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Read a non-fiction book to learn something new! No matter what subject you like, there’s probably a non-fiction book about it. Here are a few suggestions:

Children’s Books –

• Remember This: The Fascinating World of Memory by Monique Polak – J 153.12 POL
• Amazing Immortals: A Guide to Gods and Goddesses Around the World by Dinah Williams – J 291.211 WIL
• I See Color: An Affirmation and Celebration of Our Diverse World by Valerie Bolling and Kailei Pew – J 305.8 BOL
• Winter tales: stories and folktales from around the world by Dawn Casey – J 398.23 CAS
• Water: Discovering the Precious Resource All Around Us by Olga Fadeeva – I 553.7 FAD
• Mother Aspen: A Story of How Forests Cooperate and Communicate by Annette LeBox – J 577.3 LEB
• The Wild River and the Great Dam: The Construction of Hoover Dam and the Vanishing Colorado River by Simon Boughton – J 627.82 BOU
• How to Explain Robotics to a Grown-Up by Ruth Spiro – J 629.892 SPI
• From Plant to Plate: Turn Home-Grown Ingredients into Healthy Meals! by Darryl Gadzekpo and Ella Phillips – J 641.3 GAD
• What Is Color?: The Global, Brain-Exploding Story of Pigments, Paint, and the Wondrous World of Art by Steven Weinberg – J 709 WEI
• Wat Takes His Shot: The Life & Legacy of Basketball Hero Wataru ­Misaka by Cheryl Kim – J 796.323 MIS
• Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez by Belen Medina – J 796.426 MED
• The Bard and the Book: how the first folio saved the plays of William Shakespeare from oblivion by Ann Bausum – J 822.33 BAU
• Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller by Breanna J. McDaniel – J 920 BAK
• Glenn Burke, Game Changer: The Man Who Invented the High Five by Phil Bildner – J 920 BUR
• Gold Rush: the untold story of the First Nations women who started the Klondike gold rush by Flora Delargy  – J 971.9 DEL
• It Happened in Salem by Jonah Winter – J 974.4 WIN
• The Great Lakes: Our Freshwater Treasure by Barb Rosenstock – J 977 ROS

Teen Books –

• An Illustrated History of UFOS by Adam Allsuch Boardman – YA 001.942 BOA
• What Now: a Teen Guide to Life After High School by Barbara Sheen – YA 158.1 SHE
• The (Other) F Word: a Celebration of the Fat and Fierce edited by Angie Manfredi – YA 306.461 OTH
• The Mona Lisa Vanishes by Nicholas Day – YA 364.162 DAY/J 364.162 DAY
• Omnivore’s Dilemma The Secrets Behind What You Eat (Young Readers Edition) by Michael Pollan- YA 394.1 POL
• Discovering Life’s Story, volume 1: Biology’s Beginnings by Joy Hakim – YA 570.9 HAK
• Poisoned Water by Candy J. Cooper with Marc Aronson – YA 615.925
• Greater Goal: the Epic Battle for Equal Pay in Women’s Soccer and Beyond by Elizabeth Rusch – YA 796.334 RUS
• Poems for Tortured Souls  edited by Liz Ison – YA 811 POE
• A Quantum Life: My unlikely journey from the street to the stars by Hakeem M. Oluseyi – YA 920 OLU
• America Redux: Visual Stories from our Dynamic History by Ariel Aberg Riger – YA 973 ABE
• 83 Days in Mariupol: a war diary by Don Brown – YA GRAPHIC 83
• Victory. Stand! Raising my fist for justice by Tommie Smith – YA GRAPHIC VIC

Explore the world without leaving home by reading a book set in another country. Here are some suggestions:

