Asia and the Pacific Islands Picture Books
Picture books that bring Asia and the Pacific Islands into focus.
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"Good Girls Revolt"
For viewers who can't get enough of the Amazon mini-series based on this historic event, check out these book pairings that provide a closer look into the era.
2025 At DC Public Library, A Year of Daily Routines and New Discoveries
Millions of visits, borrowed items, and hours online show how people wove libraries into the fabric of 2025
A Contemporary Celebration of National Poetry Month
Six books that show contemporary poetry's range.
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).
Back to School: On America's Education System
A short list of books that examine schools and schooling in America, detail the successes and failures of the education system, and offer solutions for the future.
Be Gay, Solve Crime
Pride Month might be over, but you can read LGTBQ novels all year long! These five historical novels all feature queer detectives and spies.