How do I find books when I can't see them in the library?

Curbside Pickup is available for you to check out books, DVDs, and other items from the library.  We know it can be challenging to find what you're looking for without being in the library to browse through our shelves.  Here are some ways you can find items.

1. If you know exactly what you're looking for, you can search for and reserve it in our catalog here. 
   
   If you don't remember your password, you should be able to send a password reminder or reset to your email address. If that doesn't work or you'd like us to reset it for you, please email youth@milanlibrary.org.
   
   
2. You can also search our catalog for a topic you're interested in.  You can narrow down the results by area of the library (children, teen, adult) and other criteria (fiction or nonfiction, books or audiobooks, etc.)  
   
   This video will provide tips for searching our catalog for children's items:
   
   
   
     
   
   And this video provides tips for searching by Guided Reading Level.  We have a lot of books in our library that don't have a level assigned in our catalog, but could be great books for your child.  This search will give you some ideas. Please let us know if you'd like other suggestions.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. You can fill out a Book Bundle request letting us know what children or teens would like to read and we will choose books for you to check out.  See more information and fill out the form here. 
   
   
4. We periodically include pictures and videos of new items on our social media accounts and in our youth newsletters.  You can follow us on Facebook and Instagram and sign up for our children's newsletter and TNT (Teen & Tween) newsletter to see those updates. 
   Update: A Facebook album with new book images is here and we have started a playlist for videos of new books here.
   
   
5. You can email us with any questions: youth@milanlibrary.org.

New Children's Books

New picture books include:

- Familiar characters - Pete the Cat, Paddington, Llama Llama, and the Disney Frozen characters:

 - New books from familiar authors - The Nonsense Show by Eric Carle (with fun illustrations!), books about the Nuts by Eric Litwin (author of Pete the Cat), Holey Moley by Lois Ehlert, and a second book about Sophie from When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang

- Quiet stories (Waiting) and noisy stories (Fire Engine No. 9)

- A new version of Cinderella, Interstellar Cinderella, has a fun twist at the end.  Check this one out to read about what this Cinderella's dream is.  Although she meets and impresses the prince, she has a different goal! 

 - Two copies of Mo Willems's new book about Piggie and Elephant.  The illustrations in this one may be my favorite, yet!

 
New chapter books include:

- Familiar characters and continuing series

- Fun and useful nonfiction books

- Movie tie ins - Read about the characters from these movies.
 

See our catalog for more new books.  Some of our new books are featured on the home page of our catalog.  To see more new books:

1. Go to our catalog.
2. Click on "advanced" to the far right of the search box - on the far right of the screen.
3. On the advanced search screen, choose an option from the drop down menu for "Search by Date Items Added."  You can search for new books this week, this month, or additional intervals up to two years.
4. You may use the options under "Narrow Your Search" to locate specific items - just picture books, just DVDS, etc.  If you do not choose any options under "Narrow Your Search," all items added in the time period chosed in #3 will be displayed.  For a more specific search:
1. Click on "Libraries" to choose juvenile (all children's books - picture books and chapter books), easy (picture books), young adult, juvenile nonfiction, etc. 
2. Click on "Formats" to choose audiobooks, DVDs, CDs, books, etc.
5. Click on the purple "search" box on the right near the top of the page.

New Books

New books this week include the latest books in the Nancy Clancy, Captain Underpants, and Seekers series, Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms (a mystery mixed with magic), Who Was George Washington (a biography in the popular Who Was series), nonfiction books about space and stars, and more.

See our catalog to reserve these books or look for additional new books.

 

New Books

Here's a look at the children's new book shelf today.

If you've been waiting for Ninjago books or the the latest Magic Tree House, Heroes of Olympus, or Captain Underpants, or Amulet books, they are here now.  Click on the links to see if they are available or to reserve them.

Check our catalog for a list of more new books.

Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth

Fancy Nancy has debuted in her first chapter book, Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth. Read the first few pages here and check our catalog here to see if it is available or reserve it.

75 of the Best Books for Young Children

Our library received an $800 grant from The Greater Milan Area Community Foundation to purchase additional books from the Public Library Association's list of 75 of the Best Books for Young Children (created by the West Bloomfield Township Public Library as part of its Grow Up Reading early literacy initiative).

The books purchased through this grant have begun to arrive in our library. Additional books will be added over the next two months.

Books from this list are currently located on the shelf with the new picture books and are identified with a "75" sticker on the spine.

Books purchased with funds from the grant may be seen in our catalog here. A complete list of the books from this list in our library may be seen here.

Thank you to The Greater Milan Area Community Foundation for their support.

New books from Dr. Seuss and Shel Silverstein

New books by Dr. Seuss and Shel Silverstein have been published and are now in our library. Click on the images to see if they are available or to reserve them.



See more new books here. Scroll down below the adult and teen new book showcases to see the new children's books.