Our Read Woke Challenge this week on homewood.beanstack.org is all about girl power! We are celebrating characters and stories with strong female voices. Here are some of our favorite titles that can help you with the Female Voices badge on Beanstack. I’m a Girl by Yasmeen Ismail https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2980495 Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1239308…
This week’s READ WOKE challenge is all about African-American Voices. These are some of TCL’s favorite African-American authors and illustrators that use their voices to promote and uplift their culture and their people! As always, HAPPY READING! PICTURE BOOKS JUVENILE CHAPTER BOOKS
For this Read Woke challenge week, we will be focusing on the topics of poverty and homelessness. Each book that’s listed, highlights the challenges many people face due to the lack of resources, advocates, and even the harsh and violent realities of their foundational environment. It is very important for all of us to understand…
Let me tell you, we’ve been ordering and getting some amazing new books for you and your family to read! I know it’s still a bit a hard to see what’s actually new on our shelves, but no worries! Instead of you searching through our catalogs (which you definitely should continue to check out), continue…
SUMMER READING HAS OFFICIALLY STARTED! (*begins to dance*) The theme for Summer Reading is “Imagine Your Story”, and we’re so excited to share with you some of our favorite fairy tales and folk tales! But, I realized today, that we shouldn’t just read the amazing stories written by those who imagined their stories, but we…
Got the “library blues“? Need some NEW reads to check out for Summer Reading? Miss checking out books and taking them home with? No worries! Your friends at the Children’s Library, created digital…yes, DIGITAL Reader’s Advisories for your children. Each book can be found mainly on Libby (Overdrive) and Hoopla. There are some book suggestions…
