2022 Summer Reading Program
Cook Public Library
Read Beyond the Beaten Path
Preschool – 6th grade
Turn in Reading Logs between August 1 – 31 and receive a prize.
Teens
Read our Teen Advisory book pick Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Stop by the library to request a copy of the book and find out about other teen events
Adults
Bookopoly Reading Challenge
Read 7 books and give us a book recommendation for the next One Book One Community program by August 31 for a prize
Cook Public Library
Read Beyond the Beaten Path
Preschool – 6th grade
Turn in Reading Logs between August 1 – 31 and receive a prize.
Teens
Read our Teen Advisory book pick Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Stop by the library to request a copy of the book and find out about other teen events
Adults
Bookopoly Reading Challenge
Read 7 books and give us a book recommendation for the next One Book One Community program by August 31 for a prize
Cook Public Library Receives $1200 Pilcrow Foundation Children’s Book Project Grant
The Cook Public Library recently added 114 children’s books to their collection thanks to a grant from The Pilcrow Foundation and financial support from The Friends of the Cook Public Library.
The Pilcrow Foundation, located in Cottage Grove, Oregon, supports rural public libraries by contributing funds to purchase new books. Their investment encourages community-building, children’s literacy and the library’s future.
The Friends of the Cook Public Library gave $400 toward this grant and the Pilcrow Foundation contributed a two-to-one match of $800 for a total of $1200. 71 new hardcover books for ages 0 to 12 were selected by Cook Library staff and an additional 43 titles focusing on math, science, health and wellness were provided through donor-sponsored programs.
The new books will be on display in the children’s area. Each book is labeled with a bookplate recognizing the donors.
Pilcrow Foundation Children’s Book Project Grant
Booklist
Preschool
A is for Ant—Sam Priddy
Baby Happy, Baby Sad—Leslie Patricelli
Garden Time—Jill McDonald
How Does a Caterpillar Change?—Eric Carle
LMNO Pea-quel—Keith Baker
No No, Yes Yes—Leslie Patricelli
Opposites—Sandra Boynton
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eat Lunch—Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eats Breakfast—Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s First Winter—Eric Carle
Early Reader
A Dinosaur Named Ruth—Julia Lyon
A Shelter for Sadness—Anne Booth
Aaron Slater, Illustrator—Andrea Beaty
Arlo Draws an Octopus—Lori Mortensen
At the Pond—David Elliot
Bake Infinite Pie with X+Y—Eugenia Cheng
Be Kind—Pat Zietlow Miller
Chinese Kite Festival—Rich Lo
Color the Sky—David Elliott
Construction Site: Road Crew, Coming Through!—Sherri Duskey Rinker
Dear Treefrog—Joyce Sidman
Dumplings for Lili—Melissa Iwai
Fox at Night—Corey R. Tabor
Ghost—Kevan Atteberry
Hear the Wind Blow—Doe Boyle
Hello, Rain!—Kyo Maclear
House Mouse—Michael Hall
How to Build an Insect—Roberta Gibson
I Want an Apple—David L. Harrison
If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don’t!—Elise Parsley
In Our Garden—Pat Zietlow Miller
Inside Cat—Brendan Wenzel
Josie Dances—Denise Lajimodiere
Just Ask!—Sonia Sotomayor
Just Help!—Sonia Sotomayor
Love You By Heart—Peter H. Reynolds
Magic Candies—Heena Baek
Memory Jars—Vera Brosgol
Off-Limits—Helen Yoon
One Little Lot—Diane C. Mullen
Opposites Abstract—Mo Willems
Perdu—Richard Jones
Piglette’s Perfect Surprise—Katelyn Aronson
She Heard the Birds—Andrea D’Aquino
