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April Book Chat with the Young Adult Team

Posted about 3 days ago by Genevievre Wood

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations, Teens, young adult | Tagged with #bookchat, #bookrecs, #ireadya, #rplrecommends, #yabooks, #yalit, #yatrends, book recommendations, book recs, booksforteens, reading suggestions, ya, yabookchat, yabooks, yafiction, yateam

What We’re Reading (and Loving) 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 […]

Reading in the Middle: Books to Make You Laugh

Posted about 2 weeks ago by Adriane Marshall

Posted in Book Reviews, Children's, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with #bookrecs, #childrensbooks, #juvfiction, #kidsbooks, #middlegradenovels, #readinginthemiddle, #rplrecommends, #tweenbooks, book recommendations, book recs, Middle grade fiction, Reading in the Middle, reading suggestions, tween

April is National Humour Month! This month we are celebrating all things funny! National Humor Month is celebrated annually starting with April Fool’s Day on April 1st! This celebration started […]

YA Reads: Novels in Verse

Posted about 3 weeks ago by Genevievre Wood

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations, Teens, young adult | Tagged with #bookrecs, #ireadya, #rplrecommends, #yareads, #yatrends, book recommendations, book recs, booksforteens, novels in verse, reading suggestions, teenreads, verse, ya, yabooks, yafiction, yareads

Fresh Picks from the YA Shelf Each month we explore a new theme, buzzworthy topic, or genre in young adult literature. Included is a curated list of reads that capture […]

Skills Spotlights: Print Awareness

Posted about 1 month ago by Madison Eversoll

Posted in Children's | Tagged with #kidsbooks, #rplrecommends, book recommendations, Print Awareness, reading suggestions

Welcome to Skills Spotlight, a monthly blog where a Youth Services Librarian breaks down simple early literacy tips! You might have heard your local librarian talk about print awareness during […]

Reading in the Middle: Books Written by Women

Posted about 2 months ago by Adriane Marshall

March is Women’s History Month. The entire month is dedicated to celebrating the role of women in American history. Women’s History Month began as a local celebration in Santa Rosa, […]

March Book Chat with the YA Team

Posted about 2 months ago by Genevievre Wood

What We’re Reading (and Loving) 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 […]

YA Reads: Antiracist Nonfiction

Posted about 2 months ago by Genevievre Wood

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations, Teens, young adult | Tagged with #bookrecs, #ireadya, #rplrecommends, #yabooks, #yareads, #yatrends, book recommendations, book recs, booksforteens, nonfiction, reading suggestions, teenreads, ya, yanonfiction, yareads

What does it mean to be antiracist? Members of the Black Panther Party coined the term “antiracist” during the 1960s/70s. With many different groups and organizations working similarly to fight […]

Reading in the Middle: Fairy Tale Retellings

Posted about 2 months ago by Adriane Marshall

Posted in Book Reviews, Children's | Tagged with #childrensbooks, #fairytaleretellings, #juvfiction, #kidsbooks, #middlegradenovels, #readinginthemiddle, #rplrecommends, #tweenbooks, book recommendations, book recs, reading suggestions

We have know the fairy tale stories, they involve glass slippers, poisoned apples, and a giant bean stalk. But what happens when those stories are fractured, when they are modernized? […]

February Book Chat with the YA Team

Posted about 3 months ago by Genevievre Wood

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations, 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 […]

Reading in the Adult Age: Read it before you watch it!

Posted about 3 months ago by Adriane Marshall

Posted in Adult, Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with #adultbooks, #bookrecommendations, #magicalrealism, #readingintheadultage, #rplrecommends, book recommendations, book recs, reading suggestions

If you like to read the book before you see the movie, you’ve got your work cut out for you! We have a sampling of books that are coming out […]