Reading Recommendations

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April 2024

Adults: Spring into Gardening

Life in the garden by Penelope Lively
We are the ark : returning our gardens to their true nature through acts of restorative kindness by Mary Reynolds
How to plant a room and grow a happy home by Morgan Doane and Erin Harding of House Plant Club
Succulent style : a gardener
How to create a wildlife garden : encouraging birds, bees, butterflies and bugs into your outside space by Christine and Mick Lavelle
To eat : a country life by Joe Eck and Wayne Winterrowd
How to attract birds to your garden by Dan Rouse
Gardenlust : a botanical tour of the world
Succulents and all things under glass : ideas and inspiration for indoor gardens by Isabelle Palmer
Ground rules : 100 easy lessons for growing a more glorious garden by Kate Frey
The jam maker
Glorious shade : dazzling plants, design ideas, and proven techniques for your shady garden by Jenny Rose Carey
A wilder life : a season-by-season guide to getting in touch with nature by Celestine Maddy
The wildlife-friendly vegetable gardener : how to grow food in harmony with nature by Tammi Hartung

Teens: History Graphic Novels for Teens

Victory. Stand! by Tommie Smith & Derrick Barnes
Run and Hide by Don Brown
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
Where Is Anne Frank by Ari Folman
Muhammad Najem, War Reporter by Muhammad Najem & Nora Neus
We Are Not Strangers by Josh Tuininga
Tokyo Rose, Zero Hour by Andre Frattino
We Survived the Holocaust by Frank W. Baker
Bomb by Steve Sheinkin
The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe
The Unwanted by Don Brown
Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook & Ryan Estrada
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

Children's: April Showers!

Rain by Cynthia Rylant
Rain Before Rainbows by Smriti Prasadam-Halls
Cloudette by Tom Lichtenheld
Hello, Puddle by Anita Sanchez
Elmer and the Flood by David McKee
Rain Fish by Lois Ehlert
Too Much Rain by Fran Manushkin
Click, Clack Rainy Day by Doreen Cronin
Rain Reign by Ann Martin
Shouting at the Rain by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Let
I am the Rain by John Paterson