Swim Team, Doom's Day Camp, The Inflatables in Bad Air Day

Graphic novels continue to be super popular Summer Reading choices.  There have been a lot of great releases in 2022 that you may not know about yet.  I'm happy to fill you in!

Agents of S.L.A.M. by Dave Scheidt
Apple Crush by Lucy Knisley (#2)
Are We Lost Yet? Another Wallace the Brave Collection by Will Henry
Aru Shah and the End of Time: The Graphic Novel by Roshani Chokshi
Baby-sitters Club: Good-bye, Stacey, Good-bye by Gabriela Epstein (#11)
Baby-sitters Little Sister: Karen’s School Picture by Katy Farina (#5)
Baloney and Friends: Dream Big! by Greg Pizzoli (#3)
Big Nate: Beware of Low-Flying Corn Muffins by Lincoln Peirce (#26)
Black Panther: Into the Heartlands by Roseanne A. Brown
Bug Boys: Adventures and Daydreams by Laura Knetzger (#3)
Doom’s Day Camp by Joshua Hauke
Enola Holmes: The Graphic Novels, Book One by Nancy Springer
The Extincts: The Quest for the Unicorn Horn by Scott Magoon
The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza by Mac Barnett
Geronimo Stilton Reporter: Blackrat’s Treasure (#10)
Glam Prix Racers: Back on Track! by Deanna Kent (#2)
Godzilla, Monters & Protectors: Rise Up! by Erik Burnham
Ham Helsing: Monster Hunter by Rich Moyer (#2)
Heart Takes the Stage: A Heart of the City Collection by Steenz
Hilo: Gina and the Big Secret by Judd Winick (#8)
Housecat Trouble by Mason Dickerson
I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967 by Lauren Tarshis
The Inflatables: Bad Air Day by Beth Garrod & Jess Hitchman
Isla to Island by Alexis Castellanos
Katie the Catsitter: Best Friends for Never by Coleen A.F. Venable (#2)
Legend of Brightblade by Ethan M. Aldridge
Lightfall: Shadow of the Bird by Tim Probert (#2)
Mapmakers and the Lost Magic by Cameron Chittock
My Weird School: Get a Grip! We’re on a Trip! by Dan Gutman (#2)
Oh My Gods II: The Forgotten Maze by Stephanie Cooke
Paws: Gabby Gets It Together by Nathan Fairbairn
Phoebe and Her Unicorn: Unicorn Selfies by Dana Simpson (#15)
The Prisoner of Shiverstone by Linette Moore
Rabbit Chase by Elizabeth LaPensée
Remarkably Ruby by Terri Libenson
Smaller Sister by Maggie Edkins Willis
Sort of Super by Eric Gapstur
Spy School: The Graphic Novel by Stuart Gibbs
Sueño Bay Adventures: Hermit Hill by Mike Deas (#3)
Swan Lake: Quest for the Kingdoms by Rey Terciero
Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas
Took: A Ghost Story Graphic Novel by Mary Downing Hahn

Don't forget about graphic nonfiction!
Science Comics: Birds of Prey: Terrifying Talons by Joe Flood
Who Was the First Man on the Moon? Neil Armstrong by Nathan Page
Who Was the Girl Warrior of France? Joan of Arc by Sarah Winifred Searle
Who Was the Greatest? Mohammad Ali by Gabriel Soria
The Woman in the Woods and Other North American Stories by Kel McDonald

And enjoy all five titles in the Medical Breakthroughs series!
Antibiotics: A Graphic History by Brandon Terrell
The Discovery of Germs: A Graphic History by Brandon Terrell
The First Heart Transplant: A Graphic History by Brandon Terrell
Incubators: A Graphic History by Paige V. Polinsky
X-Rays: A Graphic History by Rachael L. Thomas

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It's time for books and blitzes at Hoover Public Library!  Football Family Fun is coming to the Plaza on Saturday, August 5, 2023 from 1-4 p.m.  Test your skill with a football toss, a football video game, or play the blast-from

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Our sixth and final week of Summer Reading shows brings another new act to our Library Theatre stage!  Beat'n Path Rhythm Events is a family-fun celebration of rhythm, story and song with percussionist Dave Holland.  Get ready to

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Celebrate community helpers at our upcoming Day of Play on Saturday, July 8, 2023!  Visit the Kid Zone anytime from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and explore a variety of imaginative play stations.  

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Since the library is closed on Tuesday, July 4, 2023 for Independence Day, we will not be hosting a performer that week.  But fear not!  We will still have something fun happening in our Library Theatre!  We'll be showing a couple of movies on the big screen -- recent releases based on popular ch

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