SJPL Staff Picks

Great books to inspire you to explore the local area. This list contains both fiction and non fiction.

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Summer Learning: Summer Athletics

Are you an avid summer athletics fan? Gear up by spending time with these sporty reads!

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Summer Learning: Road Trips

Listen to these great downloadable audiobooks while exploring the world. This list contains books for all ages.

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Summer Learning: Beat the Heat With Summer Stories

When you've had several 100 degree days on end, instead of melting in the sun you may want to crank up the AC and crack open a book.

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Summer Learning: Local Adventures

Great books to inspire you to explore the local area. This list contains both fiction and non fiction.

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Staff List

Summer Learning: Summer Athletics

Are you an avid summer athletics fan? Gear up by spending time with these sporty reads!

SJPL_SummerLearningPicks

Staff List

Summer Learning: Road Trips

Listen to these great downloadable audiobooks while exploring the world. This list contains books for all ages.

SJPL_SummerLearningPicks

Staff List

Summer Learning: Beat the Heat With Summer Stories

When you've had several 100 degree days on end, instead of melting in the sun you may want to crank up the AC and crack open a book.

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Monthly Staff Picks

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SJPL Picks: Disability Representation in Children's Fiction

These novels for children are from mixed genres and feature characters that have physical, developmental, or intellectual disabilities.

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SJPL Picks: Red White & Blue!

Read these books about parades, fireworks, picnics and apple pie while honoring America as it celebrates the Fourth of July!

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SJPL Picks: Armchair Exploration

Explore the world from the comfort of your couch with these books, this list includes fiction and non-fiction.

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SJPL Picks: Disability Representation

Through these reads we can gain perspectives from ability diverse space explorers, magic wielders, heroes, villains, and heartthrobs, too.

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SJPL Picks: Disability Representation in Children's Fiction

These novels for children are from mixed genres and feature characters that have physical, developmental, or intellectual disabilities.

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SJPL Picks: Red White & Blue!

Read these books about parades, fireworks, picnics and apple pie while honoring America as it celebrates the Fourth of July!

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SJPL Picks: Armchair Exploration

Explore the world from the comfort of your couch with these books, this list includes fiction and non-fiction.

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SJPL Picks: Disability Representation

Through these reads we can gain perspectives from ability diverse space explorers, magic wielders, heroes, villains, and heartthrobs, too.

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Personalized Staff Picks

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SJPL Picks: Green Reads (Pre-K to Early Elementary)

Explore nature and learn how to take care of our beloved planet Earth with these Green Reads for young readers.

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SJPL Picks: Stories, books, and Libraries

Picture books about the wonderful world of stories, literary creation, and libraries.

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SJPL Picks: New Sibling

What to do when you have a new baby brother or sister. Stories to appeal to young ones and to help ease the changes.

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SJPL Picks: Tough Topics - Loss and Grief

Books can be a wonderful tool to approach tough topics with young children who have experienced loss or trauma.

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SJPL Picks: Green Reads (Pre-K to Early Elementary)

Explore nature and learn how to take care of our beloved planet Earth with these Green Reads for young readers.

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SJPL Picks: Stories, books, and Libraries

Picture books about the wonderful world of stories, literary creation, and libraries.

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Staff List

SJPL Picks: New Sibling

What to do when you have a new baby brother or sister. Stories to appeal to young ones and to help ease the changes.

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Staff List

SJPL Picks: Tough Topics - Loss and Grief

Books can be a wonderful tool to approach tough topics with young children who have experienced loss or trauma.

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SJPL Picks: Books for the very beginning reader

A list of books for our very earliest readers. Small sentences and pictures will keep your newest reader engaged!

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SJPL Picks: Green Reads (~Grades 3-7)

From climate change to evil corporations to animals on the brink of extinction, these characters are taking action!

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SJPL Picks: Novels in Verse (~Grades 3-7)

If your regular reads have you in a reading rut, why not try some poetry instead?

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SJPL Picks: Illustrated Chapter Books for Middle Graders

These books (while not exactly graphic novels) have many illustrations that provide a dynamic and vocabulary-enriching reading experience.

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SJPL Picks: Books for the very beginning reader

A list of books for our very earliest readers. Small sentences and pictures will keep your newest reader engaged!

SJPL_KidsPicks

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SJPL Picks: Green Reads (~Grades 3-7)

From climate change to evil corporations to animals on the brink of extinction, these characters are taking action!

SJPL_KidsPicks

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SJPL Picks: Novels in Verse (~Grades 3-7)

If your regular reads have you in a reading rut, why not try some poetry instead?

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SJPL Picks: Illustrated Chapter Books for Middle Graders

These books (while not exactly graphic novels) have many illustrations that provide a dynamic and vocabulary-enriching reading experience.

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SJPL Picks: YA Lit with Disability Representation

For these reads, characters with physical, intellectual, or developmental disabilities take center stage.

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SJPL Picks: YA Books with Male Protagonists

Only 22% of YA titles feature a male protagonist. If you've been craving a book with a male lead, this list is for you.

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SJPL Picks: YA Page to Screen

Check out this list of YA novels that have recent movie or TV series adaptations. Selected and curated by SJPL Librarians.

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SJPL Picks: Short But Sweet: Books Under 200 Pages

Check out these Short but Sweet books that are 200 or less pages. Include Fiction, Nonfiction, In-Verse, and Poetry.

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SJPL Picks: YA Lit with Disability Representation

For these reads, characters with physical, intellectual, or developmental disabilities take center stage.

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SJPL Picks: YA Books with Male Protagonists

Only 22% of YA titles feature a male protagonist. If you've been craving a book with a male lead, this list is for you.

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SJPL Picks: YA Page to Screen

Check out this list of YA novels that have recent movie or TV series adaptations. Selected and curated by SJPL Librarians.

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SJPL Picks: Short But Sweet: Books Under 200 Pages

Check out these Short but Sweet books that are 200 or less pages. Include Fiction, Nonfiction, In-Verse, and Poetry.

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Adults

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SJPL Picks: Romantasy

Looking for fantasy with a heavy dose of spice? Selected and curated by SJPL Librarians.

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SJPL Picks: Historical Fiction

What better way to spark a passion for history than through stories? Historical Fiction gives voices to those lost to the passage of time.

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SJPL Picks: Athletes' Stories (Sports Nonfiction)

Sports history, life stories, memoirs, biographies, and autobiographies from or about notable athletes, selected by SJPL Librarians.

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SJPL Picks: Memoir

Fascinating stories about fascinating people - told in their own words.

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SJPL Picks: Romantasy

Looking for fantasy with a heavy dose of spice? Selected and curated by SJPL Librarians.

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SJPL Picks: Historical Fiction

What better way to spark a passion for history than through stories? Historical Fiction gives voices to those lost to the passage of time.

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SJPL Picks: Athletes' Stories (Sports Nonfiction)

Sports history, life stories, memoirs, biographies, and autobiographies from or about notable athletes, selected by SJPL Librarians.

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SJPL Picks: Memoir

Fascinating stories about fascinating people - told in their own words.

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