Behind the Scenes: How Unreadable, the Library's Podcast, is Made

“Hello and welcome to Unreadable, the official Forsyth County Public Library podcast for news, upcoming programs, and recommendations. I’m your host, Ross Gericke, the branch manager at Hampton Park.”

Regular listeners to the library’s podcast will likely be familiar with this opening and Ross’s voice. But, have you ever wondered how Unreadable is made? 

History

The podcast was started in 2018, and for a long time, it was a one-man-show. Ross recorded, edited, and released the podcast for the library. 

Early episodes covered The Great American Read, Ghost Hunting, and library resources. Listenership started pretty strong, and this trend continued into 2019. Episodes in 2019 included staff recommendations, interviews with authors Martha Hall Kelly and Jeff Shaara, as well as an interview with professor Dr. Larry J. Young, and an audio drama adapted by Sharon Fork Library’s Alicia Cavitt.

However, it was in 2020, as you can imagine, that the podcast saw a huge spike in listeners. In addition to episodes about library resources and reading challenges, the podcast became an important avenue for disseminating information about virtual programming and reopenings. The episode from April 2020 about virtual programming remains one of our most downloaded episodes of all time.

As lockdowns relaxed and people returned to work and school, 2021 saw a dip in listeners, despite having some of the library’s most beloved episodes, including “A Ride on the Bookmobile” and “The Life Cycle of a Book,” both of which provided behind the scenes looks at the inner workings of the library. In 2022, the podcast took a short hiatus in order to give host and editor Ross a much needed break, and towards the end of the year, a podcast team was formed to help Ross produce the podcast. Despite this break, the podcast’s listenership continued to grow.

In 2023 and 2024, Unreadable saw continued growth. Episodes highlighted programs like the Summer of Jane Austen, Stokerfest, Diwali celebrations, and ghost hunting in the library. Authors Chitra Divakaruni, Lisa Wingate, and Benjamin Herold were all interviewed by Ross during this time, too. 

It is only this past year, 2025, that the Library saw downloads that surpassed its 2020 numbers. Episode highlights from 2025 include an interview with Shelby Van Pelt for Forsyth Reads Together and the Dedication of Denmark Library. As of July 2026, the podcast has 78 episodes!

Most Downloaded Episodes as of July 1, 2026

1. Color Our World: Your Summer Reading 2025 Guide
2. Summer is Back in 2022!
3. Adventure Awaits, Your 2024 Summer Reading Preview
4. Virtual Programming and Services (2020)
5. Forsyth Reads Together with Shelby Van Pelt (2025)
6. Summer Reading in 2020
7. Winter Reading Challenge 2025
8. Census 2020
9. Ghost Hunting at the Library (2025)
10. Winter Reading Challenge 2024

You may have noticed a few trends with our most downloaded episodes. Our Summer Reading episodes are our most popular! This is not surprising since they cover the Summer Reading theme, prizes and grand prizes, and popular events.

The Process

So, what does it look like to make a podcast? 

Well, for starters, this is what Ross sees:

And this is what the editor sees: 

But, let’s start from the beginning. For Unreadable, podcast episodes fall into a few categories: reading challenges, author interviews, book recommendations, and peeks behind the scenes. Many episodes are connected to events and feature interviews with presenters or library staff.

Usually, the podcast team meets a few times a year and maps out what episodes we’d like to do. As the team is made up of staff from different branches, we often ask if there are any library events that would be interesting to talk about or to talk to their presenters. One episode staple is an interview with the Forsyth Reads Together author, who visits Forsyth County for an author talk. This used to be a once-a-year event, but it has become so popular in our community, we started offering multiple events a year beginning in 2025.  

For author interviews, FCPL's Programming Manager Sarah Brubaker often helps coordinate scheduling the interviews. She is also a frequent guest on the podcast for our reading challenge episodes. 

After an interview is scheduled, Ross will read the author’s or presenter’s book and prepare a list of questions. For other episodes, like “Ghost Hunting at the Library,” Ross had a more hands-on interview, where he recorded the active ghost hunt and interviewed the ghost hunter in-person afterwards.

After an interview, the files are then given to the editor (me!). I edit the audio, adjusting the sound levels and removing any pre- and post- interview chat. I try to keep the audio as intact as possible, so that listeners can enjoy the natural flow and rapport. Occasionally I clip out flubs or retakes of questions.

