Provo Library Children's Book Blog

Uprooted: A Memoir About What Happens When Your Family Moves Back By Ruth Chan New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2024. Comic. 285 pgs. In 1993, Ruth's parents tell her that her dad has found a new job, and so they will be moving from their home in Toronto, Canada back to Hong Kong. Ruth is apprehensive about the move. She loves her friends and life in Toronto, she isn't confident speaking in Cantonese, and her older brother is staying in Canada -- at a boarding school so he can finish his senior year. Adjusting to life in Hong Kong is predictably difficult for Ruth. School is harder, the city is bigger, and she struggles to make friends. Meanwhile, her father is busy traveling throughout China for his new job, leaving Ruth without their nightly chats, and her mother is busy with her social life now that she's back in her home country. How much can one 13-year-old be expected to endure? Graphic novel memoirs have become a mainstay of the children's comics section, and this ...

Have you ever felt the urge to make something? Or had a genius plan just download into your brain? It’s called creative inspiration , and it gives you a burst of enthusiasm and motivation to make or innovate. Books are a great place to go to find ideas or research the many possibilities that are out there in the world. Here are a few book recommendations for when the mood strikes you. Get Crafting for Your Hip Hamster By Ruth Owen Minneapolis, MN: Bearport Publishing, 2021, Informational, 24 pages This is one crafty book in the Playful Pet Projects series, and I don’t know who will have more fun - you or your hamster! There are step-by-step instructions to make a popsicle stick hamster house, carrot cupcakes, a mini hamster maze, and a snuggle pouch. This one is sure to inspire some one-on-one time with your cute little fluff ball. Craft Lab For Kids By Stephanie Corfee Beverley, MD: Quarry Books, 2020, Informational, 143 pages This do-it-yourself manual has 52 projects in 7 differen...

Every month we have two book clubs for kids here at the Provo City Library! These book clubs are just for kids ages 9-12 and a caregiver. This month, our Guys Read Book Club will meet January 23 and our Girls Read Book Club will meet January 28. You can register now, using the library's online calendar! Guys Read is reading: Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library By Chris Grabenstein New York: Random House, 2013. Fiction. 291 pages. 12 seventh-graders win a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spend the night locked in the Alexandriaville's new public library. A special library designed by the billionaire game-maker Luigi Lemoncello. But what starts as a regular lock-in, quickly turns into a night full of puzzles and games as the kids are offered a challenge -- use only what's in the library to find your way out of the library. The escape room challenge makes for a fun and highly-readable mystery. Readers who like books with lots of plot will love reading this book! Girls R...