May We Suggest
This blog provides customized book recommendations to our patrons. To get your own, just fill out the May We Suggest form and you can expect results within 10 days. You can also like May We Suggest on facebook.
Michigan Reads! Books for Kids
2013:
Woolbur by Leslie Helakoski ; illustrated by Lee Harper
2012:
Moose on the loose by Kathy-jo Wargin ; illustrated by John Bendall-Brunello
2011:
Memoirs of a goldfish by Devin Scillian ; and illustrated by Tim Bowers
2010:
The runaway garden: a delicious story that's good for you, too! by Jeffery L. Schatzer ; illustrations by Jeffrey Ebbeler
2009:
The pout-pout fish by Deborah Diesen ; pictures by Dan Hanna
2008:
Teens Get Your Fiction Game On
The Big Game of Everything by Chris Lynch
Swim the fly by Don Calame
Whale talk by Chris Crutcher
Winger by Andrew Smith
Rush for the gold: mystery at the Olympics by John Feinstein
Vanishing act by John Feinstein
Summer ball by Mike Lupica
The batboy by Mike Lupica
Geeky Reads for Kids
Geek n.
- An unfashionable or socially inept person.
- A person with an eccentric devotion to a particular interest: "A computer geek".
We have lots of books in our Children's Library starring geeks. And quite often, they are the heros. Check one out today.
Notes from an accidental band geek by Erin Dionne
NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society by Michael Buckley; illustrations by Ethen Beavers
Geek chic: the Zoey zone by Margie Palatini
The homework machine by Dan Gutman
Sixth-grade glommers, norks, and me by Lisa Papademetriou
Nerd girls: the rise of the dorkasaurus by Alan Lawrence Sitomer
Time Travel Science Fiction
Science fiction is the home of time travel in literature. Check out these classic tales of time travel adventure.
In the garden of Iden : a novel of the company by Kage Baker
Pastwatch : the redemption of Christopher Columbus by Orson Scott Card
Time and again by Finney, Jack
The centurion's empire by Sean McMullen
Rainbow Mars by Larry Niven
The time machine by H.G. Wells
To say nothing of the dog, or, How we found the bishop's bird stump at last by Connie Willis
Teen Baseball Books
Center field by Robert Lipsyte
Heat by Mike Lupica
Curveball: the year I lost my grip by Jordan Sonnenblick
The boy who saved baseball by John H. Ritter
Alex Rodriguez by Michael V. Uschan
The big field by Mike Lupica
Center field by Robert Lipsyte
Documentary Michigan
Michigan's lumbering days & camp life [videodisc]: when the big trees fell by Program Source International
The Kellogg brothers [videodisc]: corn flake kings by A & E Television Networks
Mackinac Island [videodisc]: a 600 year history by Program Source International
Model T [videodisc] by The History Channel ; Motor Car Co. Inc
The city of Magic [videodisc] by Equity Studios
Borderline [videodisc]: the story of 8 Mile Road by an Urban Garlic production ; presented by Public Benefit Corporation and Oakland County Cable Communications Corporation
Time Travel Series for Kids
The knight at dawn by Mary Pope Osborne ; illustrated by Sal Murdocca [series: Magic Tree House]
Knights of the kitchen table by Jon Scieszka ; illustrated by Lane Smith [series: Time Warp Trio]
A wrinkle in time by Madeleine L'Engle [series: Time Quintet]
Books by Bloggers
Earn your Geek Out badge with one of these books from some of the Internet's most popular bloggers:
Let's pretend this never happened: (a mostly true memoir) by Jenny Lawson
Sleep is for the weak: the best of the mommybloggers including Amalah, Finslippy, Fussy, Woulda Coulda Shoulda, Mom-101, and more!: a blogHer book by edited by Rita Arens ; forward by Stacy Morrison
Sparkly green earrings: catching the light at every turn by Melanie Shankle
Heaven is here: an incredible story of hope, triumph, and everyday joy by Stephanie Nielson ; with Amy Ferguson Hackworth
Carry on, warrior: thoughts on life unarmed by Glennon Doyle Melton
Superheroes Hit the Big Screen
Marvel's the Avengers [videodisc] by Marvel Studios presents in association with Paramount Pictures, a Marvel Studios production ; written and directed by Joss Whedon
Superman returns [videodisc] by Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Legendary Pictures in association with Bad Hat Harry
Thor [videodisc)] by Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment present ; a Marvel Studios production
Spider-Man [videodisc] by Columbia Pictures presents a Marvel Enterprises/Laura Ziskin production
Captain America. The first avenger [videodisc] by Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment present ; a Marvel Studios production
Not Your Grandma's Geeks...
Gone are the visions of pencil protectors and computer nerds. These days, the term "Geek" is used to describe those who are passionate about a particular hobby or interest. Perhaps one of these titles will inspire you to Geek Out!
Geek girls unite: how fangirls, bookworms, indie chicks, and other misfits are taking over the world by Leslie Simon; illustrations by Nan Lawson
Record collecting for girls: unleashing your inner music nerd, one album at a time by Courtney E. Smith
Are you a geek?: 10[superscript 3] ways to find out by Tim Collins
American nerd: the story of my people by Benjamin Nugent
The elfish gene: dungeons, dragons and growing up strange by Mark Barrowcliffe