The Bird Who Swallowed a Star—Laurie Cohen
The Day the Rain Moved In—Eleonore Douspis
The Remember Balloons—Jessie Oliveros
The Secret Code Inside of You—Rajani LaRocca
The Story of a Story—Deborah Hopkinson
The Tide Pool Waits—Candace Fleming
Vamos! Let’s Cross the Bridge—Raul the Third
What Happened to You?—James Catchpole
What Will You Be?—Kate Alizadeh
When Grandfather Flew—Patricia MacLachlan
When Sadness is at Your Door—Eva Eland
Where Happiness Begins—Eva Eland
Where Three Oceans Meet—Rajani Larocca
While We Wait—Judy Ann Sadler
Wonder Walkers—Micha Archer
Words to Make a Friend—Donna Jo Napoli
Juvenile
Aviva vs. the Dybbuk—Mari Lowe
Beak & Ally: Bedtime Jitters—Norm Feuti
Black and White—Debora Vogrig
Cornbread & Poppy—Matthew Cordell
Deadman’s Castle—Iain Lawrence
Dream, Annie, Dream—Waka T. Brown
Egg Marks the Spot—Amy Timberlake
Fergus and Zeke and the 100th Day of School—Kate Messner
Fox & Rabbit Celebrate—Beth Ferry
Frankie & Bug—Gayle Forman
Honest June—Tina Wells
Just Harriet—Elana K. Arnold
King & Kayla and the Case of the Lost Library Book—Dori Hillestad Butler
Red, White, and Whole—Rajani LaRocca
Shelter—Christie Matheson
Solimar—Pam Munoz Ryan
Starla Jean Takes the Cake—Elana K. Arnold
Stuntboy, In the Meantime—Jason Reynolds
The Beatryce Prophecy—Kate DiCamillo
The Boy Who Met a Whale—Nizrana Farook
The Lion of Mars—Jennifer L. Holm
The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls—James Bird
The Stars of Whistling Ridge—Cindy Baldwin
The Storm Keeper’s Battle—Catherine Doyle
The Undercover Book List—Colleen Nelson
Those Kids From Fawn Creek—Erin Entrada Kelly
Too Bright to See—Kyle Lukoff
Twig and Turtle: Big Move to a Tiny House—Jennifer Richard Jacobson
Warriors: Lost Stars—Erin Hunter
Worser—Jennifer Ziegler
Zebra at the Zoo—Patricia Reilly Giff
Nonfiction
A Life Electric: The Story of Nikola Tesla—Azadeh Westergaard
Animal Architects—Amy Cherrix
Blue—Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
Circles—David A. Adler
Code Breaker, Spy Hunter—Laurie Wallmark
Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies—S.D. Nelson
Curious About Crocodiles—Owen Davey
Fashion Forward: Striving for Sustainable Style—Raina Delisle
How to Be a Math Genius—Dr. Mike Goldsmith
Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance—Nikki Grimes
Listen to the Language of the Trees—Tera Kelley
National Parks Maps—Abby Leighton
Perkin’s Perfect Purple—Tami Lewis Brown
Pigology—Daisy Bird
Reptiles Everywhere—Britta Teckentrup
Secrets of the Sea—Evan Griffith
Solids, Liquids, Gases, and Plasma—David A. Adler
Spi-ku: A Clutter of Short Verse on Eight Legs—Leslie Bulion
The Book of Amazing Trees—Nathalie Tordjman
The Chemistry of Food—Carla Mooney
The Rainforest Book—Charlotte Milner
The Science of Fashion—Julie Danneberg
The Wisdom of Trees—Lita Judge
The Pilcrow Foundation, located in Cottage Grove, Oregon, supports rural public libraries by contributing funds to purchase new books. Their investment encourages community-building, children’s literacy and the library’s future.
The Friends of the Cook Public Library gave $400 toward this grant and the Pilcrow Foundation contributed a two-to-one match of $800 for a total of $1200. 71 new hardcover books for ages 0 to 12 were selected by Cook Library staff and an additional 43 titles focusing on math, science, health and wellness were provided through donor-sponsored programs.
The new books will be on display in the children’s area. Each book is labeled with a bookplate recognizing the donors.
