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Your Library is a Winner!
DC Public Library has been awarded the 2024 National Medal for Museum and Library Service by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The medal is the nation's highest honor, celebrating institutions that make significant and exceptional contributions to their communities.
2024 Haiku Contest Winners
Congratulations to our 2024 Haiku Contest winners - held in celebration of National Poetry Month.
A Librarian’s Summer TBR Pile
Here are my summer reading choices for 2024, and hopefully one or more will speak to you as well. The first three, I hope to get to in the month of June, the last two I’m hoping to finish in July and August (respectively).
Five fascinating reads about grief for Mental Health Awareness Month
Find insights for Mental Health Awareness Month from five grieving authors who chart intimate journeys through their shaken worlds.
Not Too Young for This: Chronic Illness and Disability in Young Adult Books
Fiction can be windows, mirrors, and sliding glass doors to all kinds of identities, chronically ill and disabled included. These seven young adult books offer varied experiences and responses to life with a chronic illness or disability as a teen.