Once I have edited the audio, adding Ross’s introduction and outro, I listen to the episode multiple times to make sure the timing is right for the opening music, the transitions are smooth, and there are no weird audio anomalies. I listen MANY times, not only to edit but also to create a transcript. Google Meet generates a transcript, but it often needs a lot of editing.

After an episode is done, it goes back to Ross for approval. Then I export the audio and upload it to our podcast hosting website. There I add a description of the episode as well as any links to events. 

The transcript becomes a blog post, so that anyone wishing to access the audio and text-form of the podcast can. 

Finally, we coordinate with the Communications Department to create graphics, proofread the podcast show notes and blog posts, and promote the episode on social media and the Library's website.

Then at last, dear listener, you find it and enjoy it!

Brittany
Circulation Supervisor
Hampton Park Library

December 2021 Reading Challenge - Kids' Book Spotlight - Teen Collection

This month we challenge our patrons and staff to read a book from your "To Be Read" pile or give a book you didn't like a second chance. Finish off the year by reading a book from our Teen Collection that you have been meaning to read! Here are some selections from the staff at the Sharon Forks branch to get you started!

Teen Middle (Grades 6-8)

Pony

by R. J. Palacio

Twelve-year-old Silas is awoken in the dead of night by three menacing horsemen who take his father away. Silas is left shaken, scared, and alone, except for the presence of his companion, Mittenwool...who happens to be a ghost. When a pony shows up at his door, Silas makes the courageous decision to leave his home and embark on a perilous journey to find his father. Along the way, he will face his fears to unlock the secrets of his past and explore the unfathomable mysteries of the world around him.

Don't Tell the Nazis

by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

It is June 1941 and after the brutal rule of the Soviets the people of Krystia's small Ukrainian village are inclined to look on the German invaders as liberators; but soon the Nazis start rounding up Jewish Ukrainians, and Krystia is faced with a terrible choice--risk everything by helping her Jewish friends and neighbors to hide, or save herself and her family by doing nothing.

Teen High (Grades 9-12)

City of Bones

by Cassandra Clare

Suddenly able to see demons and the Shadowhunters who are dedicated to returning them to their own dimension, fifteen-year-old Clary Fray is drawn into this bizarre world when her mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a monster.

Replica

by Jenna Black

Sixteen-year-old Nadia lives a privileged life in the Corporate States, formerly the United States of America, but when her betrothed is killed and then wakes up in the replication tanks, the pair sets out to find a killer while keeping the secrets of human replication technology from the dangerous people who run their world.

If you need help selecting a book for any of our Reading Challenges, you can Contact a Librarian or visit the Ask Us desk of any Forsyth County Public Library branch.

Check back soon for information on the 2022 reading program for all ages!

Stephani Lindsey

Youth Specialist

Sharon Forks Library

#WeKnowBooks

December 2021 Reading Challenge - Kids' Book Spotlight - Juvenile Collection

This month we challenge our patrons and staff to read a book from your "To Be Read" pile or give a book you didn't like a second chance. Finish off the year by reading a book from our Juvenile Collection that you have been meaning to read! Here are some selections from the staff at the Sharon Forks branch to get you started!

December 2021 Reading Challenge - Kids' Book Spotlight - Easy Collection

This month we challenge our patrons and staff to read a book from your "To Be Read" pile or give a book you didn't like a second chance. Finish off the year by reading a book to your little ones that you have been meaning to read! Here are some selections from the staff at the Sharon Forks branch to get you started!

FCPL Reading Challenge - December 2021

December Reading Challenge

This month we challenge our patrons and staff to read a book from your "To Be Read" pile or give a book you didn't like a second chance.

We'd love to hear about the books you chose! Still catching up on previous challenges? We want to hear about those books too! 

Leave a comment on this blog post, join our conversation on Facebook, or @ us on Twitter!

#WeKnowBooks

If you need help selecting a book for any Reading Challenge in 2021, please Email a Librarian, or visit the Ask Us desk of any Forsyth County Public Library branch.

November Reading Recap

We challenged our staff and our patrons to read award winners or nominees.

Here are a few of the books we read:

• The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune 
• The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow
• A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet

We're so glad to have you reading along with us and crushing your reading goals for 2021. Don't forget to check back soon for the 2022 Reading Challenge themes!

November 2021 Reading Challenge - Kids' Book Spotlight - Teen Collection

This month we challenge our patrons and staff to read award winners or nominees. Try out one of these great titles or check out our Award Winners book lists at the bottom of our Book Lists for Teens page. 

