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Children's Books to Celebrate Disability Pride Month

July 18, 2023

Caroline Cronin

July is Disability Pride Month! Here are some excellent books for young readers that feature people with disabilities and neurodivergent characters. 

Podcast

"The Cask of Amontillado"

July 17, 2023

One of the great works of revenge fiction; Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado.”

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History Up in Flames: 50 Years After the St. Louis NARA Fire

July 15, 2023

Sarah Arntz

July 12 marked the 50th anniversary of one of the most devastating events in archival history—the fire at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis. Learn what happened and how Metro Archives records help fill gaps left by the loss.

multicolored beaded letters on a surface, the center of the photo has the word nonbinary spelled with different colors.

Nonbinary Reads for International Nonbinary People's Day

July 14, 2023

Paige Wilson

Check out some suggested titles for International Nonbinary People's Day! 

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Baby It's Cold Outside

July 13, 2023

Amanda Dembiec

When it gets hot outside, cool down with a great read about northern climes.

Community Celebrates Youth at 1st Annual Youth Matters Gala and Showcase

July 13, 2023

LibraryCommunications MarCom

More than 100 youth and adults gathered in June for the first annual Youth Matters Gala & Showcase. 

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How Could Someone so Loved be so Cruel?

July 12, 2023

Sade Johnson

Two estranged siblings return home to their family's ranch. They find their father in a coma, and the home they once knew and loved unfamiliar and empty. They are left with a past of hurt and bitterness that must be confronted against a contemporary Western American backdrop.  

Podcast

Laughing Eye and Weeping Eye, or, The Limping Fox

July 12, 2023

Three brothers set out on a quest to recover their father’s greatest treasure. Will any of them share their food with a limping fox, or take his help in finding their father’s treasure?

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Fairy Tales & Myth Retellings for Summer Reading 2023 Activity

July 7, 2023

Paige Wilson

Help achieve your Summer Reading July Activity list with our fantasy retelling recommendations! 

5 Under-the-Radar New Books

July 6, 2023

Beth Deeb

Check out some great new books you may have missed.