Cookbooks Around the World
A few beautiful cookbooks from around the world that highlight the history, creativity, and culture of these inimitable and wonderful food traditions.
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Cookbooks: It's What's For Breakfast!
Recipe collections for the most important meal of the day.
Cooking up Some Good Reads
The food novels are also novels about community, family and friendship because cooking brings people together. .
Scare Season Starts Here
Halloween is less than 70 days away, why not check out some haunted reads from our collection. They may be about haunted houses, but there's always something else happening inside!
Cozy Mysteries for Vacation Reading
Looking for light reading for your next vacation? Check out these mysteries!
Dancing About Architecture
Exploring the concept “writing about music is like dancing about architecture” - Here are some books about movies!
DC Public Library and Lupita Reads Unveil La Comunidad Reads
In a landmark partnership, the DC Public Library is teaming up with advocate Lupita Reads to create La Comunidad Reads, a groundbreaking initiative set to showcase and amplify Latine voices in literature, highlighting the richness and diversity of their works.
DC Public Library and PEN/Faulkner Foundation Expand and Reimagine DC Reads 2023
Three Novels Anchor Community Dialogues on Culture, Ambition and Human Interaction
DC Public Library Foundation Partners with Institute for Racial Equity in Literacy
The Institute for Racial Equity in Literacy (IREL) is back for its 5th year and another beautiful summer of powerful learning. Join co-directors Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul and Tricia Ebarvia along with educators from across the country as we gather in Washington, D.C., at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library.
DC Public Library's Know Your Power Summit
The DC Public Library is set to host an empowering event designed to unite and inspire youth in the city. The "Know Your Power Summit: Creativity for Community Change" aims to equip teenagers with the tools, knowledge, and inspiration necessary to make a lasting impact on their communities.