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All of OPL’s staff recommendations in one page. You can browse the different lists based on topics, format or genres, or you can read some of the more detailed blog posts about specific items.

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Less Screen Time, More Craft Time!

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    Super Fun Slime Projects
    DIY Tutorials, Recipes, and Projects - Totally Borax Free!
    Jagan, Alyssa
    2025
    Through step-by-step photo illustrations accompanied by clear, easy-to-follow instructions, you'll see how to do everything you need to create a world of slime in a rainbow of colors and incredible…
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    Crafting Calm
    Art and Activities for Mindful Kids
    Borgert-Spaniol, Megan
    2020
    "In Crafting Calm : Art and Activities for Mindful Kids, kids engage in and practice mindfulness through fun and easy exercises, crafts, and activities, with the goal of learning a deeper sense of…
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    Forest Magic for Kids
    How to Find Fairies, Make A Secret Fort, and Cook up An Elfin Picnic
    Spikol, Susie
    2025
    Your enchanted guide to 50+ magical activities for everything from finding hidden flower fairies in your own backyard and making a special wizard staff to creating a tiny woodland village and making…
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    Let's Play Indoors!
    Fun Crafts for Children
    Eyers, Ryan
    2021
    "For children, the world is their playground! But sometimes the world is encased by four walls, so it's time to get creative. Let's Play Indoors! offers imaginative and resourceful ways to keep kids…

Summer Sports for Everyone!

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    Athlete Is Agender
    True Stories of LGBTQ+ People in Sports
    2025
    A "nonfiction collection of well-known LGBTQ professional athletes and queer authors telling stories about the feeling of belonging that comes with finding a sport that's yours, all dynamically…
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    The Prospects
    A Novel
    Hoffman, KT
    2024
    "Gene Ionescu, a gay trans man in his third year in the minors with the Beaverton Beavers, is a solid shortstop, but he's no one's idea of a major league prospect. He's just happy to be here, though,…
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    Game Changers
    Stories of Hijabi Athletes From Around the World
    Smith, Charlene
    2025
    "Meet 13 inspiring hijabi athletes! Many of these women were the first in their sport to play while wearing the hijab. Some overcame cultural expectations that discouraged girls from playing sports.…
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    Tenacious
    Fifteen Adventures Alongside Disabled Athletes
    Cisneros Prevo, Patty
    2023
    "An introduction to fifteen fascinating disabled athletes and their many achievements, daily challenges, and joys. Includes an author's Note, glossary, and history of the Paralympics"--Provided by…

Flowery Stories!

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    Memory Garden
    Ghahremani, Zohreh
    2024
    "A lively afternoon together in Nana's garden is full of laughter, discovery, and connection. In lyrical text that blends past and present"--Provided by publisher.
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    A Garden Called Home
    Lee, Jessica J.
    2024
    "A little girl goes to her mother's homeland and develops an appreciation for nature. Returning to Canada she plants a garden that represents both sides of her heritage as Taiwanese plants grow…
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    Flower Girls
    A Story of Sisters
    Weitzman, Jacqueline Preiss
    2025
    "Lily's garden is perfect and precise, while her sister Poppy's garden is eccentric and wild. Now that their youngest sister, Daisy, is old enough to have a garden of her own, the question is what…
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    The City of Jasmine
    Presley, Nadine
    2025
    "For a young girl, Damascus is a city of a blossoming mosaic of mosques, fields of pomegranate trees and fragrant aromas of favorite foods, and no matter how far she goes, the sweet floral scent will…

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