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Books for Summer Adventures
Summer is a time for adventures! When you’re a kid anything can be magical when school is out — whether it’s camping, trips to the mall, playing …
Notes from a Children's Librarian: Drawing the Line
Our Children's Librarian columnist, Julie Booker, brings us a new view from the stacks every month.
Most Anticipated: 2019 Fall Poetry Preview
Poetry that will make waves this season.
The Chat with Derek Mascarenhas
Derek Mascarenhas' debut collection of short fiction, Coconut Dreams (Book*hug), explores the lives of Aiden and Ally Pinto and their family, and connects …
A Whisper to a Scream: Books with Compelling Narrative Voices
"It is not just what is being said, but how."
9 Great Memoirs by Women
A recommended reading list by the author of Tiny Lights for Travellers.
The Recommend for July 2019
This week we're pleased to present the picks of Arthur Slade (Amber Fang), Heather Smith (The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden), Jules Torti (Free to …
Notes from a Children's Librarian: For the Love of Snail Mail
These picture books address the epistolary form in different ways—and high inspire some writing from holiday destinations this summer or to penpals. …
Most Anticipated: 2019 Fall Nonfiction Preview
New books about family, mountain climbing, millionaires murdered or missing, travel, history, water, climate change, sexism and #MeToo, disability, the …
Books to Inspire Storytelling (With Tech Tools to Capture the Tales)
At the beginning of each summer, as school is winding its way to the end, I inevitably pull out my books of ghost stories. I spend some quality time with …