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Sometimes you're reading a book about a person who is stalking their neighbor and you think, huh. That's a little creepy. And then it might keep you up at night wondering if you've locked the doors.…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… Sometimes you're reading a book about a person who is stalking their neighbor and you think, …
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Former Artist-in-Residence at Pinney Library, Angela Johnson, heads to Meadowridge Library to lead a Legacy Box workshop for older adults! Legacy Boxes are a way to commemorate a special family…
Last updated 5 months 2 weeks ago
… to add into the box; the dimension inside the box are about 1”. Bring an open mind, flexibility and an idea of a …
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A modern, interactive alphabet book that encourages kids to trace letter shapes at the end. Each letter of the alphabet is hidden within an illustration of an animal that begins with that…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… Read or listen to the narrator read a rhyming couplet about that letter (generously filled with words that start …
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When Joel, whose then-7-year-old brother was kidnapped in a Stockholm subway station in 1970, suddenly goes missing, his wife reaches out to an old friend for help. Danny Katz, a brilliant…
Last updated 4 months 2 weeks ago
… as a parent. As Katz begins to uncover upsetting secrets about the wealthy and powerful family at the heart of the …
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Daniel Tiger helps parents navigate challenging situations with kids, this app helps parents navigate the shows! Many thanks to the dad who told me about this app in a conversation at the library. If…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… navigate the shows! Many thanks to the dad who told me about this app in a conversation at the library. If your …
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Hattie Greenfield has, with her friends, been part of the suffragist movement in London. But until now her participation has been on the fringes and, let's face it, a bit half-hearted. Yes she…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… last person she would have chosen. While Hattie's feelings about the marriage are decidedly negative, Lucien is feeling …
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… the WTBBL circulates audio books and brailled materials about Wisconsin or by Wisconsin authors, as well as …
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During the week of April 14-18, 2025, residents can stop into multiple library locations to pick up free yard signs (available in four languages) for the City of Madison's 20 is Plenty…
Last updated 1 month 1 week ago
… during the times listed below to provide information about the 20 is Plenty program, share resources, and hand out …
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Do you want something funny to read? I ran across a Publishers Weekly article where an essayist with a new book listed her 9 favorite essay collections. Below is her list, along with…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… Notes from the New Yorker by Maeve Brennan I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora …
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Bear lives alone, and that's just the way he likes it. But when a family of pesky rabbits moves in next door, knock knock knocking on bears door... his whole life is about to change. Fantastically…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… knock knock knocking on bears door... his whole life is about to change. Fantastically told, Ciara Flood pairs her …
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An unforgettable story about one young Black girl's attempt to find a place where she can be fully, and only, herself, inspired by the life of one of the first Black female doctors in the United…
Last updated 4 months 2 weeks ago
… An unforgettable story about one young Black girl's attempt to find a place where …
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One of my favorite things lately is Japanese cartoonist Yoshiharu Tsuge.
Active from the 1960s-1980s, Tsuge has had a lasting influence on Japanese culture. Among other accomplishments, he helped…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… the next. The Man Without Talent is hilarious, with gags about anatomy-resembling stones and unhygienic noodles that …
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This fascinating social history tracks the institution, or what is now known as an "institution", of marriage through all its practical, political, religious, and romantic iterations and uses. There…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… between families, clans, or individual people at just about every point in history from pre-history to today. Like …
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June Hur's debut novel is a police procedural set in 1800 Joseon, Korea. Seol grew up in rural Korea but because of the family's poverty was sent by her sister to serve an indenture for the police…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… to have something more interesting to do, she does worry about what her involvement can mean (for her own safety and …
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A warm and deeply funny novel about a once-famous gay sitcom star whose unexpected family tragedy leaves him with his niece and nephew for the summer.
Last updated 4 months 2 weeks ago
… A warm and deeply funny novel about a once-famous gay sitcom star whose unexpected family …
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Add a movie-like soundtrack to your favorite bedtime stories! This unique app includes a library of over 70 titles (and they’re adding more all the time!) from classic picture books to new…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… by your own voice, reading the words. No need to worry about reading at a certain pace -- you can even skip ahead in …
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It’s that time of year again, when the American Library Association’s Caldecott Committee bestows a Medal and Honor prizes on the years’ most distinguished picture books.
Here are some strong…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… a pallet of ocean blues and greens to illustrate this book about protecting water. With each page turn Goade gives us …
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Desmond Aloysius Limerick (Dez) is a retired gatekeeper. What's a gatekeeper you may ask? Well in Dez's case, a kind of cross between Jack Reacher, MacGyver, and John McClane. His former profession…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… but he can't remain idle when he realizes a woman is about to be kidnapped. Saving Petra Alexandris is just the …
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In this near-ish-future novel cloning has become possible. And the cloning is such that if someone has died as an adult their "person" can be put into a fully formed version of themselves and all…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… by a serial killer, as a way to quell public protest about who is was being chosen. But for Lou, the reasons for …
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I'll tell you what it was like: there were tons of phone calls. On a landline. Everything took forever. If you made plans with a friend to meet up and one of you went to the wrong location, there was…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… and hilarity. Some of the things that I enjoy most about Gary: His love of Broadway. He was obsessed with Patti …
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Nicole Oruwari is living in Lagos with her handsome Nigerian-born husband and his wealthy family when she goes missing. Her auntie Claudine flies from the UK to Nigeria to find out more about…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… Claudine flies from the UK to Nigeria to find out more about what's happened to her niece and uncovers a tangled web …
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September is Library Card Sign-Up Month! Started in 1987 by then Secretary of Education William Bennett, Library Card Sign-Up Month is a time to learn more about all the things you can do at your…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… Library Card Sign-Up Month is a time to learn more about all the things you can do at your local library and to …
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There is a long history -- from Marquis de Sade to Jean Genet to Iceberg Slim -- of the incarcerated writing great books inspired by what got them there. Nico Walker, a former war medic turned…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… by gallows humor. It is absolutely the best thing about this book and kept me hanging on even as this Cherry …
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Nadia and Saeed first meet at a class; slowly we are drawn into their world in an unnamed country teetering between a secular government and a fundamentalist takeover. They fall in love and hope to…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… search for a way out. This is a beautifully written novel about the chaotic world we are currently living in; full of …
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Booklist puts out many different top 10 lists. If sports are your cup of tea, then check out the following titles:
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know About Women by Maggie Mertens The Catch of a Lifetime: …
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