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Checked In: A Davenport Library Podcast

Each month, librarians from the Davenport Public Library in Iowa will dive into a variety of topics and connect listeners to the many great resources the Library and City of Davenport have to offer. Listen in for book suggestions, interviews, and more!

33. Dinosaurs Are Taking Over The Library!

National Author’s Day

Jodi Picoult

Jon Krakauer

Janet Evanovich

Emily Henry

Mary Kubica

Shari Lapena

Liane Moriarty

Jojo Moyes

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Vivien Chien

Elle Cosimano

Amanda Flower

Liane Moriarty

Young Readers Day

Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

Attack of the Black Rectangles by Amy Sarig King

In Every Life by Marla Frazee 

Iggy Peck Architect by Andrea Beatty 

Flora and the Peacocks by Molly Idle 

Mustache by Mac Barnett 

Sometimes I Kaploom by Rachel Vail 

You’ll Find Me by Amanda Rawson Hill 

Fluffy McWhiskers Cuteness Explosion by Stephen W. Martin 

Mercy Watson is Missing by Kate DiCamillo 

Penelope Rex and the Problem with Pets by Ryan T. Higgins 

Truck Full of Ducks by Ross Burach 

Bathe the Cat by Alice B. McGinty 

On Account of the Gum by Adam Rex 

Thor and Loki by Jeffrey Brown 

The Abrams Block Book series

Poke a Dot: Who’s in the Ocean by Melissa & Doug 

The Seven Silly Eaters by Mary Ann Hoberman 

Piggies by Audrey Wood 

Librarian Reads

My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, & Jodi Meadows 

Scent of a Garden by Namrata Patel

Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian and Narrated by Grace Experience

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen

Bet On It by Jodie Slaughter

The Other Mrs. By Mary Kubica

The Girls in Navy Blue by Alix Rickloff

Cover Story by Susan Rigetti

Going Zero by Anthony McCarten

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Hey Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

New Kid by Jerry Craft 

Lumberjanes by ND Stevenson 

Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell 

She’s Not Sorry by Mary Kubica, narrated by Andi Arndt 

Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth, narrated by Jessica Clarke 

The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe, narrated by Tess Sharpe (book 1 in Girls I’ve Been series) 

What the River Knows by Isabel Ibanez (book 1 in Secrets of the Nile series), narrated by Ahmed Hamad and Ana Osorio 

Dark Corners by Megan Goldin, narrated by Samantha Desz, January LaVoy, and André Santana (book 2 in the Rachel Krall series) 

Obitchuary: The Big Hot Book of Death by Spencer Henry and Madison Reyes 

Apprentice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer (book 2 in Assistant to the Villain series) 

The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth, narrated by Jessica Douglas-Henry and Barrie Kreinik 

Prom Mom by Laura Lippman, narrated by Andi Arndt 

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro, narrated by Sara Siu 

The Love of My Afterlife by Kirsty Greenwood 

The Girl in Question by Tess Sharpe (book 2 in Girls I’ve Been series) 

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore, narrated by Saskia Maarleveld 

Witch of Wild Things by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland (book 1 in the Wild Magic series) 

We Solve Murders by Richard Osman, narrated by Nicola Walker (book 1 in We Solve Murders series) 

egends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (book 1 in Legends & Lattes series) 

All the Little Liars by Charlaine Harris, narrated by Therese Plummer (book 9 in Aurora Teagarden Mystery series) 

The Last to Pie by Misha Popp (book 3 in Pies Before Guys Mystery series) 

Brie Careful What You Wish For by Linda Reilly (book 4 in the Grilled Cheese Mystery series) 

Under the Oak Tree: the comic adapted by namu, illustrated by P, and original story by Suji Kim