Pilcrow Foundation Children’s Book Project Grant
Booklist
Preschool
A is for Ant—Sam Priddy
Baby Happy, Baby Sad—Leslie Patricelli
Garden Time—Jill McDonald
How Does a Caterpillar Change?—Eric Carle
LMNO Pea-quel—Keith Baker
No No, Yes Yes—Leslie Patricelli
Opposites—Sandra Boynton
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eat Lunch—Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eats Breakfast—Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s First Winter—Eric Carle
Early Reader
A Dinosaur Named Ruth—Julia Lyon
A Shelter for Sadness—Anne Booth
Aaron Slater, Illustrator—Andrea Beaty
Arlo Draws an Octopus—Lori Mortensen
At the Pond—David Elliot
Bake Infinite Pie with X+Y—Eugenia Cheng
Be Kind—Pat Zietlow Miller
Chinese Kite Festival—Rich Lo
Color the Sky—David Elliott
Construction Site: Road Crew, Coming Through!—Sherri Duskey Rinker
Dear Treefrog—Joyce Sidman
Dumplings for Lili—Melissa Iwai
Fox at Night—Corey R. Tabor
Ghost—Kevan Atteberry
Hear the Wind Blow—Doe Boyle
Hello, Rain!—Kyo Maclear
House Mouse—Michael Hall
How to Build an Insect—Roberta Gibson
I Want an Apple—David L. Harrison
If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don’t!—Elise Parsley
In Our Garden—Pat Zietlow Miller
Inside Cat—Brendan Wenzel
Josie Dances—Denise Lajimodiere
Just Ask!—Sonia Sotomayor
Just Help!—Sonia Sotomayor
Love You By Heart—Peter H. Reynolds
Magic Candies—Heena Baek
Memory Jars—Vera Brosgol
Off-Limits—Helen Yoon
One Little Lot—Diane C. Mullen
Opposites Abstract—Mo Willems
Perdu—Richard Jones
Piglette’s Perfect Surprise—Katelyn Aronson
She Heard the Birds—Andrea D’Aquino
The Bird Who Swallowed a Star—Laurie Cohen
The Day the Rain Moved In—Eleonore Douspis
The Remember Balloons—Jessie Oliveros
The Secret Code Inside of You—Rajani LaRocca
The Story of a Story—Deborah Hopkinson
The Tide Pool Waits—Candace Fleming
Vamos! Let’s Cross the Bridge—Raul the Third
What Happened to You?—James Catchpole
What Will You Be?—Kate Alizadeh
When Grandfather Flew—Patricia MacLachlan
When Sadness is at Your Door—Eva Eland
Where Happiness Begins—Eva Eland
Where Three Oceans Meet—Rajani Larocca
While We Wait—Judy Ann Sadler
Wonder Walkers—Micha Archer
Words to Make a Friend—Donna Jo Napoli
Juvenile
Aviva vs. the Dybbuk—Mari Lowe
Beak & Ally: Bedtime Jitters—Norm Feuti
Black and White—Debora Vogrig
Cornbread & Poppy—Matthew Cordell
Deadman’s Castle—Iain Lawrence
Dream, Annie, Dream—Waka T. Brown
Egg Marks the Spot—Amy Timberlake
Fergus and Zeke and the 100th Day of School—Kate Messner
Fox & Rabbit Celebrate—Beth Ferry
Frankie & Bug—Gayle Forman
Honest June—Tina Wells
Just Harriet—Elana K. Arnold
King & Kayla and the Case of the Lost Library Book—Dori Hillestad Butler
Red, White, and Whole—Rajani LaRocca
Shelter—Christie Matheson
Solimar—Pam Munoz Ryan
Starla Jean Takes the Cake—Elana K. Arnold
Stuntboy, In the Meantime—Jason Reynolds
The Beatryce Prophecy—Kate DiCamillo
The Boy Who Met a Whale—Nizrana Farook
The Lion of Mars—Jennifer L. Holm
The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls—James Bird
The Stars of Whistling Ridge—Cindy Baldwin
The Storm Keeper’s Battle—Catherine Doyle
The Undercover Book List—Colleen Nelson
Those Kids From Fawn Creek—Erin Entrada Kelly
Too Bright to See—Kyle Lukoff
Twig and Turtle: Big Move to a Tiny House—Jennifer Richard Jacobson
Warriors: Lost Stars—Erin Hunter
Worser—Jennifer Ziegler
Zebra at the Zoo—Patricia Reilly Giff
Nonfiction
