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Children’s and Young Adult Books
Olivia and the Perfect Valentine
By Natalie Shaw (Ages 3-8)
Being the sweet-hearted pig that she is, Olivia wants to make a very special and unique Valentine for each of her friends.
Love is You & Me
By Monica Sheehan (Ages 3-6)
This sweet story about a dog and a mouse can help explain to a young child what love is all about – just in time for Valentine’s Day.
Once Upon a Memory
By Nina Laden (Ages 3-8)
A boy embarks on a magical journey that could lead to interesting discussion about how things such as the ocean are made and even what makes up a delicious cake. This is a thought-provoking book for a cold day.
Gooney Bird and All Her Charms
By Lois Lowry (Ages 6-9)
Gooney Bird Greene readers will love to join her in this adventure about the human body and a missing skeleton.
Hollow City: The Second Novel of Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children
By Ransom Riggs (Ages 12+)
Fans of the 2011 bestseller Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children will dive right into this story that picks up right where the first one left off. Follow Jason and his friends on new, frightening journeys.
Adult Books:
French Women Don’t Get Facelifts: The Secret of Aging with Style & Attitude
By Mireille Guiliano
The author of the bestselling French Women Don’t Get Fat shares the secrets and strategies of aging with attitude and joy – and without surgery.
Eat Well, Lose Weight
By Better Homes and Gardens
This is the go-to cookbook binder for losing and maintaining weight.
The Start Here Diet: Three Simple Steps That Helped Me Transition from Fat to Slim . . . for Life
By Tosca Reno with Billie Fitzpatrick
Reno shows you how to believe in yourself again, forgive yourself and imagine a life of joy you thought was out of reach. Her Start Here “essentials” – shopping and cooking tips, meal plans, and thirty delicious recipes – will help you learn to eat to nourish your body, not just to feed it.
My Foot is Too Big for the Glass Slipper: A Guide to the Less Than Perfect Life
By Gabrielle Reece with Karen Karbo
Bestselling fitness expert and beach volleyball icon Reece uses her own less-than-perfect life to deliver a brutally honest, wickedly funny and realistic view of motherhood and marriage.
Chris Powell’s Choose More, Lose More for Life
By Chris Powell
New York Times-bestselling author of Choose to Lose, star of ABC-TV hit show Extreme Weight Loss, and celebrity fitness trainer Powell offers more exercises, more nutrition tips, more recipes, more inspiration and more weight loss success.
Walk Your Butt Off!: Go from Sedentary to Slim in 12 Weeks with This Breakthrough Walking Plan
By Sarah Lorge Butler, Leslie Bonci and Michele Stanten
Developed by former Prevention fitness director and walking expert Stanten, this simple plan not only helps beginners get started with a walking program, but also helps the more than 100 million Americans who already walk for exercise break through plateaus and boost their results.
