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How Do We Read When Words Fail Us?
On the value of books and reading in a dangerous time.
Notes from a Children's Librarian: Catchy Beginnings
Great books with great starts.
Books to Keep Young People Learning During Covid-19
There's never been a better time to highlight some great posts from our resident children's librarian, Julie Booker.
A Sense of Place: THE BIRTH YARD Book List
"The Birth Yard embodies a sense of place that I, as a woman, have always felt inside."
"All of us are better when we're loved."
"Last Impressions will make you laugh out loud and cry out loud. What more could be asked of a book?" —Miriam Toews
The Chat with Eufemia Fantetti
Today's chat is with Eufemia Fantetti, author of the brand-new memoir My Father, Fortune-Tellers, & Me, out now with Mother Tongue Publishing. It shares …
Your 2020 Spring Festival Guide
A round-up of literary festivals taking place this spring near you and across the country.
The Recommend for Spring 2020: Seven Books You Need to Read
This week we're pleased to present the picks of writers Sarah Leipcigar (Coming Up for Air), Karina Onstad (Stay Where I Can See You), Alex Pugsley (Aubrey …
Lives of Girls and Women
22 books to celebrate for International Women's Day.
Role Models for—Everyone!
"And please don’t say these books are good for “girls.” Girls already KNOW what we can do. It’s everyone elsewho needs to be clonked over the head …