Winter Reading Program 2023-24: Get Yeti to Read!
Children's Winter Reading & Activity Program
Children (Ages 0-11)
Pick up a reading log from any CCPL location. For the full program experience, participate through the READsquared app or website.
Complete five hours of reading (or listening to someone read to you) to receive a free book,* and an entry into the drawings for your location’s winter gift basket and the multi-attractions Putt-Putt Fun Center grand prize!
You can earn a bonus entry into the prize drawings for every additional five hours of reading you log. Don't forget that you can log each library program you attend.
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Children's Winter Reads
The Midwinter Witch: a Graphic Novel (the Witch Boy Trilogy #3) by Molly Knox OstertagCall Number: GN J OSTERTAG
The Festival is a whirlwind of excitement and activity, but for Aster and Ariel, nothing goes according to plan. When a powerful and sinister force invades the reunion, threatening to destroy everything the young witches have fought for, can they find the courage to fight it together? Or will dark magic tear them apart?
The Sea in Winter by Christine DayCall Number: J DAY
After an injury sidelines her dreams of becoming a ballet star, Maisie is not excited for her blended family's midwinter road trip along the coast, near the Makah community where her mother grew up.
Winter Sky by Patricia Reilly GiffCall Number: J GIFF
Almost twelve-year-old Siria, who chases firetrucks in the middle of the night to ensure her fire fighter dad's safety, learns about bravery one winter as she tries to mend a broken friendship.
Snow Foal by Susanna BaileyCall Number: J BAILEY
Sent to stay with a foster family on a remote Exmoor farm, 11-year-old Addie, who is hurt, angry and mistrustful, discovers she's not so alone after all after rescuing a tiny wild foal from the moorland snow, leading to adventure and an unexpected friendship.
Little Homesteader: a Winter Treasury of Recipes, Crafts, and Wisdom by Angela Ferraro-Fanning; AnneliesDraws (Illustrator)Call Number: J508.2 F
ISBN: 9780711267053
Publication Date: 2022-09-06
A Winter Treasury of Recipes, Crafts and Wisdom (Little Country Cottage) offers nature-based crafts, bakes and gardening projects in a celebration of self-sufficient, eco-friendly, country cottage-style life. The seasonal gardening and growing projects, such as planting bare root berry bushes in the ground or in containers, can be done in a big back yard or on a balcony, making this eco-friendly activity book a fun resource, whether readers are based in town or country. Woven alongside the cooking, crafting and planting projects are little snippets of seasonal information and self-sufficient wisdom from homesteading teacher Angela Fanning of Axe and Root Homestead, with a focus on enjoying and celebrating the best of what the winter season has to offer.
The Story of Snow by Mark Cassino (Photographer)Call Number: J551.578 C
ISBN: 9780811868662
Publication Date: 2009-10-07
This book about the science of snow features photos of snow crystals in their beautiful diversity and includes how snow crystals are formed into different shapes and snow-crystal-catching instructions in the back of the book.
Winter by Mari SchuhCall Number: J508.2 S
Every season, nature changes. What do animals, plants and the weather do in each season? The carefully leveled text in each book offers simple explanations along with stunning photographs to draw in readers. Spot Books' unique search and find feature encourages young readers to interact with these low-level nonfiction books. This search-and-find book invites early readers to look for new vocabulary words and pictures while giving simple facts about animals and weather in the winter season.
Dogsledding and Extreme Sports by Mary Pope Osborne; Natalie Pope Boyce; Carlo Molinari (Illustrator)Call Number: J798.83 O
When Jack and Annie came back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #54, they had lots of questions. How do sled dogs race for so long? When was the first Iditarod? What are some other extreme sports? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts about the Iditarod, open water swimming, the Ironman triathlon, free climbing, the X Games and other ways people test their limits.
Waiting for Snow by Marsha Diane Arnold; Renata Liwska (Illustrator)Call Number: E ARNOLD
Badger cannot wait one more minute for it to snow. When his friend Hedgehog explains that everything comes in its time, Badger is unconvinced and impatient as ever. But Badger's friends have a few tricks up their sleeves to try and get the snow's attention and distract their pal in the meantime.
First Snow by Bomi ParkCall Number: E PARK
Follows a young girl's adventures, including rolling a snowman and making snow angels, as she explores the wonder of snow.
A Big Bed for Little Snow by Grace LinCall Number: E LIN
When winter comes, Mommy makes a soft bed for Little Snow to sleep on, but each night he cannot resist jumping on the bed, causing tiny feathers to fly down.
The Snow Dancer by Addie Boswell; Mercè López (Illustrator)Call Number: E BOSWELL
Young dancer Sofia wakes up to a quiet, white world-it's a snow day! She makes her way outside to the neighborhood park, where a field awaits her, white and shining and open. It isn't long before the rest of the neighborhood wakes its sleepy head and the other kids make their way to the park, scattering all of Sofia's beautiful silence. But with the help of a new young friend, Sofia is ready to show everyone what a snow dancer can do on a perfect day like this. With lyrical language and gorgeous art, this book sparkles with all the joy and beauty of a snow day.
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Teen Winter Reading & Activity Program
Teen (Ages 12-18)
Pick up a bingo board from any CCPL location. For the full program experience, participate through the READsquared app or website.
Complete a row on your bingo board to receive a free book,* and an entry into the drawings for your location’s winter gift basket and the multi-attractions Putt-Putt Fun Center grand prize! Complete all rows on your bingo board for THREE additional entries into the drawings.
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Teen Winter Reads
A Million to One by Adiba JaigirdarCall Number: TEEN JAIGIRDAR
An acrobat, an actress, an artist and a thief, four girls who seemingly have nothing in common, work together and plot a heist to steal the Rubaiyat off the Titanic.
Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves: a Novel by Meg LongCall Number: TEEN LONG
On a frozen wasteland of a planet, a girl is on the run with a wolf who is born to be a killer but bound to be her guide. As they fight to escape ice goblins, giant bears and a ruthless leader intent on trapping them both, one question drives them relentlessly forward: where do you turn when there is nowhere to hide?
Stars and Smoke by Marie LuCall Number: TEEN LU
Nineteen-year old Winter Young, the world's hottest superstar, is recruited by a covert organization to take down a criminal tycoon and finds himself paired with Sydney Cossette, a fierce and unpredictable secret agent, but suspicions soon turn to sparks as the two are drawn into a tangled web of secrets and deception.
We Are Okay by Nina LaCourCall Number: TEEN LACOUR
After picking up and leaving everything behind in California, eighteen-year-old Marin, with the help of her former friend, must confront her grief and the truths that caused her to flee her home.
Cold by Mariko TamakiCall Number: TEEN TAMAKI
After being murdered, Todd Mayer, now some sort of ghost, replays the events that led to his death, while Georgia, who didn’t know Todd but feels a strange connection, sets out to expose a killer in their quiet town.
Winter by Marissa MeyerCall Number: TEEN MEYER
Cinder and her allies are joined in the plot to overthrow Queen Levana by the queen's stepdaughter, Winter, who has long been defying her evil stepmother's wishes by harboring feelings for her personal guard whom she is forbidden from marrying.
Snow by Tracy LynnCall Number: TEEN LYNN
When her father, the duke, decides to remarry in the hopes of producing an heir to the throne, the young princess must learn to cope with her jealous and evil stepmother, but when the situation becomes dangerous, the princess flees to London.
The Isles of the Gods by Amie KaufmanCall Number: TEEN KAUFMAN
When Prince Leander of Alinor commandeers her ship, demanding she take him to a sacred island, Selly finds their voyage leading to acts of treason and high-seas terror, bringing two countries to the brink of war and two strangers closer than they ever thought possible.
The Winter Duke by Claire Eliza BartlettCall Number: TEEN BARTLETT
When all of her family succumbs to a magical illness, Ekata Avenko reluctantly assumes the throne, seeking a cure and fending off unwanted suitors while seeking the culprit.
