“Back to school.”

Those three little words bring to the end the golden days of summer.

In my childhood, I spent hours walking along the river and across the fields: seeing herons, partridges, cows, the pig, “Never put your hand in there,” past the mill race, “Don’t lean over too far,” back past the level crossing where a little old man lived in a tiny house and opened and closed the gate for the trains and traffic.

Life is very different for children today. My grandchildren live their lives on the computer and in their backyard, sometimes visiting a friend’s house.

Since COVID-19, their world has gotten even smaller, working on school work at home and seeing less of their friends.

We can offer help with homework and schoolwork through our Power Library app. Find our website, catasauquapl.org, and click on online resources.

Click on Power Library, and a whole new world will open up before your eyes.

Adults, it’s for you, too. Find a book, learn a new skill or research a topic.

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NEW BOOKS

Fiction: “Viral,” Robin Cook; “Whiplash,” Janet Daily; “The Last Thing He Told Me,” Laura Dave; “Stronger Than You Know,” Lori Foster; “A Slow Fire Burning,” Paula Hawkins; “The Paper Palace,” Miranda Cowley Heller; “The Guilt Trip,” Sandie Jones; “The Madness of Crowds,” Louise Penny; “Bloodless,” Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child; “The Jailhouse Lawyer,” James Patterson and Nancy Allen; “Forgotten in Death,” J.D. Robb; “Say Goodbye,” Karen Rose; “Complications,” Danielle Steel

Nonfiction: “The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden,” Peter L. Bergen; “First Friends: The Powerful, Unsung (and Unelected) People Who Shaped Our Presidents,” Gary Ginsberg; “Food Without Fear: Identify, Prevent and Treat Food Allergies, Intolerances and Sensitivities,” Ruchi Gupta, M.D., with Kristin Loberg; “Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire,” Lizzie Johnson; “I Alone Can Fix it: Donald J. Trump’s Catastrophic Final Year,” Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker; “The Reckoning: Our Nation’s Trauma and Finding a Way to Heal,” Mary L. Trump; “Here, Right Matters: An American Story,” Alexander Vindman; “Countdown bin Laden: The Untold Story of the 247-Day Hunt to Bring the Mastermind of 9/11 to Justice,” Chris Wallace and Mitch Weiss

Juvenile: “Who Is Tom Brady?,” James Buckley Jr.; “The Civil War Visual Encyclopedia,” DK; “Food Network Magazine: The Big, Fun Kids Baking Book: 110+ Recipes for Young Bakers,” Food Network Magazine; “Good Housekeeping Amazing Science: 83 Hands On S.T.E.A.M. Experiments for Curious Kids!,” Good Housekeeping; “Roll It, Slice It, Mash It, Dice It!: Super Yummy Recipes for Kids,” Lisa O’Driscoll; “Hide and Don’t Seek: And Other Very Scary Stories,” Anica Mrose Rissi; “Batman and the Beanstalk (DC Super Hero Fairy Tales),” Sarah Hines Stephens

Children’s picture books: “Pig the Monster,” Aaron Blabey; “Twinkle and the Fairy Flower Garden,” Katharine Holabird; “Three Little Engines,” Bob McKinnon; “Be Strong,” Pat Zietlow Miller; “Baby Shark: 5-Minute Stories,” Pinkfong; “Join the Team! (Space Jam: A New Legacy),” Random House; “How to Catch a Gingerbread Man,” Adam Wallace