Welcome, students. Please take your seats. No talking. Keep your hands visible at all times. Syllabus Dark Academia is a genre of literature that is having a moment right now. It typically features an elite group of students selected out as special in some way. Something wicked, nefarious or unfortunate tends to happen. Perhaps it’s […]
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Books To Read While Curled Up With a Pumpkin Spice Latte
The changing of the leaves reminds us that the seasons are changing. The leaves begin to fall, the nights become cooler, and most importantly, all our favorite coffee spots start to offer our favorite drink: the Pumpkin Spiced Latte. This tradition is quite new and dates to 2003 when Starbucks released the first Pumpkin Spiced […]
Celebrate Banned Books Week with These 5 Titles
Banned Books Week begins on September 26th to serve as our yearly reminder that books and book series are challenged and sometimes entirely removed from schools and libraries nationwide. These stories come under fire for various reasons, including uncomfortable subject matter, vulgar language, or even public statements from the authors. New and old books are challenged each […]
National Hispanic Heritage Month
Every year the United States celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15th to October 15th. This is a time when people across the nation honor Hispanic and Latino Americans’ cultures, heritage, contributions, and accomplishments. Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month helps our country show our recognition and support for Latinos’ work in helping the United States […]
Adult Reads for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is almost over, but that doesn’t mean we can’t read books written by Asian Pacific authors all year long! We’ve already shared some of our favorite books for young readers, but what about us, ahem, older readers? Fear not, dear reader, I’ve compiled a list of some of my personal […]
4 Clues to a More Mysterious May
Know a middle schooler who’s mad about malice, misdeeds, and other mystifying mayhem? Check out the four clues listed for each book or series below, and solve the riddle of which book will draw your tween or young teen reader in for a most mysterious month of May! Blackthorn Key Adventure series by Kevin Sands […]
10 Series to Make You Feel Out of this World!
National Space Day comes around but once a year (May 7th this year), but there’s no reason we can’t enjoy some glorious science fiction picks all year round! Space Operas are stories set amongst the stars and planets, involving space travel, spaceships, and intergalactic adventures galore! Check out these space opera series for Space Day […]
New Children Staff Picks!
Looking for something new or different to read? We asked our Children’s staff for their recent favorites and here are a few of their picks! The Deceivers by Margaret Peterson Haddix Until their mother vanished, the Greystone kids–Chess, Emma, and Finn–knew nothing about the other world. Everything is different there. It’s a mirror image, except […]
Shake Up Shakespeare: 8 YA Books in Verse You’ll Love
There are books that rock and books that rollBut Shakespeare’s works can oft be droll Enjoy these YA choices, poetry in verseWritten by a cast that’s incredibly diverse The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo A young Latino girl must decideTo strut forward, or stay and hide Bull by David Elliott The myth of the Minotaur […]
Get Outside: 5 Books That Celebrate the Natural World
Spring has officially arrived! Things are warming up outside; flowers are blooming, leaves are coming back to the trees, and the urge to get outside and spend some quality nature time is real. As a reader, Spring’s arrival often translates to getting curious about and connecting to nature through books. Whether it’s a writer’s descriptive experience of a solitary mountain trail adventure, a meditation on the song of wild birds, or a how-to guide for observing and recording the animals in your backyard, nature writing brings the world […]
