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Kindness has become the new buzzword.

Kids are sporting t-shirts with words such as Kindness is Cool!, Be Kind!, Choose Kindness! 

Is wearing Kindness attire enough to teach children to treat others with respect?

Continue Reading "Happy World Kindness Day. (Books About Being Kind)" →

On this episode, Dave, Jami, Tony and Joel discuss Spider-Man and recommend various forms of Spider-Man media, including the films Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Spider-Man: Far From Home, the comic book series The Superior Spider-Man, the Playstation game Spider-Man and much more!

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“Write what should not be forgotten.”
-Isabel Allende
 
Fall’s almost here, which means the weather stops being 100 degrees outside and you see the return of your favorite pumpkin-spiced treats (yes, even pumpkin flavored kit kats). While the leaves change to vibrant hues of orange and red, September marks a crucial period that deserves recognition.

Continue Reading "Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month" →

EDITORS NOTE: 

Today we’re thrilled to feature Grace Yue as a guest blogger. Grace is one of our Teen Summer Reading Book Review Contest winners—for the second year in a row! This year her winning review tackled Victor Hugo’s classic The Hunchback of Notre Dame, but both years she delighted us with her wit and insight. As a high school senior, she’s giving us her insider’s knowledge on college applications. At the end, I’ve added some library resources to help all college applicants. We wish Grace luck wherever she decides to go!

– Jami, Readers’ Services Assistant

Welcome to college applications, the bane of every high school senior’s career.

(For parents, this post will hopefully help you understand why we students complain so much about college when we’re not the ones opening our checkbooks to pay for it).

Continue Reading "College Applications are the Bane of Every High School Senior’s Career. How to Write a Good One." →

Support early literacy and sign up for a year-round reading club!

If your child is 0-5, try our 1KB4K program (1,000 books before Kindergarten).

Kindergarten through 8th graders read different kinds of books and earn patches in our Beginning Reader or Independent Reader Patch Clubs.

Continue Reading "Calling All Super Readers" →