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August Book Chat with the YA Team
Posted about 9 hours ago by Genevievre Wood
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Book Reviews, By Teens, Fiction, For Teens, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, Teens, young adult
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Don’t know what to read next? Looking for YA book recommendations? Welcome to the Book Chat with the Young Adult Team. Every month, the YA Team each recommends a favorite […]
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Reading in the Adult Age: Celebrating International Dog Day
Posted about 2 days ago by Adriane Marshall
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Adult, Book Reviews, reading suggestions, Travel
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Is there anything better than man’s best friend? Since that first celebration in 2004, National Dog Day has grown in popularity and is now celebrated across the world as International Dog […]
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Storytime at Home: Mermaids!
Posted about 1 week ago by Sarah Fenninger
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Book Reviews, Children's
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Welcome to the Storytime at Home series! Every other week, we share a list of book options tied to a kid-approved theme, a craft you can set up to go […]
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August Book Chat with Youth Services Team
Posted about 2 weeks ago by Sarah Fenninger
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Book Reviews, Children's, Reading Recommendations
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Welcome to another installment in our series of blog posts featuring children’s books we’re currently loving! “Book Chat with the Youth Services Team” features one book recommendation from each of […]
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YA Reads: Dark Academia
Posted about 2 weeks ago by Genevievre Wood
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book discussions, Book Reviews, diverse reads, Fiction, For Teens, mystery, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, Teens, young adult
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Are you drawn to the dark academia aesthetic — the intellectual and artistic pursuits, the reverence for classic literature, or the allure of all things somber, mysterious, and atmospheric? While […]
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Reading in the Middle: Back to School!
Posted about 2 weeks ago by Adriane Marshall
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Book Reviews, Children's, reading suggestions
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The term “middle grade readers” refers to children in the middle of elementary school, students between the ages of 8 and 12, or third though sixth grade. These readers have […]
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Storytime at Home: Porcupines!
Posted about 3 weeks ago by Sarah Fenninger
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Book Reviews, Children's
| Tagged with #bookchat, #bookrecs, #childrensbooks, #kidsbooks, #rplrecommends, #storytimeathome, storytime at home
Welcome to the Storytime at Home series! Every other week, we share a list of book options tied to a kid-approved theme, a craft you can set up to go […]
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1,000 Books Before Kindergarten: August 2025
Posted about 4 weeks ago by Lauren Clementi
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Book Reviews, Children's, Families, Picturebooks, Reading Recommendations
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1,000 Books Before Kindergarten is a nationwide initiative to encourage reading to babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. To learn more about how to start the program, visit the 1,000 Books Before […]
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So, You Want to Read Horror…
Posted about 4 weeks ago by Louis Maranski
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Adult, book discussions, ghosts, haunted houses, horror, Inform * Enrich * Empower, reading suggestions
Horror is an interesting genre of fiction. All stories are meant to elicit a response from us, for our enjoyment or education. Comedies make us laugh, mysteries intrigue us, thrillers […]
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July Book Chat with the YA Team
Posted about 1 month ago by Genevievre Wood
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Book Reviews, By Teens, Fiction, For Teens, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, Teens, young adult
| Tagged with #bookrecs, #rplrecommends, #yabooks, book recommendations, book recs, booksforteens, reading suggestions, teenreads, ya, yabookchat, yabooks, yafiction, youngadult, youngadultbooks
Don’t know what to read next? Looking for YA book recommendations? Welcome to the Book Chat with the Young Adult Team. Every month, the YA Team each recommends a favorite […]
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