City shapes / by Diana Murray ; illustrated by Bryan Collier – Ebook City shapes / by Diana Murray ; illustrated by Bryan Collier – Book Round is a tortilla / by Roseanne Greenfield Thong ; illustrated by John Parra – Ebook Round is a tortilla : a book of shapes / by Roseanne Greenfield Thong ; illustrated by…
We’re celebrating Banned Books Week September 27-October 3 at the Homewood Public Library! One of our Read Woke badges on homewood.beanstack.org is about reading a book that has been challenged before. Many of our favorite kid’s books have been challenged over the years, so we have included a list of some of our favorites. Ban…
September 15-October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month, and these are books that we enjoy all year long here in the Homewood Public Library Children’s Department. These books also go along with our Read Woke challenge at homewood.beanstack.org for the Hispanic American/LatinX Voices reading badge. Opuestos : Mexican folk art opposites in English and Spanish /…
In July 2019, Gloria Simmons joined the Homewood Public Library’ Teen Advisory Board. As she graduates from Vestavia Hills High School and from our TAB, we want to highlight her time on our volunteer teen board. Thank you Gloria for all your help and time on the Teen Advisory Board! We know you are off…
In January/February of 2020 the Homewood Public Library sponsored a contest to learn people’s library love stories. We placed contest entry forms in our front lobby and added an online submission link to our website. In just four weeks we received 129 submissions, all of them spoke of the many reasons our community loves their library. From…
Like every month, we have way too many awesome events for our 6th-12th graders. Since there are so many cool options, we have decided to highlight our top ten events for March 2020. All events are free and open to any 6th-12th grader. Some events require registration and you can click on the event title…