Winter, White and Wicked by Shannon DittemoreCall Number: TEEN DITTEMORE
On an island cursed by eternal winter, Sylvi agrees to run a late-season haul for a smuggler, but when they reach their destination, Sylvi must decide if she can abandon her cherished solitude and anonymity--and the favor of the icy spirit Winter--to join with the rebels.
Cool. Awkward. Black by Karen Strong (Editor)Call Number: TEEN COOL.
Featuring exclusively Black characters, this multi-genre story collection--drawing from contemporary, historical, fantasy, sci-fi, magical and realistic--celebrates and redefines the many facets of Blackness and geekiness, both in the real world and those imagined.
The Ravens by Kass Morgan; Danielle PaigeCall Number: TEEN MORGAN
Loner Vivi Deveraux is thrilled to join Westerly College's Kappas, who are secretly witches, until she meets perfect, polished Scarlett Winter, who will stop at nothing to be the sorority's next president.
The Bright and the Pale by Jessica RubinkowskiCall Number: TEEN RUBINKOWSKI
A fantasy debut inspired by Russian folklore follows the experiences of a survivor from a community under a magical deep-freeze curse who joins the Thieves Guild before leading a perilous expedition to rescue her loved ones.
Winterwood by Shea ErnshawCall Number: TEEN ERNSHAW
"Rumored to be a witch, Nora Walker attempts to uncover the truth about a boy she discovers in the woods who went missing weeks ago during a brutal winter storm, only to learn that he wasn't the only one to go missing all those weeks ago"--.
Slasher Girls and Monster Boys by April Genevieve TucholkeCall Number: TEEN SLASHER
Inspired by classic tales and films, a collection of fourteen short stories ranging from bloody horror, to psychological thrillers, to supernatural creatures, to unsettling, all-too-possible realism, by acclaimed YA authors of every genre
Daughters unto Devils by Amy LukavicsCall Number: TEEN LUKAVICS
When Amanda Verner's family moves from their small mountain cabin to a cabin in the prairies it becomes obvious to Amanda that something is very wrong with her new home.
A Dark and Starless Forest by Sarah HollowellCall Number: TEEN HOLLOWELL
Separated from the rest of the world by an eerie and menacing forest, Derry must learn to embrace its darkness--and the magic inside of her--when several of her siblings go missing.
Clementine by Tillie WaldenCall Number: GN TEEN CLEMENTINE
"Clementine is back on the road, looking to put her traumatic past behind her and forge a new path all her own. But when she comes across an Amish teenager named Amos with his head in the clouds, the unlikely pair journeys North to an abandoned ski resort in Vermont, where they meet up with a small group of teenagers attempting to build a new, walker-free settlement. As friendship, rivalry and romance begin to blossom amongst the group, the harsh winter soon reveals that the biggest threat to their survival...might be each other.
It Looks Like Us by Alison AmesCall Number: TEEN AMES
After the expedition leader tries to kill her while on a research trip to Antarctica, high school junior Riley Kowalski discovers that they've been infiltrated by something that can change its shape--and could quickly replace any of them.
This Winter by Alice OsemanCall Number: TEEN OSEMAN
A very special Heartstopper story set over a challenging holiday season... Reuniting Tori Spring, her little brother Charlie and Charlie's boyfriend Nick, this novella sees the Spring siblings brave a particularly difficult festive season.
Love in Winter Wonderland by Abiola BelloCall Number: TEEN BELLO
Seventeen-year-olds Trey and Ariel embark on a hate-to-love journey when they band together to save Trey's family's business, the longest-running Black-owned bookshop in London.
How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia ArlowCall Number: TEEN ARLOW
Fresh off a breakup, college freshman Shani is distracted from her monthlong paleoichthyology internship when she gets involved with May, but when their relationship takes a serious turn, Shani's heartache over her ex-girlfriend's rejection comes rushing back.
Veil of Winter by Melanie DickersonCall Number: TEEN DICKERSON
After faking her own death then heading to Prague to beg King Wenceslaus to save her people, medieval Princess Elyse is joined by a young knight who claims he has had a vision from God and must help her on her quest.
