One Book One Community 2023
Help choose the next One Book One Community title.
We start with 96 books and vote until we have our winner. The book list was created by library staff with recommendations from Summer Reading participants.
CLICK HERE to vote for your Round 5 favorite.
Round 1 Winner: Unorthodox by Deborah Feldman
Round 2 Winner: The Forest of Vanishing Stars--Kristin Harmel
Round 3 Winner: Ordinary Grace--William Kent Krueger
Round 4 Winner: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan--Lisa See
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
A Day Like This—Kelley McNeil
Dreamland—Nicholas Sparks
Fresh Water for Flowers—Valerie Perrin
Girl, Forgotten—Karin Slaughter
Hell and Back—Craig Johnson
Portrait of an Unknown Woman—Daniel Silva
Robert B. Parker’s Fallout—Mike Lupica
The Codebreaker’s Secret—Sara Ackerman
The Hacienda—Isabel Canas
The Ink Black Heart—Robert Galbraith
The Librarian Spy—Madeline Martin
The Marriage Portrait—Maggie O’Farrell
The Matchmaker’s Gift—Lynda Cohen Loigman
The Rising Tide—Ann Cleeves
The Taste of Ginger—Mansi Shah
Vera—Carol Edgarian
What She Found—Robert Dugoni
Woman on Fire—Lisa Barr
Adult Non-fiction
Deaf Utopia—Nyle DiMarco
Just As I Am—Cicely Tyson
Operation Pineapple Express—Lt. Col. Scott Mann
World Travel—Anthony Bourdain
DVD
1883
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
The Gilded Age, Season 1
Where the Crawdads Sing
Young Adult
Stealing Beauty—Alyson Noel
The Drowned Woods—Emily Lloyd-Jones
Juvenile
The Wolves and Moose of Isle Royale—Nancy F. Castaldo
Early Readers
Little People, Big Dreams: Nelson Mandela—Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Adult Fiction
A Day Like This—Kelley McNeil
Dreamland—Nicholas Sparks
Fresh Water for Flowers—Valerie Perrin
Girl, Forgotten—Karin Slaughter
Hell and Back—Craig Johnson
Portrait of an Unknown Woman—Daniel Silva
Robert B. Parker’s Fallout—Mike Lupica
The Codebreaker’s Secret—Sara Ackerman
The Hacienda—Isabel Canas
The Ink Black Heart—Robert Galbraith
The Librarian Spy—Madeline Martin
The Marriage Portrait—Maggie O’Farrell
The Matchmaker’s Gift—Lynda Cohen Loigman
The Rising Tide—Ann Cleeves
The Taste of Ginger—Mansi Shah
Vera—Carol Edgarian
What She Found—Robert Dugoni
Woman on Fire—Lisa Barr
Adult Non-fiction
Deaf Utopia—Nyle DiMarco
Just As I Am—Cicely Tyson
Operation Pineapple Express—Lt. Col. Scott Mann
World Travel—Anthony Bourdain
DVD
1883
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
The Gilded Age, Season 1
Where the Crawdads Sing
Young Adult
Stealing Beauty—Alyson Noel
The Drowned Woods—Emily Lloyd-Jones
Juvenile
The Wolves and Moose of Isle Royale—Nancy F. Castaldo
Early Readers
Little People, Big Dreams: Nelson Mandela—Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara