THOMAS MEMORIAL LIBRARY

Below are new additions to the Gabriel A. Zimpritch Poetry & Writing Collection, an extensive special collection of poetry books and journals, as well as resources for writers on craft and publishing.   

The gathering of my name : poems / by Cornelius Eady.

Hardheaded weather : new and selected poems / Cornelius Eady.

Brutal imagination : poems / Cornelius Eady.

The war against the obvious / Cornelius Eady.

Working classics : poems on industrial life / edited by Peter Oresick & Nicholas Coles.

The best American poetry, 2021 / Tracy K. Smith, editor David Lehman, series editor.

Below you can browse all of our new children’s titles. To browse these titles by age level and genre, please visit our Kids & Families page.

Pip and Zip / Elana K. Arnold illustrated by Doug Salati

Is this your class pet? / by Troy Cummings

Be a good ancestor / Leona Prince and Gabrielle Prince illustrated by Carla Joseph

Round / written by Jennifer Ward illustrated by Lisa Congdon

Witch Hazel / written and illustrated by Molly Idle

Llama Llama back to school / by Reed Duncan illustrated by JT Morrow

Deep sea farm / Dahlov Ipcar

Meanwhile back on Earth… : finding our place through time and space / Oliver Jeffers

Even robots aren’t perfect! / Jan Thomas

Even Robots Can Be Thankful! / Jan Thomas

Kindergarten : where kindness matters every day / [words by Vera Ahiyya pictures by Joey Chou]

Neither / Airlie Anderson

Leo’s lavender skirt / Irma Borges illustrated by Francesco Fagnani [translation by Cecilia Ross]

I am golden / Eva Chen illustrated by Sophie Diao

Songs for our sons / Ruth Doyle, Ashling Lindsay

Hurry, Little Tortoise, time for school! / by Carrie Finison illustrated by Erin Kraan

Birdsong / Julie Flett

Mommy’s hometown / Hope Lim illustrated by Jaime Kim

Bunnybear / Andrea J. Loney pictures by Carmen Saldaña

Kumo : the bashful cloud / written by Kyo Maclear illustrated by Nathalie Dion

Juna and Appa / by Jane Park illustrated by Felicia Hoshino

Juna’s jar / by Jane Park illustrated by Felicia Hoshino

Noah and his wagon / written by Jerry Ruff illustrated by Katrijn Jacobs

Amy Wu and the warm welcome / by Kat Zhang illustrated by Charlene Chua

Classic Christmas stories : 14 stories / selected by Ian Whybrow

Green is for Christmas / Drew Daywalt Oliver Jeffers

The perfect tree / words by Corinne Demas pictures by Penelope Dullaghan

The twelve cats of Christmas / by Feather Flores illustrated by Carrie Liao

Crash from outer space : unraveling the mystery of flying saucers, alien beings, and Roswell / Candace Fleming

Give us the vote! : over 200 years of fighting for the ballot / Susan Goldman Rubin

Mythologica / written by Steve Kershaw illustrated by Victoria Topping

Atlas of dogs / illustrated by Kelsey Heaton written by Frances Evans

How to build LEGO houses : go on a journey to become a better builder / written by Hannah Dolan models by Jessica Farrell

How to build LEGO dinosaurs / written by Hannah Dolan models by Jessica Farrell and Nate Dias

LEGO in focus : explore the miniature world of LEGO photography

Meet the minifigures / written by Julia March and Helen Murray

Build every day : ignite your creativity and find your flow / Alec Posta

Draw 62 animals and make them cute : step-by-step drawing for characters and personality / Heegym Kim

Draw 62 things in nature and make them cute : step-by-step drawing for characters and personality / Heegyum Kim

Draw 62 magical creatures and make them cute : step-by-step drawing for characters and personality / Heegyum Kim

Seen and unseen : what Toyo Miyatake, Dorothea Lange, and Ansel Adams’ photographs reveal about the Japanese American incarceration / Elizabeth Partridge, Lauren Tamaki

Presidents / written by James G. Barber in association with the Smithsonian

The side-by-side Declaration of Independence / David Miles

We are here : 30 inspiring Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who have shaped the United States / written by Naomi Hirahara illustrated by Illi Ferandez foreword by Theodore S. Gonzalves introduction by Lisa S. Sasaki reflection guide by Andrea Kim Neighbors and Healoha Johnston

Paws of fury : the legend of Hank / directed by Chris Bailey, Rob Minkoff, Mark Koetsier

