We close out our 2019 Staff Picks with our most popular category: Adult Fiction. These 31 titles include mysteries, family sagas, historical fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, and translations. See other Staff Picks for 2019 here.
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Staff Picks 2019 – Adult Nonfiction
This year’s Adult Nonfiction Staff Picks highlight 18 books that include titles focused on true crime, celebrity memoirs, and climate change, as well as tales from a mortician and a psychotherapist. See other Staff Picks for 2019 here.
Staff Picks 2019 – Young Adult Books
The Young Adult books our staff loved best this year include graphic novels, fantasy, and coming of age novels. See other Staff Picks for 2019 here.
Staff Picks 2019: Children’s Books
As we head into the end of the year — and the end of the decade! — it’s time for our annual Staff Picks. This is the fifth year we’ve asked staff to name their favorite books published in the calendar year. Here are the children’s books they enjoyed most. See other Staff Picks for […]
Books Make Perfect Gifts
If you have young readers on your holiday shopping list, we’re here to help! From board books to picture books, from easy readers to graphic novels and young adult fiction, we have suggestions to help you find the perfect gifts. To make it easier for you, we’ve created bookmarks listing these titles — take them […]
Stuck in a Cooking Rut? These Cookbooks Can Help!
Seasons are changing. Kids are in school, and we’re coming in from the outdoors and getting ready for winter. One of the things that may change is what foods we choose to eat, how we prepare them, and share them with our friends and families. If you feel that you are stuck in a rut, […]
Write Your Own Graphic Novel
Do you want to turn your family stories into comics or graphic novels? “I can’t draw,” you say. Neither can I, but I make comics and graphic novels anyway. Children don’t care about skill, they just love stories about you, their parents, or other family members. I use regular pens, pencils and paper, a composition […]
BCFL Announces Publisher Boycott
Beginning November 1, Bucks County Free Library will no longer purchase new e-books from Macmillan Publishers. This is because Macmillan has announced that, starting November 1, libraries will only be allowed to buy one copy of Macmillan’s new e-books for the first eight weeks of publication. A major publisher, Macmillan is the parent company of […]
Use Your Library Card to Succeed with NaNoWriMo
Getting ready to take part in NaNoWriMo*? Did you know that the library can help you hone your writing skills? Lynda.com (LinkedIn Learning) offers courses in writing – free for BCFL library card holders! Check out the list of all Lynda.com writing courses here. To get started, try Writing: The Craft of Story, which aims […]
Read Alouds for Older Kids
Everyone recognizes the value of reading together with young children. A quick search through the archives on the library’s blog will show just how important it can be! But reading books out loud doesn’t have to stop once children are reading on their own. Did you know that many older children still enjoy being read […]
