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Self-Check Machines at all 9 Library Locations Empower the People as Madison Public Library Reopens
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… Madison library. Using the RFID technology isn't simply about the self-check machines themselves, however. Each …
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Policy
WHEREAS, the Madison Public Library Board affirms the responsibility of the leaders of the United States to protect and preserve the freedoms that are the foundation of our democracy; and
WHEREAS,…
Last updated 4 months 2 weeks ago
… Association, have adopted resolutions expressing concern about the Act, now therefore be it RESOLVED, that the Madison …
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Have you felt enchanted when experiencing live theater? I have! This new graphic novel series explores the weird and wild magic that happens behind the scenes of high school theater productions. Jory…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… managers in this first volume and start to learn more about the mystery of the backstage. There's a legend of a …
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I flew for the first time since the pandemic last week and I'd forgotten how much reading I can get done when I'm trapped in my seat on a crowded plane. Almost one book on the way out and another on…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… for some time. I don't want to say too much more about the plot as the surprises are so delightful, each as …
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If you missed this morning's lunar eclipse, I've got just the thing for you - and it doesn't require being up at 2 am or special glasses. He Said/She Said by Erin Kelly is more than just a…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… fanatics, and Kelly does an excellent job of writing about the phenomena, so that you can almost image being there …
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Book list
October-December 2020 Issue
Last updated 4 months 2 weeks ago
… Our National Water Crisis and What We the People Can Do About It . Burton, Susan. Empty: A Memoir . Cho, …
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Belonging is a common theme in many young adult stories. Graphic novels provide an excellent visual of capturing the experiences and emotions as characters grow and find themselves. It’s as if…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… Japanese brothers, Shinichi and Masaki. Readers will learn about the backstories of the three young women and how they …
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Poppy and Alex have been best friends since their freshman year at The University of Chicago. They share a ride back to Ohio for summer break and continue to take a trip every summer…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… over the years is extremely satisfying, as was learning about how their trips were financed on a miniscule budget at …
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2024 Year in Review: Madison Public Library shares data and fun facts from its libraries over the past year
Last updated 2 months 3 weeks ago
… community events were all specific to Madison! Read more about the history of the Dream Bus and see the Dream Bus … be a good fit? Intrigued by LED light therapy but worried about investing in your own before trying? The Library of … to simply enjoy those activities without having to worry about the cost. This year, we saw some interesting trends - …
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PI Nils Shapiro has seen some dirty crime scenes, but none like this. In an otherwise immaculate house in Minneapolis’s snobbiest suburb, there are heaps of vacuum bag dust—and under one of those…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… another tragedy strikes—but is this second tragedy really about Maggie or something else? Goldman has made his career …
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Kids app
Play around with fitness and nutrition -- how do physical movement and food choices affect our weight? In this app, users first choose a character and workout clothes for that character. Next, they…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… accompanied by a balanced conversation with your child about weight, healthy eating and healthy body image and …
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Article
¡Acompáñenos! Este verano los miembros del Grupo de Conversación en Español de University League ofrecen este programa de conversación gratis para adultos con nivel intermedio o…
Last updated 5 months 2 weeks ago
… be held in person and virtually via Zoom. More information about this program will be emailed to you when you register. …
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Given the candy-colored cover and the peek-a-boo picture of the heroine, one might be forgiven for thinking that Addition by Toni Jordan is another in a long line of similar chick lit…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… of Nikola Tesla (a man Grace admires and fantasizes about) is Grace's own story and her slowly coming to terms …
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There was a time when I discovered Sarah Dessen and did a deep dive into her young adult novels. And once I'd caught up on her backlist I'd read each new one when it came out. But then I stopped…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… the Calvander side of the family. Though Emma is uneasy about staying with what are effectively strangers, she …
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This picture book is perfect for sharing during farmers' market season, especially when pumpkins are ripe. A boy and his Papa head to the last remaining stall at the farmers' market with their …
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… of Black farmers in America has been turned into a story about a boy and his grandfather who have the last stand at a …
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In 2017 a painting, the Salvator Mundi, was sold at auction for $450 million. The question remains, was it painted by Leonardo da Vinci?
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… Leonardo as a Renaissance man who could apparently do just about anything but rarely completed any of it. … Detecting da …
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It's 1946 and a young widow named Grace Healey stumbles upon a suitcase left under a bench in Grand Central Terminal in New York City. At the same moment, a former British special agent named Eleanor…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… The Lost Girls of Paris is just one of many new books about female World War II spies published in 2019. Others …
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Alice Randall isn’t an author that typically is at the top of many readers’ lists, having written several solid quietly received novels in the past and a few nonfiction works. But her latest, Black…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… much of the fun of Black Bottom Saints is discovering more about the characters that deserve more attention. Among them …
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This gorgeous books tells the story of a young girl who wakes up before the sun for a chance to ride with her Daddy, just the two of them. After collecting apple slices from Abuelita, they are out…
Last updated 2 months 1 week ago
… Coretta Scott King Illustrator Book Award. Read more about all the 2025 ALA Youth Media Award Winners here . … …
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After 30 years together, Mia’s husband Boris announces that he needs a “pause” in their marriage. This sends Mia off the deep end and she is locked up and medicated in a mental hospital for a week…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… without her wig, and Simon, a sweet baby. Mia is concerned about the heated arguments that come from that house in the …
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I was late to The Guncle party and truthfully only got it read because I needed to read this sequel. So here I am having read both in quick succession which had pros and cons as a reading experience…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… Pro three – Lots of bittersweet, uplifting conversations about grief and love and change. Now for the con of this dual …
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London was rife with spiritualists and otherworldly activity in 1873, so much so that entire societies were devoted to connecting the living with the dead. Exclusive men's clubs, like the fictional…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… herself to Vaudeline with the hopes of learning more about her own sister's death. While the two women worked to …
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Are you looking for a great summer ghost story for middle grades? I highly recommend The Girl in the Lake. Celeste, her younger brother Owen, and their cousins Daisy and Capri are invited to spend…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… meets a mysterious friend who helps her uncover the truth about a segregated and abandoned black cemetery. … Scary …
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I've not read any of Beatriz Williams historical novels and might not have read this, her newest, if I hadn't been assigned it to review for someone else. This novel is an epic dive into the world of…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… a PR spin doctor for Wallis Simpson who has become angry about the bad press she and Edward are getting. With Lu's …
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To say that Maxine Justice (fka Eufemia Kolpak), Attorney-at-Law, is struggling would be a severe understatement. She's not had a paying case in forever, her struggling law practice's one employee…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… crazy people need attorneys, right? And if she's skeptical about the validity of all that they're telling her? Doesn't …
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