What’s new at Jacksonville Public Library:

“Dead Weight” by Hildur Knutsdottir: Unnur was living a normal, if lonely, life until a black cat showed up at her door. When she tracks down the cat’s wayward owner, she finds a young woman just as lost and in need of help. Like a gust of cold air in a Reykjavík night, Ásta and her pet slip into Unnur’s life. It’s unexpected, but welcome. Unnur likes the company, and she begins to rely on Ásta in turn. But like a black cat, trouble has been tailing her new friend, and Unnur is the only one there for Ásta when things take a violent turn. The two women quickly learn: Nothing tests a friendship like blood on your hands.

“How I Make Comics” by Kim Deitch: This book pinwheels between autobiography and imagined comics history, but it begins in 1952 with a true story of 8-year-old Kim Deitch appearing in the audience of “The Howdy Doody Show” with 8-year-old Donnie Trump. Following Donnie’s attempt to rig an election among the audience, Deitch relates a famous newspaper account of a diminutive wife who valiantly defends her equally diminutive husband in court, who just happens to be the inspiration of Harold Gray’s “Little Orphan Annie.” Periodically, Kim asks his own wife for her critique and advice of the stories he’s told so far, which he takes into account for future tales that include revenge-driven circus performers, fairytale mural painters, sordid comic book lore, comics readers creating real-life superheroes, impossibly old cats issuing supernatural judgments and inhabiting the bodies of humans, and culminating in the real-life story of Kim’s mother hitchhiking across country and being picked up by none other than Forrest J. Ackerman, the sci-fi, fantasy and monster aficionado, who takes her to a convention where she meets a teenage Ray Bradbury. “How I Make Comics” is a creatively kaleidoscopic, non-stop exploration of how Deitch’s imagination turns ideas, influences and irritations into comics in his inimitable style. Snippets of behind-the-scenes explanations of his notes and sketches expand into cascading short stories.

“The Great Divide” by Noah Kahan: Riding the momentum from his big commercial breakthrough, 2022’s “Stick Season,” singer/songwriter Noah Kahan released his fourth full-length album, “The Great Divide.” Like many other solid follow-up sets, it simply takes what made the predecessor so engaging and boosts it with more expensive production, tighter songwriting, and a larger scope. Effortlessly relatable — which translated to chart-topping success across the globe — he still has quite the knack for making the mundane seem so poignant.

“Forest” by Derek Harvey: Set out on an expedition through incredible forests of the world, from icy taigas and blooming woodlands to flooded mangroves and sun-drenched rainforests. Explore a wondrous realm where glowing mushrooms light up the forest floor, trees soar high enough to touch the clouds, and lemurs leap between branches like acrobats. Bursting with life, forests are one of Earth’s most extraordinary habitats and shelter more than half of all known species. Young adventurers will discover countless marvels of nature in this book, while also learning why forests are more precious than ever in our warming world.

The library’s Bookmobile is coming to a location near you. Children ages 2 to 18 may check out books each Friday through Aug. 7 at any of these locations:

• 1-1:30 p.m. — the Pavilion at Centenary United Methodist Church, 321 E. Morgan St.;

• 2:15-3:15 p.m. — Dunlap Court, 612 N. West St.;

• 3:30-4:30 p.m. — Greenbriar Apartments, 12 Greenbriar Drive.

You do not need a library card to participate in the Bookmobile, and registration is not required. Stop by and grab some books and a snack, courtesy of the library.

Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs’ staff will be at the library from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday to help reunite people with missing money through the state’s I-Cash program. Statewide, Frerichs secures more than $5 billion in unclaimed cash and property.