Teen Middle (Grades 6-8)

Everything Sad is Untrue

by Daniel Nayeri

At the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone calls "Daniel") stands, trying to tell a story. His story. But no one believes a word he says. To them he is a dark-skinned, hairy-armed boy with a big butt whose lunch smells funny; who makes things up and talks about poop too much. But Khosrou's stories, stretching back years, and decades, and centuries, are beautiful, and terrifying, from the moment his family fled Iran in the middle of the night with the secret police moments behind them, back to the sad, cement refugee camps of Italy.and further back to the fields near the river Aras, where rain-soaked flowers bled red like the yolk of sunset burst over everything, and further back still to the Jasmine-scented city of Isfahan.

(Michael L. Printz Award - 2021)

Redwood and Ponytail

by K.A. Holt

Told in verse in two voices, with a chorus of fellow students, this is a story of two girls, opposites in many ways, who are drawn to each other; Kate appears to be a stereotypical cheerleader with a sleek ponytail and a perfectly polished persona, Tam is tall, athletic and frequently mistaken for a boy, but their deepening friendship inevitably changes and reveals them in ways they did not anticipate.

(Odyssey Award Honor - 2020)

When You Reach Me

by Rebecca Stead

As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1980s television game show, "The $20,000 Pyramid," a twelve-year-old New York City girl tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space.

(Newbery Medal Winner - 2010)

Teen High (Grades 9-12)

If These Wings Could Fly

Kyrie McCauley

In Auburn, Pennsylvania, a farming community overrun with crows, high school senior Leighton struggles to keep herself and her sisters safe from their abusive father even as she starts a relationship.

(William C. Morris Debut Award - 2021)

Clap When You Land

by Elizabeth Acevedo

Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people... In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principal's office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash. Separated by distance -- and Papi's secrets -- the two girls are forced to face a new reality in which their father is dead and their lives are forever altered. And then, when it seems like they've lost everything of their father, they learn of each other.

(YALSA Top 10 Best Fiction - 2021)

Deeplight

by Frances Hardinge

The gods are dead. Decades ago, they turned on one another and tore each other apart. When 15-year-old Hark finds the still-beating heart of a terrifying deity, he risks everything to keep it out of the hands of smugglers, military scientists, and a secret fanatical cult so that he can use it to save the life of his best friend, Jelt. But with the heart, Jelt gradually and eerily transforms. How long should Hark stay loyal to his friend when he's becoming a monster and what is Hark willing to sacrifice to save him?

(USBBY Outstanding International Books - 2021)

If you need help selecting a book for any of our Reading Challenges, you can Contact a Librarian or visit the Ask Us desk of any Forsyth County Public Library branch.

Stephani Lindsey

Youth Specialist

Sharon Forks Library

#WeKnowBooks

November 2021 Reading Challenge - Kids' Book Spotlight - Juvenile Collection

This month we challenge our patrons and staff to read award winners or nominees. Try out one of these great titles or check out our Award Winners book lists at the bottom of our Book Lists for Kids page. 

Beginning Chapter Books (Grades 1-3)

Bink & Gollie

by Kate DiCamillo

Two roller-skating best friends--one tiny, one tall--share three comical adventures involving outrageously bright socks, an impromptu trek to the Andes, and a most unlikely marvelous companion.

(Theodor Seuss Geisel Award - 2011)

Juana & Lucas

by Juana Medina

A spunky young girl from Colombia loves playing with her canine best friend and resists boring school activities, especially learning English, until her family tells her that a special trip is planned to an English-speaking place.

(American Library Association Notable Children's Book - 2017)

Chapter Books (Grades 3-5)

Dictionary for a Better World

by Irene Latham

Organized as a dictionary, entries in this book for middle-grade readers present words related to creating a better, more inclusive world. Each word is explored via a poem, a quote from an inspiring person, and a short personal anecdote from one of the co-authors, a prompt for how to translate the word into action, and an illustration.

(Notable Poetry Books and Verse Novels - 2021)

The Teachers March!

by Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace

Reverend F.D. Reese was a leader of the Voting Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama. As a teacher and principal, he recognized that his colleagues were viewed with great respect in the city. Could he convince them to risk their jobs--and perhaps their lives--by organizing a teachers-only march to the county courthouse to demand their right to vote? On January 22, 1965, the Black teachers left their classrooms and did just that, with Reverend Reese leading the way. Noted nonfiction authors Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace conducted the last interviews with Reverend Reese before his death in 2018 and interviewed several teachers and their family members in order to tell this story, which is especially important today.

