Daytonlibrary Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Midnight Library: A GMA Book Club Pick
Matt Haig
🍩 📚 Doughnuts, coffee and book discussions are a few of our favorite things! Our Miami Township Branch will be having all of these on July 16 and you're invited. This month we'll be reading "The Midnight Library" by Matt Haig. Find the book at your local library then join us! https://t.co/YJIFur2e20
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Juliet Takes a Breath: The Graphic Novel
Gabby Rivera
Join us for LGBTQIA+ Book Club @ Home on August 9, 7pm! We will be discussing "Juliet Takes a Breath", by Gabby Rivera. “Dazzling, funny as hell, poignant, all the things.”—Author, Roxane Gay - Register to join us and find books here: https://bit.ly/3wAKHRF https://t.co/CT4HR7jlC2
Paperback, 2020
$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
Rebecca Traister
Join our book club for adults who are interested in reading and discussing a diverse range of Fiction and Nonfiction books featuring feminist characters and themes. This month, we discuss Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger by Rebecca Traister. https://t.co/aylMcMVK8Q
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The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats
Visit the Vandalia Branch’s story walk and follow the adventures of Peter as he explores his neighborhood in The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. Plus, little ones can match snowflakes, have a snowball toss, make their own snowflakes and more! http://DaytonMetroLibrary.org/news/4420-seasonal https://t.co/kfCEGdKDcU
Board Book, 1996
$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Symphony of Secrets
Brendan Slocumb
Join us on Thursday, May 11 at our Main Library with @Brendan_slocumb as he discusses his best-selling debut novel, The Violin Conspiracy, and his upcoming novel, Symphony of Secrets. Seats are limited. Register here: https://t.co/MDYaGgINx4 https://t.co/JhkvkO8ABe
Paperback, 2024
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Wishing Spell
Chris Colfer
🏰✨📚👧👦 Check out Uwu's sock puppet book review as she reviews The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell - by @chriscolfer, a book about twins who fall into a magical world and embark on a journey to cast a spell that will help them get back home! 📚: https://t.co/cxLgKj5TT4 https://t.co/uIdmKuwoap
Paperback, 2013
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Giving Tree
Shel Silverstein
We will be sending lots of mail once we get our hands on these stamps! Featuring a version of a boy catching an apple from the cover of “The Giving Tree”, the stamp honors the imaginative and beloved children’s book author and illustrator, Shel Silverstein. https://t.co/YuXQvOGcOA
Hardcover, 2014
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Odder: The Novel
Katherine Applegate
Have you heard of Odder the otter 😃? 🦦 - Sarah shares her thoughts on Odder, Katherine Applegate latest book, in episode 3 of our What's New Book Club. Thanks Sarah! #BookReview #BookTok #Libraries #ChildrensBooks #Reading https://t.co/p8uXhP1eLW
Hardcover, 2022
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book