Nae D'Archangel's Posts
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Banned Books Week 2021
Posted about 4 weeks ago by Nae D'Archangel
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Book Reviews, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Reading Challenge
| Tagged with banned book week, banned books, book recommendations
This year’s Banned Books Week theme is Books Unite Us, Censorship Divides Us. I personally find this to be a universal truth. With a book I can be a cyborg […]
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Unusual Book Lists
Posted about 2 months ago by Nae D'Archangel
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Fiction, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with book recommendations, LGBT, new releases, reading suggestions
Every person at a circulation desk can tell you a story or thirty about a patron who can’t remember a title but remembers part of the cover. Sometimes we can […]
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Black Lives Matter: Kids Edition
Posted about 10 months ago by Nae D'Archangel
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Book Reviews, Children's, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with antiracism, black lives matter, book recommendations, social justice
It may be a New Year but these issues are still as prevalent as ever. Kids are never too young to start learning about the world around them. […]
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It’s Okay to NOT Be Okay
Posted about 1 year ago by Nae D'Archangel
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Inform * Enrich * Empower
| Tagged with mental health
Absolutely everyone is going through at least something. Most are having to deal with more than one worry. Know this also, just because someone may have it worse than you does not mean your troubles aren't worth concern. You. Are. VALID.
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2019 Releases from African American Authors
Posted about 2 years ago by Nae D'Archangel
In honor of African American History Month, I decided to showcase some fantastic new releases from African American authors. Books by these authors don’t always get the recognition they deserve […]
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Local Author: Meg Medina
Posted about 2 years ago by Nae D'Archangel
Meg Medina, an author with awards aplenty (all well-deserved!), is a first generation Cuban-American who grew up in Queens, New York. From her website we learn that “when she’s not […]
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Biography Buzz: Jonathan Van Ness
Posted about 2 years ago by Nae D'Archangel
Welcome to the inaugural Biography Buzz! This will be a monthly posting reaching into the lives of some notable people. All of 2020 I will be digging into the experiences […]
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Wibbly Wobbly Words
Posted about 2 years ago by Nae D'Archangel
Dyslexia affects between 5-17% of the population worldwide. This is a higher percentage than people with red hair! (less than 2%) So what is it really? Dyslexia is a written […]
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NaNoWriMo
Posted about 2 years ago by Nae D'Archangel
Welcome to NaNoWriMo! I promise, that’s not gibberish. It stands for National Novel Writing Month. The goal is to write a 50,000 word novel from November 1st to 11:59pm November […]
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Positively Witchy: Books and Movies
Posted about 2 years ago by Nae D'Archangel
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Children's, Film, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with book recommendations, movies, witches
Here are a handful of books and movies depicting witches in a positive light.
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