by OneThere should have been eight The Family You Make To the bright edge of the world

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A quiet life/ An unwanted guest/ A week in winter Dead of winter Winter garden

Young Adult

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 Love & other train wrecksHow to excavate a heartThe chaos of standing stillWhat beauty there isBittersweet

Middle Grade

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WinterhouseDead voicesGreenglass House/ The poet’s dogWinter according to Humphrey

 

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Books Coming to Screens: February 2024

A Beautiful Wedding / Jamie McGuire

Beautiful Wedding

It follows Abby and Travis, who after a crazy night in Las Vegas, discover they are married. They head to Mexico for a honeymoon with friends and family.

Feb 1st/ Theatres/ Place on hold

The Tiger’s Apprentice by Laurence Yep

Tiger's Apprentice

Tom Lee, a Chinese-American boy, after the death of his grandmother, has to be apprenticed to the talking tiger Mr. Hu and learn ancient magic to become the new guardian of an ancient phoenix.

Feb 2nd/ Netflix

Argylle / Elly Conway

Argylle

An introverted spy novelist is drawn into the activities of a sinister underground syndicate.

Feb 2nd/ Theatres/ Place on hold

Orion and the Dark / Emma Yarlett

Orion and the Dark

Follows Orion, a young boy who is afraid of heights, pets, and rendered nearly catatonic by the worst of all perils: the dark. The Dark takes Orion on a nighttime trip to prove to the youngster that the only thing to fear is fear itself.

Feb 2nd/ Netflix/ Place on hold

One Day / David Nicholls

One Day

Emma and Dexter meet for the first time on the night of their graduation. Tomorrow they must go their separate ways.

Feb 8th/ Theatres/ Place on hold

Float / Kate Marchant

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After she nearly drowns, a young woman unexpectedly falls for the small-town lifeguard who rescued her. Based on the novel by Kate Marchant.

Feb 9th/ Theatres and Streaming/ Place on hold

 

The Never Game / Jeffery Deaver

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Tracker

Colter Shaw travels the country in his old-school RV to help police and private citizens solve crimes and locate missing persons until his latest case changes everything.

Feb 11th/ CBS/ Place on hold

Shōgun/James Clavell

Shogun

When a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village, Lord Yoshii Toranaga discovers secrets that could tip the scales of power and devastate his enemies.

Feb 27th/ Hulu/ Place on hold

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If you enjoyed One of Us is Lying, try these books

If you enjoyed the One of Us Is Lying series, here are a few more mystery books that may interest you.

A good girl’s guide to murder /Holly Jackson

As her senior capstone project, Pippa Fitz-Amobi is determined to find the real killer in a closed, local murder case, but not everyone wants her meddling in the past.

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Cover imageThe cheerleaders / Kara Thomas

As a town prepares for the anniversary of the deaths of five cheerleaders who were killed in three separate, horrific accidents, two teens uncover long-buried truths about what really happened years ago.

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The Ivies / Alexa Donne

The Ivies, five prep school elites who would kill to get into the colleges of their dreams, has a showdown after Liv gets into Harvard and queen bee Avery does not.

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They wish they were us / Jessica Goodman

At an exclusive prep school on Long Island, Jill Newman looks forward to her senior year as a member of the school’s most elite clique, the Players, until new evidence surfaces about the murder of her close friend Shaila.

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Cover imageThese deadly games / Diana Urban

When Crystal Donavan gets a message on a mysterious app with a video of her little sister gagged and bound, she agrees to play the kidnapper’s game. At first, they make her complete bizarre tasks: steal a test and stuff it in a locker, bake brownies, make a prank call. But then Crystal realizes each task is meant to hurt–and kill–her friends, one by one. But if she refuses to play, the kidnapper will kill her sister. Is someone trying to take her team out of the running for a gaming tournament? Or has the kidnapper uncovered a secret from their past, and wants them to pay for what they’ve done.

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How to survive your murder / Danielle Valentine

Alice is sent back to the night of her sister’s murder and has until midnight to figure out who the killer is or risk losing her sister forever.

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The Agathas / Kathleen Glasgow & Liz Lawson

Alice Ogilvie’s disappearance last summer is the biggest scandal at Castle Cove High School–until her ex-boyfriend is accused of murdering his new girlfriend, and Alice must pair up with her tutor Iris Adams to clear his name by relying on the wisdom of Agatha Christie.’

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Five Total Strangers / Natalie D. Richards

Desperate to reach her grieving mother, Mira joins a group of college students driving home after their flight is stranded, but the road conditions are not the only mortal danger they face.

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