August is a quiet month, as far as official holidays are concerned, but it does portend change. The deep green of Pennsylvania summer foliage begins to seem just a little yellow. The days are often still hot as blazes, but the nights might feel a little cooler.

Baseball season continues, but football kicks off at the end of the month. And kids (and teachers and parents) begin another school year and settle into new routines.

Even libraries can change — though slowly, thank goodness. The Public Library of Catasauqua welcomed a new director a few weeks ago, replacing the irreplaceable Kath Morris. His name is Brad Rogers, and he’ll be learning the ins and outs of serving residents in Catasauqua and North Catasauqua boroughs and Hanover Township, Lehigh County, as these summer days slowly turn to autumn.

Once our patrons have settled into their fall patterns of life, we hope they will come to the library’s celebration of its centennial, being held Oct. 12, in front of the building on Third Street. There will be free activities for kids, food vendors and history galore!

We hope you all can come out to recognize 100 years of community and service.

AUGUST BOOKS

Fiction: “Safe Enough,” Lee Child; “Peach Tea Smash,” Laura Childs; “The Lost Coast,” Jonathan Kellerman; “The God of the Woods,” Liz Moore; “The House of Glass,” Sarah Pekkanen; “By Any Other Name,” Jodi Piccoult; “Angel of Vengeance,” Douglas Preston; “Fire and Bones,” Kathy Reichs; “This is Why We Lied,” Karin Slaughter; “Joy,” Danielle Steel; “Shadow of Doubt,” Brad Thor; “Tom Clancy’s Shadow State,” M.P. Woodward

Nonfiction: “The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty,” Valerie Bauerlein; “Imminent: Inside the Pentagon’s Hunt for UFOs,” Luis Elizondo; “Catherine, the Princess of Wales,” Robert Jobson; “A Survivor’s Education: Women, Violence and the Stories We Don’t Tell,” Joy Neumeyer; “The Art of Power: My Story as America’s First Woman Speaker of the House,” Nancy Pelosi; “Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery,” Theodore H. Schwartz; “The Traitor’s Daughter: Captured by Nazis, Pursued by the KGB, My Mother’s Odyssey to Freedom from Her Secret Past,” Roxana Spicer; “The Ballad of Roy Benavidez: The Life and Times of America’s Most Famous Hispanic War Hero,” William Sturkey; “JFK Jr: An Intimate Oral Biography,” Rosemarie Terenzio

Large print: “A World of Curiosities,” Louise Penny

Young adult: “The Girl with No Reflection,” Keshe Chow; “Sync,” Ellen Hopkins; “Kill the Beast,” Seneca Valentino

Juvenile: “Cat on the Run in Cucumber Madness,” Aaron Blabey; “The Enigma Girls,” Candace Fleming; “Mine the Lightning Dragon,” Maddy Mara; “Lilo & Stitch 1: Ohana,” Greg Pak; “Ali Cross: The Graphic Novel,” James Patterson; “Ren’s One-of-a-kind Cupcakes,” Coco Simon; “Finally Heard,” Kelly Yang

Children’s picture books: “Not Finished Yet: Trusting God With All My Feelings,” Sharon Carlough Brown; “Pete the Cat for Class President,” James Dean; “Game On! Lego City,” Steve Foxe; “Big Bear and Little Bear Go Fishing,” Amy Hest; “Millie Fleur’s Poison Garden,” Christy Mandin; “Uni’s First Recital,” Amy Krouse Rosenthal; “How Do Dinosaurs Say Trick or Treat?” Jane Yolen