Adult Books
Kitchen Playdates: Easy Ideas for Entertaining That Includes the Kids
By Lauren Bank Deen
To help parents bond with their kids in the kitchen, Lauren Bank Deen has shared 70 delicious recipes that vary in theme and skill level. Each recipe has a “Kids in the Kitchen” note, giving ideas for age-appropriate (and safe) tasks for everyone.
The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World with Kids 2015
By Bob Sehlinger and Liliane J. Opsomer with Len Testa
This book is packed with useful tips, great advice, excellent discussion and practical travel knowledge gleaned from years of Walt Disney World travel experience. Use this book to plan ahead to maximize your vacation and avoid meltdowns and mishaps.
Baby Love: Healthy, Easy, Delicious Meals for Your Baby and Toddler
By Norah O’Donnell and Geoff Tracy
Norah O’Donnell and Chef Geoff Tracy provide an easy, cost-effective and delicious alternative to buying baby food. While making food from scratch can seem like a daunting task to some, Baby Love makes it simple: an hour of preparation for two weeks’ worth of healthful baby foods. A great read for brand new parents or for seasoned veterans who are ready to try something new.
Throw Like a Girl: How to Dream Big & Believe in Yourself
By Jennie Finch
Jennie Finch fell in love with softball as a young girl. A two-time Olympian, Finch was a collegiate national player of the year at Arizona and pitched professionally. This book is not about learning the fundamentals of a particular sport, but how athletics can contribute to a healthy and productive life.
A Child’s Garden: 60 Ideas to Make Any Garden Come Alive for Children
By Molly Dannenmaier
This is beautifully illustrated book with the perspective of a child connecting to gardens, particularly urban spaces. Indulge your child’s outdoor side and have fun creating a new fairy garden or a natural cave from a zealous beanpole plant.
Children’s Books
The Big Book of Superheroes
By Bart King
All you need to be a superhero is a burning desire to fight evildoers. Oh, and also a secret identity, the perfect name, a cool costume, some terrific superpowers and an arch-enemy. Packed with activities, quizzes and humor, this guide helps with everything from finding a perfect superhero name to avoiding costume wedgies.
Books Always Everywhere
By Jane Blatt
An exuberant celebration of books of all shapes and sizes introduces little ones to the magical world that can be found within books and features endearing toddlers discovering the first wonders of the books in their world. (Preschool)
Fun in the Sun
By David Catrow
A cheerful dog frolics in the sun and the sand on a perfect beach day. David Catrow’s zany illustrations make this dog’s time in the sun anything but ordinary. (Preschool-grade 1)
The Princess in Black
By Shannon and Dean Hale
Hiding her secret identity as a monster-fighting superhero, Princess Magnolia interrupts her fancy tea with the unsuspecting Duchess Wigtower to stop a big blue monster from endangering her kingdom’s goats. (Grades K-3)
A Perfectly Messed-Up Story
By Patrick McDonnell
Little Louie’s story keeps getting messed up, and he’s not happy about it. What's the point of telling his tale if he can’t tell it perfectly? But when he stops and takes a deep breath, he realizes that everything is actually just fine, and his story is a good one – imperfections and all. (Preschool-grade 2)
The 13-Story Treehouse
By Andy Griffiths
Andy and Terry live in a treehouse with 13 stories, a bowling alley, a see-through swimming pool, a secret underground laboratory and a marshmallow machine that follows you around and automatically shoots marshmallows into your mouth whenever you are hungry. (Grades 3-5)
Masterminds
By Gordon Korman
Eli Frieden lives in the most perfect town in the world: Serenity, N.M. Then one day, he bikes to the edge of the city limits, and something so crazy and unexpected happens, it changes everything. (Grades 4-6)
Ms. Rapscott’s Girls
By Elise Primavera
At the Great Rapscott School for Girls of Busy Parents, Ms. Rapscott teaches her students How to Get Lost on Purpose, resulting in a series of fantastical adventures that help each girl learn a little something about courage, strength, bravery and teamwork. (Grades 3-6)
