Working at the public service desk, you notice trends of what people are looking for at the library. A consistent trend? People looking for information about the ocean in our children’s nonfiction section. Below I have gathered a list of new children’s nonfiction books about the ocean. This is by no means a complete list. As of this writing, all of these titles are owned by the Davenport Public Library. Descriptions are provided by the publishers.
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Online Reading Challenge – June
Welcome Readers!
Our 2026 Online Reading Challenge is … KNOW YOUR HISTORY! Each month we will be reading about a different observance month and highlighting a main title about that month.
For June, we are celebrating LGBTQ culture and honor the movement for LGBTQ rights. We are reading books that feature lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning individuals.
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For Fans of Wuthering Heights
If you’re a fan of Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, check out the below books available at the Davenport Public Library. These books have complex, broody characters, gothic atmospheres, and intense, yet sometimes destructive passion.
As of this writing, all of these titles are owned by the Davenport Public Library. Descriptions are provided by the publishers.
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Juvenile Novels in Verse
A book in which the story is told through poetry is called a novel in verse. These books can fall in any genre: nonfiction, mystery, fantasy, realistic, and much more. Novels in verse don’t use a traditional prose format, instead relying on poetry and stanzas to tell stories across a wide variety of topics. Below you will find a list of juvenile novels in verse. As of this writing, all of these titles are owned by the Davenport Public Library. Descriptions are provided by the publishers.
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