Children’s Books –

• Carson Crosses Canada by Linda Bailey – EASY BAI
• The Cat Who Walked Across France by Kate Banks – EASY BAN
• The Tale of the Tiger Slippers by Jan Brett – EASY BRE
• The Ocean Calls by Tina M. Cho – EASY CHO
• Desert Girl, Monsoon Boy by Tara Dairman – EASY DAI
• Possum Magic by Mem Fox – EASY FOX
• The Problem with Chickens by Bruce McMillan – EASY MCM
• Salvatore and the Goats of Mount Etna by Uschi Muller – EASY MUL
• Red Butterfly: How a princess smuggled the secret of silk out of China by Deborah Noyes – EASY NOY
• Wabi Sabi by Mark Reibstein – EASY REI/MEDIA KIT REI
• Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe – EASY STE
• Paddington series by Michael Bond – READER1 E P/J BON
• Dodsworth series by Tim Egan – READER2 E E
• Rabia’s Eid by Rukhsana Khan – READER2 E K
• Too Small Tola by Atinuke – READER4 E A
• Greetings from Somewhere: The Mystery Across the Secret Bridge by Harper Paris – SERIES GREETINGS
• A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus – J ALB
• The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander – J ALE
• Thirst by Varsha Bajaj – J BAJ
• Across So Many Seas by Ruth Behar – J BEH
• Amil and the After by Veera Hiranandani  – J HIR
• The Windeby Puzzle by Lois Lowry – J LOW
• The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh – J MAR
• Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery – J MON/JBOCD MON
• Uprising by Jennifer Nielsen – J NIE/JBOCD NIE
• Black Bird, Blue Road by Sofiya Pasternack – J PAS
• The Cricket War by Tho Pham – J PHA
• Heidi by Johanna Spyri – J SPY/JBOCD SPY
• The Story of Diva and Flea by Mo Willems – J WIL
• Food Like Mine: Includes amazing recipes from around the world edited by Carrie Love – J 394.12 FOO
• The Girl with a Brave Heart: a Tale from Tehran by Rita Jahan-Fouruz – J 398.202 JAH
• Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando by Andrea Wang – J 641.822 WAN
• I am Anne Frank by Brad Meltzer – J 920 FRA
• King Arthur’s Tale by Anita Ganeri – J 940.014 GAN

Teen Books –

• My Fine Fellow by Jennieke Cohen – YA COH
• The Red Palace by June Hur –YA HUR
• Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean – YA JEA
• Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram – YA KHO
• Everything Sad is Untrue (A True Story) by Daniel Nayeri – YA NAY
• The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh – YA OH
• Stateless by Elizabeth Wein – YA WEI
• Shuna’s Journey by Hayao Miyazaki – YA GRAPHIC SHU
• When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed – YA GRAPHIC WHE/J GN WHE
• The Bronte Sisters: The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne by Catherine Reef – YA 920 BRO
• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer – YA 920 KAM
• Inuunira: My Story of Survival by Brian Koonoo – YA 920 KOO

The Library has tons of books about animals. Readers of all ages can find a book about an animal or furry friend. Check out these suggestions below:

Children’s Books –

• A Horse Called Now by Ruth Doyle – EASY DOY
• Solar Bear by Beth Ferry – EASY FER
• Otter Oughta Know by Karyn Fiendman-Everham – EASY FRI
• Duck, Duck, Goose! by John Hare – EASY HAR
• Alpacas Make Terrible Librarians by Kristi Mahoney – EASY MAH
• Giraffe and Jackal are Friends (Again!) by Lisa Robinson – EASY ROB
• Kozo the Sparrow by Allen Say – EASY SAY
• Little Bear series by Britta Teckentrup – EASY TEC
• The Man who Didn’t Like Animals by Deborah Underwood – EASY UND
• Flubby series by J. E. Morris – READER1 E M
• Doggo and Pupper by Katherine Applegate – READER2 E A
• Giraffes by Kari Schuetz – READER2 E A
• Diary of a Pug series by Kyla May – READER4 E M
• Welcome to Unicorn School by Pip Bird – SERIES DAVE
• Together Forever! True Stories of Amazing Animal Friendships by Mary Quattlebaum – SERIES NATIONAL
• The Scaredy Cat by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen – SERIES PURRMAIDS
• The Guardian Herd: Starfire by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez – J ALV
• The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Mountain by Kathi Appelt – J APP
• Zeus the Mighty: The Quest for the Golden Fleas by Crispin Boyer – J BOY
• Stone Fox  by John Reynolds Gardiner – J GAR/JBOCD GAR
• Belly Up (Funjungle book 1) by Stuart Gibbs – J GIB/JBOCD GIB
• Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry – J HEN/JBOCD HEN
• Rescue at Lake Wild by Terry Lynn Johnson – J JOH
• Haven: A Small Cat’s Big Adventure by Megan Wagner Lloyd – J LLO
• The Littlest Voyageur by Margi Preus – J PRE
• Braver: a Wombat’s Story by Suzanne Selfors and Walker Ranson – J SEL
• I, Cosmo by Carlie Sorosiak – J SOR
• The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate – NEWBERY 2013/JBOCD APP
• Don’t forget to check non-fiction for animal books as well! Check J 590-599 for zoology and wild animals, and J 636 for farm animals and pets.

