We’re excited to announce the Creative Writing Contest Winners for 2020. You are invited to read all of the Short Story and Poetry winners, sorted by age group. Congratulations to our winners! Are you interested in entering a piece of Read More …
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Let’s Talk Books – The Leavers by Lisa Ko
Let’s talk books! In the video below, Jessica talks about The Leavers by Lisa Ko – a 2017 finalist for the National Book Award. Check out the video and then find this item in our catalog here.
The King of Confidence by Miles Harvey
James J. Strang was the founder and ruling figure of The Church of Latter Day Saints (Strangite), a small splinter group of Mormons that formed in the power vacuum left by the assassination of Joseph Smith in 1844. Strang persuaded Read More …
Celebrate 50 Years of Frog and Toad!
Frog and Toad are Friends was first published in 1970 by Arnold Lobel and the Frog and Toad books have been the favorites of beginner readers ever since! Lobel’s Frog and Toad are Friends was awarded as a Caldecott Honor Read More …
Let’s Talk Books! Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
In the video below, Jessica talks about Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande. It’s a thought-provoking read about the decisions that we make towards the end of our lives and those we make on Read More …