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Featured Reads

We’ve done the legwork to unveil upcoming gems in the publishing world, so that you can easily find your next read. Plus, many of these titles come in physical copy, eBook and audiobook formats to suit your reading preferences.

Kids Picks Summer 2024

Enjoy a selection of picturebooks, junior fiction, graphic novels and non-fiction picks just for kids.

Picturebooks

Ursula Upside Down
Corey R. Tabor
The Spaceman
Randy Cecil
Summer is Here
Renée Watson; illustrated by Bea Jackson
Leo and the Pink Marker
Mariyka Foster
I Bug You
Dori Elys; illustrated by Riley Samels
I Made These Ants Some Underpants
Derick Wilder; illustrated by K-Fai Steele
Big Bear and Little Bear Go Fishing
Amy Hest; illustrated by Erin Stead
Two Together
Brendan Wenzel
Touch the Sky
Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic; illustrated by Chris Park

Junior Fiction

Basil & Dahlia: a Tragical Tale of Sinister Sweetness
Joy McCullough; illustrated by Shane Cluskey
Lucky Scramble
Peter Raymundo
The Secret Library
Kekla Magoon
Summer Vamp
Violet Chan Karim
Villains Academy
Ryan Hammond
Samira's Worst Best Summer
Hamza, Nina,
Orris and Timble: the Beginning
Kate DiCamillo; illustrated by Carmen Mok
Mid-Air
Alicia D. Williams; illustrated by Danica Novgorodoff
Lunar Boy
Jes & Cin Wibowo
Wander Lost
Laura Martin

Junior Non-Fiction

Queens of the Jungle: Meet the Female Animals Who Rule the Animal Kingdom!
Carly Anne York; illustrated by Kimberlie Clinthorne-Wong
Size Wise: From Colossal Squids to Snowflakes, a Life-Sized Look at Nature
Camilla de la Bedoyere; illustrated by Romanenko, Vasilisa.
Flamingos are Pretty Funky: a (Not so) Serious Guide
Abi Cushman
Club Microbe
Elise Gravel
Priya's Kitchen Adventures: a Cookbook for Kids
Priya Krishna; photography by Mackenzie Smith Kelley; illustrations by Anu Chouhan
Mushrooms Know: Wisdom From Our Friends the Fungi
Kallie George & Sara Gillingham
Make Art with Nature
Pippa Pixley
Easy Crochet for Kids: 35 Fun and Simple Projects for Children Aged 7 Years+
Claire Montgomerie

Summer 2024 Adult Featured Reads

Weather you are heading to the beach, relaxing in your backyard, or staying inside, we’ve got a summer read for you with our newest selection of fiction and non-fiction titles.

Fiction

Bear
Julia Phillips
Phantom Orbit
David Ignatius
This Book Won't Burn
Samira Ahmed
The Hunter's Daughter
Nicola Solvinic
The Road to the Country
Chigozie Obioma
I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons
Peter S. Beagle
Very Bad Company
Emma Rosenblum
Out on the Limb
Hannah Bonam-Young
I Hope This Finds You Well
Natalie Sue
The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club
Helen Simonson
Shanghai
Joseph Kanon
Spitting Gold
Carmella Lowkis

Non-Fiction

Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko
Silk: a World History
Aarathi Prasad
Trippy: the Peril and Promise of Medicinal Psychedelics
Ernesto Londoño
The Connection Cure: the Prescriptive Power of Movement, Nature, Art, Service, and Belonging
Julia Hotz
Catland: Feline Enchantment and the Making of the Modern World
Kathryn Hughes
The Ritual Effect: From Habit to Ritual, Harness the Surprising Power of Everyday Actions
Michael Norton
Paradise of the Damned: the True Story of an Obsessive Quest for El Dorado, the Legendary City of Gold
Keith Thomson
Lytton: Climate Change, Colonialism and Life Before the Fire
Peter Edwards
Crooked Teeth: a Queer Syrian Refugee Memoir
Danny Ramadan
North of Nowhere: Song of a Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner
Marie Wilson
Challenger: a True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
Adam Higginbotham
The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
Zoë Schlanger

Past Featured Reads

Explore our previous Featured Reads and consider them for your next book club; each title is available in multiple formats, with multiple copies.

Summer 2024 Featured Reads

Jun 17, 2024 - Waterloo Public Library

Summer 2024 Featured Reads: Kids Picks

Jun 17, 2024 - Waterloo Public Library

Spring 2024 Featured Reads

Mar 22, 2024 - Waterloo Public Library

Winter 2024 Featured Reads

Jan 1, 2024 - Waterloo Public Library

Fall 2023 Featured Reads

Sep 1, 2023 - Waterloo Public Library

Summer 2023 Featured Reads

Jun 15, 2023 - Waterloo Public Library
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