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Adult Winter Reading & Activity Program
Adult (Ages 19+)
Pick up a bingo board at any CCPL location. For the full program experience, participate through the READsquared app or website.
Complete a row on your bingo board to receive a limited-edition sticky book*. You will also be entered into the drawings for your location's winter gift basket and the $100 Amazon gift card grand prize.
Complete all rows on your bingo board for THREE bonus entries into the drawings.
Please take this survey to tell us how we're doing! Your ideas and opinions are important to our library and will help us provide the best programs possible.
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Adult Winter Reads
Thicker Than Water by Kerry WashingtonCall Number: B WASHINGTON
In this profoundly moving and beautifully written memoir, the award-winning actor and activist provides an intimate view into both her public and private worlds as she chronicles her life's journey thus far, sharing how she discovered her truest self and, with it, a deeper sense of belonging.
Finding Me by Viola DavisCall Number: B DAVIS
A noted actress's memoir, in her own words, spans her incredible, inspiring life, from her coming-of-age in Rhode Island to her present day.
Two Roads Home by Daniel FinkelsteinCall Number: B FINKELSTEIN
In this edge-of-your-seat story of narrow escapes, forged passports, ingenuity, bravery and luck, a beloved British journalist, drawing on personal testimony, letters, diaries and years of historical research, chronicles his family's WWII history of resistance that spans Europe and brings to life the near-miraculous stories of his parents' survival.
Enchantment by Katherine MayCall Number: 158.1 M
In Enchantment, May invites the reader to come with her on a journey to reawaken our innate sense of wonder and awe. With humor, candor and warmth, she shares stories of her own struggles with work, family and the aftereffects of pandemic, particularly feelings of overwhelm as the world rushes to reopen. Enchantment invites each of us to open the door to human experience in all its sensual complexity, and to find the beauty waiting for us there.
Never Give Up by Tom BrokawCall Number: B BROKAW
In this heartfelt story of his own family's greatest generation: his parents, the legendary broadcast journalist relates his mother's can-do spirit and his father's philosophy of "never give up, which enabled them to survive the Great Depression and WWII -- and help build the American century.
Gatherings by America's Test KitchenCall Number: 642.4 G
The cooks of America's Test Kitchen share how they entertain at home, with 140 recipes from simple to showstopping and airtight planning strategies.
Celebrating Southern Appalachian Food by Jim Casada; Tipper PressleyCall Number: 641.597 C
Southern Appalachia has a rich culinary tradition. Generations of "passed down" recipes offer glimpses into a culture that has long been defined, in considerable measure, by its food. Take a journey of pure delight through this highland homeland with stories of celebrations, Sunday dinners and ordinary suppers. The narrative material and scores of recipes offered share a deep love of place and a devotion to this distinctive cuisine. The end result is a tempting invitation, in the vernacular of the region, to "pull up a chair and take nourishment." Authors Jim Casada and Tipper Pressley, both natives of the region, are seasoned veterans in sharing the culinary delights of the southern highlands.
Cook, Eat, Repeat by Nigella LawsonCall Number: 641.5 L
For Lawson, food is a constant pleasure. Here she reveals the rhythms and rituals of her kitchen through dishes that make the most of her favorite ingredients, with inspiration for family dinner, vegan feasts and solo suppers. The recipes are accompanied with narrative essays about food, tips on presentation and leftovers and much more.
The Soup Book by Sophie Grigson; Amy SlackCall Number: 641.813 S
Make the most of fresh produce all year round with 200 homemade recipes for soup and accompaniments, organized by season, The Soup Book is packed with plenty of nourishing recipes for every season. Try winter warmers such as parsnip and apple soup or French onion soup, enjoy a light summer lunch of chilled cucumber soup with dill and make a hearty borscht or pumpkin soup in the fall. Make hearty, wholesome and healthy soups year round with The Soup Book.
The Winter Knight by Jes BattisA queer, modern Arthurian tale set in contemporary Vancouver. An autistic college student who is the latest reincarnation of Sir Gawain is drawn deeper and deeper into the family secrets and round table feuds he’s spent his life trying to avoid while a Valkyrie tries to figure out who is murdering knights before the body count climbs.
