Spooky Season is upon us! Want to get a little witchy? Check out this list of YA books about witches, ranging from light and fun to downright scary.
October 2022 Book of the Month
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris has been named a Best Book of the Year by Time, The Washington Post, Esquire, Vogue, Entertainment Weekly, The Boston Globe, Harper’s Bazaar, and NPR. Urgent, propulsive, and sharp as a knife, this debut novel is about the tension that unfurls when two young Black women meet against the starkly white backdrop of New York City book publishing. Check out your copy today!
October 2022 Puzzle: Halloween Candy
If you find the theme of this month's puzzle appetizing, be sure to check out some of our books on Halloween treats! To get even more in the Halloween mood, read a real-life ghost story, or listen to MHL librarians discuss some of their favorite horror movies and books!
Memoirs for Hispanic Heritage Month
National Hispanic Heritage Month continues from September 15-October 15th. To celebrate, here are 15 great memoirs written by Hispanic American authors.
September is National Sewing Month
September is National Sewing Month! MHL has a robust selection of books in our crafts section. Here are some books we recommend for sewists, whether you're just starting out or whether you've been sewing for years. You can also use your library card to access CreativeBug, which has videos and tutorials for all kinds of creative projects, including sewing.
Celebrate Your Freedom to Read!
MHL is joining the American Library Association in celebrating Banned Books Week from September 18-24 this year. Sometimes "Banned Books Week" can be confusing to hear, so to be clear--we aren't banning any books here! Instead, we're highlighting titles that have been challenged or banned in other places, and celebrating our freedom to read these books here. Check out our Banned Books Week display near the reference desk, and register for our Banned Book Week "book tasting" events where you can try little samples of some popular books that have been challenged.
2022 Pura Belpré Awards
Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15-October 15, which makes this an especially great time to check out this year's Pura Belpré Award and Honor books. The Pura Belpré Award, "established in 1996, is presented annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth."
September 2022 Mid-Month Sudoku
We hope you enjoy this month's Sudoku. Like all Sudoku puzzles, it uses the numbers 1 through 9 but not 0. To redress this, we present a joke that involves the number zero: I have been reading this book about zero gravity. I can’t seem to put it down.
Barbara Ehrenreich, 1941-2022
Journalist and author Barbara Ehrenreich died on September 2, 2022. She left behind a legacy of insightful writing about class in America, among other topics.
Happy Labor Day
MHL will be closed Saturday, 9/3-Monday, 9/5 for the Labor Day holiday. Why not celebrate the long weekend by reading about the history of the labor movement in the United States? We'll be open at 9am on Tuesday, 9/6 for all your reading needs. (And of course, ebooks are available 24/7!)