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Library Latest — September 26, 2023

September 15 – October 15 is Hispanic and Latino American Heritage Month! Celebrate with these titles from our Children’s Collection, all by and/or about incredible Hispanic and Latino Americans!

Looking for even more options? We have so many more in the Children’s Room! Feel free to stop by to ask for recommendations!

 

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Library Latest — August 22, 2023

Did you know that August 26th is National Dog Day?? 

Check out these some of these paw-fect reads from the Children’s Room, and get even more recommendations on books about these furry friends from our Children’s librarians!

 

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Library Latest- August 8, 2023

Today is International Cat Day! Around the world cats are beloved occupants of our homes. This month read some books with cats featured as sassy magical creatures, mystery solving detectives, and emotional supportive side characters. Also discover more about the history of these animals and what we can learn from them. 

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Prefer eBooks and audiobooks… 

2 A.M. at the Cat’s Pajamas eBook | audiobook 

Death by Beach Read eBook |audiobook

Like Cats and Dogs eBook | audiobook 

On Cats audiobook 

Mala’s Cat: A Memoir of Survival in World War II eBook | audiobook

Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat  audiobook 

101 Amazing Facts About Cats eBook

A Street Cat Named Bob: And How He Saved My Life eBook 

Library Latest — July 25, 2023

July is Disability Pride Month! Learn about some powerful figures and their stories with these books! Interested in reading more? Come see our display in the Children’s Room!

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Library Latest -July 18, 2023

 July is Disability Pride Month! Did you know that the first ever Disability Pride Day was held in Boston in 1990 the same year the Americans with Disabilities Act became a law? Explore more books about trailblazing activists and stories that center the lives of people with a variety of disabilities. 

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Prefer eBooks and audiobooks… 

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century eBook | audiobook

Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space eBook | audiobook

We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation eBook | audiobook

Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body eBook | audiobook

What Doesn’t Kill You: A Life with Chronic Illness – Lessons from a Body in Revolt eBook | audiobook

Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally eBook | audiobook

Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice eBook | audiobook

Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life eBook | audiobook

The Kiss Quotient eBook | audiobook

Good Kings Bad Kings eBook | audiobook

Bet on It eBook | audiobook

Starling Days eBook | audiobook

So Lucky eBook | audiobook

A Room Called Earth eBook | audiobook

Library Latest- August 15, 2023

Next week is World Water Week! Water is a vital resource here on Earth. Explore some of these books to discover more about the impact it’s had on history, the benefits it brings, to perils it causes, and our fragile relationship with this precious liquid that makes up 71% of the planet. 

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Prefer eBooks and audiobooks… 

The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to his White Mother eBook | audiobook

Thirst: A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World eBook | audiobook 

The Covenant of Water eBook | audiobook

Flesh and Bone and Water eBook | audiobook

Choppy Water eBook | audiobook

The North Water eBook | audiobook

Something in the Water eBook | audiobook

A Song Below Water eBook | audiobook

The Water Dancer eBook | audiobook

We Are Water eBook | audiobook 

 

Library Latest- July 11, 2023

July is National Outdoor Month! Find time to do some exploring this summer whether it’s a just walk in the neighborhood, a camping trip, or an outdoors adventure, there is nature to discover everywhere.

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Prefer eBook and eAudibook options… 

Why We Swim eBook | audiobook

The Invention of Nature : Alexander Von Humboldt’s New World eBook | audiobook

On Trails: An Exploration eBook | audiobook

Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace eBook | audiobook

Fox and I: An Uncommon Friendship eBook | audiobook

Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey through every National Park eBook | audiobook

Grandma Gatewood’s Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman who Saved the Appalachian Trail eBook | audiobook

Forest Walking: Discovering the Trees and Woodlands of North America  eBook

The River at Night eBook | audiobook

Bear With Me Now audiobook 

Library Latest- June 20, 2023

June is Pride Month! Celebrate LGBTQ+ lives and histories by checking out some of these fiction and nonfiction books. 

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Prefer eBook and eAudibook options. June is also National Audiobook Appreciation Month!

Sorry, Bro eBook | audiobook 

After Sappho eBook | audiobook

Your Driver is Waiting eBook | audiobook

The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen eBook | audiobook 

The Verifiers eBook | audiobook

Yerba Buena eBook | audiobook 

Siren Queen eBook | audiobook 

The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes who Changed the World eBook | audiobook

Tomorrow will be Different : Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality eBook | audiobook

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments : Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals eBook | audiobook 

We have Always been Here : A Queer Muslim Memoir eBook | audiobook 

Dear Senthuran : a Black Spirit Memoir eBook | audiobook

 

Library Latest- June 6, 2023

June is African American Music Appreciation Month! Check out these books to learn more about some celebrated musicians as well as the long history of African American musical creativity.  

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Prefer eBook and eAudibook options. June is also National Audiobook Appreciation Month!

Can’t Stop Won’t Stop eBook | audiobook

A Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance eBook | audiobook

The Beautiful Ones eBook | audiobook

On the Come Up eBook | audiobook

Wild Women and the Blues eBook | audiobook

Let me Hear a Rhyme eBook | audiobook

Love Radio eBook | audiobook 

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