“The Dictionary of Lost Words” by Pip Williams: Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in the “Scriptorium,” a garden shed in Oxford where her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers are collecting words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary. Young Esme’s place is beneath the sorting table, unseen and unheard. One day a slip of paper containing the word “bondmaid” flutters to the floor. She rescues the slip, and when she learns that the word means “slave-girl,” she withholds it from the OED and begins to collect other words that have been discarded or neglected by the dictionary men. As she grows up, Esme realizes that words and meanings relating to women’s and common folks’ experiences often go unrecorded. She begins in earnest to search out words for her own dictionary: The Dictionary of Lost Words.
ADULT NONFICTION
“How to Be Human: An Autistic Man’s Guide to Life” by Jory Fleming with Lyric Winik: As a child, Jory Fleming was wracked by uncontrollable tantrums, had no tolerance for people, and couldn’t manage the outside world. Slightly more than a decade later, he was bound for England, selected to attend one of the world’s premier universities. This book explores life amid a world constructed for neurotypical brains when yours is not. The miracle of this book is that, instead of dwelling on Jory’s limitations, those who inhabit the neurotypical world will begin to better understand their own. They will contemplate what language cannot say, how linear thinking leads to dead ends, and how nefarious emotions can be, particularly when, in Jory’s words, they are weaponized.
DVD
“Proxima”: Sarah is a French astronaut training at the European Space Agency in Cologne. She is the only woman in the arduous program. She lives alone with Stella, her 7-year-old daughter. Sarah feels guilty that she cannot spend more time with her child. When Sarah is chosen to be part of the crew of a year-long space mission called “Proxima,” it creates chaos in their mother-daughter relationship.
CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK
“How to Catch a Star” by Oliver Jeffers: Once there was a boy who loved stars. He tried lots of ways to catch one but with no luck. He wanted to give up, but sometimes we discover that things aren’t where or what we expect them to be. Oliver Jeffers is the artist for our Summer Reading Program: Reading Colors Your World! Join us online and for in-person events June 8-July 24!
CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK
: On a rainy day when the house smells like cinnamon and Papa and Luca are asleep, when the clouds are wearing shadows and the wind paints the window with beads of water, I want to be everywhere Mama is.
Did you know?
This year’s Summer Reading Program for Kids and Teens begins June 8 and runs through July 24. Beginning June 8, you may stop by the library to register and see what will be happening this summer, both in person and virtually.
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