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Summer Reading Challenge in Full Effect!

Tue, 06/11/2024 - 12:00

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Klem-Mari Cajigas

This will be a blog post about Summer Reading Challenge. 

Book cover of La La La by Kate DiCamillo. Image includes a young dark haired girl singing "la la la."

Experience Wishing Chair's Newest Show, "La La La: A Story of Hope"

Tue, 04/02/2024 - 12:00

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Klem-Mari Cajigas

Come experience La La La: A Story of Hope, a brand-new puppet show by Wishing Chair Productions and based on a beautiful picture book written by 2023 Nashville Public Library Literary Award honoree Kate DiCamillo! 

Cover of picture book "The Ferris Wheel." Image has large goldfish floating in foreground above a ferris wheel set off in a rectangular stone arch. There are queues of people flanking each side of stone arch framing the ferris wheel. On the left hand side, there is boy with his mother. He is wearing a yellow raincoat. On the right hand side a girl is accompanied by her father. She wears red, and he carries a blue suitcase.

Book Review: The Ferris Wheel

Tue, 03/12/2024 - 12:00

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Klem-Mari Cajigas

In the Turkish import The Ferris Wheel, the stories of a boy and a girl living in different parts of the world intertwine in an exceedingly moving and timely picture book. 

Book Review: Lost Inside My Head

Tue, 02/13/2024 - 12:00

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Klem-Mari Cajigas

Written and illustrated by Canadian-born artist Vigg, Lost Inside My Head is an autobiographical look at growing up with ADHD. 

Photo shows a handsome black man with a beard and locked hair. He is wearing a short sleeve black t-shirt and has his arms crossed while looking directly at the camera. He stands againts a predominantly white background with some gray letter text as design elements.

Nashville Reads the Work of Jason Reynolds

Tue, 01/09/2024 - 12:00

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Klem-Mari Cajigas

NPL is kicking off 2024 in a big way with our newest season of Nashville Reads. This new year we will be reading and celebrating the work of Jason Reynolds! 