One of the new programs at your local Chandler Public Library is the 1KB4K program (One Thousand Books Before Kindergarten) which has been really popular with our youngest patrons.
After starting this program in February, the library is proud to announce the first 1000 Book reader: Knox Wright has finished his first 1000! Check with the library if you would like to enroll your preschooler in this program.
All Together Now, this year’s Summer Reading Program, has come to an end, BUT, Preschool StoryTime continues on Tuesday mornings at 9:30 am, and then on Wednesdays at 3:30, there will be a program for grades K-5, Afterschool Adventures.
The first 15 minutes of the program will be social and community activity to accommodate those who may not be able to arrive right at 3:30! You can join either group just by showing up!
Opening in mid-August, StoryPath at Tilghman Park is a new program for your Chandler Public Library. The StoryPath is an interactive reading opportunity with book pages placed throughout the park. Be looking for information about our Grand Opening!
And, of course, there are new books.
Staring with Young Adult authors, because the anxiously awaited Fourth Wing, by Rebecca Yarros, has FINALLY arrived at your Chandler Public Library. This is Yarros debut novel, and it has spent weeks on the NYT Best Sellers list, and has been out at virtually every vendor! Other popular YA novels include: Warriors: The prophecies Being : A Dangerous Path, #5 in the Warriors series by Erin Hunter; and Omens Bite, by P.C. Cast; and, Fallen Academy : Year 2, by Leia Stone.
For those who enjoy reading tried and true authors in Adult Fiction: Cross Down, by James Patterson, part of his original Alex Cross series; NYPD Red 7, by Marshall Karp, who has been writing with James Patterson, but continues the series on his own; Escape, by James Patterson with David Ellis, is the 3rd in the Black Box/Bill Harney series; Book Lovers, by Emily Henry; Fire Strike, by Clive Cussler; Near Miss, a novel in Stuart Woods ‘Stone Barrington’ series, by Brett Battles – which we have on good source, does a good job following Woods’ series; The Five-Star Weekend, by Elin Hilderbrand; The Only One Left, by Riley Sagar; The 9th Man, the first in a new historical action series by Steve Berry; The Devil’s Playground, by Craig Russell; and The Golden Doves, by Martha Hall Kelly, author of The Lilac Girls.
Best-selling authors new to the shelves of CPL include: The Librarian Spy, by Madeline Martin, author of historical fiction and historical romance novels; The Librarianist, by Patrick deWitt, award-winning author, who proves he can write in many different styles with this exceedingly gently novel; All the Sinners Bleed, by SA Crosby, who writes Southern noir crime fiction; and Cassandra in Reverse, by Holly Smale, probably most well-known for her Geek Girl series.
For those interested in Adult nonfiction, the new Paul McCartney book, 1964 : Eyes of the Storm, has recently been added. Also, CPL has acquired an extensive collection of biographies of presidential and historical figures, as well as many American history, along with memoirs, cookbooks, and multiple others too numerous to mention. Come in and “check them out”.
Middle grade readers might want to look into: ChupaCarter and the Haunted Piñata, by George Lopez; The Bad Guys : Let the Games Begin, by Aaron Blabey; Plants vs Zombies Timepocalypse, by Paul Tobin; two Captain Underpants books; I Survived the Hindenburg Disaster, by Lauren Tarshis; and two new juvenile non-fiction books, It is Time! – the Life of a Caterpillar, by Lizzie Rockwell; and O is For Oklahoma, an alphabet book about Oklahoma by kids and for kids.
Picture books for the youngest readers and pre-readers include: Change Sings, by Amanda Gorman, the first ever National Youth Poet Laureate; We Are Water Protectors, by Carole Lindstrom; Possum Magic, by Mem Fox; Peanut Butter and Cupcake, by Terry Border; My Granny Went to Market, by Stella Blackstone; Mouse Tells the Truth, by Ella Law; Repeat After Me: Big Things to Say Everyday, by Jazmin Simon and Dulé Hill; An Elephant and Piggie Biggie, by Mo Willems, a compilation of 5 Elephant and Piggie stories; and No Such Thing, by Ella Bailey.