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…have worked for the library for a minimum of eighteen months, who demonstrate academic achievement and solid work values and who are continuing their studies beyond high school. These scholarships,…

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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…

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…Prize- and National Book Award-winning, The Underground Railroad, follows the harrowing experiences of two African-American teens at an abusive reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida. One crazy summer by Rita……Williams-Garcia In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn, New York, to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, 11-year-old Delphine and her two…

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Celebrate National Poetry Month with prize-winning poet Peter Schmitt in a Zoom webinar. In Goodbye, Apostrophe, his first new collection in more than a decade, the nationally recognized and prize-winning……collections of poems: Goodbye, Apostrophe (Regal House Publishing, 2020), Renewing the Vows (David Robert Books), Hazard Duty, and Country Airport (Copper Beech Press), and two chapbooks, Incident in an Apartment…

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Librarians Ms Beth and Ms Laura share a couple of flower poems from the book Seeds, bees, butterflies and more by Carole Gerber in celebration of National Poetry Month!…

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Happy Pride Month! Looking for some new LGBTQ+ teen fiction to check out? You’re sure to find something on this list! Where sleeping girls lie by Faridah Abike-Iyimide Starting her……alone. Simultaneous eBook. Out of blue comes green by M. E. Corey After a killer school talent show performance in full masculine presentation, trans boy Kinkade is quickly knocked back……that threatens to destroy them both and everyone they love. Simultaneous and eBook. Have you seen this girl by Nita Tyndall Another girl has gone missing in Cardinal Creek. Sid…

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Just like the Literary Feast and Literary Feast Redux crosswords we put out in 2021 and 2022, this month’s puzzle features the names of famous authors! If you would like……titles by your favorite authors, be sure to subscribe to Author Alerts. It’s a fast, free, and fantastic way to get yourself on hold for hugely popular books early on!…

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…details and to sign up, visit https://mhl.org/wrc-2024. Need help finding something to read? This month’s puzzle includes some titles you might be interested in, but you can also let us……know what kinds of books you like to read and we’ll send you a personalized list. We’ll even check them out to you and put them in a bag for…

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November is Native American Heritage Month, which makes it a particularly great time to check out these recent books by indigenous authors. And then she fell : a novel by…

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October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Here are some recent middle-grade books about the negative impacts of bullying and ways to model kindness and inclusivity to one’s peers. American as……she is bullied for her weight, before a swimming hobby, a kind therapist and an accepting new neighbor help her embrace her true self. Simultaneous eBook. What happened to Rachel…

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