Fairy Tale Retellings to Read all Year

July 31, 2020. Library Adminno Comments

Summer Reading may be over, but that doesn’t mean you need to leave the fairy tales behind! We love reading these fun, imaginative fairy tale adaptations all year long, and we think you will too.

Click on the cover or the title to see the book in our catalog.

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Adaptation of the Russian fairy tale of Vasilisa the Beautiful

Beauty by Sarah Pinborough
Adaptation of Sleeping Beauty

Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
Adaptation of Snow White

Cinder by Melissa Meyer
Adaptation of Cinderella

A Curse so Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
Adaptation of Beauty and the Beast

Cursed by Thomas Wheeler
Adaptation of The Lady of the Lake, a King Arthur myth

Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
Adaptation of The Six Swans

Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente
Adaptation of the Russian myth of Marya Morevena

Enchanted by Alethea Kontis
Adaptation of The Frog Prince

Geekerella by Ashley Poston
Adaptation of Cinderella

Gingerbread by Helen Oeyemi
Adaptation of Hansel & Gretel

The Girl in Red by Christina Henry
Adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Adaptation of Cinderella with Mayan myths and legends

Heartless by Marissa Meyer
Adaptation of Alice in Wonderland

Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
Adaptation of Antigone

Hunted by Meagan Spooner
Adaptation of Beauty and the Beast

The Magnolia Sword by Sherry Thomas
Adaptation of Mulan

The Mere Wife by Maria Headley
Adaptation of Beowulf

Sea Witch by Sarah Henning
Adaptation of The Little Mermaid

The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi
Adaptation of several Hindu myths including: Savitri and Satyavan, Shiva and Parvati, the Ramayana, Shakuntula, and Narasimha

A Thousand Beginnings and Endings: 16 Retellings of Asian Myths and Legends

A Touch of Gold by Annie Sullivan
Adaptation of Midas

Vassa in the Night by Sarah Porter
Adaptation of the Russian myth of Valissa the Beautiful

Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett
Adaptation of Cinderella

2020 APL Reading Challenge – A Book Set at Sea

January 22, 2020. Library Adminno Comments

The 2020 reading challenges are here!

This year, we’re welcoming back the Everyone Has Read it Except Me challenge. We also introduced a new reading challenge with twelve separate categories to help you read throughout the year. You can choose to complete one or both challenges – there’s no right or wrong way to read!

Each month, we will highlight books in one of the categories. These aren’t the only books we have available in each category but are ideas that can help you spark inspiration, help clarify the category, and (hopefully) make your decision easier.

We’re escaping the cold winter weather this month by reading a book set at the sea!

Featured below are eighteen fiction and non-fiction books set at sea that are sure to provide enough adventure and escapism to warm even the coldest winter day.

Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson

The Nine Lives of Jacob Tibbs by Cylin Busby

Seafire by Natalie C. Parker

The Glass Ocean by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Day Four by Sarah Lotz

Golden Buddha by Clive Cussler

Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller

Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian

The Other Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn

The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy

Title Wave by Lorna Barrett

Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

Passenger by Alexandra Bracken

Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

Cinnamon and Gunpowder by Eli Brown

Deep Storm by Lincoln Child

2020 APL Reading Challenges

January 2, 2020. Library Adminno Comments

It’s the start of a new year and for many of us, that means reading challenges!

If you’re looking for books to read this year, check out the library’s two reading challenges. Each challenge asks that you read 12 books over the course of the year (24 books if you choose do complete both challenges).

Follow along with one or both challenges for a fun, book-filled 2020!

Everyone Has Read it Except Me

In the Everyone Has Read it Except Me! challenge, choose one book each month, choosing from the five choices, to make your own reading challenge.

Happy reading!

Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Reading Challenge: A Book By Two (or More!) Authors

December 6, 2019. Library Adminno Comments

The 2019 Reading Challenges are here! Are you struggling with what to read in the Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Reading Challenge categories? We can help! Throughout the year, we will highlight several juvenile, YA, and adult fiction (or non-fiction) books in most of the categories.

These aren’t the only books we have available in each category but are ideas that can help you spark inspiration, help clarify the category, and (hopefully) make your decision easier.

We’re continuing our discussion of books with the category “A book by two (or more!) authors.”

What’s better than a book with one author? A book with two (or more) — the more the merrier! Below, we’ve highlighted some great books that really show two (or more) heads are better than one!

FaceOff by David Baldacci