(Orbis Pictus Honor Book - 2021)

Rival Magic

by Deva Fagan

Antonia may not be the most powerful wizard the world has ever seen, but she's worked hard to win her place as apprentice to renowned sorcerer Master Betrys. Unfortunately, even her best dancing turnip charm might not be enough when Moppe the scullery maid turns out to be a magical prodigy. Now that Betrys has taken Moppe on as a second apprentice, Antonia's path to wizarding just got a bit more complicated. But when Betrys is accused of treason, Antonia and Moppe are forced to go on the run. To prove their master's innocence--and their own--the rivals must become allies. As their island province teeters on the brink of rebellion, they'll face ancient spells, vengeful mermaids, enchanted vegetables, voice-stealing forests, and one insatiable sea monster.

(Cybils Awards- Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction Winner - 2020)

If you need help selecting a book for any of our Reading Challenges, you can Contact a Librarian or visit the Ask Us desk of any Forsyth County Public Library branch.

Stephani Lindsey

Youth Specialist

Sharon Forks Library

#WeKnowBooks

November 2021 Reading Challenge - Kids' Book Spotlight - Easy Collection

This month we challenge our patrons and staff to read award winners or nominees. Try out one of these great titles or check out our Award Winners book lists at the bottom of our Book Lists for Kids page. 

Picture Books

I Talk Like a River

by Jordan Scott

When a child has a "bad speech day" at school, his father gives him a new perspective on his stuttering.

(Schneider Family Book Award - 2021)

Paper Son

by Julie Leung

An inspiring picture-book biography of animator Tyrus Wong, the Chinese American immigrant responsible for bringing Disney's Bambi to life. Before he became an artist named Tyrus Wong, he was a boy named Wong Geng Yeo. He traveled across a vast ocean from China to America with only a suitcase and a few papers. Not papers for drawing--which he loved to do--but immigration papers to start a new life. Once in America, Tyrus seized every opportunity to make art, eventually enrolling at an art institute in Los Angeles. Working as a janitor at night, his mop twirled like a paintbrush in his hands. Eventually, he was given the opportunity of a lifetime--and using sparse brushstrokes and soft watercolors, Tyrus created the iconic backgrounds of Bambi.

(Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature - 2021)

Home in the Woods

by Eliza Wheeler

During the Great Depression six-year-old Marvel, her seven siblings, and their mother find a tar-paper shack in the woods and, over the course of a year, turn it into a home. Based on the author's grandmother's childhood; includes historical notes.

(Georgia Children's Books Awards Finalist - 2022)

Early Readers

See the Cat

by David LaRochelle

What happens when the book gets it wrong? Max is not a cat-- Max is a dog! But much to his dismay, this book keeps instructing readers to "see the cat." How can Max get through to the book that he is a dog? In a trio of stories for beginning readers, author David LaRochelle introduces the excitable Max, who lets the book know in irresistibly emphatic dialogue that the text is not to his liking. Illustrator Mike Wohnoutka hilariously depicts the pup's reactions to the narrator and to the wacky cast of characters who upend Max's-- and readers' --expectations as the three stories build to an immensely satisfying conclusion.

(Theodor Seuss Geisel Award - 2021)

Don't Throw It to Mo!

by David Adler

Mo Jackson loves football. But nobody will throw him the ball! How can he help his team win?

(Theodor Seuss Geisel Award - 2016)

Charlie & Mouse

by Laurel Snyder

Charlie and Mouse, two young brothers, enjoy a day out together, attending an imaginary party and collecting rocks.

(American Library Association Notable Children's Book - 2018)

If you need help selecting a book for any of our Reading Challenges, you can Contact a Librarian or visit the Ask Us desk of any Forsyth County Public Library branch.

Stephani Lindsey

Youth Specialist

Sharon Forks Library

#WeKnowBooks

FCPL Reading Challenge - November 2021

November Reading Challenge

This month we challenge our patrons and staff to read award winners or nominees.

You can find more award winning and nominated titles on the Award Winners lists on the Adult Recommended Reads page on our website.

We'd love to hear about the books you chose! Still catching up on previous challenges? We want to hear about those books too! 

Leave a comment on this blog post, join our conversation on Facebook, or @ us on Twitter!

#WeKnowBooks

If you need help selecting a book for any Reading Challenge in 2021, please Email a Librarian, or visit the Ask Us desk of any Forsyth County Public Library branch.

