We Are Lion Dancers by Benson Shum

Celebrate Lunar New Year with the lion dance, bringing good luck and fortune to all. In this story designed to engage early readers, charming characters combine with simple text, lively illustrations, and laugh-out-loud humor to help boost kids' confidence and create lifelong readers! As Lunar New Year approaches, a colorful costume catches the eye of siblings Lily and Noah — the lion dancers are practicing for the parade! As they learn what the lion dance means, the duo dives into helping prepare, even making their own lion costume for fun.

I Am Wind: An Autobiography by Rachel Poliquin

This book is a thrilling combination of the science of airflow in different circumstances, fun facts about the temperatures of Devil Winds or the cause of Chinooks, and the myths, legends, stories, and beliefs different cultures hold about the wind. It includes tales like Odysseus and the bag of wind and the origins of the Kamikaze winds of Japan.

Breath of the Dragon by Shannon Lee

16-year-old Jun, determined to restore his father's honor despite not being breathmarked, secretly enters the elite Guardian's Tournament, where he discovers he is fighting for the country's fate. This is the first novel in a sweeping YA fantasy duology based on characters and teachings created by Bruce Lee!

Blob: A Love Story by Maggie Su

The daughter of a Taiwanese father and white mother, Vi Liu has never quite fit into her Midwestern college town. Aimless after getting dumped by her boyfriend and dropping out of college, Vi works at the front desk of a hotel where she greets guests, refills cucumber water samovars, and tries to evade her bubbly blond coworker, Rachel. Little does Vi know her life is about to be permanently transformed when she agrees to a night out with Rachel. In the alley outside the bar, Vi discovers a strange blob — a small living creature with beady black eyes. In a moment of concern and drunken desperation, she takes it home.

But the blob is no ordinary pet. Becoming increasingly sentient, it begins to grow, shift shape, and obey Vi's commands. As the entity continues to change, Vi is struck with a daring idea: she'll mold the creature into her ideal partner. Feeding it a stream of sweet breakfast cereals and American pop culture, the creature grows into a movie-star handsome white man. But when Vi's desire to be loved unconditionally threatens to spiral out of control, she is forced to confront her lonely childhood, her aloof ex-boyfriend, and the racial marginalization that has defined her relationships — a journey of self-discovery that teaches her it's impossible to control those you love.

Blending the familiar with the surreal, Blob is a witty, heartfelt story about the search for love and self and what it means to be human.

Food for Thought: Essays and Ruminations by Alton Brown

Bestselling Brown, star of the Food Network's Good Eats and author of several Good Eats cookbooks, turns to essays as he ruminates on a wide range of culinary questions, great meals, and his personal and professional lives.

Godzilla Minus One (Available on DVD and BluRay)

Release Date: December 1, 2023

Directed by: Takashi Yamazaki

Starring: Minami Hamabe, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Munetaka Aoki, Sakura Ando, Yuki Yamada, Kuranosuke Sasaki

In postwar Japan, a new terror rises: Godzilla. Will the devastated people be able to survive ... let alone fight back?