September 30th is your last chance to star in one of our READ posters this year. Come into Kids World today or tomorrow to get your picture taken with a favorite book and we'll turn it into a poster that promotes reading!
Elizabeth Zott is a chemist in the 1950’s and her male colleagues do not respect her. She is also very attractive, and that is what men notice first.
Every month at libraryreads.org, librarians across the county nominate their favorite upcoming books. Any writers who appear on the list three times are moved into the Hall of Fame to recognize their new books while making room on the main list for less well known authors.
Hudi is back in this graphic novel sequel and he's heading to summer camp with his imaginary mascot Chunky along for the ride.
Every month at libraryreads.org, librarians across the county nominate their favorite upcoming books. Whichever books get the most nominations go onto the monthly list. Place holds now to get these sure-to-be popular books as soon as possible after they're released.
“She's the first person to smile at me today. The first to make me feel wanted. Understood. I blink back tears. It's unknown how many students' lives librarians have saved by welcoming loners at lunch.”
Join our celebration of the freedom to read during Banned Books Week by reading books all about books and reading.
The Dragon Awards are a set of literary and media awards presented annually since 2016 for excellence in various categories of science fiction, fantasy, and horror novels, movies, television, and games. The Dragon Awards are among the few awards nominated and voted on directly by fans.
Saturday, October 22, 2022, 6:30 PM.
Motor into the nostalgic days of the outdoor theater as our parking lot is transformed for an in-car screening of the late 90's celebration or spookiness, The Addams Family.
Can you make a squeaky voice? How about a rough growly voice? Add spice to your book readings by changing up your voice and adding sound effects.
Join our celebration of the freedom to read during Banned Books Week with these works of fiction about books and reading.
At the last meeting of the Bring Your Own Book Club, a bunch of book lovers chatted about the books we’ve all been reading lately including those listed below. Looks like we’ll be doing it again on September 23rd at 3:30 PM. If you’d like to tell us about some books or hear what your fellow readers suggest, join our Zoom chat.
Join our celebration of the freedom to read during Banned Books Week with these works of nonfiction about books and reading.
The Sidewise Awards for Alternate History were conceived in late 1995 to honor the best alternate history genre publications of the year. The award takes its name from Murray Leinster's 1934 short story "Sidewise in Time", in which a strange storm causes portions of Earth to swap places with their analogs from other timelines.
Born at a time when women were not artists, let alone painters of horses, Rosa Bonheur went against the grain and made a career out of it.
Join our celebration of the freedom to read during Banned Books Week with these works of fiction about books and reading.
During Banned Books Week, these books will help parents foster a lifelong love of reading in their children.
“You Americans think you can fix everything by throwing money at it... But your friend was right. This is like the Stone Age. Because no one will let us get past the Stone Age. Not when there is nothing but war. Do you understand? The best thing you can do to help us is leave us alone.”
Banning books isn't a new concept but, in recent years, challenges to books in schools and libraries have increased exponentially.
If you read Stephen King's new book, Fairy Tale, and need something similar or if you're on the hold list and you're looking for something to tide you over until it arrives, here's a few read-a-likes we hope you'll love.
