April 2024: Books to read out loud
Whether it's around a campfire, in a drawing room, or in a pillow fort, reading books out loud to each other can be a wonderful way to spend an evening!
Pirate stew
Author(s):
Gaiman, Neil
Riddell, Chris,
Description:
Pirate stew! Pirate stew! Pirate stew for me and you! Pirate stew! Pirate stew! Eat it and you won't be blue. You can be a pirate too!
Format:
Book
Call Number:
E Gai
Magic For Liars [Large Print]
Author(s):
Description:
"Ivy Gamble was born without magic and never wanted it. Ivy Gamble is perfectly happy with her life -- or at least, she's perfectly fine. She doesn't in any way wish she was like Tabitha, her estranged, gifted twin sister. Ivy Gamble is a liar. When a gruesome murder is discovered at The Osthorne Academy of Young Mages, where her estranged twin sister teaches Theoretical Magic, reluctant detective Ivy Gamble is pulled into the world of untold power and dangerous secrets. She will have to find a murderer and reclaim her sister--without losing herself"-- Provided by publisher.
Format:
Large Print
Call Number:
LP FIC Gai
Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone
Author(s):
J. K. Rowling
Jim (Illustrator) Kay
Description:
Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
J FIC Row
The Hobbit ; Or, There And Back Again
Author(s):
Description:
The adventures of the well-to-do hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, who lived happily in his comfortable home until a wandering wizard granted his wish.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
FIC Tol
Redwall
Author(s):
Description:
When the peaceful life of ancient Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat Cluny and his villainous hordes, Matthias, a young mouse, determines to find the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior which, he is convinced, will help Redwall's inhabitants destroy the enemy.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
J FIC Jac
Scary stories to tell in the dark
Author(s):
Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-1992
Gammell, Stephen,
Description:
Stories of ghosts and witches, "jump" stories, scary songs, and modern-day scary stories.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
J 398.2 Sch
The Wee Free Men
Author(s):
Description:
A young witch-to-be named Tiffany teams up with the Wee Free Men, a clan of six-inch-high blue men, to rescue her baby brother and ward off a sinister invasion from Fairyland.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
YA FIC Pra
The vicar of Nibbleswicke
Author(s):
Dahl, Roald
Blake, Quentin,
Description:
The vicar's speech impediment leads to holy hysteria in an otherwise quiet country parish.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
J FIC Dah
The world of Jeeves
Author(s):
Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975
Description:
Format:
Book
Call Number:
FIC Wod
The wonky donkey
Author(s):
Smith, Craig, 1972-
Cowley, Katz,
Description:
While walking down the road, the narrator sees a donkey that he shares more about as the story progresses.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
E Smi
Winston Chu vs. the wingmeisters
Author(s):
Lee, Stacey (Stacey Heather)
Sequel to:
Description:
When San Francisco adults forget who they are and mysterious exotic birds flock to the city, twelve-year-old Winston Chu and friends team up to investigate the strange occurrences and face off against Mr. Pang's older magpie-turned-human brother, Mr. Gu.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
J FIC Lee
Crocodile on the sandbank
Author(s):
Peters, Elizabeth, 1927-2013
Description:
Amelia Peabody, that indomitable product of the Victorian age, embarks on her first Egyptian adventure armed with unshakable self-confidence, a journal to record her thoughts, and, of course, a sturdy umbrella. Along the way, she meets up with Evelyn Barton-Forbes, the Emerson brothers, and a lively mummy. How Amelia arranges all to her satisfaction is just one of the pleasures of theis delightfully witty mystery.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
FIC Pet
What if? : serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions
Author(s):
Description:
Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love have a large and passionate following. Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions. In pursuit of answers, Munroe runs computer simulations, pores over stacks of declassified military research memos, solves differential equations, and consults with nuclear reactor operators. His responses are masterpieces of clarity and hilarity, complemented by signature xkcd comics. The book features new and never-before-answered questions, along with updated and expanded versions of the most popular answers from the xkcd website.--Excerpted from publisher statement.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
500 Mun
