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Jim Gaffigan, in the book, Dad is Fat (2013) expounds on the challenges of having his hands full with 5 children.  His fertile wife gets pregnant just looking at babies, while Jim wonders if he will be a good father.  To his astonishment he rises to the challenge and finds that having children can be a rewarding experience.  He muses on people who sit around all day and j

Many people associate the Ku Klux Klan with the South. But in Timothy Egan’s compelling and infuriating history, you’ll learn about the rise of the Klan in the 1920s Midwest, particularly Indiana.

Express yourself, learn new skills, and try something new this summer at WPL! This year’s Summer Reading Challenge theme is all about finding your voice, and the library has several resources available to help you do just that. Learn more about these resources below, and don’t forget to join our Summer Reading Challenge at wheatonlibrary.org/src

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Wheaton Public Library’s 2023 Summer Reading Challenge: Find Your Voice begins Thursday, June 1! The challenge is open to all ages: Youth (birth to 5th grade), Teens (6th to 12th grade) and Adults (18 years and older), and will run from Thursday, June 1 – Monday, July 31. No library card required to participate.  

Ruth Ozeki's latest novel, The Book of Form and Emptiness (2021), is a big book in terms of length. It's a big book, too, in terms of the ideas and issues with which it deals, including Zen Buddhism, mental illness and the systems that surround its treatment, the nature of reality, and the pressures of the marketplace and capitalism.

A Sign of Affection is a really cute romance manga in where Yuki, a soft-spoken girl who is deaf, falls for Itsuomi. Itsuomi is a friend of a friend who loves traveling and learning about new cultures and languages. This is a really sweet manga about love and communication.

A League of Nobleman (2023) is a Chinese historical mystery TV series. It follows Zhang Ping, a poor orphan from the countryside who is making his living as a noodle seller in the capital while studying for the exam to become a government official. His dream is to someday join the Ministry of Justice and solve crimes. In the meantime, he has earned the nickname “Noodle Detective” through his efforts to solve minor everyday mysteries for his neighbors.

Burns and Allen, a radio program from the golden age of radio, were vaudeville acts performed by George Burns and Gracie Allen, his wife.  Gracie is the not-so-smart but charming wife who gets George into trouble, i.e.

May 1 - June 2: Pick Up a Mini Canvas

June 5 - July 15: Visit the Tiny Art Show

July 17 - August 7: Retrieve Your Canvas

Nikhil is a voice actor for a popular space cartoon, Raj Reddy in Outer Space. His mom and him must relocate to Ohio to help look out for his grandparents. Nikhil for the first time must be a regular kid, away from the recording studio and the rush of Hollywood.

I really enjoyed listening to the newest book by Sally Hepworth, The Soulmate (2023), because it had many elements of a great audiobook.

Grave Mercy is full of action, adventure and secrecy. The main character Ismae escapes an arranged marriage to become a trained assassin, a handmaiden to Death. She is trained by nuns at the St. Mortain convent under the guise of being a nun herself. In this new life Ismae finds freedom, traveling the world and learning new skills to become independent.