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One of the themes we'll be exploring this winter through our One Book, One Community is happiness. (Stay tuned for the announcement of the selected titles in December!) And so we want to know: what makes you happy?

In this review, we're focusing on our 2022-23 fiscal year — that's July 2022 through June 2023. This last year, we had occasions to look back and honor our past, and to look ahead and feel excited for our future.

In honor of our time capsule being opened this September, we're going back in time! We asked our staff to share their favorite time travel books and movies.

Our Rhyme of the Month Club is a fun way to get little ones excited about reading.

Each month, we’ll visit participating area daycares and preschools with a new rhyme. One of our youth staff members will feature the rhyme in a special storytime and leave a poster for the classroom to share the rhyme together throughout the month.

Were you part of Barbenheimer? Many of our staff definitely hit the theaters as both Barbie and Oppenheimer – two films that couldn't be much more different! – were released. We've made a list of reading materials to help you delve more into the history of the iconic doll or the father of the atomic bomb, whichever interests you more.

For National Book Lover's Day, we're telling you about our all-time favorites — books for book lovers from book lovers!

In July 1993, The Bridges of Madison County was in the midst of its months-long run at the top of the New York Times Best Sellers list. Now, 30 years later, we asked staff to share some read/watch alikes for fans of this book.

We're celebrating Independence Day with patriotic books and movies! Here are some staff picks ahead of America's birthday.

In honor of Father's Day, we asked staff to share books and movies fathers and father figures good, bad and ... other. Here are their top picks.