WNPL IL Award Book Challenge

WNPL IL Award Book Challenge, November 23-March

Warren-Newport Public Library is excited to announce the WNPL Illinois Award Book Challenge! Open to students in grades K-12, the reading challenge includes The Monarch Award, The Bluestem Award, the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award, and the Abraham Lincoln Read More …

Little Mole’s Wish by Sang-Keun Kim

In this beautiful picture book from South Korea, writer and illustrator Sang-Keun Kim explores the nature of loneliness, friendship and steadfastness.  Set in a charming winter landscape populated by a variety of animals, Little Mole begins his poignant journey at Read More …

The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson

A fascinating true story opening with the brazen 2009 heist of the Tring British Natural History Museum, The Feather Thief gives us a glimpse into the world of 20 year-old Edwin Rist and others obsessed with the Victorian art of Read More …

Let’s Talk Books! My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward by Mark Lukach

In the video below, Jessica talks about the memoir My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward by Mark Lukach. Find this item in our catalog here.   

Torpedoed: the True Story of the World War II Sinking of “The Children’s Ship” by Deborah Heiligman

Heiligman, the author of “Vincent and Theo”, tells the true story of the sinking of the SS City of Benares in 1940, carrying 90 children from England on their way to safety in Canada.  As they made their way across Read More …