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Teen poetry contest results

Teen Poetry Contest 2020 Winners and Honorees

We are happy to announce and present our winners and honorees for this year's Teen Poetry Contest! It's been a long road to get here this year and we appreciate everyone's patience with our COVID-19 related delays in getting our results. We'd like to thank all who entered this year and our judge...

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What to Read While Waiting for Midnight Sun

What To Read While You're Waiting For Midnight Sun

Stephenie Meyer's latest book, Midnight Sun, a retelling of Twilight from Edward Cullen's point of view, will be released on August 4th, 2020. You...

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How to Place a Hold

How to Place a Hold

Learn how to use your library card to place a hold on an item.

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2020 Will Eisner Awards

2020 Will Eisner Awards

On July 24, the winners of the 2020 Will Eisner Comics Industry Awards were announced. These awards are given annually at San Diego Comic-Con (though this year, of course, they were presented virtually) to...

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Remembering John Lewis 1940-2020

Remembering John Lewis, 1940-2020

Representative John Lewis, a leader of the civil rights movement and long-serving congressman from Georgia's 5th district, died on July 17, 2020. In addition to his political career, John Lewis was also an...

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July 2020 Mid-Month Sudoku

Enjoy July's mid-month sudoku to complement our release of a new crossword puzzle on the first of each month as part of our Elect to Connect series.  We hope you enjoy this logic puzzle!  If you're new to sudoku, or you want tips to refine your technique,...

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Books for Baby-Sitters (Club Fans)

Were you a fan of Ann M. Martin's original Baby-Sitters Club series? Does your child love Raina Telgemeier's graphic novel adaptations of the Baby-Sitters Club books? Did your family watch the Netflix adaptation of the Baby-Sitters Club? No matter which version of the BSC you might be familiar...

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new spring and summer fiction

Fiction you might have missed in March, April, and May

Summer is definitely here but it feels a little bit like we've missed some spring fiction releases. Since we were closed to the public and not yet offering curbside pickup, some of these titles were hard to get when they first came out. Now you can request them for curbside so you don't miss out...

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Books for Hamilton Fans

Books for Hamilton Fans

Theaters may be closed, but a filmed version of Lin-Manuel Miranda's smash hit Broadway musical Hamilton was added to the Disney+ streaming service on July 3rd, giving a lot of fans the opportunity to see it for the first time. Here are some books for Hamilton enthusiasts, whether you want to...

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July 2020 puzzle

The theme of this month's puzzle is pen names, aka noms de plume. Did you know that nom de plume in French literally means "name of feather," and that "feather" in that term refers to the quill that people used to write with? (For some reason, the German Schriftstellername...

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