DC League of Super-Pets / Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Seven Bucks production directed by Jared Stern written by Jared Stern and John Whittington produced by Patricia Hicks, Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia, Jared Stern

Lightyear / directed by Angus Maclane

Fly Guy presents : dogs / Tedd Arnold

Kraken me up / Jeff Ebbeler

I’m ogre it / Jeffrey Ebbeler

I did it! / Michael Emberley

Meet the Super Duper Seven / Tim Hamilton

The big tree / Laura Knetzger

Hoggy went-a-courtin’ / by Ethan Long

Owl and Penguin / by Vikram Madan

The frustrating book! / by Mo Willems

Where the lost ones go / Akemi Dawn Bowman

Shad Hadid and the alchemists of Alexandria / George Jreije

Odd gods / by David Slavin and Daniel Weitzman illustrated by Adam J.B. Lane

The Oddlympics / David Slavin, Adam J.B. Lane

The oddyssey / by David Slavin illustrated by Adam J. B. Lane based on characters by David Slavin and Daniel Weitzman

The year the maps changed / Danielle Binks

Answers in the pages / David Levithan

Diper överlöde / by Jeff Kinney

Playing through the turnaround / Mylisa Larsen

You only live once, David Bravo / Mark Oshiro

The night bus hero / Onjali Q. Raúf

The language of seabirds / Will Taylor

A rover’s story / Jasmine Warga

The bad guys in open wide and say arrrgh! / Aaron Blabey

We the people! / Don Brown

Narwhal and Jelly. 7, Narwhalicorn and Jelly / Ben Clanton

Cat ninja. 4, Welcome to the ‘Burbs / written by Matthew Cody, Alejandro Arbona illustrated by Chad Thomas, Derek Laufman colors by Warren Wucinich

Housecat trouble. 1 / Mason Dickerson

The graveyard book. Volume 1 / based on the novel by Neil Gaiman graphic adaptation by P. Craig Russell illustrations by Kevin Nowlan, P. Craig Russell, Tony Harris, Scott Hampton, Galen Showman, Jill Thompson, Stephen B. Scott colorist Lovern Kinzierski letterer Rick Parker

Freestyle / Gale Galligan

Tales of great goddesses. Gaia : goddess of Earth / Imogen and Isabel Greenberg

Minecraft. Wither without you, 3 / by Kristen Gudsnuk color assistant, Knack Whittle

Frizzy / written by Claribel A. Ortega art by Rose Bousamra

Magic tree house : the graphic novel. 3, Mummies in the morning / adapted by Jenny Laird with art by Kelly & Nichole Matthews

Pokémon. Gotta catch a what?! : 2 graphic adventures / adapted by Simcha Whitehill

Miles Morales stranger tides : a Spider-Man graphic novel / written by Justin A. Reynolds illustrated by Pablo Leon with Bruno Oliveira and Arianna Florean colors by Pablo Leon [and four others] layouts by Geoffo with Matt Horak letters by Ariana Maher

Dragons of Ember City. [1], Happy spark day! / Shane Richardson & Sarah Marino

Dragons of Ember City. [1], Happy spark day! / Shane Richardson & Sarah Marino

I survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 / adapted by Georgia Ball with art by Alvin Epps colors by Chi Ngo

The underland / Katrina Charman [Illustrated by Judit Tondora]

Cornbread & Poppy at the Carnival / Matthew Cordell

April & Mae and the book club cake : the Monday book / Megan Dowd Lambert illustrated by Briana Dengoue

April & Mae and the soccer match : the Tuesday book / Megan Dowd Lambert illustrated by Briana Dengoue

April & Mae and the talent show : the Wednesday book / Megan Dowd Lambert illustrated by Briana Dengoue

April & Mae and the tea party : the Sunday book / Megan Dowd Lambert illustrated by Briana Arrington

The best kind of mooncake / Pearl Auyeung

Let’s go yum cha! / written by Alister Felix

Can you see me? : a book about feeling small / Gökçe İrten

Blue Badger / Huw Lewis Jones & [illustrated by] Ben Sanders

The box / written by Isabella Paglia illustrated by Paolo Proietti translated by Laura Watkinson

Millions of Maxes / by Meg Wolitzer illustrated by Micah Player

A bear far from home / written by Susan Fletcher illustrated by Rebecca Green

Fighting for yes!: the story of disability rights activist Judith Heumann / by Maryann Cocca-Leffler illustrated by Vivien Mildenberger with a note from Judith Heumann

The mother of a movement : Jeanne Manford, ally, activist, and co-founder of PFLAG / written by Rob Sanders illustrated by Sam Kalda