Staff Picks

Donuts or Doughnuts? 

Our young Sherriff and his trusty dog…um…deputy are on an important mission.  They must carry a box of twelve delicious donuts home.  Whoops!  One looks squished.  Should Sherriff deliver a sub-standard donut?  What should he do? 

To find out the answers and see why the Sherriff has powdered sugar on his face, read The Case of the Missing Donut by Alison McGhee.  This new book is visually funny with bright, humorous illustrations that your child will enjoy.

How does a scrumptious doughnut not get eaten by hungry Mr. Bing?  By convincing him to adopt him as a doughnut dog, of course!

In Laurie Keller’s new chapter book series The Adventures of Arnie the Doughnut, we learn from Arnie how his life was transformed once he became a pet and companion to Mr. Bing.  In the premier of Arnie the Doughnut, Bowling Alley Bandit.  Mr. Bing and Arnie go bowling with the Bingbats.  As you might imagine, bowling balls and doughnuts make a dangerously silly combination.

Kim Ottesen
Information Specialist - Youth Services

Staff Picks

I love it when patrons share their favorites with us!  A Sharon Forks patron recently recommended The Thief by Fuminori Nakamura and it proved to be a fascinating read.  
  
The tale of a Japanese pickpocket turns surreal when he begins to take on increasingly complicated jobs for a mysterious organization   Fans of Franz Kafka and Haruki Murakami will love this award-winning existential thriller. 

Alicia Cavitt
Information Specialist

Staff Picks

Worlds collide in a story of mismatched lovers and west coast excess.  The highlight of Maria Semple’s This One Is Mine is its unforgettable characters.

Starving artist Teddy Reyes is a musically-gifted, poetry-spouting, golf hustler with health problems, financial problems, car problems, and women problems.
    
Violet Parry has issues too --a dysfunctional marriage, post-partum depression, and weight issues.  But she does have money.  Plenty of it.  It’s the biggest factor drawing these two unlikely lovers together.  (Unless it’s something else, you can decide.)

Violet’s billionaire record executive husband and his self-absorbed gold digging sister, the sister’s ex and her next –a sports writer savant that Bridezilla sets her sights on—fill the story with enough drama for a Showtime version of Desperate Housewives.

You may not exactly be rooting for these characters, but if you’re like me you won’t be able to stop wondering what they’ll get themselves into next.   

Alicia Cavitt
Information Specialist