Teen Books –

• Watership Down by Richard Adams – YA ADA
• The Lovely and the Lost by Jennifer Lynn Barnes – YA BROWSING B
• Our Divine Mischief by Hannah C Howard – YA HOW
• Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa – YA KAG
• Among the Beasts and Briars by Ashley Poston – YA POS
• Rebel Boys and Rescue Dogs or Things that Kiss with Teeth by Brianna R Shrum – YA BROWSING S
• When My Heart Joins the Thousand by A.J. Steiger – YA STE
• Animal Watching: the Definitive Interactive Nature Guide by Mary Kay Carson – YA 590.723 CAR
• Learning to Be Wild: How animals achieve peace, create beauty, and raise families by Carl Safina – YA 591.782 SAF
• Where Have All the Birds Gone? Nature in Crisis by Rebecca E. Hirsch – YA 639.978 HIR

Get in the Winter spirit with these books with chilly settings and snowy weather!

Children’s Books –

• Winter Magic by Robert Burleigh and Wendell Minor – EASY BUR
• So Cold! by John Coy – EASY COY
• The Magical Snowflake by Bernette Ford and Erin K. Robinson – EASY FOR
• Snow Is… by Laura Gehl – EASY GEH
• Two Little Red Mittens by Kirin Hayashi – EASY HAY
• A Day So Gray by Marie Lamba – EASY LAM
• Frostfire by Ellie Mackay – EASY MAC
• On a Flake-Flying Day: Watching Winter’s Wonders by Buffy Silverman – EASY SIL
• Winter is the Warmest Season by Lauren Stringer – EASY STR
• A Cozy Winter Day by Eliza Wheeler – EASY WHE
• Biscuit’s Snow Day Race by Alyssa satin Capucilli – READER1 E C
• Woof and Quack in Winter by Jamie Swenson – READER1 E S
• Fox versus Winter by Corey R Tabor – READER1 E T
• Chicken in Mittens by Adam Lehrhaupt – READER2 E L
• Cornbread and Poppy by Matthew Cordell – READER3 E C
• Bramble and Maggie: Snow Day by Jessie Haas – READER3 E H
• JoJo Makoons: Snow Day by Dawn Quigley – READER4 E Q
• Daisy Dreamer: The Ice Castle by Holly Anna – SERIES DAISY
• Winter According to Humphrey by Betty G Birney – SERIES HUMPHREY
• I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, 1888 by Lauren Tarshis – SERIES I SURVIVED/JBOCD TAR
  
• Isla of Adventure: Island Snow by Dela Costa – SERIES ISLA
• Little Penguin Rescue by Rachel Delahaye – SERIES LITTLE ANIMAL
• Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater – J ATW/JBOCD ATW
  
• The Very, Very Far North by Dan Bar-el – J BAR
• The Sea in Winter by Christine Day – J DAY/JBOCD DAY
  
• The Poet’s Dog by Patricia MacLachlan – J MAC
• Brian’s Winter by Gary Paulsen – J PAU
• Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu – J URS/JBOCD URS
  
• The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder – J WIL/JBOCD WIL
  
• Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen – NEWBERY 1957
• Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George – NEWBERY 1973

Teen Books –

• Cold Day in the Sun by Sara Biren – YA BIR
• House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig – YA CRA
• Love and Other Train Wrecks by Lean Konen – YA KON
• Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves by Meg Long – YA LONG
• Some Like it Cold by Elle McNicoll – YA MCN
• Trapped by Michael Northrup – YA BROWSING N
• Snowglobe by Soyoung Park – YA PAR
• Five Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards – YA RIC
• Whiteout by Dhonielle Clayton and others – YA WHI
• Check Please! by Ngozi Ukazu – YA GRAPHIC CHE