October Reading Recap

We challenged our staff and our patrons to read books featured in an FCPL Book Club or NextReads Newsletter.

Here are a few of the books we read:

• The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
• The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
• Scar Island by Dan Gemeinhart

We're so glad to have you reading along with us and crushing your reading goals for 2021. There are a few months left to take on the challenge. You're doing great!

October 2021 Reading Challenge - Kids' Book Spotlight - Teen Collection

This month we're challenging our staff and our patrons to read books featured in an FCPL Book Club or NextReads Newsletter. The whole family can get in on the fun and join this month's challenge! Take a look at some of these books from our Teen Collections.

Teen Middle (Grades 6-8)

Never After: The Thirteenth Fairy

by Melissa de la Cruz

Nothing ever happens in Cara Jefferson-Cho's sleepy little suburban town of North Pasadena. The sun shines every day, the grass is always a perfect green, and while her progressive school swears there's no such thing as bullying, she still feels bummed out. But one day, when Cara is walking home on her own, something strange happens. Cara is being followed by Jack Stalker, one of the heroes in the Thirteenth Fairy, a series of books she loves about a brave girl and her ragtag group of friends who save their world from an evil enchantress. She must be dreaming, or still reading a book. But Jack is insistent--he's real, the stories are real, and Cara must come with him at once! Soon, Cara is thrust into the world of evil fairies and beautiful princesses, sorcerers and slayers, where an evil queen drives her ruthless armies to destroy what is left of the Fairy tribes. To save herself and the kingdom of Westphalia, Cara must find the truth behind the fairytales and set the world back to rights before the cycle of sleep and destruction begins once more.

This title was featured in the February 2021 Teen Middle Reads newsletter!

Scar Island

by Dan Gemeinhart

Twelve-year-old Jonathan Grisby has been sent to the Slabhenge Reformatory School for Troubled Boys, a former lunatic asylum which is currently run by a sadist who enjoys punishing the boys and setting them against each other; but when a lightning strike kills all the adults the boys find themselves suddenly free--and trapped on Scar Island which seems to be sinking into the ocean.

This title was featured in the April 2021 Teen Middle Reads newsletter!

All You Knead is Love

by Tanya Guerrero

Banished from her abusive home for a summer with her estranged grandmother in Barcelona, twelve-year-old Alba feels hope and love while exploring a newly discovered passion for bread baking.

This title was featured in the June 2021 Teen Middle Reads newsletter!

Teen High (Grades 9-12)

Opposite of Always

by Justin Reynolds

Jack and Kate met, bonding until sunrise over their mutual love of Froot Loops and their favorite flicks. Jack falls--hard. But then Kate dies. Somehow Kate's death sends Jack back to the beginning, the moment they first meet, and Kate's there again. Healthy, happy, and charming as ever. Jack thinks he's losing his mind, but takes the chance to prevent Kate's death. He learns actions are not without consequences when it turns deadly for someone else close to him. Now Jack has to figure out what he's willing to do to save the people he loves.

This title was featured in the September 2021 Teen High Reads newsletter!

It Came from the Sky

by Chelsea Sedoti

When one of his science experiments went wrong, Gideon Hofstadt and his older brother Ishmael blamed the resulting explosion on extraterrestrial activity. Their lie was embraced by the town. As the brothers go to increasingly greater lengths to keep up the ruse and avoid getting caught, the hoax flourishes. There are UFO sightings, close encounters--even abductions! Soon Lansburg, Pennsylvania was invaded--not by aliens, but by believers, Truth Seekers, and, above all, people who looked to the sky and hoped for more. Can Gideon find a way to banish the aliens before Lansburg, and his life, are changed forever?

This title was featured in the July 2021 Teen High Reads newsletter!

Life in a Fishbowl

by Len Vlahos

Fifteen-year-old Jackie is determined to reclaim her family's privacy and dignity by ending a reality television program about her father's terminal brain tumor.

This title was featured in the March 2021 Teen High Reads newsletter!

You can find book clubs and other programs on our Events Calendar and sign up for our newsletters for more recommendations. 

Stephani Lindsey

Youth Specialist

Sharon Forks Library

#WeKnowBooks

October 2021 Reading Challenge - Kids' Book Spotlight - Juvenile Collection

This month we're challenging our staff and our patrons to read books featured in an FCPL Book Club or NextReads Newsletter. The whole family can get in on the fun and join this month's challenge! Take a look at some of these books for independent readers.

