What’s Hitting the Shelves for Kids

Take a look at what’s new at the Pratt for young readers.

Under My Hijab
By Hena Khan

As a young girl observes the women in her life and how each covers her hair a different way, she dreams of the possibilities in her own future and how she might express her personality through her hijab. This book provides a friendly introduction to hijabs for all readers.

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The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James
By Ashley Herring Blake

Twelve-year-old Sunny navigates heart surgery, reconnecting with her lost mother, first kisses, and emerging feelings for another girl in this stunning, heartfelt novel.

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Because
By Mo Willems

Mo Willems composes a powerful symphony of chance, discovery, persistence, and magic in this moving tale of a young girl’s journey to center stage.

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Other new Children’s Books:

This Promise Of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality
By Jo Ann Allen Boyce

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The Sun Shines Everywhere
By Mary Ann
Hoberman

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5 Minute Marvel Stories
By Marvel Press Book Group

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Let’er Buck! George Fletcher, The People’s Champion
By Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

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The Book Hog
By Greg Pizzoli

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Another
By Christian Robinson

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Bon Appétit! New Cookbooks and Health Books at the Pratt

Whether you eat to live or live to eat, there are new cook and health related books available at the Pratt. Check out these books ranging from topics detailing the new Keto Diet craze to recipes to help get your parties started.

Keto Diet: Your 30 Day Plan To Lose Weight, Balance Hormones, Boost Brain Health And Reverse Disease
By Dr. Josh Axe

Keto Diet identifies and details five different ketogenic protocols and explains why picking the right one for your body and lifestyle is essential to your success. Inside, you’ll find all the tools they need to say goodbye to stubborn fat and chronic disease once and for all.

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Eat To Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself
By William W. Li, MD

Forget everything you think you know about your body and food, and discover the new science of how the body heals itself. Pioneering physician scientist, Dr. William Li, empowers readers by showing them the evidence behind over 200 health-boosting foods that can starve cancer, reduce your risk of dementia, and beat dozens of avoidable diseases.

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The Last O.G. Cookbook: How to Get Mad Culinary Skills
By Tray Barker

Keep the party going at home with recipes inspired by the hit TBS comedy starring Tracy Morgan and Tiffany Haddish. Learn how to make dishes including Dessert Loaf, Wild-Style Lasagna, and Prison Pad Thai, as well as recipes that evoke the melting pot that is Brooklyn.

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The 100 Most Jewish Foods: A Highly Debatable List
By Alana Newhouse

Tablet ‘s list of the 100 most Jewish foods is not about the most popular Jewish foods, or the tastiest, or even the most enduring. It’s a list of the most significant foods culturally and historically to the Jewish people, explored deeply with essays, recipes, stories, and context.

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Nonfiction Reads for Spring

Start spring off with one of these thoughtful, clever, and inspiring books.

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So Here’s the Thing: Notes on Growing Up, Getting Older, and Trusting Your Gut
By Alyssa Mastromonaco

In this fun, frank book of reflections, essays, and interviews, Mastromonaco brings a sharp eye and sense of humor to the myriad issues facing women around the world.

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Karamo: My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing, and Hope
By Karamo Brown

An insightful, candid, and inspiring memoir from Queer Eye’s beloved culture expert, Karamo Brown, as he shares his story, explores how the challenges in his own life have allowed him to forever transform the lives of those in need.

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The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life’s Direction and Purpose
By Oprah Winfrey

In her latest book, Oprah Winfrey shares what she sees as a guide for activating your deepest vision of yourself, offering the framework for creating not just a life of success, but one of significance.

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Don’t forget to check out these new books too.

Horizon
By Barry Lopez
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The Engagement Game : Why I Said I Don’t to Marriage and I Do to Me
By Joi-Marie McKenzie
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The Art of Reading : An Illustrated History of Books in Paint
By Jamie Camplin
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Head on Over to Hoopla

By Emilie Pichot, Librarian Associate

Here’s a look at some of the recent films that I’ve enjoyed on Hoopla.

Tiffany Haddish: She Ready! From the Hood to Hollywood

In her first full stand up special, Haddish talks about growing up in the foster care system, dealing with bullies, homelessness, and taking Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith to the swamp. Favorite part: when she talks us through her method of seeking revenge on her cheating boyfriend and uses a ton of puns.

Watch the special here.

The Cook, the Thief, his Wife & Her Lover

By Peter GreenawayThis is a highly chromatic, sensual, and grotesque tale that follows Helen Mirren’s character as she falls in
love with another man in the restaurant her husband, a gangster, owns, but abuses. Watch if you love food, luxurious costume design, and sweet revenge.

Beware the ending is not for those with weak stomachs! Favorite Scene: When Mirren’s character’s outfit changes color between the restaurant hallway and restroom. So fun!

This film is rated NC-17.

Stream the film here. 

Burning
By Chang-dong Lee

A new, award-winning slow-build thriller about a young man in Seoul who runs into an old childhood friend from where he grew up in the countryside. She brings him into her life and eventually introduces him to Ben, a man with lots of money but little empathy.

This film is a critical view into contemporary Korean society, and how globalism and capitalism has affected its culture, particularly its young people. Scary scene: When Ben talks about seeing people cry. You’ll know what I mean when you see it.

This film is not rated, however includes nudity, sexual activity, language, and implied violence.

Watch the film here.

Mandy
By Panos Cosmatos

This film is a wildly and ridiculously entertaining saturated 80’s throwback with a synth and metal score, bright neon colors, and references to Hellraiser. Don’t watch if you’re looking for Mandy to have any character development, though, but if you like the idea of watching a campy hyper masculine fantasy with pretty colors and gore, you’ll enjoy this.

Favorite scene: When Mandy laughs at the antagonist. #goals

Not Rated, however includes lots of violence and gore, substance abuse, and a cult.

Stream Mandy here.

What’s New for Young Adults

March has some great releases for fans of young adult novels. Look forward to a new release from New York Times bestselling author Samira Ahmed and the debut novel by Justin A. Reynolds. Find out more below.

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Internment
By Samira Ahmed

Set in a horrifying near-future, seventeen-year-old Layla Amin and her parents are forced into an internment camp for Muslim American citizens.

With the help of friends in the internment camp, her boyfriend on the outside, and an unexpected alliance, Layla begins a journey to fight for freedom.

Check it out here.

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Opposite of Always
By Justin A. Reynolds

After falling for Kate, her unexpected death sends Jack back in time to the moment they first met, but he soon learns that his actions have consequences when someone else close to him dies.

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Dear Ally, How Do You Write a Book?
By Ally Carter

Have you always wanted to write a book, but don’t know where to start? Fear not, this book has answers! With honesty, encouragement, and humor, bestselling author Ally Carter is ready here to answer the questions that writers struggle with the most.

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Don’t forget to check out these books too.

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Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc
By David Elliott
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Night Music
By Jenn Marie Thorne
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Sherwood
By Meagan Spooner
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