NEW Children's Books

Dewey: There's a Cat in the Library by Vicki Myron

The story of Dewey the celebrated library cat is now available for the youngest of readers in this new, fully-illustrated picture book adventure.

When Librarian Vicki Myron finds a young kitten abandoned in the Spencer Library return box, she nurses him back to health, deciding then and there that he will be their library cat, and naming him, appropriately, Dewey Readmore Books. Dewey loves his new home, but once he discovers the littlest library visitors-who like to chase him, pull his tail, and squeeze him extra tight-Dewey begins to wonder if he's truly cut out for the demands of his new job.

In the end, he is triumphant as he realizes that helping people big and small is what he is meant to do, and that by sharing his special brand of Dewey love, he can be the best library cat of all.

For more information on Vicki Myron and her latest works visit this website.   
 

Glamsters by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

Harriet the hamster has a problem. All around her at Hamster World, hamsters are being adopted, while she and her sister can’t even seem to get noticed.
Then one day, she finds the answer. She will go from hamster to glamster! with a fabulous hamster makeover. With a little bit of carrot seed oil, whisker extensions, and a two-tone claw polish, all her dreams will come true…or will they?

For more information on Elizabeth Cody Kimmel and her latest works visit this website.   

That's When I'm Happy by Beth Shoshan

This classic picture book tells the story of a little bear and his family and the heartwarming adventures they have together. Little readers will love this gentle story with charming pictures, soothing text, and imaginative plot, and parents will love reading along with their children. Ideal for children just learning to read.

For more information on Beth Shoshan and her latest works visit this website.   
 

When You're Not Looking by Lynne Chapman

What’s more ridiculous? Pigs wearing wigs? Chickens blasting into space? Or cows cooking soufflés? Readers join in the fun as they witness whimsical animal silliness that couldn’t possible be true – unless it happens “When You’re Not Looking. ” 

For more information on Lynne Chapman and his latest works visit this website.   

NEW Audiobooks Available Today

Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie

Hercule Poirot Series Book # 24

A famous painter's jealous wife is tried, convicted and sentenced to life for his murder. But did she really do it? Hercule Poirot sets out to find the fatal flaw in the perfect crime.

For more information on Agatha Christie and her latest works visit this website.    

The Hollow by Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot Series Book # 25

Lady Angkatell, intrigued by the criminal mind, has invited Hercule Poirot to her estate for a weekend house party. The Belgian detective's arrival at the Hollow is met with an elaborate tableau staged for his amusement: a doctor lies in a puddle of red paint, his timid wife stands over his body with a gun while the other guests look suitably shocked. 

But this is no charade. The paint is blood and the corpse real!

For more information on Agatha Christie and her latest works visit this website.      

Murder is Easy by Agatha Christie
Superintendent Battle Series Book # 4

On her way to Scotland Yard to report several murders in her village, an elderly woman encounters retired policeman Luke Fitzwilliam. He dismisses her ravings about the murderer finding it easy to kill, as long as no one knows who he is--until two more killings occur, one of which is the old lady's.

For more information on Agatha Christie and her latest works visit this website.       

The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith
Isabel Dalhousie Series Book # 1
Sunday Philosophy Club Series # 1

Amateur sleuth Isabel Dalhousie is a philosopher who also uses her training to solve unusual mysteries. Isabel is Editor of the "Review of Applied Ethics, which addresses such issues as "truth telling in sexual relationships," and she also hosts The Sunday Philosophy Club at her house in Edinburgh. 

In this first book in McCall Smith's new series Isbel investigates how a young man could have fallen to his death from the top balcony of the Usher Hall. She is aided by her beautiful niece Cat, Cat's ex boyfriend Hugo (whose own good looks Isabel is tantalised by), and her strict housekeeper Grace. Isabel is drawn into the heart of Edinburgh's well heeled, if somewhat shady, business community as she sets out to discover the truth.
For more information on Alexander McCall Smith and his latest works visit this website.     

Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley

Dr. Victor Frankenstein, an ambitious young scientist, is consumed by a fanatic desire to create a living being. He fashions an eight-foot creature and succeeds in animating him but, horrified by his visage, perceives his creation to be a monster and frightens him away.

The monster, wandering in search of human companionship, is spurned and repulsed by all he approaches and learns to hate and to kill. He confronts his maker with a terrible choice: unless Frankenstein creates for him a mate, he will go on a rampage of destruction.

For more information on Mary Shelley and her works visit this website.    

Thrlling NEW Reads for Teens and Tweens

Cress by Marissa Meyer
Lunar Chronicles Series Book # 3

In this third book in the Lunar Chronicles, Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they’re plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and her army.

Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl imprisoned on a satellite since childhood who's only ever had her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker. Unfortunately, she’s just received orders from Levana to track down Cinder and her handsome accomplice.

When a daring rescue of Cress goes awry, the group is separated. Cress finally has her freedom, but it comes at a high price. Meanwhile, Queen Levana will let nothing prevent her marriage to Emperor Kai. Cress, Scarlet, and Cinder may not have signed up to save the world, but they may be the only hope the world has.

For more information on Marissa Meyer and her latest works visit this website.   

Nerve by Jeanne Ryan

A high-stakes online game of dares turns deadly...

When Vee is picked to be a player in NERVE, an anonymous game of dares broadcast live online, she discovers that the game knows her. They tempt her with prizes taken from her ThisIsMe page and team her up with the perfect boy, sizzling-hot Ian. At first it's exhilarating--Vee and Ian's fans cheer them on to riskier dares with higher stakes. But the game takes a twisted turn when they're directed to a secret location with five other players for the Grand Prize round. Suddenly they're playing all or nothing, with their lives on the line. 

Just how far will Vee go before she loses NERVE?

Debut author Jeanne Ryan delivers an un-putdownable suspense thriller.
 
For more information on Jeanne Ryan and her latest works visit this website.  

New York Times Best Seller List (4/6/2014)

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FICTION


1 MISSING YOU by Harlan Coben
2 RAISING STEAM by Terry Pratchett
3 THE GOLDFINCH by Donna Tartt
4 POWER PLAY by Danielle Steel
5 THE INVENTION OF WINGS by Sue Monk Kidd
6 BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR by Jeffrey Archer
7 THE BOOTLEGGER by Clive Cussler
8 WORDS OF RADIANCE by Brandon Sanderson
9 STONE COLD by C. J. Box
10 NIGHT BROKEN by Patricia Briggs
11 THE AUSCHWITZ ESCAPE by Joel C. Rosenberg
12 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S THE EMPIRE STRIKETH BACK by Ian Doescher.
13 THE CAIRO AFFAIR by Olen Steinhauer
14 THE HUSBAND'S SECRET by Liane Moriarty
15 YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN by Jean Hanff Korelitz
16 NIGHT OF THE HUNTER by R. A. Salvatore