Enchanted to Meet You by Meg CabotCall Number: F CABOT
In her teenage years, lovelorn Jessica Gold cast a spell that went disastrously wrong, and brought her all the wrong kind of attention—as well as a lifetime ban from the World Council of Witches. So no one is more surprised than Jess when, fifteen years later, tall, handsome WCW member Derrick Winters shows up in her quaint little village of West Harbor and claims that Jess is the Chosen One.
Damsel by Evelyn SkyeCall Number: F SKYE
Elodie never dreamed of a lavish palace or a handsome prince. Growing up in the famine-stricken realm of Inophe, her deepest wish was to help her people survive each winter. So when a representative from a rich, reclusive kingdom offers her family enough wealth to save Inophe in exchange for Elodie's hand in marriage, she accepts without hesitation. Swept away to the glistening kingdom of Aurea, Elodie is quickly taken in by the beauty of the realm--and of her betrothed, Prince Henry. But as Elodie undertakes the rituals to become an Aurean princess, doubts prick at her mind as cracks in the kingdom's perfect veneer begin to show. Too late, she discovers that Aurea's prosperity has been purchased at a heavy cost--each harvest season, the kingdom sacrifices its princesses to a hungry dragon. And Elodie is the next sacrifice.
Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn TanCall Number: F TAN
A debut fantasy inspired by the legend of the Chinese moon goddess, Chang’e, in which a young woman’s quest to free her mother pits her against the most powerful immortal in the realm and sets her on a dangerous path--where choices come with deadly consequences, and she risks losing more than her heart.
Winter of Ice and Iron by Rachel NeumeierCall Number: F NEUMEIER
With her country in a vulnerable position, Kehara Raehema considers giving up everything she holds dear to save it and throws herself on the mercy of the Wolf Duke of Pohorir, who has his own dreams of freedom for his people.
Antimatter Blues by Edward AshtonCall Number: F ASHTON
With the antimatter that fuels their colony running low, Commander Marshall asks Mickey to retrieve a possible antimatter bomb being held by their creeper neighbors.
Winter by Ali SmithCall Number: F SMITH
Sophia Cleves is seeing things. Her son, Art, is seeing things himself. Winter makes all things visible-- history, memory, art, love.... When four people, strangers and family, converge on a fifteen-bedroom house in Cornwall for Christmas, will there be enough room for everyone?
Wintering by Peter GeyeCall Number: F GEYE
The Eide family finds themselves changed forever after their elderly, demented patriarch runs into the wilderness of northern Minnesota in an attempt to reenact a similar adventure sixty years earlier.
Winter Street by Elin HilderbrandCall Number: F HILDERBRAND
A family reunion at Kelley Quinn's Nantucket inn is thrown into turmoil by his four adult children's personal dramas and the discovery of his second wife's infidelity. By the best-selling author of Beautiful Day and The Matchmaker.
Red Snow by Susumu Katsumata; Taro Nettleton (Translator)Call Number: GN F KATSUMATA
Continuing D+Q's groundbreaking exploration of the fascinating world of Gekiga, this collection of short stories is drawn with great delicacy and told with subtle nuance by the legendary Japanese artist Susumu Katsumata. The setting is the premodern Japanese countryside of the author's youth, a slightlymagical world where ancestral traditions hold sway over a people in the full vigor of life, struggling to survive the harsh seasons and the difficult life of manual laborers and farmers. While the world they inhabit has faded into memory and myth, the universal fundamental emotions of the human heart prevail at the center of these tender stories.
Dark Winter by A. TataCall Number: F TATA
By the time anyone realizes what's happening, it is too late. A dark network of hackers has infiltrated the computers of the U.S. military, unleashing chaos across the globe. Enter Jake Mahegan and his team of highly trained operatives. Their mission is to locate the nerve center and to shut down the operation through any means neccessary.
Theatre of Marvels by Lianne DillsworthCall Number: F DILLSWORTH
With her success riding on her ability to keep her real identity secret, Zillah, an orphan from the slums of London who has achieved theatrical fame as The Great Amazonia, "a savage queen from darkest Africa," finds her planning upended when she is torn between two men--a mysterious black gentleman and her boss's friend who offers her the world.
