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The book cover for Stephen King's "The Dead Zone," featuring a glowing blue face and an EKG line on a dark background.
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Johnny Smith wakes up from a coma to find everything around him changed, including himself.
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When I was a sophomore in high school, a friend got the birthday gift every 16-year-old dreams of: a brand new car! he luxury version of the classic Beetle—on which my own
Flamenco Flamenco cover
Flamenco’s my favorite art form, but biases aside, this is a magnificent, gorgeous, jaw-dropping film by a master director.
Illustration of "Super Diaper Baby" wearing a blue mask, yellow cape, and red boots while jumping joyfully.
Active kids love to run and explore the world around them. But how can you read a story when your kid is always on the move? 
Boy sits in grass holding sticks.
In celebration of World Down Syndrome Day 2018, here's a story about how books can help make sour lemons into sweet lemonade (so to speak).
Book cover for doesn't match. girl with red hair and blue hairband is bending over backwards.
It's especially important  in our current cultural climate that children not only see themselves in the books they read, but also that they read about children different from them. Below are some examples of books in NPL's collection in which biracial and multiracial children take center stage.
Plants in terracotta pots on a balcony.
The sun is out and it's getting warmer so that can only mean one thing: spring is on its way! Here are a few activities and books you and your little one can enjoy to get you out and into the garden.