Beginning Chapter Books (Grades 1-3)

Henry Heckelbeck Gets a Dragon

by Wanda Coven

Future spy Henry discovers that he has magic, like his big sister, Heidi, when he accidentally creates a tiny dragon, which definitely does not belong at Brewster Elementary School.

This title was featured in the January 2020 Kids' Book Newsletter!

From the Mist

by Kiki Thorpe

Mysterious mist horses have come to Pixie Hollow. Kate befriends one, but Silvermist finds an old legend that says they might be dangerous.

This title was featured in the April 2020 Kids' Book Newsletter!

Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters

by Andrea Beaty

Rosie Revere is no stranger to flops and fails, kerfuffles and catastrophes. After all, engineering is all about perseverance! But this time, Rosie has a really important project to tackle--one that feels much bigger than herself. Rosie's beloved Aunt Rose and her friends, the Raucous Riveters--a group of fun-loving gals who built airplanes during World War II--need help inventing something new. And Rosie is just the engineer for the job! After one flop . . . then another . . . and another . . . Rosie starts to lose hope. But thanks to some help from her fellow Questioneers Iggy Peck and Ada Twist, Rosie gets the job done. And, along with the Riveters, she rediscovers the meaning of home.

This title was featured in the December 2020 Kids' Book Newsletter!

Chapter Books (Grades 3-5)

Word of Mouse

by James Patterson

The illuminating journey of a very special mouse, and the unexpected friendships he makes along the way.

This title was featured at the Steam Rollers Book Club in February 2021!

The Accidental Apprentice

by Amanda Foody

Eleven-year-old Barclay Thorne yearns for the quiet life of a mushroom farmer, but after unwittingly bonding with a beast in the forbidden Woods, he must seek Lore Keepers to break the bond and return home.

This title was featured in the May 2021 Kids' Books Newsletter. 

Otto P. Nudd

by Emily Butler

While his corvid buddies spend their days cracking jokes at the dump, raven Otto P. Nudd invents things with his human neighbor Old Man Bartleby, but when one of Bartleby's contraptions puts him in danger, Otto must join forces with kids and critters to save the Old Man.

This title will be featured at the Steam Rollers Book Club at the Cumming branch on Tuesday, October 26th!

You can find book clubs and other programs on our Events Calendar and sign up for our newsletters for more recommendations. 

Stephani Lindsey

Youth Specialist

Sharon Forks Library

#WeKnowBooks

October 2021 Reading Challenge - Kids' Book Spotlight - Easy Collection

This month we're challenging our staff and our patrons to read books featured in an FCPL Book Club or NextReads Newsletter. The whole family can get in on the fun and join this month's challenge! Take a look at some of these books for our youngest readers.

Picture Books

Inky the Octopus

by Erin Guendelsberger

Out of this tank, I must be free. I must explore the open sea! Follow Inky the octopus as he escapes from the National Aquarium of New Zealand to the ocean! Based on a true story, Inky the Octopus chronicles the adventure that the real-life Inky might have taken on his escape to freedom in the open ocean!

This title was featured at our Chatterbooks Book Club in January 2021!

My Two Border Towns

by David Bowles

A boy and his father cross the United States-Mexico border every other Saturday, visiting their favorite places, spending time with family and friends, and sharing in the responsibility of community care.

This title was featured in the September 2021 Picture Book newsletter!

The Great Paper Caper

by Oliver Jeffers

When tree branches begin disappearing and paper airplanes are left in their place, the forest creatures carry out an investigation to find the culprit who has been stealing their homes.

This book will be featured at the Chatterbooks Book Club at the Cumming branch on Tuesday, October 26th!

Early Readers

Fish and Sun

by Sergio Ruzzier

One day, bored little Fish journeys up to the surface of the ocean where it meets Sun, and a wonderful friendship blooms... Only, right in the middle of their fun, Sun starts to set!

This title from our Easy Graphic Novel collection was featured in the July 2021 Picture Book newsletter. 

Thunder and Cluck: Friends Do Not Eat Friends

by Jill Esbaum

Big, scary, and hungry Thunder the dinosaur wants to chase and chomp Cluck, a small but brave dinosaur, but Cluck has decided that they will be friends.

This title from our Easy Graphic Novel collection was featured in the August 2021 Picture Book newsletter. 

You can find book clubs and other programs on our Events Calendar and sign up for our newsletters for more recommendations. 

Stephani Lindsey

Youth Specialist

Sharon Forks Library

#WeKnowBooks