The New Earth by Jess RowCall Number: F ROW
For fifteen years, the Wilcoxes have been a family in name only. Though never the picture of happiness, they once seemed like a typical white Jewish clan from the Upper West Side. But in the early 2000s, two events ruptured the relationships between them. First, Naomi revealed to her children that her biological father was actually Black. In the aftermath, college-age daughter Bering left home to become a radical peace activist in Palestine's West Bank, where she was killed by an Israeli Army sniper. Now, in 2018, Winter Wilcox is getting married, and her only demand is that her mother, father and brother emerge from their self-imposed isolations and gather once more. After decades of neglecting personal and political wounds, each remaining family member must face their fractured history and decide if they can ever reconcile.
The Winter People by Jennifer McMahonCall Number: F MCMAHON
Coming of age in an old farmhouse, nineteen-year-old Ruthie begins a search for her agoraphobic mother and discovers the century-old diary of the farmhouse's long-ago resident, a grieving mother who died under mysterious circumstances.
Dead of Winter by Darcy CoatesCall Number: F COATES
From bestselling author Darcy Coates comes Dead of Winter, a remote cabin in the snowy wilderness thriller that will teach you to trust no one. There are eight strangers. One killer. Nowhere left to run.
Night Music by John ConnollyCall Number: F CONNOLLY
A decade after Nocturnes first terrified and delighted readers, John Connolly, bestselling author of thirteen acclaimed thrillers featuring private investigator Charlie Parker, gives us a second volume of tales of the supernatural. From stories of the monstrous for dark winter nights to fables of fantastic libraries and haunted books, from a tender account of love after death to a frank, personal and revealing account of the author's affection for myths of ghosts and demons, this is a collection that will surprise, delight—and terrify.
Snowblind by Christopher GoldenCall Number: F GOLDEN
The small New England town of Coventry is haunted by its memories of a deadly winter... in which loved ones were lost, families torn apart and a town buried in a terrible blizzard. Now, twelve years later, the people plagued by their memories of that storm are haunted once again as a new storm approaches, promising to wreak new havoc. Old ghosts trickle back, and this storm will prove even more terrifying and deadly than the last.
Snow by John BanvilleCall Number: F BANVILLE
Investigating the murder of a County Wexford priest in 1957, Detective Inspector St. John Strafford navigates harsh winter weather and the community's culture of silence to expose an aristocratic family's dangerous secrets.
Last Snow by Eric Van LustbaderCall Number: F LUSTBADER
Jack McClure, Special Advisor and closest friend to the new President of the United States, takes on a personal mission along with his official one: keeping safe from harm his two incompatible companions-- Annika Dementieva, a rogue Russian FSB agent, and Alli Carson, the President's daughter-- and finding the people responsible for murdering an American senator who was supposedly on a political trip to the Ukraine.
Cranberry Winter by Ruth P. WatsonCall Number: F WATSON
When Kindred, the twin of the late Herman Camm, arrives in town, Carrie suspects that something is amiss and wonders if Kindred is actually Herman himself, so when another murder takes place, Carrie resolves to solve the mystery.
City under One Roof by Iris YamashitaCall Number: F YAMASHITA
When a local teenager discovers a severed hand and foot washed up on the shore of the small town of Point Mettier, Alaska, Cara Kennedy is on the case. A detective from Anchorage, she has her own motives for investigating the possible murder in this isolated place, which can be accessed only by a tunnel. After a blizzard causes the tunnel to close indefinitely, Cara is stuck among the odd and suspicious residents of the town—all 205 of whom live in the same high-rise building and are as icy as the weather. Haunted by her past, Cara soon discovers that everyone in this town has something to hide. Will she be able to unravel their secrets before she unravels?
The Sanctuary by Katrine EngbergCall Number: F ENGBERG
While staying in Bornholm for the winter, Jeppe Kørner is drawn into a sinister mystery rooted in the past when an investigation into a severed corpse in Copenhagen leads Anette Werner to this seemingly peaceful refuge, and together they must unravel the island's secrets to stop a brutal killer.