A Life Electric: The Story of Nikola Tesla—Azadeh Westergaard
Animal Architects—Amy Cherrix
Blue—Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
Circles—David A. Adler
Code Breaker, Spy Hunter—Laurie Wallmark
Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies—S.D. Nelson
Curious About Crocodiles—Owen Davey
Fashion Forward: Striving for Sustainable Style—Raina Delisle
How to Be a Math Genius—Dr. Mike Goldsmith
Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance—Nikki Grimes
Listen to the Language of the Trees—Tera Kelley
National Parks Maps—Abby Leighton
Perkin’s Perfect Purple—Tami Lewis Brown
Pigology—Daisy Bird
Reptiles Everywhere—Britta Teckentrup
Secrets of the Sea—Evan Griffith
Solids, Liquids, Gases, and Plasma—David A. Adler
Spi-ku: A Clutter of Short Verse on Eight Legs—Leslie Bulion
The Book of Amazing Trees—Nathalie Tordjman
The Chemistry of Food—Carla Mooney
The Rainforest Book—Charlotte Milner
The Science of Fashion—Julie Danneberg
The Wisdom of Trees—Lita Judge
Patrons can now check out a 7-day Minnesota State Parks pass at the Cook Public Library with their library card.
Minnesota State Parks Library Program Details:
Minnesota State Parks Library Program Details:
- Passes are good for seven days and must be displayed in the vehicle’s dashboard on entering a park or recreation area.
- Passes can be recycled after seven days, no return necessary.
- For a complete list of participating libraries, visit mndnr.gov/librarypass.
- Passes must be checked out at the Cook Public Library. Due to the limited number of passes, there may be a wait list.
- Call 218-666-2210 or email cookpubliclibrary@alslib.info for more information.
New on our Shelves
Adult Fiction
And There He Kept Her—Joshua Moehling
Bloomsbury Girls—Natalie Jenner
Every Cloak Rolled in Blood—James Lee Burke
Falling Silent—Donna Graham
Hatchet Island—Paul Doiron
Holy Chow—David Rosenfelt
The Angel of Rome—Jess Walter
The Cartographer’s Secret—Tea Cooper
The Club—Ellery Lloyd
The Evening Hero—Marie Myung-Ok Lee
The It Girl—Ruth Ware
The Last Mile—Kat Martin
The Locked Room—Elly Griffiths
Adult Non-fiction
Frances Anne Hopkins: Hudson’s Bay Company Wife, Voyageurs’ Artist—MaryEllen Weller-Smith
I Used to Live Here Once: The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys—Miranda Seymour
Young Adult
Gilded—Marissa Meyer
Instructions for Dancing—Nicola Yoon
Murder for the Modern Girl—Kendall Kulper
The Silence That Binds Us—Joanna Ho
Juvenile
Warriors: River—Erin Hunter
Early Readers
Layla, the Last Black Unicorn—Tiffany Haddish
The Lantern House—Erin Napier
Adult Fiction
And There He Kept Her—Joshua Moehling
Bloomsbury Girls—Natalie Jenner
Every Cloak Rolled in Blood—James Lee Burke
Falling Silent—Donna Graham
Hatchet Island—Paul Doiron
Holy Chow—David Rosenfelt
The Angel of Rome—Jess Walter
The Cartographer’s Secret—Tea Cooper
The Club—Ellery Lloyd
The Evening Hero—Marie Myung-Ok Lee
The It Girl—Ruth Ware
The Last Mile—Kat Martin
The Locked Room—Elly Griffiths
Adult Non-fiction
Frances Anne Hopkins: Hudson’s Bay Company Wife, Voyageurs’ Artist—MaryEllen Weller-Smith
I Used to Live Here Once: The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys—Miranda Seymour
Young Adult
Gilded—Marissa Meyer
Instructions for Dancing—Nicola Yoon
Murder for the Modern Girl—Kendall Kulper
The Silence That Binds Us—Joanna Ho
Juvenile
Warriors: River—Erin Hunter
Early Readers
Layla, the Last Black Unicorn—Tiffany Haddish
The Lantern House—Erin Napier