Naomi D'Archangel's Posts

Posted about 2 months ago by Naomi D'Archangel

Posted in Book Reviews, Children's, Teens

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 […]

Posted about 2 months ago by Naomi D'Archangel

Posted in Book Reviews, Children's, Teens | Tagged with authors, awards, local

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 […]

Posted about 4 months ago by Naomi D'Archangel

Posted in Book Reviews, nonfiction | Tagged with Biography Buzz, book reviews, LGBT

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 […]

Posted about 4 months ago by Naomi D'Archangel

Posted in Children's, Inform * Enrich * Empower | Tagged with book recommendations, dyslexia

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 […]

Posted about 5 months ago by Naomi D'Archangel

Posted in Events, Reading Recommendations, Writing | Tagged with authors, novels, writing

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 […]

Posted about 6 months ago by Naomi D'Archangel

Posted in 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.

Posted about 6 months ago by Naomi D'Archangel

Posted in Inform * Enrich * Empower | Tagged with interview, local, witches

“Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble.” Ah, Shakespeare, you fiend! His portrayal of witches in Macbeth has been the first thing most people think of when […]

Posted about 7 months ago by Naomi D'Archangel

Posted in Teens | Tagged with teens, yava

There’s only a week left to vote for your favorite YAVA nominee! Voting can be done in person through September 15th at your local branch or online here. There’s so […]

Posted about 7 months ago by Naomi D'Archangel

Posted in Book Reviews, Children's | Tagged with back to school, book recommendations

Starting a new school year can be stressful for kiddos. Maybe they went from elementary to middle school. Maybe there's a new teacher. Or maybe their best friend is no longer in class with them. Whatever the case, laughter and humor are always good medicine for some school-time blues.

Posted about 8 months ago by Naomi D'Archangel

Posted in Children's, Events | Tagged with cooking, food, kids, summer

Hiya folks! We’re in the home stretch for summer reading now. There’s still a few events left to attend, not to mention our closing bashes on August 10th. You’ve still […]