Books featuring characters with hearing disabilities
Children’s
Laurie/ Mara hears in style / Gracie’s ears/ Moses sees a play / Butterfly on the wind
Can bears ski?/ Listening to the quiet
Middle Grade
Show me a sign /You don’t know everything, Jilly P! / Song for a whale/ Charlie & Frog/ Wonderstruck/ El deafo
The astronomically grand plan /Hello, universe/ The Collectors / Singing hands
Young Adult
Give me a sign / The silence between us/ Five flavors of Dumb / The reckless kind/ This is kind of an epic love story / The whispering dark/ A sign of affection
Adult
New Kids Books-April 2024
Board Books
| Michael Jordan. | BB BAILLIE, BERNADETTE |
| Colors. | BB BRIGHT BABY |
| Pete the cat : Twinkle, twinkle, little star | BB DEAN, JAMES |
| Princess Ariel / | BB DISNEY |
| Twinkle, twinkle, little baby / | BB TIGER TALES |
| A day on the farm / | BB VITALE, BROOKE |
Picture Books
| A mighty bitey creature / | E ARMITAGE, RONDA |
| Just like Millie / | E CASTILLO, LAUREN |
| Solar bear / | E FERRY, BETH |
| Goodnight, Sleepyville / | E HELLMAN, BLAKE |
| I love you, funny bunny / | E HERNDON, BARBARA |
| We who produce pearls / | E HO, HANNA |
| Alphabet rescue / | E WOOD, AUDREY |
| Alphabet adventure / | E WOOD, AUDREY |
New Nonfiction
| Cactus Queen : Minerva Hoyt Establishes Joshua Tree National Park. | J 363 ALEXANDER, LORI |
| Iguanodon’s Horn : How Artists and Scientists Put a Dinosaur Back Together Again and Again and Again / | J 567.9 RUBIN, SEAN |
| The unlikely hero : | J 599.77 MCINTYRE, RICK |
| The Mighty Pollinators / | J 811 FROST, HELEN |
| Bless our pets : | J 811 HOPKINS, LEE |
| Meet Travis Kelce : | J 92 KELCE, TRAVIS |
| The Great Lakes : our freshwater treasure / | J 977 ROSENSTOCK, BARB |
New Fiction
| The case of the cursed clock tower / | JF COOPER, BRIGITTE |
| George’s marvelous medicine / | JF DAHL, ROALD |
| Boy : tales of childhood / | JF DAHL, ROALD |
| Esio Trot / | JF DAHL, ROALD |
| Matilda / | JF DAHL, ROALD |
| Going solo / | JF DAHL, ROALD |
| Billy and the Minpins / | JF DAHL, ROALD |
| Orris and Timble : the beginning / | JF DICAMILLO, KATE |
| The secret warning / | JF DIXON, FRANKLIN |
| The disappearing floor / | JF DIXON, FRANKLIN |
| The melted coins / | JF DIXON, FRANKLIN |
| The short-wave mystery / | JF DIXON, FRANKLIN |
| The secret panel / | JF DIXON, FRANKLIN |
| The secret of the lost tunnel / | JF DIXON, FRANKLIN |
| The mystery of the flying express / | JF DIXON, FRANKLIN |
| The sinister signpost / | JF DIXON, FRANKLIN |
| Wind / | JF HUNTER, ERIN |
| Keeping pace / | JF MORRISON, LAURIE |
| Captain Underpants and the perilous plot of Professor Poopypants / | JF PILKEY, DAV |
| Treasures of the Maya / | JF STILTON, GERONIMO |
New Graphic Novels
| Win if you dare | JGN BUMBLEBEE |
| Deadpool & Wolverine / | JGN DEADPOOL |
| The Challenger explosion / | JGN DISASTER STORIES |
| The adventures of Invisible Boy!!!(!) | JGN HORNER, DOOGIE |
| Table Titans Club | JGN KURTZ,SCOTT |
| The Loud house. | JGN LOUD HOUSE |
| Final cut / | JGN STINE, R.L. |
| Creatures from the lagoon / | JGN STINE, R.L. |
| Just beyond. | JGN STINE, R.L. |
| Don’t open that drawer! / | JGN STINE, R.L. |
| Just beyond. | JGN STINE, R.L. |
| Wings of fire : Winter turning | JGN SUTHERLAND, TUI |
Books Coming to Screens: May 2024
Turtles all the way down / John Green
A teenager with OCD tries to solve a mystery surrounding a fugitive billionaire.
May 2nd/MAX/ Put on hold
The Tattooist of Auschwitz /Heather Morris
Based on the eponymously titled novel, this is the powerful real-life story of Lale Sokolov, a Jewish prisoner who was tasked with tattooing ID numbers on prisoners’ arms in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during World War Two.
May 2nd/Peacock/ Put on hold
The Idea of You / Robinne Lee
Solène, a 40-year-old single mom, begins an unexpected romance with 24-year-old Hayes Campbell, the lead singer of August Moon, the hottest boy band on the planet.
May 2nd/ Amazon/ Put on hold
A Man in Full/ Tom Wolfe
Follows an Atlanta real estate mogul as he faces sudden bankruptcy, and tries to defend his empire from those attempting to capitalize on his fall from grace.
May 2nd/ Netflix/ Put on hold
Dragon keeper / Carole Wilkinson
The fate of ancient China rests on the shoulders of one young girl, who must find the last remaining dragon egg and fulfill her destiny.
May 3rd/ Hulu and Theatres/ Put on hold
Dark Matter / Blake Crouch
A man is abducted into an alternate version of his life. Amid the mind-bending landscape of lives he could’ve lived, he embarks on a harrowing journey to get back to his true family and save them from a most terrifying foe: himself.
May 8th/ Apple TV/ Put on hold
The Image of You / Adele Parks
Follows identical twins Anna and Zoe. When Anna meets a stock trader, she thinks he’s perfect, but Zoe doesn’t trust him, so she sets out to discover the truth about him.
May 10th/ Theatres/ Put on hold
Interview with the Vampire / Anne Rice
Based on Anne Rice’s iconic novel, follow Louis de Pointe’s epic story of love, blood and the perils of immortality, as told to the journalist Daniel Molloy.
May 12th/ AMC/ Put on hold
The killing kind / Jane Casey
A barrister defends a man against stalking charges, only for him to turn on her.
May 14th/ Parmount / Put on hold
Bridgerton/ Julia Quinn
(Season three)
The eight close-knit siblings of the Bridgerton family look for love and happiness in London high society.
May 16th/ Netflix/ Put on hold
Thelma the unicorn / by Aaron Blabey
When a rare pink and glitter-filled moment of fate makes Thelma the Pony’s wish of being a unicorn come true, she rises to instant international pop-superstar stardom, but at an unexpected cost.
May 17th/ Netflix/ Put on hold
Geek girl / Holly Smale
Awkward, neurodivergent teenager Harriet Manners whose life is turned upside down when she is spotted to be a model and embarks on a life-affirming journey of self-discovery as she balances high school and high fashion.
May 30th/ Netflix/ Put on hold