The House of Love and Death by Andrew KlavanCall Number: F KLAVAN
Cameron Winter is known for having a sense about crime. His background as a spy trained his mind--and his body--for action, and his current role as an English professor gives him a sharp understanding of human nature. He soon investigates an arson that reveals the murder of a family.
Jane and the Final Mystery by Stephanie BarronCall Number: F BARRON
In this final volume of the critically acclaimed mystery series, Jane Austen, with her health in slow decline, will let nothing stop her from investigating the murder of a Winchester College student -- a crime her dear friend's son is accused of.
You Must Remember This by Kat RosenfieldCall Number: F ROSENFIELD
When 85-year-old Miriam Caravasios slips through the ice to her death, Delphine, a frightened and insecure young woman who adored her grandmother, falls under scrutiny when it is revealed that Miriam's will cut off her children, leaving her almost everything and emboldening her to find the truth.
Summer Snow by Robert HassCall Number: 811 HASS
A major collection of entirely new poems from the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author of Time and Materials and The Apple Trees at Olema. In Summer Snow, his first collection of poems since 2010, Hass further affirms his position as one of our most highly regarded living poets. Hass's trademark careful attention to the natural world, his subtle humor and the delicate but wide-ranging eye he casts on the human experience are fully on display in his masterful collection. Touching on subjects including the poignancy of loss, the serene and resonant beauty of nature and the mutability of desire, Hass exhibits his virtuosic abilities, expansive intellect and tremendous readability in one of his most ambitious and formally brilliant collections to date.
My Hygge Home by Meik WikingCall Number: 747 W
Inspired by Danish design and traditions, this inspiring book, featuring tips based on research from The Happiness Institute in Copenhagen, shows how to turn a home into a cozy sanctuary regardless of available space or budget.
This Works by Paddy BrosnanCall Number: 158.13 B
Following on from the success of his workshops, mindfulness teacher and inspirational speaker Paddy Brosnan has written a book that looks at mindfulness with a fresh eye. Paddy has taught and practiced mindfulness for many years, and for him, there are only two basic components – formal meditation practice and the practical application of mindfulness in everyday life. In this book, he teaches the concept that mindfulness is not something you do but something you are – it is a way of being.
Faking Christmas by Kerry WinfreyCall Number: F WINFREY
Laurel Grant works as the social media manager for Buckeye State of Mind, an Ohio tourism magazine and website. She is most definitely not an owner of a farm--specifically, the owner of her twin sister Holly's farm just outside of Columbus--but she lets her boss think she is. She's happy to keep her little white lie going, and keep it going she must, when Gilbert invites himself over for the farm's big holiday dinner. Laurel and Holly come up with a plan: all Laurel has to do is pretend to own the farm for one dinner. But an annoyingly attractive man she hates will be posing as Laurel's husband, and when a snowstorm traps them all for the entire weekend...
Snow Angel by Jamie CarieCall Number: F CARIE
When Noah Wesley hears the faint sound outside the door of his remote Alaskan cabin during a violent nighttime blizzard, it is no less than the voice of God that urges him to take a closer look, to discover there his snow angel.
A December to Remember by Jenny BaylissCall Number: F BAYLISS
Unexpectedly reunited at the reading of their eccentric father’s will, estranged half-sisters Maggie, Simone and Star discover they must compete in a series of wacky challenges to access their inheritance, which results in hilarious goose chases, community chaos and one heart-warming winter solstice celebration.
The Book Club Hotel by Sarah MorganCall Number: F MORGAN
While dealing with her fully booked inn for the holidays, widow and single mom Hattie Coleman just wants to make it through the festive season and is not prepared when her own story becomes entwined in those of three lifelong friends, changing all their lives during the most enchanting time of the year.
The Winter Soldier by Daniel MasonCall Number: FIC MASON
Publication Date: 2018-09-11
A young doctor and nurse fall in love while navigating the brutal realities of World War I at an underequipped and understaffed field hospital in the Carpathian Mountains.
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