Great news for digital readers! The cloudLibrary app now offers unlimited, on-demand access to digital magazines and comics. Magazines and comics do not count against cloudLibrary’s borrowing limit of 10 items at any given time. There’s no need to place holds or remember to return items, and all magazines and comics are instantly available on […]
Archives for May 2023
Shelf Care: Ayesha’s Library Story
As a young child, Ayesha always looked up to the “cool teenagers” she saw shelving books at the Doylestown branch of Bucks County Free Library. Now, she’s one of them. “I like organizing and I love the library, so I took the opportunity,” Ayesha says of her volunteer role at the Doylestown branch. Once a […]
Bucks County Library Book Returned 44 Years After Checkout
In the last 40 years, Bucks County residents witnessed three major wars, the birth of the internet, and an array of transformative social, economic, political, and environmental shifts. And for one Bucks County reader, over 40 years passed between checking out a book and returning it to the Bucks County Free Library. Protecting Our Environment, […]
Moving and Improving: Mehrez’s Library Story
Mehrez loves to read the Wall Street Journal and the Sunday edition of the New York Times. Not only to stay informed, but to connect with the language, culture, and trends in the United States. “It keeps us moving and improving,” he says. “The library makes sure everyone has the right access to free education […]
15 Reads for Fans of Ted Lasso
The third and final season of the beloved series Ted Lasso wraps up this week. If you, like us, aren’t ready to leave the world of AFC Richmond behind forever, try one of these novels or non-fiction books that Ted and the whole team would love. Check the cloudLibrary app for even more upbeat and […]
9 Books to Read After Daisy Jones and the Six
Still reeling from the whirlwind of Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid? Or you loved the new Amazon miniseries? We’re here to help! These books are perfect if you like flawed but compelling characters, unusual storylines and can’t-put-it-down prose. Don’t forget to check the cloudLibrary app for e-book/audiobook versions of these titles. […]
Picture Books to Help Kids with Anxiety
If your young child worries a lot, they’re not alone! Anxiety is the second most common mental health problem in kids. From being alone to making friends at a new school, many situations can cause anxiety. Picture books about anxiety, mindfulness and overcoming fear give kids words to describe their feelings, reassure them anxiety is […]
11 Novels for Fans of the Bridgerton Books
Dearest readers: if you have a Bridgerton-shaped hole in your heart (and your reading list), do try these books. Within their pages you’ll find whip-smart heroines and dashing gentlemen mixed up in heart-fluttering plots. For e-books and audiobooks like these, gentle reader, peruse the Bridgerton Readalikes shelf on cloudLibrary. Reading widely, after all, is a […]
Haddi’s Story: “I’ve found public libraries to be invaluable”
Haddi has been fighting with her sister for years. Not about the usual sibling squabbles — this fight is about books. At the Yardley-Makefield branch of Bucks County Free Library, Haddi stocks up on ammunition for The Book War: her annual competition against her sister, Hannah, to see who can read more books each year. […]
Courtney’s Story: “The more invested in accessible books, the better”
Books transport Courtney to other worlds – and she wants to get there as easily as possible. “Anytime I can escape into a book, I want to,” she says, “and I need my books to be accessible.” In the first three months of 2023, Courtney flew through 22 books. Half